NasherUK Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I get it a lot where abilities just don't work even though the animation is played. It only started happening in a patch before christmas :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epocha Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 As an Operative I've noticed that on occasion my Backstab and Shiv abilities don't go off until after the GCD has flushed, giving the opponent time to LoS, break CC, etc. Has anyone else noticed this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zontan Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Just wanted to chime in to say this has to be fixed or we wont see many players in 6 months time. I understand wanting to play nice animations for attacks to make the game feel more cinematic. Unfortunately it has the effect (for me anyway, ymmw) of breaking immersion and connection with your avatar - fix please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyritwind Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah this is a major problem with Maul for assassin's. Buggy as hell. Every time I click it; it's like using a roulette wheel on whether or not it actually works. Quite annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs_Kimmo Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Trying to get a single Maul through to a stunned target via buttonmashing is like trying to get a bullseye with a dart that you throw a hundred feet away, drunk, at least in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostrazor Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 As an Operative I've noticed that on occasion my Bacstab and Shiv abilities don't go off until after the GCD has flushed, giving the opponent time to LoS, break CC, etc. Has anyone else noticed this? Yuppers totally ruins it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stafngrimr Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 +1 /signedTerribly frustrating if you want to play this sort of game properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getdownsb Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I am so sick of this. My attacks essentially have a 3-4 second GCD because when I hit the button to execute instant abilities the animation stutters and starts over 2-5 times before the animation finally goes through. Seriously BioWare, get a GD dictionary. INSTANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinra Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Esc > Preferences > Combat > Ability Que Window, that'll help with some of it. If you have any other issues after it'll probably fixed since it's a re occuring issue with some classes. Minor but it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostrazor Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Esc > Preferences > Combat > Ability Que Window, that'll help with some of it. If you have any other issues after it'll probably fixed since it's a re occuring issue with some classes. Minor but it's there. It's not that. When I use back blast the damage comes in at the end of the global/animation not when I press the button. So in that 1.5 seconds said Target can be healed or run out of line of sight. It has nothing to do with the Que. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candykissesxoxo Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah this is quite annoying for me as well. So far i've just been dealing with it hoping something will be done about it soon. I enjoy the game overall but the abilities not going off when i've pressed the button is extremely difficult to swallow for a long time pvp'r...that and the camera snapping around bs. Lack of communication on the dev's part on very well known issues and if they plan to even work on them is also quite frustrating. I realize the game has just been released but tbh things like these I thought were the whole purpose of having a beta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amp_ Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happens with the sniper too. It really irks me when I am trying to throw a grenade and it ends up looking like I am pump faking a football. My Marauder also stutters on some animations. My Assassin has to be the complete worst of the bunch. All things aside, this is the one problem with the game that I consider huge for me. I don't appear to really have the problem on my BH PT, but all other classes I play this really limits my enjoyment of them. I really hope this issue gets fixed asap. I can wait on things to be added to the game like UI customization, which is more of an inconvenience than it is game breaking, but this issue with animations and finishing skills is completely a game breaker for me. I will definitely be taking this issue into consideration when it comes time to sub beyond the first 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinra Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 It's not that. When I use back blast the damage comes in at the end of the global/animation not when I press the button. So in that 1.5 seconds said Target can be healed or run out of line of sight. It has nothing to do with the Que. No? The damage is instantly applied the second you hit back blast. Just the clean animation goes off slightly later and the numbers pop up after the animation. But the game records the damage the instant you hit the button. If what you said is what people are complaining about it's just a case of people being used to WoWs simple animations and they'll have to get used to it, personally I prefer the nice more complex animations that this game offers. PS: Test it if you don't believe me. PSS: Also these are easy things that BioWare can tweak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren_Kitlor Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Esc > Preferences > Combat > Ability Que Window, that'll help with some of it. If you have any other issues after it'll probably fixed since it's a re occuring issue with some classes. Minor but it's there. Major. Abilities not firing off is a huge problem that Stephen Reid admitted exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingthree Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 +1 Playing Sniper now. The poor melee don't stand a chance. I get a billion yd range snipe that is in line with the gcd and cc to slow them...they can't jump to me because I'm in cover...etc... If they make it to me I should be a all but done. Currently I am able to get my cc off 100% of the time faster than they are, my melee range cc, because they're moving and I'm stationary when they come into range. Broken. Broken. Broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtype_sw Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Here is a video of ability jamming. Starting at 0:07. This occurs on all of my characters, most noticeably on melee characters, and even more noticeably on melee characters with positioning requirement attacks (such as backstab and maul). Mists of Pandaria may be lame with Pandas and Pokemon, but its gameplay and combat system is exceeding fluid than SWTOR, and that to many people, makes or breaks a game. If this doesn't get addressed by the end of my free month, I'm out of here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbFgyeRFbdo&context=C3d50270ADOEgsToPDskJYu1y-3uG_uWyCstMK7nMz Edited January 1, 2012 by jtype_sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt_Solo Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I'm experiencing this issue too. And it seems to be getting worse. Or it has something to do with the more abilities I obtain, then the more obvious the issue becomes. With abilities either taking longer to go off, or not going off at all. This is especially frustrating during PVP fights. It sometimes make warfronts unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleinone Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I play a gunnery spec'd commando, (turret) and while I've noticed this a bit with some of my abilities, I had no idea it affected melee players so much until I watched that video. This would explain why sometimes classes would close with me in warzones and then do that little dance there instead of hitting me. Seems to be a good thing for those of us playing my class, but I understand where the whining on the forums is coming from. This is probably the only legit whine I've read on these forums for god knows how long, and really needs to be fixed asap. It could easily be defined as gamebreaking, for melee PvP'rs in particular. That said, I'm sure they must know abut it by now, and are hopefully working on a fix. I just hope its an easy fix, and not some major code thing. I don't know if these kind of mechanics are the type of things that can be easily corrected by software programmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasstavad Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 "This issue is under active investigation. The complication is that there are actually a number of different issues with very different causes and potential resolutions lumped together in this thread. All we can say for now is 'we are actively working on the topic of character responsiveness'." Georg "Observer" Zoeller Principal Lead Combat Designer http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=105955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuniun Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 This is particularly noticeable should I ever decide to hit master strike, as I'm almost invariably stuck in the animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verydanger Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Possibly mentioned already, but disabling skill activation on key press DOWN (however it's phrased in the options) made instant, off the GCD abilities work a lot better. Before this change, they simply would not activate before my current GCD was over. And no, this is not because I have a habit of holding the keys down for extended durations (so that the GCD expires). I am playing a Sentinel, with lots of non-GCD spells, and I also have ability queue set to 1.0 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabresandiego Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Here is a video of ability jamming. Starting at 0:07. This occurs on all of my characters, most noticeably on melee characters, and even more noticeably on melee characters with positioning requirement attacks (such as backstab and maul). Mists of Pandaria may be lame with Pandas and Pokemon, but its gameplay and combat system is exceeding fluid than SWTOR, and that to many people, makes or breaks a game. If this doesn't get addressed by the end of my free month, I'm out of here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbFgyeRFbdo&context=C3d50270ADOEgsToPDskJYu1y-3uG_uWyCstMK7nMz Nice video, it illustrates one of the issues very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugh Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Dear Bioware...I am an impatient resus monkey.. I wish to faceroll hit many keys and have them all activate without fail. My lack of patience makes me suck at playing this game. Please fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuddlyhoney Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 The game just feels slow, laggy and unresponsive for wow players. too bad i played that game for 3 years, I hope Pandas will own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mausty Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I have really enjoyed this game so far, but the maul ability needs to work in pvp. My assassin doesnt need to twirl this saber like a baton, just a quick thrust will do. Sometimes i get a four second stun on a guy with like a full bar a force and i cant do squat. Also why we're complaining, is there a reason why i get hutball 7 times out of 10, i really enjoy the others so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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