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MmoProNick's avatar
8 years ago

Massive Bug with Nihilus' Lord of Hunger Ability in the STR

Product: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Platform:Android Phone
What type of device are you experiencing the issue with? Phone, occurs gamewide
OS Version 7.0
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What type of issue do you have? Gameplay
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Summarize your bug Nihilus "Lord of Hunger" ability is granting him protection regeneration from toons that have 0 protection in spite of the ability indicating that the protection regeneration is based off how much protection he steals from a character.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 1. Enter Phase 1 or phase 4 of the Sith Triumvirate raid. 2. Bring any character down to 0 protection by any means. 3. Use a basic on Nihilus (preferably with a low damage character) with any 0 protection character, and observe that his protection meter is filling up, despite there being no protection for him to steal.
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I recorded a Youtube video that explains and observes the entire bug taking place, here

I'll leave the more detailed explanation of the bug here.

The raid boss Darth Nihilus' Unique ability, Lord of Hunger, states that whenever Nihilus is damaged by a basic ability, if the target had defense down, "that target loses 25% protection, and Nihilus gains that much Max Protection." This ability indicates that the protection is stolen from the target, given that the Amount gained is equal to the amount lost, however, this is not what occurs to units with less than 0 protection.

If a unit has 0 protection remaining, and they damage Nihilus with a basic, they incorrectly provide Nihilus with a boost to his maximum protection. Because the ability states that Nihilus is supposed to gain protection equal to the amount lostNihilus should not be gaining ANY protection from characters that have no protection. 

This bug appears to be a relatively simple oversight, for it appears that Nihilus is simply gaining 25% of the targets max protection regardless, rather than gaining the amount of protection that the unit lost, as the ability says he should be.

Please fix this CG, this bug is a clear inhibitor of progress in Phases 1 and 4 of the Sith triumvirate raid, for it is not only preventing many assist teams that could flourish if they did not constantly (and incorrectly) grant Nihilus protection, it is also stifling the scores of teams that do appear to work in these phases.

18 Replies

  • Hi guys have you noticed if the protection is actually lost by a character that HAVE protection and hit nihilus with defence down buff? because it seems to me that not happen as well.

    This could be the other face of the bug.

  • BeWary's avatar
    BeWary
    Seasoned Vanguard
    8 years ago

    Just to add more info... I haven't seen this bug when I use a Nihilus-led squad of Sith.  I don't have a zeta on Nihilus' lead though.

  • I've gotten mixed responses about nihilus lead, not sure 's going on there.
  • Delgado, Have you played in P1? Or am I misunderstanding you? (probably the latter). Yes it does remove the protection bar initially, but that's not really what this post is about.

  • delgado75's avatar
    delgado75
    8 years ago

    yes m8 i've played P1 heroic and P1 normal ... in normal i noticed that if a character with protection hit nihilus with the defence down debuff on, he actually loose protection and nihilus gain it.

    In heroic i've made some test and seems not happening. Yesterday i was hitting nihilus with my rey team, applied defence down on purpose on the RT and make him shoot with his basic ... no loosing no gaining

    I know the purpose of this topic, what i'm sayng is that the strange behavior could affect also what is here mentioned

  • I have actually noticed this with daka, who always starts with unbreakable will, and stands in the same place, regardless of what I do, might warrant further investigation.
  • Microfe's avatar
    Microfe
    8 years ago

    whats the difference between Protectioin and Max Protection?

    he should gain Max Protection, and regen 3% of it at start of his turn for each buffed enemy

    but atm it gains Protection with each hit from armor debuffed enemy

    should be "they lose 25% of their Protection and Nihilus gains Protection equal to 25% of enemy Max Protection"

  • It seems that would be the current descriptiin for sure. But case and point, the in game description should be what happens, especially considering that this phase is by far the most tedious and less diverse team wise in the raid.

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