Guild Wars 2

Not sure if anyone’s made a post about this yet, but the “Hidden Killer” Grandmaster trait that gives 100% crit chance while in stealth is no longer working.

Tested on multiple mobs and the crit rate for me is about equal to what my regular crit chance should be.

I get the feeling this wasn’t intended, but I wanted to let people know!.

Are you getting the hidden killer buff when you are in stealth?

Well, that just broke my whole spec. WTG Anet!

/confirmed

hopefuly when they fix it completely this time,
in pvp the trait didn’t always guarantee a crit from stealth, it was buggy

now its just broken

confimed

/15char

Yep, it’s not working for me as well.

You should be using Executioner anyway

It did work 100 % of the time before patch. It just never worked with stealth stacking. For example backstab out of shadow refuge or from any other kind of stacked stealth, if more then 3 seconds have passed ( or 4, im not sure if hiden killer trait is affected by SA trait that increases stealth time, becouse i did see it fail when backstabing last second, just before stealth wears off) will not be guaranteed crit. I havent loged in yet, but for some reason I think that you all are full of crap, like claiming that hidden killer didnt work before patch.

Maladon.5760:

You should be using Executioner anyway

Noup. Not all thieves run full zerker with instagib 25/30/0/0/15 build. Shocker… I know…

As a thief with only 10 points in the precision tree, I hope the rest of you enjoy keeping your fingers crossed for a crit on backstab like me. Until the bug is fixed, of course.

Yes its broke now after patch. Best way to test for yourself is in the front of mobs.

You should post this in the bugs section of the forums.

I’m still at work, as any one tested traps? are they working now? (i know no one uses them but still it would be good if something worked on this profession)

awgardner.9634:

You should post this in the bugs section of the forums.

Ah, good idea, I should have done this from the start.

I went ahead and posted it there as well.

Thanks!

It is bugged. Holly kitten, as always. With every patch anet manages to break something.

Confirmed… There are several other threads. This is severely affecting gameplay for thieves that have builds around this! Please fix.

Maladon.5760:

You should be using Executioner anyway

For certain builds, Hidden Killer is vastly more dps gain. Generally, these would be builds with frequent stealth cycles and semi tanky gear like Power/Vitality/Toughness. It also has much more predictable results.

Daeqar.8965:

Maladon.5760:

You should be using Executioner anyway

For certain builds, Hidden Killer is vastly more dps gain. Generally, these would be builds with frequent stealth cycles and semi tanky gear like Power/Vitality/Toughness. It also has much more predictable results.

Yeah, I primarily PvE where mobs just sit there and let you repeatedly stealth-cycle backstab them. This is the main reason I use hidden killer — though if you make a good enough case, I can certainly be persuaded.

Confirmed, have a video about this!

Confirmed, Tested with no gear on spvp bots and it did not give 100% crit from stealth.

It’s broken for me also. And before patch I found it didn’t ensure a critical hit. I think Karolis is right that it didn’t work with stealth stacking, which I think it should. Anyway, hope they fix it and make it work 100% of the time like it’s supposed to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-lBM6_Ga0

+1 I can confirm this too.

Also can confirm. Lame.

Confirmed.

apparentlyineedfifteencharactersinmypost

Confirmed, kittening anet.

Loged in … confirming buged hidden killer. Allso 4 s revealed is just broken, i would go with revealed after stealth fades off vs 4 second reveal anyday …

Instead of 100% crit it’s 100% broken instead. .-.

Gamblit.5041:

They probably changed it to something like +20% crit from Stealth but forgot to add it to the patch notes.

Having your crit chance going over 100% was kinder out of balance, imho.

Which wouldn’t be even worthy of a Minor Trait.

Well I posted this to the bugs subforum and a Dev responded and said they were looking into it.

Just wanted to give everyone an update!.

Up to the thread! What a reason was to break thieves completely?!

It is obviously a bug, and they will fix it soon.
I hope.

Doggie.3184:

Instead of 100% crit it’s 100% broken instead. .-.

You mean 100% useless

Daendur.2357:

It is obviously a bug, and they will fix it soon.
I hope.

Shadow Protector is an obvious bug too, how long has that gone unfixed? Since beta?

If they will nerve HK in any way, there will be no reason whatsoever not to use Executioner instead. I’ll probably quite thief altogether then, because I’m not interested in playing 25/30/0/0/15 instagib.

Showing support.. Fix this :-)

It will probably be another month or more when it’s fixed, when they release another patch.

Yay a break from gw2, just in time for spring! I think it’s also time for less gw2 and more BF3.

I’m not sure if I am the only one, but pre-patch there would be times I would not crit out of stealth. Unless there is some sort of stat in the game which cancels critical hits then I don’t know why caused this.