[Gameplay] Skin Bug, and Autopath Bug
Okay, so I had two separate and likely unrelated bugs happen to me today. The "Invalid Skin" bug is one I've seen more than once, though only with Velkoz (he apparently has 2 Classic skins, and you must decide which one is the real one). This report is mainly about the autopathing bug that occurred.
I've noticed others talk about the autopathing bug, and what I have noticed is that it is 1) A selectively midlane bug. 2) Only occurs in Teambuilder. 3) Is not able to be stopped until the player leaves and then reconnects. And 4) Always involves Veigar in some way, shape, or form. That evil little yordle is up to something.
Pre-Game: Saw Full-Machine Viktor on sale. Purchased, and proceeded to go into Teambuilder. When I would select Full Machine as my skin, and select "Find Group", it would give me an error saying [INVALID_SKIN], and not let me click "Find Group" anymore. I left the selection screen, and came back in. With Full-Machine already selected, I was able to queue for a match using the skin. Midlane Viktor. In pregame lobby, all was good. The Glorious Evolution was prepared to begin. Readied up and went on into the loading screen. Proceeded to have issues tabbing in and out of the loading screen, and it was taking quite a bit of time for my percentage to reach 100%. It was stuck at 98% for a good seven or eight minutes.
In-Game: Bought items, leveled E, and clicked right in front of me to start heading to lane. Alas, Viktor decided that his new machine body would be best tested against a turret and a Final Boss Veigar, with an intended final destination of the enemy fountain. I could not use abilities, move in any direction, or stop Viktor in any way. He had made up his mind. Ambitious and bold as he was, results were... unsatisfactory. The machine was easily dismantled.
Once respawned, I told my team of what had happened, and then proceeded to try to click to go to lane again. Only for Viktor to decide he needed to try his experiment once again... to the same result as the first time. An onslaught of turret hits and Veigar's successful farming of the Machine Herald. Viktor's new machine body seemed to be having a malfunction, gaining only one primary function: to get to the enemy fountain, by only one way, going one direction, and always, always eating those turret shots.
After respawning a second time, I decided to disconnect and reconnect, to try to solve Viktor's malfunction. This seemed to work, and I was able to move about the map freely. It was glorious to have control again, but now came the task of proving to my team that I wasn't some kind of troll. My team accused me of being a feeder and throwing the game, when in the end, I wound up with almost the exact same score as our toplaner, and our botlane had done a wonderful job of fueling Jinx's psychotic ego by allowing her to riddle them with bullet holes. Sorry Kog'Maw, bullets aren't edible when they're flying at you, and neither are giant rockets.
Post-Game: Accused of feeding, trolling, and being genuinely a bad person for what I had done.
But the Machine Herald lives on, still wondering what it feels like to walk upon the enemy fountain and proclaim his body as perfection. Viktor may never know the answer, but he will try.
