Guild Wars 2

As the title implies, when I use this skill I feel like I am playing russian roulette.

I learned to deal with it in PvE as it only killed me once in a while.

In PvP, this bug is the difference between a fun night and a night of cursing. If LtR fails the majority of the time, I go to bed in a bad mood. If it succeeds, it is a fun night.

I still die at least 5-10 times every 10 minutes in PvP, but when LtR works, I take at least 10 people with me =)

its definitely pretty buggy. When it works its a blast in WvW with the right group. Other times I pop it & I just stand in place with the graphic animation going off or it will b-line me straight to some random area instead of my intended target. Pretty frustrating & can usually mean the difference between life & death.

Yes, RTL can be frustrating at times. I can imagine, however, that this is a very difficult bug to fix from a coding perspective (i.e., fixing pathing to a randomly moving human target in PvP is easier said than done).

In the meantime, I’ve found two things that help RTL be more effective.

First, if I can, I jump in the air prior to using the skill. This helps prevent it from hanging up on small rocks, rats, and other invisible wall objects

Second, don’t expect to use it effectively from maximum range all the time. Using it from moderate to close range makes it’s fail rate go down tremendously

Simple fix imo. Change the overal mechanic. Instead of “riding” along the ground, “teleport to the target” or “leap to the target”

Quite honestly, I don’t even know how this is still an issue after WoW took how many years to fix Blink?

Another tip I have found when using the RTL and Updraft combo, do not hit the updraft until after RTL is completed. There are too many times where RTL will lag out for 2 seconds after you get to your target and then Updraft is wasted on nothing. Always make sure your RTL is completed and you can move your character again before using Updraft.

Dying 5-10x a match is pretty bad. I normally die 1x a match, depending on how ballsy I get rushing a 3v1. PM me if you want a fun build to try out as a d/d.

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Simple fix imo. Change the overal mechanic. Instead of “riding” along the ground, “teleport to the target” or “leap to the target”

Quite honestly, I don’t even know how this is still an issue after WoW took how many years to fix Blink?

But it still has to check pathing, else it could be used to “teleport” to the other side of walls and/or across ravines, etc. This is the same reason blink failed for so many years. During the pathing check it hangs up on a rat, and you get stuck (or in blinks case, you go backwards). Blink was worse, you couldn’t even blink across different textures, it was ridiculous at times

Another tip I have found when using the RTL and Updraft combo, do not hit the updraft until after RTL is completed. There are too many times where RTL will lag out for 2 seconds after you get to your target and then Updraft is wasted on nothing. Always make sure your RTL is completed and you can move your character again before using Updraft.

along those lines, why even mindlessly bash updraft after RTL completes in the first place? Sometimes you take the opponent by surprise and they stand their like an idiot allowing you to get a lightning whip in before updraft (extra damage in the “combo”). Other times they auto-attack and stun themselves on your shield. Lightning touch them and/or hit ’em with the whip! When they return and finally wind up their big ticket item, THEN you updraft and move into the fire combo