Talk:Predatory Instincts/@comment-24986675-20140526172730/@comment-24986675-20140531041942

For someone who has read the above post, here's a BUG you may want to notice and avoid. If you pick up a Predatory Instincts item during the activation of this item (attack speed buff), this BUG will decrease your base attack speed.

Reason: When you pick up a new Predatory Instincts item during the attack speed buff, your current attack speed is NOT increased instantly. However, when the buff ends in 3 seconds, the attack speed that deducted from you will be recalculated based on the new Predatory Instincts amount.

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e.g. Assume that you have a base attack speed 100%, and 3 Predatory Instincts items which will give you a 13% attack speed increment per crit strike.

Normally, a full attack speed buff (i.e. activated 3 times) will raise your attack speed to 100% + 13% * 3 = 139%. 3 seconds later, this 39% will be removed from your attack speed, leaving the original 100% back to you.

When you pick up the fourth item at 139% attack speed, this BUG will occur without changing anything at the moment. 3 seconds later, however, 42% (= 14% * 3) attack speed instead of 39% will be removed, resulting in a 139% - 42% = 97% base attack speed at normal status. Thus you lose 3% attack speed because of this BUG.

- Furthermore, there is the chance, although very unlikely, that a player picks up 34 Predatory Instincts items consecutively in this kind of situation and makes his attack speed below zero! I tested this with Commando. With a negative attack speed, I couldn't use my primary skill Double Tap any more. (Luckily, I could still use the second skill FMJ and managed to survive......) So, always be careful when you wanna pick a Predatory Instincts up! Wait for the overhead buff disappear!