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Combat bugs out. Can't attack.
movros99
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I'm wondering if this phenomena is happening to anybody else.
Oftentimes in combat there seems to be a bug where I'm not able to attack or use abilities for the remainder of the battle. This usually occurs if I fail to avoid a telegraphed mob ability of some sort. Now I'm not talking about a 3 second stun or anything normal like that. My avatar becomes unable to use attacks or abilities for the rest of the battle no matter how long it lasts.
This has resulted in a number of deaths that I should not have had to endure and unnecessary repair costs. Still there might be some game mechanic I'm missing thus I'm putting this out on the forums. Either way, having one's ability to attack or use spells for the the remainder of a battle doesn't seem proper.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter.
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Happened to me several times the first week, but not since. Normally, if I hit Esc it would closeout whatever was locking the attacks.
This week's annoying bug was my dragon knight sometimes getting locked in a dragon wing cocoon if I used the Dragon Leap Ultimate. That seems to happen if there is a roof over you that interferes with the leap path. Looked neat but not very helpful when enemies are attacking.
Yup, I've had it happen. Too often; in fact I'd say that most character deaths are due to bugs like this. Really dissatisfying.
No apparent cause and effect relationship I can see. I'm guessing some yo-yo didn't know how to code a multi-threaded application and the management team and marketers have been tap-dancing around the issues ever since.
Yes, this is common. It happens a lot if I cast a spell and lose LOS between casting and the LOS check.
Hitting "escape" and "return to game" solves it, so does opening your mail.
I have not opened my mailbox during combat this frequently since I quit my office job.
Interesting point. I've never had it happen to me but I am using a fair bit of GUI mod addons. I still get the occasional bugged quest and a horrible memory leak problem after about 2 to 3 hours of constant play...
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true...
I've had this happen a lot since the 4/11 downtime, so I've been playing a lot less. If I do play, its only until this occurs, and then I log for several hours, if not the day. It's cool, I'm a patient person - and I'm pretty sure it'll get fixed eventually. If not? Oh well, I've quit games, jobs, and relationships for dumber reasons.
Edit: Changed it, Tuesday isn't right. It must have been last Friday?
- Nellus
You've quit a job for a dumber reason that quitting a video game because of a bug that doesn't let you attack?
That's actually kind of impressive, I'm trying to imagine someone walking in and saying "Good morning" but saying it, "Gooood Morning." And then you jump up and say, I quit and walk out the door.
Just beat me to it. Had this happen after alt+tabbing out to check something. Just alt+tabbed out and back in quick and it was fixed.
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It's a problem with the UI. Typing /reload will fix it for a while.
I haven't figured out what triggers it yet though.
Happens to me all the time. Just died 3 times on last boss today. I use zero add ons.
One thing I noticed that does trigger it is when I am running circles around a mob while casting at it. It will perma break all hotkeys.
Today I was just standing there not moving, casting though..so random.
Spamming the ' mail key a few times fixed it once when I tried.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Esc' also works. And yes it can be really frustrating when you are doing well at a boss fight and you die due to this bug.
Happened to me and a few friends quite a bit. Its very annoying. I think, maybe, it has to do with not closing the launcher and running it in the background. About 50% sure this is it.