Guild Wars 2

Did people know about this? Elixir gun #4 causes you to fly back and drop acid on the ground where you were. If you quickly hit switch weapon after hitting 4, you will cancel the flight animation and stop where you are. This is a nice option to have in case you want to drop a lot of dps in a single area without having to run all the way back. Ex- Elixir gun 4>flight cancel> bomb kit> bombs. enables a good amount more aoe dps in that area. Forgive me if this was already widely known.

I’ve only noticed it by accident a few weeks ago.
It’s pretty amazing, I wasn’t too happy about using Elixir Gun #4 as a blast finisher because it pushes me away from the fire field and I wouldn’t be able to gain Might from my allies’ blast finishers; with this trick the ability is just amazing.

You can also cancel the rocket boots animation by using the same trick in any kit

Why oh why are so many Engineer skills filled with pointless/dangerous movement…

Cancelling the animation is actually a really good escape or repositioning tactic. Given even just a little bit of elevation, you can get a lot of distance out of an Acid Bomb leap. I like to use it when leaping off of cliffs or hills because by cancelling the animation, I can get a huge arc that takes me a great distance farther than what the normal leap provides.

Swagg.9236:

Cancelling the animation is actually a really good escape or repositioning tactic. Given even just a little bit of elevation, you can get a lot of distance out of an Acid Bomb leap. I like to use it when leaping off of cliffs or hills because by cancelling the animation, I can get a huge arc that takes me a great distance farther than what the normal leap provides.

this is extremely interesting thank you for the tip
(2.5k+ engi hours and i dont even use weapon swap button)