I've recently noticed this bug myself. After looking into it, I've found threads over 18 months old addressing this unresolved issue. Many people don't seem to be aware of it but it can be extremely frustrating playing against a player that knows how to exploit it.

I myself, noticed it when matched against a player, that seemingly only ques for CtR, continued to capture our relic despite ever picking the relic up and running it back to their base. Since then, I've matched up with this player several times and deemed his odd playstyle as "exploitative".

Despite being attacked or interrupted while channeling the "capture" animation, he refuses to defend himself, and instead, spams the capture command. If he dies while in this animation, he will respawn at his base with the relic and can then capture the relic without any pursuit. This player also openly admitted this when I called him out via whisper. This player dominates these matches, always capturing the majority of relics despite having 0 kills or healing done. They are also at the top of the flag games leaderboard every week due to this exploit (PS4 NA).

I managed to record this player in the act and linked a video clip illustrating the bug, below. Because we had their relic, this player was unable to capture ours immediately upon respawning. You'll see them drop the relic towards the end of the video after I kill them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hImt3CXvDT4&t=22s

Although I would love to see this player banned, as he has an extremely cocky disposition towards his abilities in this game mode, hot fixing the issue would definitely suffice

Time Stamp 10:27 and 12:30

This is an older thread, but this is still a problem. It also happens in Cyrodiil with scrolls and volendrung. If a player dies just as they complete the animation to claim a contested asset, that asset remains associated with the player through their death and respawning. The player it happens to usually doesn’t even know it at the time.

AzurasCry wrote: »

Titain wrote: »

I have had this happen with the relic, and also the ball. it happens when you die at the same time you are picking it up. not really a big deal it is rare, but it does happen.

Actually, I see these relic run glitch nearly everyday that I play the mode, especially if Neverplaysaber69 is playing the match, then its a 100% chance of happening and intentionally. Lately, I haven't been seeing dead or invisible people carrying relics but I've been seeing people use other exploits that makes it impossible to interrupt them. Then there is also the issue of exploiting bad geography to protect the relic. Some of them has been patched but there are plenty more.
https://youtu.be/TrjreYWkvt4

@AzurasCry You might wanna remove that name otherwise you'll get in trouble, but I know exactly who you're talking about. I swear sometimes they use cheats because they accomplish some incredibly suspicious things. Like for example somehow being invisible through aoe damage and only appearing once they start picking up the relic.

Daffen wrote: »

There is also a method to complete this in chaosball where u press to pick up the ball just before you die. You then respawn with the ball on the map but dont take any damage and you get points basically winning the game if you stay in spawn.

Yup, there’s that one too. It’s already a problem that such bugs exist, but having people exploit them at a daily basis every match they play is a real issue.