GHOST BUG

[A-Moist-Granny69]

was doing the new weelky and I identified the ghost after 2 evidence during a hunt as it had sped up mega fast when seeing me and slowing right down after smudging and hididn [Revenant] i did this twice and somehow i got the ghost wrong?? mares defo dont do that

[Huebo]

Most ghosts gain a speed bonus when in line of sight of a player which then goes away after breaking line of sight, which can sound like a revenant at times

[Xynrati]

the weekly challenge is literally changing the ghost to be faster. you can't use the speed of the ghost to determine it in the challenge. you're slower, and it's faster. likewise/vice versa, last week's challenge was a slower ghost. i got a spirit that was so slow i could circle it like a deo

[A-Moist-Granny69]

Originally posted by Huebo:

Yeah, I know. It had done it instantly and not gradually and was proper slow instantly after smudging, a mare would have been roughly the same speed, I knew it was a rev.

[A-Moist-Granny69]

Originally posted by Xynrati:

I know, I had played matches before this one. It was INSANELY fast and was SLOWW INSTANTLY when smudged, if it had been a mare and not a rev it would have still maintained some sort consistency in speed so??

[Watcher Rat]

The patch notes help explain this for you: The challenge provides Tier 2 Incense which slows the ghost when used on it.

For reference, this is also visible in the store; click on any equipment and you can see the later tiers (even when locked) to see what advantages they have.

[A-Moist-Granny69]

Originally posted by Watcher Rat:

Ty, that makes sense. I hadn’t unlocked the incense yet (so I hadn’t read the description etc). First time using them was in the weekly.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by Huebo:

Most ghosts gain a speed bonus when in line of sight of a player which then goes away after breaking line of sight, which can sound like a revenant at times

it takes a very long time to go away actually (like literally more than 10 seconds, if you've already speed it up), unless the out-of-LoS is set by an ability (like Deo, Jinn or Rev).

Originally posted by Xynrati:

the weekly challenge is literally changing the ghost to be faster. you can't use the speed of the ghost to determine it in the challenge. you're slower, and it's faster. likewise/vice versa, last week's challenge was a slower ghost. i got a spirit that was so slow i could circle it like a deo

You can still use the speed, you just need to correct for the speed multiplier. Obviously if you've never heard the modified speed, then it is way harder, but it's not impossible and some abilities are very obvious.