What is the trick for making abilities hit more consistently

[TenTonHammer]

Right now I know that there are some issues with how abilities and how they communicate with the server so if you don't time it right or something then you can try to use an ability like snares or debuffs but they won't hit but they go on cd

Playing two debuff centric classes I'd like to know what the "trick" for maximizing the consistency of how often my abilities hit

Noisestrom once mentioned something about patience

[amputationsaw]

I think it's very tricky to let your abilities hit the foe everytime. what you can try is to use some not so important skill on the foe before using the snare, so the server can get into you action. but it's kinda hard to really deal so. it's not done while just standing next to your enemy.
but it's possible to train it with pve mobs =P

[noisestorm]

Well the most basic rule here is just: Dont try to hit ppl while chasing them. Thats atm nearly impossible. With patience i also meant, that people sometimes are not exactly shown where they actually are. In other words, if you stick on someones arse they sometimes warp like 2 steps forward and thus all spells actually do not hit.

I already claimed some time ago that i hit nearly all my slows with my BG, which still is valid atm.
You ask HowTo? Try to cut your foes way just a little bit and move at the Side of them to hit them while moving. Try to be in ~about~ the range where the BodyBlock kicks in, then you will most likely hit every spell. And ofc if people stand still, dont try to attack them on Max range, but naturally go closer as well. Sadly you cannot train that stuff on NPCs , but you will get a hang for it somewhen..

[Luth]

This is fixed in Azaraels combat rework code. So i wouldn't familiarize to much with exotic countermessures, as you won't need them soon anymore.

[noisestorm]

'Soon' sadly is a stretchable word - if one can say so :p

[Azarael]

There is no trick, really. It depends on the latency of the player you're attacking. You're essentially trying to position yourself when you use your ability such that you will hit where that player is going to be in the future. This is why trying to hit people who are running away from you is so difficult.