Critters are bugged and causing combat problems!

Phinix1

I can't seem to get any attention to this other than being told to /bug report it which I have been doing since launch to no avail. So, I thought perhaps if I made more people aware of the problem we might get some dev love on this issue. I figured at the very least it might contribute a bit of levity to the doldrums of the CS forums.

The problem is with those cuddly, round-eyed little critters you all know and love and which ZOS has chosen to sadistically scatter copiously around any monsters you might actually want to fight. Specifically, they seem to completely ignore what you are actually pointing at and absorb your abilities (and resource pool) like some magical vortex of failure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shWAJ2Q2wFk

As you can see, it doesn't matter if you have SKILL and point directly at the thing you want to hit. If there is a critter in the nearby area, your ability will completely ignore your targeting reticule and fly off to hit the critter instead.

I can't imagine how many rage-quit-inducing deaths this has caused when that life-saving stun or CC went after some random rat or squirrel instead of the elite that was mashing your face.

Please, ZOS, if you want me to go on a rabbit-murdering rampage, at least have the decency to pay attention to what I am actually pointing at! I promise, I will still vaporize every "atmospheric" howler monkey I see!

ZOS_JessicaFolsom

@AlienDiplomat - Thank you for the report. Would you mind switching your video so it isn't private?

Phinix1

Oops, forgot to hit the publish button. Fixed, thanks.

ers101284b14_ESO

Lol. That has happened to me a few times too. I go to use the chains to pull an enemy and it kills a rat.

Mortosk

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

@AlienDiplomat - Thank you for the report. Would you mind switching your video so it isn't private?

I especially dislike when I charge at an unsuspecting rat with Invasion IV, instead of the V7 Incendiary I was targeting and attempting to interrupt, and then my Vampire Templar with 2000 spell resist gets fried for 2500 damage with Heat Wave because of it. And, No, I don't have 2500 hit points. I don't think anyone does really, at least not at V8.

Moputu

Yeah, nothing like a Veiled Strike on a critter for 2k damage, completely wasting your first strike opportunity...

Your target and it's friends standing next to it will will actually stop and blink once or twice before sending you on your way to the same place you sent the critter.

Nebthet78

This has to be one of the most annoying bugs I have come across. Pun not intended.

dcincali

I assume its due to the game not targeting what ever is at your reticule but what ever is in your LOS closest to you. Kind of a cheap way to make you think the game has free action combat. This happens all the time on my healer, il be aiming at something and it goes off and shoots some different mob/player.