Guild Wars 2

Ok I just got back to the game after 2 years, been playing a week on my engi and on more occasions than I can count sometimes when I try to place down my flame throwers 4th skill it just doesn’t work. It just doesn’t get placed down when I click on the spot. I’m using the normal option for aoe field placement. I dunno if it’s lag, a bug, or some personal problem with my clicking of the skill placement. I don’t experience this with similar skills like mesmers focus 4 or any of the other Aoe fields eg mortar fields. It’s only the flamethrower 4th skill that does it, sometimes I will think it’s lag and wait awhile but it doesn’t activate and I’ve got to click on the spot again. It really messes up my lift stacking strategy when that happens. I also realize it’s sort of a tangent placement around my body, is that why that happens? I dunno will someone pls explain or share if it ever happens to you too.

does it go on CD or just plain doesn’t work?

2 things you have to know about FT #4:

1. On cast, only define the center of the line aoe. While moving and casting it, the line will turn around when appearing so it will be rectangular to yourself.

2. You have a max range. While casting it on max range and run out of range, the fire spawns closer to you than it should. This is a bug tough, mortar shares the same one unfortunately :/

BEHOLD MY AWESOME PAINT SKILLS!!!

It just plain doesn’t work and I have to click to place it down again lol, and I don’t think it’s my internet or hardware problem because for literally every other aoe skill like grenades and mortar placement I have not faced the same problem. It is only more noticeable on flamethrower 4, it just happens a lot and I’m wondering what I doing wrong or if it’s a bug.

You know how as an engi you have to switch between many skills to chain combo fields and attacks together? Haha I would always be chaining not halfway and then suddenly be like where’s my flamethrower firefield, kitten it didn’t got placed down again! It’s like when you click to place it but it just stays in its green clicking form as if I can’t place it down.

Or you have traited SD :P

Xyonon.3987:

Or you have traited SD :P

Exactly, Static Discharge in Tools messes up with skill queues.
Also I’d suggest to use “fast AoE” in the options.
Basically this would allow to:

• press and keep pressed skill button -> show aoe reticle
• release button to cast
  If your mouse is already in the right place just press the skill like a normal one (example mortar or nades spam)

Also select the option to stop the riticle to go further skill’s max range (can’t recall the name), it’s massivele useful!

Let us know if even after that it’s still a problem.

@ Xyonon.3987
DEM PAINT SKILL THO

I quite often have the same problem, and I never actually use SD.

It also happens quite often with Toss Elixir S (in pvp).. Most of the time it will toss the second time I try to, but not the first time, which has prevented me to survive quite a few fights.

Napalm and toss elixirs can be reflected.

Oh yes I am traited for SD! That might explain it being there is an animation for SD after all and that I do cast flamethrower napalm after using a tool belt skill:D thanks guys! Sadly I’ll just have to deal with itXD because sometimes I really want to be precise with my aoes and can’t afford to use the instant cast XD I do use insta cast on every other class though haha but engi has too much game changing aoes for me to risk it, because of dept perception and allXD well now that settles it than, hope they might be able to fix it someday to make it so that SD doesn’t mess with my rotation, until than I’ll just be patient.

Hmm but as physical Mage stated he doesn’t trait in SD:/ hmm its a mystery! Oh and the past 2 days during the grawl fractal when I threw the elixir that cast a random wall skill nothing happens sometimes too. But the skill gets used up, I don’t know if it’s just that the wall animation is missing or I’m lagging or not. It is really noticeable too when the elemental boss does his shell thing I threw my walking elixir on multiple occasions it seems to just disappear and my skill get used up. I dunno if any of you have experienced this.

Xyonon.3987:

2 things you have to know about FT #4:

1. On cast, only define the center of the line aoe. While moving and casting it, the line will turn around when appearing so it will be rectangular to yourself.

2. You have a max range. While casting it on max range and run out of range, the fire spawns closer to you than it should. This is a bug tough, mortar shares the same one unfortunately :/

BEHOLD MY AWESOME PAINT SKILLS!!!

+1 kittenmm dat paint skillz

Ooh I see! Thanks for the tips:D