Guild Wars 2

I just started playing my thief today after shelving her for months. While using her in WvW I began to notice if I had stealthed and used a stealth skill she was revealed. Is this an old, intentional change? Or is this a bug?

If you attack something while being stealthed, u get revealed. Simple thief mechanics. Thats how it allways worked. You never played a thief before, or you just trolling.

Karolis.4261:

If you attack something while being stealthed, u get revealed. Simple thief mechanics. Thats how it allways worked. You never played a thief before, or you just trolling.

You are the one trolling. Out of range with melee weapons. I asked a legit question and you come here trolling.

I have 2 80 thieves, want to get online and see? Seriously. 1 was created and played since pre. Sick of trolls.

Karolis.4261:

If you attack something while being stealthed, u get revealed. Simple thief mechanics. Thats how it allways worked. You never played a thief before, or you just trolling.

Dude, you didn’t even answer his question properly…. L2R

@GOSU- I assume you are talking about Shadow Refuge and Blinding Powder (recently changed so that it will work)… This is due to the mechanics of how it works while in combat. It is the only stealth skill that will not stack with other skills from another user. All other stealthing mechanics will work in stacking stealth ex. Combo Fields. It is one of the major pitfalls of playing with other thieves… you both have to be careful when you stealth the other.
I think this was introduced as a way to prevent abuse of perma-stealth by a group of thieves during combat. If you and your team mates are skilled, well timed and coordinated then it is possible to achieve this while in combat.

He said " if I had stealthed and used a stealth skill she was revealed". That says nothing about other thieves using stealth on him while he is stealthed or whatever u are saying here.

I think what OP is talking about is the bug that causes you to lose the stealth effect after using a shadow step. They claim to have fixed it, butit happened to me yesterday.

OP, check that you definitely don’t have revealed next time you see it happen, and try and reproduce it if you aren’t revealed. If you can reliably reproduce it, post it in the bugs forum.

“Revealed” is by far the worst anti-stealth mechanic I have experienced in any game thus far. It’s so fickle and buggy on occasion, while having nonsensical rules and exceptions.

1. If you direct-damage anyone from stealth, you will be revealed.
2. You will not be revealed for applying Conditions from Stealth.
3. You will be revealed if you leave Shadow Refuge prematurely.
4. You won’t be revealed if you damage someone while performing your first Heartseeker through a smoke combo field.
5. You will be revealed if you hit something on your second or third Heartseeker.
6. You will be revealed when you use Hide in the Shadows and then perform a Heartseeker through a combo field and hit something.
7. You will be revealed if Last Refuge procs and you are dealing any form of direct damage.
8. You will be revealed if a Ranger uses “Sick’em” while you’re not in stealth.

GOSU.9574:

I just started playing my thief today after shelving her for months. While using her in WvW I began to notice if I had stealthed and used a stealth skill she was revealed. Is this an old, intentional change? Or is this a bug?

Could you be more specific because this is very vague. The person above me pretty much summed it up but I just wanted to add that you will also be revealed when using Cloak and Dagger before your stealth expires. It happens to me a lot because of lag or poor timing etc.

Stealth is fine.
If you use a skill that stealths you while in stealth you’ll stack stealth time (example: hide in shadows + blinding powder + shadow refuge).

If you use a skill that hits+grants stealth ( cloak and dagger – HS in a smoke field) while in stealth, you’ll get revealed.

If another thief stealths you you’ll properly stack stealth duration, but if you run out from someone else’s shadow refuge, you’ll get revealed.

I once noticed revealed while in stealth … maybe a lagged sick’em that affected me after i entered stealth, but it happened just once.

Dee Jay.2460:

“Revealed” is by far the worst anti-stealth mechanic I have experienced in any game thus far. It’s so fickle and buggy on occasion, while having nonsensical rules and exceptions.

1. If you direct-damage anyone from stealth, you will be revealed.
2. You will not be revealed for applying Conditions from Stealth.
3. You will be revealed if you leave Shadow Refuge prematurely.
4. You won’t be revealed if you damage someone while performing your first Heartseeker through a smoke combo field.
5. You will be revealed if you hit something on your second or third Heartseeker.
6. You will be revealed when you use Hide in the Shadows and then perform a Heartseeker through a combo field and hit something.
7. You will be revealed if Last Refuge procs and you are dealing any form of direct damage.
8. You will be revealed if a Ranger uses “Sick’em” while you’re not in stealth.

The whole stealth mechanic is completly poor, not only the revealed part.

GOSU.9574:

Karolis.4261:

If you attack something while being stealthed, u get revealed. Simple thief mechanics. Thats how it allways worked. You never played a thief before, or you just trolling.

You are the one trolling. Out of range with melee weapons. I asked a legit question and you come here trolling.

He’s not trolling. You didn’t say that you were out of range with melee weapons, we can’t guess that. You can’t get revealed if you didn’t hit something, only if you leave SR before it ends

Btw, weapon ranges are not correct. You can hit other things even when a bit out of range.