Nightblade - Issues with Shadow Cloak in PVP

Darsh · June 2014

So I decided to give Cyrodil a shot...

I have to say.. I was a little disappointed., Not only did NPC guards detect me from 100 meters away while I'm sneaking around in stealth.. (this is complete BS btw), but Against players, there were many occasions where I used Shadow Cloak to and It simply wouldn't last for its full duration. I would become visible again immediately after casting it. I wasn't sprinting or doing anything that would remove its effect.

Sometimes, I have to spam the ability 4 times to finally get it to stick and keep me invisible for the full 2.9 seconds. I don't get it. Why do we get an ability that doesn't work half the time? And No enemies with Mage Light were around me when this was happening. Shadow cloak just seems to work very poorly.. I've had issues with it in PVE as well.. but it seems to be happening more in Cyrodil.

Is anyone else having issues with Shadow Cloak?

deruddb14_ESO · June 2014

Happens a lot to me also, but only in PVE, have not pvp'ed since I hit VR1.

Loco_Mofo · June 2014

Yes this is a common issue NBs have been asking for a fix for since the dawn of time.

SFBryan18 · June 2014

Not just that ability. I often have to press the button a few times to get my crystal blast and other abilities to activate if my weapon is sheathed, and then I'll have to spam the button to cast it again. Sometimes the game is unresponsive to keyboard commands, probably due to lag.

Darsh · June 2014

This is very frustrating! I agree that the game is definitely unresponsive, there are even occasions where I charge up a power attack with my bow, and for whatever reason, when I release it, it doesn't release.. And my toon still has the bow drawn.. And I have to spam my mouse click to finally get the damn power attack to release.

All I can say is.. Cyrodil has huge potential.. But many of my friends have already stopped playing because of lack of polish when it comes to combat and responsiveness, or just abilities plainly not working. ZOS has got to get their [snip] together because If the game keeps playing like crap in pvp and I can't use my NB abilities properly due to bugs, I'm just going to find another MMO to pvp in. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Cursing & Profanity]

subecsanur · June 2014

Also question is why must we be in combat mode to have this used, that delay whilst unsheathing weapon somehow is part of the reason at times why we pop out of even sneak.

frwinters_ESO · June 2014

This is a known issue and still being worked on.

kirnmalidus · June 2014

This is in the known issues for nightblades post. The main problem is that if you have a DoT effect applied the cloak won't stealth you.

And yes those NPC guards have an obscene detection radius, especially those evil mage guards on towers. It is what it is. If you are sneaking up on those NPC guards by yourself you are foolish and probably going to die anyway (taking a resource solo isn't easy). And if you are with a group it shouldn't be a big deal to be detected as your group should be taking down the mage guards ASAP and healing through the rest of the guard damage while they cap the resource.

e.jeffriesb14_ESO · June 2014

DoTs will take you out of stealth, as will most sources of damage (AoE effects are handy for this). This is where the other morph, Dark Cloak, comes into play. Activating Dark Cloak while you're DoT'ed will remove the DoT(s). Activating again will cloak you. In PvE, Shadow Cloak is a no-brainer. In Cyrodiil, the morph selection is significant.

Vs AoE, that's a matter of player skill and tactical choices.

Darsh · June 2014

I do use Dark Cloak and even with this ability, I'm having issues. I personally don't believe that damage should take you out of invisibility. It's already extremely limited to 2.9 seconds with passives. Damage should still damage me, but I see no reason why it should remove the invisibilty.. And if it does, it's probably not working as intended.