xxslam48xxb14_ESO wrote: »xxslam48xxb14_ESO wrote: »Nothing makes a nb better at sniping, people just have it set in their mind that we are the only ones that can do it. Someone snipe->meteors you and your dead no matter what class your fighting. We can maintain snipe spam better I suppose and we can follow it up with a faster gap closer, but its all mental. Its like our only valid play style so you see a lot more of it from nbs then from other classes.Cant any class use a bow, go stealth, Camo Hunter, Snipe???? I'm not being a smart ass. I just started playing not long ago. What makes a NB better?
Ohh you mean nothing like this?
Increases Weapon and Spell Damage while invisible or stealthed by 10%.
Successful stealthed attacks stun for 100% longer.
Increases bonus Critical Strike damage by 10%.
A successful critical hit gives nearby Minor Savagery, increasing Weapon Critical Strike rating by 629 for 20 seconds.
Relentless Focus - Also grants Minor Berserk, and Minor Endurance, increasing your damage by 8% and Stamina Regeneration by 10%.
Mark Target - Expose an enemy’s weaknesses to afflict them with Major Fracture and Major Breach, reducing Armor and Spell resistance by 5120 for 27 seconds.
No class has anything similar to the NB class when it comes to stealth attacks.
YAWN, yes you are clearly one of the people! Stun=/= burst, when my crit is already 50% passive the crit increasing effects are meaningless, relentless takes up a slot (one I could put an actual burst move into) for not much gain, no competent ganker marks before firing, thats something you do after the burst and only if its a nb/heavily armored foe. Sometimes you mark people who are about to die as well to heal, but of course that is not burst. Anything else you forgot to mention? Nb focus is clearly on stealth attacks, but that is one aspect of bursting someone and its much more useful to do it outside of stealth where a majority of fights happen. Where of course nbs are given almost no advantage. Let us not forget that outside of our ultimates what class moves are really all that great for burst? None hit too hard by themselves and are often used in combo with moves outside of our class. By all means run up to a competent player and spam ambush or surprise attack, you wont get far(its funny cause ambush spammers are a real thing).
Maybe other classes should invent their own combos off weapon moves. I cant say I could give any pointers, but thats for them to figure out. Sneak a snipe into an insta cast crystal frag? Thats probably more damaging then snipe->ambush, but admittedly harder to pull off.
I don't know why you keep trying to downplay the class everywhere. I'm just stating the obvious here, if you want to play a Stealth character you should be a NB.
What about pull out a bow, and start dodgeroll, put in an rapid manevour+ CloakYou cannot get better defence then that.
In PvP i would like to say mobility> defence. And NB are best at both mobility and burst.
Yes, NB stealth attacks are the strongest, and Sorcerers are the strongest burst class outside of stealth, as well as the strongest one defensively.
I don't know I got a 17K wrecking blow crit on my level 41 NB last night. I haven't seen a 17K Crit on my VR14 Sorc on anything other than a trash mob since Nirnhoned weapons were fixed. Just wait until he's VR14.
Wrecking Blow and Crystal Frags have the exact same damage coefficient. You also shouldn't compare stealth attacks with non stealth attacks. At lvl41 Wrecking Blow does not hit for 17K without a stealth attack.
cozmon3c_ESO wrote: »where does stam sorc fit into this, there is no way to mitigate that burst nightblades pull off from stealth because hardened ward doesnt work for stam users, 4k shield will just cause unmitigated blead over damage that can be crit. NB complain about not having a shield or heal yet you can just turn your asses invisible and reposition all the damn time.
the only class you have to bring a detect pot or immovable pot to fight on equal footing with. hell the only class i have to bring a pot to fight in general. you say cloak breaks all the time, well hell so does bolt escape and we are still visible as well and cant be like, oh im just going to slip into invisible land and no one can find me with 30 people looking.
hell even with radiant mage light up i cannot survive some night blades opening burst and if i do. guess whats going to happen. ambush fear burst, omg you guys are so smart. using these combos that dont have a counter too, isnt it just f'ing amazing.
so please tell me how to survive your burst if i dont have a way to mitigate your burst outside of boundless storm and bound armor. radiant doesnt help crap or even find any of you f'ers unless im standing on your faces. your like annoying little cockroaches that just need to be squished.
I don't know why you keep trying to downplay the class everywhere. I'm just stating the obvious here, if you want to play a Stealth character you should be a NB.
What about pull out a bow, and start dodgeroll, put in an rapid manevour+ CloakYou cannot get better defence then that.
In PvP i would like to say mobility> defence. And NB are best at both mobility and burst.
I'm not sure but it sounds like you're agreeing with me. I already do this on my NB haha.Yes, NB stealth attacks are the strongest, and Sorcerers are the strongest burst class outside of stealth, as well as the strongest one defensively.
I don't know I got a 17K wrecking blow crit on my level 41 NB last night. I haven't seen a 17K Crit on my VR14 Sorc on anything other than a trash mob since Nirnhoned weapons were fixed. Just wait until he's VR14.
Wrecking Blow and Crystal Frags have the exact same damage coefficient. You also shouldn't compare stealth attacks with non stealth attacks. At lvl41 Wrecking Blow does not hit for 17K without a stealth attack.
Exact same damage coefficient yet I have greater ways to increase my damage *and* guarantee a crit with the best crit damage bonuses in the game, plus there is the simple fact that it is possible to get over 4K weapon damage any not anywhere close to that in spellpower.
Let's not play this game of stupidity.cozmon3c_ESO wrote: »where does stam sorc fit into this, there is no way to mitigate that burst nightblades pull off from stealth because hardened ward doesnt work for stam users, 4k shield will just cause unmitigated blead over damage that can be crit. NB complain about not having a shield or heal yet you can just turn your asses invisible and reposition all the damn time.
the only class you have to bring a detect pot or immovable pot to fight on equal footing with. hell the only class i have to bring a pot to fight in general. you say cloak breaks all the time, well hell so does bolt escape and we are still visible as well and cant be like, oh im just going to slip into invisible land and no one can find me with 30 people looking.
hell even with radiant mage light up i cannot survive some night blades opening burst and if i do. guess whats going to happen. ambush fear burst, omg you guys are so smart. using these combos that dont have a counter too, isnt it just f'ing amazing.
so please tell me how to survive your burst if i dont have a way to mitigate your burst outside of boundless storm and bound armor. radiant doesnt help crap or even find any of you f'ers unless im standing on your faces. your like annoying little cockroaches that just need to be squished.
"Stam Sorc" is akin to saying "Screen Door Submarine". Sure you could build one, but why would you want to?
Stamina nb with dw will outburst a magicka sorc anytime, because they dont have to wait for a 3.5 sec explotion or a lucky 35% procc or 1.5 sec cast time.
If everything would be the same it'd be kinda boring, wouldn't it?
Right, a stamina NB is able to get higher burst than you but is not able to shield himself and needs to go in melee range.
Every class got advantages and disadvantages or do you want to whine about not being as tanky as a DK as well?
Not whining, at all. Just stating a fact. Yea sorcs got shields, but stamina nb got dodge, I guess this is where you tell me sorcs got dodge too, but if you dodge too much as a sorc you are hereby known as dumb because your stamina would be gone after 2-3 rolls and its smarter to reapply hardward. If I had the stamina and dodge cost reduction of a stamina nb, id much rather dodge then shieldup.
Every class has disadvantages and advantages, the stam nbs biggest advantage is having the (potentially) highest burst in this game, by far.
If they change nirnhoned as planned your burst will go up as sorc, isn't it something?
Im not complaining about my own burst, as a sorc, just stating the fact that stam nbs can have it quite abit higher. I still havent met anyone of any class that I cannot kill, nirnhoned or not. I dont believe in whining, just saying whats true, and the fact that nbs can outburst a sorc is true, and thats not saying the sorc will automaticly loose either, sorcs can mitigate alot, nbs can dodge alot, in the end the balance atm is fine(open combat), atleast when talking about nb vs sorc. DK and Temp on the other hand, are abit behind, atleast in my experience.
Sure, Templar and DK need a little push, but nothing needs a real nerf in my opinion.
Stamina nb with dw will outburst a magicka sorc anytime, because they dont have to wait for a 3.5 sec explotion or a lucky 35% procc or 1.5 sec cast time.
If everything would be the same it'd be kinda boring, wouldn't it?
Right, a stamina NB is able to get higher burst than you but is not able to shield himself and needs to go in melee range.
Every class got advantages and disadvantages or do you want to whine about not being as tanky as a DK as well?
Not whining, at all. Just stating a fact. Yea sorcs got shields, but stamina nb got dodge, I guess this is where you tell me sorcs got dodge too, but if you dodge too much as a sorc you are hereby known as dumb because your stamina would be gone after 2-3 rolls and its smarter to reapply hardward. If I had the stamina and dodge cost reduction of a stamina nb, id much rather dodge then shieldup.
Every class has disadvantages and advantages, the stam nbs biggest advantage is having the (potentially) highest burst in this game, by far.
If they change nirnhoned as planned your burst will go up as sorc, isn't it something?
Im not complaining about my own burst, as a sorc, just stating the fact that stam nbs can have it quite abit higher. I still havent met anyone of any class that I cannot kill, nirnhoned or not. I dont believe in whining, just saying whats true, and the fact that nbs can outburst a sorc is true, and thats not saying the sorc will automaticly loose either, sorcs can mitigate alot, nbs can dodge alot, in the end the balance atm is fine(open combat), atleast when talking about nb vs sorc. DK and Temp on the other hand, are abit behind, atleast in my experience.
Sure, Templar and DK need a little push, but nothing needs a real nerf in my opinion.
I actually think Nb needs a buff regarding burst and resource management.
Nightblade all the way. You can go glass cannon and rely on rolls/cloak to get you out of any bind. Most importantly, a uber cheap/fast ultimate plus a sure aoe cc cannot be beaten. Trust me.
Yeah, Sorcerers totally cannot Bolt Escape to safety! Never happens!rich.magab14a_ESO wrote: »It's funny how not many people have noticed the other elephant in the room when it comes to NBs. Their stealth and escape abilities allow them to get out of combat very quickly, allowing them to change their skill bar and adjust to any situation. No other class can do that
Lava_Croft wrote: »Stamina Nightblades can certainly not spam Cloak.Yeah, Sorcerers totally cannot Bolt Escape to safety! Never happens!rich.magab14a_ESO wrote: »It's funny how not many people have noticed the other elephant in the room when it comes to NBs. Their stealth and escape abilities allow them to get out of combat very quickly, allowing them to change their skill bar and adjust to any situation. No other class can do that
Lava_Croft wrote: »Stamina Nightblades can certainly not spam Cloak.Yeah, Sorcerers totally cannot Bolt Escape to safety! Never happens!rich.magab14a_ESO wrote: »It's funny how not many people have noticed the other elephant in the room when it comes to NBs. Their stealth and escape abilities allow them to get out of combat very quickly, allowing them to change their skill bar and adjust to any situation. No other class can do that
1 or 2 get away from me, usually when I fat finger my fear.
Crit-charge owns sorcs so hard its not even funny, if you see them cast a shield after bolt escaping, pop your fear while they're stuck on the GCD and <Insert Execute Here>
Yeah, gap closers totally do not screw over Cloak since forever.Lava_Croft wrote: »Stamina Nightblades can certainly not spam Cloak.Yeah, Sorcerers totally cannot Bolt Escape to safety! Never happens!rich.magab14a_ESO wrote: »It's funny how not many people have noticed the other elephant in the room when it comes to NBs. Their stealth and escape abilities allow them to get out of combat very quickly, allowing them to change their skill bar and adjust to any situation. No other class can do that
1 or 2 get away from me, usually when I fat finger my fear.
Crit-charge owns sorcs so hard its not even funny, if you see them cast a shield after bolt escaping, pop your fear while they're stuck on the GCD and <Insert Execute Here>
That's because ZOS logic. Do more damage with your spells, you need to equip a melee weapon.andre.luiz.bandeirapub18_ESO wrote: »So, i need to be a magika NB to focus a pvp build araound cloack... but i need to be a stambow/2h or bow/dual to be a hard hitter??i never see a magika NB hiting hard with a staff.
andre.luiz.bandeirapub18_ESO wrote: »So, i need to be a magika NB to focus a pvp build araound cloack... but i need to be a stambow/2h or bow/dual to be a hard hitter??i never see a magika NB hiting hard with a staff.
twistedmonk wrote: »andre.luiz.bandeirapub18_ESO wrote: »So, i need to be a magika NB to focus a pvp build araound cloack... but i need to be a stambow/2h or bow/dual to be a hard hitter??i never see a magika NB hiting hard with a staff.
sadly a dual wield magic NB does more damage than using a 2-hander destro staff...
For whatever reason, ZOS made 2-hander magic weapons base damage a lot less than physical weapons. But then they made spell damage be the higher of spell or weapon damage.
the whole system is just whack to be honest.
we went from pre 1.6 destro/resto Vamp DKs in light armor soloing 20+ people to stamina nightblades 1-shotting people
xxslam48xxb14_ESO wrote: »Ive seen the best burst today and its not a stamina build. Its proximity det -> ambush, hit me for 16k detenation and 11k ambush and thats a magicka build. Snipe is a joke next to that. Just wait till it gets more popular, thats got to be addressed pronto its sapping all the skill out of pvp and there wasn't much to begin with.
twistedmonk wrote: »xxslam48xxb14_ESO wrote: »Ive seen the best burst today and its not a stamina build. Its proximity det -> ambush, hit me for 16k detenation and 11k ambush and thats a magicka build. Snipe is a joke next to that. Just wait till it gets more popular, thats got to be addressed pronto its sapping all the skill out of pvp and there wasn't much to begin with.
ambush is stamina based, so not sure how a magic NB could do 11k ambush, magic NB''s use the unmorphed teleport strike...which does not have the empower 20% attack bonus on next attack like ambush does
on a sorc magic build with 35k magic + 2k weapon damage (forced to use dual wield to get that weapon damage, normally destro weapon dmg is around 1.4k) - magic detonation does about 11k
ambush on stamina does 12k
heavy attack from stealth = 18k
wrecking blow does upwards of 28k
if you had nirnhone - magic dmg would be reduced significatantly...16k detonation->8k or less
Lava_Croft wrote: »Stamina Nightblades can certainly not spam Cloak.Yeah, Sorcerers totally cannot Bolt Escape to safety! Never happens!rich.magab14a_ESO wrote: »It's funny how not many people have noticed the other elephant in the room when it comes to NBs. Their stealth and escape abilities allow them to get out of combat very quickly, allowing them to change their skill bar and adjust to any situation. No other class can do that
Sallington wrote: »Anything useful that players are wanting added into the game all fall under the category of "Yer ruinin my 'mersion!"
Stamina NB > Sorc Magica build > All other classes Stamina builds > all other classes magica build.
So yeah if you like BURST Stamina, choose NB if you like BURST magica choose Sorc.