Werewolf Question

jgc471980

Hi there

Been away for 3 months and see ESO has went F2P (Sad Days)

MY main class has always been my NB Stamina Werewolf but when I logged on today I see alot of issues with it

1: Ultimate seems to gain VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRy slowly not sure why ?

2: The Skin/Model of the were wolf is so ugly now its so Skinny and awful looking, why was this changed it looks nothing like i remember when i was playing in December

3: Bugs with changing into Werewolf still exist and health still goes down Super fast,

4: Ultimate will some times Bug and will not go up then out of know where will go to 50% 100% 5 minutes later?

I have checked forums but cant find if 1: new changes coming soon>? or 2: if they are giving customisation options for werewolfs via the Crown store

Berserker - Pure black with Read Eyes
Pack - White with Yellow Eyes

nalimoleb14_ESO

To answer your first question, ZOS nerfed ultimate gain as a part of their "Class Rebalancing" (a.k.a. "We need to make the Champion System relevant by having you grind EXP for champion points so you can slowly recover the stats/progress you made before update 1.6). So, no more ultimate gain through critical hits. In order to generate ultimate:

Adjusted how Ultimate generation is gained to make it more even across different classes and builds:
- When you damage an enemy with a light or heavy attack, you will receive a buff that grants three Ultimate per second for eight seconds.
- This buff is refreshed with each light or heavy attack.
- If you heal an ally that has the Ultimate gain buff, you will also receive the Ultimate gain buff for eight seconds.
- This only works if the ally being healed was not at full health prior to the heal.
- Abilities that previously gave Ultimate will now provide the Minor Heroism buff that will give you additional Ultimate over time.
- Ultimate can also be gained from blocking, dodging, or attacking targets with a damage shield.

So if you explore different skills and passives (including Champion System passives) that provide ultimate, you can generate ultimate...somewhat reasonably, but it won't be what it was before.

Nestor

jgc471980 wrote: »

Hi there


1: Ultimate seems to gain VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRy slowly not sure why ?

We used to get Ultimate from Crtical Hits, now we get it from Heavy Attacks mostly, see above for all the ways. The rate I build it is not as quick as it was before, so I am not going to be dropping two or three Ults on a Boss in one fight.

Which is fine as I don' use Ultimates that often.

Now it is weird as I can have my Ultimate get recharge post battle as the UoT ticks on after the fight is over.

dylanjaygrobbelaarb16_ESO

nalimoleb14_ESO wrote: »

To answer your first question, ZOS nerfed ultimate gain as a part of their "Class Rebalancing" (a.k.a. "We need to make the Champion System relevant by having you grind EXP for champion points so you can slowly recover the stats/progress you made before update 1.6). So, no more ultimate gain through critical hits. In order to generate ultimate:

show previous quotes

Adjusted how Ultimate generation is gained to make it more even across different classes and builds:
- When you damage an enemy with a light or heavy attack, you will receive a buff that grants three Ultimate per second for eight seconds.
- This buff is refreshed with each light or heavy attack.
- If you heal an ally that has the Ultimate gain buff, you will also receive the Ultimate gain buff for eight seconds.
- This only works if the ally being healed was not at full health prior to the heal.
- Abilities that previously gave Ultimate will now provide the Minor Heroism buff that will give you additional Ultimate over time.
- Ultimate can also be gained from blocking, dodging, or attacking targets with a damage shield.

So if you explore different skills and passives (including Champion System passives) that provide ultimate, you can generate ultimate...somewhat reasonably, but it won't be what it was before.

They changed ult because with aoe cap removal the old system would give certain builds permenant ult. Its really not that bad and quite obviously necessary

starkerealm

dylanjaygrobbelaarb16_ESO wrote: »

They changed ult because with aoe cap removal the old system would give certain builds permenant ult. Its really not that bad and quite obviously necessary

With the obvious caveat that, if you continue to play like nothing's changed, it will go poorly.

jgc471980 wrote: »

Hi there

Been away for 3 months and see ESO has went F2P (Sad Days)

It still hasn't gone F2P... it's buy to play, and there is a difference.

jgc471980 wrote: »

MY main class has always been my NB Stamina Werewolf but when I logged on today I see alot of issues with it

Oddly enough my main is also a NB werewolf with a heavy stamina focus.

jgc471980 wrote: »

1: Ultimate seems to gain VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRy slowly not sure why ?

This is the result of the changes mentioned above. Personally I still use Carve as one of my primary AoE abilities. It doesn't have the ability to fully charge an ultimate in a single fight... but it's still very good.

That said, there are still a lot of ways you can gain ultimate as a NB. One of the easiest would be to just use strife periodically in combat.

jgc471980 wrote: »

2: The Skin/Model of the were wolf is so ugly now its so Skinny and awful looking, why was this changed it looks nothing like i remember when i was playing in December

It's a work in progress.

jgc471980 wrote: »

3: Bugs with changing into Werewolf still exist and health still goes down Super fast,

You might want to grab Hircine's Bounty. It's a decent click heal. Also look at your armor. Medium armor took a bit of a hit in 1.6, and if you're still trying to run around in light armor, wolfing out is now a terrible idea. Light armor is much weaker than it used to be.

The good news is werewolf damage now scales off your weapon damage, so a DPS wolf is viable now.

Also, look at Piercing Howl for a click knockdown and Rending Claws (I think that's the name, anyway) for a melee AoE. Those should help deal with crowds of enemies.

The three new abilities go a long way towards making Werewolf much more viable.

And, yeah, the bugs are still there.

jgc471980 wrote: »

4: Ultimate will some times Bug and will not go up then out of know where will go to 50% 100% 5 minutes later?

That's probably just the new ultimate system working as intended. Though I can't be sure, it's not like weird behavior is unheard of.

jgc471980 wrote: »

I have checked forums but cant find if 1: new changes coming soon>? or 2: if they are giving customisation options for werewolfs via the Crown store

Berserker - Pure black with Read Eyes
Pack - White with Yellow Eyes

Pack Leader is white with red eyes right now, I think. I know there's been some movement towards berserker being black, but I don't know where that's at.