VMSA bug?

CheepsNSalsa

After being stuck for 3 days on Voriak Solkyn I finally got him to 0 health. 0/0% health. He had absolutely no health left is what I mean. But he didn't die, continued to channel and killed me. My ping was 61. I had enough time to look at his health and hit him with a couple more overloads (40k each) and then he killed me. Is this common? This was my first try at beating VMSA. I had 60ish ping btw.

Junipus

The only thing I can think of that would cause it is lag. Doesn't matter if your ping is really low, sometimes the server doesn't update the client and so you're hitting where the boss is showing on the screen and it's at 0% health but the server actually calculates it somewhere else and doesn't update your client.

Had it happen a few times where I bash adds and die because they're not where they're showing. This typically happens during peak hours and can be seen at the first stages when either abilities are slow to fire off or the adds' movement seems off.

My only suggestion would be to chalk it up to the *** poor coding of the game and try again during off-peak hours when there should be less chance of such things happening.

This is of course after venting on forums for a few hours/days

fastolfv_ESO

if the last boss in malestrom has a ghost buff theres a window b4 he can be killed

andryuhav

fastolfv_ESO wrote: »

if the last boss in malestrom has a ghost buff theres a window b4 he can be killed

How long does it last? I've done vMA so many time, i can't even count, and this seems to happen quite often, though every run his unkillable phase lasts differently.

ArvenAldmeri

I had the same problem 3 times now. Died because of it. And he did not have the ghost. I did. He was crouched at 0health and just would not die, I was spamming whole overload in him and nothing.

ArvenAldmeri

Junipus wrote: »

The only thing I can think of that would cause it is lag. Doesn't matter if your ping is really low, sometimes the server doesn't update the client and so you're hitting where the boss is showing on the screen and it's at 0% health but the server actually calculates it somewhere else and doesn't update your client.

Had it happen a few times where I bash adds and die because they're not where they're showing. This typically happens during peak hours and can be seen at the first stages when either abilities are slow to fire off or the adds' movement seems off.

My only suggestion would be to chalk it up to the *** poor coding of the game and try again during off-peak hours when there should be less chance of such things happening.

This is of course after venting on forums for a few hours/days

Do you consider 4pm peak hour? XD

Junipus

ArvenAldmeri wrote: »

Junipus wrote: »

The only thing I can think of that would cause it is lag. Doesn't matter if your ping is really low, sometimes the server doesn't update the client and so you're hitting where the boss is showing on the screen and it's at 0% health but the server actually calculates it somewhere else and doesn't update your client.

Had it happen a few times where I bash adds and die because they're not where they're showing. This typically happens during peak hours and can be seen at the first stages when either abilities are slow to fire off or the adds' movement seems off.

My only suggestion would be to chalk it up to the *** poor coding of the game and try again during off-peak hours when there should be less chance of such things happening.

This is of course after venting on forums for a few hours/days

Do you consider 4pm peak hour? XD

EU 4pm maybe, school is out and kids get back. If you're UK based then it's 5-6pm EU time which is beginning of peak hours.

Aside from weekends, if I'm going for weekly and therefore speed, I only go into vMA after about 10pm GMT so there's little to no chance of getting caught out by the poor client-server communication.

Might come across as too late, but if someone's just looking to finish it then coming back later on for a stage or two is quicker than fighting through the frustration and external factors at an earlier time.