Guild Wars 2

I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong with the trait “Hidden Thief” (2 seconds of stealth when you steal). It seems that when you steal, you use your #1 attack once on the target. That makes the Hidden Thief kinda useless since you immediately get revealed by your single attack. Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong?

Turn off auto attack (ctr right click).

Okay, that does fix the problem .. but then I have to continually hit my #1 attack which is a pain. Plus, steal does not turn on auto-attack, so this still seems like a bug.

Nice thanks for the info, now I know that I can stealth then steal on someone for backstab, i didnt know that

The way it should work is that any stealth overrides any attack … that way, you never stealth then immediately attack.

kwolf.4306:

The way it should work is that any stealth overrides any attack … that way, you never stealth then immediately attack.

We’ll still see a problem with arrows that were already fired before stealthing revealing you, as well as things like radiation field on asurans.

With melee weapons, I like to steal from outside melee distance. If I’m too close, I dodge roll away, and steal.

With ranged weapons, like arrows, I turn my character away from my target (auto attack stops faster that way), wait a second, and then steal while I’m still turned away.

Both of these methods will ensure stealth works.

turn off MUG ^^

Rayya.2591:

turn off MUG ^^

It happens regardless of Mug.

it doesen’t happen to me and i use 0 points in DA, so maybe other skill from there
serphent touch ? doesen’t stack with stealth anymore?
try re-edit traits and see if works

You should have the autoattack off in PvP anyway, unless you want to give Mesmers some free confusion damage.

Edelweiss.9815:

You should have the autoattack off in PvP anyway, unless you want to give Mesmers some free confusion damage.

why so , as a non glass cannon build , few auto atacks are needed, i even use sigil of fire, and blast aoe flames every 5 seconds with auto atack,

“Stow / Draw Weapons” cancels your current action, if you time it right you should be able to prevent the single attack after Steal.