DustyWarehouse wrote: »It is bad enough they conflated the tanking role with a DPS weapon, I can't imagine things would be much smoother if they did the same with a healer's primary tool instead. That being said, resto seems more fitting than destro.
llBlack_Heartll wrote: »DustyWarehouse wrote: »It is bad enough they conflated the tanking role with a DPS weapon, I can't imagine things would be much smoother if they did the same with a healer's primary tool instead. That being said, resto seems more fitting than destro.
Resto is 100% way more fitting, Although I do see an issue with Tanks having access to slotting good heals.
The only other way is if they add it to the Sword and Board Skill line, honestly I just want the frost staff to be viable for DPS and not being tied to Tanking and Support roles.
The first issue is tanking is a support role as well. The goal was to make the weapon better suited to tanking and not make it exclusive to tanking.
Edit: In reading the OP message further, it seems they want the benefits of having a tanking weapon while still holding a rstaff. The block cost reduction damage reduction while blocking is specific to tanking weapons and as such should not be moved to the rStaff.
Equipe a tanking weapon if that is what you want.
They need to make a separate skill line, like Gauntlets or something. Let it encompass magic tanking and some debuffs/buffs, centered on group play. Reinventing the wheel every time an update hits is getting tiresome. Just add an extra wheel and moderately prune the rest.
They could make new lines for Alteration or Illusion staves...
The main reason why tanks use destro staff today is to have the elemental wall proccing crusher. Unless you give similar ground based ability to resto staff to keep us crusher tanks still will use destro back bar (the only alternative today is bow which rarely but occasionally does get used as tank backbar)
luen79rwb17_ESO wrote: »Players have been asking for years "take the tanking away from frost staves", what we get? A tanking AND support staff! LMAO!
emilyhyoyeon wrote: »The idea I get from the devs is that they're trying to appease players who want a front bar magicka tanking tool.
emilyhyoyeon wrote: »The idea I get from the devs is that they're trying to appease players who want a front bar magicka tanking tool.
The s&b skill line has all those passives for block cost reduction and damage mitigation plus the reduction to movement penalty while blocking. Until something similar provided for magicka tanking it will never be a viable option for end content and trials. Tanking not just about having a taunt, it needs much more components and until a magicka based build can provide them it will be still s&b front bar.