Biting Jabs

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO · January 2023

So, did I miss something. Was this ability nerfed to Hell recently? I've been out of the game since last fall before school started again and recently came back. What the heck happened to this ability?! It barely kills 1 mob without spamming it--nevermind multiple things...

maxjapank · January 2023

The new animation will cause mobs to stare in bewilderment, making it easier to kill them.

fizl101 · January 2023

Templars were hit hard with the nerf hammer over the last 2 updates

gariondavey · January 2023

If you think your jabs are bad...Wait until you try potl/pl

endgamesmug · January 2023

It got gutted unfortunately, i would suggest going with another class to restore some fun in the game

Suna_Ye_Sunnabe · January 2023

As a devastated Templar main myself, I can also advise that you perhaps get comfy playing another class. Templars were destroyed for most in the last few updates.

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO · January 2023

Why were they destroyed? Was it just incompetence? Have developers said anything since--are fixes coming at some point?

Suna_Ye_Sunnabe · January 2023

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO wrote: »

Why were they destroyed? Was it just incompetence? Have developers said anything since--are fixes coming at some point?

I'd suggest looking at the patch notes for Update 35: Lost Depths and Update 36: Firesong to fully understand what happened.

Jaraal · January 2023

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO wrote: »

Why were they destroyed? Was it just incompetence? Have developers said anything since--are fixes coming at some point?

We've been asking for answers (and a promised Q&A about the changes) for months. We got a "deep dive" that basically says they want you to play as you want and go have fun.

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO · January 2023

Jaraal wrote: »

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO wrote: »

Why were they destroyed? Was it just incompetence? Have developers said anything since--are fixes coming at some point?

We've been asking for answers (and a promised Q&A about the changes) for months. We got a "deep dive" that basically says they want you to play as you want and go have fun.

Go play as we want and have fun? Pretty sure that goes without saying...what else does one do in a video game? That rather feels like an insult to our collective intelligence tbh.
I can't believe how bad combat feels since leaving...very unfortunate. I do remember a lot more about update 35 now, it was just starting to take shape before I stopped playing. I don't know what they were thinking.

Cast_El · January 2023

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO wrote: »

Why were they destroyed? Was it just incompetence? Have developers said anything since--are fixes coming at some point?

Not a single word

ADarklore · January 2023

Sadly, even I have moved on from Magplar to Stamcro because they gutted Templar so badly... making it so Blazing Spear is now the class spammable. I don't think that's what they intended, but that's the result. They not only nerfed Puncturing Sweeps damage by reducing the number of hits from four to three, they also reduced the healing from it... and gave us an awful new animation as well.

UnassumingNoob · January 2023

I still play my Templar. Just as a tank for the most part and a lot more casually. Class just feels weak now overall. Everything good we had got nerfed. Only two skills worth mentioning are shards and beam.

ProudMary · January 2023

U35 gutted templar as a class, and they threw in the wonky, spastic jabs animation change on top of it all. Someone at ZOS must really hate templars.

TechMaybeHic · January 2023

Somehow; in the patch where they supposedly were trying to make it easier on lower skill players, they did the opposite. Including taking the one ability that theoretically was the easiest to use in the game and just spam, and making it need light attack weaving. LOL Can't make this stuff up

If you can weave, it's not that bad other than it's ugly. It was burning light that was the big nerf that patch, then the next patch; they nerfed PL/POTL eliminating the last of the burst because they buffed Radiant Destruction so somehow POTL had to go because of it.

Templar is now a niche RD spammer from range. I hear it gels great with ballista

Jaraal · January 2023

ADarklore wrote: »

Sadly, even I have moved on from Magplar to Stamcro because they gutted Templar so badly...

Yeah, I always groan when I get the "Kill 20 templars" quest. Since they wrecked the class and the animation, it is by far the hardest of the class kill quests to complete due to lack of templar participation.

Ragnarok0130 · January 2023

UnassumingNoob wrote: »

I still play my Templar. Just as a tank for the most part and a lot more casually. Class just feels weak now overall. Everything good we had got nerfed. Only two skills worth mentioning are shards and beam.

I've been a Templar main since launch and my Templars are now straight healers whereas in U34 I was DPSing on that class when not healing dungeons and trials.

Jordan.nick11b14_ESO · January 2023

The only character I even have to 50 is a Templar, but now it totally appears I'll have to *** can him and play something else.
Damn it ZOS, I rarely toss hate your way but you guys really suck for hitting this class so hard, so quickly, across so many areas. Seriously...[snip]?

[edited for profanity bypass]

xthrshx · January 2023

Templar was essentially deleted as a class. This was an intentional decision.

SaffronCitrusflower · January 2023

xthrshx wrote: »

Templar was essentially deleted as a class. This was an intentional decision.

It sure was. Templar is the weakest class by far now. It was already among the weakest classes before U35 nerfs, so nerfing templar so hard was mystifying to begin with. Plus, they changed the jabs animation to something that makes no sense what so ever.