In combat hindrances

volkeswagon

Who hasn't been annoyed from time to time by the things the game prevents you from doing because it says you're in combat when you really aren't. For example. One can't mount their horse if the in combat music is playing. Often especially in a group we can't mount or fast travel even if there is no enemies around because another member may be in combat. You should change is so you can mount or travel as long as you aren't actually taking damage. An NPC that is still chasing you from a mile back shouldn't count as combat. The same should go for picking nodes, opening chests or doors. If I'm not taking damage we should be able to activate such items. While we're on the subject, if an npc is gonna chase us half way across the map at least afford us the opportunity to attack it rather than have it turn around and run back as soon as we offer up any kind of damage to it.

Athan1

Yeah this feat seems kinda broken. Overly attached enemies get fixated on you and chase you to the end of the world, just to hit you once and then leave. So annoying and buggy.

marius_buys

yup, scratch that

Ackwalan

There is a work around for mounting while stuck in combat. First put your weapons away, second go into crouch/stealth, third open the crown store. When you open the crown store you will also be pulled out of stealth and out of combat. You will have a short window of being not in combat. This short window is just long enough to mount up or swap gear, but you will be put back in combat soon.

Hapexamendios

When I saw the topic, my first thought was tanking with multiple people using Maw of the Infernal.

Ectheliontnacil

Ackwalan wrote: »

There is a work around for mounting while stuck in combat. First put your weapons away, second go into crouch/stealth, third open the crown store. When you open the crown store you will also be pulled out of stealth and out of combat. You will have a short window of being not in combat. This short window is just long enough to mount up or swap gear, but you will be put back in combat soon.

Aahh. Isn't the crown store always the answer.
Thx for the tip!

zaria

Hapexamendios wrote: »

When I saw the topic, my first thought was tanking with multiple people using Maw of the Infernal.

Yes, tanked an dungeon where all 3 used maw.
Commented that that would not work in BC2.

I found that using an AoE DoT like wall of element or arrow barrage will end in combat.
It will also disengage mobs chasing you who is the most common reason.
Arrow barrage or class skills like shard who can be put 28 meter away so ranged enemy don't get one shot on you before running away who is super annoying.

MishMash

I agree this SiC is so annoying! We cannot mount, recall, or add/switch items to our quickslot bar.

It has been an ongoing issue with the game for years now, and it CANNOT/WILL NOT be fixed.
We just have to accept it as a fact. Before anyone says otherwise -- if they could or wanted to fix it -- it would have been fixed a LONGGG time ago.

WySoSirius

Running from sejanus to harlun outpost all in combat whilst alone. Being in stealth with nothing near me and showing as detected. [snip]

[Edited to remove Bashing]

josiahva

Why should it matter if you are harvesting nodes or opening chests in combat? If you want to ignore the mobs and possibly die while doing so, that should be your choice. At least that way on my tank I could farm in peace and just ignore the mobs beating on me while I picked flowers or opened chests.

volkeswagon

Last night i ran all the way from the bridge wayshrine to the mountain trail to get up to Chilblain before I was no longer in combat so could mount. Such a pain. There is no reason for it. If I want to mount so I can go somewhere else I should be able too, especially since you guys insist on npc's every 5 feet in this game there isn't a lot of spots without trigger happy npc's. And as the guy above said, combat shouldn't affect our ability to pick a node. It might prevent other players from stealing nodes from under their noses while they deal with the npc's if we could pick a node or open a chest while in combat.