NPC's in The Maw bugged/too easy [f]

[Cliff Worthington]

Apparently NPCs are bugged or something, since its suppose to be impossible for my character to kill Marrow Wurms and stuff.

[Caligrace]

A little more information for the devs:

Four days ago, Sawyer was getting her *** handed to her. She literally couldn't kill a thing in there - abomination, deep dweller or wurm.

She hasn't leveled, nothing has changed, and I took her back in there our of sheer boredom, and now she's dropping abominations and deep dwellers like they're nothing. She killed two things of energy worth without any issue.

Last week - a group of us tried - all way higher level than Sawyer - and couldn't take down an abomination.

Considering the entire point of the maw is to keep it difficult for the higher characters with teams --- I'm going to say a level 53 shouldn't be able to beat anything in there with that much ease suddenly.

Adding onto this:

Tested it with a level 45 vampire, Raegan. Same thing - cutting through them like they're nothing more than paper. So, something definitely seems to be up.

[Tierney]

It looked like to me when I tested it that the maw characters aren’t using powers in their fights?

ETA: Tierney is a level 39 sorcerer with low powers for the devs for comparison. She has next to minimum stats for MA, but is maxed in FA. If needed be, please remove the exp gained from my account as I wouldn’t want it to be abuse. <3

[Caligrace]

If needed be, please remove the exp gained from my account as I wouldn’t want it to be abuse. <3

Same for any exp gained on Sawyer and Raegan from Maw testing.

[Caligrace]

Camden, level 12 pureblood vampire, who loses to zombies on the regular in the QZ and who has barely anything in ways of stats...

Killed a Theodosian Mooncalf in The Maw.

--- And then turned right around, left the Maw, and got her *** handed to her by a zombie again.


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It does look like it's affecting more of the NPC's? The Wendigo Spirit didn't use powers against Raegan - still kicked her ***, but it didn't do anything but rip open her leg over and over.

The Loup and wights from Tomkin reacted normally, though - they attacked her, and she was able to defeat them, which she's been able to do since they were introduced.

[Cliff Worthington]

Pretty sure its all npcs

Cliff Worthington VS Wight
Still hiding behind cover, Cliff Worthington reached around the edge of it with his gun and fired a series of blind shots in the general direction of his enemy.
The wight was knocked backwards as a bullet hit him in the chest, narrowly missing his heart!
Cliff Worthington roared and leapt at the wight, unleashing multiple rounds.
The wight was knocked backwards as a bullet hit him in the chest, narrowly missing his heart!
Cliff Worthington leaned tight against a wall, moved into the open to fire two shots, and then ducked back into cover again.
Several bullets hit the wight in the stomach and side!
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the wight through the stomach.
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the wight through the stomach.
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the wight through the stomach.
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the wight through the stomach.
The wight is dead.
Cliff Worthington gains 136 exp!
Cliff Worthington also took an item (Handgun Action, quality 8)
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Cliff Worthington VS Loupgarou
Guns blazing, the loupgarou moved directly towards Cliff Worthington`s position.
The loupgarou`s bullets missed.
Cliff Worthington waited just long enough for the loupgarou`s concentration to waver, and then stepped out of cover, firing a spread of bullets as he backtracked to the next wall.
Several bullets hit the loupgarou in the stomach and side!
The loupgarou stepped out of cover, stared down the gun sight, and fired multiple shots at Cliff Worthington.
Cliff Worthington stepped behind a wall just in time as the spread of bullets stormed past.
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the loupgarou through the stomach.
The loupgarou glanced around the wall, biding his time.
The loupgarou roared and leapt at Cliff Worthington, unleashing multiple rounds.
But every shot was well wide of its mark.
Cliff Worthington countered with an attack of his own!
The loupgarou was knocked backwards as a bullet hit him in the chest, narrowly missing his heart!
The loupgarou stepped out of cover, stared down the gun sight, and fired multiple shots at Cliff Worthington.
Cliff Worthington ducked low, narrowly avoiding the storm of bullets.
Cliff Worthington waited just long enough for the loupgarou`s concentration to waver, and then stepped out of cover, firing a spread of bullets as he backtracked to the next wall.
Several bullets caught the loupgarou in the face!
Cliff Worthington raised his arms and the shadows came to life!
It materialised out of the shade and formed into black blades of darkness. Without a sound, it skewered the loupgarou through the stomach.
The loupgarou stepped out of cover, stared down the gun sight, and fired multiple shots at Cliff Worthington.
Cliff Worthington`s leg buckled as a bullet pierced it!
Cliff Worthington waited just long enough for the loupgarou`s concentration to waver, and then stepped out of cover, firing a spread of bullets as he backtracked to the next wall.
The loupgarou was knocked backwards as a bullet hit him in the chest, narrowly missing his heart!
The loupgarou stepped out of cover and emptied a whole clip at his target.
The bullets ricocheted off the surroundings as Cliff Worthington ducked for cover.
The loupgarou stepped out of cover, stared down the gun sight, and fired multiple shots at Cliff Worthington.
The bullets skimmed Cliff Worthington`s flesh, grazing them and drawing blood but not causing any real or lasting harm.
Guns blazing, Cliff Worthington moved directly towards the loupgarou`s position.
Several bullets caught the loupgarou in the face!
The loupgarou is dead.
Cliff Worthington gains 133 exp!
Cliff Worthington also took an item (Enchanted Bone)

[Charlie]

(Side note)

Charlie and Raegan attempted a Wurm as a team and lost, but before that the entire grid lagged as soon as Charlie stepped into the square where NPC and Raegan were. It was impossible to reload. Couldn't load logout.php or /switchcharacter.php?switch= either. Chat's stalled as well. Forum was fine. Had to close browser to get through it.

That said, alone, Charlie couldn't take out a Wurm.
She did take out abomination and deep dweller barely breaking a sweat.
...she's only 47.

Edit: It either was triggered by the NPC cage update, or there's code tinkering going on backstage as you guys test the November choice winning thing. Those are the only two things that relate to NPCs |:

[Cliff Worthington]

I believe this bug is caused by the same thing that messed up our energy/anima thing and that we fixed by checking our character sheets to refesh it.

[Sean]

Sean is a level 10 and he killed an abomination. I would tend to agree with everyone, something is very wrong.

[Mooncalf]

Looking into it guys. So some NPCs are way harder than they should be, and some are waaaay easier, but it seems to be affecting almost all NPCs right?

I believe this bug is caused by the same thing that messed up our energy/anima thing and that we fixed by checking our character sheets to refesh it.

This might be true. I'm not sure what screwed up the stats, but try hitting the CS page and seeing if that fixes anything.