Runes of Magic US / AU

Last night in siege, I kept facing a warden scout who I was always unable to attack (as my rogue/mage) until someone else attacked that person first.

I understand there is a skill that can prevent a target from attacking:Entangle 18 50 energy Instant 60 seconds Binds the target tightly to your pet, making it unable to move, attack or cast spells for 5.0 seconds.

However, I can't see how this was what was causing me to not be able to attack, unless there have been changes to this or some other skill. Here are the details:

I never received a debuff. I was never unable to move. My inability to launch an attack would last indefinitely... Until someone else attacked that warden. I couldn't do any physical attacks, ranged aoe, or even Illusion Blade Dance. I even tried to attack on a fresh encounter while invisible using a throw and nothing. Is Entangle upgradeable to extend the time of the debuff and remove the inability for the target to move? Is there some other skill that can cause this that I'm not seeing?

Of course I didn't call out hax or anything in game because I don't know all the classes skills, but after looking into the skills, I still don't see what would allow that scenario to play out like that. Can anyone help me understand what was happening? Thanks.

I didn't think to look at the combat log but there was nothing on screen saying can't attack target or anything like that. I could turn around and attack a balloon monster or one of their other players, just not the warden. I would think maybe he was lagging, but others in my guild could attack and I didn't notice any porting or pulling of his character. It sure felt suspucious but I don't see why others could attack him and I couldn't.

Nope. I never saw any debuffs and never got stunned or rooted (or unable to move). Just couldn't attack him or his pet until he took damage from someone else first.

Correct, with him targeted, not even ibd would go off. I didn't think to try clearing target and hitting it to see if that would work. One time, while in hide, I saw him approaching so as I ran toward him but still far enough that he shouldn't see or target me, I hit ibd and it wouldn't go off. But had no problems anywhere else in siege except with that particular player.

When I say indefinitely, I meant I would be running around that player hitting all my keys, macros, and buttons and nothing would work until my teammate attacks that same player... Then my attacks work and I one shot him. One thing I did notice is that when ibd wouldn't go off, it was red/disabled the whole time. Not on cool down, but red as if to say the skill is not available. When I say my attacks wouldn't go off, it was acting like I wasn't even pressing the number for that skill/attack. Not a Dodge, not a miss, not an absorbed damage, and not even a "you cannot do that now". I'm telling you it was really weird and felt like some sort of purposeful act to prevent me from hiting him. Next time I'll do a video.

I admit, during each time it happened it felt like lag problems but is it coincidence that it happened only with that parti ulay enemy player, every time I faced him, and that it cleared up every time my teammate attacked him? Maybe, but doubtful.

If I see it again I'll be sure to bring up the server ping and record video of it as well. Thanks everyone.