Protection bugged? - Guild Wars Forums

Evalbane · Mar 01, 2008, 12:56 AM // 00:56

I am posting hoping that I am just doing something wrong. I have Tahlkora as a Monk/Mes. The problem is that only one of her protection enchantments works. Protective Bond and a couple other ones aren't working. The spell is cast and it pops up temporarily in the condition bar but then is cancelled right away somehow. Can anyone help me out please?

Numa Pompilius · Mar 01, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00

You want maintained enchantments, right? Yeah, heroes will cancel it right away unless you DISABLE it. CTRL-click the skill so it gets a red disabled mark on it, target the guy you want enchanted, and left click the skill. The hero will now cast and maintain it.
(The disabling doesn't in fact disable the skill, it disables the heros control of it - you have to cast (and remove) disabled skills yourself, which is exactly what you want here.)

take_me · Mar 01, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00

All Enchantments that have to be maintained are immediately canceld after being cast. Just open the hero panel and disable that skill and then cast in manually.

RPGmaniac · Mar 01, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Heroes are bad at casting maintained enchantments. To fix this, disable their skill by holding shift and clicking on it. Then click on it without holding shift to force them to cast the spell. As long as you leave the skill disabled, they will maintain the enchantment. Note that they won't recast it if it's stripped since you've disabled the skill.

EDIT: beat to the punch

Evalbane · Mar 01, 2008, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Thanks for the info guys. Stupid Heroes.

Antheus · Mar 01, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27

I'm not up to recent builds, but isn't protective bond useless due to too much energy loss?

Father of The Son of God · Mar 01, 2008, 02:36 AM // 02:36

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Originally Posted by Antheus

I'm not up to recent builds, but isn't protective bond useless due to too much energy loss?

I don't think it's "useless due to energy loss". I don't keep up on those builds so much either, but there's Balthazar's Spirit that can be used to gain energy. Not sure if that is the preferred one for energy management with maintained enchants.

Numa Pompilius · Mar 01, 2008, 02:42 AM // 02:42

Protective bond is pretty much useless for farming, yeah. I imagine it might still have uses in normal play (though I don't use it).

BladeDVD · Mar 01, 2008, 08:51 AM // 08:51

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Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

You want maintained enchantments, right? Yeah, heroes will cancel it right away unless you DISABLE it. CTRL-click the skill so it gets a red disabled mark on it, ...

SHIFT - click is how you disable.

The heroes do this because the AI is designed to try to be careful about energy management. Why the spam protective spirit on degen damage though, is beyond me. :shrug:

MagmaRed · Mar 01, 2008, 12:57 PM // 12:57

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Originally Posted by take_me

All Enchantments that have to be maintained are immediately canceld after being cast. Just open the hero panel and disable that skill and then cast in manually.

Not all. Although I haven't tested anywhere near all of them, I know of at least 2 that are used with no problems, and I don't need to disable them first.

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Mar 01, 2008, 12:56 AM // 00:56	#1
Evalbane Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2007 Profession: R/	Protection bugged? I am posting hoping that I am just doing something wrong. I have Tahlkora as a Monk/Mes. The problem is that only one of her protection enchantments works. Protective Bond and a couple other ones aren't working. The spell is cast and it pops up temporarily in the condition bar but then is cancelled right away somehow. Can anyone help me out please?

Mar 01, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00	#2
Numa Pompilius Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: At an Insit.. Intis... a house. Guild: Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF] Profession: W/Me	You want maintained enchantments, right? Yeah, heroes will cancel it right away unless you DISABLE it. CTRL-click the skill so it gets a red disabled mark on it, target the guy you want enchanted, and left click the skill. The hero will now cast and maintain it. (The disabling doesn't in fact disable the skill, it disables the heros control of it - you have to cast (and remove) disabled skills yourself, which is exactly what you want here.)

Mar 01, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00	#3
take_me Furnace Stoker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe Guild: Country Roads [HOME]	All Enchantments that have to be maintained are immediately canceld after being cast. Just open the hero panel and disable that skill and then cast in manually.

Mar 01, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01	#4
RPGmaniac Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005	Heroes are bad at casting maintained enchantments. To fix this, disable their skill by holding shift and clicking on it. Then click on it without holding shift to force them to cast the spell. As long as you leave the skill disabled, they will maintain the enchantment. Note that they won't recast it if it's stripped since you've disabled the skill. EDIT: beat to the punch

Mar 01, 2008, 01:03 AM // 01:03	#5
Evalbane Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2007 Profession: R/	Thanks for the info guys. Stupid Heroes.

Mar 01, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27	#6
Antheus Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2006	I'm not up to recent builds, but isn't protective bond useless due to too much energy loss?

Mar 01, 2008, 02:42 AM // 02:42	#8
Numa Pompilius Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: At an Insit.. Intis... a house. Guild: Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF] Profession: W/Me	Protective bond is pretty much useless for farming, yeah. I imagine it might still have uses in normal play (though I don't use it).