Playing as a scout I have been PA’d quite a few times and have not seen the animation nor heard the sound play once.
When perfed the assassin is simply seen standing in combat mode after the damage is delivered. No sound and no style animation is played. This is extremely disorienting in a situation where you can’t stare at your health bar because it just appears as if they have missed their opener until they CD.
The only time I have seen the style animation play was in a duel with a realm mate.
My experience on live was that the PA animation only didn’t play if the damage from PA was lethal to the target.
When perfed the assassin is simply seen standing in combat mode after the damage is delivered. No sound and no style animation is played. This is extremely disorienting in a situation where you can’t stare at your health bar because it just appears as if they have missed their opener until they CD.
The only time I have seen the style animation play was in a duel with a realm mate.
My experience on live was that the PA animation only didn’t play if the damage from PA was lethal to the target.