Guild Wars 2

Why is this bird flapping over (on) me? (see attached) I can’t seem to find out what causes it. Searching for ranger, bird and animation brings up everything but this. I’ve only seen it twice and once it appears it stays with me until I leave the map.

Can anyone more knowledgeable than me shed some light on this thing?

Thanks,
DedTreeJig

It’s a visual bug that sometimes (very rarely) occurs after using swoop (Greatsword 3 on Ranger). It’s the visual effect of the ability but it will bug out and not disappear after.

Yep, a little glitch with the GS skill. I’ve had that happen to me before.

Thanks, that makes sense. And here I was thinking that I’d acquired some new skill.

I wonder if it’s a recent bug, the first time I saw it was about month or so ago.

DedTreeJig

It’s not recent, it’s been around since GS existed.

Actlualy that bug is ancient…. at lest it’s not the overlapped 2 birds

Like others have already said, it’s the stuck animation of Greatsword 3 (Swoop).

It’s been like that for as long as I remember and I played since release.

For me it happens every time I play in WvW. I think it’s a combination of lag and swapping weapons. Maybe swapping weapons while still Swooping or something. I haven’t figured out exactly what causes it.

Holland.9351:

Like others have already said, it’s the stuck animation of Greatsword 3 (Swoop).

It’s been like that for as long as I remember and I played since release.

For me it happens every time I play in WvW. I think it’s a combination of lag and swapping weapons. Maybe swapping weapons while still Swooping or something. I haven’t figured out exactly what causes it.

Might be from getting cc’d while swooping. I’ve also had it happen with the underwater shark animation. But yeah, happens in WvW all the time. Wouldn’t care so much if it weren’t for the never ending flapping sound.

I also occasionally happens where everyone else can see it bugging out but it doesn’t show up on your screen. That’s the best because it annoys the kitten out of people.

This also sometimes happens with the underwater harpoon skill #3 and you get to run around with a wiggly land shark!