Major sorcery access for magplar

ksbrugh · August 23

I know this discussion will be trivial for some but for me it's major (major sorcery that is).

As a magplar I need access to Major sorcery without having mages guild on my bar. As far as I know (could be wrong) Templar is the only class without major sorcery access through class accessed magic ability. There is only one magic access to Major sorcery in the entire game that is outside of class abilities (degeneration) (not talking about spell pot potions).
Every stamina based weapon in this game offers a major sorcery buff while at the same time no magic based weapon offers this buff.
I don't think it's a balancing issue for only giving Templar class access to major sorcery through a stamina ability because stamplar hits harder(IMO)
I would love to see magplar have access to Major sorcery through a magic-based class skill. I do not want to be a mage or any part of the mage guild on this character, it does not fit my theme. Nor do I want to use a pot every 45 seconds for major sorcery I would prefer to use a tripot for recoveries.
It's already a known fact that the rework to jabs animation and damage was extremely detrimental to the Templars status among gamers (at least in my circles). I used to main a Templar for 7 years until the nerf to jabs. I haven't touched it until recently but because of nostalgia I have tried doing something with it. And my magplar is in a pitiful state almost not worth salvaging compared to my other classes I run
Don't get me wrong I love Templar and it's play style but due to its past changes (nerfs) and it's inability to access major sorcery through a class magic based spammable keeps it at the bottom of my sign in screen.
Why a spammable and the shortest duration anyways?
Thanks for listening to my wine lol

Aurielle · August 23

ksbrugh wrote: »

There is only one magic access to Major sorcery in the entire game that is outside of class abilities (degeneration) (not talking about spell pot potions).

That’s not correct. Scribing now gives us access to a ranged spammable with major sorcery. I use it on my Magplar (Shocking Soul).

EF321 · August 23

Outside of scribing, where every skill expect Resto has access to brutality and sorcery for 10 seconds, there is also a number of sets that can give you this buff: rattlecage, dreugh king slayer, oakensoul.

You can also get Lycanthropy and slot Hircine's fortitude on you non-WW frontbar for always active passive buff (and otherwise unusable skill).

amig186 · August 23

I feel you, this has bugged me for years. Degeneration is honestly still the best way to get it, it's cheap to cast and lasts 22s with the mages guild passives. You can prebuff it with something like a healing soul explosion, from scribing, but it costs twice as much as degeneration and only lasts half as long. Used to be that all dungeon groups had dragonknights so it wasn't a problem, now everyone's an arcanist who only buffs themselves.

AcadianPaladin · August 23

I know what you mean about getting it from a skill on a magplar. I never could get into popping potions for that so I rely on gear. I used to wear Rattlecage. Then I got Oakensoul and have never looked back.

LittlePinkDot · August 23

You can get it from soul wield or venom arrow if you want to use a bow on back bar.

Because of hybridization there's nothing stopping anyone from mixing Stam and mag abilities. My stamplar uses alot of Magicka abilities.

BasP · August 23

Yeah, it's too bad that the Templar's source of Major Brutality/ Sorcery is only added to Jabs and lasts 10 seconds to boot. Even on a Stamplar I find myself using Degen or Venom Arrow because Radiant Destruction is so strong that I'd rather not cast Jabs every 10 seconds in an execute phase.

I would prefer it if, for example, the Templar got Major Brutality/ Sorcery while Backlash is slotted on either bar (as mentioned in this thread) or when the Sunsphere buff is active.

Hotdog_23 · August 24

Getting it from backlash and it's morphs would be a very welcome change.

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