RIP Ball of Lightning

Emma_Overload · July 2015

Is this a joke?

Ball Lightning (Bolt Escape morph): Reduced the duration of the orbs from this ability to 1.5 seconds from 6.5 seconds.

Please tell me this is a typo! What good is 1.5 seconds going to do? The orbs were the ONLY reason to choose this morph over Streak.

Teiji · July 2015

They did this to increase the skill ceiling of effective Ball of Lightning usage, fellow Carebear friend.

I'm really excited to play a Frost Sorcerer with update 7, especially with Bolt Escape not dramatically increasing in cost per use as stated in previous ESO live.

TheBull · July 2015

Teiji wrote: »

They did this to increase the skill ceiling of effective Ball of Lightning usage, fellow Carebear friend.

I'm really excited to play a Frost Sorcerer with update 7, especially with Bolt Escape not dramatically increasing in cost per use as stated in previous ESO live.

Hmmm did they just fail to mention this? We will see.

Teiji · July 2015

TheBull wrote: »

Teiji wrote: »

They did this to increase the skill ceiling of effective Ball of Lightning usage, fellow Carebear friend.

I'm really excited to play a Frost Sorcerer with update 7, especially with Bolt Escape not dramatically increasing in cost per use as stated in previous ESO live.

Hmmm did they just fail to mention this? We will see.

They probably forgot to implement this, let alone mention this.

k2blader · July 2015

This is a very strange, previously unmentioned change..

1.5 seconds is ridiculous. I can see lowering it to maybe 4 seconds though.

Does Zeni actually believe the handful of PvP whiners saying only BoL users (not Streakers) can "bolt away into the horizon"? lol

Couldn't help but notice last night-- more than half the sorcs running away (from larger groups) were using Streak.

Bfish22090 · July 2015

If they didn't fix this, I will still be playing sorc. Has anyone on pts tested this?

DenMoria · July 2015

Is the lightning ball even going to get anywhere in 1.5 seconds? Frankly, when I do sorcerer, I stand so far away most of the time that I wouldn't even get to the target in that span of time! (Just kidding - I know it's a lot like teleport strike speed).

Ahzek · July 2015

BoL's issue in PvP was not how well you canrun away with it, but how it gives complete immunity to certain spells for 6.5 seconds. With such a long duration it was common to keep it up,permanently, thus making some skills near useless against a BoL sorc without any counters,like the double reflect from scales for example. The nerf seems fair imo and it will actually help,BoL wscaping sorcs, since only the oldest orb was ever active at a time.

Emma_Overload · July 2015

k2blader wrote: »

This is a very strange, previously unmentioned change..

1.5 seconds is ridiculous. I can see lowering it to maybe 4 seconds though.

Does Zeni actually believe the handful of PvP whiners saying only BoL users (not Streakers) can "bolt away into the horizon"? lol

Couldn't help but notice last night-- more than half the sorcs running away (from larger groups) were using Streak.

Yeah I could live with 4 seconds, because then you could use the orb as an indicator that it was "safe" to recast BoL without incurring a cost penalty.

Ahzek · July 2015

@Emma_Eunjung actually there already exists an indicator like that. It is small lines of lighning orbiting your charcter for 4 seconds after each BE cast. These can hiwever be hard to see while using skills with bright visual effects, especially lighning form.

Forestd16b14_ESO · July 2015

All I know is the skill better still be costing 50% more after each use and so on .

xaraan · July 2015

It was too strong, needed a nerf. Maybe 2.5 seconds though instead of 1.5.

k2blader · July 2015

DenMoria wrote: »

Is the lightning ball even going to get anywhere in 1.5 seconds? Frankly, when I do sorcerer, I stand so far away most of the time that I wouldn't even get to the target in that span of time! (Just kidding - I know it's a lot like teleport strike speed).

If it's not a typo, I wonder if this is Zeni's way of "fixing" sorcs being able to bolt away "endlessly" because they think the absorbing orb is the problem? lol

I've always used BoL because I prefer a more defensive playstyle during engagements. Hey Zeni, BoL doesn't help against physical attacks, lol. If this 1.5 second change goes live guess I'm switching to Streak, along with probably every other BoL sorc.

[edit] typo

tist · July 2015

It's actually not a nerf for escaping sorcs. Only the last ball would absorb projectiles so having it refreshed more would mean its closer to the sorc and absorbing more. It's only a downside for sorcs who sit on the ball, aka lamers.

k2blader · July 2015

tist wrote: »

It's actually not a nerf for escaping sorcs. Only the last ball would absorb projectiles so having it refreshed more would mean its closer to the sorc and absorbing more. It's only a downside for sorcs who sit on the ball, aka lamers.

Why would you refresh it that much, lamer? lol

tist · July 2015

I use streak bra

k2blader · July 2015

Your argument was still lame bra

tist · July 2015

all facts

Akavir_Sentinel · July 2015

Or in this case, Bolt Escape....

SeptimusDova · July 2015

Im going to Roll a Sorc and I will name it after Teiji in his honor

Frosty the Teiji

Bout time i tired something different. I had planned on it earlier but am trapped in PVP having too much fun. So I will roll one question is Yellow,Blue or Red. I want to try to bolt escape off of Nirn and be the First Intergalactic Sorc.

Armann · July 2015

Please increase this to 2.5 sec at least.

Forestd16b14_ESO · July 2015

You know this is alot like the dragon fire scales nerf that DKs got. We said don't make it only reflect 4 missiles when it only last 4 seconds and alot of players suggested jsut decreases reflected damage cause that was the problem not that it reflected everything but it still got nerfed. So why should they not nerf it how you want it when DKs didn't get a nerf they wanted?

Ley · July 2015

Would be nice to see them improve some sorc skills instead of the constant nerf bat.

Teiji · July 2015

SeptimusDova wrote: »

Im going to Roll a Sorc and I will name it after Teiji in his honor

Frosty the Teiji

Bout time i tired something different. I had planned on it earlier but am trapped in PVP having too much fun. So I will roll one question is Yellow,Blue or Red. I want to try to bolt escape off of Nirn and be the First Intergalactic Sorc.

The colour blue should increase your blue Frost damage as well as your eight second immobilize fields of stamina draining justice, friend.

Akavir_Sentinel · July 2015

Jahosefat · July 2015

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

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Akavir_Sentinel · July 2015

Jahosefat wrote: »

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

But in this game, you can't subdue the enemy without fighting, so...

Jahosefat · July 2015

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

Jahosefat wrote: »

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

But in this game, you can't subdue the enemy without fighting, so...

It's called lag

Or dragging an enemy group into a friendly zerg. Or distracting a group from a more important objective by trolling them away. The limit is your imagination

Regardless, standing around taking a beating with a high mobility class is just silly, you have to play your strengths.

k2blader · July 2015

Jahosefat wrote: »

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

Jahosefat wrote: »

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

But in this game, you can't subdue the enemy without fighting, so...

It's called lag Or dragging an enemy group into a friendly zerg. Or distracting a group from a more important objective by trolling them away. The limit is your imagination

Regardless, standing around taking a beating with a high mobility class is just silly, you have to play your strengths.

Truth. Too bad for them, sorcs still be killin'. As long as Zeni gets the nirn fix right, lol.

NDwarf · July 2015

[/quote] But in this game, you can't subdue the enemy without fighting, so... [/quote]

My NB disagrees. Mark Target on a random player in a mid size enemy group can cause the enemy to dismount, shield up, block, and run around looking for a NB. Meanwhile I slink away from their search radius and troll them with mark. Buys my side time to get our players into a keep and keeps them busy. All without a shot fired.

Doesn't work on good players tho. They flush my nb out quick or they don't bother to dismount and keep going.

...and ah crap revised patch notes "Mark now takes you out of stealth" heh j/k

Vahrokh · July 2015

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

Or in this case, Bolt Escape....

Yeah! How unfair the class based on mobility for survival, actually moves.