Camera "recoil" and bow/staff animations

Ethoir

I'm not sure if I've been blind to it, but it made itself known to me in PTS today. When firing a bow skills and light/heavy attacks in first and third person the camera "jerks" back (think recoil like how a ballista jerks after being fired). I checked the settings and head bob is disabled, but I don't think that's what is happening. It is a bit distracting since I am so used to the camera remaining motionless when I'm shooting arrows at people's knees.

I also noticed this happening with destruction staffs and their skills, some being more obvious than others (unstable wall of elements) and expected.

Can a setting be included to disable such "recoil" camera jerks? What do other players think?

wesly.backersb16_ESO

I have the same issue: when using some (especially healing) skills as a templar , my view is switching between first and third person view. It is a annoying and almost impossible to heal , especially when using healing springs.

Ethoir

wesly.backersb16_ESO wrote: »

I have the same issue: when using some (especially healing) skills as a templar , my view is switching between first and third person view. It is a annoying and almost impossible to heal , especially when using healing springs.

The issue isn't the camera switching views. That is a separate problem. This problem is a camera "jerk" in both view modes when certain bow and staff animations are played. It manifests as the recoil of the weapon jerking your body and head backwards a little which makes your camera field of view "jerk" up for a brief half-second. It is kind of like a camera shake otherwise, only with an upward vertical twitch instead of a full range screen shake.

I've found the reason I didn't notice it before. It exists on Live, but the camera "jerk" is much more subtle. The fact that this camera jerking is more obvious on PTS is a bit distracting.