Red_Tanya Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 From the RSOF, Quick find code: 15-16-921-60512457 Hi Everyone, We have received numerous reports from players that there was a bug with the Ancients spell - Ice Blitz. <--- EDIT, she meant "Ice Burst" After careful investigation, a bug was found which meant that this particular spell was not behaving like the other ice spells in the range, making it particularly overpowered in PvP. This has been in the game for quite a long time and we are aware that many players will assume that it was behaving as expected. This was not the case however, and we have fixed this bug for consistency. Due to the legacy aspect of this bug, no action will be taken against any players, who may have used this to their benefit in the past. Kind regards, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mod Vicki - RuneScape QA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people."-George W. Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecakoto Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 You are fast! o.O Anyways, what exactly was changed? The delay between casting and damage? The challenge of a mistake is not to avoid it. The challenge of a mistake is dealing with the outcome. Proud of who I am and what I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinII Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Huh? So Ice Blitz is no longer a delayed-damage spell? Oh well I can still double cast with 2 barrage spells, so I'm fine. Sucks for rushers I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plagues Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Mod Vicki changed it to ice burst on the forums. What was wrong with ice burst lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la la la Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 It really seems like she meant ice blitz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezz Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Aww, that was one of the special things with Magic in pvp. EDIT: NVM, missunderstood what the bug was :blink: [insert birds flying in a circle here]Yes, that sig was annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonni Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 pretty sure it was ice burst that had a bug, not blitz dedicate your idle computer power to a scientific project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachtwoord Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Anyone knows what the bug was? When everything's been said and done, more has been said than done.All skills 80+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNiceOk Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Anyone knows what the bug was? Since it's fixed I see no harm in saying what the bug was. Normally ice spells freeze for a set amount of time, Eg. Ice barrage freezes for 20 seconds. After that 20 seconds is up there is a 5 second "freedom" time where the opponent cannot be frozen. This is to prevent a player from being held forever without the chance to move. The bug on ice bust was just that. Unlike the other ice spells, for ice burst there was no "freedom" time after the holding spell timer ran out. Because of that players could ice burst, hit 4 times with a speed 6 weapon (karils x-bow being the most common) and then burst again without the opponent even being given a chance to move. The only way the opponent could move is if you splashed. That's what was changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollyc3 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Gj jagex 2376/2376 total achieved - May 2009 Retired Dec 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3hitm4g3u Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Anyone knows what the bug was? Since it's fixed I see no harm in saying what the bug was. Normally ice spells freeze for a set amount of time, Eg. Ice barrage freezes for 20 seconds. After that 20 seconds is up there is a 5 second "freedom" time where the opponent cannot be frozen. This is to prevent a player from being held forever without the chance to move. The bug on ice bust was just that. Unlike the other ice spells, for ice burst there was no "freedom" time after the holding spell timer ran out. Because of that players could ice burst, hit 4 times with a speed 6 weapon (karils x-bow being the most common) and then burst again without the opponent even being given a chance to move. The only way the opponent could move is if you splashed. That's what was changed. For example : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggiwhplar Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Did it only work if you'd ice burst then use a different attack until the timer ran out? I don't recall people autocasting with ice burst and holding people forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assume Nothing Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Did it only work if you'd ice burst then use a different attack until the timer ran out? I don't recall people autocasting with ice burst and holding people foreverHappened to me multiple times, they use a msb/karil's xbow then burst to lock the freeze forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajutze Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 (Since I do not know where to ask ... and it happened after the system update .. which I think was connected with the Ice Burst fix)"RUNESCAPE HAS BEEN UPDATED! PLEASE RELOAD THIS PAGE." Soooo how many times do I have to reload the ********* page =/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzioido Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 anyone having trouble logging back in? Rs updated itself, but still tells me that the game has been updated, reload the page. Tried that several times to no avail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthenorius Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Same problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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