Drakkin & Illusions

[Nerva]

If you are a Drakkin, and you are given an illusion effect, your Heritage might change when the illusion is cancelled. It should be restored to normal after you die or change zones.

For instance, Valtar is a Gold Drakkin, but turned into a Green Drakkin when de-illusioned.

[Vaion]

Interesting... I'll look into it

[notr3x]

Nerva ...

[Banderas]

notr3s is a copycat

[Nerva]

Okay, this bug is worse than I originally believed. I have, somehow, managed to permanently turn myself from a Gold Drakkin into a Green Drakkin, via illusions.

It's some combination of using an illusion, cancelling it, using it again, dying, and/or zoning. If i figure out the exact cause, I'll post the process to reproduce the bug.


EDIT: Figured it out. Here's how to reproduce the bug:

1. As a Drakkin of any heritage, get an illusion cast on you
2. Cancel the illusion. Take note of your color/heritage. It should change.
3. Open your inventory, and select "face"
4. Make whatever changes you wish to your facial features - making no changes is fine
5. Click "accept"
6. Your new heritage is now permanent

This bug occurs because your heritage, which is normally supposed to be unchangeable after the game begins (in live EQ, there are quests that vary by heritage if you're a Drakkin), is treated as, and selected as, a facial feature. When you click "accept" on the face menu, your heritage is saved as well as whatever facial features you selected.


The return of EDIT: It seems there's a limit of some kind preventing this bug from occurring infinitely. I'm currently stuck as a Red Drakkin, and any attempt to use illusions to change that doesn't do anything. I have a hunch that it might be based on class. So far, I know that a Wizard that begins as a Gold Drakkin can abuse this bug twice to become a Green Drakkin, and then a Red Drakkin, but after that can go no further.


It came from the EDIT: Okay... I don't even know any more. Somehow, after playing around with casting and cancelling illusions today, I managed to turn myself back into a Green Drakkin, and then back into a Gold Drakkin once more. On the bright side, the bug is apparently reversible. On the not-so-bright side, I have no idea how, or even if the bug is controllable to such an extent. Also, I'm wondering if there are ways to reach other colors... could it be possible to obtain a heritage that is illegal for your class?


The creature from the EDIT: Well, still no discoveries as to why your heritage changes every time you come out of an illusion. What I have been able to do, though, is turn myself into a Blue Drakkin. So far, I've been able to hit Blue, Red, Green, and Gold. The only legal Drakkin colors for a wizard I have not been able to hit are Black and White. Wonder if there's some reason why these heritages haven't shown up?

[Salvador]

My drakkin cleric changes from red to yellow heritage every time she zones into DSK... but she goes back to red once she leaves the zone.

[Nerva]

Did you zone with an illusion on you?

[Droonkan]

Vaion pls "fix" drakkin. They should be returned to GuildWars and never seen again.

[Vaion]

I'll take a look at them in the morning . In the midst of redoing a lot of the achievement code right now.