Guild Wars 2

Twice now, I’ve been hit with a really strange run speed issue. The first time was in the Colossus fractal during the arm seal encounter. My character permanently ran like they were crippled, both in and out of combat. It didn’t disappear until my character was downed.

It happened again today during the Rata Sum Infinirarium dungeon. It’s too random for me to find out what the actual cause is. I’m an asura mesmer running greatsword and scepter/focus.

It disappears if you logout or go to the character screen as well. I’ve isolated the problem inside tixx, it’s some kind of interaction with the princess dolls, I believe it might have something to do with stealing boons from them.

The reduction speed is 33%, using swiftness puts you at normal run speed.

Yup, stealing boons from the Princess Dolls will do this to you. It happens to me whenever I use Arcane Thievery on them.

As far as I can tell, using Arcane Thievery on almost any mob can cause the perma-slow bug. It is super annoying. Hopefully this will be fixed very soon!