Assasins Eclips bug
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Captain_Karate,
Posted on: 2011-02-07 09:03 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
... "The animation for one power sometimes doesn't fire off" does not mean "this is unplayable."
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I'd say 10% of my animations fail to play on my stone/elec tank. Stuff still dies, I'm ok with that.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
... "The animation for one power sometimes doesn't fire off" does not mean "this is unplayable."
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I wonder if it's just the animation not showing on your screen because of a video problem? The power could be animating normally on other player's screens...?|
Originally Posted by NiteKilla
The animation for Assassins Eclipse in the Dark Melee stalker set is broken. About half of the time (more so on teams), when I use the power, my toon just stands there as the power fires off. On teams it looks like I am just standing there doing nothing. Please devs FIX this problem. I pay good money for this game and my toon is unplayable.
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But ya...as long as orange numbers show up, things are still gonna die whether the animation plays or not.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
... "The animation for one power sometimes doesn't fire off" does not mean "this is unplayable."
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Your right about every toon EXCEPT a stalker my friend. Its their power thats used specifically all the time (for good reason). So , yes, for a stalker its unplayable. Same bug happens when I use another computer. I will check my 2nd account to see if I can see the animation.
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42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker
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No, I'm right about stalkers as well. I play them, as well as every other AT (and have at least one of each AT to 50. Happens with several years of playing.)|
Originally Posted by NiteKilla
Your right about every toon EXCEPT a stalker my friend. Its their power thats used specifically all the time (for good reason). So , yes, for a stalker its unplayable. Same bug happens when I use another computer. I will check my 2nd account to see if I can see the animation.
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Does the power itself activate? Does it do damage? Then you're looking at an animation bug, which does not make the character "unplayable," any more than my blaster just standing there when their snipe goes off makes that power unplayable. The power still goes off and damage still gets done (or, of course, you miss.) You just don't see an animation.
If the power itself is *not activating,* you're looking at something affecting playability. And I'd suggest keeping an eye on your combat logs for "Interrupted," as AS *can* be interrupted. (If you're high enough, go fight some Knives of Artemis. Standing on caltrops? AS won't work. If you're NOT high enough, make an AE single-mission arc and run it in test mode so you can see what I mean.) You're mentioning "in teams," so we're looking at higher mob spawn sizes than are likely your usual. While Hide, when not suppressed (typically before an AS as opposed to after) gives a very high AOE defense, it's not making you invulnerable. Watch your hidden status. Make sure you're not moving. And yes, even if you're invisible, if aggro "spills over" (and aggro's been seeming weird of late,) the enemy *can* target you, even through hide, even without +Perception. (Part of why I don't take out PPP pets on a stalker. Enemy sees them, shoots them - and me.)
But from your own description:
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| my toon just stands there as the power fires off. |
the power *is activating,* you're just not getting the animation. Which makes exactly zero difference as to the character's playability.
Yes , the power is firing off so technically it is playable. I don't want to play a stalker where the assasins animation doesnt go off (I have taken 5 stalkers to 50, they are my favorite). It looks totally ******* stupid seeing your toon just stand there. Unfortunatly, this animation bug as of this morning is happing like greater than 80% of the time.
50 EM / SR Stalker
50 Spines / Regen Stalker
50 Claws / SR Stalker
50 DM / DA Stalker
42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker
Also, just went and tested. Dark/Nin stalker. 20 ASes (random hunting,) 20 completed animations. Try it solo. Are you lagging anywhere? Do other powers not seem to animate, or have a delay at all?
Kept going. 30 ASes, 30 animations. If it were an animation bug at the rate you say, I should have seen it happen at least once by now.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Also, just went and tested. Dark/Nin stalker. 20 ASes (random hunting,) 20 completed animations. Try it solo. Are you lagging anywhere? Do other powers not seem to animate, or have a delay at all?
Kept going. 30 ASes, 30 animations. If it were an animation bug at the rate you say, I should have seen it happen at least once by now. |
Can you also try inside a mission rather than street hunting? If everything is still good then it must be my internet connection. Im not sure what else it could be.
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50 Spines / Regen Stalker
50 Claws / SR Stalker
50 DM / DA Stalker
42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker
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Sure. Fortunately for the sake of this, I haven't run that character since 2xp weekend - so I have a newspaper mission I can pretty much AS everything in at my leisure.|
Originally Posted by NiteKilla
Can you also try inside a mission rather than street hunting? If everything is still good then it must be my internet connection. Im not sure what else it could be.
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Result: 30 of 30 animations worked.
Ok, I just ran a test. I did just street hunting and assasins eclips works perfectly 100% of the time. Then I went into a mission and right away about 80 to 90 % of the time the animation does not takes place. My toon just stands there. So this seems to be an in-mission bug. Please devs look into this.
50 EM / SR Stalker
50 Spines / Regen Stalker
50 Claws / SR Stalker
50 DM / DA Stalker
42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker
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No, it's still not unplayable. There are a handful of powers where the animation frequently fails. You could have a powerset where every single animation fails and it would still not be unplayable. It wouldn't be much FUN, but it would be playable.|
Originally Posted by NiteKilla
Your right about every toon EXCEPT a stalker my friend. Its their power thats used specifically all the time (for good reason). So , yes, for a stalker its unplayable.
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Now, if you had said, "This really bugs me and makes me not want to play that toon.", I could understand that. To say that the character is "unplayable" is simply false.
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Either way, the devs may not see the message posted here. I would suggest getting a mission, confirming that it's failing, and file a bug report from inside the mission. Be sure to mention that it works fine when street hunting.
P.S. The AS animation for Ninja Blade fails a lot also but I've only noticed it on teams. It may have something to do with the amount of animations taking place in the area. (When I play him on a team, it's generally a large team.)
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Teamed or solo? |
Originally Posted by NiteKilla
Ok, I just ran a test. I did just street hunting and assasins eclips works perfectly 100% of the time. Then I went into a mission and right away about 80 to 90 % of the time the animation does not takes place. My toon just stands there. So this seems to be an in-mission bug. Please devs look into this.
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I'd bet that if I went into a mission with you and just stood there, FRAPS running, it'd animate more often for me on my screen than it would for you, even though your character's the only one doing anything, and I could show you a video of it.
Since I know it works 100% of the time on mine, in a mission and out, there may not be anything FOR the devs to fix. There's information up top about posting system information - get the info and post it. Let people poke through and see if there's anything on your side that could be causing it.
Personally, I'm leaning toward system or network performance causing what you're seeing.
I was solo. when my toon is not in the fighting stance is when the animation fails. There are two stances a toon can have (one fighting the other where he is standing straight up with hands down). I know you tested yours on the street. Did you recently test inside a mission? Thanks
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50 Spines / Regen Stalker
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50 DM / DA Stalker
42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker
Yep, look up a few posts:
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Sure. Fortunately for the sake of this, I haven't run that character since 2xp weekend - so I have a newspaper mission I can pretty much AS everything in at my leisure. Result: 30 of 30 animations worked. |
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hmm... sounds like the animation starting state affects whether the next animation plays. There are tons of animations and emotes that have that problem. Terribly annoying.
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Originally Posted by NiteKilla
I was solo. when my toon is not in the fighting stance is when the animation fails.
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The animation for Assassins Eclipse in the Dark Melee stalker set is broken. About half of the time (more so on teams), when I use the power, my toon just stands there as the power fires off. On teams it looks like I am just standing there doing nothing. Please devs FIX this problem. I pay good money for this game and my toon is unplayable.
50 EM / SR Stalker
50 Spines / Regen Stalker
50 Claws / SR Stalker
50 DM / DA Stalker
42 DM / EA Stalker
40 Nin / Nin Stalker