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U-MD Ghosthunter Phase Rifle's pull effect not working correctly
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In short, exactly what the title says. To elaborate, however...
The device in question, the power variant device and not any old items of the same name I have no experience with, isn't pulling correctly. Specifically, assuming R3, the U-MD Ghosthunter Phase Rifle is supposed to pull targets within 20ft of the primary target towards the primary target at 3ft per tick, and do half-damage to secondary targets from 6ft to 15ft away from the main target, and full damage to the main target and any secondary targets within 5'.
However, this pull appears to stop pulling targets, ALWAYS, outside of full damage range, and rarely outside of half damage range instead. As a result, it physically cannot pull targets standing still (and not attempting to move away at all) within 5ft of the primary target to proc full damage on its own, and at rare times simply stops pulling entirely even when secondary targets are much further away AND aren't at a full 10 pull resist stacks. On rare occasions, this results in mooks around the primary target even not being pulled in when more than 15ft away, not building pull resist stacks in the first place.
I'm not sure what spaghetti in the code causes either of those two issues, which (feel) like they're not related to each-other but I could easily be wrong, but the "rarely forgets to pull mooks into 15ft/half-damage range in the first place" bug and "pull stops working entirely within melee range preventing the power from proccing its 5ft/full-damage range on secondary targets properly" bug could both use a wee bit of bug-squashing at some point.
The device in question, the power variant device and not any old items of the same name I have no experience with, isn't pulling correctly. Specifically, assuming R3, the U-MD Ghosthunter Phase Rifle is supposed to pull targets within 20ft of the primary target towards the primary target at 3ft per tick, and do half-damage to secondary targets from 6ft to 15ft away from the main target, and full damage to the main target and any secondary targets within 5'.
However, this pull appears to stop pulling targets, ALWAYS, outside of full damage range, and rarely outside of half damage range instead. As a result, it physically cannot pull targets standing still (and not attempting to move away at all) within 5ft of the primary target to proc full damage on its own, and at rare times simply stops pulling entirely even when secondary targets are much further away AND aren't at a full 10 pull resist stacks. On rare occasions, this results in mooks around the primary target even not being pulled in when more than 15ft away, not building pull resist stacks in the first place.
I'm not sure what spaghetti in the code causes either of those two issues, which (feel) like they're not related to each-other but I could easily be wrong, but the "rarely forgets to pull mooks into 15ft/half-damage range in the first place" bug and "pull stops working entirely within melee range preventing the power from proccing its 5ft/full-damage range on secondary targets properly" bug could both use a wee bit of bug-squashing at some point.
The fact that the forums refuse to tell you how close you are to the character/post size limit until you attempt to post something that happens to be too big- and the automated spam filter will immediately completely lock you out of posting long-term if you attempt to post or edit posts too close to the character limit- is genuine agony.
This is my cry for help
This is my cry for help
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Visual of the power failing to pull within 5'. There is a deadspace around the primary target.