Roughly twenty minutes ago during the Champion Giant event in Diessa Lowlands, I saw that Mark of Blood and Reaper’s Touch were not working correctly. The damage portions of these skills worked exactly like they were supposed to, however the health regen portions did not work at all. Oddly enough, the healing from my Blood Fiend worked without any problem.
I reported this as a bug and included two screenshots using the ‘take screenshot’ button to show that the enemy took damage from those two abilities in the combat log.
Unfortunately, this issue mainly persisted against other mobs afterward and outside of the section of Diessa Lowlands. I say mainly because very, very occasionally the regen from either of those abilities would actually go take effect. I logged out and logged back in, finding no change…but things get stranger. My girlfriend was grouped with me on her Mesmer and, during this particular part of the issue, said that she saw the regen effect up on me ‘almost constantly.’ This was the case even when the regen effect was not showing on my screen and not taking effect. In other words, it’s not a UI issue.
I haven’t been playing long, a little over 30 hours in a week, but I’ve played with this build almost the entire time (Staff/Sceptre and Focus) and I have never encountered these issues before.
I have absolutely no idea what is causing this issue but I will be following this thread to see if anyone can figure out what the situation is. With that said, considering the nature of combat in GW2 and healing, I’m not inclined to play the game until this issue is fixed.
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UPDATE:
On a hunch, I logged back in to see if, for whatever reason, having the client off for about 30 minutes before logging back in will do something. I don’t know if it did, but there is an update to be had:
Mark of Evasion: now the Mark of Blood triggered by this trait actually works. However, it only puts out ONE Mark of Blood. I understand that only one trait-made Mark of Blood can be out at a time, but that isn’t the issue here. The Mark is made when I dodge, triggered and when I dodge again no second mark is made.
Mark of Blood: the regen effect will now properly trigger, but on only one condition: it cannot be used to start the fight. It will work multiple times throughout the fight if it was NOT the first skill to touch the mob.
Reapear’s Tuch: same as Mark of Blood.
This update complicates the problem because, in a way, it seems to be adjusting itself but in a very awkward way. It also does not explain why the issue occurred in the first place. I will log in sporadically to see if this issue self-resolves.
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Update: 04 February 7:46a EST
Mark of Blood and Reaper’s Touch continue to function in the way described in the first update.
The Champion Giant event in Diessa Lowlands also functions the same way. NO REGEN from Reapers Touch or Mark of Blood trigger at all, ever, under any circumstances. This is now the second time I have come across the event and encountered this issue, an issue that persists irrespective of my health.
ArenaNet, please figure out what is causing these two very, very odd issues.
(edited by TheBitterness.6912)