Targeted by a charge (immobilized)

JaJaLuka · October 2014

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm sure it's an old topic, but I haven't come across any threads.

When you get targeted by someone using shield charge or critical rush, you get completely immobilized until they hit. While this is not a huge issue when facing one person, when you have a string of people targeting you, you can't move at all. I have tried to roll out, block etc and nothing happens. You need to roll or block before they initiate the charge.

I know that this is a minor issue and that there are far more important ones to address first, but it's pretty frustrating getting ganked by multiple people who only use this, knowing I could either get away or fight back if only I could move.

Gaettusk · October 2014

Stampede( a morph of Critical Rush) is supposed to immobilize the target. And the rest are supposed to be instantaneous (hitting you as the skill is pressed), or the skills would be garbage: anyone could dodge roll/block someone mid-charge.

Ezareth · October 2014

I've had this happen to me several times from a stampede of crit-charge /invasion spamming DKs and NBs.

I think this is the "hitching" problem that supposedly will be fixed with 1.5

Rune_Relic · October 2014

You think dps monster should be the only viable build ?
There are some styles that rely on stun/snare/knockback to bring your dps down to the other styles level...becuase their dps sucks.
Throw down the heals and suck it up.

JaJaLuka · October 2014

I'm not talking about stun or knockback, what I'm talking about is as Ezareth mentioned above. I personally love the stun and interrupt capabilities that people use, it's mid-charge vs. multiple people and being literally unable to do anything, you can't break it as it's a glitch. It happens with shield charge too, not just the crit rush morph.
It's not the worst thing in the game, but I'm glad it's being fixed.
Personally I have a preference to trying lots of different styles of play and think stuns are a huge boon to the varied play style, but this one was not intended as part of these skills and it's not listed as part of them in the skill description.

Armitas · October 2014

Yeah this needs to go. It's notifying my enemy that they need to block.

nikolaj.lemcheb16_ESO · October 2014

It should be fixed next patch where you only get immobilized once you get hit. Its in the patch notes but who knows if it really works?

Sleep · October 2014

I've got hit by Critical Charge and immobolized. I don't know if it's something wrong with the death recap tooltip or the skill is bugged. I use Critical Rush but I can't immoblize people.

Poxheart · October 2014

JaJaLuka wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm sure it's an old topic, but I haven't come across any threads.

When you get targeted by someone using shield charge or critical rush, you get completely immobilized until they hit.

What's even more annoying is that the immobilization happens even if you've used a stealth skill/pot. I've lost count of the number of times I've spammed shadow cloak & have gone invisible only to be rooted in place because another player has used a charge ability (while I was still invisible).

Yolokin_Swagonborn · October 2014

This is just a side effect of the buggy soft target system they use. The ability HAS to hit you so the game makes you stand there like a dope until it does.

I also love it when I rez to a forward camp and immediately cast the ability that would have saved me.