(edited by Lishtenbird.2814)
[BUG] Shadowstepping Champs in Lane 5
Yeah he jumps over the barricade but the animation bugs out sometimes.
I could never tell if that was intentional (being able to jump first wall) or a glitch.
The thing is, they only do this in the 5th lane – is this intentional because the fifth is somewhat longer and narrower?
It does always feel kind of mean, because the defenders have to scramble to keep up…
I’m pretty sure that’s not intentional – barricades were designed for the sole purpose of holding mobs back. I’ve never seen an animation of a champ stepping over the barricade – just changing position with no effects.
Once it seemed like I got teleported in a similar manner while I was using the golem
Once it seemed like I got teleported in a similar manner while I was using the golem
The closest scenarios in which your position gets shifted is when
- a static object appears, and you’re moved not to stand on top of it (like when a barricade is built, the builder gets moved a bit)
- a static object is destroyed, and you’re moved close to it (like when destroying a graveling burrow while standing on top of it, you get moved instead of just dropping straight down onto the floor)
However that doesn’t look like the case because the barricade is still there. The only buggy scenario I can imagine is that when a barricade drops below a certain HP value, it’s destroyed and replaced by another barricade object, at the same time triggering teleportation of a mob which has a huge hitbox overlaying the mesh and stands too close to it (compared to other lanes). That would mean some horrible code behind the barricade objects, but seeing many other bugs and permanent “hotfixes” out there, I wouldn’t exclude such a possibility.
I thought it was meant to spawn further back lol. Sort of like a “surprise” spawn but just in lane 5. Now I don’t know if that was intentional or not.
Re-checked it yesterday. They spawn at the correct place, but they don’t teleport as I said before, they leap over it in a very fast manner – blink and you miss it. It seems to happen more often when both golems are at the very spawnpoint, but that may be just random as well.
It happens regularly enough that I expect it on every watchwork champ in lane 5 and am ready to spin and keep firing. Happily the barricades don’t obstruct my shots. Still it’s an annoying bug — I dunno if it’s worth a hotfix though, on temporary content.
Yeah started seeing this last night. When I had done lane 5 before but never seen.
The champs would just teleport over the barricade, or at least that is what it looks like. Just instantly on the other side of the barricade. Quite strange.
Was a ANet person on our lane when it was happening, so maybe he made note of it.
Posting experiences just in case this is a bug. This has happened in Desolation EU as well regulary in lane 5 but I didn’t notice this in first week of marionette or then I didn’t pay any attention. And furthermore if the barricades are suppose to slow’em down this champ takes it as a challenge and leaps over it like Magic Johnson!