Icon fade/lack of stacking: bug or 'feature'?

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but I didn't see any mention in patch notes or forums.

The faded power icons under the health/endurance bar - is that a bug or a 'feature'? It's really annoying, but not quite as annoying as the non-stacking aura icons. I haven't checked on a willpower or invulnerable but my shield defense toon is no longer showing the multiple icons for number of foes in against all odds range. This is incredibly annoying since my usual play method is to herd around a corner - the icons are the way i know when enough enemies are in range to let loose.

Has anyone seen any info about whether this is just a bug or if this is something we're going to have to get used to?

Just checked, ditto for Rise to the Challenge and Invincibility.

If you are describing the fact that buff icons are showing up oddly, not at all in some cases, sticking even after the power has worn off, click buffs are always transparent, and you show click buffs even after dying? That's an old, recropped bug that came around the issue that Will Power came out, and haunted us for months.

((And hi Mr. Verene.))

Same problems here. I even see some auto buffs (like Winter's Gift slow resistance) showing up on the team buff-list even though I have auto-powers turned off.

Also, sometimes when you refresh a buff on someone while the icon is blinking, it never stops blinking. I've gotten where I just let it completely run out and then re-cast which can be a bit of a problem sometimes.

Fix this please. Really starting to annoy me.

Sick of transparent buffs, hasten flashing for 30 seconds before it drops, things like Against all Odds not showing stacking at all, my buffs and toggles flip flopping and/or flashing randomly.

This problem also affects Conductive Aura.

There are other issues going on with icons that seem to be recent. When I get a large number of icons, all my status icons begin to blink in unison, even ones that cannot be or are definitely not expiring. For example, if I get around 20 Caltrops (fighting Knives of Artemis on x6) and hit a large Soul Drain (7 or more targets) this happens.

My icons are set for numeric stacking and blinking icons.

I have also noticed when teaming that the only icons showing up in the team window are mine. I see none of the icons for my teammates.