Some mementos should be toggle instead of time based "buffs"

HowellQagan

Aura-like mementos should behave differently from regular mementos, namely you should be able to toggle them on or off instead of having to recast them, having a cooldown and not be able to deactivate them at will.
Auras:

• Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern
• Storm Atronach Aura
• Floral Swirl Aura
• Wild Hunt Leaf-Dance Aura
• Dwemervamidium Mirage
• Swarm of Crows
• Inferno Cleats (also remove the cast time, it has the same animation as Stone Fist but at least double its cast time)
• Mariner's Nimbus Stone

Transforms:

• Storm Atronach Transform
• Wild Hunt Transform

Other:

• Campfire Kit (why do I have to set a new one every 1 minute? does the Vestige suck at setting campfires this much?)

Edit: better yet, there could be an appearance category that's called Aura and only one of these could be active at a time BUT this way we could use mementos and tools (which share cooldown...) while these are active. Except for Campfire Kit, that's obviously not an Aura, it should go somewhere else.
Edit2: the casting animation shouldn't be an issue either, there are Costumes (another appearance category) that play a custom animation (technically all costumes do, just most of the the same "putting on clothes" animation) upon equipping, namely Shrouded Armor (dark brotherhood/assassin) and Austere Warden Outfit (from Morrowind preorder or idk).

six2fall

Not all but some like you listed should be a toggle unfortunately doubt zos would alter just a few or even be able to set those few to work that way

HowellQagan

six2fall wrote: »

Not all but some like you listed should be a toggle unfortunately doubt zos would alter just a few or even be able to set those few to work that way

@six2fall
I mean, all but one are crown store exclusive, so might as well give us conveniently usable "mementos"?

WhyMustItBe

Sorry OP, but this would take away dev time.

Seriously though I do agree with you. There are addons that try and keep these up but lag can cause them to misfire and get stuck so they are of limited use even for PC players.

HowellQagan

WhyMustItBe wrote: »

Sorry OP, but this would take away dev time.

Seriously though I do agree with you. There are addons that try and keep these up but lag can cause them to misfire and get stuck so they are of limited use even for PC players.

@WhyMustItBe
I get the snark but if they just modified it to be an appearance category as mentioned in my earlier edit, it really shouldn't be that difficult. But then again, blind/oracle eyes are still in facial hair category, so I ain't gonna get my hopes up.

I use specific hotkeys for specific mementos (CollectionBars addon), which is like inbetween autocasting and quickslotting (not enough slots there). I don't really like autocasting so this works better for me.

Jaimeh

I'd love that, especially for the crows, but I can see it being a bit distracting/intrusive etc., for other players.

Sylvermynx

The only one I'd use would be the campfire kit - the rest would be pretty distracting, not only to others but to me (there's a reason I don't use any of them - unless it's an Endeavor!)

wheresbes

Agree, especially for those that provide utility. For me is the lantern, in some places is too dark and I'd love to just toggle it on without recasting it every few seconds.

Ei8htba11

I don't think the campfire should be on a timer, it should last while the caster is at the fire. It'd be useful, as I use it often as an AFK emote (while waiting for guildies in a dungeon, so they can port to me, bio break etc).

Dragonlord573

Also add the Murkmire drum to the list. Thing should just be an emote, not us tapping a drum for 6 seconds.

ZOS why do you hate us drum players so much? All we have is a single drum beat and a 6 second momento!

Nisekev

I just don't get those mementos at all. They're like overly complicated emotes.

HowellQagan

Dragonlord573 wrote: »

Also add the Murkmire drum to the list. Thing should just be an emote, not us tapping a drum for 6 seconds.

ZOS why do you hate us drum players so much? All we have is a single drum beat and a 6 second momento!

@Dragonlord573 And the Vossa-satl. I don't understand why they added musical instruments as mementos, makes no sense.

Nisekev wrote: »

I just don't get those mementos at all. They're like overly complicated emotes.

@Nisekev Which ones?

Nisekev

HowellQagan wrote: »

Nisekev wrote: »

I just don't get those mementos at all. They're like overly complicated emotes.

@Nisekev Which ones?

Most of them. They just do some novelty animation for several moments and that's it. I don't see why they're separated into their own category and treated as something worth to be a quest reward.