[Game Bug] Ability cooldown used even when ability got canceled

(Lumi) #1

So I’ve found a consistent bug, that is fairly easy to reproduce on all mercs with a charged up ability. For now I just found it to happen on Fragger and Pheonix. When cooking the grenade or charging the healing pulse, if you change weapons before releasing the ability key, it will consume your ability and start the cool down although the abilty hasn’t been launched, i.e. no greande has left your hand, nor falls to the ground. It just vanishes. Same for the pulse, it never gets out.

Would be expectable that when switching to a weapon it would either throw the grenade, launch the pulse and then switch to a weapon or cancel the ability like it currently does, but without consuming the cool down. Otherwise it’s just unfair.

(GildedDark) #2

This is not a bug
Its supposed to be like that. Why i dont know but they added it to fraggers nade some time way back and it came with phoenix

(Lumi) #3

[quote=“GildedDark;98931”]This is not a bug
Its supposed to be like that. Why i dont know but they added it to fraggers nade some time way back and it came with phoenix[/quote]

Are you serious? It definitely feels like a bug. If it isn’t it sure is a stupid punishment.

(NxA_Noxie) #4

This is not a bug. The ability does not go on full cooldown just a partial cooldown.

(Lumi) #5

I’ll test it, but it seemed to me to be the same duration.

(Lumi) #6

Ok I just checked, and indeed for Fragger there is reduced cooldown, BUT for Pheonix there is no reduction. As much as one has charged the ability, that’s the cooldown gone. Just as if one would use it. I hope you got that @NxA_Noxie

(Grave_Knight) #7

It’s as intended.

(Lumi) #8

So Fragger gets a cooldown reduction for cancelling his ability but Pheonix doesn’t? Where’s the logic?

(Grave_Knight) #9

So Fragger gets a cooldown reduction for cancelling his ability but Pheonix doesn’t? Where’s the logic?[/quote]

Phoenix is suppose to get like a 5 second cooldown. Also Phoenix doesn’t gib people with his power…

(Lumi) #10

[quote=“Grave Knight;99050”]

Phoenix is suppose to get like a 5 second cooldown. Also Phoenix doesn’t gib people with his power…[/quote]

Pheonix get’s a 14s cooldown if fully charged. And the situation in which you’re charging your pulse to heal someone and end up needing to cancel it for the defibrillator is more common than the need to cancel a fragger grenade. I believe there should be a cool down as well.

(NxA_Noxie) #11

I hear ya Lumi. I’ll investigate about Phoenix’s healing pulse and find out what the intended function is. It could be what it is now.

(Lumi) #12

Any news about that?

(NxA_Noxie) #13

Not yet a lot going on with the update ^^

(Lumi) #14

Ok, thanks anyway, I’ll keep an eye out for this.