Guild Wars 2

Hello All,

Currently I have two engineers.

I have noticed that some opponent blockers, Tamini Warriors, Harthi Lancers, Mohir ?? block flamethrowers at one hundred percent. However, bandit blockers for one, take highly reduced damage.

I am wondering why as it seems to me that it is impossible, unless you are in an invulnerable shell, that flames in general can not be blocked one hundred percent.

Have not taken time to notice if other flmes can be blocked, IE sigils, magic blasts, flaming weapons, etc.

Regards,
Miguel

I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking, but the flames will do damage to anything. There are skills on the game which will block all (or almost all) attacks for a limited duration. If this is happening you will see pop-ups that say “Blocked”. Other skills can give limited invulnerability. Just focus more damage when the block stops, and while they are blocking focus on not taking damage. In this game, the actual physics of blocking a flame are not considered; it will be blocked the same as a sword, bullet, explosion, any form of magic, or anything else. It is possible that the “highly reduced damage” you see while these bandits blocked was condition damage. If you look under the health bar of the enemy (top of the screen when you have selected the enemy), you will see little symbols with red outlines. These are conditions. They do damage over time, or have other effects depending on the condition. With the wrong stats on your armor, especially at low levels, they will not do damage quickly. However if you did an attack that inflicted a damaging condition before they started their move that blocked, the condition would continue to do damage even while your new attacks are being blocked.

I’m confused aswell – can you be more specific what your issue is? :o

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it almost feels as if the OP is trying to understand how flames could actually be blocked? As in if someone IRL were holding up a shield and another someone IRL was standing in front of the shield-bearer with a Flamethrower going off in their face, how could it be blocked 100%.

If my assumption is correct then the answer is, “It’s a game.”

If not then you need to explain a bit more.

Sagramor.7395:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it almost feels as if the OP is trying to understand how flames could actually be blocked? As in if someone IRL were holding up a shield and another someone IRL was standing in front of the shield-bearer with a Flamethrower going off in their face, how could it be blocked 100%.

If my assumption is correct then the answer is, “It’s a game.”

If not then you need to explain a bit more.

Yeah I kind of read it that way as well. Hence the part of my answer explaining that GW2 game mechanics don’t work that way.
If OP wants RL physics, they need to go play Mount and Blade or something instead.