Do you like the increased weapon unsheathing speed?

Marto · October 29

ZOS said they wanted some feedback specifically on this change. Sounds like a pretty simple thing to address with a poll and thread.

Just please try to not go too off-topic. This is just for the weapon unsheathing speed during combat and when unsheathing with a left-click. There's other threads with feedback for the rest of the animation.

SilverBride · October 29

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I never noticed it.

tomofhyrule · October 29

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I tested it on PTS and it works the same as on live.

I think the unsheath with a click looks silly as it looks sped up, but I think it is useful since there were plenty of times in combat where you would be at a disadvantage because of how long the unsheathe animation took. This solves that problem.

But for those who dislike the speed of the animation, you can still unsheathe with the [R] key (or whatever you set your hotkey to), and that goes at normal speed.

So... we get the fast one for combat (when we're not really looking for animations because we're too busy trying not to die) and a normal one for when you're not getting hit. Seems like every party got what they want in this case, which is not something that this game often does.

Necrotech_Master · October 29

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also never noticed it as i frequently block cancel the whole weapon draw animation lol

if you block it autodraws your weapon with 0 animation which is the fastest you can unsheath the weapon lol

Soarora · October 29

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It's jarring to look at during barswaps (but I don't pay attention to my character mid content anyways) but like Necrotech, I usually block cancel the weapon draw animation. I even do that for dismounting!

colossalvoids · October 29

No, I don't like it

Animation changes as a whole seem diabolical honestly be it speeds, not syncing lower body movements or jittering.

shadyjane62 · October 29

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Hah! What Silverbride said, never noticed it.

ESO_player123 · October 29

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I did not notice it since I unsheathe weapons by right clicking (blocking).

Nemesis7884 · October 29

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My mind is the weapon and its unsheathed all the time

Ishtarknows · October 29

Console pleb here so I won't see this for 2 weeks. Is this a revert of the previous nerf to the beginning of combat? Do weapons unsheath quickly when you press a skill button now? If this is the case I'm all for it even if it looks a little bit awkward.

SolarRune · October 29

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To be honest its difficult to judge the speed with all the combat bugs that seem to have been introduced with the last patch.

Morvan · October 29

No, I don't like it

I'd be ok with it if the animation didn't look so bad with it, plus you could always instantly unsheath by blocking anyway, so this doesn't really make any difference.

James-Wayne · October 29

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It's still causing rubber banding for me so not sure why they adjusted

Aliniel · October 29

Yes, I like it

I haven't noticed it so there's nothing to dislike.

Lucjan · October 29

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I actually haven't noticed it.

Fischblut · October 29

Yes, I like it

Some years ago the unsheathe weapon animation was changed to be very slow; it felt really annoying, and it costed me some death in IC, because when I was suddenly being attacked, my character was taking time to draw the weapon instead of instant reaction.
So of course I like that at least now it's faster - but since it's been such a long time, I can't tell if it's as fast as it used to be originally

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · October 29

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I never noticed.

wolfie1.0. · October 29

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Like others have said. I havn't noticed it. Never thought it was an issue. Dont know why it was even adjusted, still can't tell that it was.

soelslaev · October 29

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I like the tactical aspect of a delay before combat actions if a weapon is not unsheathed. Like in mechanics-heavy tabletop RPGs like GURPS where it costs you 1 second/turn to pull your weapon.

Contrariwise, I may have been unwittingly been doing animation cancelling of the unsheath delay during tense combat moments all these years. I just realized this because of comments above. Whether animation cancelling has an effect on the underlying mechanical delay, I do not know.

Hamfast · October 29

I am with SilverBride... never even noticed

Vulsahdaal · October 29

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Also havent noticed it.

bmnoble · October 29

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They increased it?

whitecrow · October 29

Looks the same to me. There was a period when it got slower, but they fixed that a while ago.

scrappy1342 · October 30

Yes, I like it

would not have noticed it if not for this poll. with a bow, it doesn't look all that much different than it did before, but it's definitely happening faster, which is great. i imagine that different weapons may or may not look better/worse than others.

BretonMage · October 30

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I had never really noticed the weapon unsheathing animation before, but I tested it after seeing this poll, it seems fine. I also barswapped a few times and don't notice a difference from before. Using a destro staff if that makes a difference.

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