Evenge.4067 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Looks like distortion is disabled because some Virtuous were exploiting a bug? When will it be fixed? My Virt is pretty useless in WvW without it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draxynnic.3719 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Looks like it might be gone for a week. Might want to look into another WvW build in the meantime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalavier.1097 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 The bug was perma distortion, somebody gave Anet the exact steps to replicate it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejgon.9367 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, Kalavier.1097 said: The bug was perma distortion, somebody gave Anet the exact steps to replicate it. well there is this reddit post that happened like 1-2h before AN disabled distortion with exact reproduction steps listed out, I think it may be connected to the case ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowKatt.6740 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Wait, I didn't hear about this. Do we mean Distortion, the F4 shatter, or Distortion the effect? If it's the latter my mirage is screwed because Mirage Cloak IS distortion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderzShadow.2506 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, ShadowKatt.6740 said: Wait, I didn't hear about this. Do we mean Distortion, the F4 shatter, or Distortion the effect? If it's the latter my mirage is screwed because Mirage Cloak IS distortion. The F4 Shatter for Virtuosos. I wasnt aware of this in pvp last night. I was getting rekt lol. f4 stomp? nope. Get away? Nope. Gave me the error "This content has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderzShadow.2506 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 7 hours ago, Trejgon.9367 said: well there is this reddit post that happened like 1-2h before AN disabled distortion with exact reproduction steps listed out, I think it may be connected to the case 😉 Does anet mention anywhere on these forums? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanek.5983 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 minute ago, EnderzShadow.2506 said: Does anet mention anywhere on these forums? Mention the skill being disabled? this is where I saw it: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincolnbeard.1735 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Why hotfix a bug if you can effectively disable an entire spec? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Calaway.9718 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 7 minutes ago, Lincolnbeard.1735 said: Why hotfix a bug if you can effectively disable an entire spec? Next step: permanently delete Mesmer so every Emi meme comes true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderzShadow.2506 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 2 hours ago, Tanek.5983 said: Mention the skill being disabled? this is where I saw it: I wouldn't mind getting a in game mail from anet about game breaking issues like that. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenesisII.1540 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Taking bets on them nerfing distortion in general affecting the entire class, instead of fixing the bug on virtuoso. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 14 hours ago, Kalavier.1097 said: The bug was perma distortion, somebody gave Anet the exact steps to replicate it. Yeah, and they did it like 2 years ago (it's an old bug, was already there when distortion shatter was added to virtuoso). Was reported many times over, but nothing happened until someone got fed up and posted a detailed explanation on YT and reddit. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincolnbeard.1735 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 There's also a bug similar to this one in which you're unable to have more than 2 clones at a time. But I guess since it doesn't favour mesmer it will not be fixed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysty Meadows.1425 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Don't raise the bridge, lower the river...>.< 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draxynnic.3719 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 4 hours ago, EnderzShadow.2506 said: I wouldn't mind getting a in game mail from anet about game breaking issues like that. I vaguely recall getting some kind of notification when they disabled weaver while I was playing it - but it was after 10-15 minutes of wondering wtf was going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo.6590 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 7 hours ago, Lincolnbeard.1735 said: Why hotfix a bug if you can effectively disable an entire spec? Because it is Mesmer. We must wait a week for our stuff to get fixed while other classes get patched right away?! At times like this, I remember a very specific statement... "I don't want Mesmer viable nor optimal in competitive game modes because I don't like fighting it." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teknomancer.4895 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I'm in the middle of a rip & reinstall (ugh) so I can't check for myself...is it only Virt, or did they screw us over across the board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Crinny.6190 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 36 minutes ago, Jojo.6590 said: Because it is Mesmer. We must wait a week for our stuff to get fixed while other classes get patched right away?! At times like this, I remember a very specific statement... "I don't want Mesmer viable nor optimal in competitive game modes because I don't like fighting it." come off it bro lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo.6590 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Teknomancer.4895 said: I'm in the middle of a rip & reinstall (ugh) so I can't check for myself...is it only Virt, or did they screw us over across the board? Just Virt, all game modes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eekasqueak.7850 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Jojo.6590 said: Because it is Mesmer. We must wait a week for our stuff to get fixed while other classes get patched right away?! At times like this, I remember a very specific statement... "I don't want Mesmer viable nor optimal in competitive game modes because I don't like fighting it." They've done similar on Elementalist before in recent memory, nothing to do with bias against Mesmer. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderzShadow.2506 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 8 hours ago, Astralporing.1957 said: Yeah, and they did it like 2 years ago (it's an old bug, was already there when distortion shatter was added to virtuoso). Was reported many times over, but nothing happened until someone got fed up and posted a detailed explanation on YT and reddit. Put this same comment on the reddit forums and watch you get a 1000 downvotes and a snarky kitten comment from an anet dev 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejgon.9367 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 2 hours ago, EnderzShadow.2506 said: Put this same comment on the reddit forums and watch you get a 1000 downvotes and a snarky kitten comment from an anet dev This comment was made by many people on reddit without downvotes or snarky comments from AN. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levetty.1279 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 If a key skill from any other class got disabled for a week there would be riots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowKatt.6740 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 I'm gonna ask something very naive here: Is this really a big deal? I'm not trying to be dismissive; this is me fishing for opinions and data. I am pretty much exclusively an OW player. I dabble in WvW when I need a gift of battle, I never PvP, and I don't Raid/Strike. SO for me, I literally NEVER use F4 Distortion. Ever. I use my F3 shatter if I need just a little extra defiance break and I'm out of CC, and F1 and F2 shatters are my go to depending on whether I'm Power or Condi on that particular build. So I am absolutely not affected by this. I'm genuinely interested in hearing how many people are affected by this, where, and why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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