Operator IX Data Core AoE Bug

[diadox]

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=641493

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=6334406

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=651395

 

As seen above, this has been said before, but I'm going to say it again because Bioware still seems to be unaware (judging by the lack of this issue in the Known Issues thread, and the lack of a yellow post in any of the linked threads):

 

PBAoE (like Smash), GTAoE (such as Orbital Strike and Force in Balance) and - I think - conal AoE (like Pulse Cannon) often fail do hit the Data Cores in the Operator IX encounter, even when placed properly. AoE that centers around a hostile target (Telekinetic Wave, Shrap Bomb, etc) seems to work alright.

 

Specs that greatly rely on AoE abilities for their single target damage (such as Saboteur, Balance, Focus and Tactics) are severely gimped in this encounter because of this bug. While not to the same extent, it also affects some other specs as well.

 

Here are parts of two logs, showing this bug for two different abilities:

 

Incendiary Grenade -- 18 seconds (the duration of the skill). Link to full log.

 

 

21:23:12.885 Rhuarc activates Incendiary Grenade.

21:23:12.886 Rhuarc loses Seize the Moment.

21:23:13.515 Rhuarc loses Illegal Mods.

21:23:13.516 Rhuarc activates Smuggler's Luck.

21:23:13.516 Rhuarc gains Smuggler's Luck.

21:23:13.890 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) hits Data Core for 858 energy damage, causing 858 threat.

21:23:13.891 Rhuarc's Shock Charge effect of Shock Charge (Tech) fades from Data Core.

21:23:14.510 Rhuarc activates Charged Burst.

21:23:14.668 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 296 elemental damage, causing 296 threat.

21:23:15.277 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) hits Data Core for 771 internal damage, causing 771 threat.

21:23:15.515 Rhuarc loses Defense Screen.

21:23:15.516 Master Control's Corrupted A.I. hits Rhuarc for 3615 energy damage, causing 3615 threat. (1006 absorbed)

21:23:15.998 Rhuarc spends 20 energy.

21:23:15.998 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 296 elemental damage, causing 296 threat.

21:23:15.999 Rhuarc loses Smuggler's Luck.

21:23:16.003 Rhuarc activates Aimed Shot.

21:23:16.135 Rhuarc's Charged Burst critically hits Data Core for 5035* energy damage, causing 5035 threat!

21:23:16.135 Rhuarc's Charged Burst critically hits Data Core for 397* energy damage, causing 397 threat!

21:23:17.982 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) critically hits Data Core for 510* elemental damage, causing 510 threat!

21:23:18.308 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) hits Data Core for 771 internal damage, causing 771 threat.

21:23:18.309 Rhuarc's Vital Shot effect of Bleeding (Tech) fades from Data Core.

21:23:18.618 Rhuarc spends 15 energy.

21:23:18.619 Rhuarc activates Shock Charge.

21:23:18.619 Rhuarc spends 11 energy.

21:23:18.622 Rhuarc loses Nano-Infused Attack Adrenal.

21:23:18.637 Rhuarc's Aimed Shot hits Data Core for 5470 energy damage, causing 5470 threat.

21:23:18.638 Data Core dodges Rhuarc's Aimed Shot, causing 1 threat.

21:23:18.802 Rhuarc's Shock Charge adds effect Shock Charge (Tech) to Data Core.

21:23:19.052 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) hits Data Core for 793 energy damage, causing 793 threat.

21:23:19.981 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 274 elemental damage, causing 274 threat.

21:23:20.230 Rhuarc activates Speed Shot.

21:23:20.231 Rhuarc spends 14 energy.

21:23:20.231 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) critically hits Data Core for 471* elemental damage, causing 471 threat!

21:23:20.231 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 2522* energy damage, causing 2522 threat!

21:23:20.232 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 141 energy damage, causing 141 threat.

21:23:21.229 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 274 elemental damage, causing 274 threat.

21:23:21.230 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 2749* energy damage, causing 2749 threat!

21:23:21.230 Rhuarc's Speed Shot misses Data Core, causing 1 threat.

21:23:21.814 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) hits Data Core for 793 energy damage, causing 793 threat.

21:23:22.246 Rhuarc gains Power Surge.

21:23:22.247 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 274 elemental damage, causing 274 threat.

21:23:22.248 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1587 energy damage, causing 1587 threat.

21:23:22.248 Rhuarc's Speed Shot misses Data Core, causing 1 threat.

21:23:23.217 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 289 elemental damage, causing 289 threat.

21:23:23.217 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1637 energy damage, causing 1637 threat.

21:23:23.217 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 83 energy damage, causing 83 threat.

21:23:23.446 Rhuarc activates Vital Shot.

21:23:23.447 Rhuarc spends 16 energy.

21:23:23.615 Rhuarc's Vital Shot adds effect Bleeding (Tech) to Data Core.

21:23:24.552 Master Control's Corrupted A.I. hits Rhuarc for 3615 energy damage, causing 3615 threat.

21:23:24.815 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) critically hits Data Core for 1442* energy damage, causing 1442 threat!

21:23:25.034 Rhuarc activates Sabotage Charge.

21:23:25.034 Rhuarc spends 15 energy.

21:23:25.323 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) critically hits Data Core for 498* elemental damage, causing 498 threat!

21:23:25.448 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge adds effect Sabotage Charge (Tech) to Data Core.

21:23:25.620 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge adds effect Contingency Charges to Data Core.

21:23:25.620 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge effect of Sabotage Charge (Tech) fades from Data Core.

21:23:25.621 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge (Tech) critically hits Data Core for 8105* kinetic damage, causing 8105 threat!

21:23:25.724 Rhuarc activates Defense Screen.

21:23:25.724 Rhuarc gains Defense Screen.

21:23:26.530 Rhuarc activates Charged Burst.

21:23:26.753 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) hits Data Core for 753 internal damage, causing 753 threat.

21:23:27.139 Rhuarc gains 5 energy.

21:23:27.140 Rhuarc's Contingency Charges hits Data Core for 824 kinetic damage, causing 824 threat.

21:23:27.252 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 289 elemental damage, causing 289 threat.

21:23:27.850 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) critically hits Data Core for 1442* energy damage, causing 1442 threat!

21:23:28.071 Rhuarc spends 20 energy.

21:23:28.072 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 289 elemental damage, causing 289 threat.

21:23:28.072 Rhuarc gains 5 energy.

21:23:28.073 Rhuarc's Contingency Charges hits Data Core for 824 kinetic damage, causing 824 threat.

21:23:28.280 Rhuarc loses Power Surge.

21:23:28.327 Rhuarc's Charged Burst hits Data Core for 3203 energy damage, causing 3203 threat.

21:23:28.327 Rhuarc's Charged Burst misses Data Core, causing 1 threat.

21:23:28.510 Rhuarc loses Ready for Anything.

21:23:28.510 Rhuarc loses Unshakable.

21:23:28.510 Rhuarc leaves cover.

21:23:28.510 Rhuarc gains Hot Pursuit.

21:23:28.511 Rhuarc loses Crouch.

21:23:28.618 Rhuarc activates Hightail It.

21:23:28.619 Rhuarc gains Hightail It.

21:23:28.673 Rhuarc gains 5 energy.

21:23:28.674 Rhuarc's Contingency Charges hits Data Core for 779 kinetic damage, causing 779 threat.

21:23:29.012 Rhuarc's Scatter Bombs hits Data Core for 2061 kinetic damage, causing 2061 threat.

21:23:29.372 Rhuarc's Scatter Bombs hits Data Core for 2107 kinetic damage, causing 2107 threat.

21:23:29.730 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) critically hits Data Core for 1225* internal damage, causing 1225 threat!

21:23:29.731 Rhuarc loses Hightail It.

21:23:29.731 Rhuarc activates Crouch.

21:23:29.731 Rhuarc loses Hot Pursuit.

21:23:29.731 Rhuarc gains Crouch.

21:23:29.732 Rhuarc gains Unshakable.

21:23:29.733 Rhuarc gains crouch.

21:23:30.103 Rhuarc's Burning (Physical) hits Data Core for 274 elemental damage, causing 274 threat.

21:23:30.193 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge effect of Contingency Charges fades from Data Core.

21:23:30.194 Rhuarc gains 5 energy.

21:23:30.194 Rhuarc's Contingency Charges hits Data Core for 779 kinetic damage, causing 779 threat.

21:23:30.197 Rhuarc activates Flurry of Bolts.

21:23:30.594 Rhuarc's Flurry of Bolts hits Data Core for 1247 energy damage, causing 1247 threat.

21:23:30.594 Rhuarc's Flurry of Bolts hits Data Core for 158 energy damage, causing 158 threat.

21:23:30.822 Rhuarc gains Ready for Anything.

21:23:30.907 Rhuarc's Shock Charge (Tech) critically hits Data Core for 1364* energy damage, causing 1364 threat!

 

 

Should hit 9 times, but hits 0.

 

 

 

XS Freighter Flyby -- ~17 seconds (duration of cast time + delay to where first hit should occur + duration of skill with 2-piece pvp bonus). Link full to log.

 

 

21:34:08.426 Rhuarc activates XS Freighter Flyby.

21:34:08.450 Rhuarc's Aimed Shot critically hits Data Core for 8489* energy damage, causing 6367 threat!

21:34:08.451 Data Core dodges Rhuarc's Aimed Shot, causing 1 threat.

21:34:10.446 Rhuarc spends 30 energy.

21:34:10.447 Rhuarc activates Flourish Shot.

21:34:10.448 Rhuarc spends 10 energy.

21:34:10.832 Rhuarc activates Nano-Infused Attack Adrenal.

21:34:10.832 Rhuarc gains Nano-Infused Attack Adrenal.

21:34:10.833 Rhuarc activates Illegal Mods.

21:34:10.833 Rhuarc gains 15 energy.

21:34:10.833 Rhuarc gains Illegal Mods.

21:34:11.017 Rhuarc's Flourish Shot adds effect Armor Reduced to Data Core.

21:34:11.018 Rhuarc's Flourish Shot adds effect Trauma to Data Core.

21:34:11.199 Rhuarc's Flourish Shot hits Data Core for 891 energy damage, causing 668 threat.

21:34:11.200 Rhuarc's Flourish Shot hits Data Core for 47 energy damage, causing 35 threat.

21:34:11.309 Blundersong's Slow-release Medpac critcally heals Rhuarc for 1289*, causing 580 threat!

21:34:11.934 Rhuarc activates Trickshot.

21:34:11.934 Rhuarc spends 5 energy.

21:34:11.934 Rhuarc gains Smoking Barrels.

21:34:12.346 Rhuarc's Trickshot hits Data Core for 3423 energy damage, causing 2567 threat.

21:34:12.346 Rhuarc's Trickshot hits Data Core for 220 energy damage, causing 165 threat.

21:34:13.120 Master Control's Corrupted A.I. hits Rhuarc for 3654 energy damage, causing 3654 threat. (1096 absorbed)

21:34:13.449 Rhuarc activates Speed Shot.

21:34:13.449 Rhuarc spends 17 energy.

21:34:13.450 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1844 energy damage, causing 1383 threat.

21:34:13.450 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 141 energy damage, causing 105 threat.

21:34:14.214 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 3644* energy damage, causing 2733 threat!

21:34:14.214 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 279* energy damage, causing 209 threat!

21:34:14.347 Blundersong's Slow-release Medpac critcally heals Rhuarc for 1289*, causing 580 threat!

21:34:14.347 Blundersong's Slow-release Medpac effect of Slow-release Medpac fades from Rhuarc.

21:34:14.459 Rhuarc loses Power Surge.

21:34:14.906 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 3736* energy damage, causing 2802 threat!

21:34:14.907 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 100 energy damage, causing 75 threat.

21:34:15.524 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1835 energy damage, causing 1376 threat.

21:34:15.524 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 107 energy damage, causing 80 threat.

21:34:15.524 Rhuarc gains Trickshot.

21:34:15.820 Rhuarc activates Trickshot.

21:34:15.820 Rhuarc spends 5 energy.

21:34:16.238 Rhuarc's Trickshot hits Data Core for 3328 energy damage, causing 2496 threat.

21:34:16.238 Rhuarc's Trickshot hits Data Core for 257 energy damage, causing 193 threat.

21:34:16.471 Rhuarc loses Snap Shot.

21:34:16.474 Rhuarc activates Burst Volley.

21:34:16.474 Rhuarc gains Burst Volley.

21:34:16.476 Rhuarc activates Smuggler's Luck.

21:34:16.476 Rhuarc gains Smuggler's Luck.

21:34:17.478 Rhuarc activates Speed Shot.

21:34:17.478 Rhuarc spends 17 energy.

21:34:17.479 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 3560* energy damage, causing 2670 threat!

21:34:17.479 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 93 energy damage, causing 69 threat.

21:34:18.200 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1654 energy damage, causing 1241 threat.

21:34:18.200 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 137 energy damage, causing 103 threat.

21:34:18.738 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1830 energy damage, causing 1373 threat.

21:34:18.738 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 106 energy damage, causing 79 threat.

21:34:19.358 Rhuarc's Speed Shot hits Data Core for 1724 energy damage, causing 1293 threat.

21:34:19.359 Rhuarc's Speed Shot critically hits Data Core for 193* energy damage, causing 145 threat!

21:34:19.359 Rhuarc gains Trickshot.

21:34:19.566 Rhuarc activates Vital Shot.

21:34:19.566 Rhuarc spends 16 energy.

21:34:20.048 Rhuarc's Flourish Shot effect of Trauma fades from Data Core.

21:34:20.183 Rhuarc's Vital Shot adds effect Bleeding (Tech) to Data Core.

21:34:20.855 Rhuarc loses Illegal Mods.

21:34:20.942 Rhuarc activates Sabotage Charge.

21:34:20.942 Rhuarc spends 25 energy.

21:34:22.076 Master Control's Corrupted A.I. hits Rhuarc for 3654 energy damage, causing 3654 threat. (1096 absorbed)

21:34:22.168 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge adds effect Sabotage Charge (Tech) to Data Core.

21:34:22.345 Rhuarc activates Trickshot.

21:34:22.345 Rhuarc spends 5 energy.

21:34:22.653 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge effect of Sabotage Charge (Tech) fades from Data Core.

21:34:22.654 Rhuarc's Sabotage Charge (Tech) hits Data Core for 4272 kinetic damage, causing 3204 threat.

21:34:22.820 Rhuarc's Trickshot critically hits Data Core for 6743* energy damage, causing 5057 threat!

21:34:22.820 Rhuarc's Trickshot misses Data Core, causing 1 threat.

21:34:23.275 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) hits Data Core for 766 internal damage, causing 574 threat.

21:34:23.275 Rhuarc's Bleeding (Tech) hits Data Core for 766 internal damage, causing 574 threat.

21:34:23.801 Rhuarc activates Charged Burst.

21:34:25.210 Rhuarc spends 15 energy.

21:34:25.210 Rhuarc gains Charged Aim.

21:34:25.211 Rhuarc loses Smuggler's Luck.

21:34:25.212 Rhuarc gains Trickshot.

21:34:25.214 Rhuarc activates Charged Burst.

21:34:25.640 Rhuarc's Charged Burst critically hits Data Core for 5814* energy damage, causing 4360 threat!

21:34:25.640 Rhuarc's Charged Burst critically hits Data Core for 428* energy damage, causing 321 threat!

 

Should hit 4 times, but hits 0.

 

 

 

This bug has been around for quite a while, and a developer acknowledgement would be incredibly nice at this point.

Edited September 3, 2013 by diadox

[oaceen]

can confirm that this has been the case since TfB was released

[Mugen_no_Jidai]

Maybe the 10th? thread I've bumped on this bug, which has existed since TFB first came out a year-ish ago. And yes, pulse cannon/flame thrower don't work either, among all the other abilities that you listed. Had to respec out of the hybrid and to full Pyro when I did this for the first time on my Powertech. Edited September 3, 2013 by Mugen_no_Jidai

[diadox]

Bumping this; still no sign of it being a known issue.

[diadox]

Bump.

[diadox]

Bump.