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Problems with casting.
Is it just me or do other people have this same issue? When i cast my spells the character does the animation however the spell is not activating. For example - rain of arrows - character shoots to the air - no rain of arrows effect is cast, the spell doesnt go on cd. Thats not a big issue however considering the cast time of hunter aoe spells its quite annoying and its rather obvious this is not intended.
From my observation i noticed that this often happens with using abilities close to their maximum range, and more often with the use of mouse rather than with the double click of keyboard.
So does anyone else has this issue, and therefore should it be reported as a bug or is this rather my client problem?
From my observation i noticed that this often happens with using abilities close to their maximum range, and more often with the use of mouse rather than with the double click of keyboard.
So does anyone else has this issue, and therefore should it be reported as a bug or is this rather my client problem?
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The way I avoid this problem is to simply not move immediately after using encounter power, but instead wait for half a second or so before moving.
I will do the casting animation and then nothing will happen. I make sure to not move at all while casting. I still haven't figured it out but it's extremely annoying. The cast time is long enough that it becomes a waste of a few precious seconds.
hardest cast for me is ForestGhost, its very easy to dodge it off and the sound effect is way shorter than the real casting to know when it has really kicked in
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Yea got the same setup for pve and they all have this issue.
There are two main causes for encounters not going off even though the animation and sound will sometimes activate.
The first and probably the most common cause is latency between your local client and the server.
Something else that falls under this category is local game client lag on your machine caused by a processing bottleneck. For example, if the Tiamat encounter causes your framerate to drop, you will see encounter errors much more.
Unfortunately, there is not much you can do for this issue other than experiment with graphic settings and console commands. In my experience this doesn't ever have the effect I desire, but that's just me. I have heard of some having moderate success with this method.
You could upgrade your hardware/computer and notice a considerable difference. Add to that a better network connection with more bandwidth and it gets even better, but even taking these steps might not give you the performance you're looking for.
The second cause is the spam button type playstyle. I know it's hard to wait for that RoA animation to go off before pressing shift/dodge when a demon is winding up to smack you. If you press dodge too quick you will cancel your encounter. This goes for all encouters with animations. This creates a similar effect to the latency issue.
It takes patience and practice to get good at not causing these issues with the spam style.
The only thing I can think of is that the ground icon will highlight as an acceptable casting zone but some how the game bounces back as negative. I've seen this fake cast happen on flat surfaces though. I can't seem to create this issue at will. It just happens. Otherwise it could be the ever so hiccup in latency.
Least I can say is it's not just me loosing my mind over thorn ward.
what I mean is wait for the sound effect to "finish" so you know when you are free to dodge away so you dont cancel your encounter, if what happens with you is that you cast, do nothing and the power still doesnt come off, it is a different kind of issue; closest thing I can think of is lag spikes, like when you move to one place and the server rubberbands you back to where you were
Noticing quite a few having to tap the AoEs to place the marker, there is an option that allows you to release the power on key release; this means that you press the key and the marker comes up on where you are pointing and remains free to move as long as you keep that key pressed, when you release the key, the power comes off where the marker is; just a single tap, Somewhat difficult to adapt but it improved my casting time enormously. if when having the key pressed you realize you dont want to cast that AoE, just shift to cancel it without releasing the key
I do not think that that slide bar in Graphics is the way to go if you have an Nvidia graphics card. You might go to Options and fool around in Advanced. Something I did helped A Whole LOT with the lag. Frame rate stabilize turned on. Reduce CPU/GPU usage turned off. In Display, vertical sync, off. I am considering getting a different card, altogether. The game apparently has a problem with ALL Nvidia cards.