Input Issues Return/Amplified?

Typhoon

Yes, this old thing.

As of the Wednesday patch, I'm now enjoying watching the following while playing MCOC:

1) Getting slapped in the face while trying to parry
2) Standing still while pressing the special button
3) Delays in dashing forward and backwards

If we're going to go through all this again, please let me know so I can hang up my account.

I play on an iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 16.2. This is happening to me in the following game formats:

- Alliance Quest
- Event Quest
- Side Quest
- Battlegrounds
- Alliance War

Thanks...?

BigBlueOx

Yup. To all the above. Mix in even faster AI recovery reaction times and it’s really fun. I love getting hit in the face before the stun icon disappears, or getting paired in the middle of a special ending animation.

Adevati

Noticing a handful of things…

AI recovers a lot faster. Used to be able to punish specials after a dex but now it is extremely risky to get intercepted. Can no longer heavy chain Hulkbuster (or any champ) reliably against the wall. Almost seems like the AI actually moves faster.

Very frequent FPS reductions and visual lag. I’ve had situations where the game literally pauses then jumps ahead about 15-20 frames to catch up.

Ran into the specials button not registering a tap. Happens a lot with Tigra. Dash back, hit special to trigger unblockable. Except she doesn’t throw a special and the AI dashes and slaps me in the face.

Using iPhone 12

Zolobacsi

Yeah, definitely worse. Dexing or even just dashing back is now suicide. Specials which shouldn't reach you do reach you, parry doesn't work 30% of the time luckily completely random and unpredictable, if you throw a spec3, as soon as the video ends opponent already up and throwing an sp or heavy and the AI is holding on sps forever.

xTURKISHx

Or how bout when the defender gets hit by first couple hits of special, but then miraculously blocks the rest of it and punishes me...that one is my favorite...lol

Agent_7

My experience this week:

1. Parries not landing as consistently as usual and getting punished every time.
2. All champs pause for a good two seconds before they auto-dash forward.
3. Oddly, a ton less of the dancing in place, but still happens. Also a ton less randomly released blocks, but still happens.
4. Tendency for defenders to use special attacks seems WAY lower, particularly in EQ/SQ. Baiting impossible in some cases.

I’ve felt all of this to some degree in each game mode. Seems to scale with AI aggressiveness.

DannyB01

All of the above for me also. The bug I’m getting most often is being sucked into a parry when I’m dashing back, as if a ‘long’ input isn’t differentiated from a short one. On the latest iOS here.

Darth_Stewie

I agree with everything here!!!

KennyPL

5. Getting parried in the middle of a heavy.

Odachi

My iPad mini (6th gen 2021) is with the game. The closest thing I have to a problem is if I didn't close the app, say I opened in the morning did some aq then took it to work, the app is still open in the background so when I open it at home you get the timed out screen - then the game play is bad.

So i always force close it and open again, no problems in a single fight of a 4 hour arena grind to waste away the evening

Logan

The good thing is consistency with the same issues. But terrible to have to endure. Push the AI past sp2 and tell them to keep running at you as you try to bait, get you to the corner, you slip, they get sp3 fight over. Oh, and as soon as the power bar fills to 3 bars, the speed at which it activates is incredibly fast, which proves it's designed to behave this way. Not even just a parry problem anymore. I look up to see if they have an unblockable I missed because it happens so often. I can't dex enough to get away from specials that travel reasonably far. The game crashed on me 4x yesterday. I got the wrong end of things bringing in Apoc to the gauntlet, they recognize in my ticket there is an issue but to my knowledge that hasn't been communcatied to the community at large.

Just_Frank2022

Yes to everything mentioned above. I've also noticed when trying to hit my special my attacker will perform a dash attack instead. Also had the AI throw a special while it was still knocked down in BG.

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Renaxqq

Loading icon appears very often and stays for like 5 seconds. After selecting champion for Battlegrounds defense, leveling up or using items on champs. Sometimes game froze for 1-2 seconds during fight.

Just_Frank2022

Lost 2 of my attackers already in AW bc of dropped inputs and abnormal ai behavior (storm throwing sp2 in the middle of my combo)don't even wanna continue for fear of losing my last attacker and feeding kills to the other alliance. This is crazy.

Manup456

My favorite is still when you parry go to heavy and your champ dashes back.

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Typhoon

I’m going to pile onto my own post here, as I just ran into something else. My heavies are getting parried by the AI. This isn’t supposed to happen, with the exception of stand your ground mastery.

Typhoon

Renaxqq said:

Loading icon appears very often and stays for like 5 seconds. After selecting champion for Battlegrounds defense, leveling up or using items on champs. Sometimes game froze for 1-2 seconds during fight.

I’ve seen this too. It’s not the connection interruption symbol, it’s the white spinning one and it prevents me from inputting anywhere on the screen.

Agent_7

Does someone from Kabam want to restart my Arena streak? I CBF to do it at this point. This is out of control.

JoseOk

It’s atrocious in war and AQ. You might get a couple good fights followed by some Barely playable ones. You never know when it will hit. 😞

Tactigon

These issues are out of control and game is unplayable. I’ve stuck through all the ups and downs with controls for last 18months! but this is beyond.

Issue for me mostly seems to be game interpreting a ‘button push’ as a ‘swipe’

1.Try to block/parry - jump backwards
2.Try to heavy - jump backwards or medium attacker stand still
3.Try to hit 4 times into block - get 2 or three hits in and suddenly defender interrupts my attack
4.Interruptions between combo and launching sp attack
These last 2 points is the only thing I can think of is the game assumes my L is a M and ends my combo early.
5. Inability to evade attacks - as if a frame is lost

+ loads of other BS with game crashing freezing and persistent charges bugs. TBH it feels like this game is toast if this type of thing is not even acknowledged.

JoseOk

I don’t know why anyone bothers replying here… they aren’t going to say or do anything to fix anymore. They are glad that we spend items/money. Why do you think they made the AI more difficult even though the inputs weren’t fixed?

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Typhoon

Can we get acknowledgement from a moderator instead of just moving this to “Bugs and Known Issues” to die like we always do?

Renaxqq

Typhoon said:

Renaxqq said:

Loading icon appears very often and stays for like 5 seconds. After selecting champion for Battlegrounds defense, leveling up or using items on champs. Sometimes game froze for 1-2 seconds during fight.

I’ve seen this too. It’s not the connection interruption symbol, it’s the white spinning one and it prevents me from inputting anywhere on the screen.

Exactly! That's the loading icon I was talking about!

Texas_11

Same. It's very costly for me in war. Especially because I accidentally parry with Vaylk and get caught in the corner.

Typhoon

They need to restart the potion compensation.

Fubbie

Having this issue as well

Lestat2499

It’s constant dropped inputs. And just when you think you got it. Bam a 5 combo to the face.

Typhoon

@Kabam Jax it would be greatly appreciated if the team can weigh in here with all of the new input issues players are facing.