I play a few classes interchangeably and decided to go ahead and do the maelstrom event for fun and to see if I could get flawless on my other two characters. Something that this event has made me notice is that this game has really slowed down in terms of pace and cooldowns.

On my casters my weaves feel like I'm making taffy and on my melee builds it's like everything is about half a second behind the moment I do something. I know we've had numerous patches that have intentionally slowed down combat, and I understand the performance argument, but with another "speed related perfomance" patch just around the corner I can't help but feel this air of concern over just how slow the game's combat may become.

I got into eso after playing my first MMO, Aion, and I don't think I have to tell anyone how amazing and fresh the combat was in comparison. Things were responsive and I felt every hit as I battled through tamriel, but now it feels like Nirn has been covered in some sort of sticky mud and we're all just kind of trudging along. I still enjoy a lot of the world, but combat was the main draw for me.

I think I might just need to go on haitus and try something different for a while. Does anyone have any recommendations for online games with fast, responsive gameplay?