[BUG] Sorcerer Overload broken by patch!

Phinix1 · November 2015

This issue has been reported by many guild members and confirmed by myself and random zone chat participants.

The Sorcerer ultimate Overload (and morphs) is currently bugged, and will lock into a heavy attack when attempting to use successive light attacks. This appears to be animation related, and locks you into a heavy attack draining your ultimate when you are 1) hit by any damaging ability or 2) are effected by any animation-related mechanic (stagger, etc.).

Please ZOS, do not test this by just standing 40 yards away and spamming some light Overload attacks. You must get up in your enemy's face and get hit a few times, and you will see that you are locked in a heavy attack and rapidly draining all your ultimate!

The only way I have found to break this bug is block cancelling the heavy attack. Weapon swapping will not work while the ability is bugged. If you are like me and use Lightning Form (whichever morph) it can be very difficult with all the other particle effects happening in a group to notice you are bugged before your precious ultimate is drained and your DPS completely ruined.

I consider this a critical bug and hopefully we can get some dev attention on this ASAP!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Brrrofski · November 2015

This has happened to me for months on xbox. I just stand there doing nothing until I dodgeroll

Khaos_Bane · November 2015

Agreed. This is a very annoying bug. It locks into a heavy attack frequently.

Phinix1 · November 2015

Brrrofski wrote: »

This has happened to me for months on xbox. I just stand there doing nothing until I dodgeroll

I forgot to mention I am on PC, but your experience seems to confirm this has nothing to do with addons, which obviously aren't available on consoles (yet?).

It doesn't seem to be latency-related either, as the MANY times I experienced it just now my latency never went above 130ms.

Smolt · November 2015

Happens to me to. It is very annoying.

The_Great_Maldini · November 2015

Yes this has been happening for many months on the PC. There was a patch note update several patches ago which listed a fix to how the heavy attack animation would not appear. This obviously did not fix the problem.

I usually dodge roll when I noticed my light attacks aren't going off anymore.

Alcast · November 2015

That is their so called "fix" so ppl cannot bug out overload and innerlight/bound armor anymore. They made it clunkier so you cant swap fast and now the animation sucks.

gg sorcs

Phinix1 · November 2015

ZOS,

To replicate this reliably do the following:

Apply Power Surge (or your morph).
Apply Hardened Ward (or your morph, optional?).
Activate Energy Overload (or your morph).
Activate Boundless Storm (or your morph).
Drop Liquid Lightning (or your morph).
Get in your enemy's face and try to spam Overload light attacks.
Lock into heavy attack, drain ultimate. FAIL.
Rage (optional). :P

Phinix1 · November 2015

Alcast wrote: »

That is their so called "fix" so ppl cannot bug out overload and innerlight/bound armor anymore. They made it clunkier so you cant swap fast and now the animation sucks.

gg sorcs

I have been less than impressed by some of their clunky fixes myself (hidden GCD in a game touted as GCD-free, etc.), and while I don't doubt that swapping is clunkier, in fact I can attest personally to it being so in my experience as well, what you describe doesn't appear to be the culprit in this case.

The reason I say that is you can wait 5 seconds or more after activating Overload to start your light attack spam, or to cast ANY ability on your Overload bar, and it makes absolutely no difference. You still lock into heavy attack after a couple casts.

Every action taken while on the Overload bar DOES however seem terribly clunky now, which is really pretty unacceptable.

Sorcerer's rely on Overload light attack builds for competitive end-game PVE DPS. This bug is absolutely game breaking for sorcs.

Phinix1 · November 2015

This is driving me batty!

RAGUNAnoOne · November 2015

I get locked with resto staff attacks perhaps this is related and EXTREMELY ANNOYING.

TheLaw · November 2015

This is an issue with light attacks in general. My staff gets locked all the time, just like overload.

Paulington · November 2015

I find when I use Overload the slower I click the less often it happens.

If you spam the LMB you will lock into heavy attacks, but if your ping is okay and everything else is fine then clicking at the right pace eliminates it almost completely, as you can only light attack so fast anyway.

Ezareth · November 2015

Alcast wrote: »

That is their so called "fix" so ppl cannot bug out overload and innerlight/bound armor anymore. They made it clunkier so you cant swap fast and now the animation sucks.

gg sorcs

It existed before that but it is definitely more prevalent now. Also many times you stop casting overloads completely until you block. Currently blocking is the best way to fix both issues.

What I want to know is why Power Overload not only does LESS damage on light attacks than the base Morph but it also does LESS Damage on Heavy attacks as well! It has been like this ever since they reduced the bonus to 6% in 1.6. Energy Overload now does the most damage on both attacks and returns magicka.

@ZOS_RyanRuzich @Wrobel Throw us a bone here!