Companions became broken after your attempt to fix them

sergey235711 · October 2021

This report related to upcoming patch (NW.131.20211003a.1)
I didn't receive any answer and I think nothing of these bugs will be fixed before going live, so I created thread in this section.

I didn't check all companions, so maybe something become broken too.

I used 130k damage from ability with 20 seconds cooldown as a base to compare abilities damage. (Whirlwind of Blades from Regis companion).

Xuna:
Found issue: her ability Bloodbath dealing too hight damage. It has 18 seconds cooldown and deals ~380k damage. So it seems it deals x3 more damage than intended.

Expected result: damage from Bloodbath reduced in x3.

Current result: damage from Bloodbath reduced in x15.

Cold Iron Warrior:
Found issue: his spinning ability deals x4 damage (many companions have the same issue).

Expected result: damage from Spinning Strike reduced in x4.

Current result: damage from Spinning Strike reduced in x10 and additionally damage from Iron Strike reduced in x3.

Black Ise Prospector:
Found issue: his spinning ability deals x4 damage (many companions have the same issue).

Expected result: damage from Spinning Pick reduced in x4.

Current result: damage from Spinning Pick reduced in x9.

Abyssal Chicken:
Found issue: Swarm lasts after 5 seconds instead of 10 (and deals 6 hits instead of 11), but damage from each hit adjusted for ability with 35 seconds cooldown and 11 hits.

Expected result: duration of the Swarm will be increased back to 10 seconds.

Current result: damage from Swarm reduced in x2.

Razorwood:
I didn't find any issues with his abilities before patch. (And it haven't got high dps, it has same dps as have normal companions).

After patch: damage from all his abilities reduced in x3.

Siege Master:
Siege Catapult now deals damage, but the damage is very low. In addition after patch Siege Master's AI became broken and now Siege Master uses only his Siege Catapult ability (can't use other).

Dedicated Squire:
Found issue: acid from Smite deals incorrect damage. Seems it was fixed.

Displacer Beast:
Found issue: very low damage. Seems it was fixed.

sergey235711 · October 2021

Any updates? Nothing was fixed before release.

scratchees · October 2021

yep tested my xuna today after patch people were in a uproar about how bad xuna is now so i tested and its pretty much useless really for me man we all spent a fortune on that one xcept few that got else where thats just 1 in about 25 different complaints i'm dealing with from people in my alliance we should have been compensated for i find it hard to find a positive with be'n burnt like this again and again i understand the fix and when things broke but dont sell me somethin like that nd take it away when its that expensive and compensate me nothing for it wasnt my mistake

taikaias · October 2021

scratchees said:
yep tested my xuna today after patch people were in a uproar about how bad xuna is now so i tested and its pretty much useless really for me man we all spent a fortune on that one xcept few that got else where thats just 1 in about 25 different complaints i'm dealing with from people in my alliance we should have been compensated for i find it hard to find a positive with be'n burnt like this again and again i understand the fix and when things broke but dont sell me somethin like that nd take it away when its that expensive and compensate me nothing for it wasnt my mistake

I completely agree. We spend real life money to buy something with a specific selling point that we purchase it for. The dragonborn race's selling point was it's 3% damage bonus. Xuna's selling point in the packs, such as the one included in the Refinement Pack on the Zen Store, was her damage. So, we buy it with real money with the traits that it is being sold for. Without warning when we were purchasing it, they change what we are purchasing to something that we never agreed to. We never agreed to having the 3% damage bonus being removed from the race when we spent real money on buying it. We never agreed to have the damage of Xuna reduced after spending real money buying it. We should be compensated, because what they changed it to was not what we bought.

scratchees · October 2021

thing is it didnt need to be reduced that much it was an exclusive item not easy to get it should remain useful and i mean a top tier item thats what we paid for

rockster · October 2021

I just went and tested Cold Iron Warrior on some dummies and the damage is now pitiful @nitocris83 they need to rectify this and fix it. Fair enough, if it was doing too much damage before it can be adjusted, but it has now gone down so low it's doing FAR less than other companions I tested it against. This is not acceptable when it was previously BiS and people paid a premium to get it. It at least needs to still be comparable with other companions. The damage it is doing now, most hits are 1,500 or less with the spin doing around 5,000 or so for a couple of ticks. When you factor-in the HPs of enemies in high-end content this damage is useless. Other companions get up to around 10,000 at least on the big hits with smaller hits around 5,000. I read a comment in another thread saying it had been decreased way too much in error and I now have to agree. Please note that when you nerf something which was previously BiS or around BiS you have to strike a balance between nerfing it and still keeping it viable and not ripping-off those who of course want to spend a premium to get the best there is so to try and honor what was offered in the past and spent-on and bought it has to stay in at least around the top group of what is remaining. It's currently far below many others and is a mistake and needs to be fixed.

sjl3 · October 2021

Xuna's BloodBath attack, isn't this supposed to be a stab attack doing physical damage with the poison element added on by Envenomed Blades? When I look at the log I don't see any physical damage only the poison

greywynd · October 2021

Use Regis. He's still fresh.

percemer · October 2021

Greetings,

I'll pass it along for investigation. Thanks for your help!

Regards,

scortch · October 2021

The death to companions was intended. Nothing to fix. It's like the combat change for companions, you have to completely start over. How many more times will we have to do that? It's to the point people have had enough

admiralwarlord · October 2021

percemer said:
Greetings,

I'll pass it along for investigation. Thanks for your help!

Regards,

The following powers of these companionss could also be fixed:

Stalwart Golden Lion - Aurulent Roar (old bug, zero damage)

Rust Monster - Hypercorrosion (I didn't get to test this one, but I was told it hasn't worked for a long time.).

sergey235711 · December 2021

Any updates?

sergey235711 · April 2022

Any updates?

Companions became broken after your attempt to fix them

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