Crystals shooting before being cracked?

#1

Well, my wizard just died. I was eping it and it shot, before it was cracked. Is this supposed to be normal, or is it a bug of some sorts? I just want to know. I am not asking for a revive as I know that the death was 100% my fault. No, there were NO enemies around, other than the crystal. I was at full health, and I was not lagging. If it helps, I died right when it said something about "you need more people"
So, my question is, is it normal?
No, you don’t have to say to me not to ep anything, I know now, I thought the crystal was some thing where you can safely stand near until it cracks. Thanks in advance ^^
by the way, rip ep

#2

It occasionally shoots massive shots all around it before it’s popped, yeh.

#3

yes, now and again an uncracked crystal will shoot the same shots as when it opened. sorry for your loss, but hopefully you learned form this ^^

#4

As I said in the op, I did. Thank you both for clarifying this.
Quick question: can others see the shots? Or is the range so small that it kills the people who are sitting on it?

#5

It’s like his shoots after cracking

#6

EPing a crystal is ballsy because it is shoot at your own risk, it is one of the only ways some pros still die because it is hard to predict its pattern.

#7

I did not know that! Thanks for making this thread so I will be warned :slight_smile:

#8

No everyone else can see it, it goes about 2 squares out I think, and it also gives you quite if you get hit by it

#9

occasionally if not die after certain damage&heal, crystal will attack 360° and can insta kill if you’re stand on it. the attack was similar like the one when it was about to cracked

#10

i told u that like 6months ago

#11

No you didn’t

#12

yes it’s always done this, usually you wait for it to shoot then EP + warrior it and win with 2 player.

#13

Yea sorry for this
If you don’t crack the Crys in time it could pop in you and booty hit you.

#14

This is how I lost my first 6/8 wizzy, would not recommend standing on top of a crys at all.

#15

What I did when I got interested in this is I went on a empty server and then just sad next to it hitting once or twice every 3 seconds, it shoots massive white balls that I think do about 80 damage? I have done enough crystal to see a every staff class die by the same reason.

#16

Yeah, I saw it shoot two days ago, thankfully, I knew enough to not ep it. Man, this thread is old. Thanks for informing me, though.

#17

This is indeed an event that happens.

As for the exact damage, each shot deals 90 damage, inflicts Quiet for 20 seconds, and has a range of 6; since there are 16 shots in total, the formula for the total damage would be Dtotal = 1440 - 16x, where D is damage done and x is defense.

#18

(with 77 the max x can be).

#19

Close thread as the question has been answered numerous times. @Moderators

#20

Meh. Not really a necrobump if the reply comes in before the auto-lock and it’s on topic. No need to lock this one, imho.