New Mythic Idea: "Reduce the cast time of your abilities by 50%"

StaticWave · July 2023

If the cast time is at 0, then this mythic won't do anything, but if the cast time is at 1 second, slotting this mythic will reduce it to 0.5s, etc. Channeled abilities won't be affected, and maybe even ultimates. To prevent people from doubling the damage in 1 GCD, we could implement side effect like reduced tooltip value for abilities with cast time.

I think it could open up some interesting builds, thoughts?

Inaya1 · July 2023

The game is unstable anyway. Try to play gank-nb, where after an incap your character starts to blunt for a few seconds and click random skills. The server simply does not have time to process data packets.

This idea makes absolutely no sense. The one who has the best ping will get much more combat advantage than those who play with 100+ ping.

This was exactly one of the reasons for the introduction of cast time for some ults and skills. Because the server could produce a hitch and a "compressed" damage or double cast.

I'm generally against myths. They break the game, forcing you to use them and getting significant benefits from this. It's great if they give something original, like fawn chest. But when it's like a Veloti necklace or a harpooner's kilt, i say NO.

StaticWave · July 2023

Inaya1 wrote: »

The game is unstable anyway. Try to play gank-nb, where after an incap your character starts to blunt for a few seconds and click random skills. The server simply does not have time to process data packets.

This idea makes absolutely no sense. The one who has the best ping will get much more combat advantage than those who play with 100+ ping.

This was exactly one of the reasons for the introduction of cast time for some ults and skills. Because the server could produce a hitch and a "compressed" damage or double cast.

I'm generally against myths. They break the game, forcing you to use them and getting significant benefits from this. It's great if they give something original, like fawn chest. But when it's like a Veloti necklace or a harpooner's kilt, i say NO.

The one who has the best ping are already using abilities with 0 cast times. This mythic isn’t going to make them 2x better than high ping players lol

phaneub17_ESO · July 2023

I would rather they take away cast time altogether then make it where you can hold down the button to overcharge an ability up to 1 second for increased damage, healing, effect, and duration. You choose when an ability has a cast time or when to be instant cast. It be like going from a light attack to a medium or heavy attack but with your skills.

Northwold · July 2023

My understanding was that the now noticeably longer casting time than previously was introduced to improve server performance. And I can well believe it judging by how button mashing in my few forays into Cyro often crashed me out of the game. I can't see it happening. Perhaps you would call that cool down, but the concerns are largely the same -- data calls piling up in quick succession and breaking things.

Jamie_Aubrey · July 2023

I'd pay double the price of the chapter if I could get my stupid healing ulti out 50% faster

SO MANY TIMES I'VE DIED MID CAST, THAT'S NOW HOW HEALING WORKS

ZOS_Icy · July 2023

Greetings,

This thread has been moved to the PvP Combat & Skills section, as it is better suited there.

Thank you for your understanding.

Amottica · July 2023

There is a hard coded GCD of ~1 second for all skills so such a mythic should not be able to override that GCD.

Amottica · July 2023

@ZOS_Icy

This is about a proposed mythic piece of gear. It is general to the game so there are other sub forums that make more sense.

JerBearESO · July 2023

This with vateshran bow, op.... I want it, hahaha

Alchimiste1 · July 2023

ZOS_Icy wrote: »

Greetings,

This thread has been moved to the PvP Combat & Skills section, as it is better suited there.

Thank you for your understanding.

Move this to general, it’s about a mythic not exclusively pvp

Janni · July 2023

What about skills with hidden cast times? Caltrops, Endless Hail, Power Bash, Dragon Leap, probably some others I can't think of.

Kaelthorn_Nightbloom · July 2023

Janni wrote: »

What about skills with hidden cast times? Caltrops, Endless Hail, Power Bash, Dragon Leap, probably some others I can't think of.

Power Bash doesn't have a hidden cast time. You can weave bash and light attacks in between the GCD of this skill.

Kaelthorn_Nightbloom · July 2023

Also a mythic that reduced GCD to 0.5s would be super OP on a Blood Moon bash build against blocking players.

StaticWave · July 2023

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

Also a mythic that reduced GCD to 0.5s would be super OP on a Blood Moon bash build against blocking players.

Mythic should reduce abilities with a cast time longer than 0.5s. So abilities like Dizzying Swing, Snipe, Dark Flare, etc. will benefit greater than abilities that have 0 cast time like Surprise Attack.