lockhart.6048 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) The staff mirage ambush is bugged as of Sept. 21 2021. (Or stealth nerfed) To gain alacrity and might, the Mirage has to hit their target with Chaos Vortex while also having the target be in range of the new blue circle indicator. The following situations will not grant alacrity + might: 1. Using Chaos Vortex without a target (this includes just standing idly and using the ambush skill for "free" boons) 2. Hitting a target with Chaos Vortex but the target is not in vicinity of the blue circle indicator 3. Hitting a foe with Chaos Vortex that is within the blue circle indicator but is not the target. Edited September 22, 2021 by lockhart.6048 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koopatroopa.5360 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Really seems like a hit or miss whether I get it or not. Some of my party members dont even get it inside the circle. I hope this is not intentional Edited September 22, 2021 by koopatroopa.5360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie.7108 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Can confirm alacrity got really stingy with the last patch. Tested it out and only hitting your target within 360 range will grant alacrity, although I have a hunch even this sometimes doesn't work properly. I've had fights where I barely received any alacrity and I'm somewhat pozitive I was in range, but I might be wrong. The skill tool tip still has the range labeled as "Ally Boon Radius", not "Boon Trigger" or something, so I hope it's a bug and not intentional - it feel pretty bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshkyLicious.4729 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Can confirm that even Im experiencing the exact same issue with my mirage. I really hope this is not intentional either, since it really nerfs Mirage staff and makes it useless! Edited September 25, 2021 by AshkyLicious.4729 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunia.2736 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 This better be a bug since it essentially turns the weapon into a melee weapon. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icey Krystal.7132 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I hope it gets fixed soon 😔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockhart.6048 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 So apparently the boons are given around the target of Chaos Vortex according to this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/pta3d7/mirage_ambush_issue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshkyLicious.4729 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) @Fire Attunement.9835 can we get any response regarding this issue? Is this something Anet is looking into or is staff supposed to be like this for us Mirage players? Edited September 22, 2021 by AshkyLicious.4729 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariel.5038 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I hope it is a bug and not a feature. It's a massive nerf to ranged mirage otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros.8249 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Can confirm also. If you do chaos vortex without target doesn't give any boons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seremela the Elf Mage.1748 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Also running into this issue. If this change is intended, please update the tooltip to reflect that the boon application is no longer around the caster and instead around the target of the ambush attack. I hope this is unintentional because it's fairly annoying to not be able to use out of combat whenTides of Time, Well of Recall, and Orders from Above all apply alacrity out of combat. Until we get some official confirmation one way or the other from ANet, I guess Alacrajs are going to be working out their legs more than usual! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alester.7063 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 After some testing I can confirm, that the boons are applied around the target instead of the caster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.7638 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) if this is intentional by anet. I will be leaving the game for good. The nerfs to mirage is just ridiculous at this point and a sign anet does not give any cares to its player base in large. Anet has singled out every skill, trait, and utility to the mirage class in large and small nerfs. This is not how you deal with balancing issues, anet you've gone out of your way at this point to make the entire Mesmer class useless in every game mode. Figure your kitten out already or get rid of the class all together and stop wasting my time, that will otherwise be spent playing New World out of spite. Will be downloading new world regardless after this post, cause i know you wont do the right thing. Edited September 23, 2021 by dead.7638 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezekan.2671 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Haven't been able to do raids because of this bug since Tuesday. There is a Ranger bug fix on 21st, and its a pretty minor one. I find it funny that it gets priority over something as game breaking as this. That is if its a bug. If its a feature, then I'm just leaving the game as well. Alacrity mirage is my last anchor to the game and the only character I play. After hundred of nerfs to Mesmer, its what's left. Edited September 23, 2021 by Nezekan.2671 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorasnobody.9350 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Nezekan.2671 said: Haven't been able to do raids because of this bug since Tuesday. There is a Ranger bug fix on 21st, and its a pretty minor one. I find it funny that it gets priority over something as game breaking as this. That is if its a bug. If its a feature, then I'm just leaving the game as well. Alacrity mirage is my last anchor to the game and the only character I play. After hundred of nerfs to Mesmer, its what's left. I feel this. I've been hiding on beta characters doing testing to give feedback reports as my main character right now is an alac mirage for open world and I hate play it right now. I don't even wanna do dailies on it that don't involve fighting because it feels disconnected. I also thought it would have been hotfixed instantly. I really hope this isn't a feature they've added that they forgot to document on the tooltip or I'ma be really sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koopatroopa.5360 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Yo is this going to be looked at, or at least acknowledged by Anet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshkyLicious.4729 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, koopatroopa.5360 said: Yo is this going to be looked at, or at least acknowledged by Anet? I mean no answer from them yet... even though I tagged Fire Attunement in my post before. I get a bad feeling of that this is intentional, and they are just ignoring us because they know the rage that will come from mesmer players if they actually say that this is a new feature for the staff mirage.. another big nerf to our class Edited September 23, 2021 by AshkyLicious.4729 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaruk.7291 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Considering that the aoe lines which they just added are still around the player & not your target (where the alac aoe is now originating from), & that the aoe alac+might around the target works regardless of range as long as you have a target, I think it's safe to say this is a bug. I of course could be wrong, but I think this is an unintended consequence of how they redid the AoE to get it to have an outline around you (it's working like a druid CA skill with might kinda) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koopatroopa.5360 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, AshkyLicious.4729 said: I mean no answer from them yet... even though I tagged Fire Attunement in my post before. I get a bad feeling of that this is intentional, and they are just ignoring us because they know the rage that will come from mesmer players if they actually say that this is a new feature for the staff mirage.. another big nerf to our class I mean, the tool tip still says around the caster so this can't be intentional right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshkyLicious.4729 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 44 minutes ago, koopatroopa.5360 said: I mean, the tool tip still says around the caster so this can't be intentional right? I really hope its not intentional! And I hope that they fix this ASAP, and not 5 years later.... mesmer is usually not a priority of Anet unfortunately! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunia.2736 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 13 hours ago, koopatroopa.5360 said: I mean, the tool tip still says around the caster so this can't be intentional right? Nah, no way. It wouldn't make sense on a 1200 range weapon at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulbasaur.1865 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I keep checking the patch notes to see if it's fixed yet... nope. It's too unreliable to really play as alac mirage as the AoE around the target you have to be in is quite small and Staff 2 teleports you out of range, even if the enemy is stationary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpalin.6293 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Yea. I've been avoiding the game because of this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestawolf.6781 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Yeah it has been a bit anoying to get used to it. Hope they fix it soon, or at least tell us that is how it works now =/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kauna Arget.7052 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Please please fix this. Or at least have the boon circle around the target and not the caster. I literally have no idea who is getting boons anymore and when my targetting sometimes randomly changes, boons could be given in some random place. Or if you cast it without a target, it doesn't seem to give any boons at all - with the random targetting breaks that sometimes happen in raids, this is pretty rubbish. And to have it be stealth, I really hope it's a bug! Especially as the tooltip says "allies near the caster gain boons" which is not the case atm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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