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spells vs physical damage defense imbalance
Domander
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I'd like to know why spell damage has many more ways to defend against and reduce vs physical damage.
Through the champion system you can reduce... flame frost shock, poison disease magic, you can also increase spell resistance, but the only way to reduce physical damage is with the armor focus points.. which I believe also increases spell resistance.
When you look at pvp, there are more ways to reduce/absorb/negate magic, such as annulment.
It just seems like it's been overlooked.
Through the champion system you can reduce... flame frost shock, poison disease magic, you can also increase spell resistance, but the only way to reduce physical damage is with the armor focus points.. which I believe also increases spell resistance.
When you look at pvp, there are more ways to reduce/absorb/negate magic, such as annulment.
It just seems like it's been overlooked.
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Tankqull✭✭✭✭✭
✭add on top that nearly all spells are treated as projectiles in regards of blocking wich cripples them even more against shield users (the on tied to your chars arm
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Edited by Tankqull on 6 March 2015 09:32spelling and grammar errors are free to be abused
Sallington wrote: »Anything useful that players are wanting added into the game all fall under the category of "Yer ruinin my 'mersion!"0 -
Domander✭✭✭✭✭
✭add on top that nearly all spells are treated as projectiles in regards of blocking wich cripples them even more against shield users (the on tied to your chars arm)
A lot of them are, I don't think I would say nearly all.
There are physical projectiles too
also... I don't know who Drolgonite is, or how it's relevent.Edited by Domander on 6 March 2015 09:370 -
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✭Umm. Block, shield spells, dodge, armor....just saying.
I would, however, love to see Defensive Posture reflect also work for physical projectiles but other then that I'm pretty cool with the mitigation being where it is.0 -
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✭✭So you can mitigate magickal aoe damage by blocking since the patch?
Otherwise your agruments are invalid as blocking is the best mitigation in game.0 -
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✭lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »So you can mitigate magickal aoe damage by blocking since the patch?
Otherwise your agruments are invalid as blocking is the best mitigation in game.
Yes, magic aoe can be blocked now.0 -
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✭✭✭✭Apparently the OP didn't get it. Magicka was the enemy and the whole point of the 1.6 balance changes was to slay it. Magicka took nerfs all over the place in 1.6.Edited by timidobserver on 6 March 2015 22:49V16 Uriel Stormblessed EP Magicka Templar(main)
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