Abilities failing to work now

Madae

I have two abilities that I use a lot; Rapid Strikes and Surprise Attack, and for some reason, these abilities are failing to do what they're supposed to do.

1. Rapid Strikes is supposed to give me an attack speed haste, which it did for a long time actually... but now it doesn't do it anymore.
2. Surprise Attack is supposed to stun my target if I use it from stealth, which it did and continued to do up until about an hour ago where it now fails to stun anyone.

#2 hurts me a lot, because it's my opening attack and the primary reason I can actually kill people in PvP. Is there some ability people have that protects them from getting stunned while they're riding a horse?

#1 isn't exclusive to PvP - I noticed it stopped working quite a few levels ago.

I suppose it may also be worth mentioning that number 2 might be working, and for some reason the game is just bugging them out and letting them continue riding forward under a stun effect instead of stopping dead in their tracks, which is what it did in the past. Now I've used it against several people and they just keep riding as if nothing happened and I have to chase them down, which is a huge waste.

Madae

Madae wrote: »

I suppose it may also be worth mentioning that number 2 might be working, and for some reason the game is just bugging them out and letting them continue riding forward under a stun effect instead of stopping dead in their tracks, which is what it did in the past. Now I've used it against several people and they just keep riding as if nothing happened and I have to chase them down, which is a huge waste.

UPDATE;

^This^ appears to be part of the problem. I just did it again and noticed the person had a stun thing above their head, but their horse kept moving. However, as I was typing this, I also just did this on a guy who was just running on foot, and both times my stun failed to go off on him.

francosiumrwb17_ESO

same problem with rapid strikes! i have noticed that instead of giving me attack speed, it slows it down.

mainlandsongub17_ESO

I'm having the same problems as well...

Madae

This is sort of related.

I've noticed since launch that rarely I'll be fighting a mob, it'll do an attack that feels like a disable, but in actuality I've just lost my ability to attack the creature all together. At first, I would just run from battle, but I've found a workaround to fix it by just quickly popping up my character sheet, or inventory, and then closing it again. That seems to fix it and I can attack again.

You might think they stunned me or something, but its not the case. This has happened against blood fiends that don't have a stun, but they do have a knock back.

Madae

Madae wrote: »

This is sort of related.

I've noticed since launch that rarely I'll be fighting a mob, it'll do an attack that feels like a disable, but in actuality I've just lost my ability to attack the creature all together. At first, I would just run from battle, but I've found a workaround to fix it by just quickly popping up my character sheet, or inventory, and then closing it again. That seems to fix it and I can attack again.

you might think they stunned me or something, but its not the case. This has happened against blood fiends that don't have a stun, but they do have a knock back.

^I just noticed this appeared to happen after I blocked a power attack. If I notice any other times, I'll mention it.

mainlandsongub17_ESO

I'm wondering if it is because of the level of the skill...I think mine started when rapid strikes got to rank 3. I'm going to try to get it to rank 4 and see if it goes back to normal.

Madae

I noticed it again after I used a power attack, I think, or maybe even a ability... can't remember. Seems to happen fairly often, as I noticed it several times yesterday.

mainlandsongub17_ESO

Still bugged at max rank. Slows down my attack instead.

jedensuscg

Same here with rapid strikes. I use it, and my attack swings are just as slow.

mainlandsongub17_ESO

Customer support got back to me. Said they probably fixed it in the last patch. Nope. Just tested it. Still slow

Madae

Been awhile since I've played my Nightblade, but I'm now playing my Sorcerer and notice the ability Endless Fury (not its original name - that's the upgrade) will sometimes fail to connect on the enemy after I've cast it and after it subtracts the mana for it.

Arsenic_Touch

Quite a few skills aren't working sometimes. I've had my syphon fail multiple times in a row, despite eating up my magicka. I've had issues with almost every bow skill, especially the multi arrow shot (not the volley) and snipe.

kpop_ESO

This is happening with DK skills as well - Battle Roar Passive used to give back Health, Magicka and Stamina when activated. It is currently not doing this.

Madae

Played my Night blade a bit yesterday. Tried several times to hit people with surprise attack while they were moving and it didn't work. Maybe I was just lagging, but I'd be sitting there hitting the attack button and it simply wouldn't go off, and it did this to several different people I was trying to sneak attack... Which usually meant the enemy would see me failing and kill me.