Guild Wars 2

Plague Form: The AoE indicator is not strictly accurate. It will scale in size to match the player model instead of having a static radius of 240. The actual area of effect still has a radius of 240, regardless of character size
on my case is incredible small even with trait’’ greater mark’s’’ can arena net fix this on the next update here is a print, norm necromancer vs asura necromancer.
arena net let’s fix thanks for reading
edited to make all necromacer happy with post most important is the bug fix

ragas.1843:

arena net let’s fix this since 75% off necromancer’s are assuras thanks for reading

I agree that this should be fixed, but the quoted assertion is definitely off-base.

75 percent are Asura’s? I don’t think that’s even close.

I would say a larger portion are Charr and Humans. The last BoC All-Necro event had 18 people and not one Asura.

This is a common problem that apparently their QA department missed. For instance, the Engineer Flamethrower 1 skill scales to character size as well making it visually inaccurate.

Bas.7406:

75 percent are Asura’s? I don’t think that’s even close.

I would say a larger portion are Charr and Humans. The last BoC All-Necro event had 18 people and not one Asura.

Or maybe there were Asura there, but you overlooked them? Hard to see the little guys sometimes. :P

As to the bug: yeah, it’s annoying. I like to be able to trust AoE circles exactly, and with plague form I especially like to know if I can inch over a little bit to get that other mob.

Bas.7406:

75 percent are Asura’s? I don’t think that’s even close.

I would say a larger portion are Charr and Humans. The last BoC All-Necro event had 18 people and not one Asura.

Sorry to stray off topic, but just for fun here are some stats:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Statistics-on-class-race-selection/first#post1583552

Within the small poll conducted, Humans were the most popular necro (11), followed by Sylvari necro (10) and then Asura (9). Humans seem to be the most popular race across the board though. Charr and Norn only scored 1 necro each.

I play a Charr necro and Plague’s effect radius seems to match the visual one when I use it. I don’t believe the bug is purely visual.

That said, I would LOVE it if everyone’s Plague was buffed to Charr size. You’re supposed to be a menacing cloud that people run away from because they like being able to do things (and poison+blind+chill pulsing doesn’t really let you do that). I see an Asura in Plague and I say “Aww, isn’t that cute?”

I HATE this too. I have an asura and a charr necro and I am sure the AoE circles are the area it actually effects rather than being only visual. if this is fixed I may actually use plague on my asura.

Just as a recommendation? If you haven’t specifically tested the range, I suggest you do so. Just go into plague form and inch towards a stationary mob (yellow ones tend to be lethargic enough to do this) and watch how far they can get inside / from your circle before they start feeling the love.

@softspoken no is the moob/ player is out of the area i cant hit him.

is sad how you guys trash this post with spam when for some players that do most wvw
are being affected by this bug.
who care is main necromancer race is human or char or even sylvari, that’s why i edit the post ,most important here is the bug fix that are affecting asuras or all other’s small class .
please note if you make a human/charr/sylvari and on creating you choose to go for small human /charr /sylvari you are being affected too.
to check if are being affected by this bug is simple put any mark from the staff on the floor then use plague and it should be the same size of the staff mark, if is bigger like happen on norm’s are being benefited by the bug if your plague is small then the staff mark you got the plague aoe bug.
guys let’s keep the post free from spam if you don’t have any thing to add don’t post i’m trying to get this fix ’’ASAP’’
Best Regards

ragas.1843:

to check if are being affected by this bug is simple put any mark from the staff on the floor then use plague and it should be the same size of the staff mark, if is bigger like happen on norm’s are being benefited by the bug if your plague is small then the staff mark you got the plague aoe bug.

Just to clarify, this test requires you to have the ‘Greater Marks’ trait selected. In the event you don’t have the trait / 10 points in Death Magic, you can also use any well to generate a circle with the appropriate (240) radius.

Even then, that only shows you exactly how big the indicator ring is. In my experience, that ring has not been strictly accurate, although it’s possible for you to get lucky and generate a ring that is actually 240 in radius. I highly urge the ‘inch towards the mob’ test to see if it is / is not accurate for your character.

yes after a test i can hit moob’s /player’s out side of the aoe area but is not accurate, still,is not in same area of the staff area ‘’with trait greater mark’s’’