Is About Face broken?

[aaron.7850]

I have been trying to be proficient with About Face teleports, and I can firmly say that it does not work 25% of the time even if you time things perfectly.

The camera will just randomly turn around even if you are holding the correct keys.

It only works 100% if you have been holding the right click mouse for a few seconds. But if you click the right click mouse button and do the about-face/skill combo, it will fail randomly.

[Markri.9475]

Not sure if it's aboutface that is iffy, but rather free-cam.

is it mesmer staff port you are refering too?

Personally I've seen issues where withdrawal/'roll for initiative' will after completing the aboutfaceroll turn the camera around at the end.

There is also the 'sluggishness' of camera/movement;

If for instance you use free-cam and run forward then use aboutface while maitaining forward view(hold Lclick) .And then try to force your character to again go forward by releasing Lclick and holding Rclick, it will take a few noticeable frames before it does. actioncam can do forward backward forward movement instantly no problem.

Also run forward hold Rmousebutton to control camera, then attempt to do a no-target leap in another direction by swinging camera in that direction. Do it too fast and leap will happen in direction your camera was, not where your camera is. Same procedure using actioncamera leaps correctly.