A3S Swaps Occasionaly Fail

[dejavutwo]

My group has been working on A3S and one of the issues we occasionally run into is that the mechanics occasionally fail due to lag/server ticks. Its not common, but is an annoyance.

There have been multiple instances we ran into where debuffs would fail to swap or the tanks would be unable to pick up tethers despite standing in them. This isn't a case of not being there in time or accidentally swapping debuffs too early, but the mechanic failing to register entirely.

[Nghthawk]

is the person on the receiving end stationary as you are next to each other or moving around try to take it? We have found that when both are moving the tether doesn't transfer most of the time.

[Maikeru]

We have the tethered person standing still. They will only move away from the center, but staying in the same position so the server's response don't mess with that mechanic. We do the same with the debuff, actually, we make the debuffed person or the person who's getting the debuff to stand still. You have plenty of time to receive it/transfer it.

[Amantisa]

That's a thing I found even on Ravana EX. When passing prey was too common to see a big fail if the person with it and the person going to get it were moving. Once one of them stop for a second it's passed.
But the topic kinda sounds like that at least one person there is staying still . Correct me if I'm wrong!

[CosmicKirby]

Yeah, the best method is to have both players stop moving on top of eachother for a moment. Failing that, have the person getting the tether taken away to stand still. The server has to tick to actually transfer the tether, and sometimes the server will screw you over, sadly.

[eagledorf]

Yes, I've had this problem as well. It wasn't a problem in T13 so it's something to do with how they've done A3 specifically where apparently it won't pass until the tick.

You'll have to arrange yourselves so that the tanks have like 3 seconds in the tether if you want this to never happen. It's not hard at all, but...an annoyance.

[dejavutwo]

For both mechanics we do have one player standing still. For the debuffs, its the person with the debuff that remains stationary while someone runs to pick it up, and with tethers, the healer/dps moves to the outside and stands still. Despite that, it occasionally happens where the person trying to pick it up will run into the other person/tether and stand there for about a second and it will still fail to swap.

[SpookyGhost]

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[Frostei]

[Elim]

LMAO

This happened to my group a few times while progressing the tornado phase. Now we always have the DPS/heals stand still.


And I had an odd experience with digititis once. Someone swapped digititis with me from pretty much the opposite side of the map. Turns out he was lagging, so he was teleporting on my screen. lol