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Ele
10-15-2013, 04:45 PM
Issue:
The interaction between bard invis songs (Shauri's Sonorous Clouding and Selo's Song of Travel) and other invisibility spells (Invisibility and Gather Shadows) is currently bugging out player's non-bard invis buffs if it is applied before the bard's song hits and then subsequently drops.

Scenario:
Player A is buffed with invisibility, buff icon is active. (Doesn't matter who or what item cast it)
Bard B is in Player A's group and begins to play one of the aforementioned bard songs with an invisibility component.
Player A has both the invisibility spell and the invisibility song buffs active at the same time.
Song stops playing for whatever reason, bard switches songs, gets out of range, etc.
Player A's original invisibility buff is still showing in the buff window, but the Player A is no longer invisible, even though their name shows up as (Name).

Live Test:

Cast invis on myself with Incarnadine BP

[Tue Oct 15 15:17:50 2013] You begin casting Gather Shadows.
[Tue Oct 15 15:17:58 2013] You gather shadows about you.

Non-see invis guardian wurm targeted, does not see through my invis.

[Tue Oct 15 15:18:26 2013] guardian wurm regards you indifferently -- looks like quite a gamble.

Bard Invis Song Starts, both buffs active. Guardian wurm doesn't see through both invis while buff and song are active.

[Tue Oct 15 15:18:27 2013] Taja has joined the group.
[Tue Oct 15 15:18:34 2013] You tell your party, 'taja can you play invis song rq'
[Tue Oct 15 15:18:45 2013] Your feet blur as they leave the ground.
[Tue Oct 15 15:18:46 2013] guardian wurm regards you indifferently -- looks like quite a gamble.

Bard song stops, Gather Shadows still showing active in my buff window, parenthesis around my name, same guardian wurm now scowls and will aggro.

[Tue Oct 15 15:18:51 2013] You tell your party, 'k drop it please'
[Tue Oct 15 15:19:02 2013] You land.
[Tue Oct 15 15:19:03 2013] guardian wurm scowls at you, ready to attack -- looks like quite a gamble.

Stinkum
10-15-2013, 05:24 PM
Does this apply to IVU too or just the double-stacking regular invis you described?

Ele
10-15-2013, 05:36 PM
Does this apply to IVU too or just the double-stacking regular invis you described?

Have not been able to test this with IVU yet.

Yibz
10-15-2013, 05:47 PM
I believe the same thing happens with hide + Bard song.