Global Cooldown Indicator for Consoles

UltimaJoe777

Not really a big deal to me just curious is all but thought I'd ask if we are getting this eventually is all.

Nirnrotten

Yeah and buff timers. The subtle Qs they give are ridiculous. For Harness Magicka the Q that it expired is a faint ringing bell. With all the noise of a fight going on there's no way to hear that. Its sad that I have to count out loud to make sure I'm getting the most use out of my abilities lol.

UltimaJoe777

Nirnrotten wrote: »

Yeah and buff timers. The subtle Qs they give are ridiculous. For Harness Magicka the Q that it expired is a faint ringing bell. With all the noise of a fight going on there's no way to hear that. Its sad that I have to count out loud to make sure I'm getting the most use out of my abilities lol.

We already have confirmation on buff/debuff trackers coming.

lolo_01b16_ESO

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

UltimaJoe777

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

There are some players that could make use of a visible cooldown indicator to improve their weaving skills, but personally I don't need it. PC players have an add-on that displays it via the same method consumables display their cooldown, only darkened like when you don't have the resources to use the ability. Seeing all we've gotten so far it wouldn't surprise me if they gave us this too.

Tactical32

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

. 9 seconds? What buff in the game lasts for.9 seconds. Lol smfh

UltimaJoe777

Tactical32 wrote: »

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

. 9 seconds? What buff in the game lasts for.9 seconds. Lol smfh

They mean .9 seconds before you can cast the ability again.

Tactical32

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Tactical32 wrote: »

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

. 9 seconds? What buff in the game lasts for.9 seconds. Lol smfh

They mean .9 seconds before you can cast the ability again.

Ah, meh

lolo_01b16_ESO

Tactical32 wrote: »

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

. 9 seconds? What buff in the game lasts for.9 seconds. Lol smfh

Have you read the topic? It says global cooldown, which is the minimum time you have to wait between using any 2 skills. It is something about 0.9sec, I never bothered to check another digit, I just know that I can do slightly more than one skill per second.

Tactical32

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

Tactical32 wrote: »

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

What do you consider a global cooldown indicator? A timer that counts from 0.9sec to 0 every time you use a skill? I can't see how this would be any improvement to the game.
If you try watch a 0.9sec timer to make sure you hit a button when it's at 0 I can promise you that most of the time you won't hit it exactly at 0. Human brain works in a way that eye -> brain -> hand is much slower than hand -> spinal cord -> hand, so for every action that is done multiple times and requires timing / precision, muscle memory is much better than following visual signs.

. 9 seconds? What buff in the game lasts for.9 seconds. Lol smfh

Have you read the topic? It says global cooldown, which is the minimum time you have to wait between using any 2 skills. It is something about 0.9sec, I never bothered to check another digit, I just know that I can do slightly more than one skill per second.

I don't know how to read, I had my wife post. I do like how mad you are though lol. I also enjoyed how mad u got at the mere sight of OP's question. Trying to get all technical. Must be a PC guy. *yawn*

Myerscod

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Nirnrotten wrote: »

Yeah and buff timers. The subtle Qs they give are ridiculous. For Harness Magicka the Q that it expired is a faint ringing bell. With all the noise of a fight going on there's no way to hear that. Its sad that I have to count out loud to make sure I'm getting the most use out of my abilities lol.

We already have confirmation on buff/debuff trackers coming.

Can you provide link to proof of this?

UltimaJoe777

Myerscod wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Nirnrotten wrote: »

Yeah and buff timers. The subtle Qs they give are ridiculous. For Harness Magicka the Q that it expired is a faint ringing bell. With all the noise of a fight going on there's no way to hear that. Its sad that I have to count out loud to make sure I'm getting the most use out of my abilities lol.

We already have confirmation on buff/debuff trackers coming.

Can you provide link to proof of this?

Can't figure out how to show just this string of comments so I took a screenshot instead, but this is from the recent AMA on ESO's subreddit:

idk

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

iRogue32

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

There is a global cooldown on PC too. It's about 1 second.

idk

iRogue32 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

There is a global cooldown on PC too. It's about 1 second.

There is no GCD on PC. Some skills have a slight delay afterwards, certainly no a second and it is certainly not global.

What some may think is a GCD is the animation which can be cancelled on all platforms and is legit.

UltimaJoe777

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

iRogue32 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

There is a global cooldown on PC too. It's about 1 second.

There is no GCD on PC. Some skills have a slight delay afterwards, certainly no a second and it is certainly not global.

What some may think is a GCD is the animation which can be cancelled on all platforms and is legit.

That delay IS the cooldown. It may be argued as global or not but it's a cooldown nonetheless, and that is what this thread is referring to.

Myerscod

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Myerscod wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Nirnrotten wrote: »

Yeah and buff timers. The subtle Qs they give are ridiculous. For Harness Magicka the Q that it expired is a faint ringing bell. With all the noise of a fight going on there's no way to hear that. Its sad that I have to count out loud to make sure I'm getting the most use out of my abilities lol.

We already have confirmation on buff/debuff trackers coming.

Can you provide link to proof of this?

Can't figure out how to show just this string of comments so I took a screenshot instead, but this is from the recent AMA on ESO's subreddit:

Thanks Ultima, always come through with good news!!

Bryanonymous

Hope this buff/debuff visual is added to the controller UI on PC as well. ZoS purposely blocks the Sorcerer Helper add on during dungeon and trials bosses. I end up casting my buffs too much.

idk

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

iRogue32 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

There is a global cooldown on PC too. It's about 1 second.

There is no GCD on PC. Some skills have a slight delay afterwards, certainly no a second and it is certainly not global.

What some may think is a GCD is the animation which can be cancelled on all platforms and is legit.

That delay IS the cooldown. It may be argued as global or not but it's a cooldown nonetheless, and that is what this thread is referring to.

It's not a GCD. It's different for differing skills. It's also avoidable for many skills.

UltimaJoe777

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

iRogue32 wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is a GCD on consoles? Glad I play on PC.

There is a global cooldown on PC too. It's about 1 second.

There is no GCD on PC. Some skills have a slight delay afterwards, certainly no a second and it is certainly not global.

What some may think is a GCD is the animation which can be cancelled on all platforms and is legit.

That delay IS the cooldown. It may be argued as global or not but it's a cooldown nonetheless, and that is what this thread is referring to.

It's not a GCD. It's different for differing skills. It's also avoidable for many skills.

That's why I said the global part is arguable, because there may be a global cooldown for all abilities and then some have their own, but either way an indicator for all this isn't necessarily bad to have.