Any word on the next patch release?

Stalwart385

I don't see much of a point testing on the PTS until the skill cost, skill damage and mob difficulty is fixed. Wondering when the next patch will be out to get some testing in.

Paulington

There is usually a weekly incremental patch, so it'll probably be Tuesday.

I also agree. Veteran Maelstrom Arena is just pointless on a Magicka Sorc. Barely do 3k DPS and my magicka disappears instantly whereas on live with a VR14 I do 16k DPS and never run out of magicka with worse gear.

Dracane

Paulington wrote: »

There is usually a weekly incremental patch, so it'll probably be Tuesday.

I also agree. Veteran Maelstrom Arena is just pointless on a Magicka Sorc. Barely do 3k DPS and my magicka disappears instantly whereas on live with a VR14 I do 16k DPS and never run out of magicka with worse gear.

This is due to 2 bugs that are going to be fixed. The cost is currently higher than intended and damage cut in half.

And pts patches (usually) occur weakly on tuesday.

Fat_Cat45

Paulington wrote: »

I also agree. Veteran Maelstrom Arena is just pointless on a Magicka Sorc. Barely do 3k DPS and my magicka disappears instantly whereas on live with a VR14 I do 16k DPS and never run out of magicka with worse gear.

It's not pointless, Sorcs probably have the easiest time with Veteran Maelstrom anyway. I was able to reach the final boss of arena 8 before I had leave for the night i.imgur.com/i0U4l6m.jpg

And with the change to enemy resistances and skill costs, you'll start seeing more people speedrun it. Which I am definitely going to try

Stalwart385

This is why I say all this testing is moot until we have a patch.

Not only is damage and cost way off but the monsters will be extremely weak when it is fixed. We have no clue what kind of balance we have until everything is redone.

Fat_Cat45

Stalwart385 wrote: »

This is why I say all this testing is moot until we have a patch.

Not only is damage and cost way off but the monsters will be extremely weak when it is fixed. We have no clue what kind of balance we have until everything is redone.

I liked the challenge from the bugged Vet Maelstrom, but from a development standpoint you don't want only 0.01% of your playerbase to be able to complete it.

So after the ability cost bug and damage bug gets fixed, a 5% completion may be a little more appriopriate.

However, as a counter argument the incoming damage from enemies are not changing. So a lot of players will still die because they don't incorporate much self-defense and sustain, regardless of if their DPS is how it should've been.

Paulington

So @Fat_Cat45 I assume you are NA? It seems a lot of NA players with their own VR16s are able to complete it, even with the mitigation bug, whereas I've yet to find anyone who has done the Maelstrom on Veteran with a premade Sorc.

With 3k DPS it's just not possible.

Pangnirtung

Stalwart385 wrote: »

I don't see much of a point testing on the PTS until the skill cost, skill damage and mob difficulty is fixed. Wondering when the next patch will be out to get some testing in.

It's not pointless. I have already found a few bugs and submitted them.

Fat_Cat45

Paulington wrote: »

So @Fat_Cat45 I assume you are NA? It seems a lot of NA players with their own VR16s are able to complete it, even with the mitigation bug, whereas I've yet to find anyone who has done the Maelstrom on Veteran with a premade Sorc.

With 3k DPS it's just not possible.

Ya, it's a character copy. Although the only V16 gear on them is 3 piece arcane Willpower.

I use 5x Necropotence, 2x Maw of the Infernal, 3x Willpower, 2x Master Inferno. 402 CP

ZOS_GinaBruno

We're aiming to get the next incremental on the PTS published early next week.

Prizax

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We're aiming to get the next incremental on the PTS published early next week.

Don't delete NA characters copy when this patch comes out please so we can at least now complete veteran arena...
Or will you do already another NA or EU copy?

Stalwart385

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We're aiming to get the next incremental on the PTS published early next week.

Thank you Gina.

ZOS_GinaBruno

We won't be touching character copies for the next incremental. The one after that, though, we'll likely copy over European megaserver characters.

Stalwart385

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We won't be touching character copies for the next incremental. The one after that, though, we'll likely copy over European megaserver characters.

Great, perfect.

Desimator

Any chance of you slotting in some more gear with the templates the gear sets are very limited and centered around monster helm sets a few full sets of armour for each class would be nice instead of the one setup that can be created for each build type It'd be fine if my chars were on I'd have access to all the gear I wanted.

Zlater

Desimator wrote: »

Any chance of you slotting in some more gear with the templates the gear sets are very limited and centered around monster helm sets a few full sets of armour for each class would be nice instead of the one setup that can be created for each build type It'd be fine if my chars were on I'd have access to all the gear I wanted.

haha lol you made the dress a trash piece if you want to use 2 undaunted pieces. xD