Although I do see your point there are two other stealth races but they are both in one alliance and Argonians are a stealth race being the best scouts and guerrilla fighters but of which demand stealthly powers not to mention the Shadow Scales but because MMOs need a healer race it got relegated to Argonians as a nice slap in the face to TES fans when compared to the other races it's a wonder someone green lighted this and said "yup that's so balanced people will have some hard choices to make for their race" they will glad come here to make edits for profanity but they will be damned if they respondThatNeonZebraAgain wrote: »I tend to disagree with people who push for Argonians to have stealth-related passives. Yes, it fits with the lore, but there are already two races with stealth-based passives, so why have a third? I would also argue that stealth-based passives have even less utility than potion-based ones, especially for end-game PvE and the majority of PvP where you are engaged in non-stealth combat. I'm a fan of the current increase to healing received, since it is unique amongst racials (and is something I've carefully integrated that into the Argonian NB tank build I've been playing since launch ha); I just think the value needs to be increased and/or also be a bonus to healing dealt.
For those interested, here are a bunch of great threads about the state of Argonian passives (none of which have any replies from ZOS, so it is pretty apparent racial passives aren't a priority):
ThatNeonZebraAgain wrote: »Agreed. They replaced a very unique and useful (I would say necessary, for NBs) passive with ones that are much less so. My Argonian NB tank is still very powerful in PvE, but much less so in PvP now. As a stamina build, without Vigor since it is locked away behind months of hardcore PvPing, I now have crap for reliable burst self-heals, whereas previously I could pop big self-heal potions every 15-20 seconds. This has made a huge difference in my survivability in PvP.
That said, I don't think the Argonian nerf was intentional. It was simply a casualty of the buff consolidation ZOS implemented with 1.6. Since potions are now considered buffs just like what abilities confer, and since all buffs now only come in Major/Minor variations whose values don't change (though durations do), Potion Effectiveness was simply rendered obsolete. The issue is that it is very apparent they didn't think through why those passives were important, especially to people that rolled Argonian Nightblades. As a result, the replacement passives don't offer nearly the same utility, and we are left with a downgrade. The passive itself isn't terrible given, but the values are indeed too low, especially since they increased the potion cooldown so much.
I tend to disagree with people who push for Argonians to have stealth-related passives. Yes, it fits with the lore, but there are already two races with stealth-based passives, so why have a third? I would also argue that stealth-based passives have even less utility than potion-based ones, especially for end-game PvE and the majority of PvP where you are engaged in non-stealth combat. I'm a fan of the current increase to healing received, since it is unique amongst racials (and is something I've carefully integrated that into the Argonian NB tank build I've been playing since launch ha); I just think the value needs to be increased and/or also be a bonus to healing dealt.
For those interested, here are a bunch of great threads about the state of Argonian passives (none of which have any replies from ZOS, so it is pretty apparent racial passives aren't a priority):
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/151415/1-6-changes-to-potions-and-related-passives-abilities-issues-and-possible-solutions
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154490/change-to-argonians-best-passive-still-not-in-the-notes#latest
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154004/zenimax-please-reconsider-argonian-racial-passives/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154048/how-come-racials-werent-given-a-pass-in-1-6-zos
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/153268/my-case-for-race-change-option-in-1-6/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/152091/racial-disparity-with-full-list/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/150659/lets-talk-about-argonians-race-change-please/p1
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/30t64a/argonians_huh_good_god_yall_what_are_they_good_for/
ThatNeonZebraAgain wrote: »Agreed. They replaced a very unique and useful (I would say necessary, for NBs) passive with ones that are much less so. My Argonian NB tank is still very powerful in PvE, but much less so in PvP now. As a stamina build, without Vigor since it is locked away behind months of hardcore PvPing, I now have crap for reliable burst self-heals, whereas previously I could pop big self-heal potions every 15-20 seconds. This has made a huge difference in my survivability in PvP.
That said, I don't think the Argonian nerf was intentional. It was simply a casualty of the buff consolidation ZOS implemented with 1.6. Since potions are now considered buffs just like what abilities confer, and since all buffs now only come in Major/Minor variations whose values don't change (though durations do), Potion Effectiveness was simply rendered obsolete. The issue is that it is very apparent they didn't think through why those passives were important, especially to people that rolled Argonian Nightblades. As a result, the replacement passives don't offer nearly the same utility, and we are left with a downgrade. The passive itself isn't terrible given, but the values are indeed too low, especially since they increased the potion cooldown so much.
I tend to disagree with people who push for Argonians to have stealth-related passives. Yes, it fits with the lore, but there are already two races with stealth-based passives, so why have a third? I would also argue that stealth-based passives have even less utility than potion-based ones, especially for end-game PvE and the majority of PvP where you are engaged in non-stealth combat. I'm a fan of the current increase to healing received, since it is unique amongst racials (and is something I've carefully integrated that into the Argonian NB tank build I've been playing since launch ha); I just think the value needs to be increased and/or also be a bonus to healing dealt.
For those interested, here are a bunch of great threads about the state of Argonian passives (none of which have any replies from ZOS, so it is pretty apparent racial passives aren't a priority):
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/151415/1-6-changes-to-potions-and-related-passives-abilities-issues-and-possible-solutions
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154490/change-to-argonians-best-passive-still-not-in-the-notes#latest
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154004/zenimax-please-reconsider-argonian-racial-passives/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154048/how-come-racials-werent-given-a-pass-in-1-6-zos
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/153268/my-case-for-race-change-option-in-1-6/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/152091/racial-disparity-with-full-list/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/150659/lets-talk-about-argonians-race-change-please/p1
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/30t64a/argonians_huh_good_god_yall_what_are_they_good_for/
you think stealth is useless in PvP?
you should really go back to it and see how wrong you are:/
ThatNeonZebraAgain wrote: »ThatNeonZebraAgain wrote: »Agreed. They replaced a very unique and useful (I would say necessary, for NBs) passive with ones that are much less so. My Argonian NB tank is still very powerful in PvE, but much less so in PvP now. As a stamina build, without Vigor since it is locked away behind months of hardcore PvPing, I now have crap for reliable burst self-heals, whereas previously I could pop big self-heal potions every 15-20 seconds. This has made a huge difference in my survivability in PvP.
That said, I don't think the Argonian nerf was intentional. It was simply a casualty of the buff consolidation ZOS implemented with 1.6. Since potions are now considered buffs just like what abilities confer, and since all buffs now only come in Major/Minor variations whose values don't change (though durations do), Potion Effectiveness was simply rendered obsolete. The issue is that it is very apparent they didn't think through why those passives were important, especially to people that rolled Argonian Nightblades. As a result, the replacement passives don't offer nearly the same utility, and we are left with a downgrade. The passive itself isn't terrible given, but the values are indeed too low, especially since they increased the potion cooldown so much.
I tend to disagree with people who push for Argonians to have stealth-related passives. Yes, it fits with the lore, but there are already two races with stealth-based passives, so why have a third? I would also argue that stealth-based passives have even less utility than potion-based ones, especially for end-game PvE and the majority of PvP where you are engaged in non-stealth combat. I'm a fan of the current increase to healing received, since it is unique amongst racials (and is something I've carefully integrated that into the Argonian NB tank build I've been playing since launch ha); I just think the value needs to be increased and/or also be a bonus to healing dealt.
For those interested, here are a bunch of great threads about the state of Argonian passives (none of which have any replies from ZOS, so it is pretty apparent racial passives aren't a priority):
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/151415/1-6-changes-to-potions-and-related-passives-abilities-issues-and-possible-solutions
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154490/change-to-argonians-best-passive-still-not-in-the-notes#latest
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154004/zenimax-please-reconsider-argonian-racial-passives/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154048/how-come-racials-werent-given-a-pass-in-1-6-zos
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/153268/my-case-for-race-change-option-in-1-6/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/152091/racial-disparity-with-full-list/p1
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/150659/lets-talk-about-argonians-race-change-please/p1
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/30t64a/argonians_huh_good_god_yall_what_are_they_good_for/
you think stealth is useless in PvP?
you should really go back to it and see how wrong you are:/
I did not say useless. I said passives that boost stealth-related things provide overall less utility than potions for most situations. I play solo most of the time in PvP, so I use stealth all the time. After that first shot from stealth though, those passives are no longer useful. During prolonged keep sieges, they are similarly not useful (and for any group or end-game PvE they have zero utility). Since the large majority of the abilities you use in PvP happens outside of stealth, and since stealth passives have virtually zero uses for any group of end-game PvE, I think stealth-related passives are not a good way to improve Argonian racials.
Shadesofkin wrote: »I tend to agree that Argonians need some love, I've got one for pure flavor, but I'm as much a munchkin as I am an RPer and I would like to reliable do both with any race.
kendellking_chaosb14_ESO wrote: »I know a lot a people go healing Argonian Templar but that's not the lore, our passive are jacked up because ZOS needed a healer race cause that's what MMOs do problem being that TES doesn't have a race of healer so they took the race they though no one would care about at the end of the day ZOS don't give a damn . Point blank period
ThatHappyCat wrote: »A stealth-based passive would be useless to a large proportion of Argonian players, given that many of us chose the race without that in mind. I'd rather see current passives buffed rather than adding a whole new one that could completely ruin the race for many of us.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »A stealth-based passive would be useless to a large proportion of Argonian players, given that many of us chose the race without that in mind. I'd rather see current passives buffed rather than adding a whole new one that could completely ruin the race for many of us.
You want see buffed potion passive? o c'mon don't be ridiculus, potion passive is a stupid skill that require money to be used!
And i'm not worried about why people choose Argonian, but to give people a better race to play... ( i have a DK and i took the race because i love it from morrowind and the other TES game ).
Leave Guerrila Warfare Expertise and reput Quick to Mend in list, it's not the problem, only i don't want a potion passive... and more people think this..
@Nutronic I have to disagree with the view that Argonians are flexible in ESO. I would rather say they are strictly less effective than any other race in almost all endeavours. This is because their racials are just so bad. The maths has been done before, so I won't repeat it.
As for the potion passive, that was added last minute during beta to change an even more ineffective passive and has now been seriously gutted. Because potion durations have increased and cool downs have increased gaining a small percentage resource regeneration on use is strictly less useful than any other racial passive due to its highly situational effect. And i am unsure the mechanic could ever be balanced as in PvP a high return (25%) would be OP - yet for the relative usefulness that is exactly what is required. Maybe the potion passive could have a trip resource regen bonus for the potions duration? But tying a racial passive to potions seems like a bad idea to me generally.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »ThatHappyCat wrote: »A stealth-based passive would be useless to a large proportion of Argonian players, given that many of us chose the race without that in mind. I'd rather see current passives buffed rather than adding a whole new one that could completely ruin the race for many of us.
You want see buffed potion passive? o c'mon don't be ridiculus, potion passive is a stupid skill that require money to be used!
And i'm not worried about why people choose Argonian, but to give people a better race to play... ( i have a DK and i took the race because i love it from morrowind and the other TES game ).
Leave Guerrila Warfare Expertise and reput Quick to Mend in list, it's not the problem, only i don't want a potion passive... and more people think this..
Given that many people rolled Argonian NB just for the potion synergy, your opinion is hardly shared by most Argonian players.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »ThatHappyCat wrote: »A stealth-based passive would be useless to a large proportion of Argonian players, given that many of us chose the race without that in mind. I'd rather see current passives buffed rather than adding a whole new one that could completely ruin the race for many of us.
You want see buffed potion passive? o c'mon don't be ridiculus, potion passive is a stupid skill that require money to be used!
And i'm not worried about why people choose Argonian, but to give people a better race to play... ( i have a DK and i took the race because i love it from morrowind and the other TES game ).
Leave Guerrila Warfare Expertise and reput Quick to Mend in list, it's not the problem, only i don't want a potion passive... and more people think this..
Given that many people rolled Argonian NB just for the potion synergy, your opinion is hardly shared by most Argonian players.
Perfect you just rolled an argonian only for a potion synergy? and a bonus for stealth attack nont will be better? Most of people complaing about the potion passive because it's the only passive link to your money... be serius, the skill must be remplaced, it's not my fault if you bring this race only for that passive, and in that case, your build it's just ruined from ZOS at the moment, not will be better if they change it instand to return it back for a "item-passive"?