Bug in Litany- Mentau. Permanant Phlat Device Bug?

[SolarDawning]

So, I'd never done Litany of the Dead before, and decided to do my flagging on my level 18 monk.
I head inside alone, and go down the Mentau path.
I guess I did the Mentau fight wrong, because I ran into a pretty nasty bug.

I pulled the lever at the base of his shielded platform, and it threw me into the air.
I landed inside the fire shield on his platform.
I proceeded to kick his behind, healing myself to cure the 40-ish fire damage I was taking every couple seconds.

Here's the problem- It didn't stop when Mentau died. I still had the Plaht Damage and Plaht Device debuffs.
I continued to take damage every couple of seconds.
Noting this, I ran back to the shrine a little ways before the fight, allowed myself to die next to it, and raised myself with the ressurection shrine.
I no longer had the damage portion of the Plaht Device effect, but the other effect- the one supressing all buffs- continued to operate, even long after I exited into the Flesh-Maker's Tower, destroyed the crystals, and then went and ran another quest elsewhere.

Here, you can see myself in House Jorasco, still with the Plaht Device debuff which supresses all buffing spells. In the top right you'll see the Plaht Device debuff, which I have the mouse on, showing the description.

It's quite awkward, being immune to all buffs.



Anyone mind telling me what I did wrong?

[Thriand]

This bug has been around for a long time now, just log out and log back in

[Shade]

Anyone mind telling me what I did wrong?

Littany of the Dead is kind of set up like a Mega Man game.. After you defeat a boss, you gain access to an item that gives you part of their power that you should use against the next boss. On normal as you found out, especially with solo scaling, using said items is not essential. Should you try elite, especially in a big group, you'll find they are critical for succes.

The best order is:
1st - Vol .. As the item designed to fight him is rather inconsequential (a rather weak summoned flesh golem)
2nd - Beholder - Use the carved eye of vol to get a 2min buff which cannot be dispelled and lets you bypass his incorporeal status with any weapon.
3rd - Cinnis - Used the Petrified Eye stalk to temporarily disable his fire shield and render him vulnerable reducing his regeneration ability and overall defense.
Last - Mentau - Use Cinnis's Soft blue flame to dispell the firey orb surroding mentau, and thus avoid his "plaught device" debuff and fire damage.

For mentau you can simply jump up to fight him, then use the flame and dispell his shield, then take him down. However it only disables it for a limited time, and if it refreshes and is still active as you kill Mentau - the permanent debuff bug will still hit you.. So use it a 2nd (or 3rd as it might require depending on your dps) time to dispell it again once he is low on HP to ensure you can defeat him before it refreshs.

If he is defeated when it is down and you escape quickly, you will avoid the bug.

[barecm]

So, I'd never done Litany of the Dead before, and decided to do my flagging on my level 18 monk.
I head inside alone, and go down the Mentau path.
I guess I did the Mentau fight wrong, because I ran into a pretty nasty bug.

I pulled the lever at the base of his shielded platform, and it threw me into the air.
I landed inside the fire shield on his platform.
I proceeded to kick his behind, healing myself to cure the 40-ish fire damage I was taking every couple seconds.

Here's the problem- It didn't stop when Mentau died. I still had the Plaht Damage and Plaht Device debuffs.
I continued to take damage every couple of seconds.
Noting this, I ran back to the shrine a little ways before the fight, allowed myself to die next to it, and raised myself with the ressurection shrine.
I no longer had the damage portion of the Plaht Device effect, but the other effect- the one supressing all buffs- continued to operate, even long after I exited into the Flesh-Maker's Tower, destroyed the crystals, and then went and ran another quest elsewhere.

Here, you can see myself in House Jorasco, still with the Plaht Device debuff which supresses all buffing spells. In the top right you'll see the Plaht Device debuff, which I have the mouse on, showing the description.

It's quite awkward, being immune to all buffs.



Anyone mind telling me what I did wrong?

4 more years and this annoying bug is STILL in the game. Awesome!

[Scraap]

Anyone mind telling me what I did wrong?

Nothing. It's been like this (and reported) for years now.

[cjgoddard]

Nothing. It's been like this (and reported) for years now.

and they wonder why the game is dying, this is why i stopped playing and started waiting.....
people that wait, DO NOT SPEND MONEY!!!

(this from a fairly new player)

[Seikojin]

and they wonder why the game is dying, this is why i stopped playing and started waiting.....
people that wait, DO NOT SPEND MONEY!!!

(this from a fairly new player)

Nice to necro a bug and all, hopefully it gets fixed. Not in u22 for sure.

However it has the easiest workaround ever. And that alone is why you don't see it getting fixed.

[JOTMON]

yup, been around for quite some time.
I remember doing a bug report back in Jan 2010.. when I got stuck with the persistant effect.
Surprised it still isnt fixed...Must be on the same fix list as ladder lag.

The logout/Login does clear this effect.

[Eth]

It's the punishment for not using the quest items :P