[Bug] Spectral cloak buff duration

Bashev

The spectral cloak buffs increase the damage for 10+2 seconds, 12 seconds. Then even if the skill is 20 or 30 seconds it does not increase the damage anymore. On the character stats you can see the 6% increased damage but it is not used in the calculation.

I guess this is a side effect after the skill duration was changed.

virtus753

I don't seem to be able to reproduce this on a dummy. Where are you seeing this, and how are you testing it? (see my edit below)

Blade Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jsw8jYYhurIrYDmQdAub1eV_7bzwLxhP/view?usp=sharing

Deadly Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4ogqCsnTFjqPLqGruZ8ow_34BR732GU/view?usp=sharing

Quick Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCcAwHgM4yM73fuSJr3-GVQGsl4r8R2f/view?usp=sharing
(The last tick is missing from the window, but it was another 998.)

ETA: Critical damage was the base 50% for all of the tests above, which were done without any blue CP slotted and no gear other than two vBRP swords.

I do see that the first tick of Cloak does not get the benefit of Spectral Cloak, though.

I realized afterwards that I misclicked on my taskbar and tested on Live rather than PTS: if this is a bug that is only on PTS right now, then it has been reintroduced, since Live does not have this bug. It was originally a problem with many ability-altering sets in the initial PTS cycle where they first changed the duration of DoTs, but it was caught and fixed before that update went live. So this would not be a problem with the skill duration being changed but a problem with reintroducing old bugs due to poor versioning control.

Necrotech_Master

virtus753 wrote: »

I don't seem to be able to reproduce this on a dummy. Where are you seeing this, and how are you testing it?

Blade Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jsw8jYYhurIrYDmQdAub1eV_7bzwLxhP/view?usp=sharing

Deadly Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4ogqCsnTFjqPLqGruZ8ow_34BR732GU/view?usp=sharing

Quick Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCcAwHgM4yM73fuSJr3-GVQGsl4r8R2f/view?usp=sharing
(The last tick is missing from the window, but it was another 998.)

ETA: Critical damage was the base 50% for all of the tests above, which were done without any blue CP slotted and no gear other than two vBRP swords.

I do see that the first tick of Cloak does not get the benefit of Spectral Cloak, though.

were you in combat when it did the first tick? the spectral cloak buff does only proc while in combat

virtus753

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

virtus753 wrote: »

I don't seem to be able to reproduce this on a dummy. Where are you seeing this, and how are you testing it?

Blade Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jsw8jYYhurIrYDmQdAub1eV_7bzwLxhP/view?usp=sharing

Deadly Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4ogqCsnTFjqPLqGruZ8ow_34BR732GU/view?usp=sharing

Quick Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCcAwHgM4yM73fuSJr3-GVQGsl4r8R2f/view?usp=sharing
(The last tick is missing from the window, but it was another 998.)

ETA: Critical damage was the base 50% for all of the tests above, which were done without any blue CP slotted and no gear other than two vBRP swords.

I do see that the first tick of Cloak does not get the benefit of Spectral Cloak, though.

were you in combat when it did the first tick? the spectral cloak buff does only proc while in combat

Yes, and you can clearly see CMX register the start of Spectral Cloak. See my edits above.

virtus753

I am retesting this on PTS now and still not seeing the issue.

Blade Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s0EZGSbwK8Hbb1U3FPfmOhkPmemvj7A_/view?usp=sharing

Deadly Cloak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lk_di62r37scm8muKTU4C58dj-gnZNA/view?usp=sharing

Quick Cloak:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-YRjiFNKABqIaKXBlqzPTdpKwaDcjqa/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yG6_xKTT0UQhrbSzWUjXcIuuKk1jQcUF/view?usp=sharing

You can see Spectral Cloak being procced in CMX, since I use a light attack to get into combat first. (I can also see the visual effect on my character for the duration and can see the buff refresh every two seconds on my buffs.) The first tick of damage is still not getting the buff, but the rest are the same damage numbers throughout the duration of the skill. The crit numbers are exactly 1.5x the non-crits since I have no source of extra critical damage.

This set was not mentioned in the most recent patch notes for PTS, but if the set was bugged as of August 5, it appears to have been fixed without notice. Or it may be a bad interaction with a particular skill or set rather than the entire Spectral Cloak being bugged, in which case further details would help, since it seems the set works with the skill it alters. Testing each skill and set interaction would be very time consuming, so if there's any information about the circumstances in which the damage falls off, that would help narrow down the focus.

Bashev

@virtus753 I tested it on the PTS. I tested it on the back bar. I am in combat use the skill on back bar and then change to front bar and the damage was not applied after 10+2 seconds. The buff was there but the damage of my attacks lost the 6% damage increase.

I tested it on live too and on live it looks like it works properly.

virtus753

Bashev wrote: »

@virtus753 I tested it on the PTS. I tested it on the back bar. I am in combat use the skill on back bar and then change to front bar and the damage was not applied after 10+2 seconds. The buff was there but the damage of my attacks lost the 6% damage increase.

I tested it on live too and on live it looks like it works properly.

Thanks for the info! Appreciate it.

virtus753

@Bashev Is it still occurring for you on PTS this week? I'm still unable to replicate it myself even casting on the back bar and staying on the front bar after that. Are you swapping immediately after seeing the effect proc? Are you waiting a certain amount of time?

I have no gear except the two Blackrose Prison weapons on the back bar. I have no slotted skills on either bar except Cloak on the back bar. I have no CP investments. All passives are taken, since this is a template character.

I just can't find a difference in damage over the course of the skill other than the fact that Cloak updates its damage when you switch bars (which it always does, regardless of this set). I do a light attack, cast Cloak on the back bar once in combat, and switch to the front bar after the first or second tick in every test (whether I swap after the first or second doesn't seem to matter). The damage remains steady for the duration of the skill even though I stay on the opposite bar. I can still see the visual effect of Spectral Cloak and the buff icon refreshing every two seconds. CMX also reflects that the buff remains active until 2 seconds after the skill is over. I know that sometimes the game says a buff is active while the damage isn't being applied (that was an issue with the Empower of Vampire's Bane during U35 PTS), but here I just can't find the difference in damage.

It might have been fixed already?

Bashev

Thanks for testing, I have to test it again. I hope it is fixed or I just did some mistake while i was testing although the damage was lower after 12 seconds from the first cloak hit.