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Barswap lag still an issue, unsheathe weapon delay and tab target time is too long (since Blackwood)
I have submitted multiple tickets since Blackwood drop about barswap lag being a significant issue, and have never heard anything official from ZOS acknowledging it.
It is a persistent and easily replicable bug.
The most noticeable issue is that if you have different weapon types slotted on front and backbar (specifically in my case, daggers front, inferno back) then gradually over time in an instance when you barswap there is a frame stutter that gets longer and worse as time progresses. Likely it accumulates the more you bar swap. The only way to remove it is to either relog or /reloadui. Reloading ui prevents text chat from popping up which is a minor nuisance.
This is significant problem for completing content where response time matters. I would just like to know if ZOS has any intention of doing anything about it.
Also since Blackwood it takes what feels like an age (~2 seconds) to go from weapon sheathed position to casting a skill, or anything requiring interaction with an object, like using blade of woe. It also adds infuriating slow response times for when you interact with an item in the game, sheathe your weapon, and are then attacked and have to redraw your weapon. It was never like this previously. It makes simple actions in the game painful. Is this intentional? Why does it occur? It is a clear regression to player experience.
Also around the same time for some reason the time it takes for tab target to take effect was increased significantly, making any fight where you need to tab target to ensure hits connect a fraught process. Time is vital in so many fights and having to hold your right stick still to tab target for 1-2 seconds when it is also what you use to look around is atrocious. Why was this change enacted? What was the intention?
These three issues combined have added a level of annoyance to the game that is beyond unsatisfactory. I am trying to get things done and have to fight the game just to fight in the game.
I would appreciate some clarification on whether the barswap lag will be fixed, and whether the sheathe and tab target times are intentional.
Thank you
Pact Magplar - Max CP (NA XB)