The Jumping Nix-Ox (New desync BUG, Stonethorn)

scorpius2k1 · August 2020

This is a somewhat humorous bug that I ran into on patch day while playing. Any Nix-Ox you attack from a distance in any area/zone will start to jump like this. Before patch, they jumped right to you. There is definitely some weird desync or something going on as you are damaged by their jump before they even land on you. The humorous part being the mini-jumps of the Nix-Ox frolicking joyfully in the air it actually makes it to your location.

The video below will highlight everything described.

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https://youtu.be/j_9c8ktGNVo

scorpius2k1 · August 2020

Here is another video highlighting this bug. You can clearly see the player is knocked over, etc before the Nix-ox even arrives (BONUS: Speed boosters enabled!)

I am not sure if this affects all jumping mobs but I am going to take an educated guess and assume something like this probably goes a lot deeper into certain combat systems and might be important to take a look at.

https://youtu.be/tgp3TduJRnw

Sluggy · August 2020

That's basically how combat in PvP has been for me for months now. Getting D-swinged from 30 meters away while be unable to retaliate with a skill that has a range of 28 meters.

Cloudtrader · August 2020

That's amazing!

RefLiberty · August 2020

I think this should be left as it is, hovering attack is amazing and funny.

JesQu · August 2020

Similar have happened with the senche-raht's, sometimes when they jump to you, they hover in the air lol.

scorpius2k1 · August 2020

JesQu wrote: »

Similar have happened with the senche-raht's, sometimes when they jump to you, they hover in the air lol.

I just noticed that this morning as well when running Sunspire trial. Seems the issue is indeed much deeper into the combat systems, both PvP and PvE. Maybe it's the start of several core fixes and of course in doing so will bring new bugs. However, on that note I am a bit apprehensive again as I seem to remember desyncs and similar oddities happening like this for a short time during the Summerset chapter a few years back and they reverted it with a big "oops". Maybe it is being revisited now? Hard to say.