Hi
Since recently, I’ve noticed that merc seems to walk/sprint/move one or two more steps forward even after my finger has released the “w” button on the keyboard. Normally I would expect the merc completely stop near immediately after I’ve released the “w” button on the keyboard but I’ve noticed that occasionally this ceases to be the case. Whether it is during combat or just when I’m sprinting to get back into the fight after spawning, sometimes I find my merc walking one-two more steps after I’ve released the button.
So I tried to reproduce it with skyhammer in the assault course. I’ve got a success rate of around 1 in 4 after walking/sprinting a certain distance (I have a video linked below).
Steps to reproduce: Pretty much walk/sprint a certain distance then come to a complete stop (releasing “w” button). It doesnt happen every attempt though (the rate is once in 3 attempts ish)
Linked Video on how to reproduce (sorry for the low quality): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-9iiLsRpo
On first look the difference seems very small and you will probably have to watch the video on slow mo but I’ve noticed that once my finger is off the keyboard the merc continues to walk 1 or 2 steps (close to half a second) before stopping.
In game example: So once I was sprinting for a certain distance and then I stopped because I saw a proxy mine. On first instinct I stopped (fingers off the “w” button) and I the mine did not trigger. But my merc didnt come to a straight stop and instead continued to move by itself for one or two steps and triggered the mine and boom it got blown up.
Extra Notes:
The bug happens even if I’ve equipped knife or gun etc and it also happens after wall jumps. The mercs that I’ve visually seen this bug happened on include sparks, fragger, phoenix, proxy, skyhammer and arty though I haven’t tried it with all the mercs (haven’t had the time).
I hope this is just my imagination and that this is normal and isnt supposed to be a bug. But regardless it is annoying and has been the difference between life and death for me in some matches.