Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

Has anyone ever been a victim of the blinding powder trait that activates when you go below a certain health percentage proc RIGHT when you do a cloak and dagger? The result is it pops you out of stealth… and I’ve died a couple times because of that.

I like taking this tree and yes it is a helpful trait but this is the only problem that I’ve encountered.. it gets in the way of cloak and dagger stealth.

I have the same exact problem until i started running D/P…. I died countless times because of it in clutch situations. But with D/P i hard have the problem now, since when I want to get away I untarget, use black powder and heartseeker through it. Since my switching of primaries from S/D to D/P I have had very little problem with that trait…

But yeah, you are not the only one.

Yes I have frequently. And it is usually right when I have peeved that 50man zerg off enough that they are all raging trying to target me. RIP Thief.

The other annoying one im finding is blinding power skill which gives 3 sec stealth. If someone is immune to blind for some reason you don’t get stealth either, which is BS IMO.

Only thing immune to blind might be some bosses, and an engineer with goggles…. Unless there are other blind immunities? And is the skill bugged because of that? Otherwise it should stealth just fine.

Binary Rain.4869:

Only thing immune to blind might be some bosses, and an engineer with goggles…. Unless there are other blind immunities? And is the skill bugged because of that? Otherwise it should stealth just fine.

Im talking about in WvW. I haven’t figured out why players are immune to blind, but whenever stealth doesn’t pop Ive noticed the red words “immune” popping up around the player, so figuring its related. Once I see that I don’t get stealth.

if you have been out of combat fo a while and then you are fighting and you are going down you should know what’s going to happen and not cast c&d.
The only problem can be in a long combat when you go down and up multiple times so it’s hard to track it’s cd.
They should really add a “trait cooldown viewer” in the UI.

sostronk.8167:

The other annoying one im finding is blinding power skill which gives 3 sec stealth. If someone is immune to blind for some reason you don’t get stealth either, which is BS IMO.

Never had this before.. only happens when I’m debuffed.

sostronk.8167:

Binary Rain.4869:

Only thing immune to blind might be some bosses, and an engineer with goggles…. Unless there are other blind immunities? And is the skill bugged because of that? Otherwise it should stealth just fine.

Im talking about in WvW. I haven’t figured out why players are immune to blind, but whenever stealth doesn’t pop Ive noticed the red words “immune” popping up around the player, so figuring its related. Once I see that I don’t get stealth.

That “immune” is on you, not the other player. You are still under the effect of Revealed, and therefore are immune to the effect of stealth. Use a stealth skill on a dummy while revealed and see for yourself.

It’s annoying at first, but once you understand when it procs, you can actually plan for it.

I love it.

Yeah, it’s just that there needs to be a timer so I actually know when it can proc XD
By the way, if anyone is up for some thief video with added story flavor, check this out!