Guild Wars 2

Is anyone else getting this? It does not happen all the time but I’ll be in the middle of an attack 1 with main hand sword (have not tried this with scepter) and when I need to block my block does not go off, it finishes the animation for the sword attack waits half a second THEN the block skill goes off.

You would think in a game that forces you to react in a split second that block, an important tool would be more responsive.

It only seems to happen at the very end of an attack.

Try it for yourself.

I noticed this too. At first I thought it was lag only because when this one skill falls behind other skills like blurred frenzy seems to fall behind as well, but everything else like movement seems to be perfectly smooth. Tested it on an ettin’s charge attack and got hit when there was ample time for the block to activate. Very frustrating.

I get this too … it’s frustrating, making the block unreliable.

My second quirk with it is also the animation that roots you afterwards for too long getting you killed anyway in the process if there is more than 1 mob around.

Yep, it’s why I pretty much only double tap the blocks to fire off the blind/daze. Our other defensive options are much more effective+reliable.

the block duration is way too short. Makes timing a real kitten in PvE. More often than not i’ll channel the whole duration only to be smacked the instant it ends, haha

Sometimes it happens fast, sometimes it doesn’t. Just like when I try to use BF, sometimes there is a long delay inbetween my last hit and BF..

The delay for the dmg/clone is also annoying.

I interupt it so much since I try to block then dodge right away.