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VAMPIRE SKILL: Drain Essence
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Has anyone else noticed how useless this skill has become since they NERFED it by swapping when the stun procs? In my opinion they should revert this or completely change the skill, this current version is pointless. I feel like Vampire and Werewolf skills should be better overall so players feel like they have more options...
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Emphatic_Static✭✭✭✭✭paul.olesonb14_ESO wrote: »Has anyone else noticed how useless this skill has become since they NERFED it by swapping when the stun procs? In my opinion they should revert this or completely change the skill, this current version is pointless. I feel like Vampire and Werewolf skills should be better overall so players feel like they have more options...
My guess is they were addressing the abusive nature of the skill in the meantime because they plan to do exactly that in the upcoming chapter. The vampire skill line is getting a complete rework, So I wouldn't be calling for reverts until we see what it's going to be.Static
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✭✭✭✭✭They probably should have given it a snare so you can at least stick to the person you are draining a bit. Then again, the stun is pretty much the only reason it was used for...This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Emphatic_Static wrote: »paul.olesonb14_ESO wrote: »Has anyone else noticed how useless this skill has become since they NERFED it by swapping when the stun procs? In my opinion they should revert this or completely change the skill, this current version is pointless. I feel like Vampire and Werewolf skills should be better overall so players feel like they have more options...
My guess is they were addressing the abusive nature of the skill in the meantime because they plan to do exactly that in the upcoming chapter. The vampire skill line is getting a complete rework, So I wouldn't be calling for reverts until we see what it's going to be.
From what I know and how I interpret what Rich said, drain is actually not being change (that much). He didn't say it wouldn't be changed but the way he said they are "adding 3 new abilities" it sounds like drain is going to stay the same. More or less.This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.0 -
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✭✭paul.olesonb14_ESO wrote: »Has anyone else noticed how useless this skill has become since they NERFED it by swapping when the stun procs? In my opinion they should revert this or completely change the skill, this current version is pointless. I feel like Vampire and Werewolf skills should be better overall so players feel like they have more options...
Vampire is getting a COMPLETE rework.....
This is very obviously a band-aid fix for until then.
The skill itself is probably going to change a lot, but still keep the "life drain" theme.0 -
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✭✭Emphatic_Static wrote: »paul.olesonb14_ESO wrote: »Has anyone else noticed how useless this skill has become since they NERFED it by swapping when the stun procs? In my opinion they should revert this or completely change the skill, this current version is pointless. I feel like Vampire and Werewolf skills should be better overall so players feel like they have more options...
My guess is they were addressing the abusive nature of the skill in the meantime because they plan to do exactly that in the upcoming chapter. The vampire skill line is getting a complete rework, So I wouldn't be calling for reverts until we see what it's going to be.
From what I know and how I interpret what Rich said, drain is actually not being change (that much). He didn't say it wouldn't be changed but the way he said they are "adding 3 new abilities" it sounds like drain is going to stay the same. More or less.
Nah. You're more than likely wrong.
Once again, you're looking into him saying they're adding 3 abilities way too much. That's just what it means. They're adding 3 new abilities. He didn't say anything else or in a specific way, he literally just said they're adding 3 new abilities. It was said on the vamp live stream that life drain and a mist ability would still be present in the kit, but to what extent? No one knows for sure.
I would be willing to bet money that drain and mist form are getting changed in someway, but the theme of a "vampiric life drain" and "mist-form" will be there. For example: Mist form will probably be re-worked into the mist-dash we saw in the trailer. I refuse to believe they spent that much time showing it off only for vamps to not get that.Edited by Noxavian on March 7, 2020 3:31AM2
