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Many of My Heroes Keep Doing Block Animations

clockwiseclockwise Posts: 145 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Champions Online Discussion
Whether I'm blocking or not. They just keep doing the animation, and it slows them down while moving, but I don't get the actual block benefit. It just makes them look dumb. Any ideas for a fix? It's a minor annoyance, but it's still an annoyance.
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  • pachiirupachiiru Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I noticed it happens mainly on my specialist, since they use that specific form or passive.

    Each time a stack ends or is added, not sure which, I'll block for a few seconds. Even in cut-scenes.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Retcon Lightning Reflexes to something else.
    Fixed.
    Or was it Parry with Elusive Monk Adv....
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    stupid Quotes...
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Been happening for two years whenever you are around someone with Aura of Primal Majesty or Seraphim.

    Annoying as hell and makes every character its happening to look spastic.
    The repetitious sound effect sucks to.

    This problem should be fixed instead of expecting a player work around.

    "Quality of life" and all that.
  • clockwiseclockwise Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Thanks, I figured it was a glitch associated with one of the powers I was using.
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  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Posts: 484 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I had a Heavy Weapons type with Lightning Reflexes and they'd always go into the block animation during combat even when I wasn't blocking.

    Swapped LR for Regen and everything was back to normall. I only had ranks in LR, no elusive monk that I recall.
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    What's it take to rent that space? Because I want my handsome-**** mug all over your sig.

    And also yeah I think it's Parry. But I kinda forgot. Why. Whatever.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    biffsmackwell wrote: »
    What's it take to rent that space? Because I want my handsome-**** mug all over your sig.

    And also yeah I think it's Parry. But I kinda forgot. Why. Whatever.

    you're handsome mug **** on it? isn't that against forum rules. visual attacks
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    chaelk wrote: »
    you're handsome mug **** on it? isn't that against forum rules. visual attacks

    If you're trying to say that I'm ugly, well,

    Well,

    Well okay. You're right.

    BUT I HAVE A GOOD PERSONALITY!!!
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  • scorpagorscorpagor Posts: 607 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    This bug is caused by Lightning Reflexes.
    Right-click drag it out of the power tray and you should stop blocking randomly.

    This usually happens to my toon at the end of an alert, but even weirder were the times when it happend when I moved in vicinity of a tailor. Moving away from the tailor fixed it, but as soon as I went near them again I started doing the blocking animation.

    My best guess is that it triggers when near other players using certain effects or passive abilities.
  • decorumfriendsdecorumfriends Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    scorpagor 'splains:

    This bug is caused by Lightning Reflexes.
    Right-click drag it out of the power tray and you should stop blocking randomly.

    This usually happens to my toon at the end of an alert, but even weirder were the times when it happend when I moved in vicinity of a tailor. Moving away from the tailor fixed it, but as soon as I went near them again I started doing the blocking animation.

    My best guess is that it triggers when near other players using certain effects or passive abilities.

    Ah, that's what that is. Yeah, I've only noticed it at the end of alerts, as I usually e salute after grabbing the final loot, and it makes it impossible (or very difficult) to fire off an emote. I swear it happens on another toon that doesn't have LR, though, but I'll have to check when I get home. It may be just that I forgot he has LR.
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  • benevonbenevon Posts: 388 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Doesn't Masterful Dodge do this as well? I've never had a toon that used LR, but I will sometimes take MD and I have seen this happen on those toons after popping it.

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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    biffsmackwell wrote: »
    If you're trying to say that I'm ugly, well,

    Well,

    Well okay. You're right.

    BUT I HAVE A GOOD PERSONALITY!!!

    You're a better-looking version of Goku from DBZ.

    Does that count for something?
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    You're a better-looking version of Goku from DBZ.

    Does that count for something?

    You could try staying on topic.
  • pallihwtfpallihwtf Posts: 677 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    This ain't a bad bug... I mean, everytime your character does that it stacks up Form of the Master! For doing nothing!
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    You could try staying on topic.

    Take your own advice.

    Also, get a sense of humor while you're at it.
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  • draogndraogn Posts: 1,269 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    If Block is sticking, make sure sticky keys aren't turned on.
  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    draogn wrote: »
    If Block is sticking, make sure sticky keys aren't turned on.

    Nah, that's not it. It's about the block animation repeating itself without the player using block at all.

    I was puzzled about what causes it as well, and the only way it irritated me was that it interrupted me when I tried doing some victory emote at the end of an alert. Glad to know that it's really LR that's doing it.
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    pallihwtf wrote: »
    This ain't a bad bug... I mean, everytime your character does that it stacks up Form of the Master! For doing nothing!

    Do you need that in Club Caprice or in the powerhouse or standing around ren cen or at the bank or the auction house?

    They could keep the stacks and lose the crappy animation and terrible sound effect.
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  • pallihwtfpallihwtf Posts: 677 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    Do you need that in Club Caprice or in the powerhouse or standing around ren cen or at the bank or the auction house?

    They could keep the stacks and lose the crappy animation and terrible sound effect.
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    Yeah ok, then just press P and drag 'Lightning Reflexes' out of the passive slot if it's a problem to you.
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  • aiqaaiqa Posts: 2,620 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    benevon wrote: »
    Doesn't Masterful Dodge do this as well? I've never had a toon that used LR, but I will sometimes take MD and I have seen this happen on those toons after popping it.

    Yes you are right, it does depend on what powers you are using.
    Some power animations seem to be overwriten by the block animation, and some (charge/maintain powers mostly) overwrite it.
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    You're a better-looking version of Goku from DBZ.

    Does that count for something?

    How dare you.

    How dare.
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  • scorpagorscorpagor Posts: 607 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    pallihwtf wrote: »
    Yeah ok, then just press P and drag 'Lightning Reflexes' out of the passive slot if it's a problem to you.

    Small tip:

    If you drag it using your right mouse button instead of the left, it removes the need to open the powers window first.
  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    clockwise wrote: »
    Whether I'm blocking or not. They just keep doing the animation, and it slows them down while moving, but I don't get the actual block benefit. It just makes them look dumb. Any ideas for a fix? It's a minor annoyance, but it's still an annoyance.

    Sound like you've contracted the Chop Chop Master Onion disease!
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    nepht wrote: »
    Sound like you've contracted the Chop Chop Master Onion disease!

    Now Kick Punch Block!
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  • lovehammer1lovehammer1 Posts: 416 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Lightning reflexes?? !!

    Ok. Now I know why... I have 13 LR toons! Two main ones that I use most of the time and always wondered why they did that silly block thing all of the time.

    So, the next question is, can this be fixed by the devs? (Not just the work around) Because I shouldn't have to change or remove the passive I'm using to make that noise go away.
  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    well it is lightning reflexes, they are reacting to the attack (hours)before it happens. Just give them less coffee and they should slow down to when they get attacked
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    It's not just LR, masterful, or parry. It's when your dodge gets too high by any means. I've got a quarry toon who gets that bug the second she pops evasive maneuvers and gets hit, because she's very heavily dodge stacked. I've also gotten it with quarry and lead tempest, same situation.

    I bet it's a side effect of the fact that we're now hitting numbers that we never saw back in the day. This bug could have always been around, but it was so hard to get your dodge that high that we never saw it.
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