I just ran into this bug while attempting Bumba v25. We were able to reproduce it consistently on the new Macro Test training dummies. The magic burst window stays open but we can't extend the skillchain after BLU's step with Chain Affinity.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/62715-Skillchains-cannot-be-extended-after-BLU-Chain-Affinity?p=666267#post666267
New Bug: BLU Chain Affinity Breaks Skillchains
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New Bug: BLU Chain Affinity breaks skillchains
Awesome find! FFXI is as much fun to play as it is to debug! :D
What happens if you open the skillchain with a chain affinity spell? Can you proceed normally from there, or only chain with a single follow-up weaponskill, or not make a skillchain at all?
What if you open with a weaponskill as normal, then do the chain affinity spell, then follow up with a weaponskill with the same properties of the spell? Basically, is this the chain affinity spell ending the skillchain outright, or is it sort of not registering as a step at all despite triggering the skillchain effect? Hope you don:t mind but I have translated your bug report into JPN and posted it on the JP forums as well.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/62716-%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%92%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B%E9%80%A3%E6%90%BA%E3%81%8C%E4%BB%96%E3%81%AEWS%E3%81%A7%E9%80%A3%E6%90%BA%E3%82%92%E5%BB%B6%E9%95%B7%E3%83%BB%E4%BC%B8%E3%81%B0%E3%81%99%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93?p=666273#post666273
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To be clear, you are saying that after a chain has been created with Chain Affinity and you close that with Expi that a subsequent ws will not extend the sc to create a new sc?
Ex: swift blade > heavy strike (fragmentation) > Expiacion (Distortion) > Evisceration (Darkness). You're saying that the chaining process fails at Expiacion to Evisceration (Darkness)? From JP forum:
Quote: I tried it with Kakashi and the connection worked. Swift Blade > Blue Chain > Heavy Strike > Expiersion 1. (Magic Sword) Swift Blade 2. (Blue Mage) Blue Chain > Heavy Strike → Disintegration occurs 3. (Blue Mage) Expiersion → Curve occurs, so I think it was some kind of operating error. No matter what blue magic spell you use, you cannot extend the combo with other combo-enabled WS, abilities, or scholar spells at the end. Since the scholar's combo is a Lv1 combo, it will not link after disintegration. If the combo ability refers to the samurai's "Konzenitchi" or the dancer's "W.Flourish", then this will not result in a combo. Manque said: » To be clear, you are saying that after a chain has been created with Chain Affinity and you close that with Expi that a subsequent ws will not extend the sc to create a new sc? Ex: swift blade > heavy strike (fragmentation) > Expiacion (Distortion) > Evisceration (Darkness). You're saying that the chaining process fails at Expiacion to Evisceration (Darkness)? This would be an example of a planned skillchain that used to work, but now would break at the usage of Expiacion in this order, assuming someone other than the BLU did it. The discovery came from this skillchain: Immanence Aero > Immanence Noctohelix (Gravitation) > Chain Affinity Barbed Crescent (Darkness) > Wildfire (Darkness) This skillchain used to work, when tested this week the Wildfire no longer creates Darkness after the Barbed Crescent Darkness. A small note, in your Japanese forum post, you changed the Solo or Party note to say Solo or Party, when the English forum post states it is Party only. The behavior of a BLU being able to extend the skillchain after their Chain Affinity may be something we didn't test, but the important issue here is your example skillchain, and my example skillchain no longer working when a player other than the BLU attempts to extend it. |
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