Guild Wars 2 Forum

Ground Targeted Leaps & Elevation

As most of you out there flying around on the daredevil are aware, just like other leap effects, vault has some serious issues when not performed on a flat surface. As far as I’m aware this has always been the case with this type of ground targeted leap mechanic. I believe the issue is that ground targeted leaps will not land properly when going downhill. Terrain and elevation also seem to effect the distance of the leap occasionally where your character will appear to hit an invisible wall midair and fall short of it’s targeted destination.

I don’t think it’s ever been such a big issue until now. However, I believe the reason this issue (I guess you could call it a bug) has escalated is because it is now affecting the MAIN damage component of the entire new elite specialization daredevil, where as before it never plagued such core abilities.

When taking this into consideration regarding sPvP it takes a huge toll on the abilities of this class specifically, especially on certain maps. The first one that comes to mind is Forest of Nifthel. When vaulting towards an enemy anywhere near the middle point with all of it’s elevation (especially the stairs) the strike will land midair and fail to hit anyone. Considering vault is by far the largest contributor towards damage, this is a big problem.

I’m sure that the developers are aware of this issue since it has been in the game for quite some time and has been an issue for other classes with similar abilities. This issue should have been fixed well before now, but in light of these new abilities I believe it is an absolutely necessary fix.