PTS Patch Notes v2.3.0

MissBizz

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Rapid Maneuver:
"This ability and its morphs now only affect your group, instead of any friendly nearby ally."

Yes! YES! FINALLY! THANKS!

No kidding! I've been wanting this for so long. Will make my time in town MUCH less annoying. No more uncontrolled weapon draws or suddenly zooming around faster than I want to with that stupid glow.

Awww. Looks like I need to actually spend a skill point now. Shucks! Thanks for all the fish speed buffs in town while I did crafting writs. I'll miss it. lol

Jayne_Doe

Wolfshead wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Loyalty Rewards
Anyone who[ b]owns[/b] the Orsinium or Thieves Guild DLC game packs will be granted a vanity pet as a loyalty reward!

• The Orsinium reward is an Echalette vanity pet, and the Thieves Guild reward is a Jackal vanity pet.
• You’ll need to complete a new achievement to receive your pet, but just need to simply walk into the main city.
  • Orsinium loyalty reward achievement: “A Gift from Orsinium”
  • Thieves Guild loyalty reward achievement: “Spoils of Abah’s Landing”
• The pet will be added to your Collections UI, and will be usable account-wide.
• Going forward, each DLC game pack will include some sort of reward for those that purchase or have access to it.

Honest this BS so we who are ESO+ member are not loyalty enough and therefore we wont get any loyalty reward for we are just "rent" DLC well not get this reward i take it

I agree that the first statement is misleading, but towards the end, it says "each DLC game pack will include some sort of reward for those that purchase or have access to it." So that would mean that ESO+ members will get these pets. What is unclear though, is whether you would lose them if you unsubscribe from ESO+ but don't then purchase the DLC.

Gilvoth

Enodoc wrote: »

Bossdonut wrote: »

So still no damage counters on console. Great.

@Bossdonut Yes there is... or is Scrolling Combat Text (videos included) not what you're looking for?

combat text is suppose to be in the chat box under a tab laballed "combat chat" so can be studied and used for varius purposes including different ways to concentrate on our builds and learn more about our personal pvp methods and bettering ourselves.
seeing numbers fly accross the screen is not what we asked for. we were looking for a method of seeing our own personal damage and others damage in the chat box.

please place a new tab called "combat chat" and put the combat text in that box on our chat box.

nosillalouise

Soo... their going to give us 300 champion points?

XANTITHESISX

Pangnirtung wrote: »

WeerW3ir wrote: »

ofc.. again the pve suck the pvp changes.. so typical.

I gotta agree on this.

PVP'ers crying that ZOS doesn't care about them and yet all the "balance" issues are PVP which of course affect the PVE'ers.

I would think it would be easier to fix the imbalances related to PVP then Nerf or Buff the monsters to balance the PVE.

Gilvoth

if im understanding this correctly:

it means that i will have zero stamina regen while im in sneak?

allright, so if i go into sneak to move around and place myself behind some one for a sneak attack, by the time i get to the right position to do the attack i will probably be completely out of stamina?

Also:
if i try to stay in sneak and move around i will never at any time gain or recover ANY stamina, untill i completely STAND UP and leave sneak to regain stamina?

Also:
if i try to travel in sneak in cryodiil as i have since beta 2013, i will only be able to go a few feet and then have to again STAND UP and leave sneak every few seconds in order to continue traveling?

Jayne_Doe

Beardimus wrote: »

Really not sure about the change to just giving provisioners recipes for the writs, sure i've been frustated as anything at certain levels having to go hunt for them - but surely thats the point?

Its rewarding when you track down the ones you need - whats the logic behind just giving them all to everyone?

Dont get me wrong it drove me crazy at certain levels - but I had to hunt / track down / retrace steps / guild trader trawl to get them and put some effort in.

Strange..

It's the only craft which limits you even being able to craft anything without a "recipe." All writs require you to hunt down mats, but provisioning puts an additional limit in that you have to know the recipe as well. The writs are designed to help you level your craft, so you shouldn't have to spend weeks trying to find that one recipe you need so that you can actually complete the writ.

And these are just the 6 basic green recipes at each tier - there are still plenty of recipes out there to spend your time hunting for, and the blue/purple ones that everyone actually uses, will still need to be found in the usual way.

Enodoc

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

Bossdonut wrote: »

So still no damage counters on console. Great.

Bossdonut Yes there is... or is Scrolling Combat Text (videos included) not what you're looking for?

combat text is suppose to be in the chat box under a tab laballed "combat chat" so can be studied and used for varius purposes including different ways to concentrate on our builds and learn more about our personal pvp methods and bettering ourselves.
seeing numbers fly accross the screen is not what we asked for. we were looking for a method of seeing our own personal damage and others damage in the chat box.

please place a new tab called "combat chat" and put the combat text in that box on our chat box.

Ah OK. I can't remember the specifics of what people were asking for, but I'm pretty sure I saw "scrolling combat text" requested more than a "combat log". Now that SCT is in, requests for a combat log are likely to be considered. But I've also seen requests for buff trackers more than for combat logs, so those are probably going to come first.

a_cylon

Will the Spawn of Mephala set now proc off resto staff heavy attacks? Seeing as the resto staff now works with molten armaments

nimander99

A ton of great changes in here! The only thing I hoped to see was some kind of increase to Heavy Armor making it more viable... unless I missed it (but I don't think I did)

Edit: Oh yeah, Breath of life nerfed? Seriously? What's the thinking?

FilteredRiddle

I do not understand the Templar changes.

1. Breath of Life in large group PVP, is worthless. It is, however, priceless in PVE.

2. Restricting all heals to only group members is a logical step.

Would it not be more apropos to leave Breath of Life unchanged, and to implement the group-only heals?

No Templar worth their weight uses Breath of Life for large groups in PVP, because it can onlyheal people. The only time that constant BoL spam is useful in Cyrodiil, is for Templars self-healing. However, Breath of Life in PVE is priceless and I cannot fathom why it would be nerfed, due to PVP issues and complaints.

Limiting heals to groups only in Cyrodiil, would address any complaints related to large-group Breath of Life spam. It wouldn't affect a single Templar self-heal situation, but those singular instances should not necessitate a nerf. It would force people to form groups and to work together for healing purposes in Cyrodiil, however, which would be a positive change.

Please leave Breath of Life alone. Please change Cyrodiil heals to group-only.

Xvorg

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

• Argonian
  • Argonian Resistance: Increased the maximum health bonus from this passive ability to 3/6/9% at Ranks I/II/III from 2/4/6%.

ManwithBeard9

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

if im understanding this correctly:

it means that i will have zero stamina regen while im in sneak?

allright, so if i go into sneak to move around and place myself behind some one for a sneak attack, by the time i get to the right position to do the attack i will probably be completely out of stamina?

Also:
if i try to stay in sneak and move around i will never at any time gain or recover ANY stamina, untill i completely STAND UP and leave sneak to regain stamina?

Also:
if i try to travel in sneak in cryodiil as i have since beta 2013, i will only be able to go a few feet and then have to again STAND UP and leave sneak every few seconds in order to continue traveling?

It is not working this way on the PTS. You still regen while crouched. ZOS probably mean you wont regen WHILE moving in stealth, not just in stealth.

Elsonso

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Provisioning Update
Vendors now sell recipes used in Provisioning Writs, which will ensure provisioners are able to reasonably complete any Provisioning Writ received.

• Food recipes will appear on Chefs, while drink recipes show up on Brewers.
• The recipes offered are based on your current level of Recipe Improvement, though they also will offer recipes from the previous rank as well.
• Provisioning Writs will no longer reward these recipes.
• Completing the certification quest for Provisioning will directly provide the recipes needed for the first tier of writs to ensure novice provisioners can immediately undertake the quests.

@ZOS_GinaBruno ... I sell all of the excess recipes that I come across rather than throwing them away. This has made me stop to think that I don't actually know what all of the current writ recipes are. Will these recipes drop randomly in chests, containers, etc, or will they only be available for purchase from provisioning merchants? If they drop in the wild, will there be some way to tell whether it is a writ or non-writ recipe?

Infinite12

Can't help but notice there's no mention about sorc shields in here lol. So they're going to be allowed to just keep shield stacking and taking ridiculous amounts of damage while putting out stupid amounts of damage....good to know. So much for balancing, right?

helediron

@ZOS_GinaBruno , I didn't see any mention in the notes about the change that removed the second tier mats in the resource nodes for highest tier crafters in Hew's bane and Wrothgar. Anyway, thank you for actually fixing it. Also vr16 potency drop rates were fixed but not mentioned. There is a longer feedback here about crafting and harvesting.

Dreddlock-

ZOS please hear me out. Return Breath of life to what it was and simply implement a increased cost mechanic similar to dodge roll. This will punish BOL spammers in PvP, but keep BOL as a functional Templar healing tool in PvE.

PS: Make Toppling Charge stamina based.

Dreddlock-

JaJaLuka wrote: »

There are a few good things in there and a few things that make me cringe too.
For example, meteor not being able to be reflected is fine, but please change it back to being dodgable in that case because it's going to get spammed like crazy (more so than before) and be OP as all hell.
Going to have to read the rest later, some of it looks good though. Won't say too much though until it's live and I've tried it all out.

Jaja, the Covenant needed a good Zerg buster. Now we have one. NB should not be able to stealth out of a meteor if DK can't reflect it or Temp can't cleanse it.

AverageJo3Gam3r wrote: »

SneaK wrote: »

Whats you all's deal with Wall of Elements............

DK Firemage with Maelstrom Destro Staff new OP FOTM.

And no reflecting Meteors??? Very odd change.

Non reflectable meteors is for Zerg busting. Now I can throw one into a Zerg without worry that I'll hit a DK with wings up.

Yesssssss

Sneaky-Snurr

@ZOS_GinaBruno
Where's the fix for Khajiit's Carnage passive? I thought it's not giving the right (if not all) amount of crit chance.

Forestd16b14_ESO

@ZOS_GinaBruno Players are still waiting for the Meteor fix.

MissBizz

Sneaky-Snurr wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno
Where's the fix for Khajiit's Carnage passive? I thought it's not giving the right (if not all) amount of crit chance.

@Sneaky-Snurr Did you see this?

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2656875/#Comment_2656875

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

jwarren68 wrote: »

Argonian Resistance: Increased the maximum health bonus from this passive ability to 3/6/9% at Ranks I/II/III from 2/4/6%.
But nothing about Carnage for Khajit? Really? Please tell me I missed it?

If the concern is based from the lower Critical Strike Chance, that was due to an issue with Dexterity and Pressure Points which is fixed in this update; it was just amplified for Carnage since that passive already affects crit.

If there's something else, then please let us know.

StopDropAndBear

7 new motifs and still no way to transmute or transmogrify
*SIGHS DRAMATICALLY*

ajwest927

So the missing friend's list is still bugged

Serpace

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

Dang...seems like my Templar is being killed by each patch.

Death by a thousand patches.

Serpace

I understand the reasoning behind Templar nerf from a PvP perspective, but its going to hurt BAD for pve. I am not done leveling my templar but now im thinking of switching it to tank or maybe even dps spec as future for pve healing looks bleak for the time being.

Sneaky-Snurr

MissBizz wrote: »

Sneaky-Snurr wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno
Where's the fix for Khajiit's Carnage passive? I thought it's not giving the right (if not all) amount of crit chance.

@Sneaky-Snurr Did you see this?

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2656875/#Comment_2656875

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

jwarren68 wrote: »

Argonian Resistance: Increased the maximum health bonus from this passive ability to 3/6/9% at Ranks I/II/III from 2/4/6%.
But nothing about Carnage for Khajit? Really? Please tell me I missed it?

If the concern is based from the lower Critical Strike Chance, that was due to an issue with Dexterity and Pressure Points which is fixed in this update; it was just amplified for Carnage since that passive already affects crit.

If there's something else, then please let us know.

As a matter of fact, I did not. Thanks for pointing that out @MissBizz

lucky_Sage

Are they taking champion points out of azura star cause its the most populated and competitive to try to get people to switch campaign. Thats whst it seems to me and a bunch of crap

Infinite12

@ZOS_GinaBruno if you guys don't nerf sorc shields then I have no hope for you guys. I'll lose complete confidence in this company (not that I have much at this point) but to leave sorc shields alone show such a blatant disinterest in your own game it's astonishing. Sorcs are the most op class in the game. Lots of damage, lots of defense with their shields which negates the need for heals really, and the perfect escape with streak. But you're nerfing templars? Really? I didn't really want to believe that you guys don't play your own game but it's getting harder and harder NOT to believe it.

CP5

Infinite12 wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno if you guys don't nerf sorc shields then I have no hope for you guys. I'll lose complete confidence in this company (not that I have much at this point) but to leave sorc shields alone show such a blatant disinterest in your own game it's astonishing. Sorcs are the most op class in the game. Lots of damage, lots of defense with their shields which negates the need for heals really, and the perfect escape with streak. But you're nerfing templars? Really? I didn't really want to believe that you guys don't play your own game but it's getting harder and harder NOT to believe it.

Did you miss the cp passive that buffs damage to shields? Or that burst damage builds, now buffed with this passive, can melt shields? As for escaping, have you tried gap closers?

Infinite12

Yes, you can gap close for sorcs escaping but a lot of the time they can streak more than I can ambush