Two things I've noticed while playing as Psynumbra Syndicate: Are these also bugs/oversights?

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FerrokenFibrous

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I've been playing Psynumbra Syndicate alongside Promethean Amazon lately and it's been a blast, however, there are two things I've noticed that I feel might be bugs or oversights.

The first one, I've noticed I think before or shortly after the first version of the Velociraptor patch (probably before the patch) was released. I was using the teleport of the Wraiths and for some reason it deals scratch damage to themselves as well in addition to the real damage they deal to enemy units in the area. I wouldn't mind this so much if it weren't for one thing: It also causes the Wraiths to apply mod-based debuffs to themselves, such as Clarity or that one Psynumbra mod's Catatonic effect. Is this a bug? I feel like it is.

The second one, which I've noticed in a more recent playthrough, is that after I allied with the Spacers, got my relation with them to max and bought the Mantra of the Branded mod, I got excited and wanted to apply the mod to my Initiates and Malictors, but I could not. The mod was not available for them even if it said it could only be applied to units with Psionic abilities, and both units clearly had Psionic abilities as well as the Psionic trait. However, I could still apply the mod to Heroes, Overseers, Transcendents, the Herald of Oblivion and other Psionic units that I was able to produce at that time. I also checked the mod's entry in the Star Union Archive and Celestian units could also equip the mod, but the Psynumbra Infantry weren't in there, so what gives?

Keep in mind I also could not apply the mod to Initiates/Malictors from the other races I've absorbed, not just the Syndicate variants. Are these units exempted from being able to have the mod for balance purposes? Or is this also a bug/oversight? I want to know very badly, cause I was so eager to have fun making clusters of enemy units go insane with the Malictors' chaining Psi attack.
 

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The Psi mod sounds like a bug. I experienced something similar, in that Psi Buff mods seem bugged for heroes. Can't equip them if they have Psi Buffs unless you use Mantra of Clarity (which doesnt have a Psi Buff requirement) to apply another Psi Buff first.
 

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The Psi mod sounds like a bug. I experienced something similar, in that Psi Buff mods seem bugged for heroes. Can't equip them if they have Psi Buffs unless you use Mantra of Clarity (which doesnt have a Psi Buff requirement) to apply another Psi Buff first.

I have equipped other mods to the Psynumbra infantry just fine, but Mantra of the Branded still doesn't appear. And I just checked the requirements for the mod again and it says "Psionic ability", not specifically "Psionic buff", so I'm still not sure what's going on.
 

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