Death bat - Shield Bug?

[solemn rover]

Does Death Bat make two hits on the Shield? If not, this is a bug. I experienced several instances when a Death Bat hit my car while the shield is about to end, I heard the sound of shield blocking it, but my driver was knocked out of the car. So unless a single Death Bat makes two hits on the shield, this is a bug.

I would provide a recording if you provide a feature to replay/record the game after completing it, like in 'Clash of Clans'. I can't practically record every single game looking for this to happen again.

Anyone else who have experienced it, kindly upvote.

#bug-reports

[nova drum]

Death bat consists of 2 different attacks:
First stage is burning the drivers passed (consumes 1 shield)
Second stage is crashing the first place driver (also consumes 1 shield)
If youre first with 1 shield remaining your shield will only block the burn infliction but not the crash

@solemn rover Read carefully

[solemn rover]

Logically you'll be hit by the Trail of Death only when the Death Bat passes your car, which wouldn't happen when it hits the car.

Even by the flawed logic of the death bat crashing into the car and causing burn, the shield would block the hit and the car should simply burn, not get knocked out.

Because, it's the called the 'Trail' of death, not the Predecessor of Death.

[nova drum]

It blocks the burn before the crash

[solemn rover]

If that's how the mechanics are intended to be, that's exactly the issue. It contradicts its own description.

Description says it burns other cars that get in its way. The first-place car isn't 'in its way'. It's the one being hit.

'Trail' also implies that the effect is behind the Bat, not in front of it.

[nova drum]

do you notice that the trail is a bit extended to the front of the bat rather from the back?

[solemn rover]

That's an interesting definition of trail. I don't see any forward 'trail' here.

[solemn rover]

@nova drum

[nova drum]

Ill send a ss later

Currently busy

[nova drum]

you can clearly see how extended the trail is

[solemn rover]

This is a decoration. He's not hit nor burning after being hit by two of those 'trails'

'Trail' by definition means something that's left behind.

[nova drum]

get a cure

[solemn rover]

Clearer pic

[nova drum]

and you get burned before crashing anyways

[solemn rover]

☝🏼 First it was 'a bit extended'... Then, 'see how extended'... And now 'you get burned anyway'. That's quite a shift!

[solemn rover]

That's a workaround. Not an explanation for the mechanic.

[nova drum]

the trail size scales with powerups levels so that gets larger everytime you upgrade.
You get burned anyways because in all situations, you gets in its way

atleast it doesnt crash you at 2nd or lower

[solemn rover]

So the car it's aimed at is now 'in its way'? That contradicts the 'other cars' part of the description.

[nova drum]

it isnt specific

any other cars not any other cars except the first place

you should ask matt how it works

[solemn rover]

If 'other cars' includes the target, then the word 'other' has no meaning.

[nova drum]

i was wondering about that too when it does burn the target

you should ask the devs

@limber orbit

[solemn rover]

That's what #bug-reports isn't for, isn't it?

[nova drum]

no it doesnt go to bugs

this thing is like a function the devs accidentally made

[solemn rover]

It goes to the devs.

[limber orbit]

Whats up?

[nova drum]

i cant tell him the death bat is fine when it uses 2 shields instead of 1 like he said

like bro is the only grammatical corrector and small details complaints maker

[waxen jackal]

The way I see it is, the word "trail" is more of an accessible misnomer... the death bat is actually surrounded by a rounded cone that applies the fire effect

The description is worded that way to be accessible and entertaining, not literal

[solemn rover]

If you mean this, look my driver is not being burnt by it.

It seems to be just a decoration.

[waxen jackal]

Try the innermost cone

[solemn rover]

Death Bat increases speed when it's about to hit. Pausing the game in that interval need millisecond level accuracy.

And even if your theory is correct, everytime the shield saved me from a Bat, I would have heard double 'block' sound and visuals, which never has happened.

[solemn rover]

And what do you think about this? Is this the Trail of Death? It's not even 1metre, whereas description says it's 20m even at level 5.

It's also a decoration, just like the 'innermost cone'

[waxen jackal]

Try testing that from a position other than first

From my understanding though, the first position is immune to the fire. I've never had it consume two shields. And once it does its final lock-on, it stops at nothing, even if you're telezorped backwards

[solemn rover]

It went past as I took an alternative route. Shield didn't take a hit.

[waxen jackal]

I think there's something preventing the player from catching fire if they're not on the main path. Otherwise on tracks with bridges there would be issues

[solemn rover]

Yes, it only makes one hit at the 1st place driver. Not two.

So the two times I was knocked out after the Shield blocked but failed to protect (when Shield was very close to being depleted) lneed explanation/solution from the devs.

[solemn rover]

It does cause burns in Octane City when the Bat passes above our car (bridge). Even Clutch's 💣 have caused fire on my car when they were exploding over the bridge, far behind me on track, in Octane City.

[waxen jackal]

I've had it happen many times where stuff hits me the instant my shield expires. I'm thinking it's deliberate at this point

[solemn rover]

I heard the 'block' sound. What deliberate?

[solemn rover]

In an instance yesterday, I had the shield about to end but it perfectly blocked the Death Bat.

In another instance, just when the a BigBang or Death Bat was about to hit, my remaining shield was neutralized by a timely common powerup like Lunar Gravity.

This second one should be the most possible explanation for me hearing the shield block sound and Death Bat hitting me, giving an illusion of Death Bat killing through shield. It must have been a common powerup blocked just before it hit.

[solemn rover]

Update: This time I witnessed the 'Death bat blocked by shield' symbol, but my driver was KO-ed inspite of the block. My car was speeding using a rocket boost and my shield was about to end. There is apparently some transition zone between "Shield: present" and "Shield: absent" where this happens

[solemn rover]

Update 2: I think I got it. It has happened for the third time since the last update. Whenever I'm under a speed boost AND the shield is about to end AND the Death Bat hits my shield, the shield blocks, as is evident by the visual representation and the sound, but my driver gets knocked out.