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Block not working immediately after weapon swap?

ThatNeonZebraAgain
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So I was doing some dueling in Cyrodiil, and noticed that there appears to be a "lock out" for block immediately after weapon swapping. Your character still does the block animation, but hits go through unmitigated (this was especially noticeable against Wrecking Blow because of its knockback effect). This happens if you are holding block and weapon swapping, or if you start blocking right after the swap. Either way, there is about a 2 second window (hard to calculate exactly) beginning once you swap where your block doesn't work even though your character is performing the block animation. If I had to hazard a guess, it seems like the weapon swap cooldown is also not allowing blocking during that short timeframe. There was no server lag happening, and when I asked people about it in-game they said they had also noticed it, so I wanted to post it here to see what other people have observed.
Edited by ThatNeonZebraAgain on March 31, 2015 2:34PM
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  • Mantic0r3
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    you do not block while weapon swapping, anything after you have finished is due to lag :(
  • ThatNeonZebraAgain
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    I'm not so sure it was lag since all our abilities and combat were happening very smoothly (we were on a low pop server). I was able to reproduce it to where I was standing there holding block (with enough stamina) right after swapping and the Wrecking Blows were going right through it.
    Gore-of-the-Forest Argonian Nightblade
    Wode Earthrender Breton Dragonknight
    Ceol the Last Baron Redguard Dragonknight
    Wayra High Elf Sorceress
    Erebain Salothran Dark Elf Templar
    Rituals-of-the-Forest Argonian Warden
  • Mantic0r3
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    mmmh when you are sure that you were done with the swap then im out of ideas, seem to work just fine for me
  • ThatNeonZebraAgain
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    So I'm the only one to ever notice this?
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    Ceol the Last Baron Redguard Dragonknight
    Wayra High Elf Sorceress
    Erebain Salothran Dark Elf Templar
    Rituals-of-the-Forest Argonian Warden
  • Swarog
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    I suppose I have the same issue even on PvE. I have to switch panels every few seconds due to just five abilities on each panel. I saw as boss does no mitigated damage to me after switch. Visually I'm holding the block continously but no luck, I've recieved unmitigated damage some times.
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  • Personofsecrets
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    same if you role dodge. it's dumb.
    Don't tank

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  • ThatNeonZebraAgain
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    Was this around before 1.6? I feel like you used to be able to hold block while weapon swapping and not miss a beat. I play a tank in PvE so it seems like I would have noticed this before (I haven't tanked much since 1.6).
    Gore-of-the-Forest Argonian Nightblade
    Wode Earthrender Breton Dragonknight
    Ceol the Last Baron Redguard Dragonknight
    Wayra High Elf Sorceress
    Erebain Salothran Dark Elf Templar
    Rituals-of-the-Forest Argonian Warden
  • ThatNeonZebraAgain
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    Gore-of-the-Forest Argonian Nightblade
    Wode Earthrender Breton Dragonknight
    Ceol the Last Baron Redguard Dragonknight
    Wayra High Elf Sorceress
    Erebain Salothran Dark Elf Templar
    Rituals-of-the-Forest Argonian Warden
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