Sharpened Nerf

toxiclies

Hey guys!

So I know that Sharpened is getting nerfed and I was wondering what is going to be the best trait after that?

What is the trait everyone is going to go for?
I made a poll just because it would be easier to see what everyone would use.

Danksta

Depends on your group and situation.

gp1680

SHARPENED

I believe sharpened will still be preferred, but the gap from the rest will close a bit.

DocFrost72

PvE- precise with full divines and lover stone.
PvP- Nirnhoned, Sharpened, Precise all competitive.

Asmael

Depends on your critical damage (precise), current penetration to not overpen (sharp), possible items synergies (Infused), solo play (charged) and possible capped stats making other stats worthless or limiting mechanics (nirnhoned).

For short:

Danksta wrote: »

Depends on your group and situation.

Valen_Byte

You forgot Prosperous.

ParaNostram

NIRNHONED

Sharpened is still BIS according to some, but Nirnhoned is just p fun

toxiclies

oh okay, everyone I talk to about it makes it seem that no one will use it anymore, at least that's what I got from it haha

IcyDeadPeople

Depends who you are attacking.

• enemy player with large shields? probably nirnhoned or infused with oblivion damage
• enemy player who is not blocking, with no shields and low crit resistance? precise
• enemy player with heavy armor and high crit resist? maybe sharpened
• NPC with low armor? precise or infused
  

I think charged still needs a buff, but training, decisive, powered and even prosperous can be useful for other reasons depending on the kind of build you are running.

toxiclies

@Valen_Byte prosperous is on armor I believe not weapons

f047ys3v3n

NIRNHONED

The short answer is that it will depend on your situation. With no-vMA stuff in PVP infused will be best. Solo in PVE, sharpened. Ninrnhoned will be near the top everywhere so I put that. In PVE many are very close in DPS. In PVP I belive Infused and Nirn were significantly better. There are good threads with excellent testing of all this on the PTS forum.

Danksta

Valen_Byte wrote: »

You forgot Prosperous.

We're talking about weapon traits here.

toxiclies

Thank you guys for your answers!

Alpheu5

TRAINING

Edgelord

Valen_Byte

Danksta wrote: »

Valen_Byte wrote: »

You forgot Prosperous.

We're talking about weapon traits here.

oops, sorry Im a noob. : ))

Unfadingsilence

SHARPENED

ParaNostram wrote: »

Sharpened is still BIS according to some, but Nirnhoned is just p fun

I'm glad they did these changes I have 2 maelstrom inferno staffs sharpened but don't have a lightning staff sharpened but I have one that's nirn

scipionumatia

INFUSED

I believe for most pve situations precise will be BiS
For pvp, nirnhoned or infused with oblivion glyph. I am curious to see which comes out on top.

What is really good about this is that we probably won't have over inflated sharpened prices on weapons anymore cause currently everyone wants sharpened for any game content.

Megabear

DEFEDNDING

I main a tank so Defending

Aisle9

DIECISIVE

DIEcisive, mate

so OP

I would be "Die, die, die, pew pew pew"

Strider_Roshin

INFUSED

Nirn 2H + WD glyph gives a WD range of 1807 - 2155

Inf 2H with Oblivion glyph with an Inf Bow glyphed with WD gives you 2023 WD consistently while also being able to dish out 3000 irresistible damage every other attack.

This was answered with a PvP mindset.

In pve I'll use precise.

PlautisCarvain

SHARPENED

For healing staff, esp for warden and sorcerer (magicka) powered will be op for pvp

Marto

PRICISE

Keep in mind that, because of the way penetration is calculated...

50% reduction on sharpened numbers =/= 50% nerf on its effectiveness

I don't know the exact math behind it, but the nerf is more around the 25-30% range, in terms of trait effectiveness. That doesn't kill sharpened, it just brings it in line with other traits.

GreenSoup2HoT

INFUSED

For duel wield infused for sure.

Glamdring

NIRNHONED

Infused bow backbar with wepdamage enchant and nirn vma greatsword front gonna be BIS for stamina

Araviel2

Charged - great if you are able to stack many status effects like bleed and burning.
Precise - Bis in pve if you are able to use the The Shadow
Infused - all depends on enchant type, target and group distribution. Bis if using Torugs.
Sharp - still great pvp trait. well balanced. better vs armor than vs shield.
Decisive - not at all bad if you rely on ultimate and got access to minor Heroism.
Nirn - good well balanced for pvp. better vs shield than vs armor

Note: this is all just my impressions after studying the information from PTS.
if it actually will play like this we will still have to see.

idk

OP isn't going to get a solid answer from a poll.

Danksta

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

OP isn't going to get a solid answer from a poll.

That's because it's not a black and white answer, which in my opinion is a good thing. I've always wanted traits to be situational.

paulsimonps

INFUSED

Megabear wrote: »

I main a tank so Defending

You should be using Infused or Decisive as a Tank.

idk

Danksta wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

OP isn't going to get a solid answer from a poll.

That's because it's not a black and white answer, which in my opinion is a good thing. I've always wanted traits to be situational.

Maybe. Depends on what the numbers and it could depend on the build, maybe on the build.

paulsimonps

INFUSED

f047ys3v3n wrote: »

The short answer is that it will depend on your situation. With no-vMA stuff in PVP infused will be best. Solo in PVE, sharpened. Ninrnhoned will be near the top everywhere so I put that. In PVE many are very close in DPS. In PVP I belive Infused and Nirn were significantly better. There are good threads with excellent testing of all this on the PTS forum.

Surprisingly, Infused has been doing extremely well in PvE from most tests I have done and seen. Nirnhoned as performed very poorly in PvE.

Vrienda

NIRNHONED

I hope I'm wrong. So few things drop in Nirnhoned. It'd suck to have to break my agl set and rely on crafted weapons.