Is bolster completely broken?

Jade1986 · October 2015

I am pretty new to pvp, there are some things I really adore, and some things I really hate about it, but something I have noticed is that the way this game bolsters your stats and abilities is just flat out broken. When using certain abilities / potions in pvp while lower level the amount they heal for is absolutely pitiful.

Case 1 : Healing potions, your health seems to stay at about the same spot while you level up, but the lower you level , the lower the healing potions are you can buy from the vendors, and at lvl 25, your health hardly even goes up 1mm when you use them.

Case 2 : Dark Exchange from the sorc class. In PvE it does pretty decent healing, but in pvp at lvl 25 you might as well just be draining your stamina for fun, because it doesn't heal worth anything.

Then there are the stats that do not bolster correctly under v 14. My health gets bolstered up to 30 k, but my stamina and magicka are down at really low levels, so not only do my abilities do less damage than they proportionally should, but my stamina / magicka is lower than it should be and so I run out of resources -very- quick.

Has there been any mention of this getting fixed, because as is, I don't see any reason to play pvp before V14 tbh.

Wollust · October 2015

laced wrote: »

I am pretty new to pvp, there are some things I really adore, and some things I really hate about it, but something I have noticed is that the way this game bolsters your stats and abilities is just flat out broken. When using certain abilities / potions in pvp while lower level the amount they heal for is absolutely pitiful.

Case 1 : Healing potions, your health seems to stay at about the same spot while you level up, but the lower you level , the lower the healing potions are you can buy from the vendors, and at lvl 25, your health hardly even goes up 1mm when you use them.

Case 2 : Dark Exchange from the sorc class. In PvE it does pretty decent healing, but in pvp at lvl 25 you might as well just be draining your stamina for fun, because it doesn't heal worth anything.

Then there are the stats that do not bolster correctly under v 14. My health gets bolstered up to 30 k, but my stamina and magicka are down at really low levels, so not only do my abilities do less damage than they proportionally should, but my stamina / magicka is lower than it should be and so I run out of resources -very- quick.

Has there been any mention of this getting fixed, because as is, I don't see any reason to play pvp before V14 tbh.

2 things: battle levling and battle spirit.

Battle leveling puts every char below v14 (I think) onto a certain scale to make them survivable against the fully geared V16 people. In fact, you gain a lot of health but everything else is rather meh. Oh and in baby pvp everyone is battle leveled as well.
You can turn the battle leveling off in your settings, not recommended most of the time though.
Battle spirit reduces incoming damage, healing and shields.

Both intended.

Waffennacht · October 2015

Well couple of things.... i haven't seen nor used a health potion... since... hmmm I first got potions? Yeah I'd heavily suggest magicka or stamina potion and use a decent HoT or wuteva instead.

Dark Conversion... well its not really a heal in PvP (it is in PvE) but it's a resource tool. My stamina regen is high enough that the dark conversion (the only stamina cost move I'm using) doesn't drain my stamina and regens the magicka in PvP the resources are far more important than the heal (though helps)(also many sorcs want a buff on dark conversion)

Your low level also means the battle stuff will effect you more.

Im effected even at vet 9. I lose about 10k in each resistance, about 200 loss in magicka, a 9k gain in stamina (good for CC break and rolling I suppose) and a huge 15k gain in health.

I adjust armor and skills accordingly for PvP (remember percentage abilities work)

Seeing as your post is all about healing and resource management then PvP will hit you hard.

Jade1986 · October 2015

Waffennacht wrote: »

Well couple of things.... i haven't seen nor used a health potion... since... hmmm I first got potions? Yeah I'd heavily suggest magicka or stamina potion and use a decent HoT or wuteva instead.

Dark Conversion... well its not really a heal in PvP (it is in PvE) but it's a resource tool. My stamina regen is high enough that the dark conversion (the only stamina cost move I'm using) doesn't drain my stamina and regens the magicka in PvP the resources are far more important than the heal (though helps)(also many sorcs want a buff on dark conversion)

Your low level also means the battle stuff will effect you more.

Im effected even at vet 9. I lose about 10k in each resistance, about 200 loss in magicka, a 9k gain in stamina (good for CC break and rolling I suppose) and a huge 15k gain in health.

I adjust armor and skills accordingly for PvP (remember percentage abilities work)

Seeing as your post is all about healing and resource management then PvP will hit you hard.

I just flat out gave up on my sorc hybrid, honestly there is no reason our only self heal should do 5% healing. You CAN on the other hand just summon and unsommon clanfears, that works, and heals really well, but it is incredibly costly. As for the healing potions, you have a TON of health in pvp pretty much no matter what level you are at ( 30k + ) and the potions are scaled to your level. So at lvl 25 they do around 3500 healing, I mean really, that is 10% healing, faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too little to even warrant a healing potion. Then the higher level you get, the higher the potion is scaled and the more healing it does , even when your HP hasn't increased really at all. That makes -no- sense what so ever.