Guild Wars 2

When i use spatial surge (1) with GS, sometimes (20% of time i will say) it doesn’t do damage at all, i need to do an other attack, or action to proc the damage.
So did this happen only to me? because it became very frustrating.

Line of sight ? Not targeted ?

I never had any problems with Spatial Surge, can you be more specific ?

Could be lagging or having a delay in damage show up.

Also, silly as it may seem, make sure you’re not confusing a GS clone attack (which doesn’t do damage) with your own GS auto attack. Not trying to insult anyone’s intelligence – just something that I’ve done in the past. :-P

There is some bug when the numbers can not show up even though the damage does go through. This happens most often when attacking gates, I think due to moving the camera.

Being out of range could also be the case.

while i’d say that your description of the issue is vague and about 20% over exaggerated..

This is an actual bug that i’ve been running into ever since the Queens Pavilion Reopened.

What happens - Spatial Surge is within range but never "connects" with the intended targets hit box. Results in no damage being done until use of a different skill or weapon or forced stow of weapon interrupts the AA spamming.

When does it Happen - Typically this is a PvE only issue as it occurs most often on world bosses or high HP foes that will be moving in and out of range (or moving a lot in general). I have seen it take place in sPvP a few times but its very rare and barely noticeable as you’re often using other skills to negate it (and damage numbers and effects fill your screen).

Why Does it Happen? This is a bit of a mystery to me, I’ve seen it happen most often when something or someone moves from in front of or in the LoS cone at the initial casting / channel. and then at some point during the same channel, moves out of or behind the LoS Cone.

I have also seen this happen with targets moving "out of range" while mid channel

But i’ve also seen it a few times on targets that just stood totally still and never left range or LoS, tho they may have evaded or gone invuln mid channel... i don’t remember very well.

Regardless, What it Causes - Spatial surge will cast as normal and the entire animation will play out. It will connect with foes in its path to the target but..

when it reaches its supposed target, spatial surge deals no damage (no damage numbers and the health bar is never reduced) and will not proc any sigil or trait or rune for "On Hit" or "On Crit"

Note: to Catch this bug you’ll need to run GS a lot and hammer on 1. Best results are probably... the Golem II world boss, Karka Queen, the Malformed Teragriff for LS, etc..

Please note that Targeting a new foe will also fix this bug..

Its a pretty weird skill actually, especially when it comes to “Structures” seems to work like a fan of damage.
If it says 0 its probably the kind of enemy its hitting.
If it says no numbers you are OOR or being blocked.

i know i have trouble hitting windows to get into clock tower.. which is odd.

zaxon.6819:

i know i have trouble hitting windows to get into clock tower.. which is odd.

The windows have really odd hitboxes. Any non-cleave attack will have difficulty hitting them properly.