Guild Wars 2

The range on Greatsword Skill 5, Hilt Bash, is too short. It should be increased to 400, from 300.

I can rarely ever land a hit on a fleeing opponent as they simply walk away from the short range that it has. In addition, Knockback pushes opponents out of range—most of the time—so one can’t follow up with Hilt Bash effectively. This combo rarely works for me. The skills seem kind of disjointed as they currently are.

Any thoughts? Am I missing something?

yep, you’re right on the money. I recently switched from GS to s/d and haven’t looked back. I actually posted something in the collaboration thing a couple days ago about letting you move while casting hilt bash among other suggestions but ya, its pretty rough, especially vs swiftness. One thing that really helps is muddy terrain, might be worth a try with GS. Cast muddy terrain, then move behind your foe and whack away.

Not so sure the range would solve, i think the animation is clunky, could be wrong though

A much faster animation wouldnt go amiss either…

Archon.6480:

The range on Greatsword Skill 5, Hilt Bash, is too short. It should be increased to 400, from 300.

I can rarely ever land a hit on a fleeing opponent as they simply walk away from the short range that it has. In addition, Knockback pushes opponents out of range—most of the time—so one can’t follow up with Hilt Bash effectively. This combo rarely works for me. The skills seem kind of disjointed as they currently are.

Any thoughts? Am I missing something?

As it is, knockback, imho, is better for people who’d switch to a ranged weapon afterward…

Though I never saw mention of a knockback/hilt bash combo? most of the time, seems to be GS 3-5-2-(few1’s, maybe a 2)-4 / switch… Migh be missing something, though

Yea I’d like to see a change like this. You can make it work but it shouldnt be so gimmicky imo.