Guild Wars 2

Thiefs Pistol Range, incorrect, only about 750, instead of the 900 that the tooltip indicates.

The shortbow says 900, and shoots at 900.
The Pistol says 900, but shoots at around 750-800.

Please fix this, yous have ignored posts about this, that are more then a YEAR OLD!.

I’m hoping to get acknowledgement on this subject. If I need to, I will provide screenshots as proof.

Just tested both in PvE and PvP and no, pistol range is exactly as stated – 900 in. What you’re seeing is the incorrect shortbow range, which is in fact 1,100 in.

frifox.5283:

Just tested both in PvE and PvP and no, pistol range is exactly as stated – 900 in. What you’re seeing is the incorrect shortbow range, which is in fact 1,100 in.

I see, if this is true, then I guess a fix is still needed, at the very least, a Tooltip fix.

maybe shortbow just has bigger range form high spots…

just like ranger longbow can be like 2000 range with traits and the right position…

The issue is not limited to just the sb but is observed on all classes that have ranged weapons. If the weapon has any AoE’s, such as Choking Gass on the sb, the auto-attack range will be 900 (the base) + 240 (choking gas radius). The skill will be shown as out-of-range past 900 but will still connect up to 900+240 = 1,140 away.

Shooting from higher terrain does make projectiles connect further but not by much on the sb. Rangers traited lb will connect as far as 1,960 horizontally (1,500 base + 360 barrage radius), however if you shoot from a high place I’ve seen projectiles connect as far as 2,400 away.

arrows are well known to fly further than the range says, simply pull out a bow on an profession, find a target, get a bit out of range using the ranger indicators under the skills, and then ull see they keep flying, bullets dont behave this way