Covenant Players have a new "Channeled" Super Ability

ArchMikem

https://youtu.be/TKSQV9zLrOk

We never stood a chance against skill of that level.

DizzyMac

A large number of DC players have been using short timed macros to cause lag, and a back up of skills that all fire at once when the server catches up, for a very long time. ZOS never really does anything about it. The timer between skills should work but when a backlog of commands happens, a server will skip the timer to catch up.

Its a form of exploit, but its not really a game based exploit. It absolutely sucks, and i think anyone who intentionally does it should be banned. The majority of people, myself included, dont do it because its basically cheating. And for fear of getting banned and losing their accounts,

Telel

Telel was half expecting something like the exploit certain 'top' guilds like Dracarys were caught using a couple of years back. The one involving multiple attacks hitting simulatenously, and getting the stealth bonus, due to a desync exploit.

This looks way worse. But it also resembles something some of this one's players described when fighting certain 'skilled' Dragon Knights over the last couple of weeks. Where they'd be up one moment, only to fall over dead as the opponent walked by them with out launching any visible skills. Usually with multiple whip hits on their recaps.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO

Telel wrote: »

Telel was half expecting something like the exploit certain 'top' guilds like Dracarys were caught using a couple of years back. The one involving multiple attacks hitting simulatenously, and getting the stealth bonus, due to a desync exploit.

Lol wtf are you talking about? We never did anything like this. Not a single member of Drac was ever banned or suspended for exploits & we've released multiple videos of our unedited gameplay with coms.

The only exploit I remember to do with multiple hits occurring was for sniping gaking where you would press stealth as you charged snipe and I'm not aware of any of our players even using this solo and I can confidently say we never group snipe ganked as a ball group lol.

To me this video looks like simple client side temporary connection drop out. The game is still processing the skills on the server side and they all get sent to the client at once when it reconnects which is why it plays out very fast to catch you back up.

Ingenon

DizzyMac wrote: »

A large number of DC players have been using short timed macros to cause lag, and a back up of skills that all fire at once when the server catches up, for a very long time. ZOS never really does anything about it. The timer between skills should work but when a backlog of commands happens, a server will skip the timer to catch up.

Thanks for posting this explanation!

Imagine, players deliberately slowing down the game server for everyone in their instance so they can "win" at PvP. /s

Telel

If anyone is curious about that older desync exploit, and the people who relied on it, just go to the twitch channel this one will link below.

Once there look for highlights marked as "Super 'skilled' sorce gameplay". They're from a bit over two years ago from when there was a known issue with Vampire and stealth.

Sadly if this one was to post them directly some angry soul would get it mass reported under 'naming and shaming'. Which would also get this thread shut down.

Plus it does seem to be a different issue from what the OP seems to be having. Plus ZOS supposedly fixed at the same time they fixed the stuck in combat bug.

NordSwordnBoard

It's more like the SERVERS never stood a chance against that number of skills.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO

Telel wrote: »

If anyone is curious about that older desync exploit, and the people who relied on it, just go to the twitch channel this one will link below.

Once there look for highlights marked as "Super 'skilled' sorce gameplay". They're from a bit over two years ago from when there was a known issue with Vampire and stealth.

Sadly if this one was to post them directly some angry soul would get it mass reported under 'naming and shaming'. Which would also get this thread shut down.

Plus it does seem to be a different issue from what the OP seems to be having. Plus ZOS supposedly fixed at the same time they fixed the stuck in combat bug.

Oh you think the old Overload gank combining crystal weapon and imbue weapon was an exploit that explains a lot lol.
It was just pressing 2 skills whilst in stealth then light attacking and weaving 1 skill. nothing fancy or hard to understand.

Glad to see ESO hasn't lost the 'It killed me so it's an exploit' mindset over the years.