Bound Aegis not active when having it on back-bar

TheDarkRuler · August 2023

Bound Armor:
This ability and its morphs now grant their passive bonuses on both bars while slotted, rather than only the bar they are actively slotted on.

https://eso-skillbook.com/skill/bound-aegis

I tested it on my mag sorcerer. After putting Bound Aegis on my backbar I wasn't receiving the +8% magicka nor was I receiving the Minor Resolve.
My resistances were exactly the same as before slotting it on my backbar as was my magicka.

Soarora · August 2023

Are you wearing oakensoul? If so, that's why.* My buffs seem to be working fine as my magicka only differed by like 1k swapping bars, but I didn't look into it all that much.

Edit: I logged in to check and yes, I am getting minor resolve on both bars and I assume the +8% magicka as well as my backbar is a .5k difference, likely due to sets.

* https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/640050/pts-patch-notes-v9-1-3#latest
"Fixed an issue where slotted passive effects that persisted through bar swap, such as Grim Focus, could benefit targets under the influence of Oakensoul or Werewolf."

TheDarkRuler · August 2023

Soarora wrote: »

Are you wearing oakensoul? If so, that's why.* My buffs seem to be working fine as my magicka only differed by like 1k swapping bars, but I didn't look into it all that much.

Edit: I logged in to check and yes, I am getting minor resolve on both bars and I assume the +8% magicka as well as my backbar is a .5k difference, likely due to sets.

* https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/640050/pts-patch-notes-v9-1-3#latest
"Fixed an issue where slotted passive effects that persisted through bar swap, such as Grim Focus, could benefit targets under the influence of Oakensoul or Werewolf."

Ok, so that is why... well, then ZOS should edit the ability description because that is seriously misleading and plain wrongly written in the ability.

Braffin · August 2023

TheDarkRuler wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

Are you wearing oakensoul? If so, that's why.* My buffs seem to be working fine as my magicka only differed by like 1k swapping bars, but I didn't look into it all that much.

Edit: I logged in to check and yes, I am getting minor resolve on both bars and I assume the +8% magicka as well as my backbar is a .5k difference, likely due to sets.

* https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/640050/pts-patch-notes-v9-1-3#latest
"Fixed an issue where slotted passive effects that persisted through bar swap, such as Grim Focus, could benefit targets under the influence of Oakensoul or Werewolf."

Ok, so that is why... well, then ZOS should edit the ability description because that is seriously misleading and plain wrongly written in the ability.

It isn't misleading at all, but logical. Oakensoul disables your second bar, so of course you can't use this bar to buff your stats.

Seems zos identified the exploitability of their changes and fixed the issue in time, doesn't it?

SkaraMinoc · September 2023

Sometimes Minor Protection is active and sometimes it's not. I swapped some skills around between front and backbar and Minor Protection showed up, then it disappeared a few minutes later.

Not sure what's going on here but it's definitely buggy.

r3turn2s3nd3r · September 2023

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

Sometimes Minor Protection is active and sometimes it's not. I swapped some skills around between front and backbar and Minor Protection showed up, then it disappeared a few minutes later.

Not sure what's going on here but it's definitely buggy.

Pretty sure you have to actively cast Bound Aegis to get the Minor Protection. It is not passively active just for slotting.

SkaraMinoc · September 2023

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

Sometimes Minor Protection is active and sometimes it's not. I swapped some skills around between front and backbar and Minor Protection showed up, then it disappeared a few minutes later.

Not sure what's going on here but it's definitely buggy.

Pretty sure you have to actively cast Bound Aegis to get the Minor Protection. It is not passively active just for slotting.

They changed it. You don't have to cast it anymore to get Minor Protection. Also I'm pretty sure the issue had to do with the Armory Assistant because as soon as I reslotted Bound Aegis and saved my profile to the Armory, the issue went away. I can now switch Armory profiles and I always have Minor Protection passively just from slotting Bound Aegis on either bar.

Bound Aegis is STACKED now. Here's what you get.

Active

40% block mitigation (active skill)

Passive

Minor Protection
Minor Resolve
8% Max Magicka
8% Max Health from Expert Summoner passive
20% Health Recovery from Daedric Protection passive
20% Stamina Recovery from Daedric Protection passive

It's really good on a Stam Sorc PvP brawler and Sorc PvP Healer.