Nope. They are intended mechanics, with proper uses and known counteracting tactics.

People are shield stacking out of necessity of 1.6 light armor changes. Shield stacking is a "thing" again because they screwed with too many things at once while breaking light armor. If they fix light armor we will likely see shield stacking go away again on its own.

I have not heard a single word about what they are going to do to balance out 1.6. It would be nice to hear something as the TTL is ridiculous right now even with the -15% damage nerf.

I don't have a problem with it, but I'd like them removed primarily for the same reasons @amasuriel mentioned.

@s7732425ub17_ESO - Design your content with the (theoretical) changes in mind.

Animation cancelling is only a feature because they have no idea how to fix it. This is proven by them saying they were looking into fixing it, then it suddenly became a feature...

All of these things may have been unintended initially, but they are great in adding more depth to the combat, take practice to master. I am all for it. Seperates skilled from unskilled players. Maybe the issue is that they need to be adopted by ZOS more officially so that everyone is aware of their existence. Maybe a tutorial popup on each one.

Leave it in or scale down the end game content, there is no way i can do enough dps without it. That said, it takes a lot of practice, i often cancel the skill, not just the animation.

It is just the way it is, deal with it please

If's and but's are filling my mind but the reality is, this is de eso we got....

Nope, because you get 1 shot in VDSA if you have to drop block every time you use a skill. What should you do if taunt runs out while the boss or other nasty stuff is doing special attack, for example? Block or dodge to avoid getting 1 shot sure, but than you loose aggro and the dps or healer dies.

This isn't WoW where you have Boss Mods telling you exactly what's going to happen every single second. I repeat, you get 1 shoot if you dont block certain stuff even as tank, yet it's always crucial to keep casting skills for group survival.

It's always biased people running around derping with glass house stamina gank builds in PvP, that's asking for this. They want more instagib, point at stuff from 50 meters range and watch it die. But players that participates in all kinds of content, plays all roles and builds, usually knows better. We dont have any defensive mechanics in game yet that can replace block cast and dmg mitigating shields.

As far as animation cancelling goes in PvP, bad performance usually prevents it. But for sure, class- and weapon skills aren't balanced based on how well they cancel, that is a problem.

Besides what does "and so on" mean in the discussion title lol? I'm just going to assume it stands for "everything that prevents me from killing someone instantly".

These things are not alike and should not be in the same poll. Therefore I vote NO.

I've learned how to counter all of these things so it's not a big deal to me. In addition I don't even want to speculate how boring and slow combat would be.

I don't understand how anyone could think animation canceling is ok. It literally makes no sense for a player to have to hit block between each attack, with his attacks never actually connecting to the target. If it was like... feinting or something, I don't know, and it was a legitimate mechanic, that would make sense. But even the name "animation cancel" just sounds like a bunch of glitchy crap. I think it adds zero depth to the combat. It would be more skillful to pull off combos with a global cool down that it is to just mash all your buttons and cancel everything.

Block casting is a necessity for PVE. If block casting is removed, we really need AOE taunts. People would be getting wiped all over the place without block casting. As it is, I don't think you can block while casting channeled abilities, and I really wish that was changed.

Former DCUO player so I consider these par for the course in any action based MMO.

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Eekshnerf wrote: »

I don't understand how anyone could think animation canceling is ok. It literally makes no sense for a player to have to hit block between each attack, with his attacks never actually connecting to the target. If it was like... feinting or something, I don't know, and it was a legitimate mechanic, that would make sense. But even the name "animation cancel" just sounds like a bunch of glitchy crap. I think it adds zero depth to the combat. It would be more skillful to pull off combos with a global cool down that it is to just mash all your buttons and cancel everything.

I don't use block to cancel animations. I simply use a light or med attack in between skills. This could be called "attack weaving". Now when done this way it adds more depth to combat, makes it faster and more "legitimate". I think too many ppl get caught up the "canceling" thing. When I weave base attacks in between skills it feels more natural in combat than waiting 1.5 seconds to place any attack. Cooldowns would make combat feel slower than it already does.

Also in terms of skill, it's debatable what is more difficult. IMO attack weaving takes a bit of skill, more so than waiting for the next cooldown. Most complain about it because they can't do it effectively.

Ok, so I understand the weaving attacks in it. Got it. Makes sense and I can see where that would take more skill to time it. However, I'm wondering how you could possibly say "slower than it already does." I've seen people complaining about combat being slow in this game and I'm absolutely baffled. Have you ever seen someone swing a sword in real life? Have you done it yourself? In PvP it's already possible to get melted in under two seconds by 6 skills. If combat gets any faster, it will basically just be a bunch of people vaporizing each other.