Should ZOS buff the warden bear?

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  • Lord_Eomer
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    SanTii.92 wrote: »
    I'm well aware of the limitations of the bear on actual trial environments, i'm just pointing out that as a straight up single target damaging skill the bear is among the best ulti, if not the single best one, in the game. Elemental stornm can't even compete.
    Only thing that has been proven is that you quite literally have no idea what your are talking about.

    So show us some warden bear pvp builds and lets see what you have an idea!

    Let you prove something! Except making pathetic jolkes around forum!

    I am sure you even have not played with warden! Stop trolling and post your proven videos!
    Edited by Lord_Eomer on June 26, 2017 7:03PM
  • Zardayne
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    Yep
    Make it single ult slot too. I'm not giving up two slots.
  • Mitoice
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    The bear is veery powerful when he hits... but he misses on the knockback attack the majority of times....this is why its useless... and it gets lost time and time again where you have to unsummon and resummon.
    Edited by Mitoice on June 26, 2017 7:05PM
  • SanTii.92
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    Yep

    So show us some warden bear pvp builds and lets see what you have an idea!

    Let you prove something! Except making pathetic jolkes around forum!

    I am sure you even have not played with warden!

    Well, i'm at work and of course i'm not gonna post a build just to prove you wrong, but will be more than happy to duel as much as you want later tonight.

    I guess i could also repost a couple of combos I got screened.

    capbZdh.jpg

    Notice that? Those are over 20k bursts in less than half a second.
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  • Lord_Eomer
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    Yep
    SanTii.92 wrote: »

    Well, i'm at work and of course i'm not gonna post a build just to prove you wrong, but will be more than happy to duel as much as you want later tonight.

    I guess i could also repost a couple of combos I got screened.

    capbZdh.jpg

    Notice that? Those are over 20k bursts in less than half a second.

    You have no idea for end game pve contents i.e. vet trials and happy as dueling..just duel a sorc with pets on bith and warden will melt away!

    Pets are garbage in pvp, two players shows up and they are all dead..

    What you are comparing is should comparing with sorc pet damage + ultimate i.e. destro

    Just compare dps b/w sorc with pet and warden with bear..

    Bear deliver damage but animation is very slow, this affect your overall dps, misses lot of hits and can not survive end game pve contents i.e vet trial boss damage. Sorc pet survive most of time due to uptime of big shield wards

    It ran towards target while you cast heavy attack for sustain...
    Edited by Lord_Eomer on June 26, 2017 7:13PM
  • idk
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    Maikon wrote: »

    The storm atro doesn't take up both slots, so you have options. This just sideways *** you.

    There's no reason to slot the storm atro if one isn't going to use it.
  • SanTii.92
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    Yep

    You have no idea for end game pve contents i.e. vet trials and happy as dueling..just duel a sorc with pets on bith and warden will melt away!

    Pets are garbage in pvp, two players shows up and they are all dead..

    What you are comparing is should comparing with sorc pet damage + ultimate i.e. destro

    Just compare dps b/w sorc with pet and warden with bear..

    Bear deliver damage but animation is very slow, this affect your overall dps, misses lot of hits and can not survive end game pve contents i.e vet trial boss damage. Sorc pet survive most of time due to uptime of big shield wards

    It ran towards target while you cast heavy attack for sustain...

    Could you, at the very least, decide if you are going to argue about pve or pvp? Your posts are a complete mess.

    I'm not saying the bear ult has no issues, please read my first post, i'm just saying that it is a very strong single target dmge one, that is it.
    Edited by SanTii.92 on June 26, 2017 10:55PM
    When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
    the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

    Arg | Pc Na | Factionless Mag Warden.
  • Smasherx74
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    Yep

    You have no idea for end game pve contents i.e. vet trials and happy as dueling..just duel a sorc with pets on bith and warden will melt away!

    Pets are garbage in pvp, two players shows up and they are all dead..

    What you are comparing is should comparing with sorc pet damage + ultimate i.e. destro

    Just compare dps b/w sorc with pet and warden with bear..

    Bear deliver damage but animation is very slow, this affect your overall dps, misses lot of hits and can not survive end game pve contents i.e vet trial boss damage. Sorc pet survive most of time due to uptime of big shield wards

    It ran towards target while you cast heavy attack for sustain...

    This depends on your definition of PVP.

    If you mean lone fights or zergs in Cyrodill then of course. However in a regular duel Bears are quite useful. At the very least for blocking attacks for you.
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  • Midori_Oku
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    Yep
    I personally would like to see all pets only need one bar. I think that alone would make the bear much better.
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  • Nestor
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    The only reason I have my Bear up on my Warden is to get the Pet Bonus from the Necropotence Set. I stopped trying to actively use it in combat.

    When I do send it in to combat, it breaks aggro after a short period of time. When it does hold aggro, it does not do all that much damage, even with the Ultimate. And, even then, it breaks aggro before the timer is up.
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  • Bouldercleave
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    Yep
    It needs a taunt at the "BEAR" minimum...


    Sorry, I couldn't help myself. But it does need a taunt


    Edited by Bouldercleave on June 27, 2017 2:30AM
  • aisriyth_ESO
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    Nestor wrote: »
    The only reason I have my Bear up on my Warden is to get the Pet Bonus from the Necropotence Set. I stopped trying to actively use it in combat.

    When I do send it in to combat, it breaks aggro after a short period of time. When it does hold aggro, it does not do all that much damage, even with the Ultimate. And, even then, it breaks aggro before the timer is up.

    Don't use netch for that?
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Yep
    As far as I can tell, the Bear is pretty useless as is, so a buff would seem to be in order.

    I do not however like the idea of having the bear be able to tank vet dungeons or something similar. Aggro, sure, but hold aggro like a tank, no way.
  • dusk194
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    It DOES NOT need a buff. What it does need is a descent AI and a passive/defensive/agressive toggle option. A better AI isn't a buff. The damage is fine for single target as intended.
  • ssewallb14_ESO
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    Make it one bar, makes the secondary effect gap-close, and ill be happy.
  • old_mufasa
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    Yep
    bear needs to be faster, its ultimate ability needs a charge teleport mechanic.. its attack animation needs to be faster...

    and for the love of... make it only use one slot!!! make it have a 15 min or hour long summon until killed or something so you don't have to have it on both bars.. and if want to use the ultimate ability then you can just switch that that bar and spend the ultimate
  • old_mufasa
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    Yep
    Just make it pull agro and I'll be happy.

    I hope not.. its a dps tool.. not a tank tool lol
  • SanTii.92
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    dusk194 wrote: »
    It DOES NOT need a buff. What it does need is a descent AI and a passive/defensive/agressive toggle option. A better AI isn't a buff. The damage is fine for single target as intended.

    AI is ok, we just need it to not bug the *** up and just dissapear every 20 minutes.
    When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
    the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

    Arg | Pc Na | Factionless Mag Warden.
  • dusk194
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    SanTii.92 wrote: »

    AI is ok, we just need it to not bug the *** up and just dissapear every 20 minutes.

    Your serious about this or trolling? I can't tell and i'm fairly certain you've never played with it in a dungeon, VMA, or pvp if your suggesting the AI works well... it works (but not well)
  • SanTii.92
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    dusk194 wrote: »

    Your serious about this or trolling? I can't tell and i'm fairly certain you've never played with it in a dungeon, VMA, or pvp if your suggesting the AI works well... it works (but not well)

    Yeap, I successfully did. You just don't know how.
    When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
    the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

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  • dusk194
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    SanTii.92 wrote: »

    Yeap, I successfully did. You just don't know how.

    So when the tank pulls a mob in a dungeon LOS, your personal AI doesn't instantly aggro it negating the pull and removing the tactic from the entire group? Or in a VMA or PvP setting it was able to correctly path to your intended target, while keeping up with the pace necessary to maintain sufficient damage.

    Sorry I'm calling bull ***. If they want us to use the bear in competative game modes, then it needs a competative AI.
    Edited by dusk194 on June 26, 2017 8:40PM
  • SanTii.92
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    dusk194 wrote: »

    So when the tank pulls a mob in a dungeon LOS, your personal AI doesn't instantly aggro it negating the pull and removing the tactic from the entire group? Or in a VMA or PvP setting it was able to correctly path to your intended target, while keeping up with the pace necessary to maintain sufficient damage.

    Sorry I'm calling bull ***. If they want us to use the bear in competative game modes, then it needs a competative AI.

    It does not mate, you just got to press command pet key (Y by default) and RM to setup the bear on passive mode. And LM to target enemies.

    Pro tip, keybind it to T.
    When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
    the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

    Arg | Pc Na | Factionless Mag Warden.
  • dusk194
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    SanTii.92 wrote: »
    It does not mate, you just got to press command pet key (Y by default) and RM to setup the bear on passive mode. And LM to target enemies.

    Pro tip, keybind it to T.

    And there in lies the disconnect. Thank you for the tip. Not the "pro tip" i've had command pet bound since i startesd playing... but were is it written or explained that RM and LM have difderent modifiers to it? I'm still not happy about its pathing, but that piece of information goes along way in its usefullness.

    Thank you.
  • SanTii.92
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    dusk194 wrote: »

    And there in lies the disconnect. Thank you for the tip. Not the "pro tip" i've had command pet bound since i startesd playing... but were is it written or explained that RM and LM have difderent modifiers to it? I'm still not happy about its pathing, but that piece of information goes along way in its usefullness.

    Thank you.

    Welcome, and I agree, the pathing is pretty terrible. Specially on uneven terrain, I believe it's the issue that is causing it's disappearance so often.

    Without a better one it will never be competitive enough, and even still it needs some balancing on top of it too, see my first post.
    When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
    the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

    Arg | Pc Na | Factionless Mag Warden.
  • scipionumatia
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    Yep
    I say change it completely, take away cliff racer as a spamable and add the bear as a class skill that needs to be double slotted. Change the cliff racer to be a ranged undodgeable ulimate that does massive damage, give morphs special effects, knockdown, dot, cheaper cost, does magic damage, does physical damage, gen ulti on hit, etc. take your pick
    Also make it graphically larger.

    Right now everyone (I've talked to anyway) agrees the bear ulti is worthless, but it is THE iconic warden skill (hence bear paw as symbol). Wardens should have bears that's just my opinion.

    Also it seems really silly that wardens are chucking an endless stream of birds that are being fabricated out of thin air.
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  • MLGProPlayer
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    Yep
    Do you want it to be so OP it could solo VMA and vet trials on its own

    We want it to be a usable ability. Right now, magicka warden is the weakest class in the game. The bear is a required ability if you want to be able to crack low 30k DPS (which is a joke). If it's a mandatory ability, then it needs to be more useful.
  • Voxicity
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    SanTii.92 wrote: »

    The bear is currently the best single target dmge ult in the game. Even at the cost of the 8% max magicka / weapon dmge.

    Exaggerating your point only makes you look stupid. Maybe you should try some before commenting.

    I have tried it lol. Only time it's useful in PvP is open world (barely - haha see what I did there?) or 1v1 dueling. In keeps it literally just stands there outside the breach doing nothing. No need to throw insults around because I criticised your poor bear :D
    Edited by Voxicity on June 26, 2017 9:47PM
  • Dymence
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    It doesn't do much dps lol? It gives 6k dps on single target fights. The dps it does isn't the problem.

    The problem is that you have to doublebar it and that the AI is terrible.
  • ADarklore
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    Dymence wrote: »
    It doesn't do much dps lol? It gives 6k dps on single target fights. The dps it does isn't the problem.

    The problem is that you have to doublebar it and that the AI is terrible.

    The reason it's double-barred and was explained by ZOS is that the bear is a summoned pet and all summoned pets have a requirement of being double-barred, second, they aren't going to allow two Ultimates active at the same time. The Bear being summoned is already an active Ultimate, being able to switch to another bar and activate another Ultimate would mean two Ultimates active at the same time.
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  • ProfessorKittyhawk
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    Give it better animation.
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