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After much trial and error, I believe I've identified a reliable method to reproduce the Fragile Armor bug - the one where applying an armor kit does not remove the debuff.

Here are the steps to set up the reproduction of this bug in solo play:

  • Approach a Control Point and Call for Allies
  • Take damage to break your armor, applying the debuff.
  • Apply an armor kit, which removes the debuff - this shows that the bug is not active
  • Apply a second armor kit, which restores full armor (does this step matter?)

To reproduce the bug:

  • Take damage to break your armor, applying the debuff
  • Die
  • Respawn on the Green Gun icon - you will come back with full armor and no debuffs
  • Take damage to break your armor, applying the debuff
  • Apply an armor kit - this will NOT remove the debuff, thus triggering the Fragile Armor bug

Here are FIVE videos that show these exact steps, and the fragile armor bug occuring EVERYTIME like clockwork.

I did not record this in my videos, but it may be worth mentioning that traveling to the BoO or a friendly Control Point does NOT remove the debuff, but traveling to a safe house will remove them. I would not be surprised if in my steps above, instead of respawning on your allies attacking the control point, respawning at the BoO or friendly Control point will also trigger the bug.

u/Ubi-Lucipus, I hope you can take these videos to the Dev team to investigate. One of the most difficult parts of fixing bugs is not having the steps to reproduce them, but I believe this should provide your devs with a reliable starting point. I would appreciate any updates or feedback from the devs working on this issue.

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about 3 years ago - /u/Ubi-Lucipus - Direct link

Originally posted by DaPharSydeToo

Hi u/Ubi-Lucipus - can you confirm that you've sent the videos and steps to reproduce the bug above to the devs? This should give them a reliable starting point to debug the issue, and hopefully provide a fix.

I made sure to forward all the videos and steps that are outlined above!
Feel free to tag me if more come in, but will make sure to check on it regularly 😊

almost 3 years ago - /u/Ubi-Lucipus - Direct link

Just checking in on this, feel free to continue to update this thread.
For now I don't think the team has isolated how this happens, but I have also seen mentions dropped since this thread was made 👀

almost 3 years ago - /u/Ubi-Lucipus - Direct link

Originally posted by DaPharSydeToo

I think it's safe to say that without any updates from the devs, despite being provided steps to reproduce the issue above, the community no longer wishes to expend any more effort providing information that goes unused.

It's proven incredibly hard to reproduce and find the root cause of the issue, even with the incredibly helpful and vast amount of material that has been sent to us. We're still working behind the scenes. I am sorry you feel this way. 😔

I appreciate everything you have done to help us with this issue, I'll continue to push the issue to the team behind the scenes and cross my fingers we find the exact conditions under which this bug exists and eradicate it swiftly. 👊