Aion Riftshade

I've been wanting to mention this for ages, but the modifiers on Aethertech's skills like Idium Blow and Idium Surface Strike aren't activating in certain spots.

When hitting NPCs, players, or bosses, the skills work just fine, with all attributes doing their job properly.

However, when targeting non-living objects such as a Fortress Gate or a box, the attributes that should trigger with these skills simply don't.

For instance, Idium Blow's attack speed doesn't fire up.

Idium Surface Strike's speed doesn’t activate, and it should also reset 50% of the cooldown for Idium Ray, Whip, and Bombardment. Unfortunately, this cooldown reset doesn't happen when you're attacking something like a gate.

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I've been meaning to bring this up, but it seems the modifiers on AT's Skills, like Idium Blow and Idium Surface Strike, don't always activate.

When attacking NPCs, players, and bosses, these skills function correctly, and the attributes work as intended.

Nevertheless, when targeting inanimate objects such as a Fortress Gate or box, the skills' attributes fail to activate.

The attack speed boost of Idium Blow doesn't trigger.

Idium Surface Strike's speed doesn’t trigger either, and it should reset the cooldown of Idium Ray, Whip, and Bombardment by 50%. This cooldown reset doesn’t occur when hitting a gate.

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In my experience, AT has been experiencing significant bugs with modifiers ever since the 6.0 update.

At times, we can withstand anything, but at other times, we feel as frail as paper.

There are moments when we deal proper damage, yet often it's as if we're only outputting "140" consistently. It's not just Idium Blow or Idium Ray. This is definitely an area where attention is seriously needed for AT, and I suspect it might relate to that Mount mechanic.

We also face frequent loss of attack speed. Animation becomes bizarrely slow occasionally, almost like we're not equipped with any transformation or attack speed weapon.

I've been playing other classes now and haven't encountered issues with those as I have with AT.

Typically, this issue arises when the object isn't on the same height as you. It's a common problem during altar sieges. Certain skills like WoD or Boosted Thunder end up dealing 0 damage unless you're standing at precisely 0m distance from the target.

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Casting/Using Idium Ray when the boss isn't debuffed by light won't work. Good call.

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This usually occurs when the object isn't leveled with you. It often happens during altar sieges. Certain skills, like WoD or Boosted Thunder, deal no damage unless you're right on top of it at zero meters distance.

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Using Idium Ray when the boss hasn't the debuff from the light. Nicely done.

The boss remains in the light and the damage would be 1 if it was outside it.

Nice job noticing, yet not good at understanding the mechanics.

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It tends to occur when the object is not leveled with you. This happens quite a bit during altar sieges. Some abilities like WoD or Boosted Thunder deal no damage unless executed from 0m away.

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https://youtu.be/g4USggX2spI

Executing Idium Ray while the boss lacks that light-induced debuff? Nice job.

This has happened to me a few times, but the issue mainly arises when deploying idium surface strike against non-NPC targets like fortress gates. The anticipated 50% cooldown reduction and speed boost for 5 seconds just aren't being triggered. It's odd since it's dependent on the skill-user and shouldn’t hinge on the target—it should activate reliably every time.
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When the skill does not land on your target, like for Gates, the effect will not activated. Check the log, the skill deals no damage/does not land. Gladiators have the same issue with a lot of aoe skills which can not be used on gates.

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From what I’ve noticed, AT has been riddled with bugs regarding modifiers ever since 6.0.

Sometimes we're invincible, sometimes we're way too fragile.

Sometimes we deal great damage, other times it's like we're stuck at "140" constantly. It's not just with Idium Blow or Idium Ray. They absolutely need to reevaluate AT. I suspect it has something to do with that Mount feature.

We frequently lose attack speed too. Animations slow down dramatically, as if we're lacking any transformation or attack speed gear.

I’ve switched to playing other classes and none hit the same issues as AT.

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same Issues here thought it's a PC issue but good to see I'm not the only one with these "slowness" bugs! dealing with this even with Kaisinel xD

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When your skill fails to connect with the target, like Gates, the effect won’t trigger. Review the log, as the skill does no damage/misses. Gladiators experience the same thing with many aoe abilities unable to target gates.

The skills indeed hit and cause damage, but if the gate is the target, buffs that should activate don’t. There’s a workaround, but fixing this would be better. Honestly, I'm glad to be in the Aion Riftshade beta – they've got a stable server where such bugs don’t last long. Their devs are super active on Discord and the server is smoother than Aion 2, can't wait for its launch in Q1 2026!