Guild Wars 2

“Stealing grants you 2 seconds of stealth.”

I was aiming for this Thief trait early on, but i have had mixed outcomes with using it.
About 75% (or more) of the time i use it i will ‘auto’-attack after using Steal, immediately breaking stealth.

It has kept me in stealth a few times, but i am not sure if its something i am doing wrong.
I tried adjusting a bunch of the combat options but none of them seemed to increase the chance that this trait would function properly (or at least properly in the way i imagined it should work, i.e. being stealthed after using Steal)

I am not sure if i am doing something wrong or if maybe the trait is bugged and this is happening to other people.
Does the damage from Mug break it? (and if so, that seems like a broken synergy)

This is my current build (low 50s)

(now that i think of it, i have only ever tested Hidden Thief in PvE)

Thanks for any feedback.

I would say the damage from mug breaks the stealth, which is possibly WaIntended

Turn auto attack off and test it. If it still breaks, it’s mug.

I notice the same thing when I use assassin’s signet, actually. it automatically activates an auto-attack.

I have the same issues in WvW with any lag or in bigger grp combat. Since I do not use auto or mug, andstill have this fail at least a third of the time, I can say it’s an issue with the server timing out or something. Stealth in general is pretty hit or miss when there are more than 3-5 ppl in an area. Anet needs to tighten up this stuff, its pretty sloppy right now.

Turned off Mug but it was still happening.
It attacks and immediately breaks stealth when Stealing but it is not even the stealth attack for ‘1’.
It is stealthing because the graphic happens (briefly) and you get the cooldown debuff.

And as i had mentioned, i previously turned on and off all the combinations of combat options with no change.

Many skills start autoattack when triggered. The way to fix this is to disable AUTOATTACK period…and control it yourself.

Highlight skill 1, and press CTRL + Mouse 2 (Right mouse button) simultaneously.

Then you won’t ever have to worry about this again.

there is a known issue with Hidden Thief not correctly suspending auto-attack if your mainhand weapon is a ranged weapon (pistol or shortbow). You are almost certainly encountering this bug. Try it out with a mainhand dagger or sword. it should work.

Mug is not bugged here, btw. It does not break stealth.

I’ve had auto-attack trigger even with it disabled with a main-hand melee weapon when stealing. Not using Mug or anything, just normal F1.

Stealing does not interrupt “channeled” skills (any skill where you see a bar go from left > right over your skill bar). In the case of daggers or sword, stealing correctly suspends your auto attack; however, with a pistol or shortbow it’s possible to steal “in the middle” of preparing to fire, which causes you to break stealth shortly after stealing. It’s probably a bug.

Be sure u are not spamming your auto attack after u hit steal. Be sure the target u are hitting doesnt have anything that can break stealth and be sure u dont spamming steal to use it. O and make sure u dont have the stealth cd debuff on u.