Block casting in 2018 has only gotten worst.

KingExecration · August 2018

Reading through this I get a strong implication the OP has never played a magplar. Yeah we have purge but when on my nightblade I can poison inject once and add like 6 debuffs. That’s 2 purges right there to clean them off. Block casting is garbage unless you’re built for it, I do it for maybe 2 or 3 seconds or go straight into mist. It isn’t like Templars have some magical stam sustain lmao.

Ariades_swe · August 2018

idk wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

idk wrote: »

Smithernest54 wrote: »

EldritchPenguin wrote: »

Smithernest54 wrote: »

lmao! So how is ESO? None of my friends are playing it.

Noticed how I am asking because me just like scores of other players canceled our subscriptions and moved on. ESO wanted to cater to the loud minority and from what I have heard is that ESO is dying hard. It’s only going to get worse, and then when BDO launches on console... RIP.

On the tombstone it is going to say, “ Here lies ESO the game that coddled scrubs.”

Alternatively, the people who genuinely enjoy playing the game are going to continue to play the game, while the people who don't like the game and only play it to complain about it and erroneously talk about how the game is "dying" slowly leave the game, making a better experience for the people who do like it.

Sure dude, if you are using block casting and you don’t mind playing an MMO that is losing more players then it gains, then sure you’d stay.That’s a no brainer.

@Smithernest54

This comment makes no sense. ESO is doing just fine in retaining players. The comment seems to make it sound like ESO is losing the players hand over fist which is t correct.

I also run in serious raid groups and with some players challenged to clear a vet dungeon. I really don’t hear any complaints at either end about ananimation canceling.

They're 100% losing players on my server.

I can just tell when i run in the cities even during prime time, definitely a lot less players that i remember. Can even tell just by standing outside undaunted areas which used to lag and be completely packed, not anymore.

There is 2 bar dc total in all campaigns during prime time on my server as well. Pvp is very much dying and the only real players left are the few ball groups who have been running around and zerging since the game got released.

No offense to your good judgement but there are three aspects in that pay that can affect what you observe.

1. Consoles have had issues besides the fact your limited to the very like ted UI. I know if quite a few tha have fled consoles to lvl he PC/MAC servers. ThIs isn’t losing played.
2. With expansions like Summerset players often relocate as well as we get a temporary influx of players old players that just play a few weeks to check out the new content. Then they leave.
3. School is starting up for a great many and their children. Schedules and play time are changing for them.

Observation only tells us so much. It doesn’t give us good quality numbers. Only Zos sees them.

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josh.lackey_ESO · August 2018

I remember back a long time ago, if you were blocking when you used an ability, it would release your block. I think that was before they added the translucent floating shield graphic. You could still "block cast" but you had to be good at timing your right click again after every ability. If you delayed, there was a window where someone could CC you. I honestly think that was better, it rewarded people who had learnt the muscle memory for their abilities and not just tape down the right mouse button.

Merlin13KAGL · August 2018

josh.lackey_ESO wrote: »

I remember back a long time ago, if you were blocking when you used an ability, it would release your block. I think that was before they added the translucent floating shield graphic. You could still "block cast" but you had to be good at timing your right click again after every ability. If you delayed, there was a window where someone could CC you. I honestly think that was better, it rewarded people who had learnt the muscle memory for their abilities and not just tape down the right mouse button.

Lol, it still does.

If there is a cast time involved, you do drop block. If it's instant cast, you also drop block, for the zero time the cast takes.

Not sure why this still eludes people.

ak_pvp · August 2018

josh.lackey_ESO wrote: »

I remember back a long time ago, if you were blocking when you used an ability, it would release your block. I think that was before they added the translucent floating shield graphic. You could still "block cast" but you had to be good at timing your right click again after every ability. If you delayed, there was a window where someone could CC you. I honestly think that was better, it rewarded people who had learnt the muscle memory for their abilities and not just tape down the right mouse button.

I don't remember this. I do know some abilities had micro cast times which did it, but as far as I can remember that isn't true.

p00tx · August 2018

leepalmer95 wrote: »

idk wrote: »

Smithernest54 wrote: »

EldritchPenguin wrote: »

Smithernest54 wrote: »

lmao! So how is ESO? None of my friends are playing it.

Noticed how I am asking because me just like scores of other players canceled our subscriptions and moved on. ESO wanted to cater to the loud minority and from what I have heard is that ESO is dying hard. It’s only going to get worse, and then when BDO launches on console... RIP.

On the tombstone it is going to say, “ Here lies ESO the game that coddled scrubs.”

Alternatively, the people who genuinely enjoy playing the game are going to continue to play the game, while the people who don't like the game and only play it to complain about it and erroneously talk about how the game is "dying" slowly leave the game, making a better experience for the people who do like it.

Sure dude, if you are using block casting and you don’t mind playing an MMO that is losing more players then it gains, then sure you’d stay.That’s a no brainer.

@Smithernest54

This comment makes no sense. ESO is doing just fine in retaining players. The comment seems to make it sound like ESO is losing the players hand over fist which is t correct.

I also run in serious raid groups and with some players challenged to clear a vet dungeon. I really don’t hear any complaints at either end about ananimation canceling.

They're 100% losing players on my server.

I can just tell when i run in the cities even during prime time, definitely a lot less players that i remember. Can even tell just by standing outside undaunted areas which used to lag and be completely packed, not anymore.

There is 2 bar dc total in all campaigns during prime time on my server as well. Pvp is very much dying and the only real players left are the few ball groups who have been running around and zerging since the game got released.

Come over to the NA server. On Xbox, Vivec and Shor are pop locked during prime time and during a good portion of off-time. The population is booming over here, and I'd even say we need another CP campaign, since prime-time queues can top 100. We actually have a lot of EU players who have moved over already.

Yubarius · August 2018

Ani cancel / block casting is the only thing in this game that separates the high skill from the low skill. If this didnt exist there would be no skill gap in this game at all, especially in pvp.