Guild Wars 2

I’ve noticed quite often that I’ve put down a shadow refuge, gone into stealth until the refuge expires, then started running towards some PVE creatures while out of combat. Seems fine. As soon as I run past some mobs I go into combat for no reason I can see. Nothing is chasing me, I’ve used no skills, no traits seem to have triggered, I just seem to be in combat. What’s going on here?

Weird terrain slopes perhaps? There are times when I am running down a hill that I will take falling damage that puts me in combat.

5 on Sb adds blind to enemies when you do it close enough to them. that always gets me

Blind on stealth pulses similar to how might stacks while you’re in stealth. They changed the mechanics a few months ago to make it so that non-damaging attacks put you in combat (such as blinds). Most likely you are pulsing blinds as you run past the mobs.

Maugetarr.6823:

Blind on stealth pulses similar to how might stacks while you’re in stealth. They changed the mechanics a few months ago to make it so that non-damaging attacks put you in combat (such as blinds). Most likely you are pulsing blinds as you run past the mobs.

It’s most likely this. I noticed it also triggers even when stealthing past enemies that are immune to blinds. Discovered that doing the dredge fractal and accidentally leaving that trait active and putting myself in combat just by running past a dredge.

Maugetarr.6823:

Blind on stealth pulses similar to how might stacks while you’re in stealth. They changed the mechanics a few months ago to make it so that non-damaging attacks put you in combat (such as blinds). Most likely you are pulsing blinds as you run past the mobs.

That’s an interesting an idea that I’d like follow up on. I am just using shadow refuge then setting off to run past mobs. Will blind on stealth really be pulsing two seconds after the shadow refuge has ended? It’s surely a straight bug if it is?

(Just to clarify this is without shortbow, no falling, no drop in health, no other skills used, no dodge roll caltrops, enemies are inactive with nobody else nearby, no fancy sigils/runes.)

Stooperdale.3560:

That’s an interesting an idea that I’d like follow up on. I am just using shadow refuge then setting off to run past mobs. Will blind on stealth really be pulsing two seconds after the shadow refuge has ended? It’s surely a straight bug if it is?

(Just to clarify this is without shortbow, no falling, no drop in health, no other skills used, no dodge roll caltrops, enemies are inactive with nobody else nearby, no fancy sigils/runes.)

Yes, the blind on stealth trait seems to pulse, which makes the description of the trait seem a bit wrong. They should definitely do some refining of tooltip description of skills and traits across all classes to better explain how they operate. It can be pretty upsetting to run a trait, think you know how it works, and then suddenly it does something unexpected that you didn’t intend for it to and it ends up screwing you over somehow.

Also, it would be nice if they removed/changed traits that can do just as much harm as good to you… I’m looking at you Last Refuge.

godz raiden.2631:

Stooperdale.3560:

That’s an interesting an idea that I’d like follow up on. I am just using shadow refuge then setting off to run past mobs. Will blind on stealth really be pulsing two seconds after the shadow refuge has ended? It’s surely a straight bug if it is?

(Just to clarify this is without shortbow, no falling, no drop in health, no other skills used, no dodge roll caltrops, enemies are inactive with nobody else nearby, no fancy sigils/runes.)

Yes, the blind on stealth trait seems to pulse, which makes the description of the trait seem a bit wrong.

Thanks, this is a great insight. I would assume that it pulses every 5 seconds while in stealth since it checks after the duration and triggers again thinking that you just gain another stealth.

That makes sense, but only, it’s not working as intended. :/

VERIFIED

Ok if you use a shadow refuge then go stand next to a rabbit, the blind on stealth trait will trigger every few seconds and blind the rabbit, leaving you in combat. I’ll raise it as a bug for what it is worth. Thanks for hints. I’ll recommend changing the trait whenever you’re skipping.