ZOS logic: "We don't want you staring at DOTs and buffs so we doubled duration. We also added a set that removes a random buff for you to watch for"

I wont ever be getting a mythic again. I just realized I can't enjoy this game any longer. Whatever makes you happy in it, IT WILL be made trash in a few weeks. I don't feel motivated anymore. There is no progression, it's just tiring.
In this game everyone should just do furnishing, since they can't take that away and ruin it every few weeks..

The changes are so bad that i quit all my raid groups and cancelled my subscription. If those changes are going forward i dont see any point in doing anything other than questing, exploration, housing and normal mode content. The effort required to do veteran content is just too much. Farming mythics for days only for them to be nerfed into the ground after a month. All the massive frequent changes will actually widen the dps gap because casual players cant be bothered to change their builds all the time. A healthy game has small dps increase every update and also slightly harder new content every update to allow more casual players to finally be able to do old content they were unable to do. These massive nerfs to healing and damage will only lock out casual and veteran players from content that they were able to do before. These changes make no sense.

Plenty of games out there, sure you want to impose something on us that we do not want?

i thinnk its going be good,,
the new changes will bring people togther again.. multiplaying in a online game is for the making of friends and doing some things togther.. the thing is can also be solo but latley everything is in this game,, sorry to say but its trye people becoming antisocial and i noticed,, it was hard to find a group in the game for the event .. half way though.. i found one parcel one think it was called really nice group.. and they loved teaming up,.,
people missing out all iam saying about this,,
just beacuse not powerful anymore does not mean can not have fun ,, people can team up for world bosses and do things.. and solo is still in game for other things. this a good thing..

I can’t believe the overwhelming response to these changes. It actually brings me joy to see our community come together to voice our anger. Don’t change the game to the level you are thinking of changing it. So many of YOUR well respected streamers have voiced their anger and still ZOS is ignoring us. If these changes go live, the game will be dead

Zos,

This is my first post. I am an average player, and after seeing content creators (Brah.. and Hack) show dps loss, on builds meant to help average players such as me, I was concerned.

I download and tried the update myself.
Just tested my Oakensoul Mag Templar Build (Orders Wrath and Plaguebreak) on the PTS and I went from 40k dps to 27k dps. That is a huge loss for me. Oakensoul was making the game fun for me.

If this patch is to help the average player, then it is not working .

Before oakensoul I was getting about 30-32k dps. With oakensoul now, I am getting 40-42k dps. I was finally able to solo some harder worldbosses. With major heroisim I felt like I was contributing much more in dungeon runs. I was finally thinking about doing my fir normal Trial run.
However, as this patch 35 stands, all that will be taken away from me.

I will give a few thoughts.
1. Oakensoul does not need to be nerfed. For Pve, it is doing exactly what you say it was intended to do for average players. As the patch stands it hurts me as an average player. If crit damage is causing a problem in Pvp, then simply stop battel spirit from working with it.
2. Dots and heavy attacks help me as an average player, because they are easier to use. This patch nerfs both. Dots and heavy attacks need much more dps, if your goal is to help people like me.
3. The longer dots do make it easier, but the huge dps loss make it harder. Thus, make dots do more damage. Even as an average player 20 sec is a little long. Maybe 15 seconds would be a good compromise?
4. Area of effect dots, need to tick every second, if not more, to help with dps, for average and new players. 2 seconds makes it harder for less skill players, like myself, to make it work.
5. The long dots means more of a focus for spammables. However, the only spammable that is say to use for someone like me is on the Templar. All classes will need a good spammable, it not more than one. And because of the heavy use for spammables, the ablity to 2 or more spammables that can work off each other, ( example, stacking status effects) should be a consideration. This would also give meta players a chance to work with master of it.

I've been playing with my first alt for the past month, a Magicka Necromancer, and I'm overwhelmed with the amount of Buffs and DoT's I must keep active. I almost don't have time to hit my spammable.

So, this increased DoT duration is welcome. However, I hope those changes does not impact the real DPS on vet trials, which I'm aiming in the near future, as well as solo content (Maelstrom Arena, Vateshran Hollows, etc). Don't care if gets a little more difficult, as long as it does not become impossible.

Let's wait and see the reviews on veteran content with this new changes.

First I am not a high end elite player,you nerfed us into the ground with the CP change and crit cap. I stuck around. I just lost 5k dps with the new cp changes. Now your going to nerf us into beginner level again. I have spent literally several hundred $ in real world money into this game, between 3or4 yrs playing , hours practicing just to reach 69k dps, if you follow through with this nerf I will no longer be able to participate in end game vet content that I've enjoyed for yrs. Your attempt to balance between elites and casuals is an unreachable goal. I WILL NOT purchase anything else further if you do this .I will be saying goodbye to all my friends and moving on because the game will be unplayable at that point. I am a 60 yr old disabled person whom you claim to be helping ,but all you are doing is cutting off your nose in spite of your face. Iam from the original gamer generation and I won't be the only one you lose. I am infuriated at your lack of connection to the players who log in every day . There will always be a gap between elites and casuals that you can not close . But nerf us into ground WILL NOT fix this it will only cost you fan base.

If you really wanted to help the newer and lower level players , you could lower the RNG on getting gold mats from refining and lower the cost of mats to upgrade gear, the price of gold mats has skyrocketed out of sight even for vet players its out of hand , and having to change up your builds every two to three months make it even more difficult for the newer players.
Hybridization of the game has homogenized it to a point to that there is little to no difference between a mag and a stam character , yes i know ESO play the way you want, LOL not if I want to run vet trials and have to carry a minimum dps requirement , a mag DK and a stam DK will both be wearing medium armors , kilt, daggers front bar and maelstrom staff on the back , with little to no change in the skills . Gone is the ESO I came here 8 years ago to play mages no longer wear light armors and only use staves , it is so mundane now and only going to get worse !