Blinding Powder
There are quite a few times when I use this ability and I feel like I should have stealthed but don’t. It’s not the display bug either. Usually it’s after a knockdown or somthing. I haven’t quite figured out if it’s another class giving a debuff or what. So far I’ve chalked it up to me jumping the gun and with it being instant, hitting it a fraction too early but not sure.
Have you checked that you don’t have the revealed debuff on you when using it?
Adwaenyth – Level 80 thief
Face Down [FD]
Drakkar Lake[DE]
Face Down [FD]
Drakkar Lake[DE]
Have you checked that you don’t have the revealed debuff on you when using it?
Problem is, especially with this skill, I never check the debuff. I just go by feel. So it very well could be that it’s “oh sit” nature and the heat of combat I’m pressing it a bit too early.
i often use it, never saw anything wrong with it.
Black Thunders [BT] – Gandara
i often get this, when i have an “o kitten” moment because 3 people jump me while im not paying attention. I pop it and it doesnt stealth me. could be because you can activate it while “stunned” or cc’d which somehow bugs it.
i often get this, when i have an “o kitten” moment because 3 people jump me while im not paying attention. I pop it and it doesnt stealth me. could be because you can activate it while “stunned” or cc’d which somehow bugs it.
This could be it. I know you can activate it when KD’d but I seem to remember it not working when feared. The blind works, just not stealth.
It has failed to stealth me a number of times when it should have. I notice that it tends to do this when a number of abilities hit at the same time in close proximity to me. Just an observation.
CnD has failed a number of times also but I know there are more issues here.
Blood~
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance”
Does anyone know if it’s intended that knockdowns break stealth but still apply revealed? This is pretty consistent and I’m definitely not accidently attacking.
CaD does seem to fail mysteriously periodically, there’s no revealed debuff, no block, no blind, no invulnerability, no out of range, it just fails, no reason… haha dumb thief l2p. It’s pretty much the sole reason I traited Quick Recovery because without it missing 2 CaD’s in a row was a death sentence.
Was that happening before only with SR I wonder? You get knocked out of that and revealed without attacking, then try to do Powder to instantly stealth again and it fails due to bugged revealed. The latest patch should have fixed that example.
This works fine. I use it all the time.
I am aware of all my stealth abilities, and if the revealed buff is up it won’t work.
I can confirm the issue. Doesn’t work 80% of the time when you use it while you receive damage.
I think it might be bugged. It seems to happen when there is a lot of data to process (heated battle for example). The skill should state in its description if it is interrupted by anything (there is no such indication).
For those experiencing this issue, check if you have five points in Shadow Arts. If you do, it’s probable that the adept trait there is stealthing you when you hit 25% health, you’re attacking and getting the revealed debuff, and then trying to stealth immediately afterwards with your own blinding powder because your health is low.
See also: Trait II in Trickery (Instinctual Response)
Mixing insults with your post is like pooping in a salad.
It’s pretty obvious, and nobody’s impressed.
It’s pretty obvious, and nobody’s impressed.
Soft is right, the blind must be an attack. That’s what’s happening for sure. thanks!
edit: i guess that’s not what you were saying. It’s for people keyspaming attacks though because it usually stops when that trait goes off. Is the blind part of the powder considered an attack?
(edited by Stiv.1820)
For those experiencing this issue, check if you have five points in Shadow Arts. If you do, it’s probable that the adept trait there is stealthing you when you hit 25% health, you’re attacking and getting the revealed debuff, and then trying to stealth immediately afterwards with your own blinding powder because your health is low.
See also: Trait II in Trickery (Instinctual Response)
Last Refuge is a stupid trait that causes at least half my deaths in PvP because it fires while I’m in a cloak and dagger cast, leaving me with revealed and often no initiative (that’s called a free kill). A minor trait that causes random, uncontrolled behavior like that with no way to opt out is terrible.
But that’s not the cause of the problems I was talking about, which are:
1) Cloak and dagger occasionally fails for no reason whatsoever (this is taking into account the long list of well known, legitimate reasons for it to “fail”).
2) Stealth can be broken, followed by a revealed debuff, if you’re knocked down immediately after stealthing.