Well, consistency for one: skills do not break stealth until they actually deal damage to opponent or apply an effect on you (e.g. Vigor, which was changed to break cloak a year ago).
It also makes the game less clunky and losing stealth every time you start casting a skill and have to cancel because you see a zerg arrive from behind the corner would be pretty bad...
I guess you forgot the 1v1/1vX part.
Besides some of Baker's vids (who plays on console), those are all "gank one guy with a reaction time of a rock and run away" videos.
Just like people are using normal stealth mechanics. I guess you missed the point.
...and here comes the bias. Will be applied to everything you say from here on.
Cool, let's hope they change skill travel times now as well, because you don't like them
/s
Keywords highlighted.
You can't label everything you dislike and weren't smart enough to figure out yourself as either "unskillful play" or an "exploit" - world doesn't work that way.
...and that is bull[snip] I'm sorry to say.
Sigh, I guess I have to create another video to prove you wrong. What is this, video number 6 or 7?
You don't need to, I largely record my gameplay you can watch my videos & count the Fear->Incaps/whatever that land.
The average human reaction speed is 0,283 seconds, if your latency is less than 717ms you should be able to CC break & dodge roll in time.
This isn't the average reaction speed for most people in ESO though, which really puzzles me. More research required.
Cool.
Maybe you could report Meteor combos next? I mean, that skill is balanced by having a huge telegraph to it, but people cast undodgeable/blockable CC before it lands to prevent reacting! How rude, and clearly a cheat/exploit
/s
Nobody said a combo has to reliably work. But if you play a cast time build your entire build hinges on it landing.
There's no "sustained damage" cast time builds, they're all about that burst ganker or not.
That said, there are reliable combos as well that kill most non-tank targets.
Pets+Curse+Soul Assault+Wrath
Unstable Core+Purifying Light+Solar Barrage+Soul Assault
Curse->Wrath->Meteor->Frag->Rune Cage
DoTs->Skoria proc->Leap
About a dozen different Warden combos with Shalks
etc
Very roughly (and Bash dmg is way off). The point wasn't to prove you wrong though, the point was to stress the importance of accuracy with numbers.
I wouldn't know.
It's hard to land properly and doesn't deal more damage than existing melee combos, so I don't see why not.
Hey, less cheesy than playing stam sorc, hitting someone with Asylum Acid Spray, then Empower->Meteor->Lethal Arrow+
meteor landed into block here Rune Cage]
Only 100?
With your addon, I could keep dodging/cloaking them all until I fall asleep.
Without stealth?
You say it yourself, they dont work in 1vX & they hardly work in 1v1 (well, might be different with a proper asylum build & your cheats gone), yet that's somehow a good thing in your mind?
Naturally it helps to have perspective when discussing things - otherwise all you're left with is bias.
Good, so can we stop about "unskillful" builds then?
Elaborate "worse for everybody".
Is a bow build being able to deal the same burst melee builds deal (with perfect positioning exactly 10-20m from target) somehow a bad thing?
If this burst isn't viable, those same people will just keep playing the tired old melee builds - or simply quit the game if they're too tired of the tired old melee builds.
Why can't you see this?
Oh, most certainly.
Likely scenario: you'll kill a few squishies with 7 divines light armor and think how disgusting gankers are, but then you run into a tanky stam/magicka dk whom you only tickle with the burst, who then proceeds to kindly escort you to the nearest wayshrine with undodgeable bull[snip] while you flail helplessly.
At this moment a thought occurs to you: maybe ganking isn't that easy after all.
It's just bias. I try to have as little of it as possible while you revel in it.
Consider which approach is more constructive.
This thread is doing nothing constructive now. Lol.
You dont learn to understand peoples points of view by posting 2 page long monologues. You understand by listening.
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
look not at what he says, but how he says it
He knows he's wrong and is being willfully ignorant...as are most trying to defend it.
I'm here to understand why exactly something that is obvious for me, is not obvious for other people.
That's the only reason for my participation in this discussion.
….. And i'm spending my time to try to really understand what you guys are, to have such a different opinion on it.
Ok lets look at what people say then.
p.s. in case you missed it...there are 2 sides and you shutting down one you don't agree with and catering to one you do...imagine that.
p.s.s. I know why you're participating
I'm here to understand why exactly something that is obvious for me, is not obvious for other people.
That's the only reason for my participation in this discussion.
….. And i'm spending my time to try to really understand what you guys are, to have such a different opinion on it.
-shakes head-
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” —Stephen R. Covey.
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
There is no debate and nothing to settle...Miat should have been a lawyer. His add-on and his attitude are corrosive and will only look for weak spots to exploit...because a loop-hole exists, I should use it...look not at what he says, but how he says it...I want to vomit reading through his hubris.
He knows he's wrong and is being willfully ignorant...as are most trying to defend it.
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
There is no debate and nothing to settle...Miat should have been a lawyer. His add-on and his attitude are corrosive and will only look for weak spots to exploit...because a loop-hole exists, I should use it...look not at what he says, but how he says it...I want to vomit reading through his hubris.
He knows he's wrong and is being willfully ignorant...as are most trying to defend it.
That’s funny. I have no problem with the addon. But I am really a lawyer. Guess I chose the job because I really have an exploitive nature.
ZOS just nerfed stealth damage, and then were like 'nah, nightblades need more ranged burst from stealth, let's buff snipes from stealth by 50%!':)
...and that is bull[snip] I'm sorry to say.
Sigh, I guess I have to create another video to prove you wrong. What is this, video number 6 or 7?
Even more:) You can't break free while in a skill gcd. You need to wait until it's over. That's why soemtimes you can break free really fast and in some cases you spam the button for a sec before it happens. And that's why leap/dawnbreaker is strong against dodge specs and less strong against block specs. Because you can't break free if hit middodge. Break free is on cd from the dodge itself.
Nobody said a combo has to reliably work. But if you play a cast time build your entire build hinges on it landing.
There's no "sustained damage" cast time builds, they're all about that burst ganker or not.
That said, there are reliable combos as well that kill most non-tank targets.
Pets+Curse+Soul Assault+Wrath
Unstable Core+Purifying Light+Solar Barrage+Soul Assault
Curse->Wrath->Meteor->Frag->Rune Cage
DoTs->Skoria proc->Leap
About a dozen different Warden combos with Shalks
etc
None of these combos are reliable. They are good. The provide enough pressure to require proper anticipation/reaction. But they are all survivable. Even on a squishy 22khp med nightblade.
And, as you can observe, all of them include highly telegraphed parts.
How come they can work, if the target knows about them? Hm.
If this burst isn't viable, those same people will just keep playing the tired old melee builds - or simply quit the game if they're too tired of the tired old melee builds.
Why can't you see this?
I see this. And i don't see a problem with people quitting the game, because they are unable to exploit in it like before. How could it be the problem?
Yes, they nerfed stealth damage, but not because of bow which hasn't been strong since 2015.
Why else would they have designed it that way? Rhetorical question, don't bother answering.
So we've gone from "can't dodge/block after CC break because of GCD (that only applies to skills)" to "cant dodge/block after CC applied while you were dodge rolling", which btw is still usually doable.
You're wrong, quite simple - I won't waste more time on this debate because it's of no consequence if you believe me or not.
I couldn't care less what you or your friend think of them, what I'm trying to say is that there's proof you can cc break+dodge roll after a fear (doesn't take a pro gamer to fear->incap).
Amusing that you're so triggered of being wrong that you need to start hurling insults though. Sad.
No they're not. Maybe you haven't fought against actual good players
Because they're all uncloakable/dodgeable?
Maybe they should make Snipe an undodgeable, long frontal cone AoE - that'd solve all problems.
Melee is already justified by having uninterruptable attacks that are harder to avoid, as well as (still) slightly higher combo damage. Oh, and around 20% bigger heals.
Nope, Meteor takes more time to land than it takes to cast a Snipe and Rune Cage is instant after Snipe.
Helps to actually know skill travel times.
PvP is already dying because of the stale boring meta builds & lag - even more people quitting obviously isn't a good thing for anyone (especially Zenimax).
Basicly each of my 10 characters have a minimum of 10 days /played on them, so I think your comment about bias couldn't be farther from the truth.
I wish for all different fun playstyles to be viable, including stealth & cast time oriented builds.
Anyway, I'm done here - might as well be talking to a brick wall (one that some ganker painted a graffiti on).
yeah, i don't think you all are trying hard enough to convince others of your view...
pictures, you need more pictures...pictures are always worth a thousand words, plus - they're much easier to digest - than literally a thousand words...
i'm beginning to suspect that listening to others may not be a strong skill set here...
see, see how easy it is to get a point across in 50 words or less...
you're up @DDuke ...
Rohamad_Ali wrote: »meh
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
There is no debate and nothing to settle...Miat should have been a lawyer. His add-on and his attitude are corrosive and will only look for weak spots to exploit...because a loop-hole exists, I should use it...look not at what he says, but how he says it...I want to vomit reading through his hubris.
He knows he's wrong and is being willfully ignorant...as are most trying to defend it.
That’s funny. I have no problem with the addon. But I am really a lawyer. Guess I chose the job because I really have an exploitive nature.
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
you're up @DDuke ...Rohamad_Ali wrote: »meh
Sums it up.
I could keep correcting the factually incorrect bull[snip] all day long, but life is too short for that.
I think I'll record one more video when I have time showing how the CC Break interacts with dodge roll etc for educational purposes, but that'll be it.
JonnytheKing wrote: »Publius_Scipio wrote: »Next ESO Live, DDuke and Miat live and in studio on the guest couch! Debate to settle the score once and for all.
JUST DO IT