Guild Wars 2

This is something I stumbled across recently, not sure if it’s a bug or intended behavior.

If you use DS4 when DS is just about to expire, you’ll continue doing the attack in normal form, and you’ll gain life force without the constant drain from the shroud itself. I like to use it this way because it actually helps set up your next shroud, as opposed to using it during DS where you won’t net much life force most of the time.

On the other hand, if you use DS4 and then hit F1 to switch out of shroud, specifically to take advantage of this, the DS4 gets cancelled too. This leads me to believe that the behavior is a bug, one that I hope they don’t fix anytime soon

Actually, that sounds like they finally fixed it. It used to heal you if it expired, not give LF.

Bhawb.7408:

Actually, that sounds like they finally fixed it. It used to heal you if it expired, not give LF.

Actually, that sounds like he isn’t using that trait at all.

Which trait are you talking about? Aside from Gluttony (Soul Reaping 5) I don’t have any traits that pertain to stealing life or life force generation.

He is referring to Transfusion, the blood magic trait.

Bhawb.7408:

He is referring to Transfusion, the blood magic trait.

correct that trait is what made it heal you on DS expire, otherwise it just gave you life force.

If you don’t want them to fix it then why did you make a forum post about it lol.

The fixed it ages ago. It use to heal your actual hp even without the trait (i think, i dont remember ever using it and i experienced the heal a few times) if you got kicked out or if you left manually. Then they fixed it so it cancelled if you left DS manually.

Yup. It has been that way. Use Life Transfusion at the end of DS, if you like.