Player Mindgame is abusing a bug for pvp/arena.

[salamuun]

this player Mindgame is a shadow priest who can cast Vampiric Touch and Divine Spirit... is that possible for a shadow priest? I saw him casting Divine Spirit when preparing for duels. His damage was insane too. I lost 5k health by the time i am out of his scream. I think he is hacking. I already spent USD40 on my account and i am very disappointed to see this. Please check on this and i hope to get a reply regarding the investigation. I shall put gaming on Smolderforge on hold.

[Henhouse]

Prayer of Spirit is a party-buff, much like blessings that Paladins have. His talents are spec'ed into Shadow, so yes, he's shadow. It's likely he was in a group with someone who buffed him, so he could have that buff when he dueled.

Advice: don't duel someone with buffs that enhance their ability. It's that simple. If you want a fair fight, don't accept a duel until you know it will be fair.

[Deems]

Divine spirit op. Makes you do 31590235902 damage.

[salamuun]

I saw him cast Divine Spirit then go into Shadow Form and cast Vampiric Touch. He casted it himself. If a GM can view his arena matches then he will know what i mean.

[Henhouse]

This has been fixed, and we're investigating the issue of how this character managed to do this, as well as contacted him. It seems they were bugged and not clearing on talent reset, from what I tested, but I could not reproduce on a new character so it seems like a bug that we're looking into.

Sorry about that. But thank you for the report.

[salamuun]

Thank you for checking out on this. I love playing on Smolderforge so that is why I contribute $$ and bother to report.

[mirok]

This has been fixed, and we're investigating the issue of how this character managed to do this, as well as contacted him. It seems they were bugged and not clearing on talent reset, from what I tested, but I could not reproduce on a new character so it seems like a bug that we're looking into.

Sorry about that. But thank you for the report.

I think it is something related with the "instan gearing npc". When you choose the option "shadow", it provides you with the Spirit talent. However, I am not sure about this, so you might investigate it for yourself.

[Laurtris]

It must have been an old priest, i used to have big party spirit buff on my priest character too, even though i didnt have it selected in talent tree. It just stayed in spell book no matter what. The character was created long time ago and it was a common bug back in those times. Once I swapped factions though it got rid of it. My second and third priest, newer characters, were free of such ATROCITIES xD

[mirok]

It must have been an old priest, i used to have big party spirit buff on my priest character too, even though i didnt have it selected in talent tree. It just stayed in spell book no matter what. The character was created long time ago and it was a common bug back in those times. Once I swapped factions though it got rid of it. My second and third priest, newer characters, were free of such ATROCITIES xD

Exactly.

[Henhouse]

His character was created around 2013 so I suppose it's possible. I guess we'll keep our eye out for this happening elsewhere.

Thanks for the responses, everyone.