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I like ESO better in "smoothness". WoW combat feels a little bit clunky in comparison, especially in chaotic trash fights with multiple targets. I find it very

I like ESO better in "smoothness". WoW combat feels a little bit clunky in comparison, especially in chaotic trash fights with multiple targets. I find it very frustrating when I can't attack just because my selected enemy moved to my side, even though there are 5 other targets standing right before me. Stacking nameplates doesn't help, making the position of a nameplate unrelated to the position of an enemy (but if you turn off stacking, you'll have trouble selecting the right enemy). In comparison, in ESO most (melee) attacks are not targeted, meaning you can cleave your way through a trash fight without playing Enemy Selector Simulation. That said, at the moment WoW is still my favourite timesink though. ESO does a lot of things better, but there's not much on an end game and at some point you've just seen it all. I'm not into cosmetics so there's just not much left for me to actually do in ESO.

caslon 5y ago
You should probably be using more AOE. Also, you shouldn't be using your mouse to select targets, you should be using it for movement. Some tips (most of these shouldn't have changed much, but I haven't played in many years): You don't have to hit enter to start typing a command. /t first few letters of mob is pretty fast. You can also hit tab to rapidly switch targets. Bind A and D to strafing instead of turning. You can bind slots to modified keys, like Control-6 or Alt-3. If you're a melee class, you probably have many moves that hit multiple targets, while also not being raw AOE. Spend a bit of time getting familiar with your spellbook; there are a lot of gems. Learn your rotation! Check Icy Veins for your spec: https://www.icy-veins.com/ https://www.icy-veins.com/ I'm not exactly sure how new you are, but you should also probably be using Bartender, Recount and DBM.
- Sander_Marechal 5y ago
  I already do pretty much all of the above. I've played about 6-7 months now, arms warrior, so mainly single-target DPS. I have few AOE abilities. A lot of my abilities don't work if the target isn't directly in front of me, even abilities like Mortal Strike and Rend with can hit multiple targets. The big difference with ESO is that in ESO I rarely need to target an enemy. You pretty much only do it as a ranged DPS if you want to target a specific enemy in a mob. WoW combat is a lot more tactical and complex. ESO is smoother and faster, but simpler (only 6 abilities per bar, 2 bars max)
  - caslon 5y ago
    Movement is important in WoW. If you're not keeping people in front of you, you need to focus on it more. It's one of the layers. The critical thing here is that you really shouldn't be mouse targeting.
    - Sander_Marechal 5y ago
      Any good tutorials or videos on that?
      - caslon 5y ago
        No clue! I haven't thought about the game in years! What worked for me, though, was joining as many raids as possible. Dungeons are good too, if you're tanking. You'll suck for the first few, but after a while you'll stop sucking, and it'll make your life a lot easier.

caslon 5y ago

You should probably be using more AOE. Also, you shouldn't be using your mouse to select targets, you should be using it for movement. Some tips (most of these shouldn't have changed much, but I haven't played in many years): You don't have to hit enter to start typing a command. /t first few letters of mob is pretty fast. You can also hit tab to rapidly switch targets. Bind A and D to strafing instead of turning. You can bind slots to modified keys, like Control-6 or Alt-3. If you're a melee class, you probably have many moves that hit multiple targets, while also not being raw AOE. Spend a bit of time getting familiar with your spellbook; there are a lot of gems. Learn your rotation! Check Icy Veins for your spec: https://www.icy-veins.com/ https://www.icy-veins.com/ I'm not exactly sure how new you are, but you should also probably be using Bartender, Recount and DBM.

Sander_Marechal 5y ago
I already do pretty much all of the above. I've played about 6-7 months now, arms warrior, so mainly single-target DPS. I have few AOE abilities. A lot of my abilities don't work if the target isn't directly in front of me, even abilities like Mortal Strike and Rend with can hit multiple targets. The big difference with ESO is that in ESO I rarely need to target an enemy. You pretty much only do it as a ranged DPS if you want to target a specific enemy in a mob. WoW combat is a lot more tactical and complex. ESO is smoother and faster, but simpler (only 6 abilities per bar, 2 bars max)
- caslon 5y ago
  Movement is important in WoW. If you're not keeping people in front of you, you need to focus on it more. It's one of the layers. The critical thing here is that you really shouldn't be mouse targeting.
  - Sander_Marechal 5y ago
    Any good tutorials or videos on that?
    - caslon 5y ago
      No clue! I haven't thought about the game in years! What worked for me, though, was joining as many raids as possible. Dungeons are good too, if you're tanking. You'll suck for the first few, but after a while you'll stop sucking, and it'll make your life a lot easier.