@ZOS, Will You Comment on Regeneration? Pretty Please with Sugar on Top?

GrumpyDuckling · October 2016

I'm asking really kindly and throwing you some sugar because Regeneration (Restoration staff skill) is awfully inconsistent and frustrating to use. The heal over time targets random people and at times will repeatedly target the same two people.

I just want to know if this skill will ever be fixed and if it will perform the way it used to (it used to smart heal and target people who did not have the healing effect applied). I'd even be thrilled with the "We're working on it but don't know when it will be fixed," response.

If more sugar is needed to elicit a response from you regarding the topic of Regeneration, please do let me know. On Halloween I'll simply turn off the front light at my house and deprive all of the local children of candy and send the treats your way. But you wouldn't want to take candy from children... would you?

Reorx_Holybeard · October 2016

I've been trying to collect more information on this as it has been brought up many times but I can't find any reliable way to replicate issues with it in game. Just saying "its broken" has no value and is probably why we haven't got a response yet.

We need to get some confirmation on its behavior post OT with explicit description in how it works versus how it should work. Videos would be great as well. Most of the time the skill works fine for me...the few times I go on to actually test it and I can't get it to break (it rotates through all people not having the buff in range just fine). However, last night in a vet dungeon PUG I was noticing I was not getting the Mutagen buff (I was the one casting it) and it took 4-5 casts for it to land on me. If we can figure out exactly what causes it to break we can probably get ZOS to fix it.

GrumpyDuckling · October 2016

Reorx_Holybeard wrote: »

I've been trying to collect more information on this as it has been brought up many times but I can't find any reliable way to replicate issues with it in game. Just saying "its broken" has no value and is probably why we haven't got a response yet.

We need to get some confirmation on its behavior post OT with explicit description in how it works versus how it should work. Videos would be great as well. Most of the time the skill works fine for me...the few times I go on to actually test it and I can't get it to break (it rotates through all people not having the buff in range just fine). However, last night in a vet dungeon PUG I was noticing I was not getting the Mutagen buff (I was the one casting it) and it took 4-5 casts for it to land on me. If we can figure out exactly what causes it to break we can probably get ZOS to fix it.

Read the first post. It explains the current issues with Regeneration and also how it used to work. And it's not One Tamriel that changed the way Regeneration works. It was changed (without appearing in patch notes) during one of the older DLC patches - I believe it was Thieves Guild, but it may have been Dark Brotherhood.

Brutusmax1mus · October 2016

Bump

GrumpyDuckling · October 2016

Only a couple hours until the kids arrive. What do you say, ZOS?

Lava_Croft · October 2016

Everything OP says about Regeneration is correct and the reason(s) I don't use it at all anymore.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2016

"We're working on it but don't know when it will be fixed"

In all seriousness, that's the real answer. It's something we're aware of and know the targeting is not working properly, but don't currently know when it will be fixed.

Now all children can get their candy tonight! Right?

cellobuddy · October 2016

If at all possible, it would be convenient for regeneration and its morphs to target the characters w/ the least time remaining on its buff in the case that everyone has it. This would add some assurance that healers can keep a 100% uptime for the primary Hot that applies SPC, gossamer, etc.

And thanks for the response.

WhiteMage · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

"We're working on it but don't know when it will be fixed"

In all seriousness, that's the real answer. It's something we're aware of and know the targeting is not working properly, but don't currently know when it will be fixed.

Now all children can get their candy tonight! Right?

I like that answer. Well, I don't like it but I like it. I don't like that that is the answer but I like that there is an answer. Please, answer more things, even if the answers that you answer with are not answers that we like, they are still answers to questions we like answered. We like all answers even when we don't like the answer.

The point is, thank you.

daedalusAI · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

"We're working on it but don't know when it will be fixed"

In all seriousness, that's the real answer. It's something we're aware of and know the targeting is not working properly, but don't currently know when it will be fixed.

Now all children can get their candy tonight! Right?

Can I use that same excuse if I would sub for eso plus and when paying the fees I'm like "I'm aware that I didn't pay but currently don't know when I will"?

Good to hear that the customer and a functioning game is not top priority.

kylewwefan · October 2016

Thank you for a response!

GrumpyDuckling · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

"We're working on it but don't know when it will be fixed"

In all seriousness, that's the real answer. It's something we're aware of and know the targeting is not working properly, but don't currently know when it will be fixed.

Now all children can get their candy tonight! Right?

The children are all getting candy because Gina and ZOS came through in the clutch!

And thank you, I and many others appreciate the response

Brutusmax1mus · October 2016

Wow, a response after 3 months. Awesome. Thanks i guess. I for one never thought developers weren't aware of it... any reason you can't just remove the skill and code it again?