Phoebe and the Heart of Ekkunar Discussion

…Thrall Gunner last time I Pendles over there and both of those thrall can jump to huge heights without a jump-pad.
They do it in OPs, especially Montana, and on The Sentenal.

I haven’t had the disappearing boss yet, but I have had the teleporting-and-getting-stuck-inside-the-power-core-room glitch. I’ve also had a bunch of up to four thralls get stuck in their spawn area high up above the entrance.

And then @Jythri there’s this amazing enemy AI glitch, which I haven’t seen before: things were getting pretty intense, so I popped Oscar Mike’s cloak. As I threaded my way to a safe spot, I caught sight of this thrall who apparently was also finding things a bit much. I thought he’d stop at the edge so I prepped my grenade but “Nope nope nope…”:

May I respectfully request that this specific glitch not be fixed unless it’s connected to some game-shattering bug, on account of it being too funny?

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Oooh, that’s rather interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, I’m not convinced that platform is merely to give a Brute a jump pad to jump down. Why not just spawn the Brute on the platform he jumps to in the first place? And none of the enemies require jump pads to travel vertically. Even Brutes can path to extremely far platforms above and below them.

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It’s Monday, work week started, Where are the people working on Battleborn to tell the masses that the issues with this OPs is being worked on/were worked on/won’t be able to be worked on?

We NEED answers! (Royal “we” of course).

  1. Will the issue with the boss disappearing be fixed? Or was it fixed already (hasn’t happened to me since that one time…).

  2. Will the issue with the boss getting stuck be fixed? (I don’t care much about this one, since it technically makes things easier).

  3. WILL THE OPS POINT ISSUE BE FIXED??!?!?! Better question is, Is it an issue to begin with OR did the designer of this OPs do a good job at really really hiding an ops point? IF IT IS A PROBLEM IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.

I will once again ping @JoeKGBX and @Jythri to see if we can get some formal acknowledgement of these issues. Weekend is over guys, drink your coffee, eat your gummies, and handle the angry mob (not really angry or mobbish) swinging their pitchforks (not really pitchforks, more likely just a wagging finger) about to tear down GBX headquarters for answers!

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None of those were fixed as far as I’ve seen

Haven’t seen this glitch mentioned yet, but the “Kill 6 Varelsi in 45 seconds” side quest in the elevator area didn’t record correctly for me the last time I played.

My friend and I destroyed them all in about 35 seconds but the game didn’t recognize at least two of the kills (I think there were 7 of them total running around), so we “failed” the side quest even though we fulfilled the requirements.

Because of this, the max ops points we could achieve on that run was 85 (enough to get the second skin!); however, due to the ops chest bug mentioned multiple times above, that last ops point chest didn’t spawn and we only ended up with 84 ops points and missed out on those second skins (and we searched and searched and searched).

I was so disheartened by all of this I haven’t picked up the game since (2 days and counting).

Eagerly waiting for Gearbox :wink:

Someone on reddit found the missing point. :slight_smile:

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Oh wow, that’s even better than the one in TFR partially buried in the floor just past the elevator.

Here’s one of the two videos from that post:

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facepalm

I hate whoever made the conscious decision to put that there (if intentional). I really do.

One of the comments in the Reddit thread suggests it’s not hidden, but that the model+texture is completely missing for some reason (even though the object is actually there). Also noted that @Jythri has seen the videos and added it to the bug queue.

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Funny thing is that I had the same thought when I was looking for it all crazy-like. I was going around attacking thin air just in case the item was “invisible”, I guess I either missed it during my rampages or didn’t see the burst of bonus score if I did get it lol

It’s a rather annoying bug though. I’ve had about 3-5 runs ruined because of it at 99 ops points. I know some have had more than 5 runs ruined, so yeah. Glad to know it’s been addressed.

Although the Dev addressing it on Reddit, them addressing any issue ONLY on reddit, makes me upset. These are the OFFICIAL forums, they should respond here FIRST if anything concerning any issue bugs being expressed here. It’s not like Reddit was the only place where the bug was discussed, it’s been here since like day 1 (or 2) of the OPs release.

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Some things are adressed here first, some are adressed on reddit, some on twitter. Honestly, I’m happy to get some feedback somewhere. :slight_smile:

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Agreed, I’m just hung up on Semantics that’s all. lol

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Seeing the difference between Grant’s posts here and there drive me up the wall. So many more and specifics on Reddit. Especially considering this should be the main avenue, considering the larger traffic and it actually being official

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yeah, It just bothers me that the so called OFFICIAL place for this game’s discussion is not being utilized as such and I have to deal with “Reddit” this and “Reddit” that when I just don’t frequent that site for my BB news.

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The boss teleporting into the chambers is actually another gamebreaking bug that will cause you to lose all progress and restart.

It looks good if it’s on Phase 2, since he is facing the other way and stuck on the generator you just destroyed. He will not fight back; he will take full damage; and it becomes #iaminvinciblekeklolftwbbq.

This is not the case when it’s Phase 3.

On Phase 3, the boss teleports to the entrance of the cave to the 3rd generator, effectively body blocking the passage. Only 2 of the 30 characters can bypass this: Phoebe and ISIC. Maybe Caldarius if you use his ultimate to fly behind the boss, assuming the boss is positioned enough for a gap for you to land behind. If not, then Caldarius is screwed too.

If you’re playing with the other remaining 28/30 characters, your entire progress is halted. The boss cannot be moved and killed, and it becomes impossible to reach the 3rd generator, leading you with another unfinishable mission.

That’s 3 gamebreaking bugs that totally screws progress.

What in the hell.

Is there going to be bug number 4 soon?

I think there will be.

Because of course there f**king is.

Mine was on the way to the second power generator, but he wasn’t stuck on the generator at all. He was actually stuck on a rock spike at the first area up from the (now open) door. Same effect though - he couldn’t move and couldn’t turn, so definitely easy mode.

All of which makes me think that it’s the result of some weird repositioning bug after a collision following one of his many leaping attacks.

I’ve frequently found him waiting near the entrance on my way out of the third generator room, although I’ve never had him block the whole thing.

My game last night, the final one before I went to bed, it was body blocking the entire cave. I had 2 other Phoebes on my team, so we still cleared it.

It doesn’t make the situation any better if it can potentially screw your entire mission because you didn’t play characters that can, oh I don’t know, teleport.

It’s like the Sentinel back then, where if you had Reyna on your team when that glitch hit, the mission could be completed as normal. If not, then, well, f**k you is what happens then.

I only played this thing 29 times, and I already saw all 3 gamebreaking glitches. I’m sure there are more on the way, because of course there will be. Misery never comes once.

If you have been more fortunate than I have been, see it as a blessing. You’re an exception.