New Biting Jabs/ Puncturing Sweeps animation for Templars in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online

This is the new animation that is currently on the test server for U35 Lost Depths DLC in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online
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[@AmongGumTrees]

I like the existing shard/spear of magic/light more than a literal staff/spear which is just coloured that way.

[@zozihn8047]

I'm the oppisite, I think magic light is a terrible archetype and the holy-light templar theme fits better with light-empowered weapons, instead of Green Lantern (2011).

[@ForestX77]

Thought ZoS said they couldn’t add new skills or change how skills look cause “the system is out dated”.

[@Angus_McWangus]

Last gen consoles don't have enough memory for new skill animations is what they said. So we can't get new skills with new animations, because of them. But since this new animation is a replacement, the old one is probably removed and not taking up memory, or something.

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

@@Angus_McWangus Witch is ridiculous.. It's annoying they even said anything. I would've prefered they said nothing, instead of them lying to us.

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

Not exactly.. but still, what they said was pretty much bullshyt. They could update the combat and change all of the animations. If they chose to do so.

[@77SBCR]

@@thisisntthewholesomefuture649 Bruh just realized Zos is shitting on everyone.. Of course they can, of course they could put the money and people into fixing the game, but that wouldnt make instant money, like a 100€ house made in 2hours of developping does.

[@nemesis7884]

@@Angus_McWangus this is why final fantasy and black desert online o console have so few and low lvl animations....oh yeah right....just another one of countless zos lies that they couldnt fix pvp performance but where just to cheap to buy new servers...or when they announced they were done with sweeping changes...just to announce another round of sweeping changes...lies lies lies

[@Juan_Dominguez]

I love the new animation but I wish they kept the "throwing away" bit the old one had

[@Clavanz]

OMG, it really is just a nighthollow staff style!

[@eddiebrooks2510]

What a slap in the face to templars

[@uncledaisy]

Looks great. They should redo more skills like this. Some DK skills would especially benefit from an overhaul.

[@TabernadoDani]

If you pay attention, you can see the shadow of the spear flying away even though the spear itself has already disappeared lol

[@terminalvelocity4858]

Lmfao. Now I can't unsee this, ever. My main is RUINED. xD xD

[@terminalvelocity4858]

What's even funnier is for something that is transparent and a "magic" effect, there shouldn't even be a shadow, no?

[@TabernadoDani]

@@terminalvelocity4858 indeed, yes. Although I'd say it's more like a technical matter in this case, while a "magical spear" it's still a mesh (for the game) probably with some special material rendering for the effect/transparency but that still cast shadows as all other meshes

[@J_A_Niss]

That's the nighthollow staff, if anyone is curious.

[@antiquitybandit2275]

No, it very clearly isn't.

[@ewah25]

@@antiquitybandit2275 it very clearly is lmfao

[@joshieecs]

i kinda like how the current one looks just like a sliver or shard of light, but i think the new one looks good too.

[@ziggystardust1973]

I hate the last part where the character kinda turn to the sight. The forward lunge pf the old spear is so much better

[@slinkyslink5161]

Lol. They didn't even change the sound effect. You can still hear 4 jabs.

[@remysaturn]

I still think just like how warden bear has a skin color change, Templar should have a dark theme change options thats buyable.

[@woogle463]

or Necromancer should have skins that change the minions to dwarf constructs, I'd buy that in a heartbeat

[@juliebarrette8585]

@@woogle463 but lore...

[@woogle463]

@@juliebarrette8585 /shrug. It's not like ZOS is going to add a dwemer themed class any time soon.

[@realSaintJules]

I would like my mag dk to have blue fire that would be cool

[@remysaturn]

All of these sound fucken awsome

[@gnice42]

Can you show us how it looks with a weav....I mean a light attack afterwards🤭

[@Alcasthq]

Feels like the same as before

[@GASerra]

@@Alcasthq I'm hoping for a better latency response with these changes 🥲

[@MauraMaudJadeit]

But can you stop them immediately? Because maybe it's just me on a controller but my templar continues long after I stopped presing the skill button.

[@st4rpt_603]

Hmm..wonder if it's still possible to fast weave those sweeps like in live.

[@lukoscreyden]

any chance you could show us the new rapid strikes, too?

[@Alcasthq]

yes soon, you can already find a video on my twitter page: twitter.com/AlcastHQ/status/1546781090223980545

[@lukoscreyden]

@@Alcasthq awesome, thanks dude!

[@dibelmont7463]

I hope that the future 3 hit animation will have as much damage as the current 4 hit animation

[@owenmccord0929]

21% damage reduction

[@Ryu_Kage.]

33% damage reduction

[@dibelmont7463]

@@Ryu_Kage. holy crаp...

[@Ryu_Kage.]

@@dibelmont7463 I know right. It's all in the official patch notes. That's why a lot of people are super mad. I only hope that it doesn't go live.

[@zenwilds2911]

Why are they nerfing damage so much? :c Just when I wanted to try out vet trials. Oh well. I'll wait until it gets easier again. Surely they will revert back changes when players leave. I have housing to work on meanwhile, but a lot of players only do combat. RIP ESO for them.

[@po-prostapoziomica5559]

This looks cool but where did that came from?

[@UnknownUser-in1hd]

Unpopular opinion: I fucking love the animation, it looks awesome.

[@Vaellas]

Like the change. Love the templar, but the jabs animation would hurt my eyes/ head so this is a welcome change.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Just got the update and my character no longer makes grunts.

[@Alveonadra]

And now we just need a Speer Skill line to complete the vibe

[@Nuri_91]

Apart from the nerf, I think this looks better than before.

[@nemesis7884]

You crazy?

[@diproculsgaming]

What is the nerf?

[@starwarzfan49]

Stop crying

[@caff1521]

Looks awesome. Now they just need to give it the damage back

[@bad_narek1419]

Very good animation, Hope they keep updating them further.

[@nat040496]

Major improvement

[@freelifematters6193]

you didnt show sweeps...

[@myzorbos]

wow this looks great

[@lefthangin4549]

This live now ?

[@aanethum1820]

idk, this new one is less bright, its maybe better for recognition in general aoe ocean. I sent many years ago to Zos proposition to add spear as new weapon type. imho that could be cool and valuable. Maybe instead Ice staves, or instead maces\mauls, or adding as new one. but ignored:/

[@spinwaus]

It being less bright is the best part

[@EpicLollipop]

could you do a before and after?

[@philc7192]

With all the massive nerfs coming it won't matter how it looks.

[@Nikephorus]

Look amazing while doing your nerfed damage.

[@Ryu_Kage.]

Best comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@orothil]

Actually jabs got buffed quite a bit

[@Nikephorus]

@@orothil From what I see on the forums it's looking at a 25% dps loss. Haven't tested myself though.

[@JRM-Gamers]

Magnifique 🤩

[@TheVandrare]

It would be better if it was a unique model and not a Nighthollow staff. Seriously, why does aedric spear looks like a vampiric staff?

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Love the ending of the jab. At least they got that right.

[@StarWarriorPrimeGaming]

Does this affect it an anyway or is it just a new animation ?

[@cptbtwth]

It deals damage 3 times over 0.8 sec rather than 4 times over 1.0 second

[@dza6010]

Thanks! I hate it! 🎉

[@quaffie]

looks good, doesnt feel right

[@FricknA]

Does biting jabs still have major brutality and sorcery? It wasn't in the patch notes.

[@jgon12]

Yes

[@TheMADGOD91]

Does look cooler and maybe will change the jabs spam being the only thing templars do? Or is it purely visual?

[@nemesis7884]

They are destroying jabs and the templar class, read pts patch notes...dps goes down 20+%

[@aiellamori]

@@nemesis7884 but if you actually played it, you would realize jabs feel just fine. You can't take everything as it is on paper

[@TheMADGOD91]

@@nemesis7884 as a sorc main who is annoyed by templars taking longer to kill i welcome this change 😂

[@T-REXMACHINEGUN]

@@TheMADGOD91 as a sorc hater and a plar main. I dont like this but love that sorcs got thrashed

[@TheMADGOD91]

@@T-REXMACHINEGUN won't impact my sorc tank or my sorc pvp build

[@reffa2858]

thats so cool.

[@MichaelWilliams-fd5ww]

Spears incoming!!!! YEASSSSSSS!!!!

[@TattooedPink]

Nice!

[@BilliamTorpedo]

I like this one a lot better as I can rp it as encasing my staff in a sort of light-spear magic, effectively changing it from a useless bonk stick to an actual melee weapon.

[@craigvillanueva1876]

yes bout time

[@unkederwahrheit4921]

Far too long at the back. The spear would have to be held further back

[@linkopaladino]

mod ??

[@dix_neuf]

i like the animation and its easily weavable. add the damage back and we're golden. edit: maybe add some hit sparks?

[@azzyf6635]

It was easily weavable before to anyone who put in a little practice. Sigh… mained a plar for years.

[@vargrhelsing8042]

@@azzyf6635 post above probablu just mean it have a sound indicator for it.

[@77SBCR]

@@azzyf6635 most people cant hit 5 button on a sequence.. They have no will, no braincells, no thumbs. Lot of them hit cp160, farm beginners gear, then as soon as they are asked their dps and a parse, they feel attacked and stop playing.. The devs dont know where to go, they try to please everyone but hurt everyone instead

[@Zetler]

This is great!

[@GatitaLindaRawr]

options for Warden animals when???

[@Taikomo]

That is so much better! I might actually consider playing a Templar now.

[@djhapka]

you are considering playing them right after getting the huge nerf to jabs which made them literally invincible in pvp?? weird flex but ok

[@Zfactor484]

Im on the verge of quitting if all these changes stick.

[@imabeast1242]

😂

[@brandoncomer6492]

people were making it out like it was horrible on the forums, this looks fines

[@Miss_Claire]

People on the forums tend to be negative Nancie's. It's the paradox of "if people like it, they will enjoy it and move on. If they dislike it, they will say out loud, to whoever, that they dislike it." Basically, if people enjoy something, they tend to take it and move on. If they have an issue with something, they are more likely to speak on it, rather than if they had just enjoyed it. Most people aren't going to go to the forums just to post, "Yeah, this looks good." But you can bet people will go there if they feel the need to complain.

[@oscarbear7498]

Are you crazy!??? Its terrible, completely ruined , now I can't play my templar without having to see this nonsense

[@Miss_Claire]

@@oscarbear7498 I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or just have a terrible opinion lol

[@oscarbear7498]

@@Miss_Claire I'm kidding yeah haha. I stopped paying eso, I'm an ex-gamer recovering from that shit game . It robbed me of 10k hours, total gaming from all games I have about 25k hours spent playing video games just in my 20s. I regret every second of it now at 27, I still watch the KZbin sometimes just to remember the nightmare and keep me from playing. Been clean from gaming for 6 months now, and going strong

[@tsmith750]

I was hoping you'd say "I smoke crack now"

[@Robin_The_SkyrimLord_NLD]

It looks nice .

[@nemesis7884]

The only thing even more dsigusting are the nerfs...and if you do this why not also change blazing where you throw the same spear... NO ONE ASKED FOR THESE CHANGES

[@Externalerror]

No one ever does, but the animation change is for how the effect hits less. Blazing spear doesn't need to be changed to be in line with new animation. Bitch to bitch, as usual. Nerfs are also expected, why are you surprised?

[@inspirer4763]

Speak for yourself. Sweeps finally being sub 1s is very welcome by many. All these years weaving it felt extremely awkward and unreliable due to it.

[@starwarzfan49]

I hope beyond hope. That these and the other changes make you quit the game. Stay mad, but take your toxicity to another mmo

[@allyjay7395]

I like the current look! 🙄

[@Spider-Bite]

Looks better, but is it still a carry-all skill? 😏

[@owenmccord0929]

It’s a dead skill, bloodthirsty/rapid strikes parsing higher on pts

[@BeKind1Love]

Really hope we get race changes for free with all the changes

[@xW1NGSofDEATHx]

Class changes too 🥶

[@jakebassage5466]

Nice visual/ audio upgrade. considering you hear and see it every half second while spamming it will be nice for it to be a bit more satisfying.

[@DairyCat]

Thanks I hate it. Also was biting jabs always that much more glowier than the other morph? Never noticed.

[@Angus_McWangus]

Yes, it's been like this for years

[@vossboss220]

All the skill morphs have slightly different particle effects.

[@Hex9876yugioh]

Am i a boomer for not liking animation changes

[@Justanobody8472]

I kinda like how they updated the spears look, it looks cleaner and newer, just wish the animation itself wasnt complete dogshit, did they replay the new spear look in all the other templar animations or just jabs? Cuz that's sounds like a total zos thing the lazy bastards would def do

[@vossboss220]

So a few things, I like the new spear model looks nice. I don't like the new animation it feels so stulted and static. With the four hit jabs you could really see the templar put their weight into the last one. Not its just like... Poke poke poke...

[@carterneis8469]

Audio completely off but look fire

[@nebelpanzer]

Sweet

[@nyromath2195]

Y'know what, I no longer care that they're nerfing this ability, this is a really satisfying new animation.

[@trevorcooper5488]

They nerfing it?

[@nyromath2195]

@@trevorcooper5488 Yeah, smaller channel time but only hits 3 times, hence the change in animation. It's overall damage is a lot lower now, as well as some other changes to the morphs I think.

[@plainluke722]

Instead of adding new skills, new weapons and classes, they're messing about with the animations.

[@husk27-27]

😎

[@viracqad65]

im playing templar.

[@justdead99]

i just wish they make it that you can pull your weapon out strait away when you get sneak attacked by an enemy instead of the half an hour that it is now . lol

[@muttsmuttt]

wtf why

[@geercornuit9097]

okey so there is too hoping they would at somepoint add Spears as a playable weapon

[@TitanRow]

Like the one we have now way more

[@filipsuici3203]

I hate how the woapons just dissapear

[@fredericbrasseur7399]

Dang, that animation looks sick!

[@RatusMax]

in a good way or a bad way?

[@fredericbrasseur7399]

@@RatusMax In a good way! ;)

[@nagchampa03]

Cool now where’s poison whip

[@jamesonwolfston4613]

Souls like jabs🤔🤔

[@Tavis_aka_Kalik]

Hmmm looks sweet to me

[@ivos_rs]

Templars totally gutted. A side from its just a lazy work (its not a spear, its nighthollow staff with "templar" filter on it) it feels very clunky.

[@Minaranea]

I love it!! Looks amazing!! ✨✨

[@MivaYT]

Hmmm pretty cool...

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

The more I watch, the more I think this animation is growing on me. Nighthollow Staff and all. I still have some concerns over how it looks while weaving, but just spamming the ability? For me, it's an upgrade.

[@DTA1987]

Makes me not wanna turn on my pc, warden stam got murdered

[@DarkStrife]

Tbh i like the animation...

[@captain_devildog7791]

Nerfed Christmass present..

[@raphael2407]

nice animation but the nerf.. the neeeerf... :(

[@quaffie]

they should change the icon

[@Craul08]

It looks less like an AOE now.

[@roidfung9319]

LOL !

[@miketerzis7468]

Yep they reworked the animation and the dps of jabs is dogshiet . It is week 1 I hope they fix it cuz it is rly bad

[@bettergentspodcast]

Much better. The old animation and sound were annoying.

[@mellomerc2521]

Nope

[@Capolek]

At last, all templar skills, or I would say all skills using light theme inc healibg staff tree look so outdated it hurts.

[@cheutho]

It's... okay.

[@koalaapoc]

that’s so sick. i love it

[@tcmunson]

Profoundly disappointed! RIP ESO

[@kidren50]

I'd prefer they did variations on the light attack animations. They look awful and boring.

[@HazopGaze]

Hey look, the ESO comments is as bad as Halo comments! No one can agree on anything! =P Edit - I actually like the new spear coz it looks a bit more like a spear... Rather than a non-descript light shaft that I can make in free VFX software in five minutes. =P The animation could do with a bit more power on the last thrust though. That's what the old animation has going for it, IMO.

[@jgon12]

I love it looks more like a spear now great work who ever animated this, they should do redo more skills.

[@colonian83]

Would love to see a green stam whip. If only zos didn't have a searing hate boner for it

[@assassinwolf2719]

Lance, actually.

[@cheatermccheat6378]

@@assassinwolf2719 it's a spear.