GW2 Rubberbanding and Aspect Skills

GW2 Rubberbanding and Aspect Skills

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Posted by: TheBlackLeech.9360

TheBlackLeech.9360

Hello,

If you are like me and many other players in the game, you have most likely noticed that on occasion you will rubberband back to a previous location while playing the game.

Normally this type of behavior is attributed to latency, server lag, or playerside connection issues.

I have experienced my share of lag-related latency

Going through the portal in the PvP map, Skyhammer, and getting instantly sent back through with the portal debuff….

Falling off a cliff to my “death” only to find myself very much alive at the bottom until I take a step in any direction…..

Attempting to get diving goggle achievements, and successfully landing in the water without getting any credit….

etc.

What I have started to notice is that now these rubberbanding issues are happening with very low player traffic, especially with the Zephyrite Aspect skills.

Assisted Leap often times completely fails to do anything at all.
(sound effect plays, no player action)

Lightning Pull often times completely fails to send you to your destination.
(drop suddenly, mid leap… or completely overshoot your target)

Light Dash sends you forward, back then forward again.
(two steps forward, one step back, two steps forward)

This is extremely annoying, and I know I am not the only one experiencing these issues.

They are happening to EVERYONE.

This is what happened to me if anyone cares to read


Today, I set out to do my Gates of Maguuma achievements, and I completed all of them except for the last two.
I was in the ‘Cornered’ LS instance, alone, and I had progressed all the way through to the point where the Dashed Advantage achievement was available.
(Being careful not to take any damage from bomb attacks, so that I could complete both of these achievements in one go)
I made my way to the wall you need to Light Dash into. I used the appropriate skill, was sent into the next room for a brief moment, and instantly teleported back to my original location, completely destroying any hope I had at getting this achievement.
(This achievement becomes time sensitive and the clock begins ticking down the moment you enter the room)
Twenty minutes of my time getting up to this point, completely wasted because of some game-wide issue with rubberbanding that Arenanet has yet to resolve.

Please, Arenanet…. I don’t know if you are cutting back on server usage or what… but WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING ISSUES.

I can only imagine if something like this happened to me and infuriated me, how it is making the rest of your playerbase feel.