PTS Patch Notes v2.7.3

timidobserver

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

timidobserver wrote: »

Good update aside from turning Desert Rose into another unusable gear set. Looking forward to testing the focused charge animation changes.

Maybe I am remembering wrong, but didnt they slow it down sometime ago as a way to 'fix' how often it failed?

Maybe I dreamed that whole thing. hoping it works!

They have tried a lot of things. I don't recall why they slowed it down. IMO it needs to be a teleport.

Edenprime

Any word on Crafting Surveys not giving new materials (Except alchemy)? @ZOS_GinaBruno

React

Unfortunate that stamina PvE was overlooked.

For me personally, it is unfortunate that stamplar did not get any sort of sustain buff. Staminasteal debuff category, reworked passives (several temp passives are unused for both specs as is), a stamina morph of an ability, etc are all great options suggested by many members of this community, including myself.

I hope that @ZOS_GinaBruno has at least relayed some of these community suggestions back to the development team, that we may see something implemented before homestead goes live. Fingers crossed.

And what ever happened to blazing spear? It seemed to me that not one person was happy with that change..


EDIT: It is good that the first and final damage from backlash are unblockable, for the exact reasoning given by the devs. Since you'll frequentley be casting this on blocking targets in PvP, you can at least get SOME return for pounding away at a target for 200-400 damage ticks at a time.

MyKillv2.0

Dev wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

KNOWN ISSUES

Combat & Gameplay
Grouping

• You currently are not able to form groups of more than four players.

I am curious how this will change things....four man PVE will remain the same but what about raids? I do not raid but what about console raids. I guess you will have to be in the same guild to function optimally

lehran

MyKillv2.0 wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

KNOWN ISSUES

Combat & Gameplay
Grouping

• You currently are not able to form groups of more than four players.

I am curious how this will change things....four man PVE will remain the same but what about raids? I do not raid but what about console raids. I guess you will have to be in the same guild to function optimally

Known Issue is not a patch note, it's saying "this is a bug we are already aware about, so you don't need to bother reporting it. Also, now you know about it so you can plan testing around it." It'll be fixed before live.

Derra

Synozeer wrote: »

RIP Desert Rose

It´s still the best sustain set in the game by a large margin.

Durham

I would like to see the new change before I jump to conclusions... but if it is what I think it is there will be a ton of Magicka DKS... so be prepared for........ TALONS everywhere... under rocks ...on your computer desk ....in the bathrooms ...

CubanRay

@MaxwellC Yea I think DK is a hard class to play, definitely not beginners friendly,maybe with a good amount of CP you can work around the magic issue but sacrificing other things.Made a stamblade and no resources issues so far,NB are not in a good place but at least I don't have the resource burden.

kadar

Durham wrote: »

I would like to see the new change before I jump to conclusions... but if it is what I think it is there will be a ton of Magicka DKS... so be prepared for........ TALONS everywhere... under rocks ...on your computer desk ....in the bathrooms ...

Mah body is readeyyyy.

Darkdex

@ZOS_GinaBruno, @ZOS_RichLambert, What about some love for PvE stamboys?


I think that there are easy solutions to the main problems (survability, AoE), you can increase the range and maybe the Damage of deadly cloak and make it tic more times for less damage each time. That would help us in AoE.

And for survability plssssss look at bone shield, buff it to grant a damage shield about 40-45% Max health (increase the cost if needed) and remove the double size for the synergy, that would be a 8.4k dmg shield that will help us in PvE!!

Right now it's an Elder Staves Online in PvE.

Masel

Alcast wrote: »

The dude on the right side is me... a stambuild..

I've been killing the left dude like 30 times yesterday, but the right was invincible, so your stambuild seems fine to me.

DragonBound

Awesome changes guys and thank you for listening but what about stamina builds for pve? Any more patch notes to come?

Wollust

CaptainVenom

"Impale (Assassin’s Blade morph): Increased the range of this morph to 28 meters at Rank IV from 18 meters."

How does one impale from that far? A skill name change may be needed.

Vynn

Thank you ZOS for listening to the dragonblood feedback!

CyrusArya

CaptainVenom wrote: »

"Impale (Assassin’s Blade morph): Increased the range of this morph to 28 meters at Rank IV from 18 meters."

How does one impale from that far? A skill name change may be needed.

CyrusArya

Awesome change on dragons blood. Pending the numbers, I can't wait to play a Destro/Sword and Board magicka DK.

Asgari

MaxwellC wrote: »

@Princess_Asgari
Umm do you realize the magicka pool of a stam DK... better yet do you play one? In PvPor PvE I will definitely not slot this ability and I'm guessing you're talking about using this + hard armor + major mending so let's go over that real quick so I can help you understand.

Igneous shield is around 4.1k with no reduction.
Hardened armor/volatile armor is around 3.3k with no reduction
Dragon's blood is around 4.6k with no reduction.
So let me get this straight. You want me to go into a fight and when I'm low have hard armor already on pop igneous shield/dragon's blood? That isn't smart especially when the best Hard CC you have access to is magicka based. I would never drain my magicka resource in order to stay a live a bit longer so please don't even act like this is going to make stam DKs OP like you're eluding to.

All I'm saying is that it is a nice buff to stam DK. It wasn't needed but it was goven to them. I'm pretty certain if you use tri food on pvp with undaunted 2/2 you'll have 14k mag. Which is more than enough to use this skill whenever you are being pressured for some added healing.

And yes I play DK. Use the link in my tag and you'll see I'm very well versed in the life of a DK. Far beyond most of the player base.

Ragnaroek93

I log on PTS, someone fights me and uses Destructive Reach CC from fire staff on me. Can't break it and I'm sliding around the ground for a year and this happens every time...

I guess we will have stamina overbuffed in some months again because that's how ZOS handles thing. Instead of making them equally strong one type of builds is superior by a large margin. Just wtf... get a new balance team.

BlackSparrow

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

• Updated Hammerdeck's name and description in response to player feedback.
  • The new name is "Hammerdeath Bungalow".
  • The new description reads “‘It may be small, but at least it’s gloomy. And if you enjoy beating up on your friends, like I do, it’s right next door to the arena!’ –Goorguk gro-Murtag, Orcish Realtor”

This made me laugh out loud, so I guess I'll take that awesome description as consolation for not getting to decorate the deck.

Highlight of the notes: "Because bears aren't cats."

Oreyn_Bearclaw

I wanna say thanks for what you did to CDB and bravo to finally fixing inner light, but did you really have to nerf desert rose out of existence? Think you took that one too far. RIP 900k worth of gear... It's always something.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

FENGRUSH wrote: »

timidobserver wrote: »

Good update aside from turning Desert Rose into another unusable gear set. Looking forward to testing the focused charge animation changes.

Wouldnt call this set unusable. Its currently ridiculous return. Good change.

Going to have to disagree, boss. I will agree that this set was very powerful, but in typical ZOS fashion, they took something that was overperforming and made it useless. 1 to 4 seconds is an enourmous change on the cooldown. Why can't they ever adjust things slightly and see how it goes?

Subversus

mr_wazzabi wrote: »

No comments on reason for strife nerf? Just cancel the nerf already! Nb tanks and dw dps need the low cost

THIS, It already does *** damage and has 0 HEALS in pvp, the only reason people were using it was because of low cost. It never needed a nerf in the first place, a buff more likely lol...

Stamden

CubanRay wrote: »

@MaxwellC Yea I think DK is a hard class to play, definitely not beginners friendly,maybe with a good amount of CP you can work around the magic issue but sacrificing other things.Made a stamblade and no resources issues so far,NB are not in a good place but at least I don't have the resource burden.

Even with a maxed out build, mDKs have major sustain issues in PvE. Before patch drops it would really be ideal to reduce magika spell cost and lower Standard Ultimate cost to 200.

OrphanHelgen

Gonna write a stamina complain thread everyday until next "balance" patch. Prepare to hate me already.

WaTeR-aBuSeR

The tower in Ebonheart Chateau is awesome, however there are no sound effects coming from the volcano while at the top. It is too quiet and peaceful up there to be that close to a volcano .

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Item Sets
Desert Rose: Increased this item set’s proc chance to 15% from 10%, but also increased its cooldown to 4 seconds from 1 second.

I freaking called this.

This is ice block's fault. Ice block ruined this set. RIP.

Bislobo

•Dragon Leap: This ability and its morphs can now be cast while are you immobilized.

Make Leap Great Again

Mix

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Housing

Furnishings

• Fixed an issue where the flame for the "Light and Shadow" achievement furnishing was displaying incorrectly.

I have two of "Light and Shadow" from prior to this update and now they are only light and no "shadow". Are they supposed to be "Light" when on and "Shadow" when off?

more details below in spoiler (if you don't want to know more about this item, don't click the spoiler!)

Previously, this item (a candle on a skull) had an awesome black-purple-cloud-like animation above it, I like to think it was a representation of the Void. However, at that time there was no discernible difference when using Light/Extinguish. Now, it is just a candle on a skull and the candle lights/extinguishes. I know you said this is an Achievement Item, but I obtained them from Remains-Silent the Shadowy Supplier.

Also, the Coffer, Gem (Mastercraft Mediator pattern) and Enchanting Gem (Enchanter, achievement) still have the same model. Needs the same treatment as the Poison Satchels (Poisonmaker Cabinet is great!)

Osteos

Dragon Leap: This ability and its morphs can now be cast while are you immobilized.
Developer Comments
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We recently fixed a bug where Dragon Leap was not preventing you from being crowd controlled or immobilized mid-leap, but we have further improved this ability by making it so previously applied immobilizations are now removed when you initiate the leap. Since this is an Ultimate ability, we want its activation to be more reliable compared to other charge or leap abilities.


Thank you!