[Spell] Orb Effect problem

[K.V.]

I'm experiencing a strange issue since patch 1.30 with orb effect based abilities.
I have an orb effect ability with 5 levels, that has a 20% chance to land an Acid Bomb based spell on the target, but at some levels instead of being a passive skill it turns into a clickable ability, any idea why this bug occurs?

 

[GIMLI_2]

maybe the spell is not supposed to be level-able in the first place, try increasing its level with tinker upgrade ability

 

[K.V.]

I doubt that because it used to work on previous patches, and it still works but not always... So I'm trying to figure out if this can be fixed or it's a bug since patch 1.30

 

[K.V.]

Ok, I've found when the bug occurs. The passive Orb Effect ability becomes clickable when your hero dies. Any idea if this can be fixed?

 

[GIMLI_2]

there is probably no direct fix as it is hardcoded

try increasing its level with tinker upgrade ability

 

[K.V.]

GIMLI_2 I just did a few tests and the levels do not seem to be the problem. For instance, if you have an Orb effect ability with 4 levels on your hero and your current ability level is 2 and YOUR HERO DIES, upon revive the Orb will be clickable(bugged), but once you level the ability to 3 it will again turn passive and again bug when you die.

 

[Pyrogasm]

So when the unit dies change the level and back to un-bug it. You can also de-level the ability and force the hero to learn it again with triggers automatically if necessary.

 

[K.V.]

The problem is that this also happens with items that have both an orb effect and an active ability in them. Same scenario happens, when the hero dies instead of casting the active ability in the item, the item will give priority to the orb effect based ability whenever you use that item.

 

[K.V.]

This bug is really game breaking for me, because I have a good amount of orb effect based abilities and I planned to implement more. I just like this type of game mechanic and I really hope they fix this issue in the next patch.

 

[GIMLI_2]

well, you still have the option to code it. i'm not a fan of orb effects anyway, because they only trigger on direct attack command, and not on auto-attack. it's also pretty simple to do.