Oceanic ping - What content does this stop you from doing?

CheeseyNugs

For me personally, I’m unable to play any stam build for PvP as my ping usually sits around 250-300, in which my character is never actually where I think they are. In order to be in melee distance on an enemy who’s running, I need to be a certain distance in front of them. Dodge rolling and blocking enemy abilities as they appear is also not available for me, as typically by the time I see it, I’ve already taken the damage it just hasn’t registered for me yet, rendering my block / roll useless. All of my toons are mag for this reason, however the rolling and blocking issue is a constant no matter which toon I play.

Anybody else in Oceanic regions have content basically unplayable for them due to the ping, but wish they could experience properly?

YstradClud

I don't bother too much with PvP but I don't have any problems running dungeons. Use to tank them but with the new DLC dungeons in the mix these days I just went back to dps until I get more gear.

dem0n1k

It's not just the lag imo. As an AU player I have always had a 230-350ms ping average & yet prior to U25 I could PVP with my stam characters & land dizzys & other single target abilities. Since U25 I swapped out Dizzy for Brawler because the Dizzys rarely ever land on target. I have a similar issue with Blastbones on Necro... I can have the target right under my reticle & be mashing the button for blastbones & it rarely goes off. Even with my mSorc, frags often won't go off when the target is under my reticle.

I can still have some fun in grouped PVP with a build that uses mostly AOE & untargetted abilities but I sure miss having single target skills.

CheeseyNugs

dem0n1k wrote: »

It's not just the lag imo. As an AU player I have always had a 230-350ms ping average & yet prior to U25 I could PVP with my stam characters & land dizzys & other single target abilities. Since U25 I swapped out Dizzy for Brawler because the Dizzys rarely ever land on target. I have a similar issue with Blastbones on Necro... I can have the target right under my reticle & be mashing the button for blastbones & it rarely goes off. Even with my mSorc, frags often won't go off when the target is under my reticle.

I can still have some fun in grouped PVP with a build that uses mostly AOE & untargetted abilities but I sure miss having single target skills.

I feel this with my magsorc too, frags dont go off way too often and sometimes it registers after i aim away hitting a completely different target, usually pets. Even my Hypnosis AoE fear doesnt land on some melee users because theyve been out of range when i used it or somehow turned around before my screen shows anything. Just curious however, how did you manage a stam character with the ping we have? I find it seriously difficult to know when im "on" my target and how far in front to be