CameraBeardThePirate wrote: »They also removed Empower from PvP, along with the usability of any skill that grants Empower in PvP. Boggles my mind why they take this sledgehammer approach time and time again and then wonder why so many people feel as if their feedback isn't valued.
I like that it gives a significant boost to heavy attack builds. I don't like that it doesn't boost Light Attacks at all. I don't think it would matter much if they left the 80% heavy attack increase and added back the 40% light attack increase as well. 80% HA increase won't effect you much if you're not a heavy attack build after all. what I mean is, they should add the 40% la increase without nerfing the ha increase, since the two are so different, it won't matter if they keep the ha bonus.
Yes, this is very smart and I like it a lot.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
This is how you "lower the ceiling". You know what else i'd like to see? Powerful Assault changed to give major courage. Yeah, that's right, I said it, take away a bunch of damage from high end groups with great buff uptimes. Stop nerfing characters and nerf these buffs!
I like that it gives a significant boost to heavy attack builds. I don't like that it doesn't boost Light Attacks at all. I don't think it would matter much if they left the 80% heavy attack increase and added back the 40% light attack increase as well. 80% HA increase won't effect you much if you're not a heavy attack build after all. what I mean is, they should add the 40% la increase without nerfing the ha increase, since the two are so different, it won't matter if they keep the ha bonus.
read what the OP has said from a different perspective.
they have ADDED the empower bonus to all light attacks. this version of PTS has roughly the same dps for light attacks as last week for light attacks + empower
then they have changed empower to do something unique for niche builds. it's really clever and i'm really happy about it.
A buff that serves HA builds is more interesting than a buff that helps everything, of nearly all playstyles, all at once.
Everest_Lionheart wrote: »Yes, this is very smart and I like it a lot.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
This is how you "lower the ceiling". You know what else i'd like to see? Powerful Assault changed to give major courage. Yeah, that's right, I said it, take away a bunch of damage from high end groups with great buff uptimes. Stop nerfing characters and nerf these buffs!
That would make PA even more powerful and give healers access to even more buff sets.
@BrentBlemish the maelstrom staff is also doing what they indicated as their intent. on live the better your weave the better maelstrom staff performs. on pts it's better cleave and will just do increased tick damage. i think this is also a good change even though it will lower my single target dps, it will improve my cleave.
I like that it gives a significant boost to heavy attack builds. I don't like that it doesn't boost Light Attacks at all. I don't think it would matter much if they left the 80% heavy attack increase and added back the 40% light attack increase as well. 80% HA increase won't effect you much if you're not a heavy attack build after all. what I mean is, they should add the 40% la increase without nerfing the ha increase, since the two are so different, it won't matter if they keep the ha bonus.
read what the OP has said from a different perspective.
they have ADDED the empower bonus to all light attacks. this version of PTS has roughly the same dps for light attacks as last week for light attacks + empower
then they have changed empower to do something unique for niche builds. it's really clever and i'm really happy about it.
chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »This version of the PTS has roughly the same dps for light attacks as last week for light attacks + empower provided your stats are high enough for the scaling to increase your damage by as much as empower was providing.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
Having a buff that's pretty ubiquitous only work for niche builds doesn't seem right though.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
Having a buff that's pretty ubiquitous only work for niche builds doesn't seem right though.
Its almost as if they didn't take the time to properly think about it.
Empower will now help make some niche builds more viable and won't push the dps potential higher.
Obviously there are implications for classes that have this buff as part of their kit like templar and necro and i hope they look at those skills, but overall this is a very clever change.
Having a buff that's pretty ubiquitous only work for niche builds doesn't seem right though.
Its almost as if they didn't take the time to properly think about it.
chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »I like that it gives a significant boost to heavy attack builds. I don't like that it doesn't boost Light Attacks at all. I don't think it would matter much if they left the 80% heavy attack increase and added back the 40% light attack increase as well. 80% HA increase won't effect you much if you're not a heavy attack build after all. what I mean is, they should add the 40% la increase without nerfing the ha increase, since the two are so different, it won't matter if they keep the ha bonus.
read what the OP has said from a different perspective.
they have ADDED the empower bonus to all light attacks. this version of PTS has roughly the same dps for light attacks as last week for light attacks + empower
then they have changed empower to do something unique for niche builds. it's really clever and i'm really happy about it.
This version of the PTS has roughly the same dps for light attacks as last week for light attacks + empower provided your stats are high enough for the scaling to increase your damage by as much as empower was providing.
For an extreme counter example, my pts punch tank went from doing around 4k damage on a light attack to around 1k damage.
I haven't played on the PTS enough yet to comment that much on the changes but, this definitely isn't a case of the developers making it so everyone's light attacks = light attack + empower of last week.
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97K Restro staff crit. Yes Restro staff. Wtf is going on? Empower needs to be changed back to what it was. Its basically making it a HA META
JustAGoodPlayer wrote: »To start with - if HA is +80% DPS now and it is not a problem, why moltan armaments + empower was so much a big problem for you before changes ? )))
HA builds already on live with both this buffs do less damage than not HA builds with same HA rotation, so - do not worry. We do not get some thing good too
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