Frustrated with unfair damage

rcharbod63b14_ESO

Anyone else out there tired of taking damage when you're clearly out of the damage area? I've noticed that this is ubiquitous throughout the game, but here's a specific example; I'm fighting The Bad Man in Bad Man's Hollow, I see him powering up and I tap S and successfully dodge backward. He is standing still, clearly out of melee range, but his attack knocks me down and I take damage. Really? Heck, I've even experienced taking damage from a forward melee attack when I was behind the boss. And getting out of the red, in dungeons, doesn't always guarantee you won't take damage. Come on Zenimax, tighten things up! Overall, great game, though.

Cody

hit detection is a little off. you know those "power attacks" pyromancers use, that shoots the stream of super powered fire forward? some times I will have dodged it, and it DOES NOT hit me, but the game still registers it hitting me, and I still take damage.

Nox_Aeterna

Could also be lag.

Even if you are outside the mark on your screen , it does not mean you are out of it to the server.

twev

Similar to taking damage and/or getting killed through a stone wall or other heavy cover.

Makes me wonder what the point of trying to maintain a feeling of participation in a game is, if the game just does what it wants regardless of the rules I'm forced to observe.

I feel like I'm playing against Sheogorath all the time.

drkeys143

I know where you are coming from, I get fed up of moving back out of the red with the big tanky 2H NPCs, and they still give me an uppercut that knocks me flat even though there is no way they could have reached me.However, i notice that if I actually try something similar, the other way round, I have to be in range to land a melee attack, so it does seem a little one sided at times

seanolan

Or the damned giant bat scream, that clearly has a cone AoE, but which will hit you no matter where you are standing.

derekdew339_ESO

The zombie puke damage always seems go get me even if I roll out of it. I just stand there and block it now.

indytims_ESO

Yes, I've noticed this too. Sometimes dodging out of the red AOE works... sometimes I dodge out of it and still take damage.

I assume it's lag-based.

Phinix1

NookyZooky wrote: »

hit detection is a little off. you know those "power attacks" pyromancers use, that shoots the stream of super powered fire forward? some times I will have dodged it, and it DOES NOT hit me, but the game still registers it hitting me, and I still take damage.

Walking through the trail of that which remains on the ground for a while will still hurt you, same as the ice trails will still freeze you, though I don't think for as much as if you stood there and took it directly to the face.

I think that much anyway is working as intended. But I agree, the rest of what the OP describes could be lag due to bad/wireless internet connection. Personally I haven't had that problem even when uploading large Youtube videos in the background.

poodlemasterb16_ESO

Unfair damage right back at them.

I know, I know, I have spent time, very carefully, not smashing my wonderful Razer gaming keyboard.

traigusb14_ESO2

Only ones I have issues with are the following cones.. bat scream, zombie puke ( I have to be reeeealy far out of arc to be missed, and especially NPC DK fire breath... I swear this one hits me when I'm behind them.

Other cones I can get out of easily.

Stannum

client-server synhronization algorythms is teso are... strange and inefficient. I hate situation when mob targets you with jump attack and when you use dark cloak while he's in fly after he lands he teleports on his before-jump position.

Tankqull

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

Could also be lag.

Even if you are outside the mark on your screen , it does not mean you are out of it to the server.

this especially when playing in europe/asia/australia is the problem