Bug: Invisible Miss Thystle and The Ambush That Never Was

I was doing tips missions the other day when I got the "Annihilate the Portal Corp Lab" one. I'm pretty sure I'd done it before, and one one of those blue lab maps. But this time I found myself in a Freedom Corps/Longbow base. Dunno if that's normal or not.

Anyway, I went through the mission, first objective, snag a scientist in a mob of PPD. No problem, pop some purples, Footstomp, Ball Lightning, apply Burn, serves family of ten. LEad scientist to computer, also no problem.

Formally empty base fills up with Rularuu and Axis America, also no problem. Now I'm supposed to find Miss Thystle. So I go around the base looking for her, clearing out the Nazi-Alien Meet and Greet members, only to find that she is back with another PPD spawn all of 30 feet from the computer that I missed because they were around a corner. D'oh!

So, pop more purples, repeat previous process, delicious Kheldian Flambe cooked to a golden brown. Kids love it! So the Survive the Thystle Assault objective pops up.

Only there is no assault.

I wait.

And wait.

And wait.

No ambush.

I looked around the base, thinking maybe they've gotten stuck somewhere, or have been distracted by the delicious scent of boiling bitey eyeball or something.

Nope. Base is still empty.

I bring up the map, I've got the computer showing as one of those jagged white things, and a red arrow labeled Miss Thystle.

I cannot seem to find her no matter what I do.

I click the arrow on the map and it gives me a particular place, so I stand on that place and drop Burn.

Orange numbers appear, as apparently I am damaging thin air.

Between Burn and Footstomp, untargetted AoE's both, I manage to kill the invisible thorn lady.

I go and click the computer, get 1000 inf, nothing changes.

No further ambushes, no nothing. Still "Survive the Thystle Assault," even though there is no assault, and no Thystles.

I turn my sound on, wander around the base, seeing if I can pick up more invisible foes. Nothing.

Check the map again, nothing.

In the end I had to call in a GM to auto-complete the mission for me, leaving me wondering what sort of weird strangeness was going on.

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Originally Posted by reiella Until I see something that states to the contrary, going to assume VK is right .