Guild Wars 2

Since last nerf patch, it seems that AT is not working as well. Besides the usual keyboard lag, it does not seem to do what it’s intended to. Switching from you to enemy 3 cond to 3 boons that he has. Looks like first off you have to be facing your opponent & cannot run away & have him behind you. Or it wont work. Can this be confirm?
Also, dont know if it’s the keyboard lag or anything, but sometimes i click to switch off a burn burst & it wont send it! & i endure the hole damage. It’s not the only thing i’ve notced, other things from the mesmer seems to be broken again since last patch but should be in another thread. In the mean time, any one want to confirm if they have any problem’s with AT?

I miss the good old days when AT traded ALL your conditions for ALL their boons… And it still barely worked…

I run with arcane thievery and I’ve noticed problems with it also. I just assumed it was being dodged or maybe I was being blinded at the last instant. It’s possible there could be an issue with it though. I’ll try to pay closer attention each time I use it so I can report back on why it’s failing: cause it’s being dodged/blinded or simply sometimes it’s just broken.

I’ve stopped using Arcane Thievery altogether because it’s so buggy. Half the time it doesn’t even work, despite using it on an immobilized opponent at point blank range.

Stormbolt.7293:

I’ve stopped using Arcane Thievery altogether because it’s so buggy. Half the time it doesn’t even work, despite using it on an immobilized opponent at point blank range.

This, so much this.

Arcane thievery needs some love in terms of it landing and cool down.

ThQ very much folks for confirming.., now i know it’s not just me. On my end.. i saw it’s broken again..it was working better at the patch before but for some odd reason reverted back to the sad broken utility it was.

What a shame.

It really needs a cooldown reduction tbh, as well as making more reliable.

Fyi, i just tried a phantasmal build, & theres kitten bunch of skill’s that don’t go off Including summoning my pistol phant & the magic bullet. It was not sticky like that before. There’s some serious problem’s with the mesmer now. Only build working is the meta with our nerfed damage.

Glad I found this topic. AT brought me a lot of trouble lately, cause it did not work as intended. Really disappointing, especially given the long cd. Any recommendations on what to use instead?

Glouryian.3765:

Glad I found this topic. AT brought me a lot of trouble lately, cause it did not work as intended. Really disappointing, especially given the long cd. Any recommendations on what to use instead?

Killshot Mesmer might be your thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSDdSuehVZA

Ehm. Yes, very funny. Some serious answers maybe?

Overall there are issues with skills not activating, including traits blocking skills while those traits activate. I know those have been put in the bug forums. Arcane thievery should have to face your opponent, but if it’s not even working then, definitely needs to be put in bug forum if it hasn’t been, and the situations in which it occurs.

The problem is that it just misfires randomly and I don’t think that can be easily reproduced. There’s also some confusion as to whether or not you actually have to face the target for the skill to work, probably because of how random it is.

ok i thought it was strange for me, was using this skill in pvp to send back burn stacks but it would fail…

A while ago this skill had what I can only refer to as a “cone” of operation, where in, it would only work successfully if you were facing your target with a minimum of about 30-40 degrees to either side. You also had to be within the range indicated by about an extra 200 to guarantee a non fail.

I havent the time to go test this but things i would check for are these.

1. Angles – get a buddy and then face one direction, allow them to move around you and find spots it fails to work.

2. Distance – Check to make sure the range indicator and range listed are correct. Have your buddy move forwards and backwards. it could be that while the tool tip and intended range is 1200 the actual range is the old base of 600-900 or whatever it was.

3. Aegis and block – Check to make sure its still working correctly against blocks and the boon.

4. Condition / Boon – a bit rougher but check to make sure that its not bugging out and failing due to the boon and condition stacking changes. It could be having an error with some of these and just failing.

i tried it few time and its bugged and dont know how bugged

i duel dd ele and burning guard
i want them to put 15 burn stack on me so i can transfer them back. out of 20 times it works 4 times. i dont know if its cause i move while casting it but it seems like it
or maybe cause i was not in front of them but sometime it

also the boon steal didnt work so i guess its a skill bug

my bet is cause you try to move while casting it