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[Shadowy Disguise] Cant use skills while in SD

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R0M2K
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Gives player invisibility for 2.9 seconds and grants 100% Critical strike rating for duration.

Im having some issues with this skill:

- 50% of the time im not being able to perform any skills at all before getting out of invisibility.

- At the very best im able to perform just 1 skill for its duration, no matter if the skill i use is instant, ie Flying Blade.

- its 2,9 secs duration buff, but the animation alone, during wich you can not do anything else, consumes a whole 1 second, lowering the effective duration to 1,9 second only, wich sucks.


Is this intended mechanics?

As a NB i relly heavily on responsiveness and reflexes and the game just lacks it... Its becoming a Turn based game for me.

  • forthewinn2
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    R0M2K wrote: »
    - At the very best im able to perform just 1 skill for its duration, no matter if the skill i use is instant, ie Flying Blade.

    You're only supposed to be able to use one skill before shadowy disguise breaks, that's the way invisibility works.
    Edited by forthewinn2 on August 19, 2014 10:33AM
  • R0M2K
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    forthewinn2 wrote: »
    R0M2K wrote: »
    - At the very best im able to perform just 1 skill for its duration, no matter if the skill i use is instant, ie Flying Blade.

    You're only supposed to be able to use one skill before shadowy disguise breaks, that's the way invisibility works.

    Where is that stated?
  • forthewinn2
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    R0M2K wrote: »
    Where is that stated?
    not sure where it's stated, but it's a well known rule in ESO.
  • Vuron
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    forthewinn2 wrote: »
    R0M2K wrote: »
    Where is that stated?
    not sure where it's stated, but it's a well known rule in ESO.

    This is correct. Using any skill will end the invisibility.

    As for you other point... You can still perform any action while the animation is playing. You don't have to wait for it to complete before running or doing anything else that you want to do. You will be invisible for the full 2.9 seconds unless you attack. You can also refresh the invis right before it runs out and stay invisible longer.
  • R0M2K
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    Tell me how you doing it please, most of the time skills wont work for me while under SD and in the best case a skill will work but never before the full SD animation has ended.
    Edited by R0M2K on August 19, 2014 3:01PM
  • shebali
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    The reason why you can't attack is because that move has an internal cool down. So, you use the move you have to wait x amount of time before you can use an attacking move. I think you can auto attack or bash tho without having to wait.
  • Thejollygreenone
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    shebali wrote: »
    The reason why you can't attack is because that move has an internal cool down. So, you use the move you have to wait x amount of time before you can use an attacking move. I think you can auto attack or bash tho without having to wait.

    This. Pretty sure this was described in the OP, so I don't particularly understand why it had to be clarified, but apparently it indeed needed to be clarified.

    Back on track, not sure if this issue is due solely to waiting for the animation to finish, or what. What I do know is that if I ever do try to use it midcombat in pvp, I'm generally not able to get even a veiled strike off before I'm ripped out of invisibility for whatever broken reason.

    Clearly, there is something wrong with the way this ability works. I'd say the animation time might need a smidge reducing, but I'm not sure that's all there is to this. Things that cause one to come out of stealth early may also exacerbate the problem.
  • R0M2K
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    I try to use this rotation:

    1- Ambush (+1.5s stun + 36% dmg on next attack)
    2- Shadowy Disguise (+100% crit for the duration)
    3- Soul Harvest (-40% healing) or Surprise Attack (-40% armor)


    50% of the time or more i just cant perform step 3 within the Shadowy Disguise mode, loosing the guaranted crit buff (have 78% crit unbuffed), and its not related to the target having the disco ball or me having a dmg dot.

    Its just step 3 wont kick in, no matter if i press the key 10 times, the character wont do anything untill Shadowy Disguise timer runs out.



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