PTS Patch Notes v2.3.0

ZOS_GinaBruno · February 2016

KriHavok wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno Do the loyalty awards (vanity pets) only apply to those who have purchased the DLC pack separately or are ESO Plus members also applicable for the awards? Also, out of interest, is there a reason behind the Imperial City not having a vanity pet associated with it, or will a pet for it be added in a future update? Great job on the patch notes by the way!

Anyone who has access will get the pet, that includes if you purchased the DLC or are an ESO Plus member.

As for Imperial City, there are no current plans to offer a reward for that DLC, partially because you're able to earn a pet through a certain event (no spoilers).

blabafat · February 2016

Tenplarrrr

Nikkiy · February 2016

Nerf Funnel Health

Love Wizard · February 2016

I never thought I'd say this, but im proud Zenimax. Thanks.

BlackEar · February 2016

Vaktus · February 2016

Love Wizard wrote: »

I never thought I'd say this, but im proud Zenimax. Thanks.

Same here. Same here.

Maseri · February 2016

Hardy: This ability now reduces Poison, Disease, and Physical Damage dealt to you, instead of Poison, Disease, and Magical Damage.

Thaumaturge: This ability now increases the damage done by damage over time effects, instead of increasing Poison, Disease, and Magic Damage.

@ZOS_GinaBruno has the ability to boost Poison and Disease damage been removed from the Champion System now if I'm understanding correctly?

I would expect these to be included in Mighty given the changes to Elemental Expert but it is not mentioned anywhere in these PTS Patch Notes. Boosting the damage of damage over time effects does not cover all instances of Poison or Disease damage and I am unsure if this is an oversight or intended change.

HeroOfNone · February 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Alliance War
General
Guards at Scroll Temple Gates have been redeployed and placed on the ground. Honor guards, archers and footmen have also joined the Mages and Menders at those locations.

Wall repair kits will now repair 5,000 damage per repair.
Note that the cost will remain the same.

Players that are Alliance Rank 50 will now properly receive Rewards for the Worthy.

Fixed an issue where obtaining the Alliance War bonuses (Home Keep, Enemy Keep, Scroll, or Emperor) would force you to dismount.

The tutorial for Battlefield Repairs will now correctly appear when you first acquire a Siege Repair Kit.

Alliance Points
Doubled the amount of Alliance Points a player character is worth.

There is now a cap on Alliance Point bonuses per player in group to a maximum of 50%.

Keep Upgrades
Removed the upkeep costs on levels 4 and 5 of Keeps.

The resources required per level of Keep upgrade has been flattened, resulting in faster Keep upgrade periods.

Increased the Keep wall health upgrades to 35,000 HP per level from 25,000 HP per level.

Increased the Keep wall regeneration to tick a health regen every 10 seconds from 20 seconds.

Siege Weapons
Increased the damage for all siege weapons by approximately 30%.

All side effects from siege weapons (including snare, disease, healing taken reduction, increased siege damage taken) have been normalized to a duration of 6 seconds.

Decreased the snare received from Ice Trebuchets, Lightning Ballista and Oil Catapults to 50% from 75%.

Increased the siege damage taken debuff from Scattershots to 20% from 10%.

Meatbags will now apply a 50% health regen and healing taken debuff.

Oil Catapults now include a "Stamina Damage" value added, which takes away roughly 20% Stamina from enemy targets.

Lightning Ballistae now include a "Magicka Damage" value added, which takes away roughly 10% Magicka damage per tick from enemy targets.

Ballistae will now turn faster and have their "scatter" variable removed, making them 100% accurate to your aimed location.

Are siege effects purgable? Thought that was going to be another featured change @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_BrianWheeler

DangerMan · February 2016

@ZOS_GinaBruno Will consoles get DPS charts - the ones that summarize how much damage each skill did (mainly for PvE boss fights)? Or will the scrolling text only show the damage of individual skills as you use them?

hrothbern · February 2016

An impresive piece of hard work, this patch !

And a lot of good things from a quick glance judgment

jwarren68 · February 2016

Argonian Resistance: Increased the maximum health bonus from this passive ability to 3/6/9% at Ranks I/II/III from 2/4/6%.
But nothing about Carnage for Khajit? Really? Please tell me I missed it?

Skorol007 · February 2016

Meteor: This ability and its morphs can no longer be reflected.

Is this a joke?

Soulac · February 2016

@ZOS_GinaBruno
Did you also fix Willows Path / Champion passives increasing the recovery drink bonus?

LegendaryChef · February 2016

AoE caps?

ZOS_GinaBruno · February 2016

jwarren68 wrote: »

Argonian Resistance: Increased the maximum health bonus from this passive ability to 3/6/9% at Ranks I/II/III from 2/4/6%.
But nothing about Carnage for Khajit? Really? Please tell me I missed it?

If the concern is based from the lower Critical Strike Chance, that was due to an issue with Dexterity and Pressure Points which is fixed in this update; it was just amplified for Carnage since that passive already affects crit.

If there's something else, then please let us know.

Taonnor · February 2016

No aoe cap changes?

wrathofrraath · February 2016

long live dk heals

LorDrek · February 2016

Completly destroy DK and stamina builds.

LokoMatic · February 2016

87% of the community asked for AOE caps to go bye bye, don't let us down Zeni.

Xeven · February 2016

Skorol007 wrote: »

Meteor: This ability and its morphs can no longer be reflected.

Is this a joke?

ZOS_GinaBruno · February 2016

HeroOfNone wrote: »

Are siege effects purgable? Thought that was going to be another featured change @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_BrianWheeler

They were purgable before, and continue to be purgable.

Niaver · February 2016

Pls let people with DirectX 9 play the game -_-. And what about the note about 4 gb RAM? Is it only concerning MAC?

Love Wizard · February 2016

Taonnor wrote: »

No aoe cap changes?

Would love to see this being implemeneted, but one can only hope..

Rune_Relic · February 2016

Thanks Gina...

Soulac · February 2016

Soulac wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno
Did you also fix Willows Path / Champion passives increasing the recovery drink bonus?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Erock25 · February 2016

Bah nothing good for stam sorcs.

Rakno87 · February 2016

Undo the no reflect Meteors NOW ZOS! DO NOT GIVE INTO THE *** QQ SCRUBS!!!! One of the only things DK'S have going for them!!!!! DO NOT NINJA NERF THEM EVEN MORE!!!

hagg3n · February 2016

Niaver wrote: »

Pls let people with DirectX 9 play the game -_-. And what about the note about 4 gb RAM? Is it only concerning MAC?

Yes the 8GB requirement is only for Mac. Although wouldn't hurt on PC too.

SemiD4rkness · February 2016

Did Sorcerers get nerfed in any way?

Dagoth_Rac · February 2016

1). I think the Champion Point changes to damage types are still a problem. Moving magic into the Fire/Frost/Shock star makes sense for some builds, but not all. What about a stam DK? He will be getting a lot of Fire damage from class abilities, but Physical damage from weapon abilities. Stam Sorcs are in a similar situation. We are right back to the imbalance of some classes/builds being able to go all in on one star and min/max their damage, while other classes/builds have to split between different stars and can never get same full 25% buff as other classes/builds.

2). Thaumaturge now increases Damage Over Time skills? Is that on top things like Mighty and Elemental Expert? Or in place of? Will Lava Whip (instant fire damage) gain 25% buff from Elemental Expert and 0% from Thaumaturge? While Searing Strikes (DoT fire damage) gains 0% buff from Elemental Expert and 25% from Thaumaturge? Or will Searing Strikes (DoT fire damage) gain both 25% from Elemental Expert and 25% from Thaumaturge? If the former, people are right back to needing to split stars if they mix a lot of instant damage with DoT. If the latter, DoT skills just became much more powerful than instant damage skills.

3). Was Mighty Changed? Magic from Thaumaturge was moved to Elemental Expert. Thaumaturge itself was completely changed. What happened to Poison and Disease? Moved to Mighty? I don't see any mention of that in patch notes?