New patch notes, bow got nerfed again... Why?

Aliyavana

"Fully charged bow heavy attacks will now atomaticly fire"

"Fully-charged Heavy Attacks will be more important with the resource changes coming in this update, so we want to make sure there are no gameplay barriers to using them."

The only people this will benifit are those terrible bow build lowbies spamming light attacks and heavy attacks with poison injection every 20 seconds... almost everyone that uses a bow uses it as a secondary weapon and won't be spamming bow heavy attacks anyway... all this does is nerf an already getting nerfed gankblades opening and opening attacks in general.

Wrekkedd

Yeah, that's the vision of the game. Easy for everyone, sad.

Knootewoot

Sigh what a *** change. I loved to have my bow heavy attack drawn for PvP and release it whenever i see fit from stealth. I just wish i could do that with firestaff aswell. How is holding your attack a barrier?

Aliyavana

Knootewoot wrote: »

Sigh what a *** change. I loved to have my bow heavy attack drawn for PvP and release it whenever i see fit from stealth. I just wish i could do that with firestaff aswell. How is holding your attack a barrier?

This will be a buff if you are a light attack and heavy attack now build lowbie...

PlagueSD

aliyavana wrote: »

all this does is nerf an already getting nerfed gankblades opening and opening attacks in general.

Who the hell opens from stealth with a Heavy attack over Snipe?

SydneyGrey

Wow, what the heck. Why the heck would they have a bow heavy attack fire automatically, instead of letting the players decide when to release it. That change is dumbfounding. So then you'll spend several seconds of time readying the bow ... only to have it fire when you don't want it to.

Wow.

DHale

It's not a barrier they are just nerfing gankers but I was already prepared for this nerf.

Shadow_Viper_vX

This is why ZOS needs to stop listening to the lazy crybabies who are unwilling to put the effort in to Learn to Play so they can Adapt and Overcome, instead they just run screaming to the forums screaming 'nerf' so hopefully ZOS will make the game easier for them.

SanSan

They say they made it so no barriers are there but they made a barrier...okay

DHale

PlagueSD wrote: »

aliyavana wrote: »

all this does is nerf an already getting nerfed gankblades opening and opening attacks in general.

Who the hell opens from stealth with a Heavy attack over Snipe?

Every single good ganker. I get 13 to 19 k heavy attack.

Tholian1

It's like they want us to just hold down our weapon button and move around a bit and hope things die before we do.

Cadbury

Bow Users Online: Snipes Unlimited

Rohamad_Ali

Now I can't walk through a Dungeon with my bow drawn back ready to strike monsters hiding in the darkness . @ZOS_GinaBruno Why ? My RP immersions are getting messed up because of PVP and PVE players ! Stop the madness !

Shadow_Viper_vX

This is one of those changes that makes no sense.

Hopefully there'll at least be a toggle option.

Evergnar

This is actually a big hit for my gankers. Disappointing to say the least.

Aliyavana

zos I feel changes stuff just for the sake of changing stuff... if it isn't broken why would you need to fix it?

Carbonised

Maybe because stacking a bow heavy from stealth along with your red mountain procs and snipe and landing 5 hits in 1 sec killing a guy outright is only fun for one of the involved parties.

Dalsinthus

Bow needs so much love and they get... a nerf.
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SydneyGrey

Should I just throw away my stamina nightblade bow/dual wield toon now, or wait until later?

OrphanHelgen

It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it.

lunalitetempler

I like the change.

Tandor

OrphanHelgen wrote: »

It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it.

So do I, but both of us miss the whole point which is that nerfs are only supposed to happen in PvE for the benefit of PvP, not this way round.

SydneyGrey

OrphanHelgen wrote: »

It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it.

Bows automatically firing is going to mess up PvE players, too. One of my characters uses a bow in PvE, and trust me, it's going to screw with my playstyle.

Rohamad_Ali

lunalitetempler wrote: »

I like the change.

Of course you do Wrobel .

MoeCoastie

small nerf but still functional. You can no-longer start an encounter cocked and loaded but you can time it like you would a heavy melee attack. pretty much functions like every other heavy attack in the game now.

Tholian1

MoeCoastie wrote: »

small nerf but still functional. You can no-longer start an encounter cocked and loaded but you can time it like you would a heavy melee attack. pretty much functions like every other heavy attack in the game now.

Bows aren't supposed to be like melee weapons.

NewBlacksmurf

SydneyGrey wrote: »

Wow, what the heck. Why the heck would they have a bow heavy attack fire automatically, instead of letting the players decide when to release it. That change is dumbfounding. So then you'll spend several seconds of time readying the bow ... only to have it fire when you don't want it to.

Wow.

Why because it's how all other heavy attacks work with weapons. While it make not make sense to some, it's fair as it allows for ppl to miss and stand and shoot to cut down on waisted time so to speak

Ppl can't run around with their swords cocked back so it seems the devs wanted the same for bows.

Rex-Umbra

How on earth is that a nerf?

SodanTok

It is buff to PVE rotations and nerf to PVP/PVE ganks.

Rex-Umbra

There should be an option though for bows a staff's

THEDKEXPERIENCE

If this means that pew-pew-pew followed by a health desync happens a bit less then awesome.