Skills not triggering

Its seems to be getting more and more frequent but sometimes when playing my ranger character I cannot use skills. The problem 1st presented itself in AB's but has spread to the rest of the game now.
Firstly I will point out that

1-Im not subject to any curses or in fact recieving any damage
2-I am within range as the bows firing and also have clear views of the targets.

Has this happened to anyone else? I found the problem in AB's mainly presented itself whilst using a longbow firing from high ground to clear NPC's out of shrines. Since I'm a long way out of range of the NPC's I am clear of interrupts and damage. However this is randomly happening and also on my other bows at different ranges. Any ideas?

I've encountered this problem as well. Instead of walking up to be in actual firing range, the skill doesn't activate or click as if it were cancelled. It just stops.

This isn't new either, I have been experiencing it for some time now.

yeah, happens to my ranger almost everytime, the only way to fix that is to manually move in closer to your target.

Same here for my ranger; seen it in Desolation a lot, as well as in Tyria.

Ive had this too, with multiple characters. The skill doesnt even activate, the same as if you try to use an attack on a friendly NPC, except I dont get the "Invalid Target" message. Just last night, I missed some sword skills on my warrior because of it(no Savage Slash vs Mursaat=not good).

I get this too, it will happen frequently for a couple of days and then I wont see the problem again for weeks. I have always put it down to lag.

It's also known as lag. I also have it sometimes.

I have experienced this on my Ranger for quite some time. I have found that it appears to be a range issue and he wont move automatically to be in range, but if I move him a few steps the skills will work normally.

When this happens to me I can fire regular arrows, but not use bow skills.

its not lag, as i can move around freely, there is no "flashy button" showing lag, its kind of weird and annoying when i could have interrupted that spell of doom for my party, but just walking a few steps closer to the enemy im targetting is enough to "reset" it.

Yes! I have this same problem too. And for people saying it's lag, no, it's not, the skill icons don't do their "We're going to activate once the lag goes away" thing, they just do... nothing... and you keep firing arrows and seeing damage numbers, so it's NOT LAG.

I have noticed it on my ranger also, either the angle is to steep, up or down, or I am not close enough to the target. Once I have adjusted myself, all bow attacks work just fine, if I can't or don't move then I am just firing regular arrows.

I've noticed both types: the "you're close enough to attack but not use skills" as well as the other one. The other one being that you activate the skill and the icon says its activating, but nothing ever happens(the icon keeps on swirling but does nothing)

It's most frequent on my ranger especially with barrage. I could understand if it's lag but it's not there is no lag, it just doesn't activate. One minute it works and the next it just doesn't then I have to move about a bit to get it to work. Thus far though I have not noticed any monks having this issue, mostly just rangers and warriors.... I want to say it happened maybe a very few times on my necro but I cannot be certain as I haven't played my necro in a while.

This has been an issue since long before NF... I want to say it was sometime shortly after Tombs turned UW style. (Being in a B/P team you notice it quite often.)

Ididnt say it was anything new just getting more frequent and Im glad Im not alone. It's fatal to interrupters

Yaps, only noticed that on my ranger with interrupt skills.

Yes, I have the same problem. Weird thing is, only when playing with my Ranger.

I have it too, twice today in fact, and it's most definitely not lag. When it's lag, the skill flashes without activating when I try to activate it. This is simply the skill not even attempting to activate. It happens most often on my ranger, had it happen once while playing a warrior in HA and a few times playing monk in both PvE and HA.

It sucks the most as a monk, when someone is dying and you just can't use your skills, but it's a very infrequent occurance. 99% of it happens while playing ranger.

Only get this with my Ranger and sometimes even when I've got a direct line of sight and used a skill already.

Yes I have noticed this for a long time. If you are out of the bow's natural range then you can still attack, but can't use attack skills (I think that is when it happens anyway).

In fact I made a thread about it a while back, so it's definitely nothing new.

Common places are steep hills and bridges.