Guild Wars 2

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but at least on my Necro, when I try to use Death Shroud’s 1 skill Life Blast it will randomly give me an Out of Range message instead of doing damage even though I’m well in range and even though it was working from that range only seconds earlier — sometimes this even happens while I’m in melee range.

I don’t know what the issue is, but figured it was worth posting, especially because a lot of Necro traits tie into Life Blast.

yes i noticed this yesterday in wvw. i kept getting out of range bugs. i couldnt hit the lord that was on the ramp below me for example.

Same here. Sometimes it helps to move a step or two in any direction but not always. Mainly happens at world bosses when there’s whole lotta people but can occur anywhere anytime.

Mac beta.

Also happens for me. I play a norn necro and I’ve been getting the Out of Range message a lot lately. Please fix <3

I’m not entirely sure what’s wrong, but I believe life blast projectiles suffer from the terrain in an unintended way.

How? I’m not sure, maybe the life blast projectile is bigger than others, or its hit box is lower to the ground than other projectiles, or maybe both.

Maybe the slight “homing missile” property it has causes unintended effects on certain terrain/objects.

And if those are the case, even the smallest decline or incline will block its flawed hit box.

It is strange it says out of range rather than obstructed though. shrug

Of course, only ANet can look at this, if and when they do is another issue entirely.

I’m seeing this issue too, particularly on Svanir Shaman Boss and Taida Covington.

I wanted to know if this bug has been addressed cause I’m still suffering from it. I would be happy enough with simply knowing the mechanics of the skill to position myself so this bug won’t affect me. Thanks.

I haven’t noticed the problem nearly as often since the most recent updates. Before the LS2 patch the Svanur Shaman and Hydra Queen would both constantly have the either “Out of range” notice or just do no damage/not hit. After the patch, however, I haven’t had those issues.

I got this while doing the Workshop champ in EoTM the other day on my necro…so yes, it still exists. Half of the hits say “Out of Range,” while the other half just do nothing. Waste of a Death Shroud.

Hi, I ve played necro since day 1 and I today I reached the stage again where I m fed up that this bug still exists. As an analyst and tester, it sorta bothers me that I can’t find the pattern what causes it. But I really REALLY want Arenanet to start looking into it. It’s terribly frustrating. I find myself playing with the combat log open often just to see if my Lifeblast is doing damage or whether it is fizzling out becuase at big bosses it happens so godkitten often.

Please please please look into this. This bug has bean around for waaaaay too long.