Power Performing Differnetly than Described

[Arisara]

Vicious Slash is described as having a secondary effect of Knockdown. The power is knocking back instead. I've planned the build for the Knockdown displayed. The character having the power now requires a full rework to fit a different enhancement set or an addition to contain something providing Knockback to Knockdown. I'm not sure if this should have been reported in the Typo section for being unsure if the description display is wrong or if the power itself is functioning improperly.

[Glacier Peak]

Yeah if you're referring to the Brute version. Good find!

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=brute_melee.savage_melee.vicious_slash&at=brute

[aethereal]

I don't understand what you think in the CoD page you linked refers to knockBACK rather than knockDOWN.  It's mag 0.67, that's knockdown.

 

@Arisara so the deal is that knockdown is just low-mag knockback.  There are a variety of situations where the magnitude of your knockdown can be magnified and thus turn back into knockback (by exceeding mag 1).  The two most common ones are when you attack significantly lower-level enemies (gray-conn especially, but I think anything below white-conn can do it), or against enemies like Clockwork that have a vulnerability to knockback.

Edited November 1, 2021 by aethereal

[Aurora_Girl]

Aaaaaaaand gotta mention too that right now, knockUP is its own separate thing. 

[Glacier Peak]

On 10/31/2021 at 5:06 PM, aethereal said:

I don't understand what you think in the CoD page you linked refers to knockBACK rather than knockDOWN.  It's mag 0.67, that's knockdown.

 

@Arisara so the deal is that knockdown is just low-mag knockback.  There are a variety of situations where the magnitude of your knockdown can be magnified and thus turn back into knockback (by exceeding mag 1).  The two most common ones are when you attack significantly lower-level enemies (gray-conn especially, but I think anything below white-conn can do it), or against enemies like Clockwork that have a vulnerability to knockback.

The part where it says 

[aethereal]

3 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

The part where it says 

 

Knockback below 1.0 mag is knockdown.  They aren't two separate effects.  That is saying that there's a 67% chance for knockdown.

[Glacier Peak]

1 minute ago, aethereal said:

Knockback below 1.0 mag is knockdown.  They aren't two separate effects.  That is saying that there's a 67% chance for knockdown.

Hence the confusion

[Wavicle]

Pretty sure VS behaves properly with a .67 Knockback which means only Grays and Clockwork (and anything else with KB vulnerability) should be getting knocked back by it.

 

I can check on my Savage characters, but I don't recall having a problem.