Guild Wars 2

In the Q&A with Robert Gee about the Berserker elite spec it came up that they do not have the ability to make a player into a projectile finisher, meaning that is not a part of what Wild Blow does. There is a way though to make it seem like a mob is a projectile finisher though. Simply add in a projectile finisher that has no VFX and deals no damage that matches the speed and width of the knock back hit-box of the flying mob/character. Then it would look like the character is inflicting, say, burning on enemies it hits. This projectile would have to ignore projectile blocks and reflects, but if the only reason this skill doesn’t convert a mob into a projectile finisher is because of coding complexities then this could be the solution!

Faking this kind of thing almost always introduces some heinous bugs. Honestly, there are tons of projectile skills that aren’t finishers as it is, so why should this one be any different?

tobascodagama.2961:

Faking this kind of thing almost always introduces some heinous bugs. Honestly, there are tons of projectile skills that aren’t finishers as it is, so why should this one be any different?

Also, consider if the poor fellow gets caught in 2 walls of reflection. That game camera is going to be freaking out, potentially harming the opponent in game and in real life!

Where is that vid with people, in wvw on a bridge, using planks and launch skills to play tenis with a downed enemy? ;-)

found some other amusing things:
https://youtu.be/Ei-vVwnZOcI
https://youtu.be/qloS3VRoFWw

Not a downed invader though ;-(
I know its been done !

Rob if you make players reflectable I may have to consider a new main. Zerker has already reignited my interest in War.

#asurahandball

Of course we have no idea how you have this working in engine. But this may just be left field but what if you were to treat a knockback like a leap instead of a projectile. If you were to use modified leap mechanic with knockback status could you not then create a new type of heavy projectile finisher that could have its own set of rules.

This could be applied to things like wvw siege to play off fields as well. Even if it were not added to the wild blow now it could always be added to this and other skills that could be considered heavy projectiles.

Or maybe we just keep it called knockback finisher and certain skills could have a chance to proc extra effects if you boot them thru a field. This would make knockback more useful in pve content for more than a save me tactic. Knockback into a fire field for example could cause a fire burst like the fire sigil maybe.

Coffietire.2783:

tobascodagama.2961:

Faking this kind of thing almost always introduces some heinous bugs. Honestly, there are tons of projectile skills that aren’t finishers as it is, so why should this one be any different?

Also, consider if the poor fellow gets caught in 2 walls of reflection. That game camera is going to be freaking out, potentially harming the opponent in game and in real life!

kitten , and i was so eager to replicate the black hole glitch from SSBM in this game using characters as projectiles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96FDQSfd8a0

So one Zerker, 2 Guardians and one willing (or unwilling) Asura..

With wall of reflection you could play a version of pong with an Asura.

Another OP assuming the devs are absolutely stupid…