Beware of degrading armor bug

I'm posting this merely to warn folks who may be affected by a bug that obviously hasn't been fixed yet.

If you have noticed your armor degrading quickly, beware and make sure you're not affected by the degrading armor bug.

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...oss-just-from-logging-out-and-back-in.111797/

I saw the bug report when it was posted on March 2nd and thought nothing of it, assuming it would be fixed immediately.

This week my armor, wands, ring and necklace all started to break. Even add-on store gear that I wear just around town (not to adventure with) started to lose durability. So yesterday I changed into a looted red dress before logging out and sure enough, it degrades every time I log on.

I logged on, took a screenshot, logged off, then logged on and took another screenshot. The dress had degraded from 25/99 to 20/98 just from logging off and back on.

 

I was kind of wondering about this, but assumed I just hadn't noticed that my gear was trashed before logging.

 

I thought the durability hits weren't taking affect until then... sad

 

All those skulls in Rift’s End Tavern is a mad about their death! I think Rift’s End is the source of the evil problem of item decay when you log on and log off.

I will keep my skull in Dara Brae where it is safe.

** This is a joke and no way is Rift’s End responsible, but you never know about those 1,000 skulls they have if the skulls are mad and taking some sort of revenge.

 

They really needed to push out a patch for this when they confirmed it.. this is very disappointing.

 

@Alley Oop
Someone told me that and I thought he was making a joke at my expense.

@Berek If committing in-game suicide is the solution, the Devs should inform all avatars about it and not just hold their tongues while people are losing their hard-earned equipment.

 

it's not a joke. what's happening, from the bits i've overheard, is you're getting hit with the penalty that hits people when they leave a scene when dead, but it's not resetting once it's done, so it will hit EVERY new sceneload. die (in town, for no decay) and get rezzed. ...and don't leave scenes as a ghost!

 

This needs to be fixed as soon as possible, especially with release next week .... ugggh

 

I suspect that the crafters of New Brittania have a hand in this!

 

LOL

 

Even more reason for the Devs to be transparent about this!

 

Does this affect every piece you wear, or just the chest piece? It would be awful for this bug to hit artifacts...

So if you have no rezzer, you are out of luck and get degraded armor? And this damage, tho seemingly temporary until rezzed, is it permanent if you let yourself get hit by it a few times?

I admit, I don't wanna test it... and Port needs to warn everyone properly. @Berek

 

i didn't say get rezzed by a person. an ankh will work fine. just don't attempt to bypass rezzing by leaving the scene.

 

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/bug-equipment-durability-loss.113107/

A new official statement has been posted. We are aware of this issue and have a fix ready to roll out with Release 52. We apologize for any inconvenience that may have occurred while this bug has been present.

The post confirms that purposeful death and resurrection in any way OTHER than zoning will fix players already in this state.

 

I have heard that it even affects equipped crafting tools. (assuming you aren't using Artisan or Prosperity tools, of course)

Even when this bug is fixed, you should never leave a scene without at least getting an ankh rez.

 

Pure laziness that a hot fix was not released. This is something that always bugged me about the Dev team, how they would let game breaking/ serious bugs go until the next end of month patch. You make some hot fixes after every patch why not continue that throughout the month. It boggles my mind.