Wyiizek Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's been brought up in the PvP forums but the new animation on our skillbars for showing when a move is on/off CD (the shading that moves down as it approaches being ready to be used) is now blue and makes it very difficult for me to tell when a skill is on of off CD because the skill is still LIT UP. Especially when it's close to being availalbe, it's hard to tell. Not only are we dealing with ability delay and stuttering, but managing our skill timers when it's hard to tell when they're off CD makes this even more of a frustration. Still love my sentinel, most fun class I've played in an MMO, but they really need to fix these issues and change the CD animation back. Also, anyone know if some kind of graphical setting change will result in the change of this skillbar animation to a better one like before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xzenthal Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ye I agree with this, really hard to see when your abilities are off cooldown as it looks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthtoph Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Add the fact that many Sentinel ability icons are made up by the same blue color as the CD shader and you'll realize how little thought actually went into the 1.1 patch. Giving the icons another color would have taken 5 minutes tops, be it in Photoshop or Paint... Edited January 19, 2012 by darthtoph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWinkler Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 At first I thought it was a bug! TERRIBLE change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidor Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Agreed TERRIBLE change!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yeah agree it was a bit hard to keep an eye on cooldowns such as force stasis etc. Color of the skill and cd are pretty much the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthtoph Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3092/bwusuck.jpg Add increased ability stuttering to the mix. Way to go.... Edited January 19, 2012 by darthtoph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakL Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 /signed Fix back to the way it was with faded out colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacixems Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 /signe. would love this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabbok Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 TERRIBLE change. Makes the game frustrating and annoying now. I spend far too much time pressing buttons for abilities that LOOK like they are up, but actually aren't up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiggeh Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Wound me up no end last night in PvP saved many imps and got me killed a few times. Like I said on another post it will have been some stupid imp dev who has all red skills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdii Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Fact that the server im on doesnt have enough 50's for adequate WZ que times - i could deal with this. Add in this new feature and the game is now unplayable for me. I was going to resub next week when my free month was up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherjimbo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Fact that the server im on doesnt have enough 50's for adequate WZ que times - i could deal with this. Add in this new feature and the game is now unplayable for me. I was going to resub next week when my free month was up. Really? Dramatic much? I don't like it either but that it makes the game "unplayable" for you is astounding to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdii Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Really? Dramatic much? I don't like it either but that it makes the game "unplayable" for you is astounding to me. Im a Focus Spec'd Sentinel. Mean i rely on six main abilities for adequate damage (Force Leap, Crushing Leap, Force Stasis, Force Exhaustion, Force Sweep and Zealous Strike). All of which have a CD after use. Unlike others i dont play on a monitor. My screen is a 52" LCD HDTV in my living room at 1920x1080 resolution. I 100% believe if you looked at the way this change indicates CD's on my current setup, and tried to play with it under these circumstances. You'd probably quit the game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherjimbo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Im a Focus Spec'd Sentinel. Mean i rely on six main abilities for adequate damage (Force Leap, Crushing Leap, Force Stasis, Force Exhaustion, Force Sweep and Zealous Strike). All of which have a CD after use. Unlike others i dont play on a monitor. My screen is a 52" LCD HDTV in my living room at 1920x1080 resolution. I 100% believe if you looked at the way this change indicates CD's on my current setup, and tried to play with it under these circumstances. You'd probably quit the game too. Well I stand corrected then. Quitting seems dramatic tho. How about trying a different class until BW corrects the change? I can't imagine they would leave it lilke this based on their customer-bases response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyousgarde Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Yes!!!! Saber Ward is back up!!!!! Ah crap...I'm staggering...wait, no, it is...blue/grayed out? Everyday = an adventure... Edited January 19, 2012 by Joyousgarde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdii Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well I stand corrected then. Quitting seems dramatic tho. How about trying a different class until BW corrects the change? I can't imagine they would leave it lilke this based on their customer-bases response. I watched hours upon hours of gameplay footage on this game trying to see if it was worth buying. Sentinel gameplay was the only class that looked fun to play (for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreDestined Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) /signed many times at the last 10 secs of cooldown left, it looks like its lit up and ready to be used only to fail making trying to survive as a sent already very difficult even more difficult and frustrating. We are already broken, please stop trying to break even more! Edited January 19, 2012 by PreDestined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancen Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 TERRIBLE change. Makes the game frustrating and annoying now. I spend far too much time pressing buttons for abilities that LOOK like they are up, but actually aren't up yet. Agreed, makes it very difficult & annoying to tell when cooldowns are up/not up/about to be up on my Sentinel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdii Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Heres an Example: http://imageshack.us/f/696/cdforcestasis.jpg/ Look at Force Stasis quickly as if your in a fight. Now tell me if that is a clear indication the ability is on CD? This is when only 6 seconds are left on the CD. Its looks even worse when 1-2 seconds are on CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeetesSixFive Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I don't like this at all either it took getting used too. But good players can overcome a small change like this in my opinion. Sure it sucks, so does our ability stuttering, neither are going anywhere it seems so sit back and relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdii Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 neither are going anywhere it seems so sit back and relax. I'm sitting back and relaxing, just wont renew my subscription. I only PvP, and play a class that requires high reaction time with management of CD's. This changes hinders both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizque Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I dunno. I kind've like it. The 1-2 delay on pressing a spell when its still on cool down despite looking like its reset seems to sync well with the delay in character responsiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeetesSixFive Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm sitting back and relaxing, just wont renew my subscription. I only PvP, and play a class that requires high reaction time with management of CD's. This changes hinders both. I PvP and raid and adapted just fine. Not hard to get used to really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecollo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Please change this. Its easy as a guardian.. none of your abilities have much of a CD just require focus. Edited January 20, 2012 by Daecollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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