please clarify 20,000 points of damage taken in 2 seconds

hibbles · June 2015

ok I am a new to this format of pvp. I logged into a campaign last night with a 22 level character. my average life span was around 5 seconds with a 3-5 minute reload after death. but that's not my question even though that was frustrating as hell and created a hatred for the game. to the point, in one fight I was destroyed by a mage who hit me with 5 shots of "something" each doing 4300 points of damage in a matter of seconds. question is this normal and my character is super weak? or is there hokey pokey going on in this game? note it was one single player that did the damage

DeanTheCat · June 2015

Your description is rather vague, and without something like the death recap or a combat log (preferably both) we have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. However, your "5 shots of something each doing 4.3k" sounds like an NPC keep mage guard to me. Guards in Cyrodiil are about the strength of bosses in PvE, so yes... They will hurt.

Mr_Nobody · June 2015

This is very common, not an issue at all. Roll dodge, use class shields or heal yourself with a bit of delay via BoL to anticipate the damage!

Happy adventures, soldier!

Makkir · June 2015

5 seconds? Wait until you meet the macro kids unloading 3 attacks in 1 second!

I think Block was your problem if he was hitting you with 5 attacks for 4300 each. Since you said mage I assume it was either Mage's Fury or a light overload attack. If it was the latter then you need to hold block and/or roll dodge.

DeanTheCat · June 2015

Makkir wrote: »

5 seconds? Wait until you meet the macro kids unloading 3 attacks in 1 second!

I think Block was your problem if he was hitting you with 5 attacks for 4300 each. Since you said mage I assume it was either Mage's Fury or a light overload attack. If it was the latter then you need to hold block and/or roll dodge.

4.3k damage is incidentally the amount of damage NPC mage guards hit for with their improved shock torrents. Seeing as they fire one of those every second and the OP said he died after "5 hits in 5 seconds", NPC mage death is the most likely reason.

Oh, and the death recap includes weapon enchantments as a separate attack, so if I were to use a Dual Wield heavy attack to kill someone from stealth, the recap will read something along the lines of:

Heavy Attack (Dual Wield) 13k Damage
Poisoned Weapon 500 damage
Befouled Weapon 470 damage
Poisoned 120 damage
Befouled 70 damage -> Dead

EDIT: Spelling

Rylana · June 2015

> Have 2500+ spell damage
> Have take flight slotted
> Pop prox det
> count to four
> take flight on your target

instant 30k damage (plus 15-20k to all surrounding targets, gg)

TheBull · June 2015

Makkir wrote: »

5 seconds? Wait until you meet the macro kids unloading 3 attacks in 1 second!

I think Block was your problem if he was hitting you with 5 attacks for 4300 each. Since you said mage I assume it was either Mage's Fury or a light overload attack. If it was the latter then you need to hold block and/or roll dodge.

Macro is an excuse made by someone who loses OP. The priority system does not allow for anything more than what a player can do on a regular mouse and keyboard.

You are level 22. Yes you are super weak and you don't know anything about the game. ESO is fast man. Hop on the sub vet campaign if you are on PC it's called Blackwater. You'll be playing with a bunch of newbies like yourself. It will give you a chance to learn.

Reverb · June 2015

At level 22, your character is super weak compared to the NPCs and to many opposing players. You will die a lot and it will be very frustrating at times. If you persevere, you will become a much, much better player for it.

Tankqull · June 2015

5 seconds is actually quite long survival time ...

80% of the time i´m dying in less than 1 sec...

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please clarify 20,000 points of damage taken in 2 seconds

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