PD bugged and broken

As of a few days ago (most likely the pvp weekend), Psychic Distraction does not set blackout time, it resets the skills recharge. I was playing rit spammer, and a PD mesmer was interrupt me, with my spirits having a minute recharge.

As for the broken part, as you all know, it goes through mantra of resolve/concentration.

I'll have to try out the mantra of resolve case for myself. But the interrupt for spirits is interesting, because this occurs for all interrupts.

Can I ask, when you're hit by Savage Shot, does the recharge reset as well?

It's meant to go through resolve, the description clearly indicates that the blackout effect and the interupt effect are not linked.

As any class, with any skill, when you get interrupted while using the skill, that skill's recharge starts. So, for Union it would be 45 seconds, right?

Psychic Distraction interrupts the skill. Period. Thus Union will have a 45 second recharge starting on it. It is also blacked out for 5-11 seconds, but 45 is longer than 11 so the blackout effect doesn't appear on your screen.

Try using a short recharge skill such as guardian. When it gets interrupted, it starts recharging. It's recharge cost is 2 seconds. Thus, to prevent short recharge skills bypassing PD, there is also a blackout effect which only affects short recharge skills.

Longwinded, but read it carefully and you'll get it.

Previously, PD would SET blackout time. A recent update must have changed it. I remember playing spirit spammer about a month ago against a PD mesmer, and he could only shutdown my spirits for ~10 seconds.

Well now it has been fixed to work as it should, even if it ever was broken.

End of discussion.