ThatHappyCat wrote: »Honour the Dead's maicka restore only works if the target is at below 50% health after the heal. In other words it doesn't work.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »Rune Focus is good but not that good if you use Healing Ritual instead of Grand Healing, as it locks you in place wheras with Healing Ritual you want to remain mobile.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »Sorcerers can derive unparalleled mobility from magicka with Boundless Storm or Bolt Escape.
Brasseurfb16_ESO wrote: »ThatHappyCat wrote: »Honour the Dead's maicka restore only works if the target is at below 50% health after the heal. In other words it doesn't work.
Honor of the Dead IS an emergency heal, what's the point to use it when your target is above 50% health? You got other tools for that.ThatHappyCat wrote: »Rune Focus is good but not that good if you use Healing Ritual instead of Grand Healing, as it locks you in place wheras with Healing Ritual you want to remain mobile.
I didn't speak about Healing Ritual in my post and nothing prevents you from using both Rune Focus with Grand Healing instead.ThatHappyCat wrote: »Sorcerers can derive unparalleled mobility from magicka with Boundless Storm or Bolt Escape.
And both of those mobility tools are useless when you get stuned by a boss and need STAMINA to stunbreak out of it. Also, Surge, Bolt Escape, Dark Exchange it becomes a lot of self utility. Where are your dmg abilities, control effects and Heals? Do you put those on your secondary weapon set and hope to get out of that AoE before you can get away from weapon switch hard cooldown? You must be realy quick, because usualy, you don't get the time to do all of that stuff before the AoE blows in your face.
They will learn the game, because Templars can still die if they play the game wrong. Those two abilities are the first abilities Templars learn, but they still learn others, like healing.Mercutio_Montague wrote: »Ok I have seen some posts about people complaining they find it hard to solo with this class. Let me solve all your problems with 2 easy steps.
Put Sun lance (don't know the proper names but all good Templars will know what i'm taking about)
And white fireball that hits up to 3 targets at the same time.
Done your sorted with that you can take on the world now.
oh yeah and have an oh *** heal in your hot bar as well. There you done.
Every Templar I see has this build. Every single one. They shot the white fire ball that hits 3 targets that takes for at least 40% damage for all 3 and then they use sun lance to hit all 3 50% gone. and then do what ever to finish all of them off. All at the same time.
1. Templars won't learn the game as fast as they should:
This is true for any class in any game, there are always those who calculate everything, and those like me who calculate nothing.2. There are Templars that are super smart.
The solution is simple bring those 2 moves in line with what everyone else has. i'm not saying there isn't other imbalances out there. there probably are. However this is the most obvious one in your game at the moment.
Well......
Thanks for you time. Good game though. I'm enjoying it.
P.s what were you thinking with grand healing morph.
you have a choice for 1 extra sec or 6 Mp for person healed. Jesus I have never seen such a waste of a skill point either way you go. 1 sec extra is nothing. 6 mp per person can be nothing but yeah I can see in large scale pvp can be insane. but really to avoid all this . Re-design the morphing said of that skill. Either make it 2 or 3 extra secs and come up with something else for the other option.
ThatHappyCat wrote: »You misunderstand. It only works when your target is at 50% health or below AFTER you use Honour the Dead. As in, Honour the Dead must not heal them over 50% health. As it is Breath of Life >>> Honour the Dead.
chrisub17_ESO104 wrote: »This line about every class can play every role is abused and only half true. In easy content sure you can heal on anything with a resto staff. Just like you can tank/dps with anything. But to say all classes are equal is absurd on it's face. All you have to do is look at the skills to see the difference in potential.
Just because the content is so easy that you don't need the full potential of a class to master the content, doesn't mean all classes are equal.
You can heal most dungeons right now without a dedicated healer. Most people are just too lazy to swap during combat to put mutagen on themselves. When you really need burst heals, when you need to heal up your entire group who is all at 20%, or your tank is about to take a dirtnap, you want a templar for that.
A better example right now is pvp. Templars are the only viable dedicated healers there, because they are the only class that can heal through burst damage. Try going up against some of the better organized pvp guilds with your nightblade/sorcerer healers. It won't end well for you.
You forget that you can have only 5 active abilities at once and templars are not 1 button friendly really. In fact to do good dps templar's may and possibly should all 5 buttons for that - dps. So yeah, if I want to start doing some heals that matter (as in start playing as a real healer) during the fight I usually have to switch to second weapon which would be... oh, yeah, restoration staff - with templar abilities used to strengthen what I get with this.Nox_Aeterna wrote: »Forget all the dps side for a sec.. templars are healers. The only healers. If you put everything into dps.. then you're just another melee. How exactly do you plan to heal your group or fellow players?
Oh.. sorry.. I thought maybe you were a team player.
I hope you are jking.
If you trully think:
1) Templars are the only healers in the game.
2) Templars are usually healers.
Then you should play more and understand how the game works and what builds players are using.
I thought you were.. next you'll be suggesting that someone with skill in alchemy is a healer.. having a resto staff, does not make you a healer.. think your tank is going to be switching mid combat to heal a mage whilst he's trying to control everything else? I think not. But a templar can do that without even switchin to his resto staff, at the press of a button.
qft /threadI'm pretty sure the OP has only seen low to mid level pve Templars at work, which is easy for any class. At Veteran level things are very different. The Sorcerer puts out obscene amounts of damage and CC with dark Magic, and insane execution with Mages Fury, the Dragonknight burns huge groups of enemies to a crisp in seconds, and yeah I agree the Nightblade could use some help against groups of enemies, but in return they get insane single target damage. The Templar is by no means more powerful than the other professions, except in the healing role of course. ... players not understanding a skill mechanic is not a reason to nerf it.
I'm pretty sure the OP has only seen low to mid level pve Templars at work, which is easy for any class. At Veteran level things are very different. The Sorcerer puts out obscene amounts of damage and CC with dark Magic, and insane execution with Mages Fury, the Dragonknight burns huge groups of enemies to a crisp in seconds, and yeah I agree the Nightblade could use some help against groups of enemies, but in return they get insane single target damage.
Kyubi_3002b16_ESO wrote: »Siphon nightblade can heal just as well as a Templar and can deal the damage that any full healer cannot without wasting a single slot to a damaging spell.
I easily see your pure healer Templar trying to survive around the pve zones with a full healing bar... good luck staffing all the mobs to death you will need it I guess at that point they waste a few skill point in a damaging line so to be able to deal damage to begin with.
OP speaking about Ardent spear Templars and they are not.Forget all the dps side for a sec.. templars are healers.Any class can be a healer with restoration staff.The only healers.Ardent Spear Temlar with Bow is not melee.If you put everything into dps.. then you're just another melee.There should be some proportion between healer and DD roles. I took DD role. What's wrong with that? I'm not working towards achieving team goals as DD?How exactly do you plan to heal your group or fellow players? Oh.. sorry.. I thought maybe you were a team player.
It seems like you have shattered perception of this game. 4 fails in one post.
I could say the same of your post. You're choosing a healing class and trying to make them into a nuker who can heal himself.
Using a resto staff is really more of an assist to a templar class, esp as it requires a button then a click in many cases or a button, aim, click.. which is annoying, if you're trying to manage damage control or healing of a group.
The more time you spend thinking about what you're doing is less time to think about what's going on around you. That never helps the group.
If you take the DD role.. I doubt you'll ever be in a group. tbh. As for spear, it's not really the op. Unless you're just standing still attacking the same spot along with 10 other players.. if that's your game you're welcome to it.
What you're essentially trying to do is say it's pointless being a dragonknight, shadowblade or sorc, because you think a templar can be all of them. Good luck with that. And you think i have a shattered perception..
Kyubi_3002b16_ESO wrote: »Siphon nightblade can heal just as well as a Templar and can deal the damage that any full healer cannot without wasting a single slot to a damaging spell.
I easily see your pure healer Templar trying to survive around the pve zones with a full healing bar... good luck staffing all the mobs to death you will need it I guess at that point they waste a few skill point in a damaging line so to be able to deal damage to begin with.
Nope.
Your Nightblade will never reach the healing power of full specced Healing Templar.
As for your 2nd paragraph you're only seeing the solo PVE game play here. Full heal specced Templars are not for solo purpose as they need tons of peeps to keep alive. It's a called a healer for a reason.
;-)
Otherwise.
1. Templar is the only one with thar cleanse. Probably a must to have in RvR for mid scale to large scale fights. And I'm not even mentioning the synergy with Purge.
2. Templar healing tree has the strongest heals and DH while Rest Staff is heavily HOT based.
3. Templar has the best healing Ulti, and by far.
4. Except dupers it's going to be the Healing Templar that's going to rez thar peeps bro.
and so on and so on.
Can other toons heal?
Yes and that's a good thing
Is the Templar the best healer in game?
Yes but that's also why he/she is called a Templar
Can a Templar DPS?
Yes, certainly a viable game play
stefan_szczepanskiub17_ESO wrote: »I wasn't going to say it, it may have been said. But in veteran content I'm sure many of your opinions will change. Its very easy to morph for aoe as templar and laugh your way through lvl 1-50. Veteran content is different, you will understand soon enough. Here is what i used in pve lvl 1-50 and wrecked. Blazing Spear, Reflective Light, Explosive Charge, Fiery Pulsar, Biting Jabs, Cresent Sweep. I now use Elemental Wall instead of Reflective Light... its better damage on more targets. On switch I use Restro with Hots, a Armor & Spell Res buff, backlash and honor of the dead.
And just to put a little of my insight on this restoration staff vs the restoring light templar tree... Temp heals are largely Team based, Honor of the dead being the only decent self heal when low on health. A templar healer has better BURST heals, which is needed to be a a top notch healer. The over time heals on Restro are cheap, and easy to top off allies hp with, but by no means can reach the potential burst of a Templars heals. If you can understand the strength of BURST heals, you will then realize that using just a restro staff wont perform nearly as well. However a restro healer is a nice addition if you have a second bar that is undecided. I know the main templar healer will appreciate a little assistance here and there. It is true that a large portion of the restoring light tree needs the targets to be closer to the caster... Why would you *** off the healer and not be conscious of their range? You move as a unit. If your that guy who cant help but not be mindful of my range and be a pain in the but you can go ahead and learn your lesson the hard way.
/the end
Some incorrect stuff here...Kyubi_3002b16_ESO wrote: »Siphon nightblade can heal just as well as a Templar and can deal the damage that any full healer cannot without wasting a single slot to a damaging spell.
I easily see your pure healer Templar trying to survive around the pve zones with a full healing bar... good luck staffing all the mobs to death you will need it I guess at that point they waste a few skill point in a damaging line so to be able to deal damage to begin with.
Nope.
Your Nightblade will never reach the healing power of full specced Healing Templar.
As for your 2nd paragraph you're only seeing the solo PVE game play here. Full heal specced Templars are not for solo purpose as they need tons of peeps to keep alive. It's a called a healer for a reason.
;-)
Otherwise.
1. Templar is the only one with thar cleanse. Probably a must to have in RvR for mid scale to large scale fights. And I'm not even mentioning the synergy with Purge.
2. Templar healing tree has the strongest heals and DH while Rest Staff is heavily HOT based.
3. Templar has the best healing Ulti, and by far.
4. Except dupers it's going to be the Healing Templar that's going to rez thar peeps bro.
and so on and so on.
Can other toons heal?
Yes and that's a good thing
Is the Templar the best healer in game?
Yes but that's also why he/she is called a Templar
Can a Templar DPS?
Yes, certainly a viable game play