skill activation delay??

Andy_M

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

Going to make those 'elite' missions fun, eh ?

Frank Ew

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Crazy Big

E/Mo

the delay is since the new patch with colors !

Xceran

Xceran

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

nwo

R/

Hmm, when I played last night I didn´t experience this problem anymore... The skill activation was the same as it was before the update, are you guys still experience the skill activation delay?

Reza

Reza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

The Fellowship Of The King [King]

i think its fixed, i had no problem today (i had it since last update)

Havoc of PhoeniX

Havoc of PhoeniX

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

England, UK.

Don't Leave a Message After The [Beep]

R/E

Same. Mines fixed as of the latest update.

Kruzing Low

Kruzing Low

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

yeh, latest update seems to have been what fixed it
wonder what they did?

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

My first though was that it was down to the UI update but just before the last update I had turned my sound quality slider all the way down and turned off 3D sound because I was experiencing popping sounds. The skill delay almost went away when I did this so it looks like it could be tied in with the sound bug that appeared at the same time as the interface update.

Seissor

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

Mine still isnt fixed, playing interrupt ranger and I always JUST missed out. WTF nice update, fuggy gfx i cant toggle back to the old style and delayed skills.

When I played GW Proph I never knew what error 7 was.
I play factions and its like a circus of error 7 clowns.
Can I expect more fun with nightfall like delayed skills?

Updates are welcome, but WTF.

prism2525

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

fixed for me

I'm sorry for those who still have it though

Splatter Mcnasty

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Utah

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by prism2525
fixed for me

I'm sorry for those who still have it though
I quit playing for a week because it wasnt fun, thanks to the delay...I'll have to log in today after work to see if I still experience the delay or not...

Hopefully it really is fixed, because I really enjoyed GW until they started fuc]{ing around with everything.

Maniac

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

The problem still exists =(.

De Wilde

De Wilde

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Slayers of Champions [SoC]

R/E

I'm able to hit off an interupt without a problem when playing my interupt/barrage ranger. The ONLY time it seems to not go off is my own personal timing on hitting the skill. So for me, it's not an activation delay but my own personal timer delay >.< which... can sometimes be the difference between life and death, depending on what I'm getting hit with.

NeVeRLiFt

NeVeRLiFt

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Clan Acoma

Mo/N

Anyone still have this happening?

Maniac

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

It's still noticable using 1/4 second activation skills. Ie. Monks, mesmer and ranger skills for example.

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

Barrage, 3 seconds casting time. So do interrupts.

Artdeux

Artdeux

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Forsaken Wanderers

Rt/Mo

Yea, I notice this when I am SB farming. I cast Prot/SB, I see the icon refresh itself, and then the skill monitor fills up and completes about half a second later.

Annoying, but it has not inturrupted my farming.

Zakarr

Zakarr

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Finland

This is a bit off-topic but has anyone noticed that when you are standing still with ranger and shoot someone with your attack skills, they are sometimes jammed until you move and try again?

Thadius Invictus

Thadius Invictus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Wardens of Truth

I am still having this issue. Most of my 1/4 skills have a slight part second delay. I play a Mo/Me and some people have died because of it. There was Huge lag last night so I am going to attribute the delay to that, heavy traffic.

Lag booted me thrice yesterday. This is the first time ever I have experienced lag in GW.

Seissor

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zakarr
This is a bit off-topic but has anyone noticed that when you are standing still with ranger and shoot someone with your attack skills, they are sometimes jammed until you move and try again?
Happens all the time, and this has been going on since GW first came out. Particularly annoying when you tap savage shot and nothing happens and they pop off their spell.

I also hate that I fire an arrow, I see it fly through the air, and if I die while this arrow is in flight it magically dissappears. BS. Spells dont magically stop when the caster dies. IE kill the warder all there wards suddenly dissappear.

monkey grip

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Nefarious Coterie [Cult]

R/

I was thinking about this last night,
anyone else think that there isn't a delay in the skills, its the timing of the shot and the chars animation, there is no more stutter shots, everything is in timing with the motion of the shooting the arrows.

i dunno, i stopped interupting because my timing was all off and waiting for my "reflex memory" to reset before i go back to it.

Maniac

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Nope that's not true monkey because they were always instant before. You can verify via skill monitor bar when they fix the delay up. The skill should start up the instant pressed. I'm not assuming character is buffering skill one after another.

The only thing I notice not affected at all is the arrow moment keys, no delay here.

Treat the 1/4 activation skills as a camera shutter since it's speed is about that quick. Would a camera have a delay when you press the button to take the picture? Should be instant. Disregarding the auto focus and red-eye reduction in this.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

yep, have the delay (and the sound issue too )....thought it was just me, but cry of frustration shouldnt take 2 seconds to activate (and should be able to catch a spell that takes 5)......its hopeless to play my mesmer right now....
this reminds me of the days before I got my new computer, playing on my laptop with my 2-7 second delays.....BAD memories , hoped they would have stayed in the past.

Jamison0071

Jamison0071

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

Morporkian Mercenaries

N/Me

with the latest update, ALL my sound issues are fixed and my skill activation delay is gone.

Maniac

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

From talks with ANet support, they are investigating the issue now. It probably affected in certain regions based number of complaints vs. players.

Arcador

Arcador

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

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R/N

My lag is gone too.
Seems really a regional problem and I suspect mine was nothing more than a global ISP problem (since all my guilid mates complained about it)