Guild Wars 2

Here is proof of the bug affecting the Steal ability after the most recent patch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjAfzvfQIQ

Apparently, every time you try using Steal while channelling a Heartseeker (reports says that it even affects skills like Flanking Strike+Steal), the Steal ability will fail, going on Full CD and without giving any of the benefits (outside of Thrill of the Crime) that it should give.
The reason “Out of Range”. Funny thing is that, when the opponent is ACTUALLY “Out of Range”, the Steal ability should go to kitten CD without even teleporting to your target. This is clearly not the case.

Please fix it Arenanet!

This is totally ridiculous, the small amount of people not rerolling despite the flanking strike change will probably reroll because of this.

My charr thief doesn’t even have the steal ability But I like thief. So Ima play it.

Falvo.4963:

My charr thief doesn’t even have the steal ability But I like thief. So Ima play it.

You’re adorable. Your post makes me teary.

It’s not just HS that steal’s bugged with. Yesterday I quickly tested out the changes with my S/D, and every second/third steal would randomly say ‘Out of Range’ and go on full cooldown. The bug used to be out there, but now it’s even worse; it happens way more frequently, and you no longer even get the boons out if Thrilling Crime, nothing. Just a plain wasted use of a steal most people have invested an entire traitline and 4 major traits into.

GG Anet, not only did you nerf thieves, you just had to make the core mechanics even buggier, worse and unreliable.

As I’ve written in the first post, this issue is appears even if you chain Flanking Strike+Steal!
Not being really fond of S/D I didn’t try it out in the video, but I guarantee that there’s a problem for that, too!

Its happening when you stealth then either infiltators strike or steal you become unstealthed……. Please lets hope this is a bug

This combo is so ingrained into my muscle memory I don’t think i will be able to stop. Hope its not an un-mentioned part of the feature pack.

It sux atm, but just keep chill. They’ll get it fixed. Thief loses loads of viability in high tier play without this. ANet I’m sure knows it’s a critical issue. Expect it resolved within 48 hours. Hopefully less than 12 though lol.

Is it time now to get banned for huge offenses to A-Net? Seriously I will feel better later

Honestly, I don’t think it will be fixed. This was an issue long before yesterday’s patch, and Anet didn’t even acknowledge it as an issue, let alone fixing it.

Nerfs to thief are always intended, nothing to see here. Move along now.

tbh it has been happening before the patch, just not as often i guess

wait another year or so before they finally fix it and call it a “buff”

btw i would post it under bugs section, nobody except few mods ever reads this forums… just saying

Cynz.9437:

tbh it has been happening before the patch, just not as often i guess

wait another year or so before they finally fix it and call it a “buff”

btw i would post it under bugs section, nobody except few mods ever reads this forums… just saying

sometimes we disputing, but i totally agree your words above my friend

It’s like we walk on 1 leg in game now on our thiefs =)

I DID post it on the bug section too, but it easily gets outdated as endless people keep reporting bugs everywhere every time there is something wrong with the game.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/VIDEO-Steal-Bug-after-9-9-2014-patch/first#post4382610

This was apparently fixed with the Sep 10 patch (build 38,697).

bug is still there
just tested
- steal interrupts HS when steal is used out of range
- BP+HS+steal combo ports you back
- HS + steal works only half of the time regardless weither steal was out of range or not upon executing of HS

so much for fixing

Cynz.9437:

bug is still there
just tested
- steal interrupts HS when steal is used out of range
- BP+HS+steal combo ports you back
- HS + steal works only half of the time regardless weither steal was out of range or not upon executing of HS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONcJFPEaqek

so much for fixing

Thanks for video
i’ve sent bug report in the morning. waiting for an answer

not sure about other weaponsets but it seems like bug always occurs when using instant teleport middle of HS animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4LAIOajpI