Friendly Maelstrom "Absorb" Perk Blocks Allied Projectiles, Targeting Circles (Fire/Ice)

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  • What is your character name in New World: isBlue
  • What server/world did you experience your issue on: Dominora
  • Describe the issue you are experiencing: When a friendly casts Maelstrom, it absorbs Fire/Ice projectiles. It also interferes with the placement of Pillar of Fire and Ice Storm AOE circles, acting as a wall while the hitbox is active.
  • Is this a bug or an exploit: Bug
  • (if a bug) How did the issue effect your gameplay: I am losing damage in both pve and pvp due to friendly GA’s using the Maelstrom ability.
  • (if a bug) Were you able to recover from the issue: No
  • (if a bug) Please include a screenshot or video of the issue that you have experienced: 2021-12-13 20-36-52
  • What are the steps to reproduce the issue as you experienced:
    Have two players on the same team / faction / pve flagged / etc., one wielding a Great Axe with the Maelstrom ability, “Absorb” passive. The second player has an Ice Gauntlet with Ice Storm, and a Fire Staff with Pillar of Fire.
    Have the Fire/Ice user pull out the targeting circle for either Ice Storm of Pillar of Fire and place it ontop of or behind the Great Axe ally.
    Have the GA ally cast Maelstrom, you’ll see the circle for the mage AOE is moved without the mage moving their cursor. The Maelstrom perk is blocking placement of a friendly AOE.

It also eats fire/ice light attacks, heavy attacks, fireball, Ice Shower, Ice Spikes, and Wind Chill - it just eats them all.

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Tested this last night with a 2v1. I am positioned in front of my teammate and maelstrom right before they use their ability. It absorbs the ability and the enemy is not hit. Tested Pen Shot, Heals, Path, Grav, Ice Spike and multiple paths. All of the abilities were blocked by a friendly maelstrom. The absorb ability is at fault here but it seems very much like a bug. Doubt it was intended to have your own ability prevent your healers from healing you. Here’s a short clip of maelstrom blocking grav.

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