How to see Enemy Buffs in Battlegrounds/PvP

Nightwiish · May 2023

Hey Guys,

I am curious if there is an addon that shows enemy buffs on target in Battlegrounds and PvP. I am specifically trying to track Crowd Control Immunity buff.

I am able to see this buff in open world on Monsters when I cc them and after cc ends, similarly I can see it on players when I duel them on the target bar. But in Battlegrounds and PvP no buffs show up including the Crowd Control Immunity buff.

Appreciate you guys' help.

BenTSG · May 2023

Well you're in luck, I believe. There is an addon called 'Srendarr' that lets you track all buffs and deffs on yourself, allies and hostile NPCs and players, and allows the UI to be moved around and changed to how you want it, so if you just want to track the CC Immunity for example, you would need to have looked at something with it first, and then you can set it up on the Prominent Filter (I think it was called that?) And set it that the CC Immunity will show up on X category group, about 5 of which are completely empty and track nothing, so you could set it to one of them, move that category group to say, next to your crosshair and set it to 50% Opacity, and then whenever you look at anyone who has Immunity, it'll show up next to your crosshair for as long as you have them targeted. Hope this helps and is what you're looking for!
Also the link to it to; https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info655-Srendarr-AuraBuffDebuffTracker.html

Nightwiish · May 2023

BenTSG wrote: »

Well you're in luck, I believe. There is an addon called 'Srendarr' that lets you track all buffs and deffs on yourself, allies and hostile NPCs and players, and allows the UI to be moved around and changed to how you want it, so if you just want to track the CC Immunity for example, you would need to have looked at something with it first, and then you can set it up on the Prominent Filter (I think it was called that?) And set it that the CC Immunity will show up on X category group, about 5 of which are completely empty and track nothing, so you could set it to one of them, move that category group to say, next to your crosshair and set it to 50% Opacity, and then whenever you look at anyone who has Immunity, it'll show up next to your crosshair for as long as you have them targeted. Hope this helps and is what you're looking for!
Also the link to it to; https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info655-Srendarr-AuraBuffDebuffTracker.html

Hey, I appreciate your feedback. I am using Srendarr but unfortunately, it doesn't show up in PvP/Battlegrounds even if I set Prominent Buffs for enemy. I am trying to figure out if its a problem on my end or if buffs for enemies in PvP are disabled by default in game.

BenTSG · May 2023

Nightwiish wrote: »

BenTSG wrote: »

Well you're in luck, I believe. There is an addon called 'Srendarr' that lets you track all buffs and deffs on yourself, allies and hostile NPCs and players, and allows the UI to be moved around and changed to how you want it, so if you just want to track the CC Immunity for example, you would need to have looked at something with it first, and then you can set it up on the Prominent Filter (I think it was called that?) And set it that the CC Immunity will show up on X category group, about 5 of which are completely empty and track nothing, so you could set it to one of them, move that category group to say, next to your crosshair and set it to 50% Opacity, and then whenever you look at anyone who has Immunity, it'll show up next to your crosshair for as long as you have them targeted. Hope this helps and is what you're looking for!
Also the link to it to; https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info655-Srendarr-AuraBuffDebuffTracker.html

Hey, I appreciate your feedback. I am using Srendarr but unfortunately, it doesn't show up in PvP/Battlegrounds even if I set Prominent Buffs for enemy. I am trying to figure out if its a problem on my end or if buffs for enemies in PvP are disabled by default in game.

It's stopped showing in them? Hm, I *think* I remember the same happening to me in that case before, but I don't remember what I did to fix it, or if I even did fix it. I'll have to try and look later to make sure it's not allies I am seeing the buffs off, though I feel like they are showing for me? I'll have to get back to you, I'm sorry it's stopped working for you for whatever reason.

BenTSG · May 2023

Oh no, mine doesn't show up on players anymore. I swear it used to, or at the very least would show anything I'd specifically set. I wonder if the API has changed then.

Janni · May 2023

The easiest (though not always reliable) way for me has been to just look at their feet. If there is a little whirling tornado thing there it means they are immune to hard CCs. Little green spikey things means they are immune to soft CCs. My mistake the soft CC immunity is indicated by the green trails. The spikes are actually for dodge cooldown.

Admittedly sometimes they are immune when when these effects are not invisible. I've never been able to figure out if that's because of some mechanics I'm not aware of or just bugs caused by desync and lag.

Nightwiish · May 2023

Janni wrote: »

The easiest (though not always reliable) way for me has been to just look at their feet. If there is a little whirling tornado thing there it means they are immune to hard CCs. Little green spikey things means they are immune to soft CCs. My mistake the soft CC immunity is indicated by the green trails. The spikes are actually for dodge cooldown.

Admittedly sometimes they are immune when when these effects are not invisible. I've never been able to figure out if that's because of some mechanics I'm not aware of or just bugs caused by desync and lag.

I use this method too but it would be much more efficient and convenient to be able to see the Crowd Control Immunity buff placed anywhere on the screen based on Srendarr or any other addon.

Does anyone know for a fact that the Devs blocked being able to see enemy buffs in PvP or is there an issue with the addons?

Kikazaru · May 2023

If i recall... a few years ago…. ZOS changed the API so you couldn't see the type of buffs the enemies are using. I can’t remember the thread where they discussed in detail why it had to be done.

Necrotech_Master · May 2023

Kikazaru wrote: »

If i recall... a few years ago…. ZOS changed the API so you couldn't see the type of buffs the enemies are using. I can’t remember the thread where they discussed in detail why it had to be done.

ssrendar definitely still works for showing most enemy buffs, but it only works on NPCs now that i could tell

it doesnt work on enemy players anymore for sure (it does work on allied players)