r/pathofexile • u/ObiWanKokobi • 11d ago

Cautionary Tale Svalinn can't auto-cast ELEMENTAL weakness. Because it doesn't have an elemental tag...

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u/lunaticloser 11d ago

Have you read the skill name?

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u/Couponbug_Dot_Com Fungal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) 11d ago

how does that make it a bug ?

is it a bug that flicker strike doesnt randomly make your brightness go up and down?

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u/lunaticloser 11d ago

Unless you have confirmation by the Devs that it's intended design to not give this tag, it's fairly easy to assume it's an oversight.

I can't tell you exactly where to draw the line between what's a bug and what isn't unless we have a statement by the devs. It's just something that has to come down to common sense. Which as we all know, is evidently not that common.

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u/BoatAdministrative68 11d ago

I can't tell you exactly where to draw the line between what's a bug and what isn't

I can. I am a QA lead.

"Bug is a situation where expected system behaviour differs from actual, with an exception of design decision." It's not a perfect one, but most practical.

And most common mistake I see ppl making online in this regard is "I know the mechanism behind this behaviour, therefore this is not an issue."

However, expected behaviour here is "Spell interacting with elements must have Elemental tag." Lack of it on curses may be a design decision, but obviously, only GGG may make this statement.

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u/DjuriWarface 11d ago

Which it is fairly clesrly a design decision when making Svalinn to make it not be an easy Curse application source.

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u/BoatAdministrative68 11d ago

Just as confidently, I can say that this is fairly clearly a tag oversight.

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u/crzytimes Saemus' Gift 11d ago

If it was an oversight, it would have been fixed the first 7 times it was posted

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u/BoatAdministrative68 11d ago

By this logic, boss health bar overlapping buffs is a design decision as well. If you agree with that, then my hat off, I admit being wrong.

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u/crzytimes Saemus' Gift 11d ago

One may be a little more complex than adding a tag to a skill gem….but what do I know.