PTS Patch Notes v3.3.0

Leingod

Why can't the destro line (ice staff) get more than 2 seconds of thought onto it? Everyone has been complaining but just making them slightly better at blocking doesn't do anything except make ice staff a block-cast weapon. I just want to be an ice DD is that too much to ask for in this game?

sigh

Ydrisselle

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Level Up Advisor
This new system is designed to teach new players about the many facets of combat and progression in ESO. It contains useful rewards for new and veteran players alike as you progress from levels 2-50, and every five levels, you will receive a milestone reward with something special such as a mount, Crown Crate, costume, or a helpfulweapon. Simply open the Character UI to claim your rewards! Below, you’ll find the list of milestone rewards:

• Level 40: 6,000 gold, The Soul Shriven motif, and an Outfit Token

Whither Caldwell's?

It was already confirmed that it's a mistake, the real reward is the Prisoner's Rags costume. The motif will be awarded for Caldwell's Silver, just as now.

Maura_Neysa

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

Maura_Neysa

Leingod wrote: »

Why can't the destro line (ice staff) get more than 2 seconds of thought onto it? Everyone has been complaining but just making them slightly better at blocking doesn't do anything except make ice staff a block-cast weapon. I just want to be an ice DD is that too much to ask for in this game?

sigh

If Frost did the kind of DPS Fire and lighting did, it would be OP has he’ll. Minor Maim and great DPS? Running a Frost staff is just like heavy vs medium armor Stam, trading tankiness vs damage.

Sacredx

You uncapped aoe damage. What about aoe healing?
@ZOS_GinaBruno

JobooAGS

zaan seems like a 2 edged sword

JobooAGS

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Maura_Neysa

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

JobooAGS

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

for dw, type of weapon matters, each axe has an 8% chance to proc a 10k+ bleed (on a stam toon) each dagger gives 5% weapon crit, each mace ignores 10% of the target's physical resistance (though after every other resistance buff/debuff which makes maces crap in a pve setting) and each sword causes all your damage to be increased by 2.5% meaning that with 2 swords, zaan gets buffed by 5%. However, swords are quite weak for a stam dps choice as daggers outpeform it due to crit motifiiers and damage by swords being additive.

ClockworkCityBugs

Ydrisselle wrote: »

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Level Up Advisor
This new system is designed to teach new players about the many facets of combat and progression in ESO. It contains useful rewards for new and veteran players alike as you progress from levels 2-50, and every five levels, you will receive a milestone reward with something special such as a mount, Crown Crate, costume, or a helpfulweapon. Simply open the Character UI to claim your rewards! Below, you’ll find the list of milestone rewards:

• Level 40: 6,000 gold, The Soul Shriven motif, and an Outfit Token

Whither Caldwell's?

It was already confirmed that it's a mistake, the real reward is the Prisoner's Rags costume. The motif will be awarded for Caldwell's Silver, just as now.

on live servers you getting that motif for cadwell silver right now, true?

Ydrisselle

ClockworkCityBugs wrote: »

Ydrisselle wrote: »

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Level Up Advisor
This new system is designed to teach new players about the many facets of combat and progression in ESO. It contains useful rewards for new and veteran players alike as you progress from levels 2-50, and every five levels, you will receive a milestone reward with something special such as a mount, Crown Crate, costume, or a helpfulweapon. Simply open the Character UI to claim your rewards! Below, you’ll find the list of milestone rewards:

• Level 40: 6,000 gold, The Soul Shriven motif, and an Outfit Token

Whither Caldwell's?

It was already confirmed that it's a mistake, the real reward is the Prisoner's Rags costume. The motif will be awarded for Caldwell's Silver, just as now.

on live servers you getting that motif for cadwell silver right now, true?

Yes, and it will not change after 3.3.0.

LonePirate

Looks like we have anniversary events coming for both Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood. I am receiving double drops in both Hew's Bane and The Gold Coast, which is a telltale sign of anniversary events.

Leingod

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Leingod wrote: »

Why can't the destro line (ice staff) get more than 2 seconds of thought onto it? Everyone has been complaining but just making them slightly better at blocking doesn't do anything except make ice staff a block-cast weapon. I just want to be an ice DD is that too much to ask for in this game?

sigh

If Frost did the kind of DPS Fire and lighting did, it would be OP has he’ll. Minor Maim and great DPS? Running a Frost staff is just like heavy vs medium armor Stam, trading tankiness vs damage.

Right. Well I don't speak for everyone but f**k minor maim for 3-4 seconds on offensive ice staff - I'd rather a stam sap (if it must stay tanky) or a decent DoT or minor vulnerability since lightning could just as easily have maim attached.

Or a dedicated weapon line for each staff or at least ice staff if as a DESTRO weapon there is no 'destruction' in a tanky ice staff. I still should be able to be offensive on an ice staff but that definitely is not the case IMO

Raideen

When will the long standing mail bug be addressed? Having to log out/in or load to a different area and then be subjugated to long (2 minute plus for me happens OFTEN) is getting very old.

Maura_Neysa

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

for dw, type of weapon matters, each axe has an 8% chance to proc a 10k+ bleed (on a stam toon) each dagger gives 5% weapon crit, each mace ignores 10% of the target's physical resistance (though after every other resistance buff/debuff which makes maces crap in a pve setting) and each sword causes all your damage to be increased by 2.5% meaning that with 2 swords, zaan gets buffed by 5%. However, swords are quite weak for a stam dps choice as daggers outpeform it due to crit motifiiers and damage by swords being additive.

Ah, yes DW mag isn't as common or strong as it used to be.

Qbiken

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

for dw, type of weapon matters, each axe has an 8% chance to proc a 10k+ bleed (on a stam toon) each dagger gives 5% weapon crit, each mace ignores 10% of the target's physical resistance (though after every other resistance buff/debuff which makes maces crap in a pve setting) and each sword causes all your damage to be increased by 2.5% meaning that with 2 swords, zaan gets buffed by 5%. However, swords are quite weak for a stam dps choice as daggers outpeform it due to crit motifiiers and damage by swords being additive.

Ah, yes DW mag isn't as common or strong as it used to be.

DW magplar for PvE with moondancer set can be strong again if ZOS fix their skills (sweeps and beam) to next patch. When it comes to PvP I think of DW magsorcs overload builds when I think of DW magbuilds. But then again, sorcs never benefited from the weapon passives on overload builds since they don´t carry over to "overload-form".

Trashs1

Qbiken wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

for dw, type of weapon matters, each axe has an 8% chance to proc a 10k+ bleed (on a stam toon) each dagger gives 5% weapon crit, each mace ignores 10% of the target's physical resistance (though after every other resistance buff/debuff which makes maces crap in a pve setting) and each sword causes all your damage to be increased by 2.5% meaning that with 2 swords, zaan gets buffed by 5%. However, swords are quite weak for a stam dps choice as daggers outpeform it due to crit motifiiers and damage by swords being additive.

Ah, yes DW mag isn't as common or strong as it used to be.

DW magplar for PvE with moondancer set can be strong again if ZOS fix their skills (sweeps and beam) to next patch. When it comes to PvP I think of DW magsorcs overload builds when I think of DW magbuilds. But then again, sorcs never benefited from the weapon passives on overload builds since they don´t carry over to "overload-form".

tell that @Blobsky

Qbiken

Trashs1 wrote: »

Qbiken wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

JobooAGS wrote: »

Maura_Neysa wrote: »

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

@Savos_Saren Yeah because DW mag builds are not a thing. DK whips have massive range, Templar jabs... or you know they are a thing and that’s sets range is the only thing putting a cap to its impressive DPS potential. PvP is already crying nerf and it isn’t even tested yet. What ESO rock have you be living under?

imo swords could use a buff, say from 2.5% per sword to 4.5%. I believe there is a thread discussing this

Not sure what that has to do with Zaan, but I tank so sword, axe, mace its all the same, even dagger though it kind of looks funny on the tank.

for dw, type of weapon matters, each axe has an 8% chance to proc a 10k+ bleed (on a stam toon) each dagger gives 5% weapon crit, each mace ignores 10% of the target's physical resistance (though after every other resistance buff/debuff which makes maces crap in a pve setting) and each sword causes all your damage to be increased by 2.5% meaning that with 2 swords, zaan gets buffed by 5%. However, swords are quite weak for a stam dps choice as daggers outpeform it due to crit motifiiers and damage by swords being additive.

Ah, yes DW mag isn't as common or strong as it used to be.

DW magplar for PvE with moondancer set can be strong again if ZOS fix their skills (sweeps and beam) to next patch. When it comes to PvP I think of DW magsorcs overload builds when I think of DW magbuilds. But then again, sorcs never benefited from the weapon passives on overload builds since they don´t carry over to "overload-form".

tell that @Blobsky

I think he mentions something about it in his latest mag-sorc buildvideo if I remember it correctly.

Blobsky

DW is completely viable on petsorc

koralr33fer

Non-CP campaigns are dead on Xbox, there is only below level 50 campaign Kyne, and Sotha Sil which is 30 day non-cp. And both campaigns are empty. Its not even PVP in there, my friends and I joke and call it PVC....player vs castle....cause thats almost all there is to do is capture keeps if someone managed to take some while people slept. My point is non-cp is dead at least on xbox....so why would the battlegrounds be non-cp too seeing how almost the whole server are playing characters and builds around having champion points. I think having an option of playing either CP or non-CP battlegrounds would be much better than just having one or the other, especially when you keep switching between the two. Everytime you do, people have to change their characters and gear to be effective in battlegrounds. We have non-cp and CP campaigns, why would this not apply to battlegrounds?

jaws343

Savos_Saren wrote: »

Is it just me... or does Zaan not make sense? You’ll most likely be doing light/heavy attacks on a magicka based build with a destro/resto staff (which is ranged) but the beam is melee range? So we’re using a staff within melee range?

Yeah, you could light/heavy attack with a sword- but most of your crit will be in spells not weapons. That makes the monster set less effective.

This set is going to work perfectly on my dual wield Magplar, replacing Skoria. I already run Mechanical Acuity so I have guaranteed periods of crit damage from all sources. Weave a light attack in when Acuity procs and proc Zaan and hit Soul Assault (or Jabs or Bats in a multiple enemies situation) for a crit on every tic of damage. This is going to be a powerful set for melee magicka characters.

Madlark

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Apparently fixing the double-byte cyrillic font and thus removing an unfortunate eyesore is not going to happen... again?

Ectheliontnacil

Why nerf gap closers?

Gap closers deal high damage, that is true, but why is that an issue? Ranged skills deal high damage as well and melee skills deal more damage still (generally speaking). Having to give up one slot for a gap closer is already enough of a penalty for melee users the way I see it.

What needs to be nerfed however is the snares attached to other skills or gapclosers. Snares make it incredibly hard for targets to get out of melee range and therefore alleviate the need for gapclosers or (in the case of snaring gapclosers) allow you to cast the gapcloser on a target once and not to worry about the target getting out of range again.

Also critical rush is one of the few skills, making 2h viable as a dps skillline in pvp (unless you wan't to spam wrecking blow...), by nerfing the damage of this morph by almost 40% 2h will simply become a buffbar and lose much of its offensive appeal (executioner will of course still be good and wrecking blow for those players who are into channelled no-skill abilities).

Now don't get me wrong, I am all for buffing ranged builds, since there is a pretty strong stamina meta going on in pvp at the moment . But this approach doesn't seem promising to me, simply get rid of those *** snares.

Detector

RIP CP BGs... I hate this patch!

LordSlif

#fixtopplingcharge
#fixrunefocus

Bowser

Outfit Tokens should be renamed to Fashion Scrolls.

Asardes

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Master Writ Updates
Rolis Hlaalu, the Mastercraft Mediator who sells furnishings and recipes for Writ Vouchers, has changed some of his offerings. He retired several of his furniture plans and now offers 6 new furniture plans. Visit him to see what he is selling.

Additionally, Rolis Hlaalu has a new assistant: Faustina Curio, the Achievement Mediator. This new merchant sells plans and furnishings for Writ Vouchers to characters that have attained certain achievements. Among these items are plans that Rolis previously stopped selling, as well as new furnishing documents that contain Morrowind furnishing plans. You can find Faustina Curio right next to Rolis Hlaalu, at the Writ drop-off area.

Thank you for that, I have a lot of vouchers sitting in bank, just waiting to buy something worthwhile with them.

Silver_Strider

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Can you inform us which houses will be buyable with in-game gold and which are crown exclusive?

jasonteck

why is battlegrounds back to no CP?

IwakuraLain42

Silver_Strider wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Can you inform us which houses will be buyable with in-game gold and which are crown exclusive?

Assuming it stays the way it's setup on PTS: Coldharbour for gold/crowns and the other two as crown store exclusives (probably time-gated)