wai Bug or fix to Stalker Burn crits?

[Nemu]

Started a thread on the stalker forums after I realized burn no longer crits

 

 

Got confirmation from all 2 other fire armor stalker players that burn did indeed crit in the past and I was not taking crazy pills. There wasn't anything in patch notes that highlighted removal of crits from burn from what I can see. So I'd like some confirmation that this is either an unintended "fix" or a proper fix to the power.

[Booper]

A proper fix, although possibly achieved accidentally. Armor powers that do damage do not do critical damage*, this is true for both Scrappers and Stalkers.

 

Stalkers didn't originally have Fiery Aura; this set proliferated to Stalkers after the shutdown. During its proliferation, the developer mistakenly gave it critical hit effects, which went against the Scrapper version, which did not have these.

 

Was this noticed by the developer who did the recent revamp of Burn? It's likely not, as the patch notes would have mentioned it as a bug fix. Most likely, the revamp of Burn was copied to all ATs, replacing the bugged Stalker version unnoticingly. 

 

*The lone exception is the recently revamped Brimstone Armor which added a damage proc that incorporates inherents into its damage (Scrappers and Stalkers get critical hits and Brutes get bonus damage for fury levels).