Question for Console MAgic users-Do you back bar spell dmg. enchant?

HeathenDeacon · July 2018

this is something i've struggled with on all of my toons on console, but most notably magic users that IDEALLY would place a spell dmg. enchant on an infused backbar for pvp.

For instance currently with my Sorc, ideally i'd prefer to run an infused resto with spell damage enchant and a frontbar nirn w/ shock enchant.

-The issue is with console's lack of precision and slower bar swap compared to pc i feel like i end up riding my front bar alot and i'm just better off putting that spell dmg enchant on my nirn front bar and subbing poisons or whatever on my back bar.

I know i'm not alone when it comes to console players that make this sacrifice too.
Personally i feel i can make the back bar spell enchant work in pve where my rotations are more rigid and have to adapt less on the fly, but i even know people that front bar spll enchant for pve as well.

Just curious about how any console players here feel about this issue.

usmguy1234 · July 2018

HeathenDeacon wrote: »

this is something i've struggled with on all of my toons on console, but most notably magic users that IDEALLY would place a spell dmg. enchant on an infused backbar for pvp.

For instance currently with my Sorc, ideally i'd prefer to run an infused resto with spell damage enchant and a frontbar nirn w/ shock enchant.

-The issue is with console's lack of precision and slower bar swap compared to pc i feel like i end up riding my front bar alot and i'm just better off putting that spell dmg enchant on my nirn front bar and subbing poisons or whatever on my back bar.

I know i'm not alone when it comes to console players that make this sacrifice too.
Personally i feel i can make the back bar spell enchant work in pve where my rotations are more rigid and have to adapt less on the fly, but i even know people that front bar spll enchant for pve as well.

Just curious about how any console players here feel about this issue.

Yeah bar swap is questionable at best when you lag... and you're going to lag..a lot. I typically run defending so I'm tankier on my defensive bar.

Pepper8Jack · July 2018

I do (also as a mag sorc) run the infused/spell dmg backbar, but I primarily play BGs and the bar swap latency is much more tolerable there. In Cyro/IC I usually front bar the dmg enchant or forgo the swap altogether as the latency often causes me to miss skills in the burst combo if I try to proc the enchant on the backbar

jaws343 · July 2018

I run it on my back bar, but I don't make a point of keeping it up. Probably should more often.

Neoauspex · July 2018

Sorc problems. We Templars just have to stay on our BoL bar until we run out of resources and die, we don't ever get to ride the front bar.

Lord-Otto · July 2018

Yeah, you kinda need it. The lag sure is aggravating and aiming horrendous, but you just gotta deal with it.

brandonv516 · July 2018

When I ran a charged lightning staff on my front bar, I ran infused with berserker enchant on back bar. Eventually I just switched from charged to infused and went powered on the back bar.

SippingPotions · July 2018

What button do you use to weapon swap? Before I switched to PC from console I used a Scuf controller with paddles on the back so I could weapon swap with my left index finger. It didn't get rid of the server lag, but it did make bar swapping while moving and doing my rotation a lot less clunky feeling, in pvp especially.

HeathenDeacon · July 2018

SippingPotions wrote: »

What button do you use to weapon swap? Before I switched to PC from console I used a Scuf controller with paddles on the back so I could weapon swap with my left index finger. It didn't get rid of the server lag, but it did make bar swapping while moving and doing my rotation a lot less clunky feeling, in pvp especially.

personally i dont really have any issues with bar swap, just inputs in general are so slow on console with the lag.
i've had swap on r3 since day 1. i swap about as fast as you can on console, but overall the input lag will just murder how precise hot swapping needs to be IMHO.