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Alliecat7803's avatar
8 years ago

AT-AT orbital strike bug on Hoth

Product: Star Wars Battlefront II
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
What is your issue related to? General
Summarize your bug Since the update, I've been having trouble firing off the orbital strike from the AT-AT on Hoth. I fire it once, then wait for it to recharge. My icons then indicate it is ready to use again, then try to fire it, but then it starts to behave like the orbital strike on Endor, where it can't be deployed.
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? Alliecat7803
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
Can you tell us the date (MM/DD/YYYY) that you saw the bug? 01/17/2018
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) AM
In what game mode did the bug occur? Galactic Assault
What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I suppose just play the AT-AT on Hoth. Fire the orbital strike, then try to fire it again when the icon signals that it has recharged.
What happens when the bug occurs? It is inconsistent. First strike appears normal. Second strike just flashes "R1" at me instead of calling in the strike, and hitting R1 does nothing. Like maybe there is some reason the strike won't work, but there's no indication of what is stopping it. If the strike is not properly recharged yet, the icon shouldn't indicate that it is ready to use. Sometimes it works fine with no issue. Note: My other abilities were working fine, and were fully recharged at the time I called in the strikes. I have noticed that sometimes the recharge phase of the other abilities seems to interfere with the use of the orbital strike, but this was NOT the case in today's game. It is reminiscent of what happens when you try to use the orbital strike in the ATAT on Endor.
What do you expect to see? If the orbital strike is properly recharged, it should deploy with no issues.
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AMD or Nvidia Model Number

It occurred to me that maybe an ion shot interferes with the ATAT's abilities, but when this issue is happening, the other abilities seem unaffected, and I don't believe I was fired on at least one of the times this happened. 

18 Replies

  • TrunksStrife's avatar
    TrunksStrife
    8 years ago

    Yeah, Beat me to this. Anyways it still continuous. Happens on Endor also but not as often.

  • EA_Ataashi's avatar
    EA_Ataashi
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    8 years ago

    Hey everyone!

    I see that some new examples of this problem emerged, so I will update the case and let you know once I hear anything back from our specialists.

    Thank you for all your reports so far!

    /Ataashi

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Ohhh yes. Huge machine with great potential for not only destruction within a match, but should be LOADS of fun. Instead, I find it to be a literal hit-and-miss of "will it work?" Near constant glitches when using the AT-AT on any map on PS4 platform. I'm constantly stuck in the orbital strike in particular, where no selection of target is available and possibly unable to switch to another weapon system. This gives the practical effect of a funky change in perspective, but little else benefiting my playing experience. As though I've been transmuted into the mind and body of a really slow, giant, mechanical horse, complete with blinders...

  • Oh yeah, this machine was soooo much fun before Patch 1.1 destroyed it. I think they just meant to nerf it, but the nerfing totally messed up all the controls. It's such a shame. Here's a video to help us remember just how awesome the ATAT used to be. (not my video, just a link). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bWBaNvmTcQ
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    I can confirm this is still happening as of 6-14-2018. Even at close range the orbital strike will not trigger, also where you can use it its suppose to be blue when you can use it but stays red. Even when its red you can use it. The controls really get screwed up once you start using multiple abilities and then not at all.
  • RogueZeroRendar's avatar
    RogueZeroRendar
    7 years ago

    I tried it on the other day, and it was so hard to understand what was going on that I can't say which was the problem. Sometimes it would go correctly, sometimes I'd click to use and nothing happened, sometimes it would only happen if I double clicked, sometimes it would show as happening but no orbital strike came, sometimes it would happen, but the area of effect would be the previous place I tried to use it and it failed.

    As I rarely play GA, this is the best I can provide from my experience up to now

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