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Re: What does this mean? (Regarding purchased Antiquity Skill Line)
SilverBride wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »Well it is very unclear and I won't purchase it if I still have to use skill points to fill it in.
Why would you think you were buying extra skill points? Of course you need to actually spend skill points to use a skill.
Then what do we actually gain by purchasing the skill line?
You get the entire skill line fully leveled, skipping the grind to level it up. Something you've recently posted about wishing could be cut down with XP scrolls.
Alik'r main story line is completely broken
The link between "Ash'abah Rising" and "Tu'wacca Throne" is completely absent. Throne Keeper Farvad is very hard to find easily and we can't go further without a annoying searching for the next quest.
Please, ZOS, you must review the original quest lines of all alliances main stories because many of them are broken/lost.
I finally found Throne Keeper Farvad in a completely different part of Alik'r map, finished the "Trials of the Hero" ( I think this is the name) and... NOTHING! No continuity, no link to the next quest!
Please, ZOS, you must review the original quest lines of all alliances main stories because many of them are broken/lost.
I finally found Throne Keeper Farvad in a completely different part of Alik'r map, finished the "Trials of the Hero" ( I think this is the name) and... NOTHING! No continuity, no link to the next quest!
Scaletho
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Re: Sorc nerfs are too heavy handed
The elephant in the room - Shattered Paths Signet
Shattered paths signet is a really cool mythic, with a serious downside that if you use your ult with it you lose a heap of damage.
Unless you're using overload.
This is a really cool interaction, where you can switch on and off overload to keep your ult above 170, keeping the full damage from the mythic.
in this parse, I start with 500 ult, burn to 175, disable overload until the last 20% and then use it in execute.
I get to use 702 ult over the parse while still getting the full benefit of shattered signet.
There are a couple of issues with this parse though compared to content.
The first is that I start with 500 ult. In almost no trials in the game, should you be starting a boss fight with 500 ult. If you're doing that then you're not using your ults on trash.
Secondly you get a burst of dps at the start, but you get it at a time when you're likely going to be getting ult gen from a set like pillagers. Overload stops ult gen, so you miss out on some of the more significant support buffs.
Thirdly sorcs have Atro, which in most groups is there for major berserk. In fact, they really really want atro right at the start for their main ult burn. What no one wants at that time is a selfish sorc using all their ult on an overload opening after they just banked it all though all the trash pulls so they can have bigga numba on the boss.
My point is that using overload in trials like we do on the dummy is incredibly selfish and not good for group content.
Finally, compare the signet parse to a warmask parse where i use overload to start the parse, then drop an atro at 185 ult and then reenable overload for the last 10%
it's a big dps drop. This is more representative of what you can expect in actual content.
That's an interesting test because I've seen Sorcs engaging in duels in PTS that are, basically, using Signet to buff Overcharged as a means to stack extra instances of damage. .. which can be effective .. but it's incredibly narrow focused IMO and really leans more toward PvP viability than PvE.
And even more to your point, only if the Sorc is going to commit to the Palpatine Ult .. and that's my preferred Sorc Ult because IMO it's the most flexible. The only downfall, really, is that it's not compatible with Balorgh, but, it's really the only Sorc Ult that's going to synergize well with Signet.
With the new Sorc Passives + Signet and a few other details a Sorc can set themselves up for some descent IRL numbers, but, I maintain it's going to be really niche and not as applicable outside of duels or certain instances of PvP.
NxJoeyD
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Re: You've nerfed the worst class in this PTS
Huge agree with the need to buff Shadow and Siphon and to get NB out of the one-trick-pony Bowproc jail that it has been in for years.
Re: What does this mean? (Regarding purchased Antiquity Skill Line)
SilverBride wrote: »Well it is very unclear and I won't purchase it if I still have to use skill points to fill it in.
Why would you think you were buying extra skill points? Of course you need to actually spend skill points to use a skill.
JavaRen
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Re: What does this mean? (Regarding purchased Antiquity Skill Line)
Why did you want to have antiquities leveled on a new character?
Re: Please re-balance Serpent's Disdain next
ItsNotLiving wrote: »Also just to add that 2 of your points are pure class specific so if you have an issue with a pure warden and it’s masteries that’s a separate issue.
Maarselok monster helm requires you to lose a mythic to make sure Serpents disdain is double barred so it isn’t a very common interaction and when it is losing a mythic is a very large sacrifice to make.
Force of nature grants you at MAX 3,960 penetration (which requires all 6 damage types) which is just a hair more than double maces or wearing 3 light armor pieces and requires you to drop a better blue CP slot.
Incoming mythic is already nerfed through battlespirit.
The incoming mythic still provides 85% dmg increase on status effects. Builds with serpent's disdain are already too strong before this becomes a factor.
Maarselok, Force of nature and other things themselves are not an issue as i said, serpent's disdain ties things like this together into incredibly low skill, high power "cheese" specs.
Serpent's Disdain is currently a top duel set, 1vX set and Xv1 set on PC EU.
Again, it does more than multiple sets put together right now.
Burtan
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Re: Please re-balance Serpent's Disdain next
ItsNotLiving wrote: »By this logic they should nuke any set that any ever uses so we all use Whitestrake’s Retribution and Torug’s Pact. This set is good on one class next patch and that class is just going to be food to feed DK and Sorc. Just don’t think this set is as strong as you think is its situational at best.
I do not think we should just nerf any set that ever appears to be good in any way and i do not believe anyone is really asking for such a thing. I do not want to limit players to using unrewarding and boring item sets, i am in fact asking for the contrary.
There are item sets that sit atop the pile and make the vast choices this game provides seem far less appealing and in some cases simply an outright negative for no good reason. This would be the primary concern, item sets that do too much are actually limiting the experience by being left unchecked.
As for the power this item set provides, i would reassert the fact that this item set can provide more damage over time than item sets that are focused entirely on damage over time. It also allows for permanent uptime on many debuffs, outperforming item sets focused entirely on providing debuffs.
If this item set provides the power of multiple sets combined into one and hard-counters entire mechanics such as purge/cleanse then surely it cannot be balanced.
Burtan
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Re: Please re-balance Serpent's Disdain next
By this logic they should nuke any set that any ever uses so we all use Whitestrake’s Retribution and Torug’s Pact. This set is good on one class next patch and that class is just going to be food to feed DK and Sorc. Just don’t think this set is as strong as you think is its situational at best.
