Bug game mechanic: Dive

Bug: Dive sets the hitbox immediatelly although it takes time to fly to position

Details

• Type: Ability: Dive
• Class: Ranger
• Browser, Fullscreen or windowed: Doesn't matter. It is a client mechanic and also works for some bosses like Khalys.

• What do I expect: The character needs a certain time to travel, thus it should only be placed at the destination when it actually arrives.
• What happens: As soon as you cast Dive, your hitbox is set to the target location; monsters will turn to your destination while you're not there, spells will hit you at the destination before you're there, and similiar.
• Reproduce: 100%.

• Similiar Spells / Mechanics:
  • Khalys Teleport, when she begins to teleport you will already shoot at her Destination although she has not even vanished from her old position;
  • (Blade Dance - possibly, haven't tested it)

Reproduce (Khalys):

• Hold your mouse button on Khalys with a ranged attack.
• Wait until she teleports
• See you shooting at the future destination.

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It's not a bug, it's a bad code design.

 

Happy to not have this fixed. You will find it useful to avoid telegraphed spells from mobs like sargon Heredur, Khaly etc.

 

I got to give the guy props though... it's been ages since I've seen someone report a bug using the proper format.

 

Annoying as hell when you're auto-targeted in PvP, whereby the opponents attack goes directly to your intended position and there's nothing u can do for half a second. Ideally they'd change it or at least speed up the animation (all classes affected by this).