[364] Chanter Song and Cautious Attack

[Shevek]

Is the Chanter Song and Cautious Attack meant to be mutually exclusive? A couple of times I noticed than when my Chanter starts singing, Cautious attack stops working. Anyone else experience this?

[Sensuki]

Chanter songs are a modal, and you can only have one modal active at a time. It's a good point though, because choosing Cautious Attack on a Chanter is probably a trap choice.

[Shevek]

Not so, Paladin Aura and Cautious Attack work together.

 

Edit: I am pretty sure they are supposed to work together. I think it has something to do with the Chanter Song enabling itself when combat starts.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Shevek

[Sensuki]

True.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Sensuki

[NCarver]

Hello all,

 

Thank you for your postings. This issue appears to be caused by the Chanter's Chants and the Cautious Attack talent both being in the same modal group. I have added this issue to the database and I'll add it to the known issues post as well, linking this thread.

 

For Modal abilities in general, they should be part of Modal groups. For Example, the Paladin's Zealous Charge and Zealous Focus Modals might be both part of Modal Group A for instance, while Cautious Attack and Savage Attack might be part of Modal Group B. Only one modal inside a group can be active at one time, activating another in the group while one is active should deactivate the first.

 

In general, talents should be exclusive from Class based modals, as that would create what Sensuki mentioned above, as trap choices.

 

Thank you both for your ongoing support!