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No Minor Force on Dark Deal = Major Stam Sorc Nerf in PvP
Minor Force was removed from Dark Deal entirely.
Stam Sorcs generally don't use Race Against Time in PvP because they already have Streak + Major Expedition from Quick Cloak and Minor Expedition from Hurricane. Stam Sorcs are also typically in 3 to 5 medium for dodge rolls and use Celerity which further removes the need for Race Against Time. The snare and immobilization immunity just isn't needed.
With subclassing, many players no longer use Dark Deal and instead use Animal Companions and Restoring Light for sustain. But some players still use Dark Deal. Now that Minor Force was removed, those players must slot an additional ability or face a -10% crit damage penalty compared to everyone else in PvP. This is a pretty big nerf.
June 2023: PC/Mac Patch Notes v9.0.5
@ZOS_Kevin Is the Dev Team backtracking on Minor Force. If so, why?
Or was this change supposed to be reverted on PTS and was missed on accident?
Stam Sorcs generally don't use Race Against Time in PvP because they already have Streak + Major Expedition from Quick Cloak and Minor Expedition from Hurricane. Stam Sorcs are also typically in 3 to 5 medium for dodge rolls and use Celerity which further removes the need for Race Against Time. The snare and immobilization immunity just isn't needed.
With subclassing, many players no longer use Dark Deal and instead use Animal Companions and Restoring Light for sustain. But some players still use Dark Deal. Now that Minor Force was removed, those players must slot an additional ability or face a -10% crit damage penalty compared to everyone else in PvP. This is a pretty big nerf.
June 2023: PC/Mac Patch Notes v9.0.5
@ZOS_Kevin Is the Dev Team backtracking on Minor Force. If so, why?
Or was this change supposed to be reverted on PTS and was missed on accident?
Assistant for survey maps
I'm watching the modernization of the game and the introduction of new solutions with interest.
I would like to offer a number of ideas that I will post one after another.
Assistant for survey maps
1. How it works
We call (similar to the banker) and put survey maps.
The interface has 6 tabs for each type of craft (there are no survey maps for provisioning).
When the dailies refresh, all survey maps from the assistant disappear, and letters with resources collected from these maps are sent to the mail.
Letters have a 7-day expiration and are located in their new unic section.
2. How to get
Sold in the "Assistants" section for the same price - 5000 crowns.
I would like to offer a number of ideas that I will post one after another.
Assistant for survey maps
1. How it works
We call (similar to the banker) and put survey maps.
The interface has 6 tabs for each type of craft (there are no survey maps for provisioning).
When the dailies refresh, all survey maps from the assistant disappear, and letters with resources collected from these maps are sent to the mail.
Letters have a 7-day expiration and are located in their new unic section.
2. How to get
Sold in the "Assistants" section for the same price - 5000 crowns.
ClericPro
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Re: PTS Update 47 - Feedback Thread for Classes & Abilities Changes
Dark Magic giving 10% more resources "but only sometimes" is kinda weak.
Re: * Very * alarming interventions over guild names in recent weeks
SkaraMinoc wrote: »Nobody at any company should be allowed to change Production data, unless
1) proper JIT elevation is in place (permissions granted only as needed)
2) a 2nd person observes the change as a witness and provides attestation that everything went as expected
This is basic security and privileged access management. So what is going on with ZOS Customer Service?
Problem is too much reliance on an AI system that needs more improvement before it should be used on a live system. And once you have a problem it's extremely difficult to get through the maze and deal with an actual real live CS agent. Many people who've gotten unwarranted bans just give up and leave the game because navigating through to customer service is just too much hassle.
Re: * Very * alarming interventions over guild names in recent weeks
redspecter23 wrote: »As the guild leader of a guild that is actually called Ready Room, I'm rather upset that they would choose the name of an already existing guild to swap you into. Had this remained in place, would there have been two guilds with identical names? I can only imagine the issues that would cause.
In addition to all the concerns raised by the original poster, I'd like to have ZOS please check if the name they are forcing upon a guild is already in use. Thanks.
It's really really strange that they decided to change their guild name to a random name of already existing guild. This whole situation is just bizarre. O.o
Koshka
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Re: PTS Update 47 - Feedback Thread for Classes & Abilities Changes
Please revert the Dark Cloak nerfs!
Have it scale off of combined Armor rating as well so that PvE tanks are best able to leverage it.
This current kludge of move/no move and block/no block is simply NOT IT.
Have it scale off of combined Armor rating as well so that PvE tanks are best able to leverage it.
This current kludge of move/no move and block/no block is simply NOT IT.
Re: * Very * alarming interventions over guild names in recent weeks
Have these guilds used chat or discord to attempt to mass report players for homophobia or anything? Some kind of homophobic or revenge attack is literally the only way the guild being LGBTQ could have anything to do with this.
Or.... some in-group drama.
Because Pacrooti's Hirelings is definitely a violation, and the Catzputin name contains the word Putin which runs the risk of being mistaken for controversially political/also potentially violating terms.
Let's not jump to wild conclusions of "bigots" being responsible for your name change when you have presumably read the terms and conditions and ought to be aware of the violation. They are strict with names, always have been.
Sometimes it's a couple of days, sometimes it's ten years but player and guild names get changed all the time.
It is ridiculous to ask for protection against your own violation of terms.
How is Pacrooti's Hirelings a violation? There's plenty of guilds referring to TES deities and daedric princes, the pvp alliances, Dunmer houses and such. It was always accepted as normal. Like, yes, you can't name your char "Pacrooti the crate peddler", but why would it be against the rules to simply refer to him?
Also, the Catzputin thing is not even related to that guild, but even if it was, it's just a reference to Rasputin, not Putin. 🤷♀️
Koshka
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Re: Dark cloak NERF - seriously!?
3 second duration is way too short to justify the cost.
Re: PTS Update 47 - Feedback Thread for Classes & Abilities Changes
It'd be nice to see NB's veil of blades also get some love.madmufffin wrote: »Northern storm giving ele rage levels of damage for 200 less ult would be nice. The archetype desperately needs some love.
Either morph of Consuming Darkness being worth casting ever would be a welcome change. There are a lot of very lackluster "ultimate" abilities in the game, unfortunately.
Re: * Very * alarming interventions over guild names in recent weeks
I'd also keep in mind the old saying about hearing hoofs and thinking horses not zebras.
This guild, and guilds like it, regularly experience bigotry and harassment. When player reports get their guild name changed twice in a few days, it's logical to suspect it has to do with their LGBTQ+ status.
Whether or not we ever find out if the guild name reports were for homophobic reasons, we absolutely DO know that this guild and guilds like it are regularly harassed, because we can all see it in zone chat and here on the forums.
OP has acknowledged that they do not know for sure what the motive was, just as nobody here knows what the motive was *not*.
This guild, and guilds like it, regularly experience bigotry and harassment. When player reports get their guild name changed twice in a few days, it's logical to suspect it has to do with their LGBTQ+ status.
Whether or not we ever find out if the guild name reports were for homophobic reasons, we absolutely DO know that this guild and guilds like it are regularly harassed, because we can all see it in zone chat and here on the forums.
OP has acknowledged that they do not know for sure what the motive was, just as nobody here knows what the motive was *not*.
hiyde
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