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[Tier5 Kerensky]

I came across a match in which the VIP got stuck early on and thus he was delayed and we eventually lost. He only started moving after I pushed him free.

I have played quite many escort matches so this seems new occurrance from current patch.

Teer Kerensky, on 20 May 2017 - 09:59 AM, said:

So here's a new one.

Few minutes into the game, I tried to lurm few enemies who went to the tunnel side and went to took the ECM flags while the majority of enemy tried to fight on the saddle, when I noticed the VIP Atlas was still pretty close to start.

I asked if he was even moving and one friendly, probably someone who had died, said he's stuck on a bridge. I go back to investigate, but then I lost control of my keyboard and mouse and had to restart my computer. There was a disco or AFK close to the Atlas at the time.

When I reconnected, the Atlas is still there, but the other friendly had left. I don't know if he tried to push him, or maybe he was too small to have an impact. The VIP was in the shallow water trying to get over the small bridge. And as it's too tall to talk over, he was not moving at all.

Slowly I managed to push him so he started to advance, but too much time had passed. See the timer on the screenshots.

The last two enemies were really weak and easy kills, I followed the Atlas but when I killed the last enemy, game ended right there and was declared defeat as the VIP didn't have enough time to reach the dropship. Which hadn't even shown up yet.

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Also another case reported by other plaer, he hasn't explained more about the conditions.
https://mwomercs.com...361-escort-bug/

[HooverGKMMC]

Yup, I've had that happen a few times, usually on Crimson.

[Fraterna]

hm. i wonder how long PGI needs to fix that..,
had that a few times, too, and it makes a crimson escort a drop gamble:
- drop as attacker, almost a save win without doing anything.

Edited by Fraterna, 20 May 2017 - 11:34 AM.

[Tier5 Kerensky]

Once people become aware of the problem, the short-term sollution should be simple, just check and push him if necessarily.

[Gun Sarge]

This happened to me in a match on grim plexus. It got stuck going up the small hill just out of the dropzone(don't remember grid number), game ended in a loss for us defenders. One player pointed out that it may have to do with the engine decoupling from the patch. VIP is slow to begin with so any hill or obstacle would stop it dead in its tracks

[Big MO]

I reported a stuck VIP bug a while back. I think it was one patch after escort mode was introduced. It occurred on Frozen City when a friendly mech died immediately in front of the VIP. After about 30 seconds of watching him sit there, I rammed the VIP and he started moving again.

[Erik Ouzbel]

Can confirm that if the attacking team deals no damage to the stuck escort and are wiped out, they win instead of the defenders.