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User Rights issues

This section is for issues related to user rights. Archived issues for this section can be found here.

General Coding issues

These issues are generally related to the Mediawiki software, and any extensions that are installed (please note that PvXCode has it's own section below). See here for archived issues.

PvXcode issues

Coding issues related to PvXcode. See also PvXwiki talk:PvXcode. See here for archived PvXCode issues.

Energy Exhaustion Overcast Costs

These do not show up at all in the mouseovers of skills.

Some examples:

Chain Lightning

Prophecies

Elementalist. Air Magic

Chain Lightning

Spell

Target foe and up to two other foes near your target are struck for 10..70..90 lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration.

6

2

10

Second Wind

Factions

Elementalist. Unlinked

Second Wind

Elite Spell

You gain 1 Energy and 5 Health for each point of energy restricted by Exhaustion. You lose all enchantments.

5

1

5

Meteor Shower

Prophecies

Elementalist. Fire Magic

Meteor Shower

Spell

Create a Meteor Shower at target foe's location. For 9 seconds, foes adjacent to that location are struck for 7..91..119 fire damage and knocked down every 3 seconds.

60

5

25

Health Sacrifice Costs

These do not show up at all in the mouseovers of skills. ToraenTheJanitor 14:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Some examples:

Dark Pact

Core

Necromancer. Blood Magic

Dark Pact

Spell

Deal 10..40..51 shadow damage to target foe.

2

1

1

Offering of Blood

Prophecies

Necromancer. Blood Magic

Offering of Blood

Elite Spell

You gain 8..18..21 Energy.

15

¼

1

Barbed Signet

Core

Necromancer. Blood Magic

Barbed Signet

Signet

You inflict Bleeding for 3..13..16 seconds on target foe and all adjacent foes.

10

1

Found the following on PvXwiki talk:PvXcode: In function skill_replace add

if ($sacrifice != 0)
         $required[] = infuse_values($gwbbcode_tpl['requirement'], Array('type' => 'sacrifice', 'value' => $sacrifice));

-- Toraen talk 00:04, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

huh? didn't i add that already? I was sure i did it at the same time as...something. ~ PheNaxKian talk 17:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Nope, there's no mention of sacrifice in the copy I currently have uploaded to the box (and that one's ahead of what we've got live). -- Toraen talk 20:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Primary Attributes

• Spawning Power's effect on weapon spell duration was increased from +2% per rank to +4% per rank. Now live.
• Fast Casting has had a significant rework, and is split between PvP and PvE. Mesmer spells will need to show recharge reduction based on the attribute for PvE.
• Leadership shows a modification to the cost of shouts, and this needs to be removed. Leadership merely returns energy, it does not change the cost. Leadership's effect on Shouts and Chants will need to display as "This shout/chant grants X Energy for each affected earshot ally" (similar to "This attack skill has X% armor penetration" displayed by Strength).
• Mysticism has been completely reworked, and is split between PvP and PvE. Dervish enchantments will need to show cost reduction based on the attribute.

ToraenTheJanitor 14:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

(PvP) Skills and Template Codes

When (PvP) skills are added to a build template, they generate an invalid code. There has been much discussion on possible solutions here and other places. ToraenTheJanitor 14:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I thought this was largely worked out or a fix had been found? Also, there aren't pictures for the PvP skills. —ǥrɩɳsɧƴɖɩđđɭɘş 05:59, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Not fixed at all while we were at wikia. Solutions were provided, but not tested/implemented. Wikia just seemed to completely lose interest after a while. --Toraen (User:Toraen) 06:02, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

We will implement it, but i'm letting Bryan sort out GWiki first and probably tinker with the extension at the same time on their staging server (when it's set up). So the solution's ready, but It'll be a bit longer --Phen 152.105.20.42

This should now be fixed! ~ PheNaxKian talk 16:37, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Just noting here that there seems to be a problem with the ID conversion, as noted in many other places. -- Toraen talk 01:14, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

PvE Skills

Ebon Escape

EotN

No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank 10

Ebon Escape

Spell

Shadow Step to target other ally. You and that other ally are healed for 70..110 health.

10

¼

5

PvE skills don't show the scaled amounts at specific ranks. e.g. if I type @10 after the pvxbig code, it still shows how the numbers scale from r1-10--Chieftain Alex 15:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Linking

Skills in pvxbig formatted as [[Skill] do not link to the gww page for the skill. See the skill in the above section. ToraenTheJanitor 20:14, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

This was raised a while ago (I think by me). Apparently it's not a bug, but the way the extension works means that we couldn't have it link (or it'd be hard, or something....I'll see if I can find it). ~ PheNaxKian talk 22:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

it's been brought up a couple of times but never been answered. Don't know what I was thinking of <<. ~ PheNaxKian talk 22:19, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

PvX Decode

Puts pvp skills if possible into template. Unhelpful since they don't work, maybe revert to an old version before pvp skills? Chieftain Alex 00:14, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, the title of the page when you go to it is now <pvxdecode> due to the mediawiki upgrade. -- Toraen confer 16:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

More issues: attempting to display from a template code that has a multi-word named skill in it can cause it to be replaced with a PvP skill that shares the first word of the skill name. The original report is here. -- Toraen confer 20:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Internet Explorer 10

Hilariously, the hover text for PvX code doesn't work in Internet Explorer 10. If I set browser compatibility mode to IE9, then it starts working >_> - Chieftain Alex 20:18, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

its apparently an issue with IE10, not to do with css or js changes. Other sites are experiencing problems with hover-text/popups too. - Chieftain Alex 12:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

PvXbig Skill Errors

Add any skills with incorrect descriptions or images to the list inside the PvXbig tags using [skill name]. Add a description of the problem under the PvXbig tags. Issues fixed in the editcopy and awaiting sync will be noted. Once the sync has taken place, all fixed skills will be removed from the list.

Web of Disruption (PvP)

Nightfall

Mesmer. Unlinked

Web of Disruption (PvP)

Hex Spell

Interrupt target foe. For 10 seconds, target foe is Hexed with Web of Disruption. When this Hex ends, that foe is interrupted again.

15

¼

10

Lightning Hammer (PvP)

Factions

Elementalist. Air Magic

Lightning Hammer (PvP)

Spell

Target foe is struck for 10..82..106 lightning damage. Lightning Hammer has 25% armor penetration.

4

2

25

Elemental Flame (PvP)

Nightfall

Elementalist. Fire Magic

Elemental Flame (PvP)

Enchantment Spell

For 10..18..21 seconds, whenever you apply an Elemental hex to a foe, that foe is set on fire for 1..2..2 seconds.

30

1

10

Slippery Ground (PvP)

EotN

Elementalist. Water Magic

Slippery Ground (PvP)

Spell

If target foe is Blind or moving, that foe is knocked down. (50% failure chance with Water Magic 4 or less.)

20

1

5

Glyph of Energy

Prophecies

Elementalist. Energy Storage

Glyph of Energy

Elite Glyph

Your next 1..3..3 spell does not cause Exhaustion and costs 10..22..26 less Energy to cast. Your elemental attributes are increased by 1..2..2

25

1

5

Second Wind

Factions

Elementalist. Unlinked

Second Wind

Elite Spell

You gain 1 Energy and 5 Health for each point of energy restricted by Exhaustion. You lose all enchantments.

5

1

5

Ice Spear

Core

Elementalist. Water Magic 15

Ice Spear

Spell

Send out an Ice Spear, striking target foe for 70 cold damage if it hits. Ice Spear has half the normal Spell range. If you are Overcast, you gain +4 Health regeneration for 5 seconds.

1

5

Phoenix

Prophecies

Elementalist. Fire Magic

Phoenix

Spell

A fiery Phoenix rises at your location and flies out to your target, exploding on impact. This explosion strikes your target and nearby foes for 10..50..63 fire damage. If you are Overcast, allies in the blast radius are healed for 20..68..84 Health.

7

1.5

15

Lightning Touch

Core

Elementalist. Air Magic

Lightning Touch

Skill

Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 5..49..64 lightning damage, are Blinded for 1..3..4 seconds, and have Cracked Armor for 1..8..11 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration.

10

¾

5

Awaiting Sync

• Missing images for Web of Disruption (PvP), Lightning Hammer (PvP), Elemental Flame (PvP) and Slippery Ground (PvP).
• September 20 update - Glyph of Energy and Second Wind still referring to Exhaustion.
• Ice Spear missing enchantment arrow, also needs reduced damage to 10...50...60 {r15}. Skill is not half ranged any more.
• Phoenix should be reduced to 10 energy.
• Lightning Touch needs increased damage at lower end to 10...50...60 {r15}

Other bugs

Thanks for fixing the above, but I've encountered twothree other bugs:

1. After logging in once, and leaving the site, I appear logged out, then when i press login, it logs in without me typing my password..
   • Yeah, this happens sometimes when you're still validly logged with the central servers, but not with the wiki itself. I don't if there are plans to change this behavior.
2. Captcha is appearing for users pasting in external links - this is perhaps due to your problem with changing the meaning of autoconfirmed. - Chieftain Alex 10:05, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
   • Possibly. We'll get the configuration changed.
3. The DPL that was on the main page (can be seen backed up here) does not work properly and cannot be diagnosed wiki-side. I've removed the DPL code from the active Template:Main Page/Builds for the time being. -- Toraen confer 02:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
   • The DPL extension was updated to a new version without the security issue, and I've noticed other DPL breakage where this was updated on other wikis. I'll investigate as soon as I can. OOeyes (User:OOeyes) (talk) 08:20, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

     DPL's functional richness setting is an oddball that is set by calling a function rather than assigning to a variable, so I think it may have been missed when copying the configuration in the merge. I have a request in to get the richness set to an appropriate value, which I think will address the issues we're seeing. OOeyes (User:OOeyes) (talk) 00:13, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

     I'm glad there's at least a solution for this. Also, if the security issue is indeed gone, feel free to have the restriction of DPL only running on protected pages removed. It wasn't even really needed with the wiki locked down anyway. -- Toraen confer 02:30, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

4. Why can't I rate builds? 08:31, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

   I don't know. I was able to rate a test build without any trouble, the ratebuild right is currently offered to autoconfirmed users, and your account is in that group. Can you provide any more information before I send this up? OOeyes (User:OOeyes) (talk) 23:19, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

5. I cannot seem to log in and merge Auto-Toraen (User:Auto-Toraen), my bot account (not trying to merge it to this account, just make a new Curse Account). I tried removing the hyphen when choosing a new username, but the dialog insisted that I still had non-alphanumeric characters in the name. After the third try I just got a general error saying to contact Curse staff. -- Toraen confer 14:21, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

   The name was probably changed in the merge process because of the hyphen. Was there an email address associated with the account? You should have received an email with the new username for the account if so. If you can't find any, I'll send this up for further investigation. OOeyes (User:OOeyes) (talk) 23:03, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

   It would have had the same email as this account. I have nothing in my inbox related to the Auto-Toraen account currently, though it may have accidentally been deleted when I was clearing out the messages for this account. I did check the history on some builds it edited to see if a name change was reflected there (it was for some accounts I think?) but no dice. -- Toraen confer 02:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)