Dual-Blades scrapper: Empower combo does nothing

[RikOz]

I have been thinking for some time now that the "Empower" combo is not functioning on my Dual Blades scrapper. Since I also have a DB brute , I noticed a while back that, when I use the Blinding Feint attack (the Empower combo finisher), my brute gets a "Build Up" animation, but my scrapper does not. That prompted me to look more closely at my DB scrapper.

 

Here is a portion of my scrapper's most recent combat log, where she is performing the Empower combo. The combo attacks are shown in bold:

 

[22:54] You hit Storm Shaman with your Power Slice for 58.03 points of Lethal damage over time.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shaman with your Power Slice for 58.03 points of Lethal damage over time.
[22:54] Storm Shaman MISSES! Lightning Bolt power had a 21.24% chance to hit, but rolled a 92.65.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shaman with your Power Slice for 58.03 points of Lethal damage over time.
[22:54] You activated the Nimble Slash power.
[22:54] HIT Storm Shaman! Your Nimble Slash power had a 95.00% chance to hit, you rolled a 56.15.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shaman with your Nimble Slash for 126.06 points of Lethal damage [CRITICAL].
[22:54] You gain 4,168 experience and 1,945 influence.
[22:54] You received 500 Psychic Incarnate experience for your Lore slot.
[22:54] You received 500 Physical Incarnate experience for your Destiny slot.
[22:54] Storm Shamaness MISSES! Lightning Bolt power had a 28.74% chance to hit, but rolled a 84.23.
[22:54] Power Slice is recharged.
[22:54] Nimble Slash is recharged.
[22:54] You're too far away to use Ablating Strike.
[22:54] You activated the Ablating Strike power.
[22:54] HIT Storm Shamaness! Your Ablating Strike power had a 95.00% chance to hit, you rolled a 37.96.
[22:54] Typhoon's Edge is recharged.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Ablating Strike for 152.46 points of Lethal damage [CRITICAL].
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Ablating Strike for 78.13 points of Lethal damage over time.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Ablating Strike for 78.13 points of Lethal damage over time.
[22:54] You activated the Blinding Feint power.
[22:54] Your Blinding Feint attack has increased your attack and damage for a short duration.
[22:54] HIT Storm Shamaness! Your Blinding Feint power had a 95.00% chance to hit, you rolled a 76.79.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Blinding Feint for 116.7 points of Lethal damage.
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Blinding Feint for 116.7 points of Lethal damage [CRITICAL].
[22:54] You hit Storm Shamaness with your Mako's Bite: Chance for Lethal Damage for 73.53 points of Lethal damage.

 

Notice that she receives the buffs inherent in the Blinding Feint power, but there's nothing here about the Empower combo.

 

So, I logged in my DB brute to see what happens with her. Here is the last bit of her combat log, after completing the combo:

 

[23:07] You hit Penumbra Elite Adjutant with your Blinding Feint for 58.47 points of Lethal damage.
[23:07] Power Slice is recharged.
[23:07] Your Empower combo further improves your damage and To Hit for your next few attacks!

 

The bold, colored text shows the brute Empower combo's buffs activating. This text is completely absent from the scrapper's log.

 

The "POWER UP!" text flashes on-screen when the scrapper performs the combo, but according to the log, she's not actually getting the benefit of the combo.

 

This would seem to be a major issue for DB scrappers.

[itaalh]

What does your in-game damage/to-hit stats say ?

 

(power->combat attributes)

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by itaalh

[RikOz]

On 5/16/2020 at 4:04 AM, itaalh said:

What does your in-game damage/to-hit stats say ?

 

(power->combat attributes)

 

What exact info are you asking for? In the Combat Attributes window I have this:

 

To Hit Bonus: 82.39%

 

Damage Bonus: 18.50%

 

But that's just standing there, not in combat.

[itaalh]

19 minutes ago, RikOz said:

What exact info are you asking for? In the Combat Attributes window I have this:

 

To Hit Bonus: 82.39%

 

Damage Bonus: 18.50%

 

But that's just standing there, not in combat.

What does it say after your combo.

does it increase with your scrapper ?

Edited May 18, 2020 by itaalh

[RikOz]

Okay, here's the out-of-combat:

 

In combat, after using Blinding Feint as the opening strike, so just the bonuses from BF:

 

And, finally, from a different combat, after completing the Empower combo:

 

So it would appear that my scrapper is actually getting the Empower bonuses.

 

The actual bug, then, is that it is not being recorded in the combat log for some reason.