Soulshine Set

MADshadowman · January 2015

Let's forget all the B2P ramble for a moment and focus on the important stuff.

Does the Soulshine 5 piece bonus actually work? And if yes, when?

The bonus is:

While casting or channeling a spell, your spell power is increased by X.

I tested it on my sorc and the only increase in damage happened on crystal fragments and overload light attacks. no other spell i tested got a damage increase from the set.

So, what are your experiences with this set. Does ist actually work? When does it work? What spells are affected?

Iago · January 2015

I only use the three piece set and it seems to work

MADshadowman · January 2015

Iago wrote: »

I only use the three piece set and it seems to work

Yeah, this is about the 5 piece bonus...

Iago · January 2015

MADshadowman wrote: »

Iago wrote: »

I only use the three piece set and it seems to work

Yeah, this is about the 5 piece bonus...

I know but ti took my mind off of other things. I am sure someone can answer this for you

Rioht · January 2015

I have the vr7 ring, 4 more pieces to go then I'll let ya know!

Warraxx · January 2015

it's only on spells with a cast time ie.

[edit] ooops, i meant channel time

AlnilamE · January 2015

What other spells did you test?

I only use the jewellry because the set is Heavy armor, but I've been trying to set friends up with pieces I find.

Warraxx · January 2015

bitting jabs

MADshadowman · January 2015

i tested daedric curse, mages wraith, crystal fragments, lightning pool, streak, crushing shock, destructive touch, impulse, entropy, soul trap and overload light attacks.

crystal fragments and overload were the only skills that got a pretty decent increase of power. i heard it's also working on soul strike, but haven't tested it yet. Will do that.

If it only works on spells with cast time, why does it also affect the overload light attacks?

MADshadowman · January 2015

Ok, just tested soul strike. it had no effect

Warraxx · January 2015

cast time and channeling are different. no idea about overload. there are very few skills that are listed as "channeled".

olsborg · January 2015

It works like light of cyrodiil set. Only applies while you are casting/channeling spells or to spells that have a cast time.

MADshadowman · January 2015

olsborg wrote: »

It works like light of cyrodiil set. Only applies while you are casting/channeling spells or to spells that have a cast time.

Then i wonder why it doesn't work on soul strike.

Joejudas · January 2015

5 piece soul shine huh. I never really thought the 5 set bonus was worth it. Let us know if it's effective though

MADshadowman · January 2015

The problem is that the 5 piece bonus gets affected by diminishing returns, so if you're softcapped on spell power, this will not make a huge difference.

Before i added spell power to the jewelry, the damage increase was about 10%. With softcapped spell power it's only 4% and that is not much.

Next problem is that it only affects so few spells, so this is definitely a problem.

Another problem would be the fact that the set only goes to vr10, so the bonuses on the pieces are not as high as they could be with a vr14 set.

I really wanna use this set, but it just doesn't seem worth it.

Anyone here who has experience with this set and can add some positive feedback?

Cyhawk · January 2015

The 5pc bonus is effected by softcap. It seems to work on every skill that is cast and only for that skill. Meaning if you were to have flames of oblivion going in the background, and casting Lava whip, the flames will not be effected by Soulshine.

Warraxx · January 2015

doh, just realized i have the set mixed up with Cyrodiil's Crest set.