Would be annoying for solo play.

I in if it individual skiil cooldown as most of the time spaming aoe isnt rewarding since they last longer than 3 sec

Depends solely on implementation, if it's pvp only or overall redesign, what actual abilities affected, do this apply to the groups of 12+ or less/more, do this apply to solo etc. That's just tests so would like to see what they'll come up with after getting results and feedback given, example being Fengrush's latest review and bit of a rant about it, if it's gone in one ear of devs and went through the other into oblivion I'm done with pvp for sure (and I'm barely playing it now)

I do not play ESO because of the combat style. I play ESO for a dozen other reasons. In fact I find myself enjoying ESO combat style the least as it compares itself to the other two major MMOs on the market (WoW & FFXIV). So for me, if the implementation of cooldowns results in a good gameplay experience from a PvP perspective, I am completely thrilled with this.

However I do not have an ounce of faith left that performance in this game is anything that is salvageable. I have almost entirely stopped PvP playing due to my frustration with performance. I realize the day is coming closer and closer that I will grow tired of performance in PvE as I did with PvP and quit the game all together. So while I hope the cooldown fix works, I have no faith that it will.

So with that said, I emphasize with people who choose the game due to the playstyle that it offers over WoW & FFXIV. We all got into this game for different reasons and I feel bad for someone who is going to lose the main reason they got into this game. My empathy is compounded due to the fact that these people will lose their preferred playstyle for a reason that I do not have faith will actually cure the issue at hand.

The situation just sucks, for everyone. People who want a good PvP experience. People who want a non-cooldown playstyle. Even the devs who geinuely want the game to work well. I don't know who benefits from this situation.

If skill cooldowns become ZOS final solution for the lag, and are implemented on a wide array of skills, then yeah, I will leave.

Hurbster wrote: »

So many changes they would need to do and test. We talking about 6 months, a year maybe?

I imagine that mass skill updated could largely be automated using tooling then adjusted after the fact. Likely something they could address within a quarter's update.

Not that it is something I want specifically, but like many others, for me it's a wait and see. I'm not gonna be up in arms yet until I experience the tests, see how they impact Cyrodiil gameplay, and what their response is based on data. Until then it's a guessing game and why ruin my own enjoyment of the game over something that may not even come to fruition? It'd be likely ragequitting over the light / heavy attack change proposal they put forward that never was actually implemented.

Would I get affected? Absolutely. Would I enjoy the combat in ESO substantially less? Depends on the implementation. I appreciate the reactive nature of the combat system, but coming from other games like WoW a per-skill cooldown (as opposed to a larger GCD or an "all AOE CD") isn't something that is going to absolutely ruin the game for me.

Reverb wrote: »

Where the option for “not sure”? I haven’t tested it yet to see how it feels to me, and Zeni hasn’t decided what they’re going to do long term. It’s premature for rage quitting.

However, I would hope they seriously look at class skills before making long term changes like that, to ensure equitable balance of aoe and single target skills for each class.

Since I don’t trust Zeni to be that thoughtful about anything, there’s a high likelihood that any change they make will flatten my enjoyment of the game. I’m withholding judgement until that happens though.

Same thoughts from me, verbatim.

One of the reasons I have loved ESO from day one I played was the combat. I think I would adjust, but would want to know more about how this will really translate -- if they even do it --- to long term balancing for the game and skills, because I am not fond of global CDs and turn based play, which I gladly left behind in other MMOs I grew tired of playing that way.

No cooldown on skills, it is ruining the game.

In battle reflexes is importent, the quicker you are to react the better you are against enemies.

Skoomah wrote: »

ESO is enjoyable for me because of how combat works. Adding cast times to ultimates and eliminating elements of animation canceling has already diminished the fast paced edgy nature of combat in ESO.

The proposed change to add even longer cast times with the skill cooldowns would make combat so slow and even more clunky than it already is. Time for me to peace out if the change goes through.

Agree, if it come to Cyrodil, well I could go there if I needed more geodes in half a year I estimate, PvDoor in an ghost town.
If its overall, I'm out, just imagine pugging an dungeon, even causal stuff like public dungeon would be slow going.

Yes it would solve the performance issue by reduce the player base a lot.

To consider this change is insanity. But hey, they did it the sneakiest way they could, slowly dumbing down the game to a casual friendly skill-cap. They are not done tho, a year from now we will have more changes to combat that makes it even more balanced for people that just started playing a month ago. I have been pretty much inactive since my GPU died in may, I fear a comeback at this point is gonna be disappointing, with or without this ßhit staying they already broke the combat for me over the last year or two. For all of you that like the changes over the last year+; viel spaß.

I will def play same amount, just drop my stamplar and switch main to NB.