Weapon special "Mystic Arc" on boomerang stopped working
Greetings,
I was using a clean (reforged) boomerang with no problems. Then the weapon special "mystic arc" stopped working yesterday. It does not damage multiple targets anymore when I activate it, only a single target.
Things I tried:
1. Equip another boomerang on original character, new boomerang works, so it must be the reforged one.
2. Move bugged boomerang to new character with throwing and tactics, reforged boomerang does NOT work, meaning my original thrower character is NOT bugged but the item.
3. Repair bugged boomerang: no change.
4. Apply POF on bugged boomerang: no change.
5. Change masteries on original character: no change.
6. Unequip/re-equip all items on original character: no change.
7. Die and resurrect on original character: no change.
8. Kill different mobs on different server zones and in different locations: no change.
8. Waiting for server reboot: no change.
I am at a loss at this point.
I have never heard of a weapon working first and then becoming bugged.
Also, I have no clue how it happened.
I have burnt 1300 valorite hammer charges to get me that boomerang, a clean boomerang with maxed leeches and spell channeling.
I was using a clean (reforged) boomerang with no problems. Then the weapon special "mystic arc" stopped working yesterday. It does not damage multiple targets anymore when I activate it, only a single target.
Things I tried:
1. Equip another boomerang on original character, new boomerang works, so it must be the reforged one.
2. Move bugged boomerang to new character with throwing and tactics, reforged boomerang does NOT work, meaning my original thrower character is NOT bugged but the item.
3. Repair bugged boomerang: no change.
4. Apply POF on bugged boomerang: no change.
5. Change masteries on original character: no change.
6. Unequip/re-equip all items on original character: no change.
7. Die and resurrect on original character: no change.
8. Kill different mobs on different server zones and in different locations: no change.
8. Waiting for server reboot: no change.
I am at a loss at this point.
I have never heard of a weapon working first and then becoming bugged.
Also, I have no clue how it happened.
I have burnt 1300 valorite hammer charges to get me that boomerang, a clean boomerang with maxed leeches and spell channeling.
Comments
I have submitted a problem report into the system on this issue.
A GM fixed it (thanks!), that's the good news.
It worked for a while, but then the weapon got bugged again.
I was casting chivalry spells and had enchant on (hit lightening 60%) and I was in wraith form fighting at the cyclopes pyramid. I think it has something to do with enchant, either when it wears off or when I equip another weapon (with enchant on the boomerang) and then re-equip the boomerang.
Unfortunately, like last time, I was not able to find out when exactly the weapon got bugged because I noticed it only after a while. If you are not aggroed to mobs within range, mystic arch does not trigger on them, so you are damaging only the (one) mob that you attack. So I did not know if the weapon was already bugged or if I am simply not in the range of the other mobs or if I am not aggroed to them.
I did not page for a GM this time, as I think that even after fixing the boomerang for the 2nd time, it will sooner or later get bugged again, and then we are back at square one.
For other players, I suggest not to combine enchant weapon with mystic arch, which I believe is the source of the problem. I have never had any problems with my soul glaive (which is also spell channelling and got similar leeches on the weapon), so I guess it is a mystic arch problem.
Thanks to GM Noctua for promptly resolving the issue.
It is likely that immolate weapon might cause this bug as well, although not tested.
The bug is still there, I based an entire template around mystic arc, boomerang worked at first for 10 minutes and then bugged and mystic arc is not proccing at all.
It's sad that blatant weapon abilities bugs have been reported years and years ago and nothing has been fixed, same thing for many other weapons such as frenzied whirlwind with lajatang which doesnt work with ninja but wakizashi works, lol. Please devs, fixing these weapons would allow for so much template diversity.
Did you boomerang have velocity? Mine all had. I've read in a very old stratics thread that there were problems with velocity on TC when they introduced throwing. They might have never fixed it. But who knows what's causing the bug.
Also, the throwing mastery does not work with elemental fury and AI, it only triggers without it, meaning I only do 150 damage (100 damage + 50 elemental fury damage) vs. 200 damage with AI using a glaive.
Throwing is just too bugged.