Why do rev's skills target stupid stuff?

In WvW - why do skills like precision strike or UA target the supply depot or first aid kit? Doesn't make any sense.

Game Design.

@idolin.2831 said:In WvW - why do skills like precision strike or UA target the supply depot or first aid kit? Doesn't make any sense.

Makes me smile that they nerfed the skill to prevent it to target stealth players but their kept the capacity to hit (and to waste damage) objects.

In Anet's dictionary "precise" means flinging things around randomly and "unrelenting" means completely ignoring your intended target.

It happens to a lot of skills not related to Revenant.

@phokus.8934 said:It happens to a lot of skills not related to Revenant.

like?

@Vasdamas Anklast.1607 said:

@phokus.8934 said:It happens to a lot of skills not related to Revenant.

Don't be like that...

It's really just sword 2. It used to do too much damage so they nerfed the damage and broke how the skill works so that it chooses targets at random. Problem is the targeting has been bugged since they changed it so it often attacks neutral-targets like doors and barrels.

We have been trying to figure out a way to trick the balance team into thinking that Rev Sword 2 is actually a Mesmer skill since then they might actually fix it.

when using sword 2 to avoid hitting useless stuff use it when u are right up in a persons grill, it still hits hard especially on light armor tatgets or zerk gear, let them take all three hits

It’s funny to see how things like this never get fixed but if there’s anything giving a slight buff/advantage it’s instantly modified in a hotfix..

Priorities

@Buran.3796 said:

@idolin.2831 said:In WvW - why do skills like precision strike or UA target the supply depot or first aid kit? Doesn't make any sense.

It is Anet, what to expect?

Life stealing allows you to hit objects you normally couldn't hit, such as enemy supply depots. I found this a lot with Necromancer when using blood magic. I guess with Precision Strike, it counts as a target.

In edge of the mist, on the points you conquer in order to get some supply precision strike tries to hit something around the middle of the point. But there’s nothing there. I trully don’t know why it works like that while other classes have it way easier.

Whatever it is, it seems as if it's been in the game for a while and has never been fixed. That's likely due to just how few abilities are affected by it. An easy way to check which stupid objects will count as potential targets is to use a tempest's air overload near them. I've seen supply depots, tower/keep walls, flag poles, even barrels get targeted. The most ridiculous one I've seen was the stone wall to the north end of Rogue's Quarry which my Rev decided needed to be taught a lesson with a quick slice when I used Unrelenting Assault.

My rev not only attack a wall, I went through it and got stuck on the other side. Really sucked cause I was still in battle and couldn't get out.

I just love that they spent the time to bug fix The legendary weapon Sharur because it was “giving two sigils when crafted” so they “removed the sigil of blight” from it. Collectively I’m sure at least 30 minutes to an hour of dev time was spent on that since it got included in the patch notes, yet there are several major revenant bugs that have gone unaddressed for years >_>It’s really demoralizing to read “bug” fixes like that honestly

Unrelenting Assault and Precision Strike all target invisible targets, in WvW they target the first aid kits found near sentinels points. It’s very easy to reproduce this.

It’s mind blowing how this problem never got fixed. If it affects mesmers (and sometimes thieves) you can bet it would be fixed on a balance patch/hotfix.