Guild Wars 2

I’ve had alot of issues with this combo. Many times I’ll apply bas venom and hit my target with nothing around it, and the venom doesn’t apply. It seems to be completely random whether or not it works or not.

Similarly, I’ve had quite a few issues with blinding powder not working post patch as well – animation plays, cooldown is triggered, yet I’m not invisible.

Anyone else notice these issues?

I’ve had a weird invis issue as well. I’ve been using anything for blinds (the heal, the.. uhh.. portal one, blinding powder etc) and even though I don’t have a revealed debuff, I won’t go invis. However, I get the “stealth” icon as if I AM stealthed. Submit a report in game like I did.

I’ve noticed the issue with appearing visible while actually invisible, but in these cases I did not even have the stealth buff and my enemies could clearly see me.

I’m also still quite interested in why B Venom doesn’t work with the bow most the time, since the build I’ve been working on relies on that combo for a few things.

I too have had this happen to me. It may be intentional so that the venom doesn’t apply to multiple targets, but it still seems odd. I’ve also had problems with B venom and the speargun’s Deluge attack.

I think it’s all the skills that hit multiple targets. I have the same problem using clusterbomb and dancing dagger. Trying hitting them with the “3” skill when using a shortbow.

have the same thing happen, makes shortbow venom build useless

That’s ridiculous… it should at least apply to the first target. Also, it definitely HAS applied to the first target occasionally, but it’s ridiculously unreliable. I’m really enjoying this shortbow spec I have now, and getting B venom to work when I need it too would actually make it work… I hope this is an oversight on Anet’s part.

In the meantime I’ll try to use 3 skill to apply as a bandaid fix.

It seems to simply be a bug with how ranged abilities work, the same thing happens with blind. the debuff or venom wears off when the ability is CAST not necessarily when it hits. thus making blinds on many range users useless and venoms less useful as well.