Stalker: Hybrid Melee Core Notifies Critters while Hidden.

[InvaderStych]

Background:

 

Hybrid Melee Core is the side that provides +Res/critter in range and does not have a taunt component.  Confirmed this in City of Data.

 

Hybrid Melee Radial is the side that provides +Def/critter in range and does have a taunt component.  This can be confirmed in CoD as well and is included in the powers' descriptions.

 

However:

 

Something in the Core side breaks Hidden status on a Stalker, despite the lack of a Taunt. This also means that it negates Hidden a few tics after it is triggered by the ATO with that function.

 

I would expect this to be true of the Radial side due to the Taunt.  I was unpleasantly surprised to find Core side behaving in this manner.

 

😞

 

[Hedgefund2]

I just discovered this the hard way, after crafting a t3 Melee Total Core hybrid on a Stalker.  After this discovery I went to the test server and tried this on other ATs and found it was true for them as well, that left side (Core) taunts despite no documentation indicating it does.  Not as big a deal for other ATs but those incarnate materials are completely wasted now, I simply can't use melee hybrid on a stalker.

 

Please prioritize this bug to either take the taunt effect out of the Core side or modify the documentation to make it as explicit as it is for Radial that there's a taunt component.  

Edited June 19, 2023 by Hedgefund2

[Burk]

It doesn't taunt, but in order to modify the self buffs based off the number of enemies around you, it still affects the enemies and the enemies still notice this.