Guild Wars 2

Maybe there’s a trick to getting this thing to work, but I’ve tried activating it a few times and it never does anything. I’ve tried it on people not partied. I’ve tried it on party members. I’ve tried selecting the person first, and I’ve tried not selecting anyone. Results are always the same: They go down. I click cast, aaaaaaand….they keep laying there and I just start reviving them the old fashioned way.

Maybe it’s a user error here (in which case I hope you can all enlighten me before you laugh at my stupidity), but I figured I’d post it in case others have seen the same lack of results.

Information probably isn’t necessary, but I’ll provide it anyway:
Hurstwic, level 34 Sylvari guardian

It failed on me the first time, but if I remember correctly, it actually worked the second time (when I targeted the party member). Probably just a fluke on that one, though.

I noticed that my wife’s Glyph of Renewal didn’t work at all, much as you described above. She tried it a couple of times to revive me, and then she had me try it to be sure she was doing it right. She was, but it didn’t work. Perhaps this problem runs a little deeper than one skill.

Hey, Roy, do you happen to remember if the targets you were casting on were fully defeated or were they simply downed? The official wiki post for Glyph of Renewal (an elementalist skill also used to revive allies) said that it doesn’t work on defeated allies, only downed ones. The entry for Signet of Mercy doesn’t say that, nor does the in-game description. Buuuuuut, I’m thinking that’s the problem since you’ve seen it at least work once.

I know I was totally defeated when she tried Glyph of Renewal on me (falling damage), but I can’t remember for sure on Signet of Mercy. I tried it on two different occasions (the recharge was too long to justify waiting to try it again), and all I can remember for sure is that 1.) there was nobody else nearby to accidentally revive, 2.) I was standing right next to her both times (well within range), and 3.) I targeted her the second time, but not the first. I just can’t remember whether she was downed or defeated; if it weren’t for the fact that I was using the skill specifically to try it out, I would say she must have been defeated, since downed players revive quickly enough that I wouldn’t bother with the skill. On both occasions, I believe, I had arrived on the scene just in time to finish off whatever had caused the condition. I’m not sure which condition that was, though, and now I’m tempted to try it out when I get home tonight (because the situation will undoubtedly come up again).

I was fully defeated one time awaiting a savior when a guardian came by and instantly revived me. Not sure what else I can say to help, but the skill has worked at least once!

The only time I have had this skill work was on NPCs in a story instance. If i remember right I was under earth attunement and 3 NPCs were resurrected. I have tried with players in my party while doing a jumping puzzle and this didn’t seem to work when they were fully defeated. haven’t tested this with just downed party members.