Weird A2 Merc weapon aura issue

[DudSpud]

I do not know if this is a bug or not, but...

My baby Meterorb is in early A3 Norm, and in order to equip an Insight pole, Waheed has to use an amethyst-socketed helm to equip the pole. When I switch the helm back to Sigon's (with Armor, for the leech), he has to rely on the +Str from the Insight to equip the pole.

Under this circumstance, he still equips the pole based on no greyed-out pole, the damage on his LCS, and damage he apparently does to the bad guys (he cuts through them like butter). However, the Meditation aura is lost, like when he dies and I have to re-equip the weapon.

EDIT - I "know" he doesn't have the aura based on a) it doesn't alternate with his Defiance aura, and b) my man regen is greatly reduced.

What gives? Is this a known bug? It wont last for long as he will lvl up to the str he needs to equip the pole outright, but it is annoying.

Thanks,
TehSpud

[ohnoyellowdinosaur]

Yeah, it's well-known. Only options are to rejoin game or just re-equip the weapon.

[DudSpud]

Yeah, it's well-known. Only options are to rejoin game or just re-equip the weapon.Thanks for the info. As it stands, I can't re-equip because, taking off the weapon, I wont have the str, and I can't re-join, as I am SP...

Hmm, maybe I should S&E - I haven't checker to see if it would still be equipped under that circumstance.

Thanks,
TehSpud

[Are]

Why not just have him wear the Amethyst-helm the whole time? If he cuts through all monsters like butter, there's not much need for leech :)

[DudSpud]

Why not just have him wear the Amethyst-helm the whole time? If he cuts through all monsters like butter, there's not much need for leech :)Indeed, I did as you suggest. Not because of the principle of the issue, but because I had no other choice.

In the lvls between 27 and 30, I "toughed" it out with FBall boosted just to the point where I would have enough skill points left to simultaneously get slvl 17 CM and a point in Orb at each lvl up.

Lucy_III got Orb just before The Council, and with the +skills she got with lvl 30 gear (Lore, Spirit sword, Spirit Shroud, Visceratuant, 1 all ammy, MFists...), adding to the accompanying CM boost, she positively mauled the Durance and all of A4.

Still, it's only Normal. But of course, she is HC, which makes things a bit more interesting. Only one NDE to a Fire-Enchanted boss pack accompanied by Amp-ing OK's. At least they didn't IM Waheed...

Thanks,
TehSpud