Interaction of "Stance"-type buffs and the Dueling circle retaining its PVP stats.

[AdamFyi]

Date & Time:
4/18/2017 4:01AM GMT

Frequency:
State how frequently the issue occurs. Please select from the following.
Always

Class/Level:
Class and Level of your character when the issue occurred.
At least a Dark Knight at level 30.

Party or Solo:
Both can work; you just need a second player to request and start a duel.

Area and Coordinates:
The Dueling Circle, The Wolves' Den.

Steps:
Detailed steps on how the issue occurred.

1. Have two players enter the Dueling Circle. Either one or both must be a Dark Knight.
2. Have one of the players request a duel.
3. When the duel starts, have the Dark Knight activate the ability Darkside.
4. End the duel by running out of the arena. It doesn't seem to matter which person runs out of the arena.
5. The Darkside buff should be retained with the PVP stats intact.

The Darkside buff that is retained will have the same values as the PvP buff where the damage boost is 20% instead of 15%, and the MP drain is reduced. The buff itself is not fundemantally different; just the values of the damage boost and MP drain differ. It will retain the PvP values even after moving to different zones or entering a dungeon through the Duty Finder, such as the level 60 dungeons, as long as the buff itself doesn't get removed due to level sync. The buff will remain active until the user runs out of MP in which it will get removed. Reactivating Darkside when the glitched buff is removed will return its stats to the normal PvE values.