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Szaby59's avatar
6 years ago

Block stops force powers/attacks coming from behind

Product: Star Wars Battlefront II
Platform:PC
What is your issue related to? General
Summarize your bug Block acts like it has a 360° radius and stops force powers (Push, Choke, Pull, Lightning stun) and attacks (Obi-Wan's Defensive Rush, Rey's Dash Strike) even when the attacker is flanking the blocking player.
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? Szaby59
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Can you tell us the date (MM/DD/YYYY) that you saw the bug?
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM)
In what game mode did the bug occur? Heroes vs. Villains
What is your time zone?
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Block with a saber hero, try to choke them with Vader from behind.
What happens when the bug occurs? The ability is blocked and cancels itself.
What do you expect to see? Only frontal attacks should be blocked.
Please select your region Europe
AMD or Nvidia Model Number

Reddit thread with more examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/cl3gv4/shouldnt_be_able_to_block_abilities_when_not/

Video showing the issue (HvV), where I choke 4 blocking enemies from behind, but they are holding block and the ability cancels itself: https://streamable.com/zsn3n

3 Replies

  • Block is completely broken anyway. Blocks like you said when it shouldn't and of course when block should work (facing someone) it usually doesn't. The whole system needs a rework

  • Anything that isn't blaster fire, normal saber attack, or unblockable (e.g. Passionate Strike, Dash Attack) can be blocked from behind since launch.

    Which makes sense to assume it's a feature, not a BUG.

    However DICE suddenly decides to take out 'features' that have been in the game for a very long time or since launch labeling them BUGs (e.g. Kylo's Pull damage bypassing block, Rey's Dash Strike damage bypassing block, Grievous's Claw Rush damage bypassing block). Yoda's Dash Attack bypassing block being removed like this caused such a mess in the community that they decided to give it back.

    Anyway, I feel this issue is a matter of opinion, and not a proper BUG. And IMO I think the game is better with all of these being blockable from all sides.

    If we change it so everything can only be blocked from the front, many imbalnces will arise. Vader will become much more powerful, but Palpatine will skyrocket as everything he has can be blocked from all sides now (except Dark Aura). All of his lightnings will hit much more then before, and this is a character that doesn't need any more buffs.

  • o_JA50N_o's avatar
    o_JA50N_o
    6 years ago

    Block is 1 of the most unreliable things in the game right now and I know personally of a few that have stopped playing heroes v villains because of it. Doesn't matter if certain abiltites aren't blockable and some are, the fact is the block itself is unreliable and it ruins the gameplay. A block should mean block(unless out of stamina), isn't that the whole point of it? If you're new to the game, how are you even supposed to know what abilities can be blocked and which can't? That along with saber lock/stagger, abilities not working or being overridden by other abilities, hit detection useless at times along with other issues is why saber combat is pretty poor most the times. I'm very interested in seeing the complaints for the saber only weekend event for heroes v villains in a couple of weeks....

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