Shiftah

To preface this long post of links, this will list every link (that i could find, will update unless this has been seen or acknowledged by Nexon) where Beast Tamers "Meow Card"-ability is mentioned being bugged, where it soft-locks all ability/consumable use.

This is purely to reinforce the fact that this bug in fact still hasn't even been acknowledged by the devs, and still exists.

May 2020: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/glfkvb/how_is_beast_tamer_these_days/fqy5uy7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

March 2020: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/fr9qc0/list_of_buffs_and_game_improvementbug_fix_beast/flusc18?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x [This comment is incorrect though, you'll still get the skill lock if you're staying in cat mode all the time, switching quickly in and out doesn't affect it]

November 2019: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/26244/beast-tamer-meow-card-locks-ability-use#latest

July 2019: [A video of it happening, starts at 15:20]

July 2019: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/25324/finally-beast-tamer-will-be-available

July 2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/cb8syk/what_do_people_expect_out_of_the_jettbt_rework/etedftx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

March 2019: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/24055/beast-tamer-annual-bug-reporting

January 2019: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/23400/can-beast-tamers-please-please-please-be-fixed/p1

July 2018: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/20723/beast-tamer-needs-fixing/p1

August 2017: http://www.basilmarket.com/A-quotworkaroundquot-for-the-Gold-card-bug-Thread-b5LEG

July 2017: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/14597/beast-tamer-bug-compendium/p1

July 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/6lwue0/gms_i_put_together_a_video_on_some_current_beast/djxetwk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

July 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/6km5ec/is_beast_tamer_have_any_bugs_right_now_or_are/djn4n5i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

April 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/65hpzy/ideas_on_buffing_beast_tamers/

March 2017: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/comment/38973/#Comment_38973

Februrary 2017: http://www.basilmarket.com/Beast-Tamer-Insights-Thread-b5Lor-1

December 2016: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/7134/beast-tamer-5th-job-is-a-steaming-pile-of-crap/p1

December 2016: http://www.basilmarket.com/Beast-Tamer-Buffs-Thread-b5KOJ-1 [This person also mentions it's been a bug for 2 years.]

November 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/5ec2hs/the_bugs_involving_kanna_need_to_be_addressed/dabinvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x [Note that the person states it had been a problem for 1 year, so November 2015]

October 2016: http://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/comment/9459/#Comment_9459 [AKradian states that Meow Card can cause this control lock, broken link]

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In September of 2016 the new forum came, so forum posts from 2014-2016 about the bug doesn't exist anymore.

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April 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/4fu07y/v172_bug_megathread/d2c8asw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

April 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/4e5chl/how_come_no_ones_ever_brought_up_the_fishy_slap/d1xqw9m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

January 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/41tki5/flaws_of_a_beast_tamerbugsweaknessglitchesetc/ [Referred to as meow cat, typo]

January 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/42dhti/cant_revive_nor_use_skills/cz9p00a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

January 2016: http://www.basilmarket.com/Psa-Beast-tamer-s-are-still-broke-Thread-b5E0Q-1

December 2015: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/3xfsly/seriously_why_are_sengoku_classes_still_broken/cy4kbo5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x [This had been an issue for this person, for 6 months.]

August 2015: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/3ge2uc/has_anyone_figured_out_how_to_correct_the_beast/

July 2015: http://www.basilmarket.com/Skill-Build-Help-Thread-b58w0

July 2015: http://www.basilmarket.com/Anyone-finding-their-skills-locking-up-Thread-b577O-1

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*Edit 18:23 CEST: Removed my opinions about how weak the class is damage wise, since that's not a bug.

Bug type: Cat ability "Meow Card" sometimes locks any and all ability/item usage.

Brief bug summary: When using the "Meow Card" ability from the Cat skill tree, approximately 2/10 times (about once to twice an hour) it locks all of your abilities from being used, including potions, town portal scrolls etc. It's easy to quickly recognize when it happens due to the fact that even flash jump stops working.

More details: The only way to fix the ability usage lock is to logout to character screen, changing channels does not fix it.

Steps to reproduce: Use "Meow Card" from the Cat skill tree several times, there is no specific card type that triggers this bug, it seems like a random occurance when it locks ability usage, but when it does happen, it's right after the character animation position lock finishes that I've noticed all abilities have gotten locked.

Character name: VeryHelpful

Character level: 211

Character job: Beast Tamer

World name: Luna

Date and time of the incident: 14/11/2019 - 12:00 CEST was the last time it happened.

I legit think Nexon forgets that this class exists from time to time.

Did more testing today, since I had to quit yesterday out of sheer frustration. The game crashes when you spam click the Attack key (Formation Attack).

I am assuming the crash has something to do with the game receiving inputs too fast (since it's almost channeling the ability now, in terms of speed.)
This is all speculations now, but every click of Formation Attack seems like it could be several inputs on the server side, seeing as it's so fast regularly, when you're holding down the attack button.

Please Nexon look into this, thank you.