unreliable 2h light weaving with controller - what to do?

moo_2021

Half of the time my light weaving with 2h mace and Stampede fails and only Stampede is fired. It happens even when enemy is right in front of me and sometimes there is a strike *after* the ability.

I checked Combat Metrics it looks like some of my light attacks are registered as heavy attacks even though I always release RT immediately. This never happened with a staff or bow.

Is this a common problem with PC controller? I understand most players dont use controller with PC but...

I also noticed when I kept walk front and back weaving with staff was prone failure than just standing there. Is there any workaround? like remap or disable heavy attack? or remap attack to a button other than LT? or remap some of controller buttons to keys? Or a different controller than xbox's? Those slow buttons are driving me crazy...

moo_2021

PS: I don't have to use a controller, but need something that works easily on sofa... any creative way would be great. Like keyboard with joystick if such thing even exists.

Malkiv

You might just have a failing controller. Grab a different one from Best Buy, or similar, and try a new one. If it doesn’t work, return it. You may be looking at something like the Razer Turret.

waterfairy

proof why building a combat system around animation cancel is a bad idea and is long overdue for an overhaul

moo_2021

Malkiv wrote: »

You might just have a failing controller. Grab a different one from Best Buy, or similar, and try a new one. If it doesn’t work, return it. You may be looking at something like the Razer Turret.

Are other controller players not suffering from the problem?

If there is something wrong with hardware, it should always fail yes? I wonder if it's by design of the controller (no real "click" like keyboard)

phaneub17_ESO

It's a PC only problem added with Blackwood update. They tried to fix it in the last couple of patches, but the problem persists. Turning on the Action Reminder option helps a bit as you can see when an ability lights up registering that you pressed it, but doesn't activate when you see no countdown applied.

Lumsdenml

Vigarr wrote: »

proof why building a combat system around animation cancel is a bad idea and is long overdue for an overhaul

They actually didn't build a combat system around animation canceling. It was something they discovered after launch and never patched it.

waterfairy

Lumsdenml wrote: »

Vigarr wrote: »

proof why building a combat system around animation cancel is a bad idea and is long overdue for an overhaul

They actually didn't build a combat system around animation canceling. It was something they discovered after launch and never patched it.

rather then fix it and work towards building something better they seized it then built skills around it or created others that cater to it like imbue weapon

moo_2021

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

It's a PC only problem added with Blackwood update. They tried to fix it in the last couple of patches, but the problem persists. Turning on the Action Reminder option helps a bit as you can see when an ability lights up registering that you pressed it, but doesn't activate when you see no countdown applied.

Thanks,

I just found that swapping LT/LB and RT/RB seems to help, need more testing tomorrow... feels awkward with the layout.

paulychan

switch to swap on r3, sneak goes to left d. it's easier to weave that way on ps4

Ken_Koerperich

Haptic controller on PS5 makes "weaving" hard, as if you mash to much, you get "double/triple" hits and then skills won't fire properly.....

Or so I've found, when I do try to weave.

So, most of the time it's just spam what you can, toss in some heavy hits/stun hits to regen, then rinse and repeat....

Especially when bar swap lags anyway.

Make a 1 bar build and just survive w/ it like I did.....

Oh, and due to this, you will 95% of the time be solo, as you won't meet "elitist" damage requirements and get booted....

Vylaera

It's not a problem with my Xbox series X controller I have connected via USB to my PC.

You might need a new controller or it could be a latency problem. When I get latency spikes, sometimes abilities won't go off even though the skill bar lights up the ability I used.

You can monitor your latency and fps with a little window in the settings you can move anywhere on screen.