As veteran PvP player who has been consistently accused of (and even wrongly banned) for "Hacking" I can say that you are most likely encountering another PvP player who has extremely quick subconscious reaction times and is virtually impossible to surprise.
Just because their characters looks to be at rest and unaware doesn't mean they are. I can't remember the last time someone shield charged me any knocked me down without me hitting my block key first. There is a hesitation that happens the moment any charge action is going to occur. The same with snipe stuns or any CC.The moment I lose control of my character, without thought I CC break, Roll, Tri-stat pot and Bolt directly towards whatever threat is coming at me.
I'm sure from your side it seems like they must be hacking but it really is unlikely if you think about it. I present the same argument to those who have accused me of "Auto-roll-dodging" and other such nonsense. Any form of "hack" or program that is controlling your character will far more often do more harm than good. You wouldn't want to dodge roll every ability, you don't want to always break free (especially in the case of streak etc), and you don't want to automatically block. It is totally impossible for any program to automatically do these things for you during the correct situations without also doing them in the worse situations.
Just admire that person's skill and learn to emulate them and you'll be a better person for it.
Teargrants wrote: »Uh huh, so you realize it's pointless making these types of threads without offering video as evidence?
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One skill I tried out was obsidian shard. When I encountered a player that I suspected, I would focus them in every engagement to test. I found that these people were able to miraculously block CC skills (and only CC skills, they weren't blocking other attacks) that would hit them from BEHIND. I tested on these people from all types of ranges as well, and found that they could successfully block the CC every, single, time, regardless or range, angle, or their current field of view. I even tried it from stealth (harder to test with my DK) and while I was only able to test it a few times, I received the same results, inconclusive... but worth mentioning.
My other finding was that some people are able to CC break the exact instant they are hit with a CC that hits them blindly. They have no awareness of this skill that is going to hit them in the back, yet they amazingly CC break it the millisecond it lands.
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One skill I tried out was obsidian shard. When I encountered a player that I suspected, I would focus them in every engagement to test. I found that these people were able to miraculously block CC skills (and only CC skills, they weren't blocking other attacks) that would hit them from BEHIND. I tested on these people from all types of ranges as well, and found that they could successfully block the CC every, single, time, regardless or range, angle, or their current field of view. I even tried it from stealth (harder to test with my DK) and while I was only able to test it a few times, I received the same results, inconclusive... but worth mentioning.
My other finding was that some people are able to CC break the exact instant they are hit with a CC that hits them blindly. They have no awareness of this skill that is going to hit them in the back, yet they amazingly CC break it the millisecond it lands.
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So every time you encountered a particular player, you would focus them,
and every time you focused on a particular player, you would use CC,
But every time you focused on a particular player, they blocked your CC?
Saying that you are attacking people from "behind", outside of "their current field of view" or that "They have no awareness of this skill that is going to hit them in the back" is a bit difficult to consider as well -- Obsidian Shard has a very short range, and the average PvP player does not play in First Person, meaning he or she is quite likely easily able to see you behind him or her.
Overall it sounds more like you were telegraphing your intent to CC and they were relatively skilled and responding to the situation.
derpsticks wrote: »@sypher how does one get pings of 40?
What kind of connection do you have / where do you live?
I'm just outside of DC on a 125mb connection and the lowest I get is around 85ish.
derpsticks wrote: »@sypher how does one get pings of 40?
What kind of connection do you have / where do you live?
I'm just outside of DC on a 125mb connection and the lowest I get is around 85ish.
I live in Austin, same city they host the NA mega servers in.