Guild Wars 2

OK, so first I had at the time of this hit 2,000 toughness and roughly 25k health(about the same seen in screenshot.) Also at the time of the hit I had fully repaired armor, and no vulnerability.

What happened, I am going into a camp while my zerg was fighting the camps NPC’s, I also noticed an enemy invader was on a ballista pointing at my zerg. I attempt to quickly take out the ballista, however the enemy invader noticed and turned the ballista around. Next thing I noticed I have gone from 25k health to downed in one hit. Confused I asked my zerg what could do that damage(no conclusive response). It wasn’t until slightly later I decided to check my combat log, and there it was a 30.1k hit from spread-shot.

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/10051672126_e1651e0b72_c.jpg[/img]

My question is does this seem like a standard amount of damage from a close up hit with spread shot? If not what caused it do you think(if it is not a usual number, I would like to not jump to Hacking/Botting conclusions until the very end.)

Not trying to QQ here or start a QQ thread, I am just not sure if this is a usual or to be expected occurrence, so I can plan for it in the future.

Normally? No. But that’s not a “normal” ballista hit. With relevant masteries maxed and depending on target stats, that looks quite passible. Moral: do not run head first into ballistas. Spread shots are dangerous. Especially if you eat all of it.

Deus Fatorum.2473:

OK, so first I had at the time of this hit 2,000 toughness and roughly 25k health(about the same seen in screenshot.) Also at the time of the hit I had fully repaired armor, and no vulnerability.

What happened, I am going into a camp while my zerg was fighting the camps NPC’s, I also noticed an enemy invader was on a ballista pointing at my zerg. I attempt to quickly take out the ballista, however the enemy invader noticed and turned the ballista around. Next thing I noticed I have gone from 25k health to downed in one hit. Confused I asked my zerg what could do that damage(no conclusive response). It wasn’t until slightly later I decided to check my combat log, and there it was a 30.1k hit from spread-shot.

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/10051672126_e1651e0b72_c.jpg[/img]

My question is does this seem like a standard amount of damage from a close up hit with spread shot? If not what caused it do you think(if it is not a usual number, I would like to not jump to Hacking/Botting conclusions until the very end.)

Not trying to QQ here or start a QQ thread, I am just not sure if this is a usual or to be expected occurrence, so I can plan for it in the future.

I would think this was due to a trait line the player had traited. Ballista, seige might etc.

Yes this is defo normal, spreadshot is locked onto the same Z axis, so you can only use it when you are on the same ground as the player, this leaves you very vulnerable. The cooldown is low enough to defend from small scale pvpers, but high enough to result in you getting face rolled by a group of players after u miss.
Spreadshot will and should instant kill anyone stupid enough to try and tank it.

Even with no siege bonus damage and lvl 1 spreadshot, i can often take 2/3 of the health from 3 or 4 people at a time if i land it correct, it often results in my ballista being wiped. but i then mop the floor with them all on 1/3 hp.

Thanks, Had a feeling it was like a cone by the name. Now that i know that level of damage can be expected from a close range shot, I will be more careful in the future.