Plasmatic Priest (cleric epic, triggered) despawns mid-fight

[DoucLangur]

On tuesday, the 13th November, I did the cleric epic fight in temple of SolRo with my shaman and two guildies. We triggered the plasmatic priest by turning in the Coral Statue to the "a seeker" trigger NPC at 8pm game time (seeker despawns at 9pm). The fight lasted a while, a good 10 minutes I'd guess, and when the plasmatic priest was at 6% health, he despawned, at 12am game time. No xp hit, no faction hit, no corpse, poofed from target. And no epic item drop of course.

From all information that I can find (i.e.: no mention of a despawn) and all I know about triggered spawns in classic (unlike Raster of Guk who despawns mid-fight at the end of his spawns window) this is a bug.

Aside from the bug report, I have also filed a petition and am hoping for an item reimbursement to avoid having to camp Lord Bergurgle again - does anyone know what the typical response time on such petitions is? I haven't got a "View" on the petition post yet...

Cheers

Slozem

[nilbog]

From all information that I can find (i.e.: no mention of a despawn) and all I know about triggered spawns in classic (unlike Raster of Guk who despawns mid-fight at the end of his spawns window) this is a bug.


Do you have research about this? When I searched in the past, my references showed that regardless of engagement, npcs would despawn according to time.

If this is not the case, we need specifics to consider possible changes.

[Handull]

One example to support his bug claim, the trigger for Ixiblat Fer has a day/night spawn/despawn cycle, but Ixi himself will stay up so far as I can tell forever once spawned.

[Boilon]

I have never heard of an NPC poof WHILE being engaged in a fight. I can see it poofing if nobody has it engaged at all, but this clearly has to be a bug, I can't think of any mobs poofing in this way at all.

[DoucLangur]

Do you have research about this? When I searched in the past, my references showed that regardless of engagement, npcs would despawn according to time.

I think that is mixing up two things: NPCs that spawn on their own - like Raster of Guk - do indeed despawn at the end of their window. But for triggered NPCs I never heard of a despawn while engaged. With the possible exception of the triggered mobs in PoSky, after 8 hours or so (thinking of Bzazzt Isle).

Also, the seeker (trigger npc) despawns at 9pm game time (possibly at 10pm). As you can see from my log below, the plasmatic priest despawned completely unrelated to that event about 2-3 game hours later, around 12am.

[Tue Nov 13 12:11:36 2012] a seeker shakes violently as his hand closes on the coral statue and flames dance in the depths of his eyes! The statue begins to emit a reddish glow then shatters in a burst of a fire and smoke! The flames in the plasmatic priest's eyes vanish with the explosion and only madness remains! 'The Triumvirate thinks that destroying my spirit of flame will stop me?!! I will kill you all now, the goblins will continue to war, and when my spirit is restored I will ensure that Ixiblat Fer consumes all of Norrath in his flames!!'
[Tue Nov 13 12:11:37 2012] You are stunned!
[Tue Nov 13 12:11:37 2012] A plasmatic priest bashes YOU for 48 points of damage.


until:
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:30 2012] You say to your guild, '15%'
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:31 2012] Game Time: Friday, April 20, 3103 - 12 AM
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:31 2012] Earth Time: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:21:31
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:32 2012] Konobtik hits a plasmatic priest for 53 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:32 2012] Joyce begins to cast a spell.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] A plasmatic priest crushes YOU for 128 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] A plasmatic priest crushes YOU for 128 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] a keeper begins to cast a spell.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] Slozem's birthdate: Sunday, January 02, 2011 17:49:01.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] Total time playing Slozem: 57 days, 23 hours, and 1 minute
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] This session: 11 minutes and 48 seconds
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] Your total time entitled on this account is 0.0 years.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:33 2012] A plasmatic priest's skin ignites and chars.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:34 2012] Taking a screenshot...
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:34 2012] Konobtik hits a plasmatic priest for 56 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:34 2012] Konobtik hits a plasmatic priest for 25 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:34 2012] Konobtik hits a plasmatic priest for 32 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:34 2012] Onnd tells the group, 'burn baby burn'
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:35 2012] A plasmatic priest's feet sink into the ground.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:35 2012] You regain your concentration and continue your casting.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:35 2012] a plasmatic priest was hit by non-melee for 263 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:35 2012] A plasmatic priest staggers as spirits of frost slam against them.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:36 2012] Konobtik hits a plasmatic priest for 56 points of damage.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:38 2012] Solomen begins to cast a spell.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:39 2012] a keeper begins to cast a spell.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:40 2012] a keeper begins to cast a spell.
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:41 2012] You tell your party, 'oh joy'
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:42 2012] Game Time: Friday, April 20, 3103 - 12 AM
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:42 2012] Earth Time: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:21:42
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:45 2012] You tell your party, 'depopped'
[Tue Nov 13 12:21:48 2012] Onnd tells the group, 'wtf ?'


The fight lasted pretty much exactly 10 minutes when he despawned without a message...

[nilbog]

Misread it the first time.

Fixed, pending update.

It won't despawn until unengaged and timer has elapsed.

[Raavak]

...but Ixi himself will stay up so far as I can tell forever once spawned.
I think it does here, but on Live is only up an hour or so. Back in the day you needed a whole raid to take it out (he's too weak here), and if you were low in numbers you only had 2-3 shots.

[DoucLangur]

Fixed, pending update.

Woot. Thanks! :) Saw you responded to my petition accordingly - so I suppose I just wait for someone to get to it...?

[Metallikus]

Misread it the first time.

Fixed, pending update.

It won't despawn until unengaged and timer has elapsed.

All triggered mobs that have despawn timers should all act the same. Why would this mob not despawn during combat if the queen bee Bazzt or Sirran the lunatic despawns while engaged.

[Telin]

The undead (night only) gnolls in East Karana despawned on me while i was engaged in fighting it when 7am hit.

[nilbog]

All triggered mobs that have despawn timers should all act the same. Why would this mob not despawn during combat if the queen bee Bazzt or Sirran the lunatic despawns while engaged.

The way things currently work is npcs that spawn by day or night timers despawn, regardless if engaged or not. Triggered npcs not on day/night despawn are written to not despawn if engaged and their timer elapses.

You used airplane npcs as an example, but I see this functionality for .. Bazzazzt, Bzzazzt, Sirran, essence carriers, essence tamers, Bazzt Zzzt, Bzzzt, Keeper of Souls, Protector of Sky.

If there are non-day/night spawned npcs which despawn due to script, post back and I'll see about changing them. In the meantime, I'll look into existing scripts which may have this problem.