Cloudrest Trial "Voltaic Overload" Mechanic (Spoiler)

gddanielb16_ESO

Struggled with this mechanic during a pug raid. I was using the "Raid Notifier" addon, if it matters. We were attempting +3 on normal, again ... if it matters.
Researched it as best I could, but still confused.

As I understand it ...
1) Periodically, two players will be targeted with "Voltaic Overload".
2) The two players will receive advance warning (a message on screen).
3) This will be followed by a second or two's "grace period", during which the player can (ideally, but optionally) select the bar they DON'T want to be on for the next 10 seconds.
4) Multiple super-fast swapping in that grace period is fine, if the player (let's call him "me") is a bit of a spaz!
5) At the end of the grace period, the player receives a blue, vertical, sky-high aura over their head AND simultaneously finds themselves standing in a humongous light-blue ground-AoE'ish circle.
6) Upon seeing the blue circle/aura, and as soon as possible after that, the player MUST swap bars ONCE ... and from that point, can NOT change bars again until the 10 second timer runs out.
7) The instant the player swaps to their "10s bar", the blue circle/aura disappears.
8) While holding that bar during the 10s phase, the player can do what they want (move; attack; shield; heal; etc)
9) On "Raid Notifer" a timer counts down the 10s, which is helpful (not sure what happens elsewise).

Failure to do #6 (the first part: aka "the swap") causes death, destruction, and drama.
Failure to do #6 (the second part; ie: subsequently swapping before the timer expires) ... causes death, destruction, and drama.

Is this correct? Any additional guidance you can provide would be very much appreciated.

Asmael

You pretty much summed up the mechanic. Note that the damage increases over time, regardless of how long you stay on the overloaded bar. So if you follow the mechanic perfectly except at the last second... b00m. This also means you have maybe 1-2 seconds after seeing the giant blue circle before the damage starts becoming a serious threat to the group.

gddanielb16_ESO

Brilliant. Thank you Asmael, for the crazy-fast response.

I'm aware there's a TLDR version:

"see blue circle?, swap bars ONCE & hold on that bar for 10s"

... but I wanted to make sure I understood the mechanic.

Cronopoly

Good to know...Was about to run the Trial and the video I looked at did not mention this tidbit...

Silver_Strider

That mechanic can target ANYONE btw, including the Tanks. Forced me on my Ice Staff bar a few times.

erlewine

don't swap back too early

themaddaedra

Silver_Strider wrote: »

That mechanic can target ANYONE btw, including the Tanks. Forced me on my Ice Staff bar a few times.

You should watch out for the warning. Raid notifier counts down before you get Voltaic Overload, so when you see it's counting down you should go to your back(or non-priority) bar, get the debuff in there and swap to your main bar to stay for 10 seconds.

Drummerx04

The specific buff tracker included with LUI actually shows that the voltaic overload debuff stacks pretty rapidly from 1 to 40 stacks and each stack is increasing damage. Once the stacks reach 40, the debuff disappears.

Your list of steps to take is pretty accurate.

Silver_Strider

themaddaedra wrote: »

Silver_Strider wrote: »

That mechanic can target ANYONE btw, including the Tanks. Forced me on my Ice Staff bar a few times.

You should watch out for the warning. Raid notifier counts down before you get Voltaic Overload, so when you see it's counting down you should go to your back(or non-priority) bar, get the debuff in there and swap to your main bar to stay for 10 seconds.

Really hard to notice any warning in the chaos of the fight and not everyone has access to mods like Raid Notifier.