Nerf on stored Ultimate - 500 from 1000 on PTS

BossXV

Waaaaaait! I never knew I cool over stack ult....I tried with war horn, double ult, what difference did it make?

mvffins

Vaoh wrote: »

Also it's likely the last thing I'd want out of a Frost Staff. It's just a dumb concept for Frost Staves to taunt and block like 1H/S. The hybrid tank/DPS scheme is gross.

You could look at it as a hybrid tank/dps scheme but as a primary tank I look at it as the devs trying to incorporate more resource sustainable options for tanks. I could even see the ice taunt as replacing inner fire for a ranged taunt, as running inner fire is a very resource heavy taunt in ranged fights. Comparing the mitigation between a fully unlocked shield tree and ice staff I don't see it as giving tanks the idea of putting it on their main bar though.

Donnasnowheart_ESO

Can someone explain why overload is bad in pvp? It hits super hard and gives access to a 3rd bar for class/guild based skills.

Waffennacht

Donnasnowheart_ESO wrote: »

Can someone explain why overload is bad in pvp? It hits super hard and gives access to a 3rd bar for class/guild based skills.

Because at this time most players know exactly how to counter it.

The third bar is used in some builds, usually outside of combat. With proc sets, and time to kill, overload is too clunky for high level PvP

Donnasnowheart_ESO

Waffennacht wrote: »

Donnasnowheart_ESO wrote: »

Can someone explain why overload is bad in pvp? It hits super hard and gives access to a 3rd bar for class/guild based skills.

Because at this time most players know exactly how to counter it.

The third bar is used in some builds, usually outside of combat. With proc sets, and time to kill, overload is too clunky for high level PvP

Hmmm what exactly counters it?

STEVIL

disintegr8 wrote: »

Maybe this was easier than fixing the other Ults so that they don't use all of your accumulated Ult. I often have 600 or more Ult built up, use a skill that only needs 200 and it goes back to 0.

Personally I would have preferred the other Ults to only use what they need and leave me with change.

honestly, the 1k to 500 doesnt bother me and i do on occasion use overload.

Like others point out for other ults if i have 500 or 1000 that doesnt mean i can spam ults until empty.

maybe leave it at 1k.
add a cooldown after use for all ults.
have the overload cool down kick in at 250 burned
all ults dont empty the pool just take their part.

So you could have 1k in and spend it in four different periods of 250 burn each with say 1 minute cooldown between regardless of which ult you use.

Bobby_V_Rockit

I'd love it if devouring swarm or ballista lasted for 1000 ultimate... but otherwise, nerf it to the ground!

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Yeah this patch seems to be the "lets randomly nerf sorcs again" patch.

Lylith

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Yeah this patch seems to be the "lets randomly nerf sorcs again" patch.

just because.

FearlessOne_2014

As the Nerf Magicka Sorc Chronicles continue. Will mSorcs still be viable. We'll find out on the next episode of update 13.

Rohamad_Ali

I'll explain this as best I can .

Wrobel saw a huge problem in the amount of Templars that could harvest butterfly wings , so it was only logical to nerf overload ... Ceiling meet floor .

Lukums1

Massive_Stain wrote: »

prototypefb wrote: »

oh but it is broken, overload is only ultimate gaining from this.
all other ultis deplete ultimate pool no matter how much times over it was stored vs the cost of it.
even with 500 there is still advantage to overload in certain scenarious.
should be 400 or whatever highest ulti cost there is.

Overload isn't even viable in PVP. There are many different builds that get around/counter it. This is outrageous, and unneeded! Sorcerers have been suffering nerfs from the hap-hazard nerf-hammer for years. Take this from me, and I unsubscribe. Period.

Hehehe.

Not even viable.

*Luke sits on a ledge while a zerg is happening below* BOOM overload 1 shot. Boom overload 1 shot.

Booom Head Shot.

I dunno overload is pretty fun IMO in PVP. LOL