Bonding stack duration is refreshed by continued companion attacks

scathias

I have just repatched preview as of 6:30 pst and it appears that this is still an issue

Bug: Bonding stacks are supposed to last 20 seconds and then fall off. Currently on preview (ever since the change to grant 1 bonding stack worth a total amount of your bonding stone) your companion attacks, procs bonding, and then continued attacks by the pet will replace the old bonding stack with a new stack with 20 seconds of duration.

With 3x r12 bondings (95% stats each) this means that you permanently receive 285% of your pets stats while in combat. This is contrary to the tooltip of the bonding stones on preview and a vast change from how bonding stones work on live (where a stack falls off and must be reapplied after 20s).

@terramak @strumslinger Could someone please comment on this and explain if this is WAI? This was reported within 30 minutes of the when the bonding change was first released to preview and no one has acknowledged it.

wildfirede

i am asking the same in multiple topics for the last 3 versions - still no clue wai or not (crucial info about character buildup)

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urabask

defiantone99 said:

terramak Posts: 465 Cryptic Developer

June 3





scathias said:


Bonding stack durations are refreshed instead of correctly counting down to 0 and falling off. I have linked the bug report here Terramak, I know you are busy but it won't take you long to check this out and either confirm it is a critical bug or tell us if it is intended. Thank you
I believe it's intended for the time being. I know there's a lot of discussion about the change and whether they're overpowered in their state post-patch, but the intent of the fix for this module was to address the obviously-overpowered stat spikes and smooth out the gameplay a bit. We can review the runestones further going forward. Thank you (and many others) for providing feedback on this change!

i.e. Don't worry suckers will nerf them into oblivion after everyone has them.

wildfirede

defiantone99 said:

terramak Posts: 465 Cryptic Developer

June 3





scathias said:


Bonding stack durations are refreshed instead of correctly counting down to 0 and falling off. I have linked the bug report here Terramak, I know you are busy but it won't take you long to check this out and either confirm it is a critical bug or tell us if it is intended. Thank you
I believe it's intended for the time being. I know there's a lot of discussion about the change and whether they're overpowered in their state post-patch, but the intent of the fix for this module was to address the obviously-overpowered stat spikes and smooth out the gameplay a bit. We can review the runestones further going forward. Thank you (and many others) for providing feedback on this change!

Thanks, did not see that - well so it is WAI (for now )

bigredbrent

I am going to be fairly upset if posts like this lead to this getting a nurf...

scathias

Then be upset. Unfortunately the devs think granting insane power is a good thing so the earliest you will see a change is when mod 10 launches in August, if ever