Discussion for Changes to Existing Gear Sets

ThatNeonZebraAgain

To reference current in-game attributes for comparison, use this website: http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Sets

Here is the list of changes:

Item Sets

• The following item sets now follow the same pattern for item set bonuses:
• Eternal Warrior
• Infallible Mage
• Vicious Serpent
• Reduced the Weapon Power and Spell Power bonuses on 2-4 piece item sets to bring them more in line with the other item set bonuses.
• Eternal Warrior: Reduced the cooldown for this item set to 10 minutes from 20 minutes.
• Hist Bark: The bonus for this item set now grants the Major Evasion buff.
• Immortal Warrior: Reduced the cooldown for this item set to 20 minutes from 60 minutes.
• Kagrenac's Hope: This item set now also grants Spell Damage for the 5-piece bonus.
• Maw of the Infernal: Increased the damage of all Daedroth attacks by 30%, and increased the Breath attack specifically by 160%. We also added resistance to area of effect attacks in PvE.
• Nerien’eth: Increased the proc chance to 10% from 2%, and increased the damage of the crystals by 175%.
• Night Mother's Gaze: Changed the 3-piece set bonus to Weapon Damage, and increased the armor reduction by 50%.
• Nightflame: Reduced the duration and cooldown from this item set’s effect to 6 seconds, and increased the healing value by 50%.
• Oblivion's Foe: This item set now increases the damage of Soul Trap abilities by 100%.
• Quick Serpent: Added effects to this item set’s bonus proc.
• Ravager: Added a 10 second cooldown to this item set’s effect.
• Scourge Harvester: The beam from this item set will no longer persist if the caster dies.
• Shalidor's Curse: All light attacks will now heal you when you are below 50% health.
• Song of Lamae: Changed the 2-piece set bonus to Spell Resistance, and the 3-piece set bonus to Physical Resistance.
• Spawn of Mephala: Increased the duration of the webs to 10 seconds, and increased the damage by 15%.
• Spectre’s Eye: The bonus for this item set now grants the Major Evasion buff.
• The Way of Air: This item set now has a graphical effect when the damage bonus is applied.
• Torug’s Pact: The 4-piece set bonus now grants Spell Resistance.
• Vampire’s Kiss: Removed the 2 second delay from this item set, and increased the heal by 25%.
• Willow’s Path: Changed the 2-piece set bonus to Magicka Regeneration, and the 3-piece set bonus to Stamina Regeneration.

To kick off discussion, it seems like a lot of sets have been tweaked for the better. I've seen several people using Nerien'eth in PvP and it makes for interesting fights in the small spaces of IC.

However, for an 8-trait set, Shalidor's Curse has lost a lot of its appeal. As a tanking set, performing light attacks means dropping block, something you're not likely to do below 50% health. The large "oh crap heal" with a 1 minute cooldown that Shalidor's currently offers is much better suited to tanking and emergency heals, especially for classes that don't have burst self-heals that can be blockcasted (NB and Sorc).

The 10-second cooldown to Ravager means that it cannot refresh itself before it expires, so you will inevitably lose weapon power during fights between procs. This, combined with the fact that Caltrops is no longer considered a melee attack, is basically a double nerf to the set. Unfortunately this heavy armor set that buffs weapon damage nicely will not be as useful with this change either; similar to the issue with Siphoning Attacks, fixing Caltrops would have been sufficient balance.