Cody wrote: »

Take them out. I understand that one player with batswarm could kill 20+ people solo without them, but if 20 people get killed by one player, thats not the games fault.

Without the protection of AOE caps, these ridiculous impulse blobs would be forced to spread out or get wiped by surprise bombing attacks from other groups. Not only would it help reduce lag at least a little bit, but it would make PvP more open to single target/small skirmish oriented builds, and not force you to go the way of impulse blob just to get a lot of AP.

And honestly, having to constantly deal with these impulse blobs is not fun. If you want to actually fight someone, you have to hope someone splits up from the blob, and even then that player is likely to get their whole blob to attack you as soon as you attack them. It makes Cyrodiil just a tad bit frustrating sometimes.

Dis.

I would be agree to suppress aoe cap, but only if positionning is included in the utilisation of aoe, and if the aoe spread with distance.
Spamming brainlessly sap essence and devouring swarm fighting a bus would be as ridiculous than the actual system.

krim wrote: »

I can see it now. All those bodies on the bridge from one man.

If they aren't skilled enough to kill 1 person then they deserve to be those bodies on the bridge.

MMO PvP shouldn't be number of players > skill... Caps create this dynamic and it destroys the fun.

NordJitsu wrote: »

I think the poll results pretty much speak for themselves.

The 2-3k person poll 4-5 months ag owith the 90% for damage caps to be removed also did as well.

I think players should be able to clump together for the ultimate heal blob but at the same time they risk also eating an insane amount of aoe damage. No need to worry about aoe dps spam inside of keeps getting an instant wipe when just as much aoe healing is going on to prevent it. I would also like an increase to the splash damage from 2h heavy attacks, most executioner style skills, and lightning staff attacks. Oh, and make the liquid lightning morph not be a measly +70% damage to first damage tic which is incomparable to lighting flood's increased radius making it a million times easier to get a teammate or six to trigger it's synergy.

p.s. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the cap cause extra lag because the server is trying to figure out what 6 players are getting hit by what?

p.p.s. Nothing sucks more than nailing 20+ goons with a fire ballista and only proccing damage on 6 of them.

If you have an addon showing you damage numbers it is really easy to see.

Solariken wrote: »

As much as people claim to hate the spell, I actually love Bat Swarm even though I'm not a vampire. I live for the "OH SH$# EVERYBODY GTFO!" moments.

The main problem with batswarm, IMHO, is not so much the effect of the skill, but the visibility of the skill.
when groups fights each other, and someone puts down a standard or a negate, you imidiately see it. If in the same fight someone starts a bat-swarm it's a) much more likely to go unnoticed for a tick or two, and b) almost impossible to determine wheter its hostile or friendly

1v1 or 3v3 batswarm aint a problem - I see when it's happening, and I see who's doing it. but 15 vs 15, there's usually 3 batswarms going off at once, and I have no clue when exactly they started and if they are hurting me or helping me (unless the friendly ones were called out on TS, obviously)

krim wrote: »

I can see it now. All those bodies on the bridge from one man.

I wish I could still watch your recent videos but they say "This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"