i play hc rotw ladder

i just died walking hell clearing a nasty pack, when hp got low i clicked a full juv and the potion sound played, kept fighting and in my peripheral vision saw my hp was still low so slammed more potions to realize my hp was not increasing. i immediately tried to leave the game, never saw a death but did see my hp orb down to like 10%, my character avatar was showing alive in the menus but couldn't join because "character in another game". relogged and it then showed dead

i've never experienced a bug where potions wouldn't work until this past month when coming back after break and buying rotw. another new recent thing is i've been playing through steam

doing some internet searches i see a few mentions of this, but i'm posting because i'm wondering does anyone know if this is from rotw or using steam or know anything else about it? have you had it happen or not happen when using a specific launcher? has this happened on lod this season?

Probably an internet or skill issue

Probably keyboard shift key stuck

U were feeding the merc pots

i've experienced this a couple times this season in lower stakes situations and wrote it off as an internet issue or random bug, but as my post mentions i was slamming potions and they were not being used, i would have used a full belt + based on the potion sounds and my keystrokes and non were used and hp didnt move and no animation on the hp orb of pot healing, the above situation happened over 10-15 seconds while i had /fps up and didnt see ping spikes either

also as stated you can do an internet search to find out other ppl have experienced this, as stated im posted to see if anyone has further information--thanks for your input

nope, zero potions were used out of the belt

also relevant based on what i've mentioned since it could sound like a crash or drop, i was in a public game with other people and saw them moving and killing while all this was happening, one thing that was hitting me was someone else attacking a lightning enchanted

not that im trying to defend this death if it was from some random bullshit, i'm just wondering if anyone has seen or noticed or knows if there is some sort of steam overlay issue or anything i could avoid in the future

This post was edited by bensaysthx on Mar 4 2026 04:25am

The character already in a game is the dead giveaway, you were lagging hard, even leaving the game didn't remove you from the game on server side, so you were still there getting smacked and died to lag

Lag isn't a bug, it just happens, it's gonna happen sometimes, that's why I stick to sc

U were playing in multiverse for a sec there

ive died to lag may times over the years, that is not what happend

reread what ive typed in this thread. i was watching other players move and attack as this was happening. the health bar wasn't frozen as it would be if i was lagging hard and dc. there were potion noises and the flash of the belt but then the belt not emptying

I have read it and have had it happen to me, where I can still see my brother killing shit but my character isn't doing anything because I am lagging out, believe what you want but you lagged out, it is what it is, there is no other explanation or bug with potions not working, if they don't work it's lag, if it wasnt lag you wouldn't have been sitting in the lobby while your character is still in the game on the server