Shield gens bugged

Anet, right now treb shots go through shield gens every time. We are currently unable to get a guild or superior shield gen to block a single treb shot.Can you fix this or just remove all siege but rams and oil?

It also seems that they are no longer able to block mortar shots either. Not good.

I'm not sure in the but there was some infos that the shield generators won't shield much with the next siege weapon update. At least this is what I remember out of some TS discussion in wvw

Unblockable shots now ignore the gen. The problem is that ALL shots are going through the gen right now. They stop nothing. So, people are just trebbing towers down from 3rd floor smc and no one can do anything about it because advantage blob.

I would think this is a bug. The issue is that mortar and treb shots could not be blocked by player skills that block other stuff, like arcane shield for Eles. So by default the treb and mortar shots would fall under that "unblockable" shot code. Probably should've tested this better.

Seeing the same when I was running earlier. Everything is getting through them.

Sry I can't find the post it is possible it wasn't meant to do that much but the patch is intended to boost the zergs dominance by 200%See also : https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/49319/wvw-arrow-cart-nerfing/p1

If shield generators are no longer able to block siege fire then they may as well remove them from the game as they are mostly useless. I guess we'll have to wait and see if it is a bug or feature.

From the patch notes:Shield generators can no longer put domes on other shield generators.Shield generator domes no longer destroy unblockable projectiles.

Are you accidentally covering an area that has another shield gen in it?

Ah I found a source https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/44748/siege-revisions

Shield generators can no longer put domes on other shield generators.Shield generator domes no longer destroy unblockable projectiles.

Which is in line with the patchnotes

What are unblockable projectiles ?

@Celsith.2753 said:From the patch notes:Shield generators can no longer put domes on other shield generators.Shield generator domes no longer destroy unblockable projectiles.

Are you accidentally covering an area that has another shield gen in it?

Nope. Just trying to block a single shot of ANY siege type with a single shield gen. Tried both superior and guild, neither gen does anything. No blocking, it's useless atm.

Might be better this way. Hard to say.

You definitely shouldn't be able to defend towers against treb shots just by building a few generators. Its just question of will this make taking T3 towers like bravost, jerri and veloka too hard. Guess you just have to treb them like old times ^^

But doesnt this mean shield gens are useless now that acs got nerfed to ground? We tried killing 25 man casual nightcrew with 2 superior acs and none of them even got downed.

@"Lord of the Fire.6870" said:Ah I found a source https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/44748/siege-revisions

Shield generators can no longer put domes on other shield generators.Shield generator domes no longer destroy unblockable projectiles.

Which is in line with the patchnotes

What are unblockable projectiles ?

The issue seems to be that siege shots (trebs, catas, ballistas) are unblockable. Any normal block skill a player can use, does not block any siege damage, therefore the shield gen sees the cata, treb, mortar, ballista shots as unblockable, and doesn't properly block them. This really seems like an oversight, because if not, then shield gens were just rendered completely useless.

Let's give trebs and catas the same fix and call it a day

@LetoII.3782 said:Let's give trebs and catas the same fix and call it a dayOh and rams too.Everyone's stuff completely safe all week, fights at camps and smc \o/

Funny stuff. Wonder how many people got screamed at for not blocking the treb shots before this bug was discovered.

mmm so shields gens for now are useless.

Back to square one with tactical placements!

@Offair.2563 said:Back to square one with tactical placements!

Tactical placements with t3 walls and gates... Takes twice as long with objectives always being full of supply these days :( Not to mention stuff upgrades 2-4 times faster (you can get bay from t0 to t3 under 1 hour these days)

@Shagaliscious.6281 said:

@"Lord of the Fire.6870" said:Ah I found a source

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/44748/siege-revisions

Shield generators can no longer put domes on other shield generators.Shield generator domes no longer destroy unblockable projectiles.

Which is in line with the patchnotes

What are unblockable projectiles ?

So, did player blocks work on treb and cata shots? If yes, then this is a bug.

If those player blocks did NOT work on cata and treb shots then AS BUILT, it's intended.

But as others have noted, why bother with shield gens at all then? Waste of money.

before gens block siege attacks i.e. treb cata balista ac.

earlier in our raid. treb shots went thru.

hence if intended, gens are a waste.

This is simply laughable. They clearly intend unblockable projectiles from player abilities to pass through shields but they don't check whether projectiles from other types of siege are coded similarly to unblockable player projectiles. And where is the testing? Simple testing of treb shots should have shown the bug.

@morrolan.9608 said:This is simply laughable. They clearly intend unblockable projectiles from player abilities to pass through shields but they don't check whether projectiles from other types of siege are coded similarly to unblockable player projectiles. And where is the testing? Simple testing of treb shots should have shown the bug.

Shield gens are a one-off mechanic not seen in the rest of the game.I suppose it's little surprise some.. shortcuts were taken in their Implimentation

I just assumed it was a bug, thanks for confirming. I did think there was a decent chance that the change was intended so that the ktrain blob can get their "fights" and flip towers faster. Now, can you guys do some reviews of the AC change? Cause right now they are less than useless.