Numerous bugs with Chemical Dependency and Stimms

Issue Type (Required):

Talents

Issue Description (Required):

Below are a list of bugs associated with Chemical Dependency talent as well as Hive Scum Stimms.
As an aside, please note that I have never taken the talent to reduce the buff to 60s and have confirmed as such on my talent page everytime I have noticed the following issues:

  • My stimm is at max viscosity (75s CD). Chemical Dependency is listed as lasting 90s. My theory is that the Stimm Supply ability is freezing the stimm cd timer since using it is causing my stimm cooldown to last longer than the Chemical Dependency buff.
  • Sample Collector talent (kills refund 1% of stimm cooldown, 2% if infected with Toxin) does not seem to be functioning, either, since the issue of Chem Dependency running out or being very close to running out would not be happening as repeatedly often if it were functioning. This is true with or without the Stimm Supply ability, and especially because without Stimm Supply ability, I regularly watch Chem Dependency buff fall off before Stimm is available to be used again to refresh the buff.
  • I’m also having a rare occasion where it will show my stimm as available to use and yet it cannot be activated because it is apparently still on cooldown. I’ve really only noticed this recently now that I’m using Stimm Supply and I cannot recall if this happened elsewhere. I did not have the stimm buff active from Supply when trying to use the Stimm again.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

1.) Play Hive Scumm.
2.) Have any amount of viscosity in Stimm (I did not have access to Dependency before I hit 75s cooldown but I suspect that the issues are noticeable regardless).
3.) Take Chemical Dependency keystone talent, with or without Stimm Supply ability and/or Sample Collector talent.

You are almost guaranteed to note at least one or more issues with either Stimms or Chemical Dependency not functioning as described.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

No, I don’t use mods

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Often (<75%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

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In addition to the above, please consider adding some kind of wipe animation as well as improving visual feedback with regards to Scum Stimms in general.
Right now, it is incredibly difficult to track since you either have to keep a mental timer going, or you’re just waiting for the stimm to not be as dark.

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Adding on that I just ran a mission where I took separate talents completely and only have the 75s Stimm CD and “90s” Dependency buff with no related talents (ie no cdr on kills, no stimm supply, or other stimm talents).

Dependency is now dropping off the moment that Stimm came off of cooldown every single time.

I think I’ve found the issue, the cooldown doesn’t seem to start until the stimm wears off, so the cooldown is actually 15 (+5 with the increased duration talent) seconds longer than it shows in the stimm menu

And during the duration of the stimulant skill, the 1% and 2% cooldowns given by killing enemies do not take effect. It is necessary to wait for the duration of the stimulant skill to end before relying on this small value to reduce the stimulant cooldown time