I'm saying this as a DPS, there is a decent chance of the Mechanical Acuity crafted set being nerfed in the future. Why? It's pretty much the go-to set for all DPS now, magicka and stamina. It is hard to beat 5 seconds of raw crit damage, especially when you have your monster set (even tho they don't crit) and/or ultimate up. Because it is so potent and popular, it will most likely see the nerf gun here soon. I honestly want to say in the Summerset base game patch.
So, with that, I suggest one thing: buff crit bonuses in sets. Again. Why? Crit damage is too good to pass up if you can get it readily. Back in the Horns of the Reach patch, the crit bonuses were originally buffed to a good extent. The thief stone was nerfed in the process, but a lot of people saw that coming. Now, the crit bonus buffs really encouraged more variety in dps builds. However, due to over-excitement to buffed crit bonuses, a lot of people were beginning to get their magicka DPS Mother's Sorrow and Julianos. Zenimax responded by lowering the crit bonus buff (as well as the precise weapon trait and shadow stone) to a mere shell of what it would have been when the patch went live on PC. Sure, people were getting hyped, but that does happen at the beginning of each patch.
Anyways, with the changed in HotR, people dropped the theif stone and whatnot for Julianos, Hunding's Rage, and some other sets. DPS was good, but it wasn't as good as it could have been. When Clockwork City released, the crafted Mechanical Acuity set was dropped. It took some time before people realized how niche it is since it pretty much filled that crit damage hole dps had since after HotR.
Again, MA will most likely get nerfed on how popular it is. However, Zenimax really should consider buffing crit bonuses in response, instead of bringing dps down a notch. We love having variety in builds, and this would only help.
Edited by WuffyCerulei on March 24, 2018 5:41PM For the love of Kyne, buff sorc. PC NACP 2100+Star-Sïnger - Khajiit Magicka Sorc - EP Grand Overlord - Flawless Conqueror vMA/vBRP/vDSA no death/vHel Ra HM/vAA HM/vSO HM/vMoL HM/vHoF HM/vAS +2/vCR+3/vSS HMs/vKA HMs/vVH/vRG Oax HM/vDSR