ParaNostram wrote: »Ya'll mistake being anything less than the absolute best according to the meta as dead. Seriously. I've played on the PTS, it's fine, from a magicka perspective I never enjoyed stamina so I'm honestly just rubbish at that. However, my magblade still dominates in PvE and PvP.
Remember this bit of wisdom... Mastery of a class > flavor of the patch builds.
ParaNostram wrote: »Ya'll mistake being anything less than the absolute best according to the meta as dead. Seriously. I've played on the PTS, it's fine, from a magicka perspective I never enjoyed stamina so I'm honestly just rubbish at that. However, my magblade still dominates in PvE and PvP.
Remember this bit of wisdom... Mastery of a class > flavor of the patch builds.
Is it me or is it odd that the reason siphoning changes are included in the bad for nightblades is that it wont be needed at all in the new hvy meta?
Isnt that like ssying your glasses were nerfed by your lazic strgery?
Seems to me ssying nb used to need siphoning but now wont is not so much a nerf as a freed up slot for another DOT/HOT.
if sorcs got some change so the surges were not needed, would the be a nerf too?
ParaNostram wrote: »Ya'll mistake being anything less than the absolute best according to the meta as dead. Seriously. I've played on the PTS, it's fine, from a magicka perspective I never enjoyed stamina so I'm honestly just rubbish at that. However, my magblade still dominates in PvE and PvP.
Remember this bit of wisdom... Mastery of a class > flavor of the patch builds.
Is it me or is it odd that the reason siphoning changes are included in the bad for nightblades is that it wont be needed at all in the new hvy meta?
Isnt that like ssying your glasses were nerfed by your lazic strgery?
Seems to me ssying nb used to need siphoning but now wont is not so much a nerf as a freed up slot for another DOT/HOT.
if sorcs got some change so the surges were not needed, would the be a nerf too?
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
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So much fun !
I watched the ESO live video and spit out my drink when Rich said, "Despite contrary belief, we do play the game."
There's a tremendous difference between "playing the game" as all sorcs than all NBs.
No, the only damn reason NBs are getting nerfed is because of all the pansies out there who HATE BEING TAKEN OUT IN ONE HIT BY A CLASS WHOSE ENTIRE DAMN PURPOSE IS TO SNEAK AND KILL WITHOUT BEING NOTICED.
Can't wait for the buffs of NBs in the future, where not only will their shadow be highlighted for all players to see but will suffer a 70% movement penalty while in stealth, so the pansies whining about ganking can ride away from a threat.
A mage who walks into PvP without protecting themselves from stealth attacks does not have reason to cry when they're ganked.
hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
I'm sorry sir, you must be corrected on a vast number of levels. DKs are meta tanks, templars are meta healers. This is a well known fact among the eso community. What meta means is they are the best, you cannot possibly do better with another class. The class abilities and passives for dks/templars, make them the best possible tanks/healers in the game. That is a fact that cannot be denied. With that simple fact, the general logic would be that sorcs and nbs should be meta dps. This is not the case. First off, stamina characters pull less single target damage. Stamina toons also pull maybe 70% of the AOE damage mag toons do, along with a much smaller cleave damage output. Mag sorcs are meta dps, the best possible dps that can be achieved. Dks do not pull more single target than sorcs do. Sorcs can pull around 56k+ single target, WHILE RANGED WITH SHIELDS SLOTTED, not even melee! Dks, along with stam toons, are forced to be melee yet pull lower single target damage. You cannot show me a dk parse with more than 56k single target on a vet trial boss, its just not possible. Where are nightblades? Faaaaaar behind, that is what this thread is about.
Recap :
Templars = meta healers
Dks = meta tanks
Mag sorcs = meta dps
Nightblades = meta node/writ farmers
While zos does give each class some sort of tank/heal/dps ability or passive mixture, it really does not matter at the end game level. If you want any sort of success in competitive trials, you have to run certain classes. The issue that dks pull much more damage than nightblades, while simultaneously being meta tanks, is just another zos balancing issue. These facts are proven by some of the best players in the world, that dedicate a massive amount of time theory crafting/testing to find the best possible output for certain builds. I am not one of those people, but I do know a few of them
hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
@hmsdragonfly
I would say ZOS doesn't really have a vision for class divergence, to everyone's detriment. Templars having as much DD abilities as nighblades, and DKs having more single target DSP than a sorc are, to a significant number of players, signs of a system gone haywire.
One one hand, the play however you want and any class can fill any role mantras so oft articulated by ZOS can be alluring, but in practice they present huge balance challenges in allowing classes to do everything (heal, tank, damage, support) in some form, but not allowing classes to do everything in one form. Faced with the reality those matras have begotten, i.e. where we are now, it may well be to everyone's benefit for the intended roles of each class to be more solidly delineated. Accordingly, I would support @Wrecking_Blow_Spam 's description of class roles, not as description of what ZOS wants, but as a road map for clarity.
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
hmsdragonfly wrote: »hmsdragonfly wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »I agree for NBs to be buffed in PVE:
ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS
All stam DPS are same roughly. So nb and sorc are the 2 main pure DPS classes, yet magnb is nowhere near them.
Mag Dk DPS very strong currently (better than mgnb) and they are also the best tanks.
Templar: DPS not amazing as sorc n Dk but they are main healer.
Nightblade: purely built class as DPS and they are bottom of the magdps, Logic?
Ummm that's not ZOS's vision, like at all. There's no such thing as a DPS class or a tank class in this game. Nightblade has as many damage dealing abilities as Templar. Nightblade has many group utilities. So why is Nightblade a DPS class and Templar isn't? DK has more single target DPS than sorc, and yet they are the tank class?
I'm sorry sir, you must be corrected on a vast number of levels. DKs are meta tanks, templars are meta healers. This is a well known fact among the eso community. What meta means is they are the best, you cannot possibly do better with another class. The class abilities and passives for dks/templars, make them the best possible tanks/healers in the game. That is a fact that cannot be denied. With that simple fact, the general logic would be that sorcs and nbs should be meta dps. This is not the case. First off, stamina characters pull less single target damage. Stamina toons also pull maybe 70% of the AOE damage mag toons do, along with a much smaller cleave damage output. Mag sorcs are meta dps, the best possible dps that can be achieved. Dks do not pull more single target than sorcs do. Sorcs can pull around 56k+ single target, WHILE RANGED WITH SHIELDS SLOTTED, not even melee! Dks, along with stam toons, are forced to be melee yet pull lower single target damage. You cannot show me a dk parse with more than 56k single target on a vet trial boss, its just not possible. Where are nightblades? Faaaaaar behind, that is what this thread is about.
Recap :
Templars = meta healers
Dks = meta tanks
Mag sorcs = meta dps
Nightblades = meta node/writ farmers
While zos does give each class some sort of tank/heal/dps ability or passive mixture, it really does not matter at the end game level. If you want any sort of success in competitive trials, you have to run certain classes. The issue that dks pull much more damage than nightblades, while simultaneously being meta tanks, is just another zos balancing issue. These facts are proven by some of the best players in the world, that dedicate a massive amount of time theory crafting/testing to find the best possible output for certain builds. I am not one of those people, but I do know a few of them
So what? Meta has nothing to do with what i am talking about. DKs make the best tanks, sure, but it doesn't mean ZOS's vision is that only DKs can tank. ZOS's vision is that every class can fill in every role, sure depending on the meta, a class can be ahead of others in a certain role, but it doesn't mean ZOS want that class is the only one viable for that role. Under-performing classes need buffs. That's it. Nightblade needs buff in DPS, healing and tanking.
So,
"Templars = meta healers
Dks = meta tanks
Mag sorcs = meta dps
Nightblades = meta node/writ farmers"
-> this is correct in this current meta. I might not be correct in future meta, and hasn't been always correct in previous metas.
"ZOS vision is something like:
Templar: Healer
Dk: Tank
Nightblade: DPS
Sorc: DPS"
-> this is incorrect.
Get it?
DKs do pull more single target than Sorc, proof: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/3960855/#Comment_3960855