If you could altar or change one skill then what would you do?

dpencil1

@Tasear
I don't agree about the Matriarch. Her passive damage is quite strong, and concussion is already pretty easy to maintain. Plus it's much less valuable in PvE now that bosses have a cooldown for being effected by it (which is one thing I wish they'd revert). It's the Tormentor that needs an overhaul. She needs to be much more powerful to be willing to give up the Twilight's burst heal. I'd say give her a 20% general damage bonus over the Twilight and have her apply negative effects to the target she attacks...you know...to actually "torment" them.

Somewhere

You know originally I spoke about lightning splash but then I remembered that Entropy in the mages guild line exists... which I forgot about because it sucks. A single target that does as much damage as a single cast of force pulse over 14 seconds? Horrible. I would just increase the damage on this by probably 50% at least to make it worth while.

Silver_Strider

Somewhere wrote: »

You know originally I spoke about lightning splash but then I remembered that Entropy in the mages guild line exists... which I forgot about because it sucks. A single target that does as much damage as a single cast of force pulse over 14 seconds? Horrible. I would just increase the damage on this by probably 50% at least to make it worth while.

*cough* Scalding Rune *cough*

_Salty_

Revert to the old siphonong attacks so my Sap tank can be fun to play again.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO

I would make minor health steal actually damage the amount it heals for.

max_only

Jamdarius wrote: »

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

1) Reintroduce Vanilla Volatile Familiar (it used to explode and do ae dmg + stun on dismissal/recast) - one of the most beautiful skills in the game, got changed into the boring versions we have now very early though - magsorc could be played similar to GW2 shatter mesmer with the old iteration of the skill
2) Revert Arctic Blast Murkmire changes - ZOS broke the skill, it got removed from pretty much every Warden's skill bar
3) Reintroduce Blinding Flashes - this skill and the mechanics rewarded skillful play, despite never playing templar I'm sad it is gone

2) Did any Warden even use this morph except for Roleplaying Ice Mage ?

Yes. Lots of wardens did! I used it on my Warden tank as my “caltrops” and it scaled off health, an attribute that is rarely built toward.

Edit: since gripping shards is also health based having two skills reward a max health build was great.

Nocturnalan

Significantly increase the cost of Dawn Breaker.

max_only

Cavedog wrote: »

Tasear wrote: »

Cavedog wrote: »

NB cloak needs a cooldown timer......they shouldn't be able to be invisible 100% of the time.....80% of the time should be more than sufficient.

The current counter play options don't work well enough for you?

....when the class representatives become trolls......

Just delete pvp from the game. Most of these terrible ideas come from people who die in pvp land lol

ESO_Nightingale

Mik195 wrote: »

Does Fletcher Infection work for anyone? I've tried it in a bunch of different rotations, but it never seemed helpful.

Its a dot. What about that isnt helpful?

ESO_Nightingale

Silver_Strider wrote: »

Somewhere wrote: »

You know originally I spoke about lightning splash but then I remembered that Entropy in the mages guild line exists... which I forgot about because it sucks. A single target that does as much damage as a single cast of force pulse over 14 seconds? Horrible. I would just increase the damage on this by probably 50% at least to make it worth while.

*cough* Scalding Rune *cough*

This man knows.

Somewhere

Silver_Strider wrote: »

Somewhere wrote: »

You know originally I spoke about lightning splash but then I remembered that Entropy in the mages guild line exists... which I forgot about because it sucks. A single target that does as much damage as a single cast of force pulse over 14 seconds? Horrible. I would just increase the damage on this by probably 50% at least to make it worth while.

*cough* Scalding Rune *cough*

I agree, both of those skills really need to be looked at and improved because I basically never see people suggest or use either.

ESO_Nightingale

Somewhere wrote: »

Silver_Strider wrote: »

Somewhere wrote: »

You know originally I spoke about lightning splash but then I remembered that Entropy in the mages guild line exists... which I forgot about because it sucks. A single target that does as much damage as a single cast of force pulse over 14 seconds? Horrible. I would just increase the damage on this by probably 50% at least to make it worth while.

*cough* Scalding Rune *cough*

I agree, both of those skills really need to be looked at and improved because I basically never see people suggest or use either.

its the same with soul trap. and baleful mist to name the 2 out of several. just bad skills that had little thought put into them.

Jamdarius

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

Jamdarius wrote: »

Mojomonkeyman wrote: »

1) Reintroduce Vanilla Volatile Familiar (it used to explode and do ae dmg + stun on dismissal/recast) - one of the most beautiful skills in the game, got changed into the boring versions we have now very early though - magsorc could be played similar to GW2 shatter mesmer with the old iteration of the skill
2) Revert Arctic Blast Murkmire changes - ZOS broke the skill, it got removed from pretty much every Warden's skill bar
3) Reintroduce Blinding Flashes - this skill and the mechanics rewarded skillful play, despite never playing templar I'm sad it is gone

2) Did any Warden even use this morph except for Roleplaying Ice Mage ?

Icemage has been very potent in PvP, largely enabled by this skill (due to its damage component, the hot on demand and the chilled status effect proccing very reliably from it).

I see, well I guess it was good for giving that minor maim/slow.

Jeremy

Tasear wrote: »

If you could altar or change one skill then what would you do?

I'd revert the heavy armor ability Unstoppable back to it's original form.

Jeremy

max_only wrote: »

Cavedog wrote: »

Tasear wrote: »

Cavedog wrote: »

NB cloak needs a cooldown timer......they shouldn't be able to be invisible 100% of the time.....80% of the time should be more than sufficient.

The current counter play options don't work well enough for you?

....when the class representatives become trolls......

Just delete pvp from the game. Most of these terrible ideas come from people who die in pvp land lol

I find that's usually the case too. "Nerfs" implemented to appease the unobtainable unicorn of PvP "balance" almost always make the game less interesting and fun.

Banana

Id like standard of might to follow me around like eye of the storm

Lord_Eomer

Templar : Crescent Sweep

By slotting this skill you gain 8% Magicka Increase

Parrot1986

I’d love Balzing Spear to have its stun returned. Class lacks a CC so much and this was always the perfect answer.

Suddwrath

I'd change one of the Sun Shield morphs so that it scaled off max magicka instead of health.

Colecovision

Make one of the sorc pets stam. One morph out of 4 isn't gonna hurt mag. There's no logic that allows stam to be used as green magic everywhere else in the game, but not for sorc pets. Stam sorc would be so much fun with a pet that's actually designed for it.

SilverIce58

Colecovision wrote: »

Make one of the sorc pets stam. One morph out of 4 isn't gonna hurt mag. There's no logic that allows stam to be used as green magic everywhere else in the game, but not for sorc pets. Stam sorc would be so much fun with a pet that's actually designed for it.

How bout the tormentor? I think they should change that pet to a Grievous twilight (as that is a corrupted form of the winged twilight(what the tormentor is), and have it do what the tormentor does now). This and having an air atronach as an ult (instead of the charged atronach) would make stam sorcs pretty fun imo.

The clannfear is the tank pet, the volatile familiar is the mag dps pet, the matriarch is the healer pet, and the grievous twilight can be the stam dps pet. One pet for each role.

Mason_King

Hmmm

Sorcerer (would change the whole Class actually)
I would Change Storm Calling probably.
I know it's on me, and For my character, who is a sorceress, She's against Dark Magic and All things Daedra. So All of her power is Storm Calling.
Which had me thinking this isn't what a Sorcerer, in my book, is. A Sorcerer should have a wide assortment of powers.
And we have destruction Staves, but why is Lightning/Electricity Magic all that they can do?
If my Sorceress could rain down powerful Blizzards and frost spells on her own without a Ice Staff that would be cool.
the Sorcerer should have all Elemental Spells at their own disposal.

or

Warden's Animal Companion Skill Line, More Companions
- Eternal Guardian
- Senche Lion
- Bald Eagle
- Dire Wolf
- Wyvern

Fermian

Change the nightblade “dual wield” class skill animations. Those skills look so lame combined with a 2H.

Aesthier

I would alter animation canceling to where it provides no added benefit over that of non-animation canceling.

MaxwellC

Return flames of oblivion back to an AoE with a debuff that increased ardent flame DoT damage by 10-20%.
Or
Bring back old school wrecking blow and make fizzing swing insta cast.

max_only

1. Opposite resource Siphoning Attacks. Spend Magicka to gain Magicka? Total BS.
2. Increase the Bear Ultimate damage back to where it was before Murkmire or more. Wardens were never OP, we didn’t deserve a nerf to a DOUBLE BAR ULTIMATE.
3. Pre Murkmire Artic Blast. A very fun skill that didn’t need a useless stun.

exeeter702

Mutagen effect baseline. One morph has a chance on tick to jump to another target (once per application) and the other morph garuntees the hot is applied to the caster for double the potency WHILE SLOTTED.

- this makes regeneration attractive for larger group use, and the selfish morph would give healer builds a defensive option that isnt a sheild or snb but they have to commit to the resto bar to benefit from the strong hot -

Strife hots only override themselves when a stronger instance of the hot is checked on the recipient

- this will make it so casting strife subsequently after landing a strong crit cast wont feel as punishing since in pvp, defensive abilites are always used and this greatly effects the damage outcome and thus makes the hot value very volatile -

Obsidian shard and cuaterize projectile speed doubled.

- dk healing is resource intensive and a bit abstract, which is fine, but the reliability of its 2 strongest heals shouldnt be in question -

Magma shell should grant a (non buff catagory, similar to BS) flat physical and spell resistance buff in addition to its current effect for recipients of the ult.

- barrier is ALMOST superior in every regard to shell. Magma shell granting a flat resistence buff lends itself nicely to the theme of dk. The addition of sheilds benefiting from resistance provides a nice chunky defense boost. The ult is expensive, it should feel good to slot and use. If you value the hot and regen afforded by barrier then that can be the consideration -

Templar shards should have one morph return a portion of stamina to the tamplar who casted it when an ally synergizes (a version of this existed on the ptr at one point)

- this would help templar tanks in a big way with their sustain along with creating a nice bit of assistance to nearby DDs and in some scenarios lightning the load a bit for templar healers in both GCD healing window and ability bar space -

Give twilight matriarch morph a 28m attack range (honestly not sure if it does already) and adjust the ai so that it never leaves the sorcs side

- the sorc should have to commit to protecting the pet to benefit from its ability but it should not wander off or los its owner. This is mainly an issue on console, however in general, eso's ui doesnt really leave room for a sophisticated pet control scheme for clarity and i see little reason to shoehorn a sloppy pet micro setup into the game. Leave the commitment to double barring and spending magicka to shield and heal it, nothing more -

Just a couple, sorry @Tasear i know you only asked for one XD

Hurbster

Oh, I'd just make it so that vigour/caltrops wasn't locked behind PvP.

russelmmendoza

Conceled weapon should be range skill.

Shrouded daggers should bounce to all enemies in aoe.

Pulsar shouls cause maim instead of mangle.