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The state of decay!
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a long time necromancer player is very frustrating playing against dragon knights and sorcerers maintaining my buffs while on combat is beyond exhausting soon as I'm ready to fight I'm getting hit with a flying kick dragon leap and a sorc streaks right through me I'm not hating on the other classes but sheesh does Zos not like necromancers?
Sorry I had let out a little steam 😂
What's the ETA on the class rework please for the love god breath some life into necromancers!
Also light armor needs a rework too just my opinion thanks for listening to me rant feel free to chime in
Edited by mr1sho on 21 August 2026 19:11 Sorry I had let out a little steam 😂
What's the ETA on the class rework please for the love god breath some life into necromancers!
Also light armor needs a rework too just my opinion thanks for listening to me rant feel free to chime in
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✭✭✭✭✭Necro was scheduled for their rework for Fall 27, but now that the reworks are delayed until some indefinite time in 2027, it’ll probably be even longer.
Necro needs some love badly, but I understand why it needed to happen so late in the first place - it’s by far the most complicated Class. It deals with pets like Sorc does, with corpses like Templar does, it needs to get each skill line to have all skills like Warden does… it essentially needs the expertise from every other Class refresh first. It feels bad, but I’d rather a Necro that feels good that builds off of what exists than a Necro that feels even more janky because they never gave each issue the time it needs.
We also didn’t get any kind of reason yet on why Warden missed its deadline, especially considering the original timeline would have had Warden drop on PTS before the layoffs. The only thing I can think of is that it might be Bear’s AI getting in the way, which would mean Sorc (and other pet stuff, like Necro) need to wait to figure that out - they did another pet AI pass on PTS for set-based pets.
They are telling us that we’ll get an update on the state of the refreshes within the next few weeks, but I really hope it’s sooner rather than later. Having no answers and none of the other refreshes is incredibly frustrating, and the balance is driving people away. The team knows that this is pretty well the #1 issue for most players (certainly for everyone who plays above “ultra-casual”), but the Combat Team really never got the memo about wanting to have better communication and transparency.1 -
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✭✭Necromancer will also involve a complete revision of two of their Skill Lines conceptually.
The point of this refresh is to have each skill line capable of each role, near equally.
If Grave Lord heals like Living Death, then how is it distinct any more? Which is why I fully expect Living Death to take a Soul Magic themed approach as a new Skill Line, and I have no idea what will become of Bone Tyrant.Founder of New Age Crusade, the #1 Battlegrounds guild on Xbox NA0 -
Oceanchanter✭✭✭✭Elvenheart wrote: »
I wouldn't hold my breath until ZOS drops revised roadmap.
Or until Warden gets a refresh for that matter.
When Warden gets one, that'll be a good sign.
Once Sorc gets one too, it would mean ZOS got in the rythm and things are stable enough to wait for the rest of the classes.0 -
mr1sho✭✭✭✭✭Oceanchanter wrote: »Elvenheart wrote: »
I wouldn't hold my breath until ZOS drops revised roadmap.
Or until Warden gets a refresh for that matter.
When Warden gets one, that'll be a good sign.
Once Sorc gets one too, it would mean ZOS got in the rythm and things are stable enough to wait for the rest of the classes.
Hopefully the warden gets one soon tooGold Company Commander0 -
Oceanchanter✭✭✭✭Oceanchanter wrote: »Elvenheart wrote: »
I wouldn't hold my breath until ZOS drops revised roadmap.
Or until Warden gets a refresh for that matter.
When Warden gets one, that'll be a good sign.
Once Sorc gets one too, it would mean ZOS got in the rythm and things are stable enough to wait for the rest of the classes.
Hopefully the warden gets one soon too
2027 at earliest, and it's not me doomposting but something ZOS shared after layoffs have started.
As a quick-fix, some changes will be added to classes so they can stay a bit more relevant I suppose0 -
DanteTheDeviant✭✭✭Necromancer will also involve a complete revision of two of their Skill Lines conceptually.
The point of this refresh is to have each skill line capable of each role, near equally.
If Grave Lord heals like Living Death, then how is it distinct any more? Which is why I fully expect Living Death to take a Soul Magic themed approach as a new Skill Line, and I have no idea what will become of Bone Tyrant.
Animate Blastbones ultimate has to be buffed, it's Necromancer's staple combat ultimate (unlike the ugly and generic damage ultimate that they keep buffing to try to get us to use it, Frozen Colossus). If it's removed and/or blastbones are removed/made worse, after all these years of waiting for real quality improvements/attention, I think PvP Necromancer mains like myself will just quit the game.0 -
mr1sho✭✭✭✭✭Oceanchanter wrote: »Oceanchanter wrote: »Elvenheart wrote: »
I wouldn't hold my breath until ZOS drops revised roadmap.
Or until Warden gets a refresh for that matter.
When Warden gets one, that'll be a good sign.
Once Sorc gets one too, it would mean ZOS got in the rythm and things are stable enough to wait for the rest of the classes.
Hopefully the warden gets one soon too
2027 at earliest, and it's not me doomposting but something ZOS shared after layoffs have started.
As a quick-fix, some changes will be added to classes so they can stay a bit more relevant I suppose
It's weird the combat team still intact shouldn't delay that long but I guessGold Company Commander0
