Curse

Taurohtar · Sep 24, 2006, 07:45 PM // 19:45

Ok so here I am doing some of my regular interrupting in RA when crucial interrupts were not activating. I've had this probem in the past on occasion, but never bothered me much. Today I lost twice because of this. Until now it's never been much of a big deal but I think it's time to mention it. Look at the screenshot:

Yellow dot - Where I was shooting normally and hitting. Attack skills would not activate.

Red dot - No attack skills would activate until the target got to this spot. So I couldn't interrupt him at all until he climbed the steps.

What is the hell is this about? I really hope Anet gets this sorted because it really annoys me and I am sure fellow Rangers out there are also very annoyed. There I am on full health, plentiful on energy and three interrupts to choose from to interrupt a 3 second cast skill. Would I miss an oppurtunity like this? No chance. I hit 4, nothing. I hit 4 again, nothing. So I hit 2, nothing. By this time he had resurrected his team mate. Lovely, another glitch. This also happens on the bridge on that level. We lost that match which is what has made me go on this whining spree.

Does this affect anyone else and are you tired of it?

Cracko · Sep 24, 2006, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Yes, also in pve..

Mysterial · Sep 24, 2006, 07:50 PM // 19:50

And then there's the flip side - the insubstancial walls that arrows go through as if they're not there, which has resulted in more than a few interrupts/deaths because I thought I was safe. I don't know how their projectile collision works, but it's pretty inaccurate relative to the visuals.

Rera · Sep 24, 2006, 10:35 PM // 22:35

I don't think this is a projectile collision issue - I think what the OP is talking about is the strange and annoying glitch where your *skills* simply faily to activate. You hit the button, they turn dark briefly, but they don't actually go off. You lose no energy, the skill does not recharge, and you do nothing. I've had this happen to me on perfectly open ground, with no objects between me and the target, and me actually *hitting* the target with arrows, but being unable to activate skills. It's thankfully very rare, and I'm not sure what causes it, but it's ridiculously annoying in any case.

Red Locust · Sep 25, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06

This is why I hate very cramped maps, melee and professions needing line of sight get very frustrating to play if there are a lot of "invisible" obstacles.

TheOneMephisto · Sep 25, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

for me, I've noticed that it sometimes triggers when I'm trying to use bow attacks against someone at a different elevation than me. Moving to a different elevation usually solves it.

Khift · Sep 25, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27

I've seen this bug too. It has something to do with elevation, definitely. I notice it mostly when firing arrows off the top of the bridges on Burning Isle.

Sol Is Pyrrhus · Sep 25, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54

This has happened to me before, but in a Burial Mounds match. The skills just simply wouldn't activate, and it didn't have anything to do with arrows or projectiles; I was playing a Migrainer, and I couldn't get Migraine on my target. The skill behaved exactly as if I had tried to use Inspired Hex on a target with no hex. Hasn't happened often though, thank god.

Patrograd · Sep 25, 2006, 02:43 PM // 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rera

I don't think this is a projectile collision issue - I think what the OP is talking about is the strange and annoying glitch where your *skills* simply faily to activate. You hit the button, they turn dark briefly, but they don't actually go off. You lose no energy, the skill does not recharge, and you do nothing. I've had this happen to me on perfectly open ground, with no objects between me and the target, and me actually *hitting* the target with arrows, but being unable to activate skills. It's thankfully very rare, and I'm not sure what causes it, but it's ridiculously annoying in any case.

This is my experience too. Only ever happens when I play ranger, and not that often, and it only lasts a couple of seconds before it fixes itself. A minor annoyance more than anything else

ia64 · Sep 25, 2006, 05:48 PM // 17:48

Happend to me too...
almost always happens in the tombs when trying to use attack skills/interupts on the wurms while standing on those Bridges.

Abdul · Sep 26, 2006, 06:48 AM // 06:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rera

I don't think this is a projectile collision issue - I think what the OP is talking about is the strange and annoying glitch where your *skills* simply faily to activate. You hit the button, they turn dark briefly, but they don't actually go off. You lose no energy, the skill does not recharge, and you do nothing. I've had this happen to me on perfectly open ground, with no objects between me and the target, and me actually *hitting* the target with arrows, but being unable to activate skills. It's thankfully very rare, and I'm not sure what causes it, but it's ridiculously annoying in any case.

I have this happen to me a lot when I play any melee build. Bad pathing / body blocking seems to be the main cause, but I've had it happen at random times as well. Really irritating having to spam the skill button multiple times on the off chance that it will fail to trigger.