skill activation delay??
KamikazeChicken
I was getting this randomly, but not consistantly. I'd seriously only get about 1-2 small periods of delays spread throughout a 10 RA streak.
Stolen Souls
At first I thought this was only a problem I was having, but it seems that pretty much everyone is experiencing it. I noticed it earlier tonight while I was playing my Warrior...when I'd use Heal Sig it'd take longer than usual to start...about half a second or so. Then I switched over to my Necro, and it became VERY obvious that something's messed up/different.
YunSooJin
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Anyone else notice how when in the middle of typing a long sentence, sometimes theres like a stutter and all of a sudden all your windows open, your char autoruns, because it registered what you were typing as in game commands and your input prompt has to be clicked back. o.o
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Nocere Moriari
Yes we are all having it. Its most likely do to the fact of the mass on line use this 28-30 july week end. IN PvP its like shooting your own foot! and not so much PvE for me.
prism2525
I can barely interrupt a chiken with my ranger now due to this damn delay. FIX THIS!!
Fr_3_aK
This definently has to be changed.
Pretty new colours at the expensive of accurate skill casting.
No good. /crossarms
Pretty new colours at the expensive of accurate skill casting.
No good. /crossarms
Karmaniac
Seems like my keyboard isn't broken after all.
Silent Kitty
I tried to play, but I can't keep people alive. I lost my shot for survivor title too. This is getting serious here 
heavyduty
It's really bothersome. Other than the new bar graphics giving me minor seizures, this skill use lag is making me slam the numbers on my keyboard and I cant help but squeeze my mouse harder. I think I cracked something in it already.
Takkun
It's lag. Don't over-analyze.
RTSFirebat
Now the question is has ANYONE here taken the time to log up a support ticket with A.net support?
Now I'm sure no one has
But really the best option is to log up a ticket so we know if A.net consider it a bug or not.
Personally I've not experience any skill delays... but it has been laggy.
Now I'm sure no one has
But really the best option is to log up a ticket so we know if A.net consider it a bug or not.
Personally I've not experience any skill delays... but it has been laggy.
aspectacle
I'm sure that if someone had logged a support request, they would have asked for the person to post to the forums to find out whether others had seen the problem and could reproduce it before they'd do anything about it anyways. 
I have been having similar problems. I died several times this weekend duo farming UW due to prot spirit being savage slashed. I'd never had any problem with the savage slash, only to have it happen many times in a row. I was wondering what I was doing differently from the weekend before - contempting whether I'd lost my mind that sort of thing - but these complaints of previously unseen skill delay and lag are reassuring.
I've chatted to others and they've mentioned that under lag the behaviour of the client is different now, for instance, before the skill on the client end would have the activating pre-animation on the skill bar but not cast the spell, and you could have several selected showing the skillbar precast animation. Now, with lag it seems you can no longer even select the skill you want to use in advance, it makes the 'click' noise similar to the sound you get if someone is using spell breaker and you try to cast a spell. Another noticed that if they were interrupting, the cast progress bar seemed to jump back a bit from where the client originally reported the skill progress to be.
I didn't see a lot of lag myself, but it seems almost like the client is asking the server whether it is ok for me to use the skill which has introduced some interesting problems.
I have been having similar problems. I died several times this weekend duo farming UW due to prot spirit being savage slashed. I'd never had any problem with the savage slash, only to have it happen many times in a row. I was wondering what I was doing differently from the weekend before - contempting whether I'd lost my mind that sort of thing - but these complaints of previously unseen skill delay and lag are reassuring.
I've chatted to others and they've mentioned that under lag the behaviour of the client is different now, for instance, before the skill on the client end would have the activating pre-animation on the skill bar but not cast the spell, and you could have several selected showing the skillbar precast animation. Now, with lag it seems you can no longer even select the skill you want to use in advance, it makes the 'click' noise similar to the sound you get if someone is using spell breaker and you try to cast a spell. Another noticed that if they were interrupting, the cast progress bar seemed to jump back a bit from where the client originally reported the skill progress to be.
I didn't see a lot of lag myself, but it seems almost like the client is asking the server whether it is ok for me to use the skill which has introduced some interesting problems.
Silent Kitty
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Originally Posted by RTSFirebat
Now the question is has ANYONE here taken the time to log up a support ticket with A.net support?
Now I'm sure no one has But really the best option is to log up a ticket so we know if A.net consider it a bug or not. Personally I've not experience any skill delays... but it has been laggy. |
Kook~NBK~
Yeah, it's happening to me, too. I don't know how many interrupts I've missed because it takes nearly a second for my skills to activate. That plus my reaction time (I'm OLD, OK?) really makes the fast casting skills a real challenge to put an end to.
Kruzing Low
anyone else notice the priest level in RA that 4 skills on your skillbar would be disabled?
sometimes happens at the start, sometimes 2 minutes through, but for me its the first 4 skills im not able to press at all
one of my teammates once said a message with like "1222222222222222313233333331111111112111111111111 " and said after "wtf my skill bar is frozen"
gave me a lil laugh but still, not being able to use any skills on any char for 10 seconds or so cant be good for anyone
sometimes happens at the start, sometimes 2 minutes through, but for me its the first 4 skills im not able to press at all
one of my teammates once said a message with like "1222222222222222313233333331111111112111111111111 " and said after "wtf my skill bar is frozen"
gave me a lil laugh but still, not being able to use any skills on any char for 10 seconds or so cant be good for anyone
jackie
I haven't been on since last night, but I'm experiencing weird sound glitches (I have full hardware support & before the weekend everything was slick), and some crazy delay with the casting as well.
Going to make a support ticket soon
Going to make a support ticket soon
Arcador
It is lag issue, can be pretty annoying
Jetdoc
I have the same problem...quite annoying when you're trying to heal someone (or yourself).
TheLogicTrain
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I haven't been on since last night, but I'm experiencing weird sound glitches (I have full hardware support & before the weekend everything was slick), and some crazy delay with the casting as well.
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Tachyon
Well, now that the Nightfall PvP weekend is over they better pull their fingers out of their arses and fix this problem. It's rendered my interupt ranger totally useless and made the entire game no fun to play anymore whatsoever.
Punches
I'm having the same problem, can't interrupt with my ranger or mesmer and have trouble healing with my monk because of it.
If it's "just" lag it's still an extremely serious problem as obviously it is affecting so many players' ability to perform efficiently and measures should be taken to fix it. It is lag of the absolutely unacceptable variety.
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Originally Posted by Takkun
It's lag. Don't over-analyze.
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BlackRecluse
after playing for about 2 1/2 hours in RA, TA, HA, and AB, i've given up. this is just unbelievable, with my monk, he warps when he walks, destroying kiting. the first time i click on skills it doesnt register, sometimes i must click on it 2 or even 3 times when running before it actually preforms it. when its a critical skill such as RoF this can make or break the entire fight. this is unplayable, and ill wait until they do something about it
LordLucifer
1/2 sec delay every day now
N8DOGG
Last night I had some wicked "rubber banding" try to walk and then you bounce back to were you were.....Had my first lag kill against Vermin lol
I got to watch my health degen and I couldn't do anything about it
As of this morning I'm still Having the skill delay.
I got to watch my health degen and I couldn't do anything about it
As of this morning I'm still Having the skill delay.
prism2525
It's been two days since the nightfall event is over and still the situation is hopeless. Surely this classifies as a major issue? I'm going to send a ticket to support and link this thread to it. Maybe something will be done fast 
Swinging Fists
Yep, I've been experiencing a noticable difference in trying to interrupt the last few days. Seems like it started with the new interface. I haven't been experiencing much lag, in the common rubberbanding way, but always slow on the skill activation, especially for mesmer interrupts.
Traveller
It's definately an issue for me too. Very hard to chain skill combos now after the last big UI update. There have been times when the number buttons haven't even worked at all.
Can we get an official word on this one?
Can we get an official word on this one?
Shadow of Light
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Originally Posted by Traveller
There have been times when the number buttons haven't even worked at all.
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Mouse at Large
Noticed this as well, especially whilst hunting hydras as as geomancer. I mean recharge time on Stone Daggers - what's with that
Btw, can I also have the "double tap" sound effect on Stone Daggers back?
Btw, can I also have the "double tap" sound effect on Stone Daggers back?
Ranger Rog
I'm having the same delay problems, I thought it must be from lag during the weekend event but it's still there now and the latest update has done nothing to help (despite others saying it helped them). I don't think it's down to lag as I'm not experiencing any of the usual symptoms I would expect with a laggy connection, I'm just getting the skill activation delays. My guess is that something got broken with the UI update.
Edit- I have also had popping sounds since the last update, earlier I turned off 3d sound and pulled the quality slider all the way down to nothing and now my skill activation problem has almost gone away!
Edit- I have also had popping sounds since the last update, earlier I turned off 3d sound and pulled the quality slider all the way down to nothing and now my skill activation problem has almost gone away!
ElinoraNeSangre
I hit it while doing Gyala Hatchery with my monk.
"Er... one of the necros is dying." :: hits keys, no response. "Insert swearing." :: more key pressing, necro is at around 50 health, eyes bug out, push more buttons, necro drops to 18 health and THEN gets healed ::
While the necro was quite thankful to be saved... this is making being a monk rougher than usual.
"Er... one of the necros is dying." :: hits keys, no response. "Insert swearing." :: more key pressing, necro is at around 50 health, eyes bug out, push more buttons, necro drops to 18 health and THEN gets healed ::
While the necro was quite thankful to be saved... this is making being a monk rougher than usual.
Nexium
this is outrages i thought i was the only one whith this problemm but no
what's wrong whith this much harder to get in combos now argh.
what's wrong whith this much harder to get in combos now argh.
Havoc of PhoeniX
Has there been any official recognition of this problem?
prism2525
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Has there been any official recognition of this problem?
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unclepunchy
crapzilla...
i am so glad i saw this thread....i really was thinking it was me....i switched keyboards and mice out....
i usually run with the enemy bar right above my skills and i 'usta' click the enemy bar to attack, after the update, the toon would act.....i was actually tensing up and hittig the mouse button harder (like that helps....)
had to recover with 'c'+'spacebar' and that would cut the 'lag'(whatever it is) down about 1/2 (i just seem to hit windows button or alt some times...not good)
but in addition to that noticed that my skills have been slowed but wasnt sure, i just made my 1st war and, again thought it was the 'fiddler' not the 'fiddle'
this feels like group therapy
"hi im unclepunchy, and im a GW addict..."
lolz
i am so glad i saw this thread....i really was thinking it was me....i switched keyboards and mice out....
i usually run with the enemy bar right above my skills and i 'usta' click the enemy bar to attack, after the update, the toon would act.....i was actually tensing up and hittig the mouse button harder (like that helps....)
had to recover with 'c'+'spacebar' and that would cut the 'lag'(whatever it is) down about 1/2 (i just seem to hit windows button or alt some times...not good)
but in addition to that noticed that my skills have been slowed but wasnt sure, i just made my 1st war and, again thought it was the 'fiddler' not the 'fiddle'
this feels like group therapy
"hi im unclepunchy, and im a GW addict..."
lolz
Venice Queen
This delay is ruining my healing >=\
Former Ruling
The Day of (Friday) I noticed alittle Lag when Activating Skills..but that cleared up after a few hours :\
Now It's Fine...The Casting Bar and Casting Flash are just different and take some getting used too - It isn't "delaying" any...
Now It's Fine...The Casting Bar and Casting Flash are just different and take some getting used too - It isn't "delaying" any...
Neo Nugget
Thisis annoying. In AB my skills didnt even work.
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by prism2525
I mean, nothing is more important than skills, even the manual says so: 'not hours played, but skill'
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Age
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Originally Posted by N8DOGG
Last night I had some wicked "rubber banding" try to walk and then you bounce back to were you were.....Had my first lag kill against Vermin lol
I got to watch my health degen and I couldn't do anything about it As of this morning I'm still Having the skill delay. |