Ezareth - Sorc Assassins PvP Video

Ezareth

Just a few clips thrown together of me and Exquisite Bedlam and a few other sorcs running around terrorizing Cyrodiil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9YEcLHIL0

olsborg

Good vid, I see alot of sorc vids where the sorc uses bol/streak on both bars...dunno why, wep swap is pretty reactive these days.

Tankqull

olsborg wrote: »

Good vid, I see alot of sorc vids where the sorc uses bol/streak on both bars...dunno why, wep swap is pretty reactive these days.

procing frags while bolting and not having to switch your qb every time you are in full defense mode to bolt away is extreamly handy and can save your life.
with the new lockout timer after ability use and qb switching it becomes even worse. i have had on only one bar but with the crapy changes in 1.6 i switched to double bol and that cuts my deaths down by half.

olsborg

Tankqull wrote: »

olsborg wrote: »

Good vid, I see alot of sorc vids where the sorc uses bol/streak on both bars...dunno why, wep swap is pretty reactive these days.

procing frags while bolting and not having to switch your qb every time you are in full defense mode to bolt away is extreamly handy and can save your life.
with the new lockout timer after ability use and qb switching it becomes even worse. i have had on only one bar but with the crapy changes in 1.6 i switched to double bol and that cuts my deaths down by half.

fairnuff. I have bol on main bar tho where cf is aswell

Cinnamon_Spider

Those guys are probably still having nightmares about daedric mines.

Imdrefan

Dat overload

RinaldoGandolphi

As always @Ezareth The Overload is strong within you

Oughash

Fun video.

That first clip.... those EP got REKT. hahah

Kypho

Opcerers are so skilled

Eso: magickaspam and neverrunoutofmagicka online crap. Permanently damaged combat mechanics and balance. great fail zenimax.

Bashev

The number of the Sorc pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

Nivzruo_ESO

Bashev wrote: »

The number of the Sorce pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

This..

vichoi

Bashev wrote: »

The number of the Sorc pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

Ezareth was doing this before 1.6, you can watch his old videos In YouTube. class do not make someone op, but their skill does.

Bashev

vichoi wrote: »

Bashev wrote: »

The number of the Sorc pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

Ezareth was doing this before 1.6, you can watch his old videos In YouTube. class do not make someone op, but their skill does.

I have never said that he is bad and everything is based on the fact that Sors are OP right now. I just wanted to note that the number of the Sors PvP videos drastically increased after 1.6

Xsorus

I see clear Stamina issues with Sorcs in this video *grin*

CP5

Bashev wrote: »

vichoi wrote: »

Bashev wrote: »

The number of the Sorc pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

Ezareth was doing this before 1.6, you can watch his old videos In YouTube. class do not make someone op, but their skill does.

I have never said that he is bad and everything is based on the fact that Sors are OP right now. I just wanted to note that the number of the Sors PvP videos drastically increased after 1.6

It could possibly be since sorcerer builds like this one got attention in the patch and are more effective? Besides, how many of these videos show a sorcerer jumping into a zerg and not only tanking all of the damage but also killing them?

xsorusb14_ESO wrote: »

I see clear Stamina issues with Sorcs in this video *grin*

And don't say this... People need to be able to hold their illusion that sorcerer's are unkillable destroyers of worlds.

Joy_Division

Nice video I do have a question: why do so sorcerers jump around more than House of Pain?

Lorkhan

sorcs OP, nerf it

Ezareth

olsborg wrote: »

Good vid, I see alot of sorc vids where the sorc uses bol/streak on both bars...dunno why, wep swap is pretty reactive these days.

I run it on all 3 bars (including overload). I'd love to save the extra two slots but it isn't you get stuck in overload more often than weaponsswap and then there is the double-swap that happens unpredictably that would really get you killed if you needed to bolt. Being assured that my '3' key will bolt when all else fails is necessary for survival sadly.

Bashev wrote: »

vichoi wrote: »

Bashev wrote: »

The number of the Sorc pvp videos post 1.6 soon will be equal to the number of the DK pvp videos pre 1.6. I am wondering why? I guess everybody knows the answer.

Ezareth was doing this before 1.6, you can watch his old videos In YouTube. class do not make someone op, but their skill does.

I have never said that he is bad and everything is based on the fact that Sors are OP right now. I just wanted to note that the number of the Sors PvP videos drastically increased after 1.6

There has always been a large number of Sorc PvP videos compared to other classes. If I had to guess it is because watching someone bolt around and utilize their mobility is more enjoyable than watching some DK spam Invasion, banner and flame whip over and over in a blob of people but maybe I'm just biased in this regard.

If I had to put money on something I'd say that the number of new Nightblade PvP videos has exceeded the number of Sorc PvP videos recently and the number of DK videos is roughly equal to it.

Let's see Sypher has release 2 recent NB videos, one stamina one magicka, Liberate just released a Stam NB video, Sunshine released a Stam NB video, Ebonheart Templar released a Stam NB video, Soulac released a Stam NB video, Blobsky released Two Magicka NB videos

On the DK front Jurra released a DK stam video, Xsorus released a DK stam video, Lorian released a DK Magicka video,

Only 1 templar video - Blabfat ...templar PvP videos are rare gems.

On the Sorc front there is my video, Bolterity's 6 sorc Video and Bolterity's 2 v x video, Teargrant's video and a few videos of Leper Si and 1 of Equisite Bedlam, the frequency of these videos hasn't changed and there are no new Sorc PvP video entrants that I know of.

Perhaps us Sorcs are just good at bumping our PvP video threads ( =

xsorusb14_ESO wrote: »

I see clear Stamina issues with Sorcs in this video *grin*

I don't have any stamina issues because I'm using 3 Stamina Cost reduction enchants. OP Enchants are OP ( =

Joy_Division wrote: »

Nice video I do have a question: why do so sorcerers jump around more than House of Pain?

There are many many reasons sorcs bunny hop. The first Sorc I saw doing this was Rosalin on Volendrung from ages past. It made no sense to me then other than the guy was damn good and way ahead of his time. After playing with the combat system long enough you start taking advantage of every tiny thing that you can.

There probably a dozen reason why I bunny hop constantly and I really can't tell you offhand what they are as I do it subconsciously now. You bunny hop to stop casts (when block isn't a better alternative). You bunny hop to continue in a direction while using an ability. You bunny hop right before you bolt escape and *sometimes* yo can get some lift added to the end of your bolt (great for terrain manuevers). You bunny hop to make your character more difficult to hit (especially for melee and range users not using tab targetting).

I know there are ton of other reasons I bunny hop but the action is subconscious now in most of those circumstances.

TheBucket

Damn. Almost got inb4 Ezareth defending Sorc's again. lol

cozmon3c_ESO

i bunny hop to keep moving in one direction at full speed while i start to cast something, that way im not hindered by the cast time speed reduction until i hit the ground. same goes for heavy attacks.

to be honest i have to stop jumping around so much now because abilities stop working for no apparent reason when you are in the air sometimes. my buddy said its because you start falling and its probably bugged where the game thinks your falling even though you are on level ground. its a hard habbit to break after hopping around for over a year on my sorc.

cozmon3c_ESO

lol all these people standing around letting you overload them in the face over and over, good video. i can see the running to the forums crying 'Nerf Sorc, Nerf Sorc'! lol

cwp303b14_ESO

First of all, that video gets me pumped. I really liked the intro and the clip in the middle was perfect. A+ man.

Second, I frequent the forums and see in a lot of your posts that your idea towards balance is to tone down the amount of regen possible now that softcaps are gone. The regen creates unlimited dodge rolling and BoL spam making some targets almost immortal if played strictly in a defensive way with bursty moments to secure kills. I used to agree with you. Then I had a thought while watching your video.

Limitless regen promotes group gameplay. Maybe that was the intention. They don't want to balance on a 1v1 basis. If classes are practically immortal due to such high regen in a duel then, it naturally makes sense that they want more than one player to burst through shields, catch dodge rollers, CC, and blow up targets.

That's not to say you can't effectively solo some enemies. I just think they might not want to change that paradigm since it promotes duos/small groups which in turn promotes player community and thus, the game itself.

Francescolg

S.o. could also argue, making the templar a gimp class without burst-capability (class skills) would also promote group play, leaving them no other alternative than playing healer.. (adios magicka-dd templar, if we ever met..)

Cinnamon_Spider

Joy_Division wrote: »

Nice video I do have a question: why do so sorcerers jump around more than House of Pain?

Have you ever seen those flashlights that you charge by shaking? This is how we charge our bolt escape.

Ezareth

cwp303b14_ESO wrote: »

First of all, that video gets me pumped. I really liked the intro and the clip in the middle was perfect. A+ man.

Second, I frequent the forums and see in a lot of your posts that your idea towards balance is to tone down the amount of regen possible now that softcaps are gone. The regen creates unlimited dodge rolling and BoL spam making some targets almost immortal if played strictly in a defensive way with bursty moments to secure kills. I used to agree with you. Then I had a thought while watching your video.

Limitless regen promotes group gameplay. Maybe that was the intention. They don't want to balance on a 1v1 basis. If classes are practically immortal due to such high regen in a duel then, it naturally makes sense that they want more than one player to burst through shields, catch dodge rollers, CC, and blow up targets.

That's not to say you can't effectively solo some enemies. I just think they might not want to change that paradigm since it promotes duos/small groups which in turn promotes player community and thus, the game itself.

Glad you enjoyed the Palpatine clip and the movie! That scene has been in my mind ever since I was level 10 and used my first Power Overload heavy attack. Every time I try to use it I say in TS "I'm going Palapatine on their ass". In PvP however that was probably the only time I've tore into a group of players with it without getting bashed or otherwise insta-gibbed. Once that footage occurred I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. I just wouldn't advise trying to do that against a good group of players with any kind of expectation for a positive outcome haha.

On your thoughts with regen I tend not to agree. I think the scarcity of resources actually promotes more group play as each member of the group is forced to specialize (Damage, heals, support, etc) in order to maximize the resources they have at their disposal. With my existing build, I'm able to do damage (primarily through a focus on overload and elemental mastery), Mobility and high defense through bolt escape and shield spam, and break free-dodge roll/defensive posture spam through stamina regen and stamina cost-reduction enchants. Basically I'm able to have the best of all worlds and don't need to specialize in anything....all because of the power of uncapped and multiplicative sources of regen.

Now I don't think they should come down *hard* on regen, I think they should do it slowly at first and continue if necessary with small adjustments. I'm actually a firm believer that 3 of the four classes *are* balanced in 1 v 1 basis right now (with Templar coming up a little bit short right now but with the bug fixes and changes coming to them they should be brought in line). What we're seeing is a large influx of players in Cyrodiil with very little experience in Cyrodiil much as we saw at the launch of the game.

In group PvP coordination and specialization of individuals to complement a group wins out of class makeup every time.

ToRelax

cozmon3c_ESO wrote: »

i bunny hop to keep moving in one direction at full speed while i start to cast something, that way im not hindered by the cast time speed reduction until i hit the ground. same goes for heavy attacks.

to be honest i have to stop jumping around so much now because abilities stop working for no apparent reason when you are in the air sometimes. my buddy said its because you start falling and its probably bugged where the game thinks your falling even though you are on level ground. its a hard habbit to break after hopping around for over a year on my sorc.

You can't break out of Fear when CC'ed in the air. Got me killed two times today again -.- .

Makkir

I wish Tactical Foundry would allow you to move the damn attributes window

k2blader

Fun! Those reds on the bridge, though, seemed more stupefied than normal, lol.

I've been curious how things look from your side of the screen. Those were some beefy shields and good/great damage (better than I anticipated actually), though I'm most impressed with how your magicka never seemed challenged, so to speak. Now I can totally see how average (or not as "well set up") opponents might consider you a "super sorc." But I still find it funny some folks are so invested in that notion they've deluded themselves to believe the equivalent of your video happens every time they encounter any sorc, which I know can't be true, unless they are more suited to playing something like Disney's Bad Hair Day Prom Pursuit (don't ask :-).

Anyway, would enjoy seeing duel vids too in the future.

RinaldoGandolphi

cozmon3c_ESO wrote: »

lol all these people standing around letting you overload them in the face over and over, good video. i can see the running to the forums crying 'Nerf Sorc, Nerf Sorc'! lol

I know right!? I overloaded 5 people this evening outside nikel, none of them even tried to dodge it at all....I was lol. I was watching other sorcs as well do it, it amazes me how many folks wont dodge them.

Randomgamers

woodsro wrote: »

cozmon3c_ESO wrote: »

lol all these people standing around letting you overload them in the face over and over, good video. i can see the running to the forums crying 'Nerf Sorc, Nerf Sorc'! lol

I know right!? I overloaded 5 people this evening outside nikel, none of them even tried to dodge it at all....I was lol. I was watching other sorcs as well do it, it amazes me how many folks wont dodge them.

alot of people cant dodge roll unlimited overload spam...if u dodge 3 there's going to be 3 more coming right at you

I say take overload out/change it distractedly and see how sorcs fair

SafiyerAmitora

Okay, this... This is just too awesome. Love ettttt!

Ezareth op. Keep up the amazing Sorciness!