sorc overload issue

incite

Perhaps there has been a thread like this before, i've been having this problem from time to time last 2-3 months. I hear other sorcs in game having the same
problem aswell. When in 'overload' and spam light attack, it gets bugged for few seconds, as a result you can't cast any spells or attacks. I have found a few ways to 'unbug' it asap (like running forth and back and use light attack) , i've also noticed you when you don't spam your mouse with lightattacks, its less likely to
bug.

any more players having this issue when spamming light attacks in overload?

Qyrk

Yes it's been a problem since forever . It places you in heavy attack and for people that have low resolution, will most likely not see the heavy attack unless it registers in a floating combat text from an addon.

SleepyTroll

This happens when you hold the mouse button down for a fraction of a second to long for a light attack, and you don't finish a treat one tick for a heavy atack. You can spam break free or rolldge (I think) to get out of it.

Cathexis

Simply pressing block fixes this.

Still an annoyance though, been my death on more than one occasion.

Stranglehands

(mac client): Seems like for me if i rapidly click to do light attacks, it seems to queue up all the mouse clicks and i can't use any other abilities while it's doing the animation for all the light attacks. However I can still hit R to come out of overload.

On an unrelated note it would be a very good thing if we could swap weapons while in overload (instead of having to toggle overload off first) because on my sorcerer that's to swap to my restoration staff because i'm about to die

incite

Aha cool, thats indeed an easy way of getting rid of it, thx for the tip

navyspeed

I have an issue on XB1 when I try to start the ultimate it will do the animation but not put me into the ultimate. So it will show the animation with the lightning but doesn't complete the ultimate and just puts me back to my staff. It is a real pain in the but to use during pvp.

jarrandub17_ESO

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

Jar_Ek

How many overload attacks you can make depends on how much ultimate you have stored up but without an add-on you have no idea how much you have. Which is simply bad ui design if you ask me.

dodgehopper_ESO

I don't think I've run across this, and this is actually my most used ultimate with my Sorc. Is this a mac related issue?

Ezareth

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

You can actually store up 1000 ultimate. The default UI I think only displays up to 100 ultimate. I think Power Overload now costs 25 ultimate (havent looked at it in awhile which means with a full ultimate bar you can cast it around 40 times.

the the OP this issue I believe is fixed in the latest PTS patch notes.

Cuyler

It's not exclusively a MAC bug. I've got both, happens on both...much hate

dodgehopper_ESO

The main glitch I've had with Overload is that it shuts itself out early sometimes. No idea what is causing this, since I wasn't clicking my ultimate button and had plenty ultimate remaining. Perhaps these issues are related?

Ezareth

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

The main glitch I've had with Overload is that it shuts itself out early sometimes. No idea what is causing this, since I wasn't clicking my ultimate button and had plenty ultimate remaining. Perhaps these issues are related?

Yuu could be talking about the age old weapon swap delay bug that actually still does that on Overload. Sometimes you hit it twice and it goes in and back out once everything catches up.

ADarklore

As other players have reported and I can confirm, hitting block will also get it unstuck.

What I hate is how you have to have your target reticle exactly on the enemy... unlike other abilities that will hit the target closest to your reticle... allowing for some camera movement issues... but not Overload. Several times in battle I've sent attacks at rocks, etc... simply because the enemy moved just as I fired and subsequently missed.

jarrandub17_ESO

Ezareth wrote: »

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

You can actually store up 1000 ultimate. The default UI I think only displays up to 100 ultimate. I think Power Overload now costs 25 ultimate (havent looked at it in awhile which means with a full ultimate bar you can cast it around 40 times.

the the OP this issue I believe is fixed in the latest PTS patch notes.

40 times?? WHAT??? I am missing something here, once I use overload (fully filled up) I start spamming light attacks, the most I have ever, I mean ever gotten off was 9 light attacks. What the hec am I doing wrong?

Septimus_Magna

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

You can actually store up 1000 ultimate. The default UI I think only displays up to 100 ultimate. I think Power Overload now costs 25 ultimate (havent looked at it in awhile which means with a full ultimate bar you can cast it around 40 times.

the the OP this issue I believe is fixed in the latest PTS patch notes.

40 times?? WHAT??? I am missing something here, once I use overload (fully filled up) I start spamming light attacks, the most I have ever, I mean ever gotten off was 9 light attacks. What the hec am I doing wrong?

Are you playing on PC or console?

There are add-ons that show the exact amount of ultimate stored, the max is 1000.

If your Overload starts glowing it doesnt mean that its fully charged, just that you have charged enough ultimate to active it.

When you're fully charged you can Overload for about 60 seconds dealing up to 30k dps (best players with best gear), normal players will get around 20k dps if geared properly.

Ezareth

ADarklore wrote: »

As other players have reported and I can confirm, hitting block will also get it unstuck.

What I hate is how you have to have your target reticle exactly on the enemy... unlike other abilities that will hit the target closest to your reticle... allowing for some camera movement issues... but not Overload. Several times in battle I've sent attacks at rocks, etc... simply because the enemy moved just as I fired and subsequently missed.

Yeah the new targeting box is just terrible, it isn't far worse than the old targeting box when using overload.

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

You can actually store up 1000 ultimate. The default UI I think only displays up to 100 ultimate. I think Power Overload now costs 25 ultimate (havent looked at it in awhile which means with a full ultimate bar you can cast it around 40 times.

the the OP this issue I believe is fixed in the latest PTS patch notes.

40 times?? WHAT??? I am missing something here, once I use overload (fully filled up) I start spamming light attacks, the most I have ever, I mean ever gotten off was 9 light attacks. What the hec am I doing wrong?

Spent about 10 minutes light attacking mobs to ensure you've maxed your overload then count how many you can cast.

I can't imagine playing this game on console for reasons like this.

jarrandub17_ESO

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

jarrandub17_ESO wrote: »

First, I am on console, okay so moving forward. The thing I don't understand with overload is someitmes I can get 6-7 light attacks off, other times it's 3. I thought it was determined on whether the mob was a boss or not, but the other day I was in the arena fighting and I hit the boss with 3 light attacks in overload before it ran out. The next time I cast overload, I hit the boss 6 times before it ran out....what is going on? Is it random how many attacks you get before overload ends???

You can actually store up 1000 ultimate. The default UI I think only displays up to 100 ultimate. I think Power Overload now costs 25 ultimate (havent looked at it in awhile which means with a full ultimate bar you can cast it around 40 times.

the the OP this issue I believe is fixed in the latest PTS patch notes.

40 times?? WHAT??? I am missing something here, once I use overload (fully filled up) I start spamming light attacks, the most I have ever, I mean ever gotten off was 9 light attacks. What the hec am I doing wrong?

Are you playing on PC or console?

There are add-ons that show the exact amount of ultimate stored, the max is 1000.

If your Overload starts glowing it doesnt mean that its fully charged, just that you have charged enough ultimate to active it.

When you're fully charged you can Overload for about 60 seconds dealing up to 30k dps (best players with best gear), normal players will get around 20k dps if geared properly.

Yes I'm console, and I had no idea that you could keep charging it after it glowed ready. I thought once it was ready that that was it. Good grief man, how the hec are we suppose to know this stuff on console! Bah!

Thanks for helping me on this guys.

Waffennacht

Yeah took me a bit to figure it out too. Here is a small bit of advice: light attacks gain ultimate way faster than abilities in my testing. Find an Npc and just smack him around for a while, you'll gain ultimate very fast.

Ezareth

Waffennacht wrote: »

Yeah took me a bit to figure it out too. Here is a small bit of advice: light attacks gain ultimate way faster than abilities in my testing. Find an Npc and just smack him around for a while, you'll gain ultimate very fast.

Abilities actually gain you *zero* ultimate unless they have an associated passive or ability that says otherwise.

Currently only healing damage done in combat, dodging an attack, light/heavy attacking a mob/player or blocking an attack will generate ultimate beyond the other obvious methods.

Waffennacht

Ezareth wrote: »

Waffennacht wrote: »

Yeah took me a bit to figure it out too. Here is a small bit of advice: light attacks gain ultimate way faster than abilities in my testing. Find an Npc and just smack him around for a while, you'll gain ultimate very fast.

Abilities actually gain you *zero* ultimate unless they have an associated passive or ability that says otherwise.

Currently only healing damage done in combat, dodging an attack, light/heavy attacking a mob/player or blocking an attack will generate ultimate beyond the other obvious methods.

Ah ha! Thank you, I didn't know it was zero lmao, I knew it was low, just didn't know it was nada!

Btw can you gain ultimate while overload is active?

Ezareth

Waffennacht wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

Waffennacht wrote: »

Yeah took me a bit to figure it out too. Here is a small bit of advice: light attacks gain ultimate way faster than abilities in my testing. Find an Npc and just smack him around for a while, you'll gain ultimate very fast.

Abilities actually gain you *zero* ultimate unless they have an associated passive or ability that says otherwise.

Currently only healing damage done in combat, dodging an attack, light/heavy attacking a mob/player or blocking an attack will generate ultimate beyond the other obvious methods.

Ah ha! Thank you, I didn't know it was zero lmao, I knew it was low, just didn't know it was nada!

Btw can you gain ultimate while overload is active?

You can, but not from the overload attacks themselves (this was changed early in 1.6 PTS), only from blocking and dodge rolling and any ability/passive that specifically states it gives you ult upon a condition.

Fubar8

The problem i have is when i spam my light attacks it suddenly stops (no animation) and starts heavy attack without any animation.

Waffennacht

Fubar8 wrote: »

The problem i have is when i spam my light attacks it suddenly stops (no animation) and starts heavy attack without any animation.

Have read about this. In a few threads they list ways to get out of the heavy attack stick. I remember someone mentioning blocking to stop that. Again im not sure, but I know its been discussed