Shield 5 changes

[Erick Alastor.3917]

I don't get it, ToT was changed to have a directional casting and everybody complained that it felt awkward because its direction behaved oddly, but at least we could use it (even if unreliably) at 360°.

Now they "fixed" it and the skill goes always on a short cooldown while walking and pointing in any direction that is not in a semi-circle in front of us.

Why didn't they simply made it behave like weaver's Plasma Blast?

Is the mesmers community fine with how it does work right now?

[Jace al Thor.6745]

As someone who doesn’t like shield I can answer this - No, the majority of people on this forum would rather it be reverted back to the original state. There’s already multiple threads stating this exact thing.

[Erick Alastor.3917]

Doing a rapid search I couldn't find that many feedbacks about the second change, and the more recent thread about shield 5 on first page is made by HazyDaisy.4107, but questioning its range.

I just hope this "issue" (at least for me) won't be sunk into oblivion :sweat:

[Takashiro.8701]

It feels especially bad in pvp. Sword 3 into shield 5 felt fluid and good to use, now it's just a mess. I can't count the many times i died where i really shouldn't have simply because i had to waste up to 2 seconds to get a good angle, that would *probably* hit something.

[atlashugged.7642]

I'm a bit confused as to why it's so difficult to simply make the shield 5 just go in the direction selected. Not point targeted. Not unit targeted. When you target shield 5, the game generates a vector, and when shield 5 is cast, the projectile follows that vector originating from your player. Doesn't matter if the vector points behind you, in front of you, to the side, etc. Is there any reason it couldn't be this?

[NeroBoron.7285]

[Already made a threat with certain issues](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/28004/you-messed-up-tide-of-times-post-9-feb-patch#latest "Check this")

[Odik.4587]

Sheild 5 bugs and cant be used behind yourself and sometimes go on 4s cd for no reason as well ,they made it even more retarded than it already was... with their increased cast time ...for unknown me reasons...

[Boulder.3589]

I feel like the dev working on this change did not have enough work to show, so just made this random change out of nowhere so they have some work to show to their boss.

[Chorazin.4107]

shit change is shit, gg anet retards

[apharma.3741]

> @"Takashiro.8701" said:

> It feels especially bad in pvp. Sword 3 into shield 5 felt fluid and good to use, now it's just a mess. I can't count the many times i died where i really shouldn't have simply because i had to waste up to 2 seconds to get a good angle, that would *probably* hit something.

 

This has been happening a lot to me too, with the original tides of time you could also use it while running from someone using a ranged weapon to block the shots. Now you have to stop a sec, politely ask them to reciprocate while you turn around, find the right angle and double press the 5 key then resume the chase once you have turned around.

 

I guess it means it can be cast without a target but I never really found that was an issue.