AW node bug new map - psychic Thorns
MirageNoir
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So I just took lane 3 in the new tier 1 AW map and BWs signature ability does not work against “psychic thorns”. How’s that even possible? She works against any Thorns damage so far and it doesn’t explain anywhere in the node description that ability reduction does not prevent this Thorns damage.
On top when using Void, he doesn’t heal back from using his SP1 even though it is non contact and node description mentions non contact attacks heal for 50% of damage done.
And sure thing Kabam support will give me potions back I used as they are always so helpful.
You should make sure you either a) explain nodes correctly or b) make sure they work properly before releasing new content, but this is just another example of tricking players into using potions.
On top when using Void, he doesn’t heal back from using his SP1 even though it is non contact and node description mentions non contact attacks heal for 50% of damage done.
And sure thing Kabam support will give me potions back I used as they are always so helpful.
You should make sure you either a) explain nodes correctly or b) make sure they work properly before releasing new content, but this is just another example of tricking players into using potions.
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This is the node description. If also OR doesn’t work and also Yondu doesn’t work then the node is bugged. Kabam pls return any potion use to everyone who dies due to that bug.
Could we get clarification?
Psychic thorns work exactly like the regular thorns node. Medium and lights that deal energy damage do not receive thorns damage eg Magneto SymSup. However, this does not heal as it is still a “contact hit” where the attacker makes contact but deals energy damage instead of physical.
Physical attacks will receive the thorns damage. Take OR for example. His medium, light and specials all deal physical damage, hence will take damage from Psychic Thorns. From the looks of it, OR seems to able to avoid damage from “Physical Thorns” (eg Korg) because the tentacles don’t take thorns damage, but against Psychic Thorns he still does because he deals physical damage.
Now that what constitutes as a “contact hit” has been established, what are the “non contact hits” that heal?
Simple. Non contact hits are, in general, projectiles, for example, Blade’s sp1/2 Shurikens/Bullets, War Machine’s full sp1, Iron Man’s sp1/2 etc, anything that is thrown or fired.
Hope this helps. Cheers.
It is not ok to have players test and spend potions and units on it just because the explanation of the mechanic of the node is sloppy. If Things that have always worked against thorns so far suddenly become obsolete then it has to be mentioned. Or it is a bug, which means that then people should be awarded back any item they had to use.
In any case: this whole experiment because nodes aren’t properly explained part is a major concern about new content being released.
DS doesn't take damage from Korg because Korg explicitly doesn't deal thorn damage to attacks that deal energy damage, not because it's non-contact. Perhaps you should pay more attention to abilities before calling out other people.
If we were to be very technical about it, Psychic thorns isn’t an “enemy ability”, it’s a node.
When planning for this path I kinda expected OR to be unable to bypass it so I had my alliance’s Quakes and SymSups handle that path.
And just adding if nodes are not abilities as it is mentioned in descriptions, how come eg BW signature ability works against the node spiked armor but not psychic thorns? Again, it’s about consistency. Kabam cannot simply choose to make it work on one node, but not on another and expect people to find out by trial error.
Psychic Thorns seem to work differently from normal "Physical" Thorns as it considers all regular, non-projectile hits as "Contact" hits.
Although OR reduces damage from regular Thorns and Spiked Armor as they deal physical damage, as explicitly stated in their node descriptions, he takes Psychic (my guess it's Energy) damage from Psychic Thorns that the tentacles do not remove.
A way to test this is to use a Bishop against that node and see whether he takes lesser damage from Psychic Thorns.