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MIGHT AS WELL REMOVE STAMINA BUILDS FROM ENDGAME PvE!!!

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Already most competitive raiders avoid having stamina DPS in their group, even if they do it is only one (usually only StamDKs or StamSorcs for that matter). These changes just killed what little chances Stamina users had in PvE. Stamina users have similar damage than their magicka counterparts in majority of the fights, much more complicated rotations, and far far lesser survivability and also forced to fight in melee causing higher risks and breaks in rotations.

Firstly stamina DPS lost a major amount of damage from the nerf to their general strongest DoT Beast Trap.
Nextly, we are seeing a big nerf to critical damage with the inability of proc sets to crit and nerfs to Major and Minor Force. Minor Force nerf especially will have a fairly good impact on stamina DPS. Also, stamina builds have higher critical hit chances from medium armor passives and also Khajiit passives if applicable. So, the nerfs affect stamina DPS way more than magicka DPS.
Now, magicka DPS got major buffs with the new destro passives and respective class buffs. Magicka DPS got a direct 8% buff to both single target and AoE DPS. Sure, there is a magicka sustain nerf but remember stamina DPS never had such great sustain skills to begin with.
It is ridiculous how magicka DPS will blatantly outperform stamina DPS while enjoying the safety of range and shields.

And as if it was not enough, tanking, which is already dominated too, will tilt further to the magicka side with the latest changes to frost staff.

Now as it stands, for all roles, DD, healer and tank, magicka builds are so much better it's not funny.

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Edited by susmitds on January 4, 2017 8:57AM
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    Like magblades or magplars are still worth looking at? Overall pve DPS seems to be nerfed to the ground.
    Edited by Tinus_92 on January 3, 2017 11:21PM
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    susmitds wrote: »
    And as if it was not enough, tanking, which is already dominated too, will tilt further to the magicka side with the latest changes to frost staff.

    Yes, tell me about how you'll tank vet trial bosses with friggin frost staff heavy attacks, will ya ...
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    Carbonised wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    And as if it was not enough, tanking, which is already dominated too, will tilt further to the magicka side with the latest changes to frost staff.

    Yes, tell me about how you'll tank vet trial bosses with friggin frost staff heavy attacks, will ya ...

    You can use S&B main bar with frost staff back bar for times as a back up.
    Point is that it gives magicka tanks even more options without giving anything to stamina tanks.
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    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.
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    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    Magicka DPS have around 12% lesser crit chance than their Khajiit stamina counterparts. It is easy to understand magicka DPS is less affected by the nerf.
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    susmitds wrote: »
    Carbonised wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    And as if it was not enough, tanking, which is already dominated too, will tilt further to the magicka side with the latest changes to frost staff.

    Yes, tell me about how you'll tank vet trial bosses with friggin frost staff heavy attacks, will ya ...

    You can use S&B main bar with frost staff back bar for times as a back up.
    Point is that it gives magicka tanks even more options without giving anything to stamina tanks.

    Also, you always have Inner Fire for a taunt. You'd miss out on Major Fracture, though.
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    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    I went in search of your response to this immediately upon reading it in the patch notes.
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    As it currently stands, stamina DDs have a niche - single target damage - which helps pushing that little extra DPS to skip an extra round of mechanics, but at the cost of mediocre cleave damage, melee-only and half-sized damage shields. It's not a small drawback.

    Those changes absolutely destroy that niche. Stamplars and stam NBs are literally inexistent in endgame PvE - yet are getting nerfed further (could say the same about mag NB to be entirely honest).

    The main point where stamina DDs win with those changes is sustain, because of the changes to Elemental drain / Siphon spirit.

    The Major force being "basically the same as before" is absolute BS, sorry.
    50% base crit damage * 1.3 = 65%
    50% base crit damage + 15% = 65%

    This is the same with no critical bonus taken into account. There isn't a single DD build for which it's going to be the same, CPs alone are reason enough. Anyone using Minor Force is getting nerfed. Anyone using TBS with Shadow mundus is getting nerfed.
    Edited by Asmael on January 4, 2017 12:05AM
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    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    ^^

    PvE DPS got an overall nerf due to the crit change mechanics. And I'm not a fan of most of the balance changes. But can we at least have some actual runs before saying a class or play-style is now useless?
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    Minor Magickasteal returns less than Ele, is capped at once per second (vs. once per hit), and you can no longer stack Ele with Siphon. It'll be interesting to see what magicka sustain is going to be like, but it doesn't look pretty at all on paper.
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    susmitds wrote: »
    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    Magicka DPS have around 12% lesser crit chance than their Khajiit stamina counterparts. It is easy to understand magicka DPS is less affected by the nerf.

    if you cant see magdk/templar is doing almost no significant less dps than stam dk/sorc which is doing the best dps in game, can say they are on same lvl of doing dps and then is going magsorc with very nice surviv and then stam nb/templar with no surviv and then mag nb the worst possible dps but also good surviv because of magic shields, heals etc
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    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    According to them major force is the same, they simply changed it to additive and not multiplicative and tweaked the value.

    Base Crit damage multiplier is an additional .5. .5 * 30% = .15. = .15 increased crit hit damage
    They made it additive .15.
    .15 = .15.

    So, if what they are saying is true, Major force operates the same as before.

    Is what they are saying false?

    How was sustain nerfed? Most guilds only ran drain anyway, so I don't see a nerf here tbh.
    Could have sworn drain had a 1 second ICD, as Force Pulse did not return magic 3 times, however did give 3 chances to proc siphoning attacks.
    Edited by Vezuls on January 3, 2017 11:59PM
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    Edziu wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    Magicka DPS have around 12% lesser crit chance than their Khajiit stamina counterparts. It is easy to understand magicka DPS is less affected by the nerf.

    if you cant see magdk/templar is doing almost no significant less dps than stam dk/sorc which is doing the best dps in game, can say they are on same lvl of doing dps and then is going magsorc with very nice surviv and then stam nb/templar with no surviv and then mag nb the worst possible dps but also good surviv because of magic shields, heals etc

    MagDKs are hitting 54k+ in vet trials which is higher than what Stamsorc does. StamDK can get 56k+ but that usually requires 4 support sets. Magplars hit as high 55k+ but I guess it will fall to around 51-52k.
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    susmitds wrote: »
    Edziu wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    Magicka DPS have around 12% lesser crit chance than their Khajiit stamina counterparts. It is easy to understand magicka DPS is less affected by the nerf.

    if you cant see magdk/templar is doing almost no significant less dps than stam dk/sorc which is doing the best dps in game, can say they are on same lvl of doing dps and then is going magsorc with very nice surviv and then stam nb/templar with no surviv and then mag nb the worst possible dps but also good surviv because of magic shields, heals etc

    MagDKs are hitting 54k+ in vet trials which is higher than what Stamsorc does. StamDK can get 56k+ but that usually requires 4 support sets. Magplars hit as high 55k+ but I guess it will fall to around 51-52k.

    oops sorry, didnt read good this
    It is easy to understand magicka DPS is less affected by the nerf.
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    Vezuls wrote: »
    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    According to them major force is the same, they simply changed it to additive and not multiplicative and tweaked the value.

    Base Crit damage multiplier is an additional .5. .5 * 30% = .15. = .15 increased crit hit damage
    They made it additive .15.
    .15 = .15.

    So, if what they are saying is true, Major force operates the same as before.

    Is what they are saying false?

    How was sustain nerfed? Most guilds only ran drain anyway, so I don't see a nerf here tbh.
    Could have sworn drain had a 1 second ICD, as Force Pulse did not return magic 3 times, however did give 3 chances to proc siphoning attacks.

    Bc no dd has no other source of critdamage except the normal one. At least quite a few points into elfborn + trap and passives on some classes. So it got nerfed.
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    Vezuls wrote: »
    code65536 wrote: »
    lolwut?!

    Have you seen the nerfs to magicka sustain? And the nerf to Major Force (LOL @ their nonsense about it being the same as before) affects both resource types.

    According to them major force is the same, they simply changed it to additive and not multiplicative and tweaked the value.

    Base Crit damage multiplier is an additional .5. .5 * 30% = .15. = .15 increased crit hit damage
    They made it additive .15.
    .15 = .15.

    So, if what they are saying is true, Major force operates the same as before.

    Is what they are saying false?

    Old calculation:
    (0.5 + CP + Class Passives + Shadow + Minor Force + Set Bonuses) * 1.3

    New Calculation:
    0.5 + CP + Class Passives + Shadow + Minor Force + Set Bonuses + 0.15

    The only instance in which the new calculation is the same as the old is if your one and only source of CHD is the base 0.5 that everyone starts out with.

    If you spent any points in Elfborn or Precise Strike, this is a nerf. If you're a NB/Templar, your class passives grant 0.1 CHD, so it's a nerf for every NB/Templar. If you were using Trap or Stalwart Guard, it's a nerf for you. If you used the Shadow Mundus (TBS), this is a nerf. If you used the Archer's Mind set, this is a nerf. My magicka nightblade in my dungeon setup without TBS and without Trap has a CHD of 0.74, and in this case, the new Major Force is only 67% as effective as the old Major Force. Taken to the extreme, my old trials setup in which I used Trap and TBS, I had a CHD of 1.04--in this case, the new Major Force is less than half as effective.

    So they are technically correct that it's the same, only in an absurdly narrowly-defined--and extremely unrealistic--scenario in which someone has absolutely no other sources of CHD. If they want to nerf crit, whatever. But they shouldn't effing lie through their teeth about it. Call it a nerf. Don't give us this it's-the-same BS.
    Edited by code65536 on January 4, 2017 12:16AM
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    They make money on casual role players, thats the only reason.
    The percentage of players who do end game pve trials, are minor, and will have less priority.
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    Should this thread and the one in general where part of the discussion is how magica should just hang it up and go home from pve now get together over drinks and have an baby named "Sally Speculates"?

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    STEVIL wrote: »
    Should this thread and the one in general where part of the discussion is how magica should just hang it up and go home from pve now get together over drinks and have an baby named "Sally Speculates"?

    It does not take a genius to figure that magicka DPS got buffed by at least 8%. Sure, their sustain took a hit but remember stamina DPS never had such great sustain skills to begin with.
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    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P
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    Dracane wrote: »
    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P

    Obvious troll is obvious.
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    code65536 wrote: »
    Minor Magickasteal returns less than Ele, is capped at once per second (vs. once per hit), and you can no longer stack Ele with Siphon. It'll be interesting to see what magicka sustain is going to be like, but it doesn't look pretty at all on paper.

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    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P

    Obvious troll is obvious.

    I had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes. I expect others to be capable of doing the same.

    Even if it's sad.
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    Tinus_92 wrote: »
    Like magblades or magplars are still worth looking at? Overall pve DPS seems to be nerfed to the ground.

    Honestly support magblades are badly screwed in this patch. However magblades still benefit from the 8% extra damage this patch, meaning they still gets to outperform their stamina counterparts.
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    Dracane wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P

    Obvious troll is obvious.

    I had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes. I expect others to be capable of doing the same.

    Even if it's sad.

    Adjust to nerfs?!!!

    LOL wut.. Mag sorcs were still the most sought after class in trials for DPS. Shield stacking got a buff in PvP rather than a nerf while sorcs who don't stack shields got nerfed.

    How many StamNBs or Stamplars do you see in trials? Almost all raids refuse have them in their groups. 90% raids are all magicka.

    Also, you were also the guy who screamed about how destro ulti is useless and needs nerfs. Guess what, it is now the strongest ultimate in both PvP and PvE (another reason why stamina DD are not allowed in most trials as nobody wants to give up a destro ulti user).

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    It sucks how they just keep pushing stam out of endgame group PVE.Its so stupid with how trials are design stam is just not worth it when it just plan easier on the group for everyone to go magic.
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    susmitds wrote: »
    Also, you were also the guy who screamed about how destro ulti is useless and needs nerfs. Guess what, it is now the strongest ultimate in both PvP and PvE (another reason why stamina DD are not allowed in most trials as nobody wants to give up a destro ulti user).

    Well it's apparent you clearly have no idea what you're talking about, and that your stam bias is beyond comprehension.

    Destro ulti has uses in PvP, mostly the eye morph, the other one is easily avoidable (when lag allows you to actually see it).

    However, as has been proven time and time over, destro ult is vastly inferior to most other ults in PvE content. Shooting Star already does much more damage per ult point than Fire Storm, where mobs don't step out of your ground aoes. the 5 % nerf to the ult makes meteor even more preferable compared to destro ult. Banner for mDKs is also vastly overperforming the destro ult, even with the oncoming nerf to banner. Hell, with the magicka morph of Dragon Leap, that one may too have more damage potential than destro ult, time will tell.

    Calling destro ult "the strongest ultimate in PvE" is laughable at best, ignorant at worst.
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    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P

    Obvious troll is obvious.

    I had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes. I expect others to be capable of doing the same.

    Even if it's sad.

    Adjust to nerfs?!!!

    LOL wut.. Mag sorcs were still the most sought after class in trials for DPS. Shield stacking got a buff in PvP rather than a nerf while sorcs who don't stack shields got nerfed.

    How many StamNBs or Stamplars do you see in trials? Almost all raids refuse have them in their groups. 90% raids are all magicka.

    Also, you were also the guy who screamed about how destro ulti is useless and needs nerfs. Guess what, it is now the strongest ultimate in both PvP and PvE (another reason why stamina DD are not allowed in most trials as nobody wants to give up a destro ulti user).

    @Alcast @Gilliamtherogue

    I never stacked shields, so you feel me :)
    Mag Sorc had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes over the years. Stamina on the other hand only had to adjust to dozens of buffs.

    And noooo please don't summon them Stamina Supremacists. I leave, but don't.
    Edited by Dracane on January 4, 2017 9:26AM
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    Dracane wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    susmitds wrote: »
    Dracane wrote: »
    Give them an L give them a 2 give them a P

    Obvious troll is obvious.

    I had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes. I expect others to be capable of doing the same.

    Even if it's sad.

    Adjust to nerfs?!!!

    LOL wut.. Mag sorcs were still the most sought after class in trials for DPS. Shield stacking got a buff in PvP rather than a nerf while sorcs who don't stack shields got nerfed.

    How many StamNBs or Stamplars do you see in trials? Almost all raids refuse have them in their groups. 90% raids are all magicka.

    Also, you were also the guy who screamed about how destro ulti is useless and needs nerfs. Guess what, it is now the strongest ultimate in both PvP and PvE (another reason why stamina DD are not allowed in most trials as nobody wants to give up a destro ulti user).

    @Alcast @Gilliamtherogue

    I never stacked shields, so you feel me :)
    Mag Sorc had to adjust to so many nerfs and changes over the years. Stamina on the other hand only had to adjust to dozens of buffs.

    Stamina dozen of buffs? All the buffs were the broken proc sets.
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    Instead of making better combat, they nerd us too slow it down.GG zo$, your clueless.
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