Rifleman Archive
Thread: attacked in pvp, unable to fire specials
has anyone else seen where you were attacked in pvp, autoattack in reply, and then are unable to fire specials? is this a result of a knockdown and lag? (so his client shows me as on the floor, but mine shows me as standing up) or some sort of bug with autoattack? the combat window has me autofiring, but the combat queue clearly is spammed with specials. i don't get any system messages saying "you can't fire that special" or whatever, and I was using a rifle for sure.
so i'm sitting there thinking "what the hell, this guy is buffed to the gills" then i look down and i'm hitting for 40, 56, 71, 65... lol.
Panic Shot, Warcry1, Warcry2
no specials for 10 seconds (20 seconds for warcry2).
Jeisyn, Holy Crap that's evil.
One Qusetion, can they keep you delayed indefinately?
no, it's not indefinite.
panicshot is an Area of Effect smuggler pistol shot - delays everything in the cone for 10 seconds. (you should still be able to autofire, i haven't tested exclusively though). after 10 seconds, you're back to normal, with a 30 second timer before they can Panicshot again (i think it's 30 seconds).
Warcry1 is a novice brawler skill, if it's successful it delays for 10 seconds. it is single target, limited to about 15m range (i think 15m). after 10 seconds, you can fire normally again. and they can't stick you with another one for a certain amount of time. (i don't know exactly how long).
Warcry2 is AE, master brawler skill. if it sticks, you're on autofire for 20 seconds, after which you're back to normal. it has a 25m range.
note: when you are warcried - you cannot burst run, allowing melee to get into range. don't know if the same is true for panicshot.
to clarify:
Warcry 1 is AOE cone effect. makes anything affected by it be unable to attack. yes, that means autofire too. You can still run around though. Lasts 10 seconds. Range is around 20m
Warcry 2 just has better chance of sticking and lasts 20 seconds.
Smuggler Panic Shot is just warcry1 that can be fired out to 64m.
If you were on the floor, autofiring and not able to use specials, then you likely tried to use TAKE COVER or used a TUMBLE, which does not let you use specials until the 'tumble' effect wears off.
or you had the wrong weapon equipped (using rifle specials but equipping a carbine or something of the sort)
meeuki wrote:
has anyone else seen where you were attacked in pvp, autoattack in reply, and then are unable to fire specials? is this a result of a knockdown and lag? (so his client shows me as on the floor, but mine shows me as standing up) or some sort of bug with autoattack? the combat window has me autofiring, but the combat queue clearly is spammed with specials. i don't get any system messages saying "you can't fire that special" or whatever, and I was using a rifle for sure.
so i'm sitting there thinking "what the hell, this guy is buffed to the gills" then i look down and i'm hitting for 40, 56, 71, 65... lol.
I had this happen to me the other night when I was raiding Theed. I could spam AS2, but not any head shots
There were no messages about being delayed. This was server lag. and it sucked