Weird Storm Bow (lack of) animation

edudlooc13

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

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leeky baby

leeky baby

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Surrey University

Starting to play again... need a guild

W/E

URM the mods u put on it shouldt change the animations, it must be a glitch or something. u sure its a stormbow not an enteral bow?

Pops

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fa Doy Toy

W/Mo

I used to get the same problem back when I played my ranger, It would randomly animate/freeze when I would log on. Sometimes when I switched it with another bow it would re-animate.

Fungus Amongus

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

If I remember correctly, Storm Bows have three different skins. Perhaps you have one of the other ones?

~Edit-My bad, I was thinking of a different bow. For some reason I was thinking about the Horn Bows.

Ghost Recon

Ghost Recon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

Storm bows have 3 diffrent skins :S

snikerz

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

i think its just a client side bug, happens to fellblades also, the animation just stops, i guess till now nobody has cared, so they havnt reported any bug reports

i'll do a bug report if u do one

snapp

snapp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

W/

fellblades have an animation?

Lord Iowerth

Lord Iowerth

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Atlanta, GA (#guildwarsguru FTW!)

Biscuit Of Dewm [MEEP]

R/Mo

Yes, this happens to everyone that has a storm bow from time to time, so you might as well get used to it or report it and hope it gets fixed. Mine will get "stuck" every so often, and then it mysteriously starts "working" again sometime later, no amount of switching/relogging/etc is going to affect it.

My bet, is that it uses up server-side resources, and when they get low (high server load) some of the "fancier" things in the game stop, like fellblade animation, stormbow animation, etc ... just a guess.

What I find hilarious about the storm bow is: look at it's shadow it casts on the ground. put on a normal bow, check the shadow, then put on your stormie ... you'll see what I mean. Looks like you're holding a gigantic squash

EDIT:

Quote:
Originally Posted by edudlooc13
Nevermind guys, got it figured out. I transferred the bow from my warrior (on which I found it) to my ranger and everything is fine. Looks like no other class but ranger can look cool wielding storm bows.
This bit is just wrong altogether, it can happen to anyone, and my warrior uses a crappy-UW chest dropped storm bow for pulling, and it animates fine ...

Energizer Deth Buni

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Near Atlanta GA

MVoA

N/Me

I ve noticed that on one before also.. I thought it might have something to with graphics or connection on my comp. But I might try to sell it as a "Glitch when the game first came out, and it has no movement and does double damage... but they fixed the bug so no more drop, yours for only 50K"


Let him keep hitting you Im using Spiteful... and if you do die dont worry I can make a fiend....

Dracus Steelbow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

in my basement for the last 20 years

Radicals Against Tyrants

R/

i had that happen once edudlooc, just wait a day or 2

Markaedw

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

I didn't notice an animations change when I dropped an icy string, from lightning, on my storm bow.

It looks more like a banana to me.

Knido

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

W/

can you post a screenie? im interested in seeing what its like o.o

Markaedw

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

here's mine

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Knido
can you post a screenie? im interested in seeing what its like o.o
Hmmm, I'm going to go post a screenshot of a non-animated Storm Bow. Oh wait...

Pops

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fa Doy Toy

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Knido
can you post a screenie? im interested in seeing what its like o.o
Lol no matter what it's going to appear frozen because well...its a screenshot.

Knido

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

W/

doh, i thought it would be like the shining bow w/o the encompassing circles, like a polished fleshy horn bow

Sekkira

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

I've had this happen a few times before. And it's not just with the fellblades and storm bows either. I've seen some problems such as on the halloween event where the spirits were coming out of the couldren in Lion's Arch, that froze up. I've also seen the spirits in Hell's Precipice freeze up as well.

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

That happens to me also and I think to other people but depends on the person if the notice small things or not.

All storm bows have the animations of lightning going around them, as for Fellblades they have the pattern that keeps moving.

I think depending on when the game loads or how many people are there or graphics sometime the animations just freeze.

It same as when loading a town and you see everyone with no bodies or naked or that shiny looking silver and black armor.

fiery

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

animation lag.