Vicious Bug Causing 100% Potency

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/394014/trello-board-weekly-update-list-april-21-25#latest

So genuine question, as this is going to significantly impact a lot of players especially those who have used R4 mats, do you think we’ll be entitled to receive those materials back?

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TotemCorruption

Which champ do you want to take back from R4?

Tristion

I’m in the same boat. Used awakening gem on sinister and used mats to rank 4 him. This is an extreme nerf/fix and I’m going to want my mats back.

Tristion

7star

Envi1

Which champ do you want to take back from R4?

I took Sinister to R4, we’ll see what the damage is after the fix but it isn’t looking great

TotemCorruption

Which champ do you want to take back from R4?
I took Sinister to R4, we’ll see what the damage is after the fix but it isn’t looking great

Whatever damage you're getting with the vicious degen now, divide by half then multiply by 1.3.
So if you're getting 20k vicious degen ticks, it should be 13k with the correct 30% vicious.

Toproller89

I wondered why my Wolverine was doing 3k normal bleeds when he gains the 3 vicious, lol and 6k crit bleeds

Toproller89

Almost got a solo on necro red goblin with him

Toproller89

So how long has this been bugged?

Herbal_Taxman

Well. That sucks.

Ayemeboi

Whatever damage you're getting with the vicious degen now, divide by half then multiply by 1.3.
So if you're getting 20k vicious degen ticks, it should be 13k with the correct 30% vicious.

That's a pretty significant difference. I guess that sinister at R4 would still be halfway decent on defense but it really takes down his offensive value. Not saying I would expect them to do anything but I would most definitely rank him down and rank someone else if they offered it as an option due to this mistake.

TP33

Yeah in my view Rank Down tickets are needed here, the champs were all bugged, Okoye, Sinister and Scream are all being ranked up for their offensive value and damage, they drop this news after a big event comes out where people were able to purchase and rank up these champions.

This seems like either nefarious activity, or (giving the benefit of the doubt) simple oversight mixed with poor timing. If the latter were true I’m sure kabam would be happy to give summoners back Rank Down Tickets (as they did with Mole Man and others in the past), if they don’t do this the community has reasonable grounds to assume the worst. Real shame this has to happen just after kabam has rebuilt some goodwill amongst the community.

TotemCorruption

Whatever damage you're getting with the vicious degen now, divide by half then multiply by 1.3.
So if you're getting 20k vicious degen ticks, it should be 13k with the correct 30% vicious.
That's a pretty significant difference. I guess that sinister at R4 would still be halfway decent on defense but it really takes down his offensive value. Not saying I would expect them to do anything but I would most definitely rank him down and rank someone else if they offered it as an option due to this mistake.

I R4'd him today and have no regrets; but obviously I understand if others feel differently.
In my opinion this would take him from "insanely broken" to "merely one of the best."
But yeah, if someone R4'd him over like Onslaught or Jean based on this vicious bug, then I understand being upset.
I think he probably needs to be awakened and close to max sig to justify an R4 over those two if the vicious gets fixed.

Almccarthy

Whatever damage you're getting with the vicious degen now, divide by half then multiply by 1.3.
So if you're getting 20k vicious degen ticks, it should be 13k with the correct 30% vicious.
That's a pretty significant difference. I guess that sinister at R4 would still be halfway decent on defense but it really takes down his offensive value. Not saying I would expect them to do anything but I would most definitely rank him down and rank someone else if they offered it as an option due to this mistake.
I R4'd him today and have no regrets; but obviously I understand if others feel differently.
In my opinion this would take him from "insanely broken" to "merely one of the best."
But yeah, if someone R4'd him over like Onslaught or Jean based on this vicious bug, then I understand being upset.
I think he probably needs to be awakened and close to max sig to justify an R4 over those two if the vicious gets fixed.

He's not insanly broken though, hes slow on attack in bgs due to inequity and on defence there are plenty of champs that counter him. So if he has always been bugged then hes pretty much useless in bgs as his damage is almost halved

Herbal_Taxman

Yeah, that’s the question. Is this new or is it an Ironheart situation? Oops this has been completely wrong all along, sorry summoners.

Embarrassing for them if that’s the case. And extremely frustrating for those of us who ranked these champs based on their performance that we didn’t know was wrong.

TotemCorruption

Whatever damage you're getting with the vicious degen now, divide by half then multiply by 1.3.
So if you're getting 20k vicious degen ticks, it should be 13k with the correct 30% vicious.
That's a pretty significant difference. I guess that sinister at R4 would still be halfway decent on defense but it really takes down his offensive value. Not saying I would expect them to do anything but I would most definitely rank him down and rank someone else if they offered it as an option due to this mistake.
I R4'd him today and have no regrets; but obviously I understand if others feel differently.
In my opinion this would take him from "insanely broken" to "merely one of the best."
But yeah, if someone R4'd him over like Onslaught or Jean based on this vicious bug, then I understand being upset.
I think he probably needs to be awakened and close to max sig to justify an R4 over those two if the vicious gets fixed.
He's not insanly broken though, hes slow on attack in bgs due to inequity and on defence there are plenty of champs that counter him. So if he has always been bugged then hes pretty much useless in bgs as his damage is almost halved

Yeah, like I said, I'm not going to argue with anyone who wants their R4 mats back. It makes sense.
I will just add though that his science regen is also broken and not working. So they just better fix that too at the same time as they fix the vicious...

Average_Desi

So how long has this been bugged?

April lol

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TotemCorruption

PSA: if you haven't done the Masterful Mutants challenge with him yet, now is the time:

ViperOfChampion

PSA: if you haven't done the Masterful Mutants challenge with him yet, now is the time:

team pls, I wanna do it, does a r3 sinister(unduped) suffice?

Ourobøros

It's not like they are changing the champs, they are just fixing a bug, I don't see why everyone's talking about rank down tickets

ViperOfChampion

It's not like they are changing the champs, they are just fixing a bug, I don't see why everyone's talking about rank down tickets

cause some of us ranked sinister for this fact, now, he may do even less damage, down to the fact that it is underwhelming. This may have cause people to rank someone else, like onslaught who deosn't have any vicious in his kit. But I feel like this ticket should only apply to those who ranked sinister during this month,as it only applies to the 50.0 update

MrSakuragi

So how long has this been bugged?

Only since the 50.0 update

Buttehrs

It's not like they are changing the champs, they are just fixing a bug, I don't see why everyone's talking about rank down tickets
cause some of us ranked sinister for this fact, now, he may do even less damage, down to the fact that it is underwhelming. This may have cause people to rank someone else, like onslaught who deosn't have any vicious in his kit. But I feel like this ticket should only apply to those who ranked sinister during this month,as it only applies to the 50.0 update

People who rank champs to simply take advantage of a known bug don't deserve tank down tickets. They don't deserve anything at all.

ViperOfChampion

It's not like they are changing the champs, they are just fixing a bug, I don't see why everyone's talking about rank down tickets
cause some of us ranked sinister for this fact, now, he may do even less damage, down to the fact that it is underwhelming. This may have cause people to rank someone else, like onslaught who deosn't have any vicious in his kit. But I feel like this ticket should only apply to those who ranked sinister during this month,as it only applies to the 50.0 update
People who rank champs to simply take advantage of a known bug don't deserve tank down tickets. They don't deserve anything at all.

hey, I ain't part of this as I ranked my sinister all the way in februrary

zuffy

Am I missing something here? This vicious bug started with latest version 50. Sinister was great before v50 and if the fix is back to before v50, what is the problem?

spiderknight616

Am I missing something here? This vicious bug started with latest version 50. Sinister was great before v50 and if the fix is back to before v50, what is the problem?

Yeah, if it had been a persistent bug for a while it would have made sense to issue RDTs. But if it's only been there for a month or so then no need

ViperOfChampion

Am I missing something here? This vicious bug started with latest version 50. Sinister was great before v50 and if the fix is back to before v50, what is the problem?

this is for the people who specifically r4ed sinister in April, that is the monly concern here

captain_rogers

Well guess who was my first r4? Obviously.

Abspain101

I’m in the same boat. Used awakening gem on sinister and used mats to rank 4 him. This is an extreme nerf/fix and I’m going to want my mats back.

This bug was only for a month sinister was hitting like a truck before this bug so he will still be hitting like a bug after

Herbal_Taxman

I think the frustration (for me, at least) is more with Okoye. This will be their third “fix” being made to the champ, all of which have made her measurably worse.

Will she still be a cool champ, yes. But they shouldn’t have these disconnects between the design intent and the champ they actually ship.