phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

By that logic they shouldn't increase your movement speed at all if they can cause air drag, instead you would be moving slower when casting the wings.

If anything it should be the opposite, casting them makes you move faster on the ground either reducing friction or flapping to increase velocity, if falling while casting they cause you to nose dive faster because they are either reducing air resistance or pushing you forward.

A bird wing is a multipurpose limb. It can allow the animal to fly faster, to soar on air currents, to hover in mid-air. A bird increases its downward speed by tucking its wings into its body, minimizing drag.

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

... but we're not birds! We're summoning magical wings that is propelling us forward. You falling and casting a spell that propels you forward while falling is going to make you fall faster.

Have you ever actually cast the spell before? The way the wings spread behind you does not give the impression of speed. I'm not saying that it shouldn't do what it does now, but the reason I provided the explanation in my previous comment is because the visual effect of the wings, when falling, give the impression of an intent to slow a fall.

As I said, a bird wing is a multipurpose limb. There's no reason why it couldn't increase speed in one case and mitigate fall damage in another. Birds do both of these things all the time.

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

You falling with non-corporeal wings and air passing through with no resistance.

You understand that if there were no resistance then there would be no speed either, right?

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

The speed boost is a magical construct, its magical mechanism is moving us forward.

The speed boost is part of an ability created by Zenimax Online Studios. The ability is whatever they say it is, and personally, I feel like it makes just as much sense to add fall damage mitigation as it does a boost of movement speed, because the ability gives you magical agility. And to top it off, the visual effect appears to lend credence to the claim. We clearly disagree but your argument hasn't really persuaded me to change my mind, I'm afraid.

Back on topic, I agree with OP. Instead of any damage boost, an escape buff like reduced fall damage kinda parallels with Sorc streak escaping, but different.

Only problem I have with it, is that Wardens typically are already outhealing damage as they flee in Cyrodiil. This just makes it *even harder* for them to die. 🤷‍♂️

Maybe to keep it balanced:
* __? Expedition for __? seconds
* When you take fall damage, the amount your health would have reduced, is applied to either your magicka or stamina, whichever is higher.

So you can avoid dying, but lose other resources like a safety net. Keeps players from cheesing Wardens.