Spells: Minor Illusion Bug

[jilena]

Okay I did some testing on this one for you gents.

I had my enchanter cast minor illusion while sitting at the entrance to neriak in front of my mage and shaman. She became the glowing symbol that is visible on both screens.

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I then had my shaman zone out and zone back in which caused her to take on the skin of a human male. I also tested this by having her cast the spell while the shaman was out of the zone, and the result was the same.

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I then had my shaman run around the corner while she cast the spell. On the floor around the corner is a rock formation. On my shaman's screen when I returned to looking at the enchanter, she now appeared as the rock formation.

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I then tested with my mage staring at the ground when the spell was cast. In this case she looked like the glowing symbol on my shaman's screen and when my mage looked up, she still looked like herself.

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If you also notice on all of the pics, she looks just like herself on her screen. This is because I have her staring at a wall and not anything she can mimic with minor illusion.

I did a few more random tests having her stand next to things and cast etc. What I found was that if she was standing next to a torch and cast it, she would appear as a torch on her own screen, and then when my other char's ran up she would also appear as a torch. If my characters were staring at something else when she cast it she would look like that.

This so far is fine because as long as she looks like SOME object and not herself, she gets a little bit of sneaky time in PvP.

However, if a player is in zone when the enchanter casts the spell, and does not have an object that minor illusion is capable of taking the form of, the enchanter will retain their natural look.

I hope that helps some.