Power Boost missing effects?

[Devolus]

Reported this in the typos, but honestly don't know if this is a typo or an actual bug with missing effects

 

Just now, Devolus said:

Not sure if this is a typo, or a possible bug/oversight, but every iteration of Power Boost states that Knockback effects will be enhanced:

 

However, detailed info says otherwise:

Also backed by City of Data:

 

 

Can we remove the description stating Knockbacks are enhanced? Or better yet, if they ARE supposed to be enhanced, can we fix all occurrences of Power Boost to actually enhance Knockback and Knockdown effects?

[brass_eagle]

I'll add to this here. The original and only power boost when the game launched was in the Blaster's [Energy Manipulation] -- It looks like the text was straight copied from there with some add-ons about a level. It looks to be 23-24 years old:

 

 

It probably never enhanced knockbacks (on live, maybe before launch; -apparently did at one point, don't have patch notes to indicate the change-). Sometimes the "detailed power info" is notoriously buggy. But better than nothing, It does not indicate any knockback enhancement like you posted. ----- Point being this text as probably existed since the game's launch. Would be nice if it were updated to be more accurate if easily doable. If not, we just have to live with the artifacts of the game. 

 

I recall someone getting irate and fighting against a whole league during ToT because the Homecoming wiki still has text saying this about [Kinetics.Speed Boost]: "You can hasten a single targeted ally", without the context of AoE.** They did not want the run effect on them. -- This continued until they realized that the speed boost "run" effect could be turned off in Pocket D, and that it was AoE. They were not being targeted maliciously. Point being, we have a lot of new players incoming and language/descriptions are important. While I don't think anyone would be against correcting typos, an argument for moving it up on the priority can help ease for our new players who do not know where else to look. Words are power!

 

Great callout, @Devolus

 

**Note the previous live devs did a good job updating the in-game description for speed boost to: "You can hasten a targeted ally and its nearby allies.".

Edited October 21 by brass_eagle

[Wavicle]

Knockbacks WERE enhanced by Power Boost and it was changed long before the original game shut down.

The text was never changed, apparently.

[brass_eagle]

Ah, 

6 minutes ago, Wavicle said:

Knockbacks WERE enhanced by Power Boost and it was changed long before the original game shut down.

The text was never changed, apparently.

 

While I played during that time, I never knew or played with many characters and power boost. I'll edit to show my speculations. A lot of "detailed power info" was not actually available at that time either. Just a-mashin-buttons.

[Wavicle]

Yea, my very first toon was an Energy/Energy Blaster, Power Boost+Knockback was both hilarious and fun and also completely unnecessary.