Guild Wars 2

At least three times for me now, and a few times for a friend, we have completely lost the ability to use skills. Swapping weapons has no affect, and even warping does not fix it. You can’t even jump on an arrow cart. The only way to fix it is to leave the zone (which knocks you out of the Marionette event) or let yourself be downed. Has anyone else seen this?

I am guessing maybe it’s related to the area being hard capped. I have not seen it in any other areas, but if anyone has seen it in Bloodtide during the wurm event that might confirm that.

Can confirmed. Has happened to me as well.

It happens everywhere in the game. It’s been reported for the past few months. You can find a few threads on it here, some being somewhat lengthy. The Devs are looking into it, last they responded.

I play every day and have only experienced it lately with the new event in Lornars. It’s especially painful after waiting around for 30 minutes prior to the event to avoid overflow.

Ah, i was searching for this bug on the forums and found an old post about it:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/at-the-heat-of-battle-I-can-not-attack/first#post3567108

Sadly i didnt saw this one first or i would post here.

Well, it happen to me a few times and not only in the new marionette event.

I think in my case it happen when i try to pick an environmental item and someone pick it at the same time, leaving me without being able to use any skill. It can happen by accident when you try to loot and somenone put a banner close to you. It happen more often in big events bcs there are more people around.

The ways i know about how to fix it are relog or wait around 10 minutes. But some said that if you die it get fixed too.

I reported this many times, using the in-game report tool but obviously wasnt fixed yet.

Try to get in downed state and stand up again. This worked for me without leaving the map or something else.

I experienced that bug too. You don’t need to get downed or zone out though, it’s enough to take falling damage – but enough to land flat on your face. If you don’t take enough falling damage, only skills 1-5 start working again. When taking enough damage, 6-0 also start working.

I can’t confirm waiting 10 minutes (or whatever time) helps though. In case I wait too long, I get kicked by the game (not a normal DC caued by my internet connection).

You need to do something that changes your skill bar. Getting downed is one way. Another way is to pick up an environmental weapon or use a siege weapon.