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Two strange things have been happening to me lately, one I've heard about, the other unknown to me:

1. My ranged stims are "losing efficiency" due to "shock."

I did a search on this and couldn't find anything on it. Please advise.

2. The bug where I can't stim people, saying that I can't target the person with the specified action. I've noticed the xp I used to get using area stims has dramatically decreased. This usually happens in cantinas. Any advice on if this is fixable would be greatly appreciated.

In addition to 2, I noticed that I can't heal stamina and quickness wounds as well: My character goes through the animation and I lose 200 mind, the heart hits the patient, but no wounds are healed.

All of this was happening around Anchor Head on Gorath server. AH seems to be notorious for being very buggy.

Thanks in advance.

Not certain i understand #2.

However, #1 is an issue of mind damage or BF. If the patient has sufficient mind damage or Battle Fatigure it will begin to impair health/action healing, resulting in the message you saw.

Jacore MD/MCM, Tempest

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BigZoo wrote:

Two strange things have been happening to me lately, one I've heard about, the other unknown to me:

1. My ranged stims are "losing efficiency" due to "shock."

One of two possible things: Either you have a large amount of battle fatigue, or the person your healing has a lot of battle fatigue. Either way, battle fatigue will reduce your healing ability. Get the battle fatigue taken care of at a cantina first.

I did a search on this and couldn't find anything on it. Please advise.

2. The bug where I can't stim people, saying that I can't target the person with the specified action. I've noticed the xp I used to get using area stims has dramatically decreased. This usually happens in cantinas. Any advice on if this is fixable would be greatly appreciated.

I have never heard of "Cant target can't target the person with the specified action"? Could you explain a little more what your doing when this happens?

As for the cantinas, yes they stealth nerfed using area stims in cantinas because the devs apparently felt it as an exploit and inappropriate way of getting med xp without doing any work. I have to say I kind of aggree with it.

In addition to 2, I noticed that I can't heal stamina and quickness wounds as well: My character goes through the animation and I lose 200 mind, the heart hits the patient, but no wounds are healed.

What kind of stamina meds are you using to heal? "A" level meds dont heal very much. Try getting some decent B meds.

All of this was happening around Anchor Head on Gorath server. AH seems to be notorious for being very buggy.

Thanks in advance.

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Thanks for the answers guys (and/or gals). My BF was fine, must've been the target (I wasn't diagnosing since I was in the middle of battle.

I actually agree with the nerf on cantinas, I was bored and had nobody to group with. For xp in those situations I usually heal wounds and entertainers even though it's usually a waste of resources since I barely get 150 xp for area stim heals(I feel so ashamed!). Don't really need to worry about xp now : ).

As for the quick & stamina packs, I was using wound pack b's, somewhere in the upper 60 or 70 range. I'll take it over to the medic or doctor board and see if anyone is having trouble (sometimes when I actually used it from my inventory, radial menu then apply to target, it would work, but not too often). This also could have something to do with AH: at one point the rebel recruiter disappeared as well as all the npc's in town. None of the terminals were working either except for the one in that station several meters away from the shuttle port.

Thanks again.