spirit wasnt stunned for 3 minutes after smudging

[alizwood]

i played in nightmare mode in tanglewood. in the end i had to decide if its spirit, myling or shade. i forced a hunt and smudged the ghost. it started the next hunt exactly after 90 seconds so i ruled out spirit. after all i went with shade bc of acting. but in the end the summary showed up with spirit

[WolfLink0370]

Huh... you can get that effect during a hunt? How early into the hunt did you do it, and how long did the hunt last?

Because from what I'm reading up on now, you might have bamboozled yourself here... The hunt prevention timer from the smudge effect starts ticking down from when it is applied, NOT from when the hunt ends

[alizwood]

yeah i know. i started the timer immediately after smudging :/

[StaticR]

If you had smudged the ghost in a previous hunt as well, the old smudge timer may have still been ongoing and applying a new one doesn't overlap, extend or reset the already existing timer it it'll just kinda get skipped.

That can actually be used to confirm a Spirit because if you smudge it and don't get hunted, and then smudge it again just seconds before the 3 minutes are up, the Spirit would be able to hunt right away where any other ghost would have a new timer applied.

But if you're not aware of that that can throw you off.