Guild Wars 2

When u get blinded using a grenade kit, it doesnt remove the blind after one grenade attack, u have to switch to a weap and attack or use a condi remove.

im not sure if it affects other kits but definately for grenade kit, and its extremely annoying.

fix this please.

Edit:
Here’s the video of the bug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KMVwJmx-_o&feature=youtu.be

ive been playing this game for 2 yrs, and i did notice this from start, but was too lazy to make a forum post or video about it, because i kinda gave up on the class, and when i came back. Anet still didnt fix it, so i decided to make a video..

Odd, I have never encountered this problem. Makes me curious if it happens often to others as well?

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

I don’t think this is the case! Grenade Kit is the best kit to get blinded in if you’re going to get blinded! This is because you throw 3 grenades! If one misses the other 2 may hit! It all depends on when they land! You were probably standing in a smoke field!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

…can Grenade Kit attacks miss? They’re ground-targeted AoEs.

A “single” grenade attack is actually several individual attacks in one. There for when blinded it will only cause one of the individual attacks to miss out of the several which will still strike their target.

For example:

-You are Blinded and Throw a Frag Grenade
-You arc three separate projectiles at your target.
-When the attack lands one of the projectiles is blinded and will then read as “miss” consuming the blind condition from you. while the remaining two projectiles will strike their target.

If your asking how realistically could a grenade attack miss, that’s a question I simply cannot answer.

All I can say is its best not to think of things like Shield Blocking a Blowtortch, getting blinded with a Big ole’ Bomb or having Chill Proc from a Flamethrower.

No, it misses, the condi doesnt go away, no blindfield, just bugged.

just tested it, in spvp it doesnt go off 50% of the time
ill make some screen shots and add em, i dont know how to fraps, but i can try,
the other 50% is elixer b proccing when im low hp and i have a trait that makes elixers remove condi

Wolf.5816:

If your asking how realistically could a grenade attack miss, that’s a question I simply cannot answer.

All I can say is its best not to think of things like Shield Blocking a Blowtortch, getting blinded with a Big ole’ Bomb or having Chill Proc from a Flamethrower.

oh no, no, I’m not doing one of the realism things. Just unfamiliar with the exact means by which Grenade Kit delivers its damage; I just know that it seems to be treated as a ground-targeted AoE.

It is, essentially but so is Big Ole Bomb, and if you blind the Engineer immediately before the Big Ole Bomb Detonates it will miss.

A better example would be an Elementalist using Meteor Storm. Even though, technically Meteor Storm is one skill it has multiple attack within that one skill which can each individually miss by blinding Elementalist before one of the attacks strikes you.

This happens because certain moves count as an attack from yours source. These type of attacks regardless of what form they take will all: Activate Proc’s, Reveal you if stealthed, or miss when you are blinded.

The latter of this example would be skills like Box of Nails that is an AOE but does not reveal you since it deals no power damage, proc mechanics, and cannot be blinded even though activated by you once active it is not considered your source. Yet it still repeatedly strikes foes with bleed and cripple.

This coming patch, will bring some change to a similar mechanic: the Flamethrower Kits Napalm. Which used to function similar to Box of Nails will now hit physically in addition to routinely applying Burn. This means it will help purge Blind from the Engineer, and allow him to proc more mechanics on hit. It will also however now reveal the Engineer if stealthed…

guys, i made a video, please check it out to see what i mean,
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