Do you want ZOS to remove the AoE cap?

Neizir

phreatophile

Yes, remove the AoE cap.

Yes!!
Say it with me, folks. Area. of. Effect.
You're in the Area, you get the Effect.

Can I get an Amen?

Sylvyr

Yes, remove the AoE cap.

(taken from another thready)(in regards to PvP)

Zergs and AoEs (dps and healing)

- Given the AoE cap limit of 6
- Given 2 zergs of equal AoE skill/ranks/levels/etc ONLY difference, zerg A has 20 members, zerg B has 40 members with A having 4 healers and B having 4 healers.

Zerg B will totally dominate due to game design and mechanics. Sure more numbers is already a huge advantage but that advantage is totally compounded by AoE caps and healing:
- A lot of healing is "smart" and will heal those that need it
- As Zergs A and B collide in battle, B can hit a lot more targets in entirety. Zerg A will hit many less.
- B can more effectively heal those that get hit and not worry about those aren't
- A's healers will have to struggle tremendously because damage is statistically getting spread over their whole zerg, smart healing or not it's going to be a pain.
- For this example both zergs have the same amount of healers. If Zerg B had 8 healers (making the ratio of healer to group size equal) it gives B a huge healing advantage but it's not really needed, because the more DPS B has over A the more it will dominate because of the cap issues.

The larger the zerg the more the advantage. Get rid of AoE caps, this situation changes dramatically. Sure larger numbers will have somewhat of an advantage but without the compounding effect AoE caps introduce.

MissBizz

Yes, remove the AoE cap.

phreatophile wrote: »

Yes!!
Say it with me, folks. Area. of. Effect.
You're in the Area, you get the Effect.

Can I get an Amen?

^this.

Science people.

Amen. I realize you are talking PvP, which I do very little of.. But I may do more in the future.

RinaldoGandolphi

Yes, remove the AoE cap.

I'm not sure. No cap sounds like a way things could really get abused. I'm not sure, but if it would help against zerg balls count me in.

eventide03b14a_ESO

No, keep the AoE cap.

I use AoE's all the time on my nightblade but removing the cap is a bad idea. Not just for PvP but even in PvE. Nightblades would be unstoppable if we had no cap to our AoE.

Darkrogue671

Yes, remove the AoE cap.

But make AoE smaller in range and/or reduce movement speed. There needs to be some sort of consequence for lifting the cap, otherwise you got nothing but sorcs & healers running around all day in PvP. It's bad enough as it is.