Guild Wars 2

I’ll be fighting something, (usually a Veteran, after killing the rest of the mob), not notice my health is getting low and end up in “Fight for Survival” mode. After I rally from that, I kill whatever it is I was fighting while I’m invulnerable, hit “6” to heal myself and promptly fall over dead. THIS IS SO INFURIATING!!!

If I’m doing something wrong here, somebody please enlighten me. And no, it is NOT something sneaking up behind me while I was busy, I’ve checked.

Are you playing a Warrior and using the #3 downed skill Vengeance? If you are, then it auto-kills you after 15 seconds of ‘fake’ rallying. You need a trait to stay alive after killing your target.

Tip: If you read what skills are meant to do you will find them way more interesting. If you’re indeed playing a warrior, there’s a trait to truly rally when you kill someone while in Vengeance.

Yes, I am playing a Warrior, but I don’t have anything named “Vengeance”, so no, that’s not the problem.

But what exactly is “fake” rallying? Are you trying to tell me that if I survive “Fight for Survival” I’m actually dead and just don’t know it? That sounds pretty kittened up to me.

Added: You’ll have to explain to me what this “Vengeance” thing is all about, it’s apparently something else I’m missing.

If you’re a Warrior, you -do- have something named Vengeance. In your Fight for Survival skill set, your third ability (the one with the cool-down at the start) will get you back up for a short time, but after that time elapses, you die. Outright die.

The only way to truely rally is for the target to die -before- you get up, not after. Though if you’re lucky, during Vengeance you have a small chance per kill to Rally, and not die at the end.

OK, I stand corrected. I was just mashing the buttons as they became available, blindly assuming that what I was doing was actually something that would help me in my dying moments. The next time I’m in a battle to the death, I’ll know to take some time to do some light reading.