Guild Wars 2

I’m sure most of you are aware by now about the midair immobilize bug, and how you pretty much just go into a coma for the duration of this condition if you happen to be in midair when it is applied to you….. but this thread is about a different immobilize bug.

Forgive me if I do a poor job of explaining this….

When a player gets immobilized, if he is holding the keys q, w, e, or s (forward, backwards or strafe) before the condition is applied…. when the condition expires, he will still be stuck until he either releases the held keys he was holding (after the immobilize has expired) so he can press them again, or tries to walk in a different direction.

• Scenario 1:
  You are running in a straight line by holding the W key… when you are suddenly immobilized.
  You really want to keep going forward in a straight line, so you never let go of that W key.
  The immobilize ends, but you are still not moving.
  You must release the ‘W’ key and push it again if you want to walk straight forward.

• Scenario 2:
  You are walking diagonally holding the Q+W keys when you are suddenly immobilized.
  You let go of all the keys you were pushing.
  The immobilize is about to end, so you begin holding the Q and W keys to resume walking diagonally.
  The immobilize ends, but you are still not moving.
  You must release the ‘Q and W’ keys and push them again if you want to walk in the same direction.

This is the same with any combination of QWES keys being held when immobilize occurs. Holding the QW QS or WE SE keys together or simply the W or S keys will have the exact same effect.

When you become immobilized while moving… if you are still attempting to move in that exact same direction, when the immobilize expires, you will get bugged.

Pushing a different QWES key you were not pressing will free you from this state the same as releasing the “stuck” key and repressing it does.

Many players might not notice this because they attempt to move in different directions, or may simply mash keys to “free” themselves from this bug.

TL;DR
Immobilize is not just broken……. its really REALLY broken.