Very positive, IMO.
The "all classes can do all roles" theme is not exactly a surprise as it was explicitly stated several months ago in ESO live and was telegraphed with the build advisor that has a build for each role for all classes.
2HD weapons counting as two set items is huge and so is Jewelry crafting... and real multi-core CPU support? Be still my heart
Summerset itself and the Psijic skill lines are just gravy.
Well I hate the changes to NMG gear. Basically you might as well take all of your gold NMG gear and deconstruct it because now it’s worthless except for solo play since the tank normally applies major fracture. And does anynone know if all the Pysjic Order skills take magicka? If so, then won’t magicka builds have the advantage in using that skill line? My stamblade or stamsorc doesn’t have much in the way of a magicka reserve. Are we going back to Eldersorcs Online?
Emma_Overload wrote: »Well I hate the changes to NMG gear. Basically you might as well take all of your gold NMG gear and deconstruct it because now it’s worthless except for solo play since the tank normally applies major fracture. And does anynone know if all the Pysjic Order skills take magicka? If so, then won’t magicka builds have the advantage in using that skill line? My stamblade or stamsorc doesn’t have much in the way of a magicka reserve. Are we going back to Eldersorcs Online?
Blocking, bashing, sprinting, sneaking, dodge rolling and breaking free all cost stamina. My stamina pool is very small, so I have to choose very carefully when I do these things. I think the same will be true of stamina builds and Psyjic skills.
What about the light/heavy attacks scaling off stat pool like skills? That seems huge to me. I mean LA + HA are already pretty large % of DPS.
How will they offset that power creep? Are mobs getting tougher? More nerfs incoming?
Doctordarkspawn wrote: »What about the light/heavy attacks scaling off stat pool like skills? That seems huge to me. I mean LA + HA are already pretty large % of DPS.
How will they offset that power creep? Are mobs getting tougher? More nerfs incoming?
People throw around power creep alot. Trials are still hard. Vet dungeons are still hard if you dont know what your doing.
We do not need more timesinks like enemies that take five years to die, no thank you.
Overall: positive.
Specifically, as a magsorc main, I’m really unhappy with the change to Bound Aegis. I really hope it’s not going to be as horrifically bad as it sounds.
You'll probably get the + magicka benefit just from slotting it the way some other skills work and the armor buff from activating it. If that's the way it works I'm good with it.
It’s switching from a toggle (activate once and then you’re good as long as it’s double-barred) to a “regular” skill that only lasts 3 seconds.
To maintain the same resistances with BA you’ll have to cast it every 3 seconds.
Which means it’s a massive sustain nerf.
Personally, I've never used it for the +armor and being able to place it on just one bar is a plus for me but I do see your point if the armor part is important to you.
It's impossible to tell whether the changes will be positive or negative based on the information provided, but I do not like the direction of the game. The psijic order ultimate sounds like it could be the worst PVP cheese yet.