Guild Wars 2

You can’t do it any more, or at least, my Elementalist can’t do it any more.

You used to be able to swim around a target…‘quickly’, I might add, and ‘just’ like circle strafe combat on land, as long as the target was within the 180 degree arc on your front side, left or right, you would shoot it.

I used to use this same tactic underwater, to great effect.

Now, it forces you to face your target underwater while you try to circle strafe, which is really slow, and loses all it’s effectiveness.

Underwater combat used to be really enjoyable for me. That change has put me in the ‘hate it’ column, sadly.

If this is true(I haven’t tested it yet), then it’s a big deal. Some classes can’t stay alive for long underwater, due to their squishyness. I wouldn’t like it to wait for your health to regen after each mob because you just can’t evade them(even ranged)

Remz.9083:

If this is true(I haven’t tested it yet), then it’s a big deal. Some classes can’t stay alive for long underwater, due to their squishyness. I wouldn’t like it to wait for your health to regen after each mob because you just can’t evade them(even ranged)

It is horrible, and I’d love for it to turn out to be something I was wrong that I could fix on my end rather than waiting for a new patch.

It seems to be forcing me to face the target and do a ‘side paddle’ while I circle them, which is very slow.