Guild Wars 2

So the Shadow Arts minor trait, Meld with Shadows, no longer gives the extra second of stealth duration when leaping through a smoke field. Utility skills still get the added duration.

Anyone know if this is intentional or not?

Did Meld with Shadows ever effect combos? I didn’t think it did.

Nope, never did.

It never affected combos. Should it? I vote yes.

Never did… Would be a nice little buff to SA without making it OP though.

I could of sworn it worked with combos before the trait revamp. Maybe the new version never worked with them to avoid perma stealth builds. I’m a little amazed to be honest, I haven’t played a stealth build in so long, but I still see thieves staying in stealth nearly 24/7, it must be harder now. Back in the day, the blackpowder → hs gave you back 2 initiative each time you leaped, so it was even easier then. Maybe that was all it was, and my memory is just not working right. Anyone else remember?

Yes, that was the main thing. 2 init per application of stealth. That was nerfed to 2 init upon entering stealth, and later nerfed to 1 init every 3s in stealth when it merged with Shadow Rejuvenation.