ZOS..What did you do?

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

frostz417

Read the patch notes

SirAndy

Didn't you read the patch notes?

You're supposed to get a tank and healer or alternatively switch to heavy armor and become a tank or healer.

Cronopoly

😂😙

russelmmendoza

Bouldercleave

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

Hasn't stopped me before...

Bouldercleave

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

Hasn't stopped me before...

And now it has. Welcome to the masses

DirkRavenclaw

They changed the Meta

starkerealm

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

So, Harness Magicka no longer being hilariously overpowered means you can't run 4 man content alone anymore? That might be... what's the phrase?

Oh, I remember: "Working as intended."

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Time to find a new game...

Bouldercleave

If not being able to solo group content sets you off, See ya.

starkerealm

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Time to find a new game...

Jhalin

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

And yet it’s always been very simple once you know the basic game mechanics.

MagBlade costs went up across the board. You no longer have any damage on Refreshing, the damage of Funnel got halved, Swallow Soul does not provide Minor Vitaily anymore. Grim Focus and morphs have their cost doubled if you get 2 bows off during the duration. Blur and morphs lost Evasion, it instead gets damage reduction which is useless against WBs.

TLDR you now are forced to heavy attack to sustain your rotation, like every other class which sucks so much ass

Sheezabeast

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Time to find a new game...

If this is the straw that broke the camels back for you.....never play Dark Souls.

SirAndy

starkerealm wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!
@ZOS_GinaBruno

So, Harness Magicka no longer being hilariously overpowered means you can't run 4 man content alone anymore? That might be... what's the phrase?
Oh, I remember: "Working as intended."

Then why can my dual wield StamBlade still clear the same content with ease?

Oh, I remember: "Working as intended."

Bouldercleave

Jhalin wrote: »

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

And yet it’s always been very simple once you know the basic game mechanics.

MagBlade costs went up across the board. You no longer have any damage on Refreshing, the damage of Funnel got halved, Swallow Soul does not provide Minor Vitaily anymore. Grim Focus and morphs have their cost doubled if you get 2 bows off during the duration. Blur and morphs lost Evasion, it instead gets damage reduction which is useless against WBs.

TLDR you now are forced to heavy attack to sustain your rotation, like every other class which sucks so much ass

Hey, I'm not the one always on here whining about "balance". Welcome to balance. It blows.

Myyth

oh so the the great nerfmire is now live?

nryerson1025

if you play offline rpgs, msot of them have godmode commands you can enter where you similarly can skip mechanics

Metafae

New Patch, New Woes

starkerealm

SirAndy wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!
@ZOS_GinaBruno

So, Harness Magicka no longer being hilariously overpowered means you can't run 4 man content alone anymore? That might be... what's the phrase?
Oh, I remember: "Working as intended."

Then why can my dual wield StamBlade still clear the same content with ease?

Oh, I remember: "Working as intended."

That might be an end user issue. I mean, I've got no problem with most world bosses on my Stamblades. There are a few that give me trouble, but, then again, I learned to play Stamblade. Haven't done it today, but that's because I've had better things to do with my time, and my resources weren't hurting at all.

SirAndy

starkerealm wrote: »

That might be an end user issue. I mean, I've got no problem with most world bosses on my Stamblades. There are a few that give me trouble, but, then again, I learned to play Stamblade. Haven't done it today, but that's because I've had better things to do with my time, and my resources weren't hurting at all.

Riiight, the good old learn to play, got it, thanks. Nothing to see here everyone, move along ...

Jhalin

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Jhalin wrote: »

Bouldercleave wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, after a patch that TOOK FOREVER, I loaded my magblade and decided to solo a WB for a gold plunder skull (after I respected). Usually, no problem. Tonight, I could not maintain resources and the boss damn near killed me several times! What did you do? Game is broken...SO BAD!

@ZOS_GinaBruno

You know that you aren't supposed to be able to solo those, right?

And yet it’s always been very simple once you know the basic game mechanics.

MagBlade costs went up across the board. You no longer have any damage on Refreshing, the damage of Funnel got halved, Swallow Soul does not provide Minor Vitaily anymore. Grim Focus and morphs have their cost doubled if you get 2 bows off during the duration. Blur and morphs lost Evasion, it instead gets damage reduction which is useless against WBs.

TLDR you now are forced to heavy attack to sustain your rotation, like every other class which sucks so much ass

Hey, I'm not the one always on here whining about "balance". Welcome to balance. It blows.

You have a very warped idea of what constitutes balance.

Other classes should be been brought up to have the same ability to sustain light attack roatations, not take the one class that was actually fun and supported a dynamic rotation then punt everything unique about it into the sun.

starkerealm

SirAndy wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

That might be an end user issue. I mean, I've got no problem with most world bosses on my Stamblades. There are a few that give me trouble, but, then again, I learned to play Stamblade. Haven't done it today, but that's because I've had better things to do with my time, and my resources weren't hurting at all.

Riiight, the good old learn to play, got it, thanks. Nothing to see here everyone, move along ...

You've got to wonder, when it's significantly more difficult to take a stam build into a given piece of content, vs taking a mag build of the same class in, if something isn't slightly off. Don't you?

Now, you're right, I've got very little sympathy for the players who got reliant on Harness and Ward to do their heavy lifting. Also, the only time I spent on a mag build today was my PvP sorc. But, again, if someone's saying, "I can't do content that's supposed to be too hard to clear for me, on my mag build, but I used to be able to," that starts to sound a lot like, "wait a second, Harness was overperforming like crazy," because, you know, it kinda was.

MaleAmazon

Adapt.

Can't solo WB with those skills? Use different skills.

Heavy attacks got boosted. Use it.

TBH it is always kinda funny when someone has been hiding behind overperforming skills, then when they cannot do that anymore (ofc they kinda still can, the changes didnt kill the skills) they instacast their 'ZOS destroyed my class' forum thread spell.

SirAndy

starkerealm wrote: »

You've got to wonder, when it's significantly more difficult to take a stam build into a given piece of content, vs taking a mag build of the same class in, if something isn't slightly off. Don't you?
Now, you're right, I've got very little sympathy for the players who got reliant on Harness and Ward to do their heavy lifting. Also, the only time I spent on a mag build today was my PvP sorc. But, again, if someone's saying, "I can't do content that's supposed to be too hard to clear for me, on my mag build, but I used to be able to," that starts to sound a lot like, "wait a second, Harness was overperforming like crazy," because, you know, it kinda was.

I don't think you realize just how many people were playing light armor magicka Pet Sorcs in PvE.
They *had* to rely on shields to survive.
That whole play-style was thrown into the trash bin today, that's really what people are upset about.

I already switch back to my StamBlade, at least until the dust has settled a bit ...

ccfeeling

If you had a hard time , sound good .

NB might get buff next patch

Xylona

Nvm, was mistaken

starkerealm

SirAndy wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

You've got to wonder, when it's significantly more difficult to take a stam build into a given piece of content, vs taking a mag build of the same class in, if something isn't slightly off. Don't you?
Now, you're right, I've got very little sympathy for the players who got reliant on Harness and Ward to do their heavy lifting. Also, the only time I spent on a mag build today was my PvP sorc. But, again, if someone's saying, "I can't do content that's supposed to be too hard to clear for me, on my mag build, but I used to be able to," that starts to sound a lot like, "wait a second, Harness was overperforming like crazy," because, you know, it kinda was.

I don't think you realize just how many people were playing light armor magicka Pet Sorcs in PvE.
They *had* to rely on shields to survive.
That whole play-style was thrown into the trash bin today, that's really what people are upset about.

I already switch back to my StamBlade, at least until the dust has settled a bit ...

I honestly do. I had a couple ex-guildies who pushed VERY hard to get me running one. Hilariously: I didn't finance my gold Necropotence gear. (I did buy the runes to swap it over to tristat though.)

I still love it for PvP, but, in PvE I found petsorcs boring. Also, part of the reason I stick to Barrier for shields. I was honestly getting bored when running with Hardened Ward originally.

susmitds

If you can't solo non-DLC world bosses without shields, that's a problem on your end mate.

starkerealm

susmitds wrote: »

If you can't solo non-DLC world bosses without shields, that's a problem on your end mate.

Most of the DLC ones are pretty manageable as well, but you've got basically no margin for error, which makes it less fun and more tedious to solo them. There's a few that hit a nice middle ground, but they're the exception rather than the rule.