thepandalore wrote: »
- Is receiving the massive Voltaic Overload AOE, on a true 1-bar build, a bug in the way Voltaic Overload should behave?
- Has the mechanic been adjusted to simply skip 1-bar builds in full groups instead of treating 1-bar builds like the bar swap has already occurred?
- Has the mechanic been adjusted to treat all builds exactly the same, regardless of a player's ability to actually swap bars?
- Should any of this be interpreted as the beginning of a sea-change against 1-bar builds in the end-game content?
Any insight from the dev team on this would be greatly appreciated.
How to pass this, but still use 1-bar? Equip exact second Lightning Staff on a backbar and have the same abilities on both bars. Equip Degeneration for Empower and use Spell/weapon power potion for damage and crit buffs. There will be a loss of damage (no Heroism or minor slayer) but usage will remain more or less the same with addition of weapon swap just to pass this mechanic.
colossalvoids wrote: »Devs confirmed it by adding new segment to the last patch notes at the very end of it.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/629071/pc-mac-patch-notes-v8-3-5#latest
thepandalore wrote: »
- Is receiving the massive Voltaic Overload AOE, on a true 1-bar build, a bug in the way Voltaic Overload should behave?
- Has the mechanic been adjusted to simply skip 1-bar builds in full groups instead of treating 1-bar builds like the bar swap has already occurred?
- Has the mechanic been adjusted to treat all builds exactly the same, regardless of a player's ability to actually swap bars?
- Should any of this be interpreted as the beginning of a sea-change against 1-bar builds in the end-game content?
Any insight from the dev team on this would be greatly appreciated.
1. Its the way Voltaic always worked. You have 2s grace period then you will get ramping damage if the bad weapon is out. If you die from Voltaic it will jump to a random person nearby. If you suddenly swap from "good" weapon to a "bad" weapon mid-mechanic, you will get all ticks in one go.
2. From what Nefas says here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABbkhvYxWAQ its confirmed with devs that the "fix" was intended and also targets WW as well. The voltaic itself is RNG, you might even get it twice in a row, there is no priority system here.
3. Yes, either you can or not, you can get Voltaic now
4. Nah, it is only mechanic in entire game that target one of your weapons (excluding when your weapons are removed - Mazzatun, Blackheart)
How to pass this, but still use 1-bar? Equip exact second Lightning Staff on a backbar and have the same abilities on both bars. Equip Degeneration for Empower and use Spell/weapon power potion for damage and crit buffs. There will be a loss of damage (no Heroism or minor slayer) but usage will remain more or less the same with addition of weapon swap just to pass this mechanic.