Guild Wars 2

I’ve noticed an unsettling amount of times lately as I’ve been farming Silverwastes for a portal that a number of my ranger longbow attacks do not seem to be registering. Enemies are within range and unobstructed, and I can visually see the arrow strike them. No evade, block, out of range, obstruction, or any other form of combat message appears when this occurs. Checking the combat log shows that despite the visual of the arrow striking, no damage was incurred. This can be a significant loss of DPS, especially when it happens during a rapid fire. Has anyone else experienced this at all?

This can happen if your screen is lagging compared to the servers: you see a living foe, the server thinks the foe is dead. So you’ll see your arrows flying, but there won’t be any actual damage. It’s hard to run controlled tests to confirm that is the cause, so you have to look for other signs of latency, such as delays when triggering skills or for pop-ups, etc (chat lag isn’t a good clue, because chat/guild run on a different server from combat).

You can also try asking Customer Service via a support ticket, so they can help track it down.

Sorry it’s happening — at best, it’s super annoying.