[PS5] Directional / Target Lock and Mana bug with Pennance and Storm Brand

Hello. I'm going to try and explain this as comprehensive as possible.

1. Mana bug with Pennance and Storm Brand ( might be with other brand/skills too, didn't test it ). If i continue to cast Pennance brand in a direction and my character doesnt have mana to cast it again, the character moves in that direction, which i'm pretty sure wasnt the case when I played in harvest

In the video below i kept my brand button pressed and directional stick in a direction at all times, you can see the behavior when the mana is out, the character starts moving which i'm 100% sure its not intended.

https://streamable.com/8i3ex5

2. Target Lock or directional bug, don't know exactly what to call it.
Best way to explain this is by pictures ( please don't laugh at my drawing at the office ).

In the image below, X is where i try to target my brand.



In the image below, Circle is where the game targets the brand right below me feet, even though its wall there and the skill can't damage the mob. At this point, if i keep channeling, and try to change directions, nothing will happen. Only way to reset the position of the skill is to stop casting or move the character.



Below is a video showcasing the bug in action. As you can see the rhoa is below the tree, untargetable normally, yet the game target locked it. For that entire phase, you don't see the position of the brands changing, even though i did two full 360 rotations of the directional stick, yet nothing happened. Had to move the character to reset.

https://streamable.com/kngdjf

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DoctoreSpartan wrote:

Hello. I'm going to try and explain this as comprehensive as possible.

1. Mana bug with Pennance and Storm Brand ( might be with other brand/skills too, didn't test it ). If i continue to cast Pennance brand in a direction and my character doesnt have mana to cast it again, the character moves in that direction, which i'm pretty sure wasnt the case when I played in harvest

In the video below i kept my brand button pressed and directional stick in a direction at all times, you can see the behavior when the mana is out, the character starts moving which i'm 100% sure its not intended.

This is 100% how it has always worked (at least since Legion, when I started).

And not just with brands.

If you hold the directional stick in a direction, and use a skill until you run out of mana, your character will move in that direction once the skill can no longer activate. You have to let go and repress the button in order to use the skill again, even if you get the mana back.

As far as the targeting thing, that's just console targeting. It would be nice if they did something to improve it, but it's not super likely.

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QQPQ wrote:

This is 100% how it has always worked (at least since Legion, when I started).

And not just with brands.

If you hold the directional stick in a direction, and use a skill until you run out of mana, your character will move in that direction once the skill can no longer activate. You have to let go and repress the button in order to use the skill again, even if you get the mana back.

As far as the targeting thing, that's just console targeting. It would be nice if they did something to improve it, but it's not super likely.

It never did though. Before we could hold the left trigger button to stay in place and then was removed with holding the skill button. This is a serious bug which makes my gameplay twice as hard in deep delve and needs to be taken care off.

Check the video below at 2:10 min, see how he can cast the skill in place and rotating the character, i can't do this anymore.

https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/rafalovski666/video/55028366

Asked people in global to test their skills and power siphon and split arrow work as intended, it attacks with auto-attack when out of mana staying in place.

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DoctoreSpartan wrote:

It never did though. Before we could hold the left trigger button to stay in place and then was removed with holding the skill button. This is a serious bug which makes my gameplay twice as hard in deep delve and needs to be taken care off.

That's not nearly "never". They added the second skill bar (removing the other uses of the 2nd trigger) a zillion years ago.

It has always worked this way if you didn't hold the trigger, and we haven't been able to hold that trigger for that purpose for several leagues.

This is not new.

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Asked people in global to test their skills and power siphon and split arrow work as intended, it attacks with auto-attack when out of mana staying in place.

Those are weapon-based attacks.

Try it with Arc or any other spell.

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QQPQ wrote:

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DoctoreSpartan wrote:

It never did though. Before we could hold the left trigger button to stay in place and then was removed with holding the skill button. This is a serious bug which makes my gameplay twice as hard in deep delve and needs to be taken care off.

That's not nearly "never". They added the second skill bar (removing the other uses of the 2nd trigger) a zillion years ago.

It has always worked this way if you didn't hold the trigger, and we haven't been able to hold that trigger for that purpose for several leagues.

This is not new.

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Asked people in global to test their skills and power siphon and split arrow work as intended, it attacks with auto-attack when out of mana staying in place.

Those are weapon-based attacks.

Try it with Arc or any other spell.

Please watch the video i posted from ralph and would stop defending a bug, thanks.

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DoctoreSpartan wrote:

Please watch the video i posted from ralph and would stop defending a bug, thanks.

I do not see the behavior you described in the video.

Did you link the correct one? It's an Uber Elder fight.

He only OOMs once during the whole fight, and that's at the beginning when he's throwing totems, and he isn't "rotating character", as you describe in your comment.

The bug you reported (and that I've been discussing), relates specifically to running out of mana (or other resource) while trying to cast a spell by holding down the button.

He doesn't do that in video.

At the specifically mentioned timeframe (2:10), I don't see the behavior you talk about, and he certainly doesn't OOM.

Are you saying you can't hold-cast spells at ALL, even when not OOM?

I think we are at the point where i'm asking you: " is it normal to not be able to stand still even if you don't have mana?" is it normal that console doesnt have the "hold shift" option for spells? since for attacks it works apparently.

How in the world are you saying that is not a bug when ITS WORKING FOR SOME SKILLS AND FOR SOME IT DOESNT. I'm done with this discussion, waiting for an official response.