Vampire Lord Set

propertyOfUndefined

Is it just me, or does it seem like the 5-pc bonus of this set actually does more harm than good?

Pro: Decreased cost of (already very cheap) vampire abilities
Cons: Increased fire damage taken + increased regular ability cost

It just doesn't seem right...

Vevvev

I find it interesting they didn't change it in the 6.0.3. patch. It is a very odd set right now.

LeHarrt91

I feel its similar to the Salvation Set for WW, very niche and for RP-ing.

YandereGirlfriend

The individuals responsible for set balance are really dropping the ball for like multiple patches in a row.

The fact that in the vampire expansion that none of the vampire armor sets became any more viable is simply a travesty and testifies to their failed approach toward set balance.

navystylz_ESO

The only good player vampire aspect of this chapter at this point is the Bastion Sanguinaris.

OmniDo

navystylz_ESO wrote: »

The only good player vampire aspect of this chapter at this point is the Bastion Sanguinaris.

Yep, on that I will agree.
The rest of the Vampire changes are a load of hot-garbage.
It's not like the 10% passive regen made any significant difference, it was just a superior, albeit minor advantage.

If their concern was with too many Pied Piper followers creating a faux-problem that exploded into the unruly mob effect, then all they had to do was simply remove those passives entirely, or make them stage 4 requirements with their new bass-ackwards feeding system.

They could have still created new skills that made more sense, in addition to various morphs that would provide both ranged and melee options, and /won the day.

But no, they didnt, because reasons.

When is everyone going to realize and learn: VAMPIRES ARE IMMORTAL, and immortality will always be preferable to mortality, period, end of story, move along please. #Duh

But not anymore.
Now we have impotent vampires who basically kill themselves just to have a competitive advantage with the filthy, flea-ridden wolves, while the mortals sit back and /laugh at us because they're superior to both.

Oh but remember, that's just for us lowly "Scions".
The unnamed trailer Vampires (and zone NPC's) get to:

1. Mist-travel insta-kill mobs
2. Transform into bats and fly away (fast-travel)
3. Cast a hoard of abilities that we don't get to learn or do because, reasons

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Edited by ZOS_TrishM on May 12, 2020 8:45PM

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Censored again due to Z0$ Perception Management. 🙄

Sephyr

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

The individuals responsible for set balance are really dropping the ball for like multiple patches in a row.

The fact that in the vampire expansion that none of the vampire armor sets became any more viable is simply a travesty and testifies to their failed approach toward set balance.

The individuals for both the vampire overhaul/expansion and the set balance. Like holy sweet baby Vivec it's bad. Granted this patch is just a smidge better, but now I'm just tempted to get rid of all of my Vampire Lord stuff because it's just as useless as it was before.

Finedaible

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

The individuals responsible for set balance are really dropping the ball for like multiple patches in a row.

The fact that in the vampire expansion that none of the vampire armor sets became any more viable is simply a travesty and testifies to their failed approach toward set balance.

Chapter is advertised for Vampire content, yet werewolves somehow get the better rework after years of being neglected; but hey, now you can cure vampirism in more places and purchase that WW skill-line unlock for money, right? [Snip]

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xaraan

This set definitely should be changed.

I don't see why they don't just make it cut the penalties for being a vamp in half and that's it, no bonuses. Any player would have a to give up a five piece for essentially a defensive set, so it wouldn't be over powered at all. Could even do something like add a small bonus like 100 damage to vampire abilities and it wouldn't be over-tuned.

As it is, it's just another set in the game to ignore.

Spectral_Force

I say just revert the set to its original state and make 5-piece scale with your stage. Something like 300/350/400/450 Spell Damage to Vampire abilities and 4/6/8/10% reduced Vampire ability costs at Stage 1/2/3/4.

Dojohoda

Yes, when I tried the set on PTS, I was surprised that it didn't alleviate the pain of being a vampire.

navystylz_ESO

Spectral_Force wrote: »

I say just revert the set to its original state and make 5-piece scale with your stage. Something like 300/350/400/450 Spell Damage to Vampire abilities and 4/6/8/10% reduced Vampire ability costs at Stage 1/2/3/4.

Sad the way that works, is it would only take 10% of the remain 76% not reduced by stage 4 and only net you another 7.6%. Netting you only 31% cost reduction in total. Way less than the original PTS stage 4 cost reduction.