no, your not at all the only one, it bothers the crap out of me.

your character throws the weapons like a 7 year old with a stick that's to heavy, then lets it go on this wild swing holding it with one hand, before finally lumbering it back to neutral position like it weighs 50 pounds.


for those of you who don't know about throwing cuts (that's the term) this is all terrible. you have to be:

-super precise with edge alignment, you cannot just randomly swing it.
-only through with enough power to actually cut, but not so much that they could parry or avoid it or you might open yourself up for a counter.
-throw and recoil cuts fast.

this is NOT what happens in ESO, I HATE the 2h animation in eso, in fact I think the only animations I really like are sword and board, their in no way perfect but they are faster.

I feel basic animations are super important, and wish they would go back and fix them. things like basic attacks, running, walking, etc. things your going to do a million times need to look and feel great.

2H is GARBAGE, animation wise.

Elder scrolls games always had bad 2h animations. I always felt like i was flailing a bat rather than attacking with a sword.

Yeah that look pretty weak.

Goren wrote: »

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

i really dont think thats the issue...a slash or a crush can look identical gamewise and the dw weapons have the same limitations but already look much better...its really speed and impact...

im missing gw2 animations really a lot...they are very good for an mmo

might be a goof idea to turn some into combinations...even if unrealistic but good looking rather then being so slow

Puncture for example is a thrust and it looks weird if you have an axe or mace equipped, that's what I meant. Can you show an example of how GW2 does it better?

gw2 has weapon type based animations as the skills change depending on what weapon you use - that makes it certainly better...but gw2 animations in general look really good and crisp...

Goren wrote: »

The problem with animations for martial weapons is that you need one animation that can fit three different weapon types such as a sword, an axe or a maul and you need to make sure that your character stays where he is. That's quite a challange but what I don't understand is why 2h has very slow and clunky animations. Uppercut is legit a golf swing, I wish they would change the animation into a 2-3 hit combo like Furry or remove the channel time entirely. Look how fast and fluent a longsword fight can be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ydgQd-A3Y

I really enjoyed that video lol

Animations in general is pretty bad in eso and combat feels really floaty