Flamethrower Shoots Through Doors.

[Svarty.8019]

As if Engineer's Flamethrower wasn't overpowered enough, it even shoots through doors. That's a disgusting oversight on the part of the developers. I truly hope they decide to pay some attention for once, but I very much doubt they will because they never do. Why did I even make a thread about anything?

[Custodio.6134]

that has been part of the game like since...... release. 
and flamethrower is not the only skill behaving like that either. literally any AoE hits behind gates, that´s how it always has been, and to be honest: that´s how it will stay forever, since it has never been an issues. Obviously, ANet won´t "fix" it, because literally nobody thinks it´s "broken" in the first place. It doesn´t give any advantage to anyone in particular, because both, attackers and defenders can profit from that (attackers can prevent repariring from the inside, defenders can damage rams from a more or less safe position)

If you´re standing that close to a gate, that you get hit by a flamethrower, you´re also close enough to get pulled and bombed, so if you die to it, that´s on you. 

[TheGrimm.5624]

1 hour ago, Custodio.6134 said:

that has been part of the game like since...... release. 
and flamethrower is not the only skill behaving like that either. literally any AoE hits behind gates, that´s how it always has been, and to be honest: that´s how it will stay forever, since it has never been an issues. Obviously, ANet won´t "fix" it, because literally nobody thinks it´s "broken" in the first place. It doesn´t give any advantage to anyone in particular, because both, attackers and defenders can profit from that (attackers can prevent repariring from the inside, defenders can damage rams from a more or less safe position)

If you´re standing that close to a gate, that you get hit by a flamethrower, you´re also close enough to get pulled and bombed, so if you die to it, that´s on you. 

 

^^^^ This

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

Flamethrower is technically a melee weapon, so it behaves like any other melee weapon. You can be cleaved through doors as well, and have AoE cast on you too.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Mariyuuna.6508

[Bern.9613]

LMAO I remember mini zergs of minionmancers running around knocking down gates and anyone who was crazy enough to try repairing them. Lots of skills, pets, clones, minions go through the gates.

[Strider Pj.2193]

As has been said, this is not new.

 

If you find this is a problem, then nothing should be able to hit through gates, including cata shots, treb shots and disablers.  

[HazyDaisy.4107]

18 hours ago, Svarty.8019 said:

Why did I even make a thread about anything?

I'm not sure, why did you?  Do you want to make a thread about ranger pets, necro minions and mesmer clones that go through gates that aren't as easy to I dunno just walk away from?

Edited October 14, 2022 by HazyDaisy.4107

[Sviel.7493]

While not a new thing, it is not great.  However, like so much other WvW jank, the people that got tired of putting up with it quit the game back when avoiding climate catastrophe was still possible.  It's also likely not high on the list of things to fix if it's even on the list at all.

 

If there's even a faint hope of it, it won't be until after alliances drop, are adjusted to Anet's satisfaction and all the other problems in WvW can potentially be looked at.

[Chichimec.9364]

14 hours ago, Strider Pj.2193 said:

...If you find this is a problem, then nothing should be able to hit through gates, including cata shots, treb shots and disablers.  

This.

[Chzara.6590]

Man i miss lootstick guardians. They even could hit through the stairs at Durios.
I personally think it's just fair for the attackers being able to avoid defenders simply spamming repairs for an eternity (Such a Keep with 1800 supplies else could last way too long).

Edited October 15, 2022 by Chzara.6590

[Luthan.5236]

Normal thing. Even walls are useless for defending in a way where you use them to attack the people down there. (And arrow carts get build more in the back.)

Normal players can just AoE everything up on the wall from down below. So flamethrower is a bit of a smaller problem compared to that ... I guess. 😄 (I would have preferred if there actually was something that prevented the AoE to on top of the walls where people even adjust the camera angle as good as possible to maximize their efficiency.)

Edited October 16, 2022 by Luthan.5236

[HazyDaisy.4107]

Did you know engi doesn't even have enough stealth now to throw a good semi detected disabler?  I mean sure, there's the gate, but it gets blocked a good 75% of the time, and sure, there's the wall, but...well, you know.  Anyway, yeah, flamethrower is definitely a problem /s.