Guild Wars 2

Out of curiosity, when you put up the LB #5 barrage, and then hit a #3 Stealthshot, do any of you notice that the stealth is immediately removed, and you end up in “unstealthed” mode?

Is this because the barrage duration > casting duration of barrage, and still hits enemies after casting it? hence removing any stealth u get just after?

Or another reason?

im just trying to think of ways to use the stealthshot to it’s best potential, and clearly crippling foes with barrage and trying to get behind them is a nono at this point…

unless Anet made it so that you unstealth only if u actually ACTIVATE a skill on an enemy… the way thieves do.

(currently, as a thief u can cast caltrops while invis and stay invis, but unstealth after attacking directly…. whereas u unstealth as a ranger while barrage is still active from prior casting?)

When you hit a player with barrage it counts as an attack and attacks cancel stealth.
Skills like Caltrops and Choking Gas do not “attack” players they simply apply effects within an radius. If said skills also ticked damage they would be attacks and cancel stealth but they do not.

Castaliea.3156:

When you hit a player with barrage it counts as an attack and attacks cancel stealth.
Skills like Caltrops and Choking Gas do not “attack” players they simply apply effects within an radius. If said skills also ticked damage they would be attacks and cancel stealth but they do not.

thank you for the explanation.
i’ve been going through my posted topics, and u’re always the first one to comment on my posts.
so thank you, for caring and for doing your part on the forums:)
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