Unresponsive movement / activation will hurt this game IMO

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Toltie wrote:

I've found especially Sweep has this problem, where the animation itself is almost a second long.

That means you're stuck in melee for a very long time, and what's worse, the mobs get to interrupt the ability, without you having any kind of control...

I wouldn't know how to fix that, the partial circle of the Sweep is obviously intentional, but come Ruthless I found that it was practically worthless as an ability, because you can't stand still for that long.
Should be noted Sweep is a 2h ability, and I use an axe, not a staff, i.e. no block.

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Die_Scream wrote:

I find myself clicking the ground where I want my hero to move an average of probably 5-6 times before my character begins to move.

For example, using bow as it's easiest to explain: You are standing and shooting at a closing mob. In D3 or TL for example, when the mob closes you click away and your char turns and runs. In PoE, I find myself click, click again, click again, taking damage WTF! Oh, now I'm moving, too late.

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Chris wrote:

I totally agree that movement is not responsive when you are in the middle of doing other actions or if you hold down the mouse button (as opposed to clicking). These will be fixed!

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Herborist wrote:

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Chris wrote:

I totally agree that movement is not responsive when you are in the middle of doing other actions or if you hold down the mouse button (as opposed to clicking). These will be fixed!

Personally, this is the biggest issue holding back the game right now. I'm tired of seeing the attack animation go through, then realizing that no damage was dealt. It's specially bad with slow attack speed weapons. My accuracy was 90%, so I know that it can't be my character missing three attacks in a row.


I think the term is called "desync."

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assteepee wrote:

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Herborist wrote:

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Chris wrote:

I totally agree that movement is not responsive when you are in the middle of doing other actions or if you hold down the mouse button (as opposed to clicking). These will be fixed!

Personally, this is the biggest issue holding back the game right now. I'm tired of seeing the attack animation go through, then realizing that no damage was dealt. It's specially bad with slow attack speed weapons. My accuracy was 90%, so I know that it can't be my character missing three attacks in a row.


I think the term is called "desync."

I think this one is different from the others previously discussed in this thread. Desync happens with stuff like flicker strike where the activated attack and its target are...well...out of sync, so all sorts of wierd anomolies arise like the character teleporting to the target but the target appearing elsewhere when the character arrives etc.

The OP issue is also pretty serious and I think it mainly attributes to the lack of ability to cancel the animation? This would be trying to move your character in the middle of an attack but having to wait until your character is finished attacking before it moves. I think everyone is aware of the gravity of this issue.

However, it also possibly looks like there may be (or at least occasionally) another similar issue. What I mean by this is in reference to the OP's comment about having to attack "5-6" times before being able to move. See if it were just an animation cancelling issue you should be able to move right after the very next attack. However SOMETIMES (definitely not always), in the heat of battle when you "overclick" a target several times, and attempt to move immediately after, it seems like your character is unable to move until after all of the attacks are complete. I think this could be due to a combination of circumstances including the attack animation issue, and also I notice it happening more often when you are crowded by enemies.

I have adapted alot to these issues since I started playing and can manage pretty well and even feel a decent sense of mobility. Although I do hope these will be addressed as I'm certain it will improve the playing experience!