Guild Wars 2

Recently came back to my thief after several months away. I’m using SB more than I had previously and I’m a little confused: everyone talks about the vertical mobility #5 provides, but I always get the “path to target” error when I try to use it to change elevation. What am I missing?

Vertical mobility is only really prominent in spvp. Elsewhere it can be used, but it requires you to know the various situations where you will have a valid path.

Example: On sPvP map Khylo you can get up the mid node by aiming under the wooden planks around mid. Also you get up many edges without taking the route around. There are essentially millions of places you can use it, once you know where, you get used to it and adapt it to other places. I think there are many videos and tutorials on it as well.

There are places in WvW maps where fights tend to take a predictable path and after awhile you will know what sort of topography you can short bow 5 up or across for instant high ground or barriers.

Thanks for the responses, I’ll start working on my map familiarity.

There is no valid path to hope.

They flat out broke shadowstepping and the pathing is intensely awful currently.
You can be stopped by any minor elevation difference, such as small hills and slightly arced bridges, stairs, pebbles, slightly slanted terrain, everything.

Cross your fingers for a fix.