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ZoS, please do something to fix "cone" hitbox, unhealth and does not feel good

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**DISCLAIMER** im not talking about that busted necro scythe, it can be nerfed into the ground for all I care, im talking about the other crap cone attacks we have had the misfortune of living with for years /**DICLAIMER**

path attacks on ground, solid.
aoe, obvious
cone? cannot hit anything

the only cone attack that comes to mind that has any semblance of decent gameplay is jabs and that's because its used as a pb spamable, that fact that maybe it hits some extra people feels more like a bonus.

however, every other cone attack in the game is terrible. you miss the majority of the time due to the faintest amounts of lag or the hitbox that seems to shrink or grow at a moments notice.

these skills are used more in HOPE then in expectation, you get someone right in your face and you press the button and you PRAY that it actually hits them.

a couple ideas, consider using some / all?

-increase their damage but make them a 1s skill that we can SEE the cone range on the ground as a telegraph (the caster that is)
-change the hitbox to perhaps make the range a bit longer, feels really short atm.
**FOR INSTANCE**
NB path morph is a 15m cone
cleave is a 7m cone
path skills seem to be around 20m in length (even shalks)
most aoe is 6-8 depending on the skill or morphs
could we perhaps standardize cone attacks to be like 10-12m in nature? it sucks that pbaoe not only out ranges it but also has a 360 degree hit window, would be nice if cones were better range then full 360 aoe but traded the 360 range for more forward range, but not quite the total coverage of a path.

so it would go
-path (goes the furthest but narrow spread in most cases) average length is 20xX
-cone (reduced range but wider spread) average length is 12xX
-360 aoe (shortest aoe range but full 360 coverage) average range is 6x360

I realize some skills would have to be rebalanced to reduce their damage at that kind of range (or keep the damage or increase it and make em a cast time)


whatever you decide, cones don't feel good, the only one run consistently is jabs (for obvious reasons) and most people don't deal with the rang associated with others.

thoughts and opinions on cones and possible improvements welcome
ESO player since beta.
previously full time subscriber, beta-2024, now off and on, game got too disappointing.
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