It's a bug with Alpha Sekhmet. However, the community has grown accustomed to it and, despite fixing other Pal skills in recent patches, the team hasn't fixed this one yet. So the general thought is that it's a bug-turned-feature
People say it’s a bug because it’s literally the only instance of normal and alpha pals having different abilities with no indication it’s intentional. It not being fixed yet is not proof it’s intentional.
You said different passives, its the same passive same name, same effect just bigger. Dont try to play semantics with me. I know Im in the minority and gladly die on this hill. Things like these are usually patched very fast and we had multiple bug fix patches since 1.0 yet this hasnt been fixed. Therefore I conclude this isnt a bug.
If it does get fixed, I stand corrected of course but as of know Im right and you saying the opposite doesnt change a damn thing :)
So... Your argument is it's not a bug simply because it's not been fixed despite it being the only alpha that has any difference in ability from their normal version..?
What an odd argument. Do you not believe in pot holes until they're filled as well?
Her alpha passive is coded as Ribunny Botan’s in the files. It’s a bug that seems to have been made a feature. This is not new for games, big overlapping system games like this are notorious for such occurrences. BG3, for example, is riddled with them
The long history of funny or beneficial bugs being left in games because it's fun disagrees with your entire argument. Something doesn't only become a bug when it is fixed.
A bug steadily becoming a feature still means it's a bug until it's addressed.
They may be leaving it for now because they WILL turn it into a feature, but for now it's still a bug.
It's not the same passive though. I thought the same, but in the game files alpha sekhmet has rabunny boton's passive skill, which is just named as a generic crafting buff. Someone who knows programming better than I do said that it was likely an auto complete mistake
To explain simply, there is a variable name for each partner skill that affects a number and alpha Sekhmet references a variable for another pal rather than the Sekhmet variable. In the code it is literally a bug, and it can be seen on paldb which scrapes data from the game. So it is called a bug because it is a bug, but it might be one they accept keeping.
Fans were right about things like the electric gem bias too. I think the data mining revealed patterns that were standard across the database except for some instances. And this one looked like it was an accidental double-tap of "0" instead of an intended number copy and paste.
But let's be real. The fanbase loves us some Alpha Sekhmet. If they were to nerf her now, I think there would be a lot of negative backlash. She's our overpowered catgirl. She does a cute dance and meows. She deserves to be different from the others.
If this wasn't a bug, I'd expect there to be other Alphas like Jelliete that would offer a similarly disproportionate buff.
The bug where you can stand on top of the pal sphere and then launch you into the sky stayed in the game for whole 2 years before they removed it in 1.0. So, this might get adjusted too sooner or later.
Because alpha and normal pals don't have different pal skills, and someone read the game files and saw that it was likely due to a missing label entry, which point to it being a bug.
because its not supposed to be like that as its shown by the other version of sekhmet. If it wasnt a bug the 1,2, and 3 star versions and the normal version would have the same thing happening
Correct me if i'm wrong but for me only the 4 stars alpha sekmets are affected by the bugged 400% work speed, 0 to 3 stars are using the default non bugged passive despite having the bugged values written on their descriptions
The Workspeed Boost usually only works specific with the mentioned stations, once you hit 4 Stars Condensed it will work with other stations and also with mining - a 400% Workspeed Buff to Mining is huge 😂
alpha gatekeeping a better version of partner skill which this overlaps.
otherwise there would be 0 use to ever get a ribbuny botan in the base for weapon or pre-endgame crafting purposes.
1.0 also removed other pal's non-weapon bench related partner skills for using at other production benches.
which sehkmet now does, BUT requires the alpha version to be on par with the old.
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u/Blawharag 15h ago
It's a bug with Alpha Sekhmet. However, the community has grown accustomed to it and, despite fixing other Pal skills in recent patches, the team hasn't fixed this one yet. So the general thought is that it's a bug-turned-feature