Canceling throwing stratagems and other things

[Mepho]

The game can be quite frantic so I'm sure this situation is relatively common: you pull up your ball, input a bombardment stratagem but while you're doing it you hear "Calling eagle" from the side, so you stop and go back to whatever you were doing.

But what if you only notice/decide that stragem isn't need after you've inputted the sequence and pressed left click?

Is there a way at all? I tried googling but can't find any answer.

Had the "same issue" with the arc thrower but that was easily solved by merely shooting straight up vertically. So is there a way to "cancel the charge" or is the stratagem also lost once you're holding down the click to throw?

Unrelated, but since I'm creating a topic I'll also ask about this:
How do you consistently get up from dives? Because I've been spamming both sprint and dive to stand up and it feels super inconsistent (at times pressing C to crouch seems to be the fastest). At times being unable to get up (despite the spamming) got me killed. Is that just how it is as well?

[Mosey]

1) As far as I've seen there is no way to cancel a stratagem after you've pulled it back for a throw, and yes it's a bit annoying. I'll be happy if I'm wrong there.

2) I also haven't found a way to cancel arc charges, and either way it's easy to just fire straight up.

3) If you are slowed or if there is an enemy standing over you standing up doesn't work so well. The more responsive option seems to be pressing the dive button again, although sprint also works most of the time as long as you aren't slowed.

[FireMage]

If you start inputing anotger strategem it will cancel the one you have right now. Just press ctrl+w for example and it will cancel

[Mepho]

Originally posted by Mosey:

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Well it is what it is then, I guess.

Thanks for the answer, cheers.

Originally posted by FireMage:

If you start inputing anotger strategem it will cancel the one you have right now. Just press ctrl+w for example and it will cancel

Yeah as long as you didn't finish the combo and pressed left click you can also just press a weapon bind or ctrl again, it's once "the trigger is pulled" that I found myself stuck holding the ball.

I'll just be more careful and wait for the last moment to click, usually there's no real reason to be hasty.

It would be nice if they implemented a cancel at some point tho, but yeah I understand it's really minor.

[Little Leo]

As long as you don't have the stratagem pulled back and ready to throw you can cancel it by swapping back any of your guns. You don't seem to throw the stratagem any further by clicking and holding so i just input mine and click once to throw it.

[⛧Vinn⛧]

After wasting my 10th or so orbital laser i decided to adjust myself and instead of holding left click to throw just holding right click makes you aim your throw but doesnt keep you locked in the throwing animation. Hope this helps :)

Hold right click = take aim with grenades/strats

Hold left click = throw without cancel

[Mosey]

Originally posted by FireMage:

If you start inputing anotger strategem it will cancel the one you have right now. Just press ctrl+w for example and it will cancel

This does not work once you have pulled back to throw. Otherwise it will cancel it.

[Mepho]

Originally posted by ⛧Vinn⛧:

After wasting my 10th or so orbital laser i decided to adjust myself and instead of holding left click to throw just holding right click makes you aim your throw but doesnt keep you locked in the throwing animation. Hope this helps :)

Hold right click = take aim with grenades/strats

Hold left click = throw without cancel

Sounds like good advice, thanks for the idea! Just need to work on the muscle memory.

[Watermelons]

The only way I've cancelled a stratagem prepared to be thrown was by diving into nearby water deep enough to at least play the *swimming to the surface of deep water* animation.

[[PCMR]Nerevar]

to cancel an armed strategem, simply press the strategem button again, not left click.

[Watermelons]

Originally posted by PCMRNerevar:

to cancel an armed strategem, simply press the strategem button again, not left click.

That wasn't the question. An armed stratagem, pulled back as you hold left click to throw. You can't cancel that without what I suggested, falling into water deep enough to play a surfacing animation.

[Cat]

Originally posted by ⛧Vinn⛧:

After wasting my 10th or so orbital laser i decided to adjust myself and instead of holding left click to throw just holding right click makes you aim your throw but doesnt keep you locked in the throwing animation. Hope this helps :)

Hold right click = take aim with grenades/strats

Hold left click = throw without cancel

Thanks for sharing, great advice

[⛧Vinn⛧]

Originally posted by Cat:

Originally posted by ⛧Vinn⛧:

After wasting my 10th or so orbital laser i decided to adjust myself and instead of holding left click to throw just holding right click makes you aim your throw but doesnt keep you locked in the throwing animation. Hope this helps :)

Hold right click = take aim with grenades/strats

Hold left click = throw without cancel

Thanks for sharing, great advice

yw :)

[TamTroll]

i think you can cancel a stratagem by pressing the key that swaps to one of your weapons