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you still need to hit the oil slick with your attack for it to light. So maybe the times you didn't see it go off your attack missed.
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Originally Posted by MasTa_X
Hi, i recently done a Trick Arrow Corrupter.
Now Oil Slick does not always go off( the damage part(burn) ). i attack the Oil Slick with Fire based attacks, and it aint going off, only sometimes. Is this a bug ? |
Also Oil Slick is one of the buggiest powers in the game so you will occasionally encounter situations where it won't light (especially outdoors or in larger missions).
The way to tell is to watch the targetable oil slick. If it vanishes then oil slick is bugged, and probably won't light for the rest of the mission. If the target remained then you missed (happens about 1 time in 20 since your accuracy is capped at 95%) and you need to attack it again.
Oil Slick continues to be bugged in zones. Had multiple failure to ignite episodes in Bricks and FF over the weekend. Should ignite OK in missions.
TA is one of the few sets I have never played in this game, but I recall hearing about this bug years ago in game and on these forums. Quite surprised to hear it's still around.
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I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
OSA makes Castle cry.
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There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
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Don't be surprised. Igniting Oil Slick and making the Bruiser behave sanely are the two things that are unlikely to ever happen reliably |
Originally Posted by Spatch
TA is one of the few sets I have never played in this game, but I recall hearing about this bug years ago in game and on these forums. Quite surprised to hear it's still around.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
It just blows my mind that OSA would ignite differently in "zones" from missions. What in the world did they put in the code that would tie igniting to where you are?
I team with the Repeat Offenders.
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Originally Posted by IronYeti
It just blows my mind that OSA would ignite differently in "zones" from missions. What in the world did they put in the code that would tie igniting to where you are?
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Bugs are weird. They often come from changes in code that have NOTHING to do with what is bugged.
Fictional example: They change the code for pet AI to use their AoEs more reliably. This has the unexpected side effect of removing the rock from the power Hurl Boulder, but strangely, the power Hurl is unaffected.
Stuff like that. Bugs are almost never found in the coding of what the bug is affecting, it's almost always in something completely unconnected as far as anyone can tell. That's why bug fixes take so long, because they have to look through every line of code to find it, instead of just looking in the code that runs the bugged power.
Sometimes they get lucky and find it quickly, other times, like apparently this instance is, they look forever and never find it.
BaBs explained all that in a thread a while ago, but I have no clue where to find it.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
I'm still casting my vote for an overhaul of OSA it has been bugged to hell and back forever. maybe a couple more years and it will happen.
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It just blows my mind that OSA would ignite differently in "zones" from missions.
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The worst part about the OSA bug is that it's difficult to reproduce with reliability, which makes it harder to find the cause.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
Hi, i recently done a Trick Arrow Corrupter.
Now Oil Slick does not always go off( the damage part(burn) ).
i attack the Oil Slick with Fire based attacks, and it aint going off, only sometimes.
Is this a bug ?
49 level 50's(CoH/V), cant be arsed to list em all :P