Guild Wars 2

Why doesn’t this skill act like Portal on mesmers? this skill has so much potential but it always has terrain glitches and fails to teleport OR half way does the job…can we fix this?

That’s an excellent question…

And I can’t think of a single reason for why it acts like it does now. It’s a really well designed skill from a theoretical perspective and if you could actually rely on it working as it should, it would probably be a viable option.

I support 1000% this thread.

And un-nerf it so that its back to instant cast would be good.

It’s an easy fix too. Instead of just trying to port to the trap/player location in one shadow step, if that fails try to do it in a smaller step, and if that fails try to take a step toward it the using NPC pathing algorithm, subtract the distance traveled by the successful method, and then repeat for the remaining range.

paging a developer

Paging josh

bringing this issue back up…

Impact.2780:

It’s an easy fix too. Instead of just trying to port to the trap/player location in one shadow step, if that fails try to do it in a smaller step, and if that fails try to take a step toward it the using NPC pathing algorithm, subtract the distance traveled by the successful method, and then repeat for the remaining range.

It used to at least consistently port my Thief into walls closer to the intended destination… be it a 5 foot port or a halfway across the map. But recently, it hasn’t even moved my Thief at all if it fails… but the trap goes on full cooldown as though it actually did something.

So sad :-(

Kageseigi.2150:

Impact.2780:

It’s an easy fix too. Instead of just trying to port to the trap/player location in one shadow step, if that fails try to do it in a smaller step, and if that fails try to take a step toward it the using NPC pathing algorithm, subtract the distance traveled by the successful method, and then repeat for the remaining range.

It used to at least consistently port my Thief into walls closer to the intended destination… be it a 5 foot port or a halfway across the map. But recently, it hasn’t even moved my Thief at all if it fails… but the trap goes on full cooldown as though it actually did something.

So sad :-(

That means it’s coded as a shadow step and not an actual teleport.

That’s the problem

The real question is why in the hell can’t they at least fix pvp maps (that been here since launch) if they can’t fix port spells?

Every single thief and rev knows exactly all the spots on maps (coal pile in forefire on point, every single slope/stones, steppes in forest etc.) that get you killed because spells like steal/shs either won’t activate or activate w/o having any effect, yet devs don’t? How come? Oh right……. devs don’t play thieves that is why this class gets constantly smashed with clueless nerfs.

Still waiting for my Ileap to stop failing due to steep terrain or obstructing land bumps.

Because Devs don’t know what else could be nerfed on thieves before they actually can make some good changes.

Cynz.9437:

Every single thief and rev knows exactly all the spots on maps (coal pile in forefire on point

Maybe we need to start a thread that lists all if the locations we find that obstruct us? Or perhaps there is already one that I’ve missed?

On Legacy specifically, the one that sticks out to me (because it always affects my opening rush) is the ramp up between the Blue spawn and the Quarry. There’s a little strip of rock that obstructs my ports every single time I try it. So it has slowed down my rush significantly.

sooooo.,….any devs?