Guild Wars 2

In WvW just now, there was what looked like a Shield of Absorbtion protecting some siege. However this shield persisted for the entirety of combat, which felt like over a minute. It prevented any projectiles from reaching the siege and their operators, and it also knocked you back when you came close.

As a result, a small force of two or three from Borlis Pass wielded godmode ballistas right outside our tower’s gate, which destroyed our larger counter force as we milled around the outside of the bubble unable to do anything.

Shield of Absorbtion is only supposed to last a few seconds, so…

Bug?
Exploit?
How to counter?

Cheers.

Just been told that it’s a commander skill from the breakout event.

It would be nice if they could differentiate the graphic a bit to stop the confusion.

Still, any counters?

You can either roll through it (takes a bit of skill, if you ever played monster hunter it’s that exact invulnerability frame thing) or teleport into it. I’m not sure if stability allows you to just run through the commander’s bubble like a normal guardians.