Health stims don't work while you're running (for your life)

[__________speedbacon]

So I swear I used to be able to apply a health/run stim while I was running for my digital life. Now it doesn't seem to work unless I stop. Funny thing is, though, when I stop the mob eats me...

Any ideas? Is this broke? If it is any idea what patch I may see it fixed in?

[______________Hodaka]

You're right, this used to work, and has not now for a couple of patches.. it drives me crazy to find that I'm running for my life and suddenly my stims don't work anymore and I die

[____________Meligant]

True. Post 12.8ish you could heal on the run. However, with the poor MOB pathing just run 2-3 rooms away with a quick right/left hand turn and the MOB will be stuck elsewhere while you heal reload whatever. Once in a while you might take "ghost damage" but I’ve never had it happen to me but I know this causes it at times because the server decided you are still in the fight instead of asking/verifying with your client that you are 2 rooms away hiding.

Outside hunting, this bug is a killer since "stopping" isn't an option.

[inanout]

Lately in my missions I would sit back and witness mobs running right through walls.. In VW! But my heal works on the run

[__________speedbacon]

Maybe that is what is different. I'm trying to use them as follows:

+ I'm outside hunting
+ My health is about 20%
+ I begin running with '0' on the numpad
+ Mob persues me
+ Mob hit me again, I panic
+ I apply health stim that is in my hotbar
+ nothing happens, *but* if I stop running it applies itself
+ having stopped mob catches up and eats me

Haven't really verified whether this happens:

+ in mission areas
+ when stim is used from inventory

Thanks for the comments on this.

[______________Luxxan]

This has been happening to me for quite a while, including the day I first experienced it and reported it as a bug on Test *cough*

If I'm moving and in combat, I can't use any items. I click 'em, nothing happens until I stop moving. Then my kit goes off, my bag opens, whatever. So basically what I do is pound on my forward key every now and then, so I stop moving for a split second so everything can catch up. I also find that usually the baddies seem to be keeping up with me and hitting me, but if I stop for just a split second, they get warped quite far back and leave me the heck alone. But maybe that's just me. I run fast.