PC Test Server Hotfix - November 12, 2015

Powers
Gadgets
Significantly improved the functionality of the Gadgets Advanced Mechanic. This should resolve the issues and edge cases that could result in not triggering the full Advanced Mechanic damage when you should have. You will notice the following improvements to Gadget's AM functionality:

• You can now play and clip powers as aggressively as you like without fear of AM damage not triggering.

o For example, clipping your first PI application with multiple buffs before continuing with your second and third PI won't sometimes cause AM damage to fail.

o Clipping Distract into a combo early won't prevent AM damage burst from triggering later.

o You can reliably use Distract or Stealth to re-trigger AM damage back-to-back without one interfering with the other or future PI 1-2-3 combos.

o The cooldown of Paralyzing Dart has been reduced to 1.0 second down from 1.5. This matches EMP Pulse, and allows the same back-to-back AM damage re-triggering potential using Distract and Stealth.

o And much more! Pretty much if you use EMP Pulse or Paralyzing Dart within three seconds of your third PI application attempt, using Distract or Stealth you'll trigger AM damage.

• EMP Pulse may now be included in Stealth loadouts, like Paralyzing Dart.

• Although you must still attempt to apply three different Power Interactions (PIs) in a row, you no longer have to hit the same target, or any target really, to do so.

o The above no-target requirement also applies for conditional Burning such as from Fear Gas or Cryo-Foam. So whether you really set someone Burning or not, you'll get credit for doing so when you use Fear Gas immediately following Taser Pull for example.

o Increased the window of time you have to apply the next PI to allow a better chance at being able to successfully reposition or recover from a knockdown without breaking your combo and missing the final AM damage burst.

• EMP Pulse and Paralyzing Dart will no longer trigger combat log spam saying you were revealed out of stealth, unless you're actually in Stealth when you activate them.