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Patch competely broke all companions - GREAT STUFF BIOWARE

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Patch competely broke all companions - GREAT STUFF BIOWARE

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Ifrica
11.27.2012 , 07:34 AM | #81
oh no, our AI non-human companion can't be used, what do i do now? hey there's 50 more people on the planet, i wonder if they have the same problem.. 'asking in general chat' Hey guys, your companion broken too? can't quest anymore? let's all go to the forums and complain!

don't look at me, i'm just at work reading it all with a laugh and waiting to get home to group up with real people and do those quests
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guczy
11.27.2012 , 07:34 AM | #82
Quote: Originally Posted by Malkavier View Post
You know, this bug could have easily arisen in this fashion:

HK-51 currently has two bugs, not scaling when you level like he is supposed to, and showing up completely nekkid for some people when you get him.

Tons of players submitted bug reports. CSRs push those tickets up, since this is a pretty big bugset.

Someone flags it for fixing.

Someone attempts a fix for the current patch, to be applied at maintenance.

Their attempt to fix the bug, unwittingly may have also caused the other companions to instead act similar to HK. Their fix may have worked fine on the development instance of the game, and received no compiler or tool warnings.

It did not appear to work on Live, which is generally running quite a bit more scripts, code, etc than a development instance would run.
Dont they have a test server for that which is like "live"?

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mokkh
11.27.2012 , 07:35 AM | #83
Quote: Originally Posted by Nanglez View Post
All of my companions have under 10k Health? And the old 're-equip gear' trick is undone the moment you mount/dismount/desummon/zone in to another area.

So basically companions were made useless last patch. Awesome


-EDIT-


IF YOU DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
=
GEAR REVERTS TO BEING 'NON EXISTENT'

- Take an elevator
- Summon a different companion
- When a companion returns from crew skill
- Desummon and resummon same companion.
- Start a quest
- Mount/dismount
- Send your companion to sell inventory junk
- Using your holocommunicator
- Using Rocketboost
- Using quicktravel
- Using Priority Transport/fleet
- Getting knocked off speeder throws you in to combat and therefore cannot gear switch = usually means you die or run away clinging for life.
- Using any of the hangar elevators on fleet.



Yeeeh totally not gamebreaking to have to re-equip gear any time you do any of the above.
Customer service is that way >>>>
There you'll find this thread:
Bug - Companion gear does not work

In that thread, you'll find this response:
Quote: Originally Posted by Tirvaak View Post
Hi guys,

Thanks for the reports, I was able to confirm this on my own character as well, so I have forwarded on all the details to the relevant department to get this looked into.

We will keep you updated once we know more.

Thanks.
/thread

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Panthian
11.27.2012 , 07:35 AM | #84
Quote: Originally Posted by Nanglez View Post
Check OP and tell me this is not gamebreaking. Or check the post above your own.
I did, and all you illustrate is that it just slows you down. Your own post illustrates its nothing but inconvenient, Im actually happy your post showed that fact.
Doesnt make it right, it still is anoying but thats pretty much all there is.
Simple sollution dont mount up for a 10 feet walk.

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Goretzu
11.27.2012 , 07:35 AM | #85
Quote: Originally Posted by guczy View Post
Dont they have a test server for that which is like "live"?
No, not really.

PTS seems to be there just to catch utterly game breaking stuff, everything else goes Live.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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weissbrot
11.27.2012 , 07:35 AM | #86
I think the important thing is that this is not a permanent issue. It's not like everyone needs to send a ticket and wait for it to be worked on seperately. Once a fix has been applied it's done.

That fix better come really quick though...

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sumuji
11.27.2012 , 07:40 AM | #87
Chill Winston. I'm sure they'll push a fix today

In the meantime enjoy some WZ, Flashpoints, or Space Missions. Or even learn to replace a companion slot with a player. Even story quests can be shared and unlocked. Social interaction! / How does it work? Imagine all of those games out there that don't have any combat companions.

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Sorenia
11.27.2012 , 07:40 AM | #88
Quote: Originally Posted by Goretzu View Post
PTS seems to be there just to catch utterly game breaking stuff, everything else goes Live.
This is utterly game breaking. That's the point.

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Panthian
11.27.2012 , 07:49 AM | #89
Quote: Originally Posted by Sorenia View Post
This is utterly game breaking. That's the point.
sector x dailies took me 2 minutes longer then normal because of this bug.
Doesnt seem game breaking to me, just inconvenient.

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LordArtemis
11.27.2012 , 07:54 AM | #90
Well, lets be fair here. There is no simple solution, nor is it a completely game breaking issue. It is a serious nuisance, and even in some cases can cause your death and cost you credits so I would say that's pretty significant.

I can deal with it for now, it's good for a few chuckles, I just hope it doesn't turn into a four week fix.