A major pain for Tanks.

Trinket61

Firstly i want to express my thanks for the recent changes in ESO ! And now i have the chance to experiment with tanking and this has added another dimension to my enjoyment of the game.
However.....
I am quickly developing a strong dislike for the plethora of "summoned in combat" creatures... most commonly arising from monster sets.
Instead of enjoying a tactical encounter with a boss , i find myself constantly and frustratingly having to reposition my toon - just so i can see it and more importantly the boss for battle cues and my responses.

I understand the reasoning ... but there must be a less lazy approach to implementing a spawn point than " on the tank".
It cant be that hard to modify can it? just a few +- X, Y and hey presto !

Or if you really want to show us how clever u r , make the entire animation process a graphics option - View summoned ? ALL [ ] NONE [ ] Self [ ]

Which brings me to my second point - I would love to be able to scale the amount of "combat special effects" to suit my comfort zone.

I can't be the first to bring this up , nothing has been done about it so far , so just add my voice to the growing chorus..

AcadianPaladin

Agree completely.

EF321

Thanks to hybridization of sets, I've made the following build for petsorc:
Obviously scamp, bird and atro as abilities
Maw
Morkuldin backbar only
Defiler frontbar only
1pc trainee + mythic (likely one with minotaur when lead is fixed)

I like it.

Vevvev

I did a veteran Scalecaller run as a tank and we had a pet Sorc with Maw. I often say on these forums to just tab target the boss and I decided to put it to the test. It worked.

I could see what the boss was doing even when quite literally covered in effects and pets. It takes some knowledge to understand what the animations you see the boss doing mean, but the tab targeted glow takes priority on your screen over everything else.

Trinket61

Vevvev wrote: »

I did a veteran Scalecaller run as a tank and we had a pet Sorc with Maw. I often say on these forums to just tab target the boss and I decided to put it to the test. It worked.

I could see what the boss was doing even when quite literally covered in effects and pets. It takes some knowledge to understand what the animations you see the boss doing mean, but the tab targeted glow takes priority on your screen over everything else.

Thank you for that info

Forgive me for seeming jaded , but it strikes me as another situation where i have to compromise , adjust and tolerate sub optimal solutions to compensate for another man's failings....

Vevvev

Trinket61 wrote: »

Vevvev wrote: »

I did a veteran Scalecaller run as a tank and we had a pet Sorc with Maw. I often say on these forums to just tab target the boss and I decided to put it to the test. It worked.

I could see what the boss was doing even when quite literally covered in effects and pets. It takes some knowledge to understand what the animations you see the boss doing mean, but the tab targeted glow takes priority on your screen over everything else.

Thank you for that info

Forgive me for seeming jaded , but it strikes me as another situation where i have to compromise , adjust and tolerate sub optimal solutions to compensate for another man's failings....

You're welcome! It's one of those weird things that's hidden in the game and never made apparent. Gotta be careful with it since the tab target does prioritize whatever is glowing when making a check on what you're sending an ability towards. Depending on the fight ya might need to clear it or change the focus.

El_Borracho

Wait until you do a trial with a bunch of Maws and Storm Atros.

But the tab target is the best way to handle the boss when there are a ton of pets.