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Thank you for all of your attention! You guys are really kind and helpful. Yeah I invited a friend of mine to try out the Gamepass version of the game (he does not have prior experience to the series so very clean/newly-installed game files I guess), and confirmed that there the bug still exist and it might be an unintended bug associated with the gamepass version. ironically figuring out what was happening with the affliction/resistance thing has made me learnt a lot about the game mechanics lol, despite the bug I still continue enjoying the game.

Example video (New save, no mods, reinstalled): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiO9AsHzWUs&ab_channel=PakyamAu

Unfortunately deleting the mod files and reinstalling the game don't work.

I was using community patch and enhanced user interface, along with deadly fire for exp gain reduction. Yeah I might reinstall the whole thing and see if they work.

Ok now I'm pretty sure its not something wrong about the boss in particular. I have just loaded my previous saves and tried to experiment on different enemies with different afflictions. Here's what I observed: In Pahowane, the lizard ad "Xaurip Wildgard" has resistance to intellect affliction, and my whispher of treason cannot Confuse him despite hit. In Guild ruins, the dragon boss "Scyorielaphas" has resistance to perception affliction, and my chill frog cannot Disorient him despite hit. In Arkemyr's Manor, the ad "Storm blight" has resistance to dexterity affliction, and my mental binding cannot Immobilize him despite hit. Have I been playing a different game? It seems that its not my illusion that I have not successfully landed a single downgraded affliction yet.

Sorry for the ambiguity - the exact combat log phrasing is "(Resistance: Intellect Afflictions) resisted Dominated.)", thats why I assumed its about the interaction between affliction and resistance in the first place. and yeah, its difficult for me to identify which is the exact cause of the issue. I looked through a lot of posts and videos about the boss fight and people usually recommend going for other routes (e.g., constitution afflictions) since it does not have related resistance/immunity. Unfortunately I could not find any videos/screenshots showing people successfully charming/frightening this boss, so I wondered if there is something going wrong with me failing to apply "downgraded afflictions". One question: will the combat log shows the downgraded affliction being successfully applied? I also made sure the enemy (either Neriscyrlas or the little ad Luminous Revenant) didnt have any buff/spell on paper - it's just Zealous Focus and the resistances and immunities (tho I dunno if there are any hidden passives as you mentioned). Not a single incident - I was trying for quite a number of times making sure its not some weird "chance" passives blocking my afflictions. In fact as I played through the game I cannot recall a single incident where I successfully applied a "downgraded affliction". For example, Im playing your build ceaseless siren as mc and was using mental binding a lot - I dont recall successfully immobilizing the foe target. Either its a 100 (paralyze) or 0 (nothing). Im starting to wonder if I broke the game somehow or had some weird versions of the game lmao. Btw I was only using the community patch and enhanced user interface mods and turned them off to try again and its still the same.

I'm a new player coming from PoE1 and doing a PotD run, and the story began when i met the Messenger in Beast of Winter (Neriscyrlas 1st phase?). Having a tough fight with him, I tried to debuff him in some ways and realized he has Immunity to Intellect afflictions and Resistance to Resolve afflictions. But I heard that resistance to a certain affliction will only downgrade the affliction for 1 grade, e.g. from t3 to t2. So I casted Ryngrim's Enervating Terror on him. The skill hit, and the combat log did show he "resisted terrified" because of the resistance. But neither the combat log or the top-left character status showed he was Frightened, not even Shakened, and the boss continued to cast the hostile spell that he was casting (if he is frigthened he cannot be casting hostile spells?), as if nothing happened. I was so confused and wondered if its some privilege of this awesome boss that helps him resist some kinds of debuffs, so I tried the same trick on the little mob next to him (i.e., the Luminous Revenant). That mob has Resistance to Intellect afflictions, so I tried using ringleader from Cipher on him. The spell crit and as expected the mob resisted the Dominated effect from the spell. However, it was not Charmed or Confused, at least not shown on the combat log or the character status, and the mob still fighting my party member as if its not charmed. Am I missing something here? It seems to me nothing has been downgraded but instead the afflictions are getting blocked completely. I couldn't wrap my mind around this for hours and would like to get some help from you guys, thanks in advance!