This bug is a situation where clearcasting does not enhance arcane missiles (it is just a fake visual proc with no effect).
It happens when the clearcasting proc occurs after the initiation of a regular arcane missiles channeling that is interrupted before the first missile tick (no missiles lunched et all). The interruption usually happens because you are forced to move or you get silenced or kicked, but you are still able to obtain a clearcasting proc from the interupted channeling spell. Except that it is a fake proc (if arcane missiles is interupted not at the beginning but after the first missile tick than the proc is ok).
In this situation there will be the clearcasting visual indication and the aura icon but the next arcane missile spell will not be enhanced at all- there will be no additional missiles, no better haste and if you have the talent for moving while channeling arcane missiles under clearcasting it will not work (you will be like a stupid dog jumping around in arena with a visual indication, trying to lunch a spell that will never fire while moving).
The worst is that this proc should normally work as you lose mana and gcd even if missiles are not lunched. Also, if you manage to stack a second proc by using arcane blast for example than both procs work meaning it is not intended that the first proc does not work alone.
If you want to reproduce this bug just start some arcane missiles casts and stop them by moving before the first missile (yo have to be fast, if there is one missile than there is no bug) and wait for clearcasting to proc. Observe that the next arcane missiles is not enhanced by clearcasting.
Jesus, how did you figure that out? Sounds to me the bug is the buff isn’t getting removed properly, doubt you should get refunded the proc if you start the cast.
Add to the list… but you’ll need shorthand for it lol.
I play with slipstream so it is very easy to see the fake proc as it is impossible to cast while moving. I just had to figure out when it happens. But in pvp it happens very often as arcane missiles is the main spell and interruptions occurs often.
Just to be more clear it happens in this situation
1; cast normal arcane missiles
2; clearcasting procs from the arcane missiles spell (arcane missiles cast is still ongoing)
3; cancel the ongoing arcane missiles cast by moving (it has to be canceled before the first missile so 1 to 3 happen very quickly in less than 100ms, if you want to reproduce you should just cast and move immediately and wait for a try when clearcasting proc at the same time)
4; cast again arcane missiles (at this point you have clearcasting proc so you expect enhanced arcane missiles)
5; realise that arcane missiles is not enhanced
Good find
I can’t stop laughing at how numerous the bugs for mages are and how they haven’t been hotfixed yet.
Its literally the most broken class in the game mechanics wise
Good one, just tried it and it “works”.
- hardcast missiles and instantly cancel.
- if you get a clearcasting from that missiles cast.
- next missiles won’t benefit from the clearcasting, even though it gets consumed.
Good work figuring it out, I was wondering why it kept happening.
Now we need to add it the multi-page list of bugs to get it on Blizzard’s radar.
nice please write the conduit bug (Nether Precision doesnt proc with arcane empowerment selected) 1st spot on the list! /nod
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