Guild Wars 2

The point blank shot skill on the longbow seems to “Miss” far too often when at really close range… so much so that lately its almost 50/50 hit and miss.. well not that bad but you see my point

I think the problem is more noticeable to me as I will charge my foe till I am right infront of them then use PBS to get maximum pushing distance

can others that use point blank shot comment on how often you are missing

or could a dev explain if these misses are intended

It seems to me that our ranger has a very narrow field of vision, more like a racehorse with blinders. And if your target falls out of the 30/30 field of vision you either miss or stop firing.. You can test this by shooting at practise target: Turn slowly to the right and to the left and notice when your autoattack stops shooting. Now the problem is that the closer you get to your target, the more precise you need the target to appear right infront of you.. if just slightly to the left or right.. you miss.
I also notice that if you use a shootingskill while your target is not in this narrow field of vision the skill appears to be “interrupted”. It just fails with some time to recharge to it. Very strange and very annoying. because i rather have the character to autoturn to your selected target and then fire then to “sorry your character didnt look directly at your selected target so you fail”.
To be honest, shooting with a bow feels sometimes like peing with a morning kitten^^ Hard to handle

I find the animation time to be way too long. I want it to get the same animation as hunter’s shot and be instant cast. A lot happens in 0.5 seconds. The enemy could be nearly on the opposite side of you by the time it fires.

Wow is that what the problem is? It sure is very annoying. Avathor, I completely agree with you, the character needs to auto-turn. Maybe I’m too used to other mmo’s auto-turning that I have to get used to it, but it sure it way too annoying. I’ve really been wondering what caused me to feel like a fish on dry land in close combat with my bows. Now I know what’s wrong.

You do auto turn if your standing still. After auto turning tapping left or right will recenter the camera.

Its more of a bug that goes on for all ranged crap. Rangers just get it worse. Obstruction and miss bugs happen so much Ill be shocked when they fix it.