Alduinsm Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Gray Helix Lightsaber: the saber becomes shorter and loses its special effect (basically become a normal lightsaber) after i use these skills: Introspection, Twin Saber Throw, Crippling Throw, Dispatch , Saber Throw,Guardian Leap . The same things happen to others sabers that has special effect like Tythonian Force-Master's Lightsaber. It also occurs after looting while holding the saber/gun/assault canon (not sure about this as i notice it only happens sometimes). The skills above are skills that sentinel/guardian use very often in a fight , usually right at the start with skill like Saber Throw. Steps to Reproduce: 1/ Use a Jedi Guardian that has Saber Throw skill and equipping Gray Helix Lightsaber. 2/ Press Unsheathe Weapon button. 3/ Use Saber Throw on any mob or use Introspection. (you should see the lightsaber changes after this) Edited July 20, 2013 by Alduinsm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrupted_Soul Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Same happens with my ziost guardian's lightsaber. Just about any ability removes the animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glzmo Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I can confirm this for the aforementioned lightsabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shikiru Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 bump. still happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterofChaos Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) This issue continues to be ignored and it annoys me every time I am in combat. When I use vicious throw or saber throw on my juggernaut, the lightsaber animation disappears on the gray helix and is replaced with only a normal lightsaber look for the duration of combat. It's easily noticeable at that when fighting. Is it so hard to fix this simple issue? I believe the twin saber throw skill for marauders affects the gray helix as well. I like the gray helix sabers, they're unique compared to other sabers in the game, and yet I can't fully enjoy them with this annoying small bug. Bioware please take a moment out of your time to look into this issue, thanks. Edited July 18, 2013 by MasterofChaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post AmberGreen Posted July 18, 2013 Dev Post Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) Hi there MasterofChaos, We have seen some reports via /bug (maybe even yours!) of this and we're still investigating. Thanks for the report! For anyone who has this happen to them when using the Gray Helix Lightsaber, can you please be sure to post which abilities (such as above), but also which Color Crystal and mods you have equipped? Edited July 18, 2013 by AmberGreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docmal Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 This happens with all lightsabers that have effects. Also its not just saber throws that cause it because it happens to my sage with the tythonian saber. She certainly isn't throwing her saber anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterofChaos Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) I tested the gray helix saber without mods and no crystal, got the bug result. Tried with varied mods and crystals, didn't make a difference. The bug has to be associated with the class skills I stated above. Edited July 18, 2013 by MasterofChaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealios Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Been reporting this bug since the first week people were able to get the lightsabers. If you guys still need more reports I don't what you have been doing with my previous bugreports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowflit Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) This happens with all lightsabers that have effects. Also its not just saber throws that cause it because it happens to my sage with the tythonian saber. She certainly isn't throwing her saber anywhere. All of this. I too have reported bugs on this subject. Detailed reports with examples. Pretty much any ability animation that uses the saber in some way that is not swinging it will break the effect. Throwing the saber, temporarily putting it away to cast something. Even abilities like Guardian Leap revert sabers to default effect. It feels like the intricate animation implementations involve taking away the saber, using a default/fake saber during the scripted animation, and then returning the saber. The "returning the saber" part does not take saber effects into account. Most likely because it was written before saber effects existed. PS: If it wasn't clear, this also affects the cartel coin sabers. Feel free to use the Cartel Market sledgehammer to get this bug fixed. Edited July 19, 2013 by shadowflit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twickers Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I've seen it too, I have tythonian light sabers on other characters and the animation's disappear constantly, it's getting annoying since I spent quite a bit of money to get those sabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_DAIGO Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 happens to me all the time with my helix lightsaber. Once you use it nomatter what move I use the lightsaber effect becomes dull and looks like a regular lightsaber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngyongyi Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Yeah, almost all skills cause the lightsaber effects to go away. Deadly Saber (under annihilation for mara) also causes it to go away, as do charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giolon Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I've reported this in /bug a couple times. I can reliably reproduce the issue on my Seer Sage by doing either of the following: Casting Forcequake during battle. Looting an enemy corpse during battle. Both of these actions cause the Lightsaber to disappear and then re-appear after the action has been taken. When the lightsaber comes back out, it has a normal blade instead of the special one. Additionally the lights on the hilt stop blinking. It doesn't matter what color crystal I have in the blade, but I normally use Cyan. I've also seen the issue on my Sentinel when using Dual Saber Throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaceen Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 The bug has to be associated with the class skills I stated above. fairly certain that's what it is. double strike with the cathar warstaff on a shadow looks and sounds like a lightsaber. there are a few other attacks like this as well, such as shadow strike, spinning strike, and clairvoyant strike. i think saber strike and whirling blow are the only attacks that use the weapon's animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalms Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 the bug happens with me on my jugg and mara when ever I use a saber throw skill anything that causes me to release my lightsaber makes it lose its effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alduinsm Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I made a thread about this a while ago. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=645255 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenGatekeeper Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I see this most often after using Guardian Leap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post AmberGreen Posted July 19, 2013 Dev Post Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hi everyone, Thanks for your follow up posts! In doing a bit more internal research and talking to our /bug guru, I've located a far more general bug that's in line with what the rest of you are reporting: that this is an issue with Lightsabers with effects when using specific abilities. My original find was for something different, and I apologize for being mistaken! We're looking at getting this fixed in a patch after Game Update 2.3. I made a thread about this a while ago. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=645255 I'm sorry this was missed! It will happen from time to time, and I appreciate the link. To keep all of the info and communication in one place, your thread's been merged into this one and has taken over the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alduinsm Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Bumping in case this got forgotten. I hope the bug will be fixed in the next patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post AmberGreen Posted August 20, 2013 Dev Post Share Posted August 20, 2013 Bumping in case this got forgotten. I hope the bug will be fixed in the next patch. This hasn't been forgotten; unfortunately, it will not be in the next patch. I'll be sure to let you know when we're able to get it fixed and scheduled for deploy. Thanks for your understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alduinsm Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 This hasn't been forgotten; unfortunately, it will not be in the next patch. I'll be sure to let you know when we're able to get it fixed and scheduled for deploy. Thanks for your understanding. Cool,good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundernuts Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Bump. Hopefully this has not been forgotten. Saber effects are a great feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterofChaos Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Now that 2.4 is out, is there any chance this bug will be fixed in one of the quick patches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindariel Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hi everyone, Thanks for your follow up posts! In doing a bit more internal research and talking to our /bug guru, I've located a far more general bug that's in line with what the rest of you are reporting: that this is an issue with Lightsabers with effects when using specific abilities. My original find was for something different, and I apologize for being mistaken! We're looking at getting this fixed in a patch after Game Update 2.3. I'm sorry this was missed! It will happen from time to time, and I appreciate the link. To keep all of the info and communication in one place, your thread's been merged into this one and has taken over the title. This bug doesn't affect lightsabers only. The Max-Tac Precision Sniper Rifle and Tac-HUD Heavy Sniper Rifle have the same issue with disappearing effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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