My gut reaction is stacks, but that makes no sense in this case.

Don't really know. I'm still using ADR since the backbar timers are vastly superior to the new ZoS version.

TequilaFire wrote: »

Front bar 1, backbar 2?
I'll look at the instructions, oh wait. lol

i thought so as well, but as you can see i'm on my back bar and it shows 1. so it's not that. no idea what that is, i watched YT videos about the new ability timer but they didn't have any "1" there..

redlink1979 wrote: »

(...) You can also enable timers for the back bar which will display smaller timers for abilities on the ability bar that isn't currently active. (...)

Patch notes has this ^
But the text, as written, got me thinking now: shouldn't it say instead "You can also enable timers for the back bar which will display smaller timers for abilities on the ability bar that is currently active."?
@ZOS_GinaBruno

that was meant to say that when you enable it (the back bar timer) it will show you a tiny timer in the background so you can see when your other bar abilities expire -



that is not it. it would be nice to get some explanation from someone. like devs. 'cause it's irritating and there is no mention of it in the patch notes. what in Oblivion does that "1" mean?

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

Try Grim Focus on a NB to see if the number increases and its indeed stacks?

don't have a NB, sorry about that. but what "stacks" can we talk about in connection with the Unstable Wall of Fire or Harness Magicka? and, as i've previousle mentioned, videos on YT don't show anything like that at all. so it must be new..

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

As entertaining as it is to watch everyone try and solve this mystery, this is something that simply hasn't been fully implemented yet so you can ignore it for now!

My kingdom for a LOL button!

Maybe you can tell a companion to use an ability on their bar by holding a key and using that slot on your bar?

Still just using ADR.
I really don't understand why the designer for this welcome addition didn't look at what people are currently using...

six2fall wrote: »

Tannus15 wrote: »

Still just using ADR.
I really don't understand why the designer for this welcome addition didn't look at what people are currently using...

They probably did but cant just copy someone er else's work without paying them.

Never stopped Bethesda. Why should it stop ZOS? (*cough* Skyrim Special Edition)

In all seriousness, though, it's not copywritten or trademarked art. ZOS would undoubtedly create their own implementation behind the scenes, so that no code would actually be copied, and nearly all of the design elements (icons, the action bar itself, animations, etc) were designed by ZOS in the first place.

Trust me, if ZOS wanted to copy ADR's layout, they could. This was a deliberate design decision, most likely because they don't like the way ADR shifts the health bar up to accommodate the back bar.

They actually admitted being inspired by ADR in the patch notes. Why wouldn't they?

Shame that even though it's such a simple addon, they couldn't implement it well, do they not actually play the game or are they just thaaat lazy?

Hope to have a better design for it, like bigger icons for the so-called "shift bar" and a numeric countdown instead of a progressbar. I'm sticking with Action Duration Reminder 'til then

I can imagine it being a pain to implement but it would be nice to have some sort of override for what portion of abilities are tracked i.e track the debuff on degeneration and barbed trap rather than the major sorcery and trap duration respectively.

I guess some kind of global toggle to determine if the damaging portion or the buff portion is tracked could work, seeing as most DD's would care about the damage portion while support roles would care about buff uptime.

Wasn't there talk of ability cooldowns on AoE's?