Guild Wars 2

I read that channel skills like Rapid Fire will be re-targetable. Does this also mean that they will no longer seek through invisibility and other evades?

I don’t see why it would. All this means is that you can hit a button in the middle of your channel to move it. Just don’t hit the button and you should keep nailing that stealthed thief.

Ithilwen.1529:

I read that channel skills like Rapid Fire will be re-targetable. Does this also mean that they will no longer seek through invisibility and other evades?

I too would love the response to this as it would affect almost every profession that has a multi-hit skill (necro mh axe and dagger, engi pistol, thief pistol, warrior rifle, ranger long bow, guardian sword, mesmer GS, elementalist scepter <lightning + earth attunements>)

I don’t know why, I have the feeling this has actually been answered and they said that it works as currently… Maybe I’m just drunk.

But in any case, the technology just means you can change target mid-cast. If you don’t, it will behave as it did before, including following stealthed players.

Where was this written?

And what does it mean for Spacial Surge. o_O

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Where was this written?

And what does it mean for Spacial Surge. o_O

if you wonder about the change target, it is in the new “action cam”
http://dulfy.net/2015/10/16/gw2-guild-chat-new-legendaries-and-changes-livestream-notes/#Action_Camera_Mode
the video is more instructive than the text.

For spatial surge, it does not mean much because it is very fast anyway. Confusing images though that will be great…

I imagine if your using the action cam and a thief shadowsteps behind you youl lose attack target anyway. If your not using it and you standing still it will probably follow like it does now.

I imagine if the thief is still in your attack radius with the action cam and he stealths your attacks will continue to hit them.

The way targetted channel skills like RF work is that they keep tracking the initial target, even if that target goes into stealth after the channeling of the skill has started. Not sure how it will act in action cam mode, but in the default/current mode it has been confirmed back in like 2013 that this is working as intended.

it would be HUGE buff to stealth tbh if it’s how you saying, kinda one of the counterplays for it

Essentially what you’re saying is that mechanically entering stealth would “interrupt” (or cancel) a channeled skill.

Obviously this won’t be the case. Like ever.

I think it’s unlikely that it’s a change that is actually implemented. What it will do, though, is make it a lot easier to accidentally switch targets say, to a mesmer clone, when the mesmer themself stealths.

I wonder if this means you can change targets mid unrelenting assault

Kayberz.5346:

I wonder if this means you can change targets mid unrelenting assault

Once activated, UA picks its own targets, you’re not able to actively control it at all.

I believe Joel has answered this.

Joel Helmich.7398:

One question, does channeled skill such as Ranger Lb#2 rapid fire continue tracking stealthed enemies using the new camera?

Once the skill starts firing at a target, it will do whatever it does normally; whether or not action camera kicked it off isn’t relevant. With skill retargeting you can switch targets mid-skill, but the skill still acts as it normally would when firing at a target.

My understanding with stealth is that it will still function the way it current does now still tracking if used before they stealth but can be used to retarget. So as long as you don’t retarget it should track the stealthed player.

Fay.2357:

Kayberz.5346:

I wonder if this means you can change targets mid unrelenting assault

Once activated, UA picks its own targets, you’re not able to actively control it at all.

Yes but unrelenting assault will always finish its last attack on the target you initially activated it on and if that target stealths it will automatically cancel unrelenting assault even if there are other targets nearby. Im wondering if this change will let you change the primary target mid attack to avoid situations like that