Guild Wars 2

Unblockable Attacks are blocked by Endure Pain.

Unblockable attacks are not blocked by Signet Of Stone.

Is there a reason for this? Which one is not working properly?

sephiroth.4217:

Which one is not working properly?

Whichever one is won’t be the one people want.

~EW

Signet of Stone, by my read. Unblockable should only defeat blocks and reflects, and the signet doesn’t do either.

What? Signet of stone’s active doesn’t negate unblockable attacks? Since when? i’ve never seen this. I think you are mistaken unless its a very recent change/glitch.

Turns out it’s my internet…

sephiroth.4217:

Unblockable Attacks are blocked by Endure Pain.

Unblockable attacks are not blocked by Signet Of Stone.

Is there a reason for this? Which one is not working properly?

Not true but …

Both are probably working as intended. However, if you believe that these two utilities on two different classes lived in a bubble and were actually compared to one another only by themselves,

Endure Pain is 4s, 60s cooldown base. (5s over 60s with trait)

Signet of Stone is 6s, 80s cooldown base. (6s over 64s with trait) However, Signet of Stone also has a passive secondary effect when not in use and that’s likely the kicker since it provides passive toughness to Ranger and pet until needed.

Unless I totally misunderstand and have been missing the signs all along, Signet of Stone’s active ability doesn’t actually block attacks. My understanding is that all incoming damage for 6s is simply reduced to 0. On the screen, Signet of Stone doesn’t result in seeing “Blocked”; instead, it registers as a hit, but the number that appears is just 0.

Guys chill, the OP made a mistake is all and was kind enough to admit it.

It works the way it always worked. Signet of stone on cast acts the same as endure pain….but longer.

sephiroth.4217:

Unblockable Attacks are blocked by Endure Pain.

Unblockable attacks are not blocked by Signet Of Stone.

Is there a reason for this? Which one is not working properly?

I would say it’s working as intended, as utilities are categorized in the description. For example, the shield on a warrior says “block for 2 seconds,” same goes for other blocking weapons and such on guardian or revenant. Aegis, despite being a boon, still says i nthe description it blocks the next attack.

Endure pain is not considered a block, but rather a stance and therefore does not apply to it.