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Give PvPers back their critical chance through Battle Spirit
StaticWave
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The critical chance nerf was intended for PvE as it's dominated end game PvE for years. However, it is entirely not the case for PvP because nobody has a 100 million HP pool for you to parse on. Most fights end when one opponent receives big bursts of damage, or when they are hit with a combination of many DoTs and direct damage. That isn't going to happen unless you run specific set combination such as Mechanical Acuity, or stacking Thief + Precise while using a crit chance set. Even then, you are sacrificing both survivability and damage (Losing penetration and max stam/weapon damage) just to achieve a decent crit chance. As of right now, my critical chance while in 5 medium armor with Major Savagery and no extra crit chance bonus from sets is 28%. This is not enough to guarantee a decent number of crits for the first 4-5 seconds of fighting someone. Next patch, I would lose almost 4% more crit chance for an extra 10% crit damage, but the extra crit damage isn't enough to offset this low crit chance. If i can only crit 2 of out 10 hits, then I'd be better off just running malacath for more consistent damage despite having a lower max damage ceiling.
It's also isn't fair that only one class can literally make full use of critical damage bonuses because they have an ability that GUARANTEES a critical hit, no matter how low of a crit chance they have (looking at you NBs). Meanwhile, my stamsorc and stamdk have to sacrifice a whole 5 piece set just to reach around 35% crit chance, or wait 18s to be able to deal any damage, which can easily be countered by good players. Yet, even that is not enough to make non malacath builds worthwhile.
I think ZOS should give everyone extra critical chance through Battle Spirit like how they gave everyone 5000 HP. It would help non stamnb and non magsorc classes the chance to wear a decent setup.
It's also isn't fair that only one class can literally make full use of critical damage bonuses because they have an ability that GUARANTEES a critical hit, no matter how low of a crit chance they have (looking at you NBs). Meanwhile, my stamsorc and stamdk have to sacrifice a whole 5 piece set just to reach around 35% crit chance, or wait 18s to be able to deal any damage, which can easily be countered by good players. Yet, even that is not enough to make non malacath builds worthwhile.
I think ZOS should give everyone extra critical chance through Battle Spirit like how they gave everyone 5000 HP. It would help non stamnb and non magsorc classes the chance to wear a decent setup.
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PC NA
Main:
Static Wave - AD stamsorc
PC NA
Main:
Static Wave - AD stamsorc
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✭StaticWave wrote: »As of right now, my critical chance while in 5 medium armor with Major Savagery and no extra crit chance bonus from sets is 28%.
oh man, you really need to check out the pts forum.0