It's no longer possible to continue channeling while clicking to open a Rune Prison, Nemesis overlay, etc. [1.2.2]

I’m playing mouse and keyboard, no WASD.

Before the very recent patch 1.2.2, I could channel Warpath (either by holding the number “2” on my keyboard or Right Button on my mouse), approach a Rune Prison and Left Click to interact with it. This meant that I could keep my Warpath ramped up and welcome the mage with a full glorious Warpath circle of death. With a bit of finesse, I could Empower or Challenge a Nemesis this way too, without letting go of the Warpath channel button, keeping the flow.

Now, nothing happens, I have to stop channeling, click on the Rune Prison, then start channeling again. This interrupts the flow and poses some issues if there are other enemies around, because my survival hinges heavily on leech and continued damage.

I don’t think this was intentional and probably just a byproduct of the controller changes.

Is there any way this “feature” could be brought back without compromising all the other awesome improvements you’ve made with this patch?

Thank you!

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Seeing the same issue as a Mage while channeling Focus with Mana Guide (enables movement while channeling Focus), I can’t open chests or caches, or trigger shrines, while channeling. I also can’t properly trigger my traversal skill, Flame Rush, while channeling - I can trigger it but it just instantly pops in place, I can’t hold it to actually traverse like I could on prior patch.

I play with WASD but also tested mouse movement, I see the same issue regardless of control scheme.

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The same happens in WASD mode. Nemesis, rune prisons, chests and shrines are not interactable anymore while channeling Warpath. Picking up loot still works during channeling though. Honestly unplayable for me right now while using Warrior’s Fury.

Would be great if this previously possible interaction can be restored.
Thank you in advance!

This is happening on my warpath build, I have to stop channeling in order to activate shrines, chests or portal echos etc. I’m hoping this is not intential lol…

Same here. After 1.2.2 patch, Mage-Runemaster is not playable because of this issue. We cannot click chest, rune prison and shrines while channeling. Also flame rush doesnt work.

Same, just noticed after logging in today.

Same here, channeling warpath and no longer able to interact with chests, rune prisons, and shrines. It’s a fairly large impediment when doing the shrine and chest echoes.
Loot is still clickable while channeling, thankfully.

I can no longer channel properly making the build useless because i cannot positions correctly. Can we please get a response on when this will be fixed.

same issue for me (can’t interact with objects while channeling)
also i noticed i can’t channel second skill while one being channeled
for example i channel focus then press flame rush while still holding focus - flame rush activates like its tapped but not holded, but before patch i was able to move with flame rush while focus(basically switch channeling focus or flame rush with holding 2 buttons)

EHG are aware of this bug and are working on fixing it, according to this Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LastEpoch/comments/1kbnkj4/new_bug_with_122/