Guild Wars 2

Does this skill cause enemies to reflect projectiles?

While playing my ranger, whenever a guardian uses this skill on an enemy, my speargun projectiles get reflected back at me. I almost killed myself with Feeding Frenzy against the jellyfish boss in the underwater fractal. I don’t recall that boss reflecting projectiles on his own. It seems to happen in every single instance of a guardian using that skill.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Refraction

CMF.5461:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Refraction

You didn’t read my post at all did you?

let me try this again

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weight_of_Justice

No weight of justice does not reflect projectiles, but if they were to have cast refraction and the bubble persists while you are doing your attacks then you will hurt yourself.

If you are trying to imply that it is bugged and your team mate is causing your own projectiles to reflect back and hit you then this I have never experienced.

CMF.5461:

let me try this again

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weight_of_Justice

No weight of justice does not reflect projectiles, but if they were to have cast refraction and the bubble persists while you are doing your attacks then you will hurt yourself.

If you are trying to imply that it is bugged and your team mate is causing your own projectiles to reflect back and hit you then this I have never experienced.

I only experience this phenomenon when a guardian uses Weight of Justice. The monster sinks, and I get blasted by my own projectiles. Also, according to the description, refraction absorbs projectiles and grants retaliation. None of the times this has happened has the boss gained retaliation. And my projectiles were reflected, not absorbed.

Unless of course, every underwater boss reflects projectiles, and just happen to sink when they do it.

Maybe a hidden boss trait that triggers on CC?

@Quark – the skill refraction absorbs enemy projectiles and grants allies retaliation. so you should be getting retaliation if you are within or affected by the bubble underwater. unless if you’re referring to PvP, which i assume not.

haven’t experienced this either or have anyone else mention it. i’m consistently using sink when underwater as a Guard and my teammamtes have never commented, not have i ever see it happen visually.

maybe if you can, try catching it on video next time

akamon.2769:

@Quark – the skill refraction absorbs enemy projectiles and grants allies retaliation. so you should be getting retaliation if you are within or affected by the bubble underwater. unless if you’re referring to PvP, which i assume not.

haven’t experienced this either or have anyone else mention it. i’m consistently using sink when underwater as a Guard and my teammamtes have never commented, not have i ever see it happen visually.

maybe if you can, try catching it on video next time

I understand that refraction would cause enemy projectiles to be absorbed and grant me regeneration. But what’s happening, is MY projectiles are being reflected back at ME. Unless all underwater bosses use refraction on themselves, your argument really has no weight.

The anchor appears, the boss sinks, and every attack I throw at the boss gets thrown back at me.

Double posting, but I finally figured out why no one in this forum has heard of this problem. It wasn’t a guardian skill causing this, but a mesmer skill.

In my own defense, the two skills look remarkably similar.