Middle of the Week with Major Mal

[Produktion_Malphunktion]

Hey folks. It's been a while. I've been cleaning up from the last year, getting set for the next and came across a list of bugs that came directly out of the forum. I had them marked as 'the bugs that annoy players', and now I've decided to share with you the list of what we fixed and what the community thought at the time were the worst bugs in the game. Always interesting to look back and see where we were at about this time a year ago. Guess people were pretty annoyed with Madstone

I would like to continue this now tradition with you fine folk and not so fine folk by telling us your most hated bug. Lag or Ladders, Loot or launcher...whatever it may be. Help us help you and all that.
A couple of other things: Sox won the World Series, and the Pats...with the worst team they have had since 2006 made the AFC Championship game

and Payton still stinks.

Summary

DDO: XPack: Exchanging feats at Fred cause game to crash

Xpac: Guild Airship - Items dissapear

DDO: U13: Web of Chaos quests - Lords of Dust / Servants of the Overlord / Spinner of Shadows - cannot be repeated as expected

Xpac: Sinister Storage - Cannot complete because of 3rd Wave

Xpack: Crash Bugs: The Binding Chains spell crashes the client when cast on players

Sinister Storage is uncompleteable

Wrath of Sora Kell set bonus not applying attack and damage bonuses

DDO: JBUG: Epic chests cannot be opened, error says "You were not present when the quest was completed"

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Mobs and boss jump out door in Murder by Night and can't be attacked, blocking quest

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Assassinate not Assassinating

"Into the Deep" - When talking to Vizira, the conversation path is broken

Druid: Summon Natures Ally 9 Kobold

Xpack: JBUG: Favored Soul wings do not regenerate in private instances

DDO XPack: Servants of the Overlord - Level scaling is broken for squishies in optional quests and final fight - making them u…?

XPack: Sampler Dungeon: Freeing Captives before Defeating Drow blocks the dungeon

Monster Manual: Inconsistent counting

DDO JBUG: full attack chain animations with a sword and shield causes the character to skip up and to the left slightly

Xpack: Epic Destiny: Magister- Grand Summoner does not stack with Augment Summoning

XPack: Hotbar backgrounds are sized incorrectly, scale, and tile

Lamannia - Madstone rage prevents Barbarian Rage

Xpack: Epic Destiny - Draconic Incarnation: Draconic Perception does not bestow a Reflex save

Feat - Unable to acquire Improved Feint

XPack: Epic Destiny: Legendary Dreadnaught: Unstoppable does not remove several Crowd Control Effects

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Unyielding Sentinel: Ward Against Evil doesn't deal Good damage to evil enemies

DDO: Xpack: Armor Class: Activating Power Attack and Combat Expertise disables glancing hits

DDO: Xpack: Armor Class: Uncanney Dodge and Improved Uncanny Dodge do not apply a dodge bonus to either Barbarians or Rogue

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Druid Pet enhancement Hamstring proccing constantly

XPack: Epic Destiny: Fatesinger - "Grandeur" (5th auto-grant) does not provide immunity or affect party members

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Tenacious Pack makes pets immune to healing

Spell traps in Lolth raid are blocked from disabling all too often

DDO Epic Destinies: Insult doesn't work with unarmed combat (was: Many melee abilities don't work with Handwraps)

Druid Spell: Baiting bite only bluffs the first time

Xpac: DDO UI - Grouping 'Hide content i dont own' button is busted.

Xpac: Paladin Enhancments - Armor Class Boost I, II, III, IV incorrect values

DDO - Xpack: Druid Wildshape - Occasional Floaty Weapons

DDO: Sneak Attack - Rogues are not receiving bonus sneak attack dice from Assasin, Rogue Capstone (Deadly Shadow), or Shadowda…?

DDO: Dragonshard Collectors (All): Fail to execute Dragonshard transactions for items

DDO: Xpack: Combat Expertise reduces the duration of Bark Skin and Rams Might

DDO Epic Destinies: Smite Evil doesn't regenerate ever for non-Paladins, when granted by Unyielding Sentinel

Xpack: Epic Destiny: Legendary Dreadnaught: Momentum Swing animation is broken with Half Orcs wielding Great Axes

DDO: Xpack: Ziggurat: Priestess of Lolth can be insta-killed, prevening quest completion

Druid: Animal Form - Wearing just a shield stops attack animations

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Draconic Incarnation: Draconic Spell Knowledge does not increase caster level at rank 1

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Draconic Incarnation: Dragonhide does not keep players from auto-failing a Fortitude save on a 1

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Exalted Angel: Rank 1 Embrace the Light heals players when they take light damage

DDO: Character Sheet: Epic icon replaces multiclass icons

DDO Xpack: Madstone Rage- Madstone Rage prevents use of subtle backstabbing

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Fatesinger: Fragment of Song Clarity buff does not apply to party members

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Fatesinger: Fragment of Song Valor buff does not apply to party members

DDO Xpack: Madstone Rage- Monks are unable to switch stances while madstone raged.

DDO Xpack: Madstone Rage- Madstone Rage prevents sneaking

DDO Xpack: Madstone Rage-Madstone rage prevents using Wild Shots for Shiradi Champion

Feat Precision bypasses 25% fortification but doesn't say that it should in the tooltip or the description of the feat

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Magister: Arcane Adept isn't reducing spell point cost

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Consume does not do anything

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Executioner's Strike does not activate additional effects with Dark Shrouding Charges

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Shiradi Champion: Illusion of Well Being only grants temporary hitpoints on the first heal

Epic Destinies: Fury of the Wild - Fury Made Placid isn't healing enough

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Legendary Dreadnought: Tactical Genius does not reset cooldowns for Tactical Feats

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Shrouding Strike total charges are incorrect for all ranks

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Shadow Training 5 has unlimited uses

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Shadow Form does not apply strength damage

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Using Improved Invisibility while attacking will not bestow invisibility on the character

Xpac: Epic Destinies - Fury of the wild fast healing supresses healing from Wholeness of body

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Shadow Training 4 can be used an unlimited amount of times

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Pierce the Gloom does not grant extra Attack Bonus

DDO: XPack: Druid Wolf: Enhancement: Raging Wolf (Wolf Rage) has no effect of any kind

DDO: U17 Items: Quiver of Poison: Taking the quiver out of the shared bank binds it to character

DDO:JBUG:Sinister Storage has a monster not spawning properly

Combat feat DCs no longer calculated out for player in action bar tool tip

Artificer Pet / Homunculus: Interrupt of Revive Pet costs the one use until you rest again

DDO: Xpack - Disarming bear traps does not award machine parts

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Druid - Summon Nature's Ally spell costs 20 Spell Points, but 10 SP cost is listed

DDO JBug: Lamannia XPack: Monk Finishers toggle off Resilience

Xpack: Druid: Druid Spells: Summon Nature's Ally IV has the wrong icon for Glass Spider

DDO JBug: Lamannia Xpack: Guild Renown Bar extends past border

DDO: Xpack - Bear traps - when triggered by a player, the dice roll is a string table error.

Xpack - Feat - Vorpal Strikes is not a toggleable feat

DDO: Xpack: Monk Enhancements - Ninja Spy Monks become uncentered when equiping short swords

Xpack: Combat Expertise- Using combat expertise while raging does not cancel rage or activate combat expertise

Traps hit too hard and are too hard to spot on Elite difficulties.

DDO: Monk - Monk unarmed damage does not display properly in the inventory details panel

Half-elf dilettante - Artificer dilettante does not provide listed bonus

Precise Shot's Archer's Focus Stance auto-deactivates on dungeon entry / death, but hotbar clicky icon indicates it is still on.

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Exalted Angel: Angelic Presence and Astral Vibrance will not break stealth

Metamagic Feat Eschew Materials is automatically deactivated when you log in to the game. Other metamagic feats do not have th…?

DDO: Mail icon only appears when Large Vitals Bar is visible

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Fatesinger: O Fortuna does not stack with Greater Heroism

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Grandmaster of Flowers: Perfection of Soul does not increase any saves

XPACK: Epic Destinies: Legendary Dreadnought - Master's Blitz: Error in duration

DDO: Xpack: Shadowdancer - Shadowdancer tooltip states that Shadowdancers can eventually learn to summon a shadow ally

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Shiradi Champion: Otto's Whistler does not last for 18 seconds at tier 2

XPACK: Epic Destinies: Legendary Dreadnought - Momentum Swing: with handwraps, bonus damage from ToD rings not applied

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Legendary Dreadnought: Pulverizer doesn't increase critical range for handwraps

XPACK: Epic destinies: Legendary Dreadnought - Combat Brute: Not giving correct damage boosts

DDO: Xpack: UI: Hotbars - /ui layout save/load command does not save hotbar orientation

Lamannia: Web immunity part of Fire Shield ends 15 seconds early

DDO: Xpack - Reclaiming the Rift - Soulherd Driders can fire their webline snare through floors when they are below the charac…?

UI: Inventory Weapon Detail: Handwraps not showing base damage dice modifier correctly in weapon detail pane

DDO: Dungeon Panel Bravery streaks do not display 3 digit numbers

DDO: Silver Flame Token requires reentry

XPack: Druid Spells: Tooltip does not say that some buffs are removed when weapons are swapped

DDO: XPack: Epic Destiny: Magister: Unearthly Reactions' tumble can be seen on a Pale Master

[-Zephyr-]

The worst bug I can remember was the one that made characters loose all their fortification and other attributes for unknown reason (going uncentered caused it 100%, but non-monk players reported it too), shortly after U14 (aka MotU).

[Wizza]

Hey folks. It's been a while. I've been cleaning up from the last year, getting set for the next and came across a list of bugs that came directly out of the forum. I had them marked as 'the bugs that annoy players', and now I've decided to share with you the list of what we fixed and what the community thought at the time were the worst bugs in the game. Always interesting to look back and see where we were at about this time a year ago. Guess people were pretty annoyed with Madstone

No worries. It is now obsolete

Now to fix the current exploits..

[Atremus]

String table error is annoying. Why aren't those gone?

[Mahalko128]

You forgot that the Seahawks won their very first Superbowl in an absolute domination of Manning

[ArcaneArcher52689]

Hey folks. It's been a while. I've been cleaning up from the last year, getting set for the next and came across a list of bugs that came directly out of the forum. I had them marked as 'the bugs that annoy players', and now I've decided to share with you the list of what we fixed and what the community thought at the time were the worst bugs in the game. Always interesting to look back and see where we were at about this time a year ago. Guess people were pretty annoyed with Madstone

I would like to continue this now tradition with you fine folk and not so fine folk by telling us your most hated bug. Lag or Ladders, Loot or launcher...whatever it may be. Help us help you and all that.
A couple of other things: Sox won the World Series, and the Pats...with the worst team they have had since 2006 made the AFC Championship game

and Payton still stinks.

*bugs*

My least favorite bug was/is(may not be fixed yet), characters casting quickened spells that somehow don't get cast. Used to primarily happen when my arti or fvs cast bladebarrier. Nothing more annoying than having to get beat on for 5 seconds while waiting to recast it.

[Hoglum]

I'd like to be able to swap in and out of characters without logging completely out of the game. I don't know what the cause is but it lags more and more each time you switch between characters.

[Satyriasys]

I would like to continue this now tradition with you fine folk and not so fine folk by telling us your most hated bug. Lag or Ladders, Loot or launcher...whatever it may be. Help us help you and all that.

Things that bug me:

Wail of the Banshee lost it's sound when it was changed. It used to have a cool wailing sound but now is silent.

PLEASE look at this post of inconsistent annoying UI/NPC elements!

[Ivan_Milic]

Poison traps doing dmg.
Ladder bug.
Red connection on first log in.
If you die with madstone rage on you, when getting rez you will die again if you dont wait 2 min for the buff to expire, even though you died and should no longer have the buff on you.
Spiritual bond from fighter enhancements not working with bows.

I'd like to be able to swap in and out of characters without logging completely out of the game. I don't know what the cause is but it lags more and more each time you switch between characters.

This too, fix you memory issues when changing chars, after 5-6 times I dc.

[Desonde]

The buffer overflow errors caused by unclean code/poor looping effects.

Off the top of my head;
Opening/Attempting to Open the Epic Destinies window with points spent into it/twist of fate points earned spamming the client with 'do not do that' errors that follow them around until a character relog.

The portals in Devil Assault when a new wave starts up the prompting text is repeated once per party member per portal with in range?

Baktor in Devil Assault enters a perpetual teleport loop that causes extreme lag when there are more than 3 people in the quest.

Healing Aura on the Nesting Scorpions in The Claw of Vulkoor causes game halting lag when there are large numbers of them (>5 for one player) but exponentially worse with more players?

Gargoyles Aura, when more than 6 enter the aura at one time with one player in the dungeon lag begins, worse with more players in the instance.

[redspecter23]

The biggest bug that should be fixed, in my opinion, is the double log in bug. It doesn't effect me, but for players who are affected and don't know the workarounds, it's like telling them to just go play another game. VERY bad for business. I'd make fixing that top priority. The fact that there actually is a user made fix that hasn't been incorporated into the launcher is just face palmingly frustrating. The fix is right there, yet you probably lose players every day because it's not an official fix.

After that, I'd focus on exploits. I'm not going to name them here, but they really need to be cleaned up. There are at least 3 that I'd consider game changers or unbalancing.

Once you get people able to log into the game and have the exploits in check then please fix the epic destiny bugs that still remain more than a year after release. The "momentum swing/lay waste" timer issue is particularly annoying for me.

Greater Heroism from sources other than the actual spell not giving fear immunity is another annoyance.

Optional xp ransack is not properly resetting. This is most notable in EVoN 3 and EWK where the optionals make up a large portion of your potential xp.

[mutilador]

Get held/slowed w/o a save. This dont make the game harder, just makes it annoying.

And for the love of Gandalf fix the dc in the first login, this makes me want to kick babies in the face.

[Mindos]

Hey folks. It's been a while. not so fine folk by telling us your most hated bug. Help us help you and all that.

Paladins not getting good weapons with capstone.

[ComicRelief]

Um, probably a stupid question, but what is "JBUG"?

{"Junior Buffalo Utterly Grotesque"? "Just Blowup Unruly Groups"? "Journey Beyond Ursa Grande"? "Joaquin's Buttery Unsweetend Gingerbread"? ??}

[AlteredState]

Healing Spring from Shiradi destiny leaves the sparkles and audio after heal effect has expired, will remain until logout.

[Cleanincubus]

DDO: U17 Items: Quiver of Poison: Taking the quiver out of the shared bank binds it to character

It sure did get "fixed".

[Sardonica]

Paladins not getting good weapons with capstone.

Yes, please, this is near the top of my major gripe list. I have submitted a report with pictures, showing combat log in the SubT. It is easy enough to test in Amrath or SubT (a little harder in CitW). It negates glancing blows if the good DR is high enough.

Strangely, I have two weapons that should not break good DR, yet do on certain mobs (orthons & barbazu, but not the white outsider lions, all requiring good to break DR). So perhaps there is a subtle, poorly understood issue here. (FYI those weapons are the Elemental GA of Fire and Skybreaker -- the only commonality I can see here is they are both mithral 2-handers).

Shall I resubmit these as new bugs?

[carll78]

Hello Major Mal!

Please read this small post I made couple of months ago:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...till-not-fixed

There is also a lot more Cleric clickies that halt movement now that those in my posts.

Thanks!

[Tap4black]

and the Pats...with the worst team they have had since 2006 made the AFC Championship game

and Payton still stinks.

Losing to Manning just saved your Pats the humiliation of getting dumptrucked by the Hawks in the Super Bowl.

[BDog77]

Paladins not getting good weapons with capstone.

QFT!!!!!!!! God, this one bugs the heck out of me. I've bug reported it numerous times and NEVER seen an acknowledgement of it. Please, please fix it! It can't be that hard right? I mean, EA's blessed blades still works....