What do you think of the nerfs to shield stacking?

chaserstorm16909

Discuss.

psychotic13

Zos sucks

Tryxus

They should remove the Cost Increse for Bolt Escape to compensate

mb10

Good and the magicka detonation damage reduction too, it was getting ridiculous.

8/10 running shields and magicka det its very boring now

Thybrinena

In the words of Spike Milligan....."About bl***y time".

ku5h

Well i actually think that now every single person in PvP will have atleast 1 shield runing. Yes, mag sorcs are majorly screwed, but in great scheme of things, there will be more shields then ever. You'll have stam NBs stacking Annulment/bone shield, that will be hilarious, or 3x stacking Dks. I think shield breaker will be working overtime next patch!

Magdalina

Shield STACKING got buffed. Now you can stack 20k+ PHYSICAL shields in PvP along with 20k+ magicka ones...

Shields on their own got nerfed. I'm not sure where they're going with this change. Imo it'll only make what's bad, worse. Moar shield stacking, less overall usefulness and uniqueness for sorcs(especially in PvE).

Rylana

its not a nerf.... lol. if you think those of us unkillable sorcs you were all complaining about werent already refreshing shields every six seconds.... on boy do I have a surprise for you

PhatGrimReaper

It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @Rylana , it's a buff and a big one!

Rylana

PhatGrimReaper wrote: »

It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @Rylana , it's a buff and a big one!

Feel the burn, baby, its okay to agree with me when im right

PhatGrimReaper

Rylana wrote: »

PhatGrimReaper wrote: »

It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @Rylana , it's a buff and a big one!

Feel the burn, baby, its okay to agree with me when im right

You don't need to rub it in

chaserstorm16909

Magdalina wrote: »

Shield STACKING got buffed. Now you can stack 20k+ PHYSICAL shields in PvP along with 20k+ magicka ones...

Shields on their own got nerfed. I'm not sure where they're going with this change. Imo it'll only make what's bad, worse. Moar shield stacking, less overall usefulness and uniqueness for sorcs(especially in PvE).

Now that I think about it you may be right. The increase to physical shields may make things much worse.

Van_0S

Excellent!!!
Finally Sorc got nerfed!!!!
Today, I am going to have a party for this occasion.

PhatGrimReaper

YurtTheSilentChief wrote: »

Excellent!!!
Finally Sorc got nerfed!!!!
Today, I am going to have a party for this occasion.

Brah... you do realise that sorcs will now mitigate all physical & magicka damage with those 6 seconds shields right?

Before, as a stam user you only had to chew through the Hardened Ward, now you'll have to get through the Harness too.

Sorcs just got harder to kill!

Van_0S

Rylana wrote: »

its not a nerf.... lol. if you think those of us unkillable sorcs you were all complaining about werent already refreshing shields every six seconds.... on boy do I have a surprise for you

Pfft... We will see when a NB comes from stealth and nuke that sorc down.

Van_0S

PhatGrimReaper wrote: »

YurtTheSilentChief wrote: »

Excellent!!!
Finally Sorc got nerfed!!!!
Today, I am going to have a party for this occasion.

Brah... you do realise that sorcs will now mitigate all physical & magicka damage with those 6 seconds shields right?

Before, as a stam user you only had to chew through the Hardened Ward, now you'll have to get through the Harness too.

Sorcs just got harder to kill!

No!!
All I have to do is wait for 6 sec and then strike...

Elsterchen

Hmm, thats what they did to templars shield ... reduced dmg, reduced time, reduced effects...

*opens the door*

Welcome to my house I am sure you will manage, we've been there too.

May Akatosh guide you and reduce lag in cyro so that you always see when to refresh your shield.

TheHsN

i quit playing....that was SUCKS

TheHsN

YurtTheSilentChief wrote: »

Excellent!!!
Finally Sorc got nerfed!!!!
Today, I am going to have a party for this occasion.

i hope u hit ur head at the party

olsborg

All dmg shields working vs all types of dmg = elder shields online, I tought we were trying to move away from this type of meta, even with 6s duration you can easily stack shields out the whazoo cause burst happens way faster then 6s.

Annulment and morphs should be completely reworked to something else, maybe a buff to resists or specific dmg.

6s duration to conjured ward was harsh tho, ppl who only used that shield will feel the pain.

Mojmir

If there was ever a need for the LOL button,it is now.

Drungly

I think we need more threads on this change. 10.000 is not enough.

VagabondAngel

olsborg wrote: »

6s duration to conjured ward was harsh tho, ppl who only used that shield will feel the pain.

The pain of refreshing it every 6 seconds when standing doing nothing or riding.... oh the humanity! If you weren't refreshing your ward/harness every 6 seconds or less in battle already then you were either fighting scrubs or you need to l2shield.

Torbschka

Its a nerf guys, but I really appreciate it (as a sorc).

I know u can have 2 shields now which are great against stam and magicka dmg. However, if u cast both shields and have to weapon swap (assuming u have it on your backbar) ur first shield will only last 4.5-5 seconds, ur second 5-5.5 seconds (how fast you are and how this new animation cancelling works out).

Then u play vs a decent player who is cc'ing u every 4 seconds (fear, fossilize whatever). Man, u have to cast it all the time and all u pro sorcs, yeah dont trash talk me, I also cast it very often, but if u go for the kill and just throw your combo out U CANT CAST IT, now it will only last 1-2 seconds, u got cc-ed, boom, done.

Its a nerf, I guarentee u, but I really appreciate it cuz now all the FOTM mages will go opefully it opens more different playstyle to sorcs, maybe even a heavy armor without shields, who knows

Knightpanther

PvP will always bring nerfs to PvE, just a fact of life in MMOs.

Be safe and carry on

Silver_Strider

I'll have to see how annoying Shields are with the recent change to decide whether or not to retire my shield breaker set. Although now that Stamina builds have a viable damage shield of their own, I can't help but feel that it's not going into retirement just yet.

a1x23

Not a nerf to good players but bad shield stacking sorcs are gonna have hard time. If you do your rotations correctly curse > LA > CS > endless fury > proc'd frag > stack shields you will be just fine

Tyrion87

Rylana wrote: »

its not a nerf.... lol. if you think those of us unkillable sorcs you were all complaining about werent already refreshing shields every six seconds.... on boy do I have a surprise for you

So how weak your dmg shields are if they don't last more than 6 seconds? Mine last longer.

STEVIL

If EVERYONE runs a physical and magical shield the meta MO CRIT gets a hit.

psychotic13

Tyrion87 wrote: »

Rylana wrote: »

its not a nerf.... lol. if you think those of us unkillable sorcs you were all complaining about werent already refreshing shields every six seconds.... on boy do I have a surprise for you

So how weak your dmg shields are if they don't last more than 6 seconds? Mine last longer.

Doesn't mean the shields are weak, but I'm guessing you're not playing a lot of PvP or 1vX if you think you that reapplying them every 6 seconds would make them
Weak.

If you're fighting a lot of players, you're taking a lot of damage, and if you think your shield would last more
Than 6 seconds then you are mistaken.

PvE on the other hand, it's going to hurt having to swap bars so much to recast (if you have shields on the back bar) resulting in lowering your dps.

Brrrofski

It got buffed hugely in pvp.

Read what harness now does.