Guild Wars 2

…is that an intended mechanic?

OGDeadHead.8326:

…is that an intended mechanic?

yes

Stomping from stealth is actually less effective than stomping with blindness, rezzing with shadow refuge and Blindness powder is actually a much bigger problem than stomping.

Stomping from stealth is the only one I don’t like, don’t really care for the others (stability, invulnerable, blind). With the others I know if I’m gonna get stomped and whether to use my escape / interrupt / just die. With the stealth mechanic I just pop my escape at the moment I think a stealth downed is coming, or try to get a lucky interrupt on it. The problem is you can only attack a target or directly forward, so you can’t even attack backward where the thief is most likely hiding.

TGSlasher.1458:

Stomping from stealth is the only one I don’t like, don’t really care for the others (stability, invulnerable, blind). With the others I know if I’m gonna get stomped and whether to use my escape / interrupt / just die. With the stealth mechanic I just pop my escape at the moment I think a stealth downed is coming, or try to get a lucky interrupt on it. The problem is you can only attack a target or directly forward, so you can’t even attack backward where the thief is most likely hiding.

It seems your unaware of what blindness does, blindess is much more effective for stomping then stealth because you can use all of your interupt abilities and they have zero effect on the person stomping you. A guardian can still interupt a stealthed stomper but not one who used blindness. A smart thief doesn’t waste stealth on stomping only on rezzing. If your one of the few classes with a teleport, stealth, or escape than you have more or the same op’d tactics as the people stomping you.

Fellknight.4820:

TGSlasher.1458:

Stomping from stealth is the only one I don’t like, don’t really care for the others (stability, invulnerable, blind). With the others I know if I’m gonna get stomped and whether to use my escape / interrupt / just die. With the stealth mechanic I just pop my escape at the moment I think a stealth downed is coming, or try to get a lucky interrupt on it. The problem is you can only attack a target or directly forward, so you can’t even attack backward where the thief is most likely hiding.

It seems your unaware of what blindness does, blindess is much more effective for stomping then stealth because you can use all of your interupt abilities and they have zero effect on the person stomping you. A guardian can still interupt a stealthed stomper but not one who used blindness. A smart thief doesn’t waste stealth on stomping only on rezzing. If your one of the few classes with a teleport, stealth, or escape than you have more or the same op’d tactics as the people stomping you.

As a ranger I feel a little… left out in the cold, tbh.

Funny thing about stealth stomps, they’re actually the weakest of the protected stomps when you think about it because they can still be CC’d like normal (well quick stomps might be weaker, but it’s kind if a waste to quick stomp in the first place). With Stab and Mist, sure you can see it, but can you stop it.

OGDeadHead.8326:

…is that an intended mechanic?

to me its not as bad as quickness stomping

because at least with stealth stomping the thief can still be attacked while in stealth or cc’ed with things like fear and knock back

stealth stomping may be bad in spvp but in tpvp with a coordinated team you can preemptively cc the thief