Dodge rolling in the wrong direction

#1 - Sept. 18, 2013, 11:14 a.m.
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There’s probably already at least one thread about this, but I’m creating a new one since the I can’t find any because the forums search function still doesn’t work.

Players occasionally dodge roll in the opposite direction of where they are trying to dodge to. This was introduced around the time of Sky Pirates of Tyria and still hasn’t been fixed.

Yesterday my character died because he dodged into the burning oil attacks in the ascalon fractal. Last week my character died because he dodged off the edge in Skyhammer. The week before that my character died because he dodged back into range of an immobilize skill while running from a group of enemies in WvW. All of those dodges were in the opposite direction of how I pressed the keys. Most of my mis-directed dodges aren’t fatal, but they’re all frustrating. I really hope this gets fixed soon.

In case this info helps fix this: I have double-tap to dodge turned off, and always dodge with the V key.

#2 - Sept. 18, 2013, 11:36 a.m.
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Thanks for the report, this is a tricky one. We will continue looking into it. If you ever have more information on this bug like for example reproducible steps, go ahead and post them here!

#18 - Sept. 23, 2013, 5:02 p.m.
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Yeah it has to do with the autoface mechanic of using skills while moving and simultaneously attempting to dodge. Thanks all! Hope to have a fix as soon as programmers can work it out.