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Re: Question: Tome Points Expiration vs Premium giving "forever" tome access
I know most of you already said this but I also opened all my caches at once, AFTER reading the guide on the ESO site specifically about Tome Points with a publication/most recent update date of March 31st. Then, YESTERDAY (APRIL 9th) they did NOT update their Tamriel Tomes Guides, but instead released more information, in what they are calling the "Developer Update" which is the ONLY place I have found on their website mentioning the 2k cap. I do not want to seem difficult. I enjoy the game and am a longtime Elder Scrolls fan but seriously, WHY?!?! I read the "guide" and it was not mentioned. It wasn't until a week after the start of the whole Tome Points thing that they published anything about the rollover in any place that is relatively easy to find and even then they still didn't update the Tamriel Tomes Guide, which supposedly tells you all you need to know to get started with them.
Tamriel Tomes Guide (March 31st) - https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/guides/tamrieltomes
Tamriel Tomes Season Zero Developer Update (April 9th) - https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69721
Tamriel Tomes Guide (March 31st) - https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/guides/tamrieltomes
Tamriel Tomes Season Zero Developer Update (April 9th) - https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69721
Re: Storm Projection on Sorc
The Uninvited wrote: »Hey, everyone who plays Sorc and has been in the IA—you’ve probably seen (and likely used) a vision called Storm Projection. Personally, I think Sorc has very little AoE damage (at least in my build), and this IA vision (Storm Projection) is something I think Sorc should have. Like a passive that gives a certain chance to deal a certain amount of damage on direct (or lightning) dmg.
Personally, I think this vision is cool, both visually and in terms of AoE, and now that they’re rebalancing classes and introducing “class passives,” I think Sorc should have this.
What do you guys think?
I always have the same feeling when playing in IA. Maybe they will do something like this with the class rework?
I was hoping, but unfortunately there's nothing like that in PTS. But we'll see what happens in the future...
For now, it's only Class Mastery passives coming for pure-class builds. But sorcerer will be reworked in the future, eventually all classes will be reworked.
Re: Dear ZOS - Take Down The Servers
PvE Vengeance is needed to solve the PvE performance issues.
Re: Why is there a timer at the end of a dungeon?
Thumbless_Bot wrote: »
It is very normal.
Is it? When a dungeon finishes in FFXIV I can run around and sight-see or pick up chests that were skipped as long as I'd like.
Lockpicks as a craftable item
Has anyone ever posted on this before? No way, I'm the first to ever wish this, players always think of good stuff. Make Lockpicks craftable and have good, excellent and superb quality making each one last longer. What a nice quality of life thing to do.
Re: Sustain and Pure Class Masteries
Atm there is a big discrepancy between 2 classes with near infinite sustain, those being DK with core of flame skill and Sorcerer with Conservation of Energy passive and the rest of the classes sustain passives if they even get a sustain passive to speak of.
Warden- Nature’s Bounty: This passive upgrades rank 2 of Nature’s Gift to grant the healed target Major Heroism for 4.5 seconds and an additional 250 Magicka and Stamina.
This passive does not proc with overheals making it incredibly unreliable and while it has good value outside of its sustain, the passive is very weak for solo purposes. Passie would have to be able to proc off of overheals and have double value when it procs on yourself to be actually a consideration.
Templar- Devout Guardian: This passive causes you to gain a Damage Shield for 6 seconds, up to once every 6 seconds, while Sacred Ground is active. The shield absorbs up to 20% of your Max Health and grants 300 Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery while active. If the shield breaks, you gain 10 Ultimate
This is incredibly unreliable for solo and while the ultimate is appreciated, sustain would be appreciated even more. Please let us keep the sustain even when the shield breaks.
NB- No sustain passive to speak. Though it has access to siphoning strikes
Necromancer- No sustain passive
Arcanist - Erudite’s Rigor: This passive upgrades Fatewoven Armor to also grant 1 Ultimate and 300 Magicka and Stamina when you take damage, increasing by 100 Magicka and Stamina per Crux you have, up to once every 2 seconds.
Too unreliable and weak
I think we have a problem in general with passives not related to dealing damage being too weak to actually be worth giving up subclassing for. And it would be really appreciated if the sustain gap between dk, sorc and the rest of the classes be bridged either by buffing the rest or bringing dk and sorc more in line with the rest. Thank you
To clarify, Sorcs Conservation passive isn't quite the major sustain people might think, at least not in testing.
Yes, it's an absolute notable difference in sustain but it's definitely NOT infinite sustain.
In order to proc the passive with any consistency the player needs to be readily casting skills with a cost. Yes, the passive returns more resource than Wretched but it's not enough to offset the amount of resource consistently spent to maintain the proc.
Further, heavy attacks are a staple among Sorcs which won't proc the passive. Sure HA's return resources but it's not as if that's proc'ing the passive for a double stack.
In testing, conservation definitely aided in sustain but it wasn't anywhere near infinite nor did it allow me to cast without consideration for my sustain. Also, like @Dracane mentioned, in order to even access the passive Sorcs have to keep the Dark Magic skill line which is arguably one of the worst skill trees in the game.
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Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Golden Pursuits—Prepare for the Night Market"
The Uninvited wrote: »I thought you were going do to do less events, not more?
Golden Pursuits aren't considered to be "events" per se, just as other occasional "special activities" such as Battlegrounds weekends or Vengeance tests aren't considered to be "events."
That said, I agree that a week-long Golden Pursuits campaign (if that's the correct term for it) which involves so much group content, occurring at the same time as a Vengeance test and a Battlegrounds weekend, seems a bit overwhelming.
One thing to note about the activities which require being grouped is that they don't necessarily require that the other member or members of the group be actively engaged in the same content, nor even online at the same time. For instance, I soloed a dungeon for one of my weekly challenges, while grouped with an offline player (because we'd been grouped the night before), and I got credit for completing the dungeon while grouped.
Re: Golden Pursuit 'Prepare for the Night Market'
o_Primate_o wrote: »I'm still wondering what any of the rewards or tasks have anything to do with the night market.
this has 0 to do with the night market , if anything its giving it a bad name before its even released as now everyone will think you must be grouped to play in it or to get awards and 100% you dont!!!!!
Re: Sorc pet hate has to stop
I get that people feel that there's excessive hate for Pet Sorcs but if we set feelings aside for a moment and look at what the real complaints are with Sorc pets it's not the lore or identity aspect it's the fundamental mechanics.
So much has changed since ESO launched. Much has changed behind the nature of combat and how effective combat carries out in game. Whether any of us like that or not that's a real truth. That said, any and every class skill sets should seek to perform within the context for the current combat environment.
I agree that having to double slot pets is unfair, I also beleive that having to multi-cast Prey to redirect and control Sorc pets amounts to a "double tax" on Sorcs that isn't really fair given how little damage those pets do.
The reason players hate on pets is because they severely under-perform in the context of what most all other skills in the game deliver. I get people like playing pets but it's pretty factually demonstrated that Sorc pets have a low slot rate. They don't consistently top Logs and they're not a mainstay in PvP, and it's no wonder why.
When Sorcs as a class are notoriously short on raw burst damage, having to carry around a skill line that features skills and passives dedicated toward underperforming pets causes pain points.
If one is going to ask to keep pets or see pets get more love from players then they need to admit that pets are lacking and advocate for the actual full rebuild that they need. Not just bumping up values, not just enabling a one slot summon, but an actual rebuild of the mechanics that sees them delivering on power output or major buff potential that skills in other classes bring.
As it stands now they're little more than body blocks that deal pin prick damage and are incredibly easily mitigated.
It's hard to make a case for Sorc pet lore when Sorcs are more often having to rely on World & Weapon skill lines to fill a build out rather than being able to truly rely on their own Class, or being confined to a primarily HA playstyle .. There's very little build variety in either of those whereas other Classes can go ham build crafting.
So much has changed since ESO launched. Much has changed behind the nature of combat and how effective combat carries out in game. Whether any of us like that or not that's a real truth. That said, any and every class skill sets should seek to perform within the context for the current combat environment.
I agree that having to double slot pets is unfair, I also beleive that having to multi-cast Prey to redirect and control Sorc pets amounts to a "double tax" on Sorcs that isn't really fair given how little damage those pets do.
The reason players hate on pets is because they severely under-perform in the context of what most all other skills in the game deliver. I get people like playing pets but it's pretty factually demonstrated that Sorc pets have a low slot rate. They don't consistently top Logs and they're not a mainstay in PvP, and it's no wonder why.
When Sorcs as a class are notoriously short on raw burst damage, having to carry around a skill line that features skills and passives dedicated toward underperforming pets causes pain points.
If one is going to ask to keep pets or see pets get more love from players then they need to admit that pets are lacking and advocate for the actual full rebuild that they need. Not just bumping up values, not just enabling a one slot summon, but an actual rebuild of the mechanics that sees them delivering on power output or major buff potential that skills in other classes bring.
As it stands now they're little more than body blocks that deal pin prick damage and are incredibly easily mitigated.
It's hard to make a case for Sorc pet lore when Sorcs are more often having to rely on World & Weapon skill lines to fill a build out rather than being able to truly rely on their own Class, or being confined to a primarily HA playstyle .. There's very little build variety in either of those whereas other Classes can go ham build crafting.
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