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Balorgh: Reverting the revert?
GeneralGrundmann
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-PTS Patch Notes v11.1.0
Monster Masks
Balorgh: This set now requires you to be in combat to activate its effects.
-PTS Patch Notes v11.1.1
Monster Masks
Balorgh: Reverted the changes to require you to be in combat to gain the effects of this set.
[Developer Comment]
Spoiler
We're reverting the changes made in week one of PTS because this is a unique case of consistency versus context, as seen in many discussions brought up this past week.
Normally, we don’t want to allow item sets to activate out of combat if they offer a duration effect that can enable alpha strikes. Additionally, we normally don’t want to allow a set to retain its effect while no longer wearing the set and has not been designed to operate as a back-bar set. We used an in-combat requirement to curtail this experience, but in this case, you cannot unequip the set while retaining the effect - and almost all Ultimate casts that directly grant an alpha strike also remove things like Sneak and Invisibility before their impact. Originally this was done for the sake of consistency, but the context shows this set does not need this stipulation.
-PC/Mac Patch Notes v11.1.5 | Update
Monster Masks
Balorgh: This set now requires you to be in combat to activate its effects.
Edited by ZOS_Icy on 18 August 2025 15:09 Monster Masks
Balorgh: This set now requires you to be in combat to activate its effects.
-PTS Patch Notes v11.1.1
Monster Masks
Balorgh: Reverted the changes to require you to be in combat to gain the effects of this set.
[Developer Comment]
Spoiler
We're reverting the changes made in week one of PTS because this is a unique case of consistency versus context, as seen in many discussions brought up this past week.
Normally, we don’t want to allow item sets to activate out of combat if they offer a duration effect that can enable alpha strikes. Additionally, we normally don’t want to allow a set to retain its effect while no longer wearing the set and has not been designed to operate as a back-bar set. We used an in-combat requirement to curtail this experience, but in this case, you cannot unequip the set while retaining the effect - and almost all Ultimate casts that directly grant an alpha strike also remove things like Sneak and Invisibility before their impact. Originally this was done for the sake of consistency, but the context shows this set does not need this stipulation.
-PC/Mac Patch Notes v11.1.5 | Update
Monster Masks
Balorgh: This set now requires you to be in combat to activate its effects.
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Sordidfairytale✭✭✭✭✭That's suspicious.The Vegemite Knight
"if the skeleton kills you, your dps is too low." ~STEVIL
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✭✭✭✭✭I know that the Creators specifically asked the devs about this in their Discord server, but no word beyond "we're checking on it" yet.0 -
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✭Kinda seems like a waste of time doesn't it? The problem isn't sets being used outside of combat, the problem is ball groups sitting in combat spamming hundreds or thousands of effect ticks that stack. What do we think really lags the server?We should use the insightful and awesome buttons more0 -
ZOS_KevinCommunity ManagerThe Balorgh note should not have been there. Left over from the editing table. We have updated the patch notes accordingly.Edited by ZOS_Kevin on 18 August 2025 14:45Community Manager for ZeniMax Online Studio and Elder Scrolls OnlineDev Tracker | Service Alerts | ESO Twitter4 -
ZOS_IcymodGreetings,
We are going to go ahead and close this thread as per the request of the OP.
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Thread can be closed. This discussion has been closed.