Guild Wars 2

I’m talking about the start of the match on Legacy of Foefire. The match started, as a thief I ran far (toward waterfall) dodging for swiftness and using my maxrange shortbow #5 to get there faster but by the time I climbed the first slope (directly opposite our spawn) the elementalist in particular was already there.

How is this possible? I didn’t report the said player because I’m not sure he was exploiting but this has never happened to me before. Usually, at worst I race with the enemy player to the capture point (or better said, I see them running toward the point), but that ele had completed 20-30% (if not more) capture by the time i got on the slope.

Now, I know some necromancers do this by abusing spectral walk, but I don’t recall elementalists having similar skills.

If it matters, the ele seemed to be a staff bunker because he wasn’t doing much damage to me but i didn’t do much to him either.

Was he using some sort of an exploit or staff ele do this kind of kitten?

Really…damage has nothing to do with this…

FSG #3 &4,swiftness stacking,staff fire #4,Lighting Flash it should be possible don’t see the point.

Well, it is called “far” for a reason.

Elementalists get good access to Swiftness and movement skills.

Your opponent likely just used Lightning Flash or Fiery Greatsword.

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Really…damage has nothing to do with this…

FSG #3 &4,swiftness stacking,staff fire #4,Lighting Flash it should be possible don’t see the point.

You do realize that im on that slope within 5 seconds from the start right? Its basically 2 dodges and 3 shortbow blinks. At worst I should’ve seen him walking toward the point, not winning quarter of it no?

Though I wouldn’t know how fast ele can get there, that’s why im asking. He didn’t seem to use an elite on me so might as well have been the FGS but certainly not lighting flash. Never saw him using LF throughout the match.

You can gain superspeed when u swap to air if you combine it with the 3 from fgs you can travel really fast

still sounds odd to me though

As a staff ele, when going close, what i usually do is stack swiftness + burning retreat forward + LF.

By the time I see any inc, i’ve already completed more than half of the cap. A fews ccs or area denials, and it’s capped by the time they get there.

FGS just to get there maybe half a second faster is really a waste of an elite slot imo. Well, not that we have that many…

you were going far? you know it takes seconds once the gate open to get to ‘close’ from the eles perspective.

It’s called far for a reason. It takes about 5 more seconds for the other team to reach it. Go to a custom arena and test it with a friend.

There’s also potential for other team buffs. Warrior rush + teleport + swiftness or ride the lightning or whatever it’s called