Volt Discharge Does Nothing [Fixed]

[MechaEmperor7000]

I have also had this issue, and it's greatly slowing down my focus farm (which is bad considering I still have an active booster from Baro last week). In my case Discharge only works on the first casting; all subsequent casting even in the first 30 seconds still does nothing.

[Zedar451]

Someone made a video of this: 

I've been encountering the same issue. My theory is that Discharge won't hit enemies that are under the effects of another ability (such as Saryn's), as I can occasionally hit enemies as soon as the zone begins, AND just after they spawn sometimes.

 

[Zedar451]

I've been encountering the same issue. My theory is that Discharge won't hit enemies that are under the effects of another ability (such as Saryn's), as I can occasionally hit enemies as soon as the zone begins, AND just after they spawn sometimes.

Here's a video someone made: 

 

[Zedar451]

I've got the same issue with Volt and with stuttering. My theory with Volt is that it won't hit an enemy under the influence of another ability (ie Saryn). That might explain why it hits just fine at the start of a zone, and seems to randomly work at other times.

 

Here's another video someone made: 

 

[-OP-Kakashi]

from the second wave, at approximately 10s of each wave, the discharge stops working (without effect of the skill, without causing damage, without paralyzing the enemies). This is only taking place in the sanctuary mode (normal and elite)

[greg7k]

I've been having the same problem, but its around the same time that the AI stops moving and stays where they spawned.

[Blloodbath]

I can confirm this bug.

[-NR-Aurora]

Okay i started having the Problem too using Volt in Sancuary Onslaught.
Tested it and the main Problem was as long as A Saryn has Some Spores on a Enemy the Enemy doenst get any Dmg from the Discharge at all.
So as long theres a Saryn in the Lobby a Volt is Absolutly unplayable.

[FungusCat]

CCPlease.

Wait wrong game.

[ElRomero]

1 hour ago, Blloodbath said:

I can confirm this bug.

Same here. 

[Taurelith]

also happens in normal sanctuary onslaught where casting limitations should not be in place. usually 3/4 casts every wave then it just stops doing damage and applying electric procs at all.

[Numus19]

Was running some Elite Sanctuary Onslaught and volt's discharge is not effecting enemies randomly. I can be standing next to an enemy and discharge and it will act like nothing happened. 

[Numus19]

On 2018-10-13 at 3:35 PM, Seebeez said:

Alright so I'm curious if others are experiencing this also. Very strange stuttering while in ESO/SO, like frames drop to 0 but I don't think that's what it is. I noticed you had these happen in your video too.

Having the same issue, where it seems like the game lags out, then works fine... Also my Volt Discharge is having the same issue. 

[Eientei]

Yup went into regular sanctuary onslaught and Volts ultimate did damage then after about a minute it did nothing. It works again when you pass to the next stage/zone but it stops after half a minute or so.

[Psynac]

I am also seeing this. My first discharge each round seems to work as normal but every one after it will do nothing or only affect one or two enemies.

[Flambeau83]

I also noticed this.  Mine seemed to be keyed to some type of other player animation.  That is another warframe power made the enemies do some animation and then volt couldn't effect them with discharge anymore.

Volt Discharge Not Working

[Argenex]

A little bit more testing with it;

Missions Affected:

Sanctuary Onslaught and Elite Sanctuary Onslaught

Problem & Description:

Upon entering a new zone (any zone after zone 1), Volt's Discharge works as intended only 2 times. After these initial 2 uses;

• The Energy used to activate the ability is consumed
• The initial outward wave affect is displayed
• There will be no countdown timer on the ability
• The wave & the ability do zero damage
• None of the enemies within range will take damage from it nor will they be stunned
• The lightning that is normally displayed when discharge is active, is not displayed

Attempts at making Discharge work as normal:

• Falling off of the map, will give you 1 more use with it. Afterwards it goes back to not working. (tried multiple times by going off map, didn't fix it)
• Transfering in and out of operator mode does not fix it.
• Host Migration, if in a new zone, fixes it for that zone only. After entering the next zone after a most migration, discharge goes back to 2 uses only doing no damage and the 'broken' state.
• Dying does not appear to fix it.

 

@[DE]Saske

Essentially the problem seems to be whatever happens from going from one zone to the next. This happens in both Sanctuary Onslaught and Elite Sanctuary Onslaught.

 

Screenshots:

Discharge working as intended at the start of a new zone:

 

Discharge after being cast later in same zone, grayed out, but not doing anything else as normal:

 

Edited October 15, 2018 by Argenex
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[DarrenToIvan]

En 13/10/2018 a las 6:35, KotoKuraken dijo:

Sometimes Volt's Discharge works perfectly. Sometimes it doesn't work at all.

-Stage 1 of today's Elite Sanctuary Onslaught (Corrupted in Shipyard Tileset) it works perfectly. Stage 2 (Grineer in Sealab) it decides it just won't work. Some stages it would hit everything, then the next cast it would hit nothing on that same stage.

-I tried standing out in the open, making fully sure that all enemies could see and were aggo'd on me (just to make sure I didn't miss a Line of Sight nerf that had anything to do with walls and alert state) and I watched as my ability did nothing. I cast again, Simaris got 200% mad, and it still didn't hit anything.

-Pop out of mission, recheck the build, it's still the same: 170% duration, 100% efficiency, 235% range, 125% strength. Decide to go solo to ensure it wasn't a network problem.

-Same thing happens: everything dies on Stage 1. Almost nothing dies or even gets hit at all on Stage 2. And again the various other stages it either worked and hit everything on the map, or it hit nothing at all. Or it would keep changing its mind whether it wanted to work from one cast to the next during the same stage. Didn't matter if enemies were alerted or standing in the open.

tl;dr Sometimes Volt's Discharge works perfectly. Sometimes it doesn't work at all. Doesn't seem to be related to enemy alert state, line of sight, or network issues.

Edit: Tested in Simulacrum to see if Armor vs Shields was a factor; it does not seem to be a factor at all. There is a possibility of the gamemode itself presenting the problems, but that is just a hypothesis based on negating all the more common factors

same here

[Argenex]

 

[Exaktus]

i have excatly the same issue. After a few cast per ESO wave it stops working.

DE response?!?

[Exaktus]

thank you for posting this videos. Got the same problem!

PUSH

[Birkenhoff]

I experienced that it works in ESO zone 1. After entering zone 2 it breaks completely.

[..SnuggleAddict..]

Same problem, plus in many other missions too.

[Kebast]

If you didn't know, recent patch broke Volt's discharge ability in Elite Sanctuary Onslaught. Anyone know if that's been fixed yet? Annoying, as I'd just recently put a lens I need on Volt. 

[Arrchangelll]

Having the same problem! It's annoying, for me it stars at the 2nd zone, and if i die and respawn it bugs out too.