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Abby Taylor
Nov Member 2019

Abby Taylor

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Was killing frost dragons today and this really weird bug happened.

I was fighting Dragon A, and the blue orb appeared, so I started combat against a different dragon while I waited for the timer on the first blue orb.

Well Dragon B which didn't have an orb on it was reflecting my damage as if I was attacking the first dragon.

what the hell jagex buggy mess. Ive always hated these orbs they are bad enough without these weird ass bugs.

and to add insult to injury the interface making bug reports is bugged out and the blinking cursor doesn't set correctly, and you also can't put it in front of parenthesis for some reason.
200m Woodcutting: 08/08/2021

Completionist: 09/10/2021

22-Apr-2023 06:27:12

Jeremy Cheng
Aug Member 2013

Jeremy Cheng

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They haven't been updated for the last 3 years other than a patch note so I'm guessing the old orb mechanic hasn't been adjusted for over a decade. I believe this is a similar mechanic to how automatons aggro if you click them but the orb is basically the automaton stomp attack as a self buff on the dragon but I could be wrong. They're definitely due to be changed and maybe remove the orbs as they no longer truly serve their anti bot function these days.

29-Apr-2023 18:34:28

Bertel62
Aug Member 2023

Bertel62

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I don't think they are there only as an anti-bot meassure. The orb only comes when you take too long to kill a dragon, so it could just as well be to make it harder for lower level players to fight them. Higher level players are rewarded by not getting the orbs. It could also be an anti-AOE meassure, again to make it harder, and reward people even more, who are able to AOE them fast enough.

I do like monsters like this. The better you are, the more you are rewarded. It is not like other monsters where lower level just means that it takes a bit longer to kill them. Here it is actually a harder fight.

30-Apr-2023 18:02:04

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