returning player - recasting of buffs still a big thing?

Scora

Hi all- it's been a while since i last played this and im thinking of giving the game a go again but one thing that really bothered me was having the recast combat buffs and abilities every 15 -30 seconds. is this still a thing?

AMeanOne

Yes very much so

Tasear

You can enjoy different parts of world without doing so.

static_recharge

This depends on how competitive you want to be. If you're just questing or doing world bosses then it's not really needed. Normal dungeons, not needed. Veteran dungeons or trials, yes very much so needed. If you're talking about PvP, then it's more of a question of how much do you want to survive. So I guess the question is what do you like to do in game?

Gprime31

Name an mmo you don’t have to buff?

Leandor

Gprime31 wrote: »

Name an mmo you don’t have to buff?

I would think more that OPs beef is with the duration, not with buffing itself. There is a huge difference between recasting every 10 to 30 seconds over recasting once an hour.

IwakuraLain42

Leandor wrote: »

Gprime31 wrote: »

Name an mmo you don’t have to buff?

I would think more that OPs beef is with the duration, not with buffing itself. There is a huge difference between recasting every 10 to 30 seconds over recasting once an hour.

That’s my main beef as well, 6-10 sec recast time requires really perfect micro management or your dps goes to hell real fast.

Avalon

Gprime31 wrote: »

Name an mmo you don’t have to buff?

Leandor wrote: »

Gprime31 wrote: »

Name an mmo you don’t have to buff?

I would think more that OPs beef is with the duration, not with buffing itself. There is a huge difference between recasting every 10 to 30 seconds over recasting once an hour.

Exactly... Having to swap bars every 10 seconds or so, just to refresh buffs/debuffs? Considering that with the speed of actions, even with canceling... Barely end up using anything except buffs/debuffs and HA. For the character I am working on right now, my rotation is Blur, Siphoning Attacks, Dark Shade, Reaper's Mark, Lotus Fan, Swallow Soul, Impale, then back to the beginning, because my timers are running out, etc... I only do that on real targets, though. I kill normal stuff without buffs in under 3 seconds. But, on World Bosses, or Delve Bosses even, I stick to that rotation, and feel like most of my time is spent recasting buffs/debuffs while weaving HAs in... far cry from the first MMO I ever played (Everquest), where some buffs lasted hours, or even DDO (pretty action oriented) that had buffs lasting quite a while as well.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO

The biggest difference is that your major buffs come from pots if you are serious about dps. That is sorcery and prophecy for mag and brutality and savagery for Stam.

Mayrael

Mhm let's remove proc sets because it requires no skill, and then let's make buffs an hour long so we will need less skill to play, what's next? -_-'