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Re: PTS Update 37 - Feedback Thread for Combat & Classes
CameraBeardThePirate wrote: »There have been 4 or 5 "Necro needs help" feedback posts the past patch cycle alone, each one talking about different areas the class was hurting. Harmony graverobber was Necro's only real use in PvP anymore, and with it gone, Necromancer feels aimless right now.
The developer team often states they want each class to have a certain "feel", flavor, or gameplay fantasy they perform well, so I urge you to consider the question "What does a Necro play like?" with these upcoming changes.
Are they a DoT class? Well, they have 10% DoT damage and 15% DoT reduction, but they aren't really a DoT class - they only have 2 class DoTs, both AOE.
Are they a burst class? Well, blastbones is a strong burst ability, but that's only when it wants to be. Taking out Graverobber doesn't really leave necro with anything that would fit this role.
Well surely they have a unique and exciting, useful class kit right? Almost. They had usefulness in applying Major Vulnerability and Empower, but Major Vuln has many options for application now, and Empower is nearly useless in all scenarios now. Blastbones and the tethers being the exception (with the latter being situational at best) Necros likely won't use many of their other class abilities. Why? Well they need an ability that gives their major damage buff, their major crit buff, and need an on demand stun if they'll be PvPing. They also need to outsource their spammable, as Skulls underperform most of the other alternatives. Are you running proc sets? Then you should probably run even fewer class skills, since Blastbones and the Archer/Arcanist won't proc damage sets, and Ghost won't proc healing sets.
Necro needs some love. They're almost an excellent class but they've been shoehorned into Harmony bombing for so long that the areas they've lacked in have flown under the radar. Now with Harmony bombing gone, and many of their other issues being more significant in today's meta, they need a bit of help. Throw them a lifeline ZOS.
Hi all, we chatted with the dev team to follow up on some of the player commentary around Harmony. First to frame the conversation, we want to reiterate the dev team's thoughts around the change, which was highlighted in the patch notes.
"This trait is currently far too niche for its intended use and is meant to be an enhancer to the Undaunted skill line and group play, but ironically is being utilized more by solo builds in PvP to instantly obliterate large groups. We’re shifting this trait over to be more recovery focused, which has much more use potential between PvE and PvP, rather than trying to continue making a value that doesn’t add more insta-gibbing potential but still has impact enough in PvE.""
To add additional feedback from dev, Harmony was being used in ways outside the intended goals of rewarding group play. Additionally, dev has noted that Necromancers being used as a "bomb" class was outside of the intended scope of play and created a unhealthy play environment.
With that context, we are happy to relay additional questions and/or feedback to dev regarding the this change to Harmony.
Re: PTS Update 37 - Feedback Thread for Combat & Classes
Backlash and morphs are seriously underperforming in PvP right now. Templar's burst ability should be hitting for more than 2-5k damage against players. Please look at the several threads talking about how weak Templar is currently and address the issue properly for week three of PTS, or look at the several comments on this thread. Nerf beam too, please.
Nightblade is still overperforming due to the unique 10% damage buff attached to concealed weapon.
Sorc changes don't address the issues with the class in PvP.
Hi all, we had a chat with the dev team about this and wanted to follow up. We've seen your feedback regarding Templar and Sorcerer feeling like they are underperforming compared to the other classes. We would like to get some clarity from you all defining what specifically you mean by "underperforming." Specific details and examples would be helpful. This will give the dev team better context around how the community sees these as underperforming, as that term is broad and can be interpreted differently based on each player's playstyle, build, equipment, played content, etc.
Patch Maintenance Moving from Feb 8 to Feb 9
Hi everyone,
We wanted to give you a heads up that due to unforeseen circumstances, this week's patch maintenance that was previously scheduled for tomorrow, February 8, needs to be postponed to Thursday, February 9; the times will remain the same with maintenance beginning at 4am EST/9am UTC and wrapping up by 10am EST/15:00 UTC. This patch will contain a fix for the Sadrith Mora Spore Steed appearing invisible when mount upgrades were applied.
Thanks for your understanding.
We wanted to give you a heads up that due to unforeseen circumstances, this week's patch maintenance that was previously scheduled for tomorrow, February 8, needs to be postponed to Thursday, February 9; the times will remain the same with maintenance beginning at 4am EST/9am UTC and wrapping up by 10am EST/15:00 UTC. This patch will contain a fix for the Sadrith Mora Spore Steed appearing invisible when mount upgrades were applied.
Thanks for your understanding.
Re: Status on Hardware Refresh & Whitestrake’s Mayhem Event [January 2023]
The plan here is to do PC EU in April then continue to schedule concrete dates for the remaining servers. We need to work around a number of factors but once we have a better idea of a timeline for the other servers, we will absolutely let everyone know.DirtyDeeds765 wrote: »No ETA on NA PSN/Xbox server hardware refresh yet. But we will update once we get more concrete information to share with everyone.MEBengalsFan2001 wrote: »I see no date for NA PSN/XBox server. Is there an ETA for the NA PSN/XBox servers?
I appreciate the update but it is pretty disappointing that we are back to no concrete date for the NA PS/XB servers. I was really looking forward to Cyrodiil's performance improving and have been telling my entire guild that the new hardware was coming soon for weeks.
We will not be doing a long maintenance like today every week; today's maintenance is some mandatory prep work for the new hardware but not something we will be doing weekly.ghost_bg_ESO wrote: »btw @ZOS_Kevin is EU realm to expect 10 to 16 hours a week, every week, done in 1 or 2 consequential days until something like end of April?
And as tagged was it intentional change from "Replacement" to "Refresh" as words matter in corporate language?
As for replacement vs refresh, honestly they are words we have just used interchangeably. No corporate speak or hidden meanings
What matters is it is new hardware.PTS Update 37 - Feedback Thread for Screen Narration
This is the official feedback thread for Screen Narration. Specific feedback that the team is looking for includes the following:
- Did you run into any instances where the game didn’t narrate as expected?
- Are there any non-narrated screens you would like to see added?
- Do you have any other general feedback?
PTS Update 37 - Feedback Thread for new Achievements
This is the official feedback thread for the new Achievements. Specific feedback that the team is looking for includes the following:
- Did you get any of the new achievements?
- Was it clear what you had to do to get the achievements?
- Did the achievements feel rewarding?
- Do you have any other general feedback?
PTS Update 37 - Bug Reports for Combat & Class Abilities
Please report any issues you run into involving combat and gameplay balance in this thread. In general, we prefer you to use /bug in-game but if you’d rather submit a report here, please give us as much information as possible, including screenshots and/or video if applicable. Thank you!
PTS Update 37 - Bug Reports for New Dungeons
Please report any issues you run into while testing the new dungeons (Bal Sunnar and Scrivener’s Hall) in this thread. In general, we prefer you to use /bug in-game but if you’d rather submit a report here, please give us as much information as possible, including screenshots and/or video if applicable. Thank you!