Guild Wars 2

Whenever i use infiltrators on sword and flanking strike theres like a .5 sec delay before the skill starts.. jst me or what? its been like this since i got the game

Could be normal online delay depending on where your location is and how fast your connection is.

Do note infiltrator return has a .25 sec cast time.

no…the thing is that every castable thief weapon ability [2,3,4,5], has a delay between 0.5s and 1s

Its like you must time your abilities sooner than you should and a lot more precise…
and in the moments where you accidentaly press same skill twice, even if you wanted to cast it only once… first strike animation begins…and right after it ends, it casts same ability again for no kittening reason

To put it simply, none of your basic abilities casts ON DEMAND…
You press ability [2,3,4,5], there is 0.75s delay…THEN ability casting begins, and ONLY THEN ability plays out
This mechanic gives a feeling of LAG…

And no, i dont have this kinda issue on any other class, because every other class abilities CASTS ON DEMAND…NOT WITH DELAY

I’ve noticed a delay too. Infiltrator’s Return, Disabling Shot… pretty much everything with a cast time is too slow for it’s cast time. And this is on 1mb/s internet.

Check your ping

It got a cast time a year ago, many skills have some cast time but most also allow you to keep moving. When they don’t you tend to notice the delay more.

Yea ive been watching alot of s/d thief videos and im so curious how they dodge every single attack and use infiltrators perfectly or flanking with the .5 delay lol