Throwing a lingering potion close to a player centers it on the player

Confirmed for

• 15w44b

Seems to happen if after the potion bursts the hitbox of a mob or a player and the hitbox of the AreaEffectCloud overlap

I don't think that it is 100% WAI. You can't throw away lingering potion riding on horse: MC-86871 because of this behaviour. So this or MC-86871 should be reopened.

I don't get why this works as intended at all. When throwing a lingering potion at a crowd of players it is pretty much random where it will appear instead of skill. This seems pretty counterproductive regarding the "Combat Update".

Is there a reason this is WAI? It seems counterproductive for the reasons that Marcono1234 stated above. In multiplayer this is a big reason NOT to use lingering potions.

Confirmed fixed for 16w07b