ISSUE: Destro Heavy Attack Targeting/Misses (No Shuffle)

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NOTE: See video, my targets DIDN'T PROC SHUFFLE and DIDN'T DODGEROLL. So please DON'T bring up those topics in this thread, thx!

Fellow ESOers,

Please help.

More often than I'd like, my Destro Heavy Attack misses the intended target:

• Either it hits the wrong target (like it saved a previous target)
• Or it just misses completely like it had no target at all (more troubling!)

This seems to be an issue with destro heavy attack targeting in PVP. Anyone experience this? Any workarounds? How do we report this?

See the video for a few examples:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xbpt7H1PIQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbpt7H1PIQw


FYI - This is on XBOX ONE PVP

Koolio

Na ps4. Same thing is happening to me in maelstrom. Not so much the bad targeting. Definitely the straight misses with no Dodge indication

Stoopid_Nwah

Yep. Super annoying indeed. Not sure of any workarounds tbh, but I notice it most when there isn't perfectly even terrain.

susmitds

Also happens with bows.

alephthiago

Are you locking the target before the heavy attack? But even if you didnt, thats straight up broken lol

Draxys

NA PC here. This doesn't just happen with heavy attacks. I constantly have input lag that makes any attacks weird, and even when they go off, attacks miss. Night after night, I've been standing next to multiple NPC targets spamming steel tornado and every now and then one will miss. It takes the server way too long to register that I hit the button in the first place though.

zuto40

ive been having a lot of trouble with my destro and couldnt place my finger on what it was, turns out its this garbage, thanks zos

thankyourat

It's the most annoying thing in the game for me right now

SHOW

How do we officially report this issue to ZOS?

bebynnag

this happens to me too in PvE & PvP

Pandorii

I like this video. =D It must have taken quite a bit of work to make, so thank you. I hope this is reviewed by the devs @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Seratopia

Happens to me on NA PS4 too! Very infuriating.

Sandman929

Thanks for the collection video OP, it's been happening to me a lot lately as well.

Koolio

Can we get an update on this. Happened to me a few times yesterday. Ps4 NA
@ZOS_GinaBruno
@ZOS_KaiSchober
@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Kutsuu

I randomly lose bow heavy attacks all the time without any dodge, the projectile is just gone. I love it.

Sandman929

No update on glitchy combat mechanics, but enough about that trivial stuff. Did you get your Nord Towel costume from the New Life Festival? It's just so much fun!

Koolio

Same issue with targeting I believe. Happens to me with 2h heavy attacks the should connect

Toc de Malsvi

susmitds wrote: »

Also happens with bows.

Kutsuu wrote: »

I randomly lose bow heavy attacks all the time without any dodge, the projectile is just gone. I love it.

Yup.

In fact I have run into a very few select players in PVP that are seemingly unable to be hit, I animation cancel light attacks, medium weaves, heavies and virtually nothing lands regardless of whether they are actively using Shuffle or Dodge rolling.

I have started making heavy use of Soul Assault for this reason as it cannot miss as long as they are in range. My understanding is that basically they game is displaying them(both players and NPCs) in locations that they are actually not in, it allows you to launch your attack but then flies off to nowhere.

Another issue with this is launching projectiles at a target then watching as they spawn a pet of some sort(dwemer sphere etc) and the projectile appears to turn in flight and hit the pet instead of the target. Saves peoples lives like crazy.

It is extremely frustrating in PVP as it often feels like you are being cheated.

Lexxypwns

This is why I switched to resto front bar on my mageblade. If I can't get the burst from destro heavies I want to have some advantage and front bar'ing my shields keeps me offensive

Koolio

Still having issues with this. Now with the new update we need heavy attacks to function properly

Koolio

Still wondering if this will be addressed.

Brutusmax1mus

It has not, and is still happening

Koolio

This is still an issue

Sleezly

I use lightning heavies to avoid this type of problem.

NyassaV

@ZOS_RichLambert Can you guys look into this please?

doslekis

I play stamina characters, so I don't feel your pain, and I'm sorry this is happening to you guys.

But oh my god that video was hilarious! It's like the flames just do a 180 and go into oblivon. On a horse? Zing. In a chair? Zing.

Does it happen more often from stealth or is that irrelevant.

LegacyDM

Destro fire Heavy attack firing but not sticking has been a problem for as long as I can remember. May have started when they did the animation overhaul back in dark brotherhood.. There was a gigantic thread about the problems with the new animations started by nifty and multiple petitions to revert the changes, but i can't find it. In typical fashion Zos said they would look into it and never provided any further feedback. Add to the long list of bugs and broken functions Zos ignores with no communications. Either to lack of resources or incompetence. They never fixed the strife animation disfunction that still occurs.

Koolio

What's sad is it still isn't acknowledged even after a year of this thread. I've brought it up multiple times but just gets buried.

kaithuzar

I've seen this issue on PC NA often, where if the targeting reticle isn't precisely on my target then the attack completely misses. Tab targeting helps, but if at any point they remove my targeting by cloak or using invisibi pots then I have to reapply tab targeting to hit them.

Koolio

Still have this issue on all weapons. DW being the worst.

Stoopid_Nwah

So it's been over a year and this still isn't addressed. Cool. Love seeing fireballs fire off into space.