Guild Wars 2

Current Behavior:

If you apply the Hidden Thief trait your Steal skill applies a 2 second stealth on your character.

Usually while under the Stealth effect certain weapon skills such as Vital Shot or Trick Shot become more powerful versions of themselves (eg Surprise Shot or Sneak Shot).

Bug:
If you have auto attack set to Vital Shot/Trick Shot and you use Steal to engage combat your character will default to using the non-stealth related skill even while under the Stealth condition.

What should happen is:
1) Steal from enemy
2) Go Stealth
3) Initiate Surprise Shot/Sneak Attack
4) Break from Stealth
5) Auto attack Vital Shot/Trick Shot

What Currently Happens is:
1) Steal from Enemy
2) Go Stealth
3) Initiate auto attack Vital Shot/Trick Shot
4) Break from Stealth

I have noticed this with stealth in general. It would be nice if your auto-cast skill was disabled when entering stealth. Allowing you to get into position, then excecute your “from stealth attacks” by pressing “1” again.

At least, I think this is what is happening when I am playing. Will have to test again tonight and report back.

MattVid.7905:

I have noticed this with stealth in general. It would be nice if your auto-cast skill was disabled when entering stealth. Allowing you to get into position, then excecute your “from stealth attacks” by pressing “1” again.

Typically going into stealth disables auto attack all together.

Hide In Shadows, Shadow Refuge, and Blinding Powder all disable auto attack. They all switch weapon skill 1 to the ‘from stealth attacks’ version and wait for user command before performing next attack.

Strangely, Stealing from an enemy assumes I want to attack with Weapon Skill 1.

With Hidden Thief off: After I Steal, Auto attack weapon 1 is initiated.

With Hidden Thief on: After I Steal, Auto attack is not initiated BUT the character automatically hits weapon skill 1 one time and breaks stealth. Combat is engaged using 1 attack of ‘non stealth version of attack’ while in stealth and stealth is broken.

With Hidden Thief on and Auto Attack off: Character remains in stealth and weapon skill 1 becomes ‘from stealth attack’.

It is very strange behavior.

The only time it works correctly is when you recently enabled/disabled auto-attack to skill 1 (control+mouse2). The next combat will always steal correctly with hidden thief.