Guild Wars 2

ok maybe a noob question but im new to the ways of the thief.

I have just acquired shadow refuge and in the hot bar it states thakitten cloaks me and my allies in stealth and gives me 3 secs in stealth

Why is it then that when I activate this ability im getting nearer 12 secs in stealth? has it been described wrongly or am I missing something?

It pulses with stealth. “Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.”. Basically upon cast and the following 4 seconds all give health and additional stealth.

You get 5 pulses of 3 seconds of stealth. That gives you 15 seconds total, including the 4 seconds that you’re standing in it.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Refuge

It’s a constant AoE field that generates +3 seconds of Stealth per tick of the field. Then the field has a duration long enough that SR applies multiple +3 second duration Stealth buffs if you sit in the field for the entire duration. While in this field, you’re losing a bit of Stealth duration (as your existing net timer runs down) in exchange for getting back more Stealth than you’re losing.

Also you have to stay within the pulse to activate the longer stealth leaving it early will cancel it.

thanks all was big help