drollzito Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 This thread started in the Assassins forum, but after a while I decided to bring this up here. Is Eletroc Staff Bugged ? See, as an assassin I can equip it (same goes for Shadow).But all my charges, as well as my maul, requires a double-bladed lightsaber.So it is impossible to use it with any kind of assassin spec.Once again, the same thing goes for shadow spec. After a while we started arguing that Electro Staff is a IA companion wep... does that make any sense ?If that was not enough, I got an epic, rating 128 electro staff from False Emperor Hard Mode...I can't use it becouse of all the above... My question is... Is it supposed to be like this ?If "yes", then the drop from the Hard Mode boss is only meant for IA companion ? (I am sorry if I am missing something here).If "no", then were all the assassin / shadows skills supposed to require double-bladed lightsaber OR Electro Staff ? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adalace Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 This bugged me too. I was seriously considering equipping a cool new electrostaff I found, until I realized I wouldn't be able to use many important abilities with the staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drollzito Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 I belive it is bugged... coz it makes no sense...A wep (specially a Hard Mode drop), for companions only ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drollzito Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 bUMP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeijiTataki Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I can only assume this is a bug, because Vibroblades count as a "lightsaber" for all Knight (and technically all Sage/Sorcerer) needs for a lightsaber/weapon. I presume there's just some oversight here. The Knight's Companion, Kira, can use a electrostaff with all her abilities without any problem, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienshirt Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) I've wondered this for a few months now ever since I got into beta and saw how it was worded. It actually affects all 3 trees for both Assassin and Shadow since each technique requires a double-bladed lightsaber to be cast. BioWare needs to recode the few abilities that require a double-bladed lightsaber to also work with Electrostaffs. Edited January 6, 2012 by alienshirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoenigNord Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 What also bugged me is the graphical problem. I'm playing a Scroundel and if I am sneaking with Bowdaar as my companion, his electro-staff is still visible and creating a shadow. Not sure if it is just for me or also for other players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacoluthe Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) It's probably an oversight on their part but who know what kind of oversight ? Edited January 6, 2012 by Anacoluthe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sessava Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Little late to this thread, but it's what showed up when I googled the issue. This is actually pretty serious as there are many of us who don't much care for lightsabers or don't want to use them for RP reasons, that still enjoy the playstyle of an Assassin. I dropped 10k on a electrostaff off the AH and am now using it, but I cannot use Maul or my charges. The work around I've learned it to equip my old lightsaber, enable the charge, and then it stays on even with the electrostaff and works perfectly. I cannot use Maul though, but I specced Madness and you don't really need Maul that much as Madness spec. Still, it's a bug that needs to be fixed asap. In the case that it isn't a bug and is an intentional decision on the part of BioWare, please reconsider. Knights/Warriors have vibroswords that work perfectly. If we aren't supposed to be using electrostaffs, please remove the Assassin's ability to equip them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurmez Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 this is a pretty dumb state of affairs and would be a very fast fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasagi Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I believe it is actually bugged and just needs to be looked at, but the problem is getting it looked at probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurmez Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I believe it is actually bugged and just needs to be looked at, but the problem is getting it looked at probably yes it needs a response one way or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasagi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I tried to put in a ticket in game, but it keeps saying I don't have one in as well, perhaps if enough of us mention it we can get it brought to someone's attention and get an answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audigy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Still not fixed. Come on Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacity Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 On a semi-related note, I'd really like to see sages and sorcerors able to equip electrostaffs. They arent a melee class, and they dont use melee attacks very often (only as a last resort), but it'd look a lot cooler than a dinky little single saber while you're shooting lightning all over the place =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astanen Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Could we get a dev answer this? Is this "working as intended" or is there going to be a fix for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audigy Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Bump - BioWare please acknowledge that u are working on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majokir Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 bumpPPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristik Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 ~~I was looking forward to equipping an Electro Staff I had bought off the GTN until I noticed it made some of my moves unusable. Hope it get's patched in soon as it will provide some much needed aesthetic value.~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasagi Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm kind of worried about the lack of a response we're getting as far as whether it's working as intended or just bugged. I do understand it's not priority number one on the system, but it'd be nice to at least get SOME form of an answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfield Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Bump for great justice. Please fix this Bioware, allow Shadows/Assassins to use all their abilities with Electrostaves. My thoughts are that this must be a bug because 1) we have the proficiency, 2) similar weapons can be used by Knights/Warriors to full effect, and 3) limiting the Armscrafting melee weapon market to only companions seems too shortsighted. I personally don't care for the lightsabers myself. Edited January 25, 2012 by Greyfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmcbo Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 yes, electrostaves are for a companion agents get on alderaan, I don't think assassins were meant to actually use them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audigy Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 How the hell is this still not fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasagi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 yes, electrostaves are for a companion agents get on alderaan, I don't think assassins were meant to actually use them If assassins or their counterpart, the shadow, were not meant to use them. Then why would have Bioware given us the ability to use them and let their primary stat on every electrostaff I've ever seen be willpower. Now techblades and techstaves I can understand, those are for companions, but this should be ours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaalinn Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) FYI No agent companion uses electrostaves. Vector uses Techblades, SCORPIO uses Techstaves. Xalek, the Inquisitor Companion, and Kira, the Knight Companion, use Electrostaves (as their abilities aren't limited to lightsaber type. Kira does fine with a single-bladed one aswell, etc.) Presumably BW wants to force Assassin to use double-bladed lightsabers as opposed to single-blade once for identifiability... Except the current flag also excludes the electrostaves from being used for any of the abilities. Edited January 29, 2012 by Kaalinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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