Psyker Crit Talents can't trigger on multipe targets (but can trigger on thin air): aka Massive Mettle Nerf

Issue Type (Required):

Player Mechanics

Issue Description (Required):

From the “Bug Fixes” section of the patch notes: “Fixed an issue where the Psyker ‘Empathic Evasion’, ‘Mettle’, and ‘Perfect Timing’ talents didn’t consistently trigger.”

The change seems to have been to trigger these talents when a crit is fired, rather than when a crit actually hits a target. This has two significant issues. Firstly, it means they will trigger when shooting/swinging into thin air. Secondly, it means you can’t trigger them simultaneously on multiple targets. This is the more significant issue, as it functions as a massive nerf to the amount of toughness regeneration that Mettle provides. Changing it from a source of toughness that scales nicely with threat density, to a flat and fixed source of toughness. If this was intentional, it should have been listed under balance adjustments rather than merely a bugfix.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

Link to Footage: https://youtu.be/QfGQ_OSMGtI

Load into empty Meat grinder and spawn two enemies.
First Scene: Shoot the air, see the crit talents trigger and generate 5 toughness.
Second Scene: Shoot both enemies at the same time, see it only trigger once to still generate 5 toughness when hitting two enemies.
Third Scene: Compare to previous footage showing it triggering two times when hitting two enemies and generating 10 toughness.

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Microsoft Store

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Wait are you telling me I can swing a knife at thin air now to be immune to gunners effectively indefinitely?

Yes lmao

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That is pretty up there for goofy nonsense lmao.

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