I am having the same problem. It really seems like they break more and more every patch. In a game where you have to be able to react instantly in very poor visibility any delay can mean death.

I have had similar problems with my DK and fighters guild spells. The only conclusion I have come up with so far is because the abilities are "activate on release" rather then "activate on push" (probably because of charged skills).

With as much lag as this game has any disruption to player input is causing cancellation. I get the same problems if I put stuff in shared bank, buying off guild store and looting some containers.

I have tried on wired/wireless keyboard/mouse, and wired/wireless game pad with the same results. I'm trying to adjust the sensitivity, but haven't found any real solution to fix it yet. The game pad programs do offer a pretty decent ability to adjust sensitivity and some of the high-end keyboard/mouse such as razor may offer even better solutions, but i think this is a real problem that needs to be addressed.

Sigh, Just one more thing to add to the "honey do list"

Yep, have had this for awhile and it's gotten a LOT worse lately. Wish ZoS would at least comment.

I'm not sure if it's the same issue, but quite often lately I'll press the button, the ability will fire(visually, at least) and...nothing happens. Crystal Shards seems the worst, when I start fight with it like 2/3 times enemy won't acknowledge my attack, won't even engage in combat, even tho magicka is gone and animation was clearly there.

The one that tends to get me killed is the Destructive Touch or whatever, first skill for destro staff, I use fire staff for knockback and when I press it 3 times, animation goes off 3 times but there's no knockback....well, usually I die>.<

I thought it was just playing up for me, I'm a templar. I've been experiencing this problem over the last couple of days particularly with my resto staff abilities for what ever reason.

I find myself often having to spam the button to cast O_o. Sometimes it doesn't work at all leaving me at the mercy of mobs. It's better than my old problem which resulted in my staff being entirely useless until I relogged ... so that's something

My DK and NB have the same issues. I reported this after 1.1.2. It was random before then but after 1.1.2 update, it is almost constant. If I want to use them I have to hit say 1 then ESC or "." then hit 1 again, rinse and repeat. I die alot to say the least...

Yes same issue tonight.

I had problems on trying to cast Invigorating Drain.

Utter frustration when you get spammed by hidden blades at V6 area, and you cannot CC to heal yourself to save your life.

And the worst part, by clicking 3rd time you might cancel it, because "internally" was already casted. And the mob turned black without getting any heals.

Also experienced with potions. Never before has such issues and I play since March 30th.

Greywolf46 wrote: »

Thanks for this post; you have saved me buying a new keyboard. I assumed that the problem was my hardware. Seems I was wrong. Forums ARE important and good to peruse.

I did buy new keyboard and mouse and no it didn't make difference for this particular issue

But I like the new keyboard and the new mouse is great for this game (Razer Naga Hex) so can't complain

This issue is getting worse, just gave up trying to play anymore.

Past week I've noticed increasing deterioration in gameplay due to skills not firing when key pressed. This is happening whether I use my bow skills or resto staff skills. Tonight my group were finishing the Temple of Storms and we all suffered same problem - keys not responding which meant we died a lot!

As we progress deeper into the game the lag when moving is getting worse as well - jerky - classic lag/latency visuals.

I'm assuming it's the usual problem of packet loss/latency between UK and USA so hope they get the EU server running sooner rather than later or the game won't be playable.

Funny, I just posted regarding this in a thread about a vampire ability:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/1021216/#Comment_1021216

tl;dr is, there is definitely some kind of delay with abilities, which is ruining the gameplay for me. Also, I remember them saying that NB's specifically had this even worse (I play a NB) and that they would keep monitoring the situation. Hopefully things will get better for us Europeans when the servers are moved, having them in Maryland surely doesn't help, but the pessimist in me insists that it's not just that.

This glitch reared its ugly head again for me this past week. Especially in Cyrodiil. Often followed by being stuck in frankenstein walk mode.

Enough is enough Zen, time to get yourselves sorted and get this game back on track, we've stood by you since release and we're overdue the stable, reliable and enjoyable game that you promised us.

My dragonknight has died quite a few times the last two days due to weapon swapping failing to trigger and attacks not firing. I usually don't get that. 0_0;

Cannot count how many times my DK died because of this crap!

Often enough in the middle of a struggle against 3 enemies (VR), his skills does not react, he just stands there scratchin' his ... head and dies.