Bug- No sound for Clouding Swarm

Draxys

I picked up Clouding Swarm today and noticed that it is acting a little strange. First of all, there is almost no sound for it, which I feel like should be there. I cast it, and all of my sounds bug out and get delayed and then catch up with themselves. The swarm sound does not play until a split second before the ability ends, so I pretty much just hear it start and then fade out.

There are a couple of other issues that I had with Clouding Swarm as well: other abilities that I cast while in Swarm almost always lag a little bit. Sometimes it's just a bit of jumpy graphical lag, but sometimes the abilities take a second to actually do anything at all. Unlikely that it was on my end, my internet and computer were running everything smoothly before and after casting it.

Also, an odd thing happened with an NPC today, though I think it was just once. An NPC reset while in my Swarm- it just disappeared and reappeared when Swarm was done. I'm assuming that was a one-off that didn't have anything to do with my Swarm. Guess it just didn't like bats.

Shagreth

Yes, I have noticed that sometimes there is something off with the sound effects. I've also had some NPC's reset while using the ultimate.

Draxys

Shagreth wrote: »

Yes, I have noticed that sometimes there is something off with the sound effects. I've also had some NPC's reset while using the ultimate.

Really? That's strange that an ability would cause NPCs to reset sometimes, I assumed it was just a coincidence when it happened to me.

Shagreth

Yes, aside from that -- sometimes the character remains invisible to you (client side visual bug) switching weapons fixes it, but if you switch back to the item set you used it with, then you vanish again.

@ZOS_GinaBruno Please, unpopular morphs need some love too!

Shagreth

@ZOS_GinaBruno The ability is still bugged and there has been no word yet, nor do I see it fixed on the PTR notes. So here goes again in hope someone sees this:

1) Sound effects are bugged, you only get to hear a bit of it once the ultimate ends.
2) It is kinda useless in PvE because it resets mobs most of the time, resulting in very awkward fights & deaths.
3) Not a bug, but a suggestion for QoL, right now the ability makes your character completely invisible to you, making it a little hard to land melee abilities properly (especially ones that require being positioned behind the enemy) I suggest that you maybe give clouding swarm a swirly mist effect or something like the effect of Dark Cloak (translucent effect) while invisibility is on. Sound effects being off and character vanishing is probably why it feels 'laggy' when other abilities are being used while under its effects.

Thank you.

ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Got it, @Shagreth. Have you noticed this with any other abilities or Ultimates?

Shagreth

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom Thank you very much.

I can't say I have, other than Drain Essense being a little unresponsive, its sound and visuals both, plus the actual effect, but it's been like that since launch, guess that's how the skill is. Also, a minor visual bug with Siphoning Attacks where the glow effect tends to move away from the weapon and attach itself in weird places (mainly when switching weapons). Haven't noticed anything else with my NB, unsure if Dark Cloak's invisibility is plagued by the same issue (mobs resetting) as Clouding, but there are plenty of threads about Cloak, so I guess everything is covered there by people that have tested the ability extensively.