Possible bug with lifedrain attacks? - developers please read

Stormbinder · #1 May 13th, 2004, 03:22 AM

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mivayan · #2 May 13th, 2004, 02:07 PM

This is from a developer post:
"A life drain attack regains damage*2 fatigue and damage/2 HP. It also causes damage/2 extra fatigue on the target. Only lifeless units are immune."

That it bypasses mirror images and/or defence very much sounds like a bug though.

rabelais · #3 May 13th, 2004, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mivayan:
This is from a developer post:
"A life drain attack regains damage*2 fatigue and damage/2 HP. It also causes damage/2 extra fatigue on the target. Only lifeless units are immune."

I was under the impression that undead couldn't generally drain one another, though most of them do not have the "lifeless" tag.

Could someone clarify?

Thanks,

Rabe the Golem Groupie

archaeolept · #4 May 13th, 2004, 04:26 PM

yah, it seems such attacks inflict fatigue loss whatever the result of the rest of the attack. this seems overpowered, but may or may not be a bug.

However, zen told me when I inquired that nothing, even a lifeless unit, is immune to these attacks. That would, at the very least, seem to be a bug then.

It also makes carrion woods rather difficult to deal w/

Kristoffer O · #5 May 13th, 2004, 04:37 PM

It may be that life drain deals damage to all, but you are only reinvigourated if the target is not lifeless IIRC. This is at least true for wraith sword and similar weapons.

Fatigue for free sounds suspiciously buglike.

archaeolept · #6 May 13th, 2004, 04:42 PM

you aren't reinvigorated (using a wraithsword, for ex.) against undead either, though the attack will still cause damage to them. This seems correct to me - the auto attack success is wierd, though, as well as lifeless units taking fatigue (I haven't checked this personally - just going on what Zen said).

AhhhFresh · #7 May 13th, 2004, 04:57 PM

This is from the VQ Counters - NO debate

Where both Zen and Norfleet confirm that lifedrain attacks inflict fatique on their targets without hitting.

The feelings expressed there seemed to be that it was an SC balance decision, and not a bug...

EDIT: Just clarifying that if this is in fact a "bug", that fixing it may in fact make SC's invulnerable, so tread carefully

[ May 13, 2004, 16:00: Message edited by: AhhhFresh ]