Whirling Hands Failed Animation

[Commando Penguin]

I've seen references to what might be this bug in other threads, but didn't find any specifically noting it when searching.  I've run into an issue where Whirling Hands is failing to animate under certain (very common) circumstances.  When it happens, the effects of the attack occur as normal (including particles) but the character stands completely still.

How to Reproduce:

Activate Whirling Hands while standing on the ground with a shield from Shield Defense equipped (any SD power active).

The bug doesn't occur while flying or without the shield active for me (although I've heard secondhand that other armor sets sometimes fail to animate Whirling Hands as well).  I think it's somehow tied to the standing shield animation overriding it somehow.

[ThunderCAP]

 

[Marine X]

I have noticed some delay issues with the animation on Spring Attack from the Leaping Pool and that there are several emotes that will not trigger while the Shield is Active. As you said the Shield Animation may be negating other animations triggering.