Mudball interrupting animations

Shara_Wynn

So today I got the 7 fragments for the voirplasm pet and started to combine them to make the pet. I wanted to see the combine animation, as some of them I think look pretty cool. But then, from out of nowhere, some kind, thoughtful person decided to throw a mudball at me. This then stopped the animation in it's tracks and instead replaced it with the '"covered in mud" animation.

Dear ZOS, I spent 14 tickets to get that pet and that required time and effort and I genuinely wanted to see what the combine animation looked like.

I don't mind folk throwing mudballs at me per say, as far as I am concerned they are just jealous of my fantastic looking characters! I do however mind when it then interrupts something I was in the middle of doing and wanted to finish doing, such as seeing the animation for combining fragments.

Yes I can go search for a YouTube video to see the animation but I shouldn't really have to. So a question for you ZOS, are you ever going to fix things like that (where one player's actions interferes with another player's gameplay) so that they don't actually affect another player's hard work and enjoyment of the game?

To the person that threw the mudball, I harbour no ill will, it isn't your fault that you found my characters outfit too amazing not to show your appreciation. This one is for ZOS.

alternatelder

You're defining an animation as "hard work"? So long as the trumpet solo emote and other annoying emotes exist, I say the mudball should continue to interupt.

Shara_Wynn

alternatelder wrote: »

You're defining an animation as "hard work"? So long as the trumpet solo emote and other annoying emotes exist, I say the mudball should continue to interupt.

No, I am defining the obtaining of 14 event tickets as work.

LunaFlora

alternatelder wrote: »

You're defining an animation as "hard work"? So long as the trumpet solo emote and other annoying emotes exist, I say the mudball should continue to interupt.

other people's emotes don't interrupt your actions like mudballs so it's not relevant.

BXR_Lonestar

To be completely fair, the person who chucked it at you probably didn't know that they were interrupting your special moment. Chucking the mudball is just a good time! Plus its a great way to get the endeavor for using a momento.

LunaFlora

you can use every memento for the endeavour.
you always interrupt someone with a mudball special moment or not.

Shara_Wynn

BXR_Lonestar wrote: »

To be completely fair, the person who chucked it at you probably didn't know that they were interrupting your special moment. Chucking the mudball is just a good time! Plus its a great way to get the endeavor for using a momento.

I have no no beef with the player who chucked the mudball at me. They couldn't possibly have known that they were to interrupt my special moment. It's ZOS that I have a beef with. They need to make it so that mudballs don't interrupt fragment animations.

I'm not talking about emotes or mementos that I can use again after the mudball animation wears off, I am talking about a one off animation, the combining of pet/mount fragments.

Lets say it's an Indrik Mount. That's 60 event tickets to obtain one of the morphed versions. When you combine it you get (well what I think) is a cool animation. Once you have combined the fragments, you cannot simply do it again. If you weren't able to see the animation the first time around because of a mudball chucking incident, you would then have to go and collect another 60 event tickets.

So, for some, it's no big deal, but I kinda did want to see the animation, as sad as some might think that makes me (I'm totally ok with that label), I just think that I should have been allowed to see the animation. Otherwise why bother making these animations in the first place if not for the player to experience it?

Also I have no issues with mudballs, just don't interrupt my special pet/mount fragment making magic moments with them please ZOS! Or I may be compelled to get Quality Street on the case!

OBJnoob

I think it's kinda cool that throwing mudballs interrupts animations. A little harmless trolling can be fun. But I see what OP is saying and I think the solution should be that instead of just canceling the animation it should cancel the whole act. So then the player would have to start again... And therefore see what they wanted to see.

alternatelder

LunaFlora wrote: »

alternatelder wrote: »

You're defining an animation as "hard work"? So long as the trumpet solo emote and other annoying emotes exist, I say the mudball should continue to interupt.

other people's emotes don't interrupt your actions like mudballs so it's not relevant.

? I said the mudballs can interupt those. So it is relevant...

LunaFlora

alternatelder wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

alternatelder wrote: »

You're defining an animation as "hard work"? So long as the trumpet solo emote and other annoying emotes exist, I say the mudball should continue to interupt.

other people's emotes don't interrupt your actions like mudballs so it's not relevant.

? I said the mudballs can interupt those. So it is relevant...

ah i thought you were comparing mudballs to emotes you find annoying.

really wish i could disable mudballs interrupting me though.
you can just walk away from emotes, some people with mudballs follow you around with the purpose of being annoying and rude.

Carcamongus

Mudballs don't bother me, but I know they bother a lot of people, so it'd be nice if they stopped interrupting animations. Just leave the target covered in mud but still doing what they were already doing. I hear plenty more complaints from people being mudballed than from those who dislike trumpets. The former are usually RPers who just want to be allowed to mind their business in peace.

The voriplasm is possibly my favorite pet, so congrats to the OP! I didn't know the parts to create it were dropping during this event.

LunaFlora

Carcamongus wrote: »

The voriplasm is possibly my favorite pet, so congrats to the OP! I didn't know the parts to create it were dropping during this event.

you can get the pet parts from the Gates of Oblivion grab bags

SilverBride

I am not into many of the things that some consider "fun" but an occasional mudball doesn't push me over the edge. However there are situations where this can be abused.

Like the time I was opening safeboxes and was mudballed nonstop because another player was trying to disrupt me.

Or a friend that used to spaz around tossing flower blossoms at me every single time he saw me even though I repeatedly asked him to stop. I finally gave him an ultimatum that if he does it again we are done as friends and he stopped.

These are just a couple of reasons why I'd love to be able to toggle off being targetable with these type of items.