Guild Wars 2

So it seems Signet of Vampirism can’t be dodged, can’t be line of sighted, and corrupts at near infinite range. Evidence of the latter shown here: https://youtu.be/B3n4hFowCvo?t=21

Yep, working as intended since the corruption happens as the vampiric signet stacks are applied and the way the stacks work is that they can’t be dodged or otherwise evaded as to not make the heal skill complete and utter garbage. So by extension the corruption also follows through. Only time it is somewhat negated is when a person is invuln, and then the signet only strips the boons rather than convert them to condis.

The only thing that might be problematic is the infinite-ish range that corruptions go while the 25 vamp stacks don’t…but yeah.

Wait, is this just Signets of Suffering? Is it working on the passive effect of Signet of Vampirism? OP’s post is so full of whine I can’t really make sense of what is happening.

EDIT: Oh I see it now so it requires the trait Signets of Suffering and it only works on Signet of Vampirism? What about other Signets?

Dristig.9678:

Wait, is this just Signets of Suffering? Is it working on the passive effect of Signet of Vampirism? OP’s post is so full of whine I can’t really make sense of what is happening.

EDIT: Oh I see it now so it requires the trait Signets of Suffering and it only works on Signet of Vampirism? What about other Signets?

I can verify what hes saying. Its something ive ran into in pvp for a few months now. Any time I bring it up its called a L2P issue (you can’t learn to play something that cant be counterplayed haha). And yes it seems to just work with signet of vampirism procs. Either the heal skill or the passive proc from the trait. Both seem to go through I believe.

Im assuming this is because a heal skill CANT miss for obvious reasons. So in that respect niether can the offensive portion of the heal. Which I believe is how this started happening.

Shadelang.3012:

Dristig.9678:

Wait, is this just Signets of Suffering? Is it working on the passive effect of Signet of Vampirism? OP’s post is so full of whine I can’t really make sense of what is happening.

EDIT: Oh I see it now so it requires the trait Signets of Suffering and it only works on Signet of Vampirism? What about other Signets?

I can verify what hes saying. Its something ive ran into in pvp for a few months now. Any time I bring it up its called a L2P issue (you can’t learn to play something that cant be counterplayed haha). And yes it seems to just work with signet of vampirism procs. Either the heal skill or the passive proc from the trait. Both seem to go through I believe.

Im assuming this is because a heal skill CANT miss for obvious reasons. So in that respect niether can the offensive portion of the heal. Which I believe is how this started happening.

It looks like it requires both Signets of Suffering trait and only works on the Signet of Vampirism active effect. I’m guessing you’re right that a heal can’t miss. The range thing is the only interesting part because OP didn’t get the Vampirism Stacks. I wonder if the Necro in the video had him targeted?

Dristig.9678:

Shadelang.3012:

Dristig.9678:

Wait, is this just Signets of Suffering? Is it working on the passive effect of Signet of Vampirism? OP’s post is so full of whine I can’t really make sense of what is happening.

EDIT: Oh I see it now so it requires the trait Signets of Suffering and it only works on Signet of Vampirism? What about other Signets?

I can verify what hes saying. Its something ive ran into in pvp for a few months now. Any time I bring it up its called a L2P issue (you can’t learn to play something that cant be counterplayed haha). And yes it seems to just work with signet of vampirism procs. Either the heal skill or the passive proc from the trait. Both seem to go through I believe.

Im assuming this is because a heal skill CANT miss for obvious reasons. So in that respect niether can the offensive portion of the heal. Which I believe is how this started happening.

It looks like it requires both Signets of Suffering trait and only works on the Signet of Vampirism active effect. I’m guessing you’re right that a heal can’t miss. The range thing is the only interesting part because OP didn’t get the Vampirism Stacks. I wonder if the Necro in the video had him targeted?

I would say its likely. Ive been hit by this as I am retreating from a cele necro. Its actually pretty unfair to get hit by haha. I would say this feels largely unintended due to how the skill actually functions.

I feel the corrupt happens not when the stacks land but when the heal occurs. Meaning the act of casting the signet at all is what triggers the effect. Not the landing of the stacks themselves. It means you can dodge it and still fail to dodge the most painful aspect of it.

I’ve played signet necro for months. It’s always been able to hit through loS, blocks, and evade frames, but I guess it’s fair compensation for having the most pathetic passive heal of any heal signet in the game across all classes.

nearlight.3064:

I’ve played signet necro for months. It’s always been able to hit through loS, blocks, and evade frames, but I guess it’s fair compensation for having the most pathetic passive heal of any heal signet in the game across all classes.

Not if your playing a build that relies on boon uptime to deal damage haha. Then its an unfair mechanic with low to no counterplay :P.

As someone that runs a self might build. This mechanic is the single most frustrating skill in the entire game. Thats including ALL builds in that list.

It’s a pretty cheap move but I bet it is an expensive fix from a dev perspective. On the bright side it can only affect 2 boons every 28 seconds.

Dristig.9678:

It’s a pretty cheap move but I bet it is an expensive fix from a dev perspective. On the bright side it can only affect 2 boons every 28 seconds.

It’s always my fury and swiftness u.u

Edit: But yes I can’t say this is gamebraking. Atleast not for most builds. for some its pretty kitten painful. But overall it probably doesn’t effect game balance much. I am glad it got brought up though because it does increase the likelyhood that it will eventually get looked at.