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How to eliminate shield stacking correctly...

Fallen_Ray
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Shield stacking has become an issue, to the point where their duration has been reduced drastically. Their duration shouldn't be reduced. In order to avoid stacking what needs to be done is make each shield cast replace the previous. Example:

I cast Hardened Ward, then cast harness magicka and lastly healing ward. The shield I should have active is Healing Ward. There are various skills that already work this way. If this is applied to shield skills it will eliminate shield stacking completely.

As a sorcerer, if it were up to me it would be great if my mentioned idea only worked on Cyrodiil, but it won't happen. At least like this we would not have to recast every 6 secs.
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  • mdylan2013
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    Fallen_Ray wrote: »
    Shield stacking has become an issue, to the point where their duration has been reduced drastically. Their duration shouldn't be reduced. In order to avoid stacking what needs to be done is make each shield cast replace the previous. Example:

    I cast Hardened Ward, then cast harness magicka and lastly healing ward. The shield I should have active is Healing Ward. There are various skills that already work this way. If this is applied to shield skills it will eliminate shield stacking completely.

    As a sorcerer, if it were up to me it would be great if my mentioned idea only worked on Cyrodiil, but it won't happen. At least like this we would not have to recast every 6 secs.

    No issue with that, on my sorc I only use one shield in PVP.
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  • Frawr
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    I disagree.

    While I hate having to fight through the shields, they serve different purposes (until DB).

    The problem is the uncapped magicka, not the shields.

    Making shields stack off health would go a long way to making people balance their builds. It would force a choice between offence and defence (instead of the current meta of 'get both with the same stat')
    Edited by Frawr on April 29, 2016 5:23PM
  • Lord_Wrath
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    They just need to buff light armor or boundless storms armor, we need something so we dont need to rely on a shield just to survive some of these hits. I get us glass cannons shouldnt be tanks, but we shouldnt also be so squishy to barely have a chance against these cheap one shot players. Just yesterday I dropped dead out of nowhere by an animation canceller.

    With shields I can actually fight and do damage, but I would say shields are another cheap tactic. Its not because of skill that I can survive simply recasting my shields over and over and over, its simply the only method available to survive.

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  • Emma_Overload
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    Frawr wrote: »
    I disagree.

    While I hate having to fight through the shields, they serve different purposes (until DB).

    The problem is the uncapped magicka, not the shields.

    Making shields stack off health would go a long way to making people balance their builds. It would force a choice between offence and defence (instead of the current meta of 'get both with the same stat')

    That's not a real choice though. You can't kill anytthing in ESO PvP without a strong offense.

    Edited by Emma_Overload on April 29, 2016 9:41PM
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  • Father_X_Zombie
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    Frawr wrote: »



    The problem is the uncapped magicka, not the shields.

    I agree on this
    imo shields are fine, but some peoples shields are too much. soft caps would fix it
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  • MasterSpatula
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    ZOS Logic:

    Shield Stacking is a problem, so... reduce duration?

    Heavy Armor doesn't provide enough survivability to make up for its damage trade-offs, so... obliterate several survivability abilities both active and passive, further increase the already excessive block cost, and give HA more damage?

    Enchanting participation is too low, so... make the bottleneck runes no longer harvestable?

    Are inmates running the asylum?

    EDIT: I actually kind of admire their willingness to look at creative solutions to real problems. On the other hand, I admire the creativity of Jackson Pollock, but I wouldn't hire him to paint my portrait. I admire the Ramones, but I wouldn't get them to compose a violin concerto. Creativity isn't enough. Your creative solutions have to actually be ones that will get the job done, not make things worse.
    Edited by MasterSpatula on April 29, 2016 6:28PM
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