true patch problem? (asian vampire)

[Kaelin]

I just beat the 'asian vampire' in the start, killed him for the knoxx kid. 

I'm a fem tremere, with zero combat (hurrah for back peddling and blood strike repeatedly). 

Anyways, when I kill him with blood strike (be it when he's holding a crossbow, or his sword)... he dissolves, his weapon remains floating in the position he was holding it, when he died.   He didn't drop his sword, or his crossbow, and can't pick them up.  (I remember being able to pick up his sword, could be confused)

Anyways minor glitch... dunno if you can pick up his crossbow or sword normally.. haven't tried going to him with a melee oriented character yet.

[Kaelin]

another 'minor' thing. third floor of the haunted hotel (or is it the 4'th?) if you go down the hallway by room 216... I was running into an invisible barrier that blocked off most of the hallway.

[Tessera]

We are not permitted to pick up his weapons. They would be overpowered at that early stage of the game.

The only glitch is a graphical one (his weapon remains hanging in the air), which takes care of itself after a couple of seconds.

BOTTOM LINE: it's not a bug. The player is not permitted to gain access to a Katana sword until we reach Chinatown. It's the second most powerful melee weapon in the entire game, hence it does not become available until the fourth act.

[Kaelin]

No problem Tess.  I wasn't sure since its been so long since I played it (and the last time I played I probably played the POS wesp shit). 

No problem. Thanks for clearing it up, if you want you can delete this.  Thanks again TESS *hugglez*

[Tessera]

Yes, it must have been when you were playing with Wesp's horrible "patch."

In his version of Bloodlines, you can get a Kitana sword and a Colt Anaconda 44 Magnum in the very earliest parts of the game. So much for gameplay balance...  

Wesp feels that it is important to ignore the way Troika wanted the game to be played, opting instead to allow the player to become ridiculously overpowered very early on during the course of the game. No wonder all of the kiddies love his horrible "patch." It's because none of them have what it takes to play the game honestly and without having to resort to using Wesp's ez-mode garbage.

As I said in my previous post: there is no problem with the True Patch. Troika did not want us to gain access to the Kitana sword until after we reach Chinatown. Once we get there, we can purchase a Kitana from Mr. Tseng.