Guild Wars 2

Just had a quick question guys. This doesn’t directly relate to the thief as I’ve seen other classes doing it but anyway I’ve been watching quite a few PvP videos lately and I’ve noticed almost all of them spam the living kitten out of their #1 ability. I’m just curious on the reasoning behind this.

I don,t believe its being spammed, that attack has a cycle so when engaged, it blinks and changes – in a video, it probably appears its been mashed a gazillion times

D/D build in stealth is backstab…other than that its the skill set/chain which doesn’t cost initiative.

Those are the biggest reasons for it being spammed.

Moandero, its being spammed. I know its a loop of auto attacks but if you watch the button its being mashed to hell.

Redscope, so why mash it? Wouldn’t the auto attack just take care of it by itself? I guess I still don’t understand.

Autoattack can be unreliable, as it can sometimes just randomly stop for no reason, so that may be why. Or maybe these people don’t actually have it turned on?

if he’s spamming it, then he’s making sure his autoattacks are actually attacking and not stopping. It’s a common habit to all players.

Ahhhhh ok, thanks for clarifying guys.

I have found that I must turn auto-attack OFF when playing the Backstab build with Assassin Signet.

Unless I can pull the crucial timing of the 4 button presses from directly behind the intended target (so that I am already behind him from the Steal… in case autoattack goes off before I have repositioned myself to be BEHIND him), and quick enough that I get Assassin Signet popped AFTER Steal but BEFORE the autoattack….. then autoattack messes it all up.

Maybe that’s why you are seeing these guys mash the 1 button. I would much prefer to leave my #1 on autoattack, but it seems to cause this problem far too often. Which makes playing a spec where you blow your entire wad in 1 chain….. and are mediocre/useless for the next 45 seconds, quite frustrating.