This is my attempt at making an ongoing list of issues I’ve noticed in Phoenix Point post-release, starting from March 10th, 2020 onward. I am playing with the Blood and Titanium DLC installed.
WARNING – this may contain some spoilers for the game, because I will be listing typos from messages attached to events and research projects at some points. I will use my discretion in avoiding really big spoilers.
Bugs
| element | description | reproduced? |
|---|---|---|
| battle | Sneak Attack double damage is shown as number on shots but does not apply for loud weapons – a sniper/infiltrator with 120 normal damage was shown to deal 240 while concealed, but only dealt the normal 120 | yes |
| battle | Paralyzing Triton does not prevent Pain Chameleon from activating, nor the Triton from moving as part of it, despite being paralyzed | yes |
| geoscape, site | Destroying Pandoran Citadel generates +10 faction alignment points as if a Lair was destroyed, and creates “Destroyed Pandoran Lair” site, not Citadel | yes |
| geoscape, research | Pandoran Citadel research prerequisites fulfilled when any tier of alien structure (nest & lair) is destroyed after the research first appears in list | yes |
| personnel, equipment | Soldiers with proficiencies in weapons are sometimes shown as not being proficient | yes |
| battle | Destroying enemy Aspida vehicle with Bash caused “item crate open tiles” (https://imgur.com/a/8ylSCGC) to appear next to the wreckage. Walking onto a tile opened inventory view instantly and automatically. Nothing was on the “ground” to take | no |
| battle | Radiant Hope aura (Synod head mutation) still active even after soldier EVACs from mission – a soldier next to where the Priest EVACed regained 2 WP next turn even with him already gone from the game | no |
| battle | Throwing Scorcher AT turret after having Retrieved it once made it not fire automatically on my next turn, despite having clear shot – Manual Control allowed shot, then unlocked the manual shot that is given to turrets that don’t fire automatically that turn | no |
| battle | Paralysis damage that becomes greater than Strength after limbs are disabled does not immediately paralyze a target | no |
| battle | Siren uses Psychic Scream ability on Spider Drones, which do not have Will Points (it showed -10 WP anyway) | no |
| battle | Shooting floor out from under a high ground Arthron on Overwatch left its overwatch cone special effect at the spot it was at, which is now in thin air | no |
| battle | Manual Control on spider drone while a turret was on the field at the same time defaulted to target the turret, not the drone | no |
| battle | “Kill The Scylla” objective in Citadels is hard-locked – player cannot capture Scylla to end the mission, they MUST kill it | no |
| geoscape | Pandoran > Phoenix base attack can occur at exact same time as scripted conversations, i.e. endgame sequences, preventing player from reading or reacting to them | no |
Typos & Inconsistencies
| element | description |
|---|---|
| battle | Synedrion Aspida vehicle described as hovercraft, floating 45 centimeters above ground—yet it is not immune to Goo? Floating over ground should confer Goo immunity |
| battle | Also Aspida: Game thinks it has the Hailstorm GT Gauss Turret. That’s NJ Armadillo’s turret. Placeholder? Game does not properly represent Aspida electric strike’s 40 paralysis damage because of this |
| battle | Scorcher AT uses Watcher AT name |
| battle, ability | Juggernaut bionic torso’s Extend Shield: player has no way of telling how much HP and armor it has left without free-aiming at the shield |
| battle, ability | Propeller bionic leg’s Rocket Jump: nowhere, either in mouse-over ability info or clicking it in battle, does it say the range is only 4 tiles -_- |
| geoscape, base | Repairing facility sometimes displays repair message twice for same facility |
| geoscape, event | “Heads Up, A Head Ahead” event states that it decreases ODI by 5, but no change to the ODI occurs |
| geoscape, haven | Mist Repeller in Synedrion havens use same text as for Residences |
| geoscape, personnel | Perception stat is not displayed on a soldier’s stats, even though it is displayed on in-battle info (click > Unit Info) |
| geoscape, personnel | Judgment Head priest mutation statistics does not display the 5 Willpower stat bonus it gives |
| manufacturing | Synedrion Aspida vehicle: Its statistics read Capacity = 1, and indeed, only 1 soldier can be in it at a time. But the research info said 3 |
| personnel, equipment | Durability (health & armor) of weapons is not displayed as part of their stats. It should also be displayed in the Info panel of units during tactical battles, as currently, the only way to tell durability is to free-aim at the weapon in question |
Misspellings/proofreading
| element | description | fix |
|---|---|---|
| manufacturing (Repair Kit) | Item title: “REPAIR KIT” (all caps) | Repair Kit |
| manufacturing (Zeus Grenade) | Item title: “ZEUS GRENADE” (all caps) | Zeus Grenade |
| personnel, augmentation (Vengeance Torso) | “…use a range advanced martial arts” | range of advanced |
| research (Mutagen Harvesting) | “…derived from the original Pandroavirus infection” | Pandoravirus |
| research (Scylla Vivisection) | “It’s extraordinary intelligence…” | Its |
