Change the Frost Staff HA from Direct Damage to a Channel

ArchMikem

Trying to sustain with a Frost Staff is painful. The cast time is too long for what little is recovered, even with 15% extra from CP. Changing the way the Staff Heavy Attack works to that similar of the Resto Staff would do wonders for keeping your Magicka up, as well as giving the Staff a boost to DPS. Instead of a single shot of Ice the Staff can channel a beam of Frost overtime.

SugaComa

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I feel your pain, see here

Artim_X

Even though I love the restoration/lightning staff beam, if ice was also a beam it would leave staff users with only one direct damage staff (fire). Your suggestion would make it benefit more from thaumaturge instead of master-at-arms, which could result in an increase in damage if you have more points in thaumaturge, but in absence of CP the overall damage of each heavy attack tick would probably end up being equivalent to the original heavy attack.

Also even if it were changed to a beam that would not necessarily mean that the cast time is reduced, since it could still have the same cast time and only a fully charged heavy attack would give back resources. The restoration staff's cycle of life passive when maxed out gives an additional 30% more magicka, which is why sustaining with a restoration staff feels quite nice, but I don't think that is something they would give to the ice staff.

Lots of players on here including myself would like ice staff heavy attacks to be a bit faster and I feel that a simple change like that would suffice.

Banana

Id like a fire staff channel to

Casul

You just gave me an idea, what if for staves you had 3 attacks

Normal light attack
A held heavy attack
And tap>hold charge attack

Make it so light restores no resources but is for damage

Heavy is a mix between both

And beam does low damage but is for resources

??

kathandira

ArchMikem wrote: »

Trying to sustain with a Frost Staff is painful. The cast time is too long for what little is recovered, even with 15% extra from CP. Changing the way the Staff Heavy Attack works to that similar of the Resto Staff would do wonders for keeping your Magicka up, as well as giving the Staff a boost to DPS. Instead of a single shot of Ice the Staff can channel a beam of Frost overtime.

I'd rather something different.

Flame - Charged up fireball

Lightning - Beam

Frost - Charged up Frostball?

I'd rather it had it's own method.

Although, if you look at it this way, it makes sense.

Fire and Frost - Charged up ball
Lightning and Resto - Beam

So technically, it is even and balanced in regards to staves in general.

Anhedonie

Tbh I'd prefer to have beam attack for all staves, not just lightning.

ArchMikem

kathandira wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Trying to sustain with a Frost Staff is painful. The cast time is too long for what little is recovered, even with 15% extra from CP. Changing the way the Staff Heavy Attack works to that similar of the Resto Staff would do wonders for keeping your Magicka up, as well as giving the Staff a boost to DPS. Instead of a single shot of Ice the Staff can channel a beam of Frost overtime.

I'd rather something different.

Flame - Charged up fireball

Lightning - Beam

Frost - Charged up Frostball?

I'd rather it had it's own method.

Although, if you look at it this way, it makes sense.

Fire and Frost - Charged up ball
Lightning and Resto - Beam

So technically, it is even and balanced in regards to staves in general.

That's how it is already, how is that different?