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Re: Ever going to balance streak?
MincMincMinc wrote: »Also no, they wouldnt be overloaded as skills because there are no slotting passives unlike something like a warden skill giving the bonus of 20% recovery and 5% crit damage and a heal and ult gen.
Sorc skills and passives are underloaded compared to the other classes. Now that ward and max mag builds in general are nerfed, no need for further downgrades. In fact, both Dark Magic and Daedric Summoning need fairly big buffs. P
The change to Blood Magic, for example, should be 10% weapon/spell damage for example so that it synergizes with either of the other skill lines, not just the pet line.
katorga
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Re: Ever going to balance streak?
My Sorc doesn't just immediately fall over dead the moment I log into her, so obviously she still needs further nerfs.
As someone who prefers non-pet Sorc (but still, you know, a Sorc), the absolute terror that my abilities might be OP on your bar has all but obliterated my spec. But, of course, it's never enough.
What they've done to non-pet Sorc is bad. What thev've done to straight magica builds is bad. What they've done to Light Armor builds is bad. They continue to weaken the already weak. It was bad to ask for it. It was bad to give it to you. And it'll never, ever, ever be enough.
As someone who prefers non-pet Sorc (but still, you know, a Sorc), the absolute terror that my abilities might be OP on your bar has all but obliterated my spec. But, of course, it's never enough.
What they've done to non-pet Sorc is bad. What thev've done to straight magica builds is bad. What they've done to Light Armor builds is bad. They continue to weaken the already weak. It was bad to ask for it. It was bad to give it to you. And it'll never, ever, ever be enough.
Re: The Crown Store has reached critical levels of immersion breakage
SilverBride wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »Players that prefer a more realistic atmosphere, such as ESO used to have, should not have to accept being constantly assaulted in towns by loud and exploding bright flashes of light every time someone mounts up or ports out. What we prefer should be given equal consideration.
These effects should be muted in towns, and/or a toggle provided for the player to turn these effects off or way down, so everyone can enjoy the game how they prefer.
Except it was not an option as some people like them.
Note that the endeavors makes them much more common.
What was not an option? To have a more realistic world like ESO used to be?
If other players like a bright and loud cartoony experience then that is fine for them. But many of us don't and we shouldn't have our experience ruined over it. Our preferences are just as important as others but we aren't being given any options to play in the world as we once knew it, and as we prefer.
I imagine there are a lot of PvPers who also want the option to play in the world as they once knew it, and as they prefer. You know, before all of those solo PvE players came over trying to turn their Elder Scrolls themed PvP MMO into a TES6 facsimile...
In the world of Live Service, games will change as they pivot to different audiences. It's life. I'm not happy with every move that ZOS has made lately, but I can find parts of the game I like and avoid those I don't. But as for all of the things in game, there are actually lore blurbs showing how each flashy mount and silly polymorph is part of the lore of the world. And part of an MMO is realizing that if other people are around, they have just as much right to play the way they want. "Play the way you want" does end when you're demanding someone else do something.
And technically there is an option if you're looking for a solo Elder Scrolls experience with nobody else around to flash anything in your face. I use the PTS off-season if I want to take screenshots in complete isolation. That's absolutely what you are looking for - a place where you can do the quests and experience the story where nobody else is around and you exclusively see your cosmetics, with nothing and nobody else there dropping 'lore-unfriendly' things in your face.
tomofhyrule
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Re: golden pursuits
Bragging about how easy it is so that they will only make them make it harder next time?!!
Lirkin
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Re: One shotting in PvP and PvP in general
The damage is VERY healthy for PVP. The environment is far better when people actually die.
The thing about these combos is that they're all blockable and dodgeable. Outside of being ganked from stealth, you always have ample opportunity for counterplay to them. That is the exact kind of high damage we want to see - direct damage with good counterplay as opposed to dot/proc damage with no counterplay.
This game was at it's peak when anyone could one shot eachother with a dswing -> leap or incap -> bow style combo. It's nice to see we've made some progress back towards that meta.
I know it's blockable and I also much prefer dying to direct damage than to dot/proc metas 100%. What I'm trying to get at it I've seen people get one shot by good timed incap from 100% health to zero among good players. It feels much different from the dwing > incap > bow where you get hit by 3 differently timed skills rather than just one incap timed with other skills/cp.
They aren't one shotting you with just an incap, though. They're doing deep fissure -> ulfsilds -> incap, three abilities stacked into one GCD. Good burst combos have always consisted of this sort of thing.
The counterplay, especially if they're doing the riposte thing you're referring to, is to just pay attention to when they ulfsilds. Anything they're going to try to hit you with after that ulfsilds is blockable and dodgeable, outside of maybe a javelin.
React
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
subclassing has been really bad for PvP. That and vengeance mode has already driven off a lot of the few remaining PvP mains.
....still waiting on those caps on cross healing and shield stacking and limiting free pull sets to "monsters only".
....still waiting on those caps on cross healing and shield stacking and limiting free pull sets to "monsters only".
reazea
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Ever going to balance streak?
Streak is number 1 mobility skill before subclass and worse after subclass. Just now you have people using streak in combo with other classes delays. Terrible oversight.
Halve it's range in pvp already or slap a 0.4s cast time or remove the stun in exchange for off balance in pvp.
Also unnerf cloak since barley anyone uses it. Can't be op if every player is running streak instead.
Halve it's range in pvp already or slap a 0.4s cast time or remove the stun in exchange for off balance in pvp.
Also unnerf cloak since barley anyone uses it. Can't be op if every player is running streak instead.
Re: Bovine Mount
Cow mounts also COW PETS!
I have goats, chickens, and even a sheep on my little farm in Skyrim. I want COWS.
I have goats, chickens, and even a sheep on my little farm in Skyrim. I want COWS.
Re: Could We Change Ghostly Embrace To Hit In Same Location 3 Times Instead Of Moving Forward?
The 3 months when Ghostly Embrace was good (CC + damage) stacking the circles was the ideal usage of it. Catch the tree, box, tower, or rock runners off guard hit x3 with a stun into your burst. Outside of those 3 months it's been an F tier skill not worth the bar space it would take up.
Without the damage it's the worst cc skill in the game that costs too much for how often it misses, and without the cc it's a meh PvE only damage ability that you will rarely get full utilization of. Both Bone Totem and Grave Grasp are long overdue to be reworked into reliable instant lockdown tools for the Necromancer. It's the only class with 0 mobility, 0 reliable ways to keep enemies near it (Every Necro CC has a delay and is AoE so no targeting and harder to land than Streak, Burning Talons, and Warden Charm with less payoff), and nothing to make up for this serious gap in its toolkit. After all these years you'd think something would have been done we're at the point of willful negligence.
Changes I'd like to see to Necromancer's support lines
Bone Tyrant
Without the damage it's the worst cc skill in the game that costs too much for how often it misses, and without the cc it's a meh PvE only damage ability that you will rarely get full utilization of. Both Bone Totem and Grave Grasp are long overdue to be reworked into reliable instant lockdown tools for the Necromancer. It's the only class with 0 mobility, 0 reliable ways to keep enemies near it (Every Necro CC has a delay and is AoE so no targeting and harder to land than Streak, Burning Talons, and Warden Charm with less payoff), and nothing to make up for this serious gap in its toolkit. After all these years you'd think something would have been done we're at the point of willful negligence.
Changes I'd like to see to Necromancer's support lines
Bone Tyrant
- Bone Armor and its morphs turn the player into a corpse instead of dropping a corpse after being active for 10 seconds. This will solve the issues of tethers being unreliable in the highly mobile PvP environments. If I can cast Restoring tether or Shocking Siphon on myself I don't have to worry about it breaking 2 seconds after it's been cast if LoS (Line of Sight) becomes a factor in the fight. Spoiler alert ZOS almost every fight in PvP someone will be using LoS.
- Bone Totem Needs to be turned into the Necromancer's domain. This class has the worst cc and worst mobility, with no reliable way to lock things down it needs an area where it holds the advantage. Bone Totem should have a 12 meters radius and last 20 seconds. Enemies in the area are snared by 60% and inflicted with Major Cowardice and Minor LIfesteal while the caster and allies get Minor Protection and increased recoveries. Increases the damage and healing of your pets in the area by 15%. The morphs additions can stay the same Remote Totem able to be placed at a distance, but I'd like to see the Agony Totem morph get the addition to work as a self synergy.
- Empowering Grasp to Grasp of the Dead A good AoE hard CC with a 8 meter radius centered on the caster. An instant fear that applies a frost sticky DoT component with guaranteed chilled. If those affected can't be feared they are immobilized instead. (The separating damage and cc from U44 dev notes doesn't hold water when you have skills like Streak, Burning Talons, Crystallized Slab, Artic Wind, Warden Charm, Incap, Crippling Grasp, Abyssal Impact, Rune of Displacement, Piercing Javelin, Focused Charge, Unstable Core, Petrify, and I probably missed some. Point is there are more CC with damage than without so why put more restrictions on the Necromancer CC that isn't even guaranteed to land? Give us a reliable CC we've waited long enough. The combat team has shown they can still make good AoE cc with Warden's Charm time to do the same to Necromancer. You know the class that actually needed a good cc.
- Death Gleaning Whenever an enemy you are in combat with within 28 meters of you dies or a summon minion expires restore 666 Magicka and Stamina.
- Last Gasp Increase your Max Health by 2412. Whenever you consume a corpse gain Bone Storm for 4 seconds afflicting all enemies withing 6 meters of you with a stack of Hemorrhaging every 2 seconds and Minor Mangle for 4 seconds. This affect can occur every 8 seconds. (Grave Lord should also have a passive that interacts with the corpse system)
- Expunge This skill and morphs needs more value. I'd replace the 3% cost reduction with Minor Intellect and Endurance while slotted on either bar. For Expunge and Modify I'd keep the restoring 515 Magicka/Stamina and add Major Expedition for 4 seconds with an additional 4 seconds for each negative effect removed. For Hexproof it still removes up to 4 negative effects and gives Major Evasion for 5 seconds with an additional 5 seconds for each negative effect removed. You never see this cleanse ran compared to its more bang for your buck contemporaries Betty Netch and Extended Ritual. Why is that? In this era of ESO even more now with subclassing people are slotting skills that do multiple things.
Betty Netch a free cast and forget periodic purge with sustain, Major Brut/Sorc, unique 5% damage boost, and a heal when it ends or you recast it is amazing value. It can be spammed cast to get rid of multiple affects and gives you a heal each time you cast it.
Ritual an expensive group purge with a great HoT that last 30 seconds over a large area with a synergy is an amazing tool.
Compared those to Expunge a self purge that costs health and only gives you a slight cost reduction when you are on that bar. That isn't great value, bar space is limited not free real estate, we can't waste time with a one trick pony in this era. Another is the passive vs active benefit. The other two cleanses do things at activation and for a decent duration after you cast them while after you press the button to cast Expunge and its morphs the skill is over. - Render Flesh Time to remove the Minor Defile or boost the healing of this skill and its morphs to make the drawback worthwhile. With the change to Minor Defile it also discourages Necromancers from running shields since the Curative Curse passive doesn't boost shield strength by 12%. Currently you're better off running Healing Soul as you'll always have a negative effect on you and you can get 12% extra healing + Major Vitality
- Curative Curse While a Living Death ability is active increase your healing done by 12%
- Undead Confederate Increase your Health, Magicka, and Stamina recovery by 150 for each Necromancer minion you have active. (Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender)
The recovery for this passive wasn't strong enough to warrant a nerf in U46 especially when there are much stronger recovery passives that were not touched. I've put forth this suggestion in the past and believe it's even more impactful now as it will be a bonus for Necromancers who actually want to play Necromancer instead of NB, Sorc, or Warden. If you subclass into Living death you get a 150 boost to your recoveries which ZOS think is a balanced value for other classes using this line, but if you actually play the class the value compounds rewarding true Necromancers.
Deimus
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