Grim Focus Permaglow

Erickson9610 · November 13

disky wrote: »

Let's be honest, there are a lot of effects that need to become temporary or toggleable, including armor effects like Ebon Armory. I actively avoid these sets because I hate the visuals and if they weren't there, I might actually consider using them in my builds. Whatever the justification for this might be, it's wrongheaded. A set like Ebon Armory doesn't need to be easily spotted in a crowd, the effect is just always on for...some reason.

At least you can make the argument that in PvP, it's important to target the person wearing Ebon Armory/Worm's Raiment/Hircine's Veneer/Pearlescent Ward, because those buffs to Maximum Health/Magicka Recovery/Stamina Recovery/Weapon and Spell Damage + Reduced incoming non-player damage only apply within 28 meters and through death.

One strategy would be to eliminate players wearing those group buff sets and then lead their group away from their bodies — it'd be much harder to separate players from those buffs if you couldn't tell who was supplying them.

As far as Grim Focus goes, though... if it's not a telegraph, then it shouldn't glow at all. If it becomes a telegraph, then it should glow, but only when the skill is ready to fire.

Morgaledh · November 14

Jaraal wrote: »

I mean, sure, NB can just not slot Grim Focus.... but why would they want to give up one of their best offensive skills?

I unslotted it soon after the Grim Focus change and haven't used it since. It's a dps loss but I can't use it as-is, the glow just breaks everything I love about the class. Just about every NB I personally play with has done the same thing. You just work around it, it's terrible but this seems to be the way they want to skill to play out. I can't use it with the glow.

karthrag_inak · November 14

Dark moons, but this is ugly, but even more, it's stupid. Why would there be an ability with a permanent glow for a class that is predicated on sneaking and darkness?

Or did they change the class to Night-lite blade?

Vrelanier · November 17

I also went on strike because Grim Focus perma glow got past quality assurance.

I'm not saying anyone else did it because of that.

Avran_Sylt · November 17

Can it, like, only be active while in combat?
A style that activates/deactivates effects while in/out of combat? (if there are those that want to keep the persistent glow)?

Kyip · November 18

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

joseayalac wrote: »

That's the reason why this thread continues being active after this long, the devs haven't acknowledged the real state of the skill and it's issues. For a lot of players, Kevin saying it's working as intended is just shoving the problem off and hoping it goes away on it's own. The devs haven't even communicated that they're aware of it's issues.

Want to clear this up as some wires may be crossed here regarding communication. The previous comment posted by me was based off of a conversation with the dev team, not me acting independently to "just shoving the problem off and hoping it goes away on it's own". So the team is aware. That being said, happy to raise this again with the team and see if anything has changed.

Hi. Sorry to bother you. I just want to call attention to the fact that this is still a big, big quality of life issue for so many of us. We are not asking for something new or unprecedented to be added to the game. We just want Grim Focus put back like it was for the first decade of ESO, when the visual effect was not permanent. I understand that the ability changed like several others after people liked the way Arcanists had skill that gave constant passives, in addition to their active effect... but some of those other skills got fixed so their visual effects were not permanent. Grim Focus is an outlier. Please, please, please put it back the way it was, this is still a big quality of life issue for so many of us. It's especially hard to swallow when we see immediate dev/mod response for issues like the noise on the new banner skill. It feels very unfair. Please help us.

Renato90085 · November 18

today my grim focus skill icon be old version(when I can shot)