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Can we address Snipe Already?

  • FireCowCommando
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    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    I come just to read what the constant unrelenting leepalmer wants to nerf next :smile:
  • Bhakura
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    Yes please nerf stamina builds more, because its really equally as powerful and brain at zero easy to play as magicka builds ...
    Really?

    What now? Stamina builds have a skill that can actually make kills? How DARE you ZOS? Nerf already!
    Edited by Bhakura on September 15, 2015 8:22AM
  • Junglejim82
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    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Bingo. He does love a Nerf nb thread
    Edited by Junglejim82 on September 15, 2015 8:28AM
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  • IKilled007
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    It's very unrealistic to think that a humanoid could be killed by multiple arrows sticking into his flesh, maybe even his neck or head. Why, it's absurd. Arrows should be treated as beanbag type weapons -- they should maybe sting a little bit, but then the character who gets hit should be able to turn and Stampede across the map and kill the archer. This is why archers never had a place in ancient warfare.
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  • Digiman
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    @deanthecat maybe i should start using radiant mage light... lol, kinda wish it had a cast duration though and not a toggle.

    It should remain toggled, but also not required to be on all weapon bars. So if you weapon swapped you wouldn't lose it. So most toggles are just weak compared to the cost of keeping them.

  • VincentBlanquin
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    DeanTheCat wrote: »
    @GreenSoup2HoT

    Bow + 2h :tongue:

    The two hander is just for show, it's nothing more than a buff bar (I nickname my Two-Hander the "Resto-Sword"). I'm currently using a build focused on weaving Poison Injection and Assassin's Will for my damage. Both are buffed by Thaumaturge, so that build is quite deadly (+25% damage). Add in a bit of Morag Tong (+15% damage), and you get 10k Acid Sprays and 10k PI Damage Ticks (On mobs, half that for players).

    You get 10% Spell Crit, 3% Magicka and 3% Magicka Regeneration for using Radiant Magelight. But that's not the main reason why you use RML. RML is used as a giant middle finger to all stealthers that dare to come near you, allowing you be the uncontested apex predator, as while you stealth around, you can hunt other stealthers as well as non-stealthers. Add in a touch of Piercing Mark, and you are pretty much the nightmare of every stealth based build. The best way to catch a thief, is to hire another thief after all.

    seriously man, how can it works? wawing inj and will? ability and 4 light attacks? light attacks are not very quick, when i try that combo i have only big dps loss in comparison with lethal arrow and heavy light attacks weawing....
    reveal more intel please

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  • DeanTheCat
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    DeanTheCat wrote: »
    @GreenSoup2HoT

    Bow + 2h :tongue:

    The two hander is just for show, it's nothing more than a buff bar (I nickname my Two-Hander the "Resto-Sword"). I'm currently using a build focused on weaving Poison Injection and Assassin's Will for my damage. Both are buffed by Thaumaturge, so that build is quite deadly (+25% damage). Add in a bit of Morag Tong (+15% damage), and you get 10k Acid Sprays and 10k PI Damage Ticks (On mobs, half that for players).

    You get 10% Spell Crit, 3% Magicka and 3% Magicka Regeneration for using Radiant Magelight. But that's not the main reason why you use RML. RML is used as a giant middle finger to all stealthers that dare to come near you, allowing you be the uncontested apex predator, as while you stealth around, you can hunt other stealthers as well as non-stealthers. Add in a touch of Piercing Mark, and you are pretty much the nightmare of every stealth based build. The best way to catch a thief, is to hire another thief after all.

    seriously man, how can it works? wawing inj and will? ability and 4 light attacks? light attacks are not very quick, when i try that combo i have only big dps loss in comparison with lethal arrow and heavy light attacks weawing....
    reveal more intel please

    @VincentBlanquin

    PvP isn't about how much sustained DPS you can do, it's about how you time your burst into a single combo that your opponent cannot react to/recover from. Basically, you keep your Assassin's Will like how a Sorc would keep his Fragment, waiting for that chance to combo together it along with other high damage abilities like an ultimate or a Lethal Arrow (Due to Lethal's inanely slow travel speed, you can time the Will and Lethal to hit at almost the exact same time) or even stuff like a DoT execute tick of PI + Acid Spray (Don't underestimate how much damage these two can do if they hit at the same time).

    Get your opponent into burstable range, then time a combo. I admit upfront that my build isn't the best sustained DPS build out there, but it can burst when it counts, and that's really all that matters in PvP. Applying so much damage that you opponent implodes before he/she can heal.
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  • Bhakura
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    DeanTheCat wrote: »

    Get your opponent into burstable range, then time a combo. I admit upfront that my build isn't the best sustained DPS build out there, but it can burst when it counts, and that's really all that matters in PvP. Applying so much damage that you opponent implodes before he/she can heal.


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    Edited by Bhakura on September 15, 2015 11:26AM
  • BuggeX
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    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?
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  • leepalmer95
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    BuggeX wrote: »
    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?

    I said i main a dk, and believe it or not dk's can't keep wings up 24/7, i also can't pop them when i'm un aware some decided to spam snipe me 50m away with the only indication is a sound effect as its hitting me.
    Leandor wrote: »

    Your point? Thank you for wasting your time though going through my posts.

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  • Bhakura
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    BuggeX wrote: »
    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?

    Killed a dk who had wings up with snipe a few hours ago, :D

  • leepalmer95
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    Bhakura wrote: »
    BuggeX wrote: »
    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?

    Killed a dk who had wings up with snipe a few hours ago, :D

    How does that work? did you double reflect him? xD
    Edited by leepalmer95 on September 15, 2015 11:54AM
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  • BuggeX
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    Edited by BuggeX on September 15, 2015 11:55AM
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  • VincentBlanquin
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    DeanTheCat wrote: »
    DeanTheCat wrote: »
    @GreenSoup2HoT

    Bow + 2h :tongue:

    The two hander is just for show, it's nothing more than a buff bar (I nickname my Two-Hander the "Resto-Sword"). I'm currently using a build focused on weaving Poison Injection and Assassin's Will for my damage. Both are buffed by Thaumaturge, so that build is quite deadly (+25% damage). Add in a bit of Morag Tong (+15% damage), and you get 10k Acid Sprays and 10k PI Damage Ticks (On mobs, half that for players).

    You get 10% Spell Crit, 3% Magicka and 3% Magicka Regeneration for using Radiant Magelight. But that's not the main reason why you use RML. RML is used as a giant middle finger to all stealthers that dare to come near you, allowing you be the uncontested apex predator, as while you stealth around, you can hunt other stealthers as well as non-stealthers. Add in a touch of Piercing Mark, and you are pretty much the nightmare of every stealth based build. The best way to catch a thief, is to hire another thief after all.

    seriously man, how can it works? wawing inj and will? ability and 4 light attacks? light attacks are not very quick, when i try that combo i have only big dps loss in comparison with lethal arrow and heavy light attacks weawing....
    reveal more intel please

    @VincentBlanquin

    PvP isn't about how much sustained DPS you can do, it's about how you time your burst into a single combo that your opponent cannot react to/recover from. Basically, you keep your Assassin's Will like how a Sorc would keep his Fragment, waiting for that chance to combo together it along with other high damage abilities like an ultimate or a Lethal Arrow (Due to Lethal's inanely slow travel speed, you can time the Will and Lethal to hit at almost the exact same time) or even stuff like a DoT execute tick of PI + Acid Spray (Don't underestimate how much damage these two can do if they hit at the same time).

    Get your opponent into burstable range, then time a combo. I admit upfront that my build isn't the best sustained DPS build out there, but it can burst when it counts, and that's really all that matters in PvP. Applying so much damage that you opponent implodes before he/she can heal.

    so mean staff like ... light - light - block -light- block- light - ass will - lethal (dawnbreaker)

    problem is i already tested ass will on mobs and it dont looks like spectral arrow is very bursty and worth that light attacks risk and vulnerability

    so its maybe something about build too. you suggest have max thaumaturg then? how many cp you have? i am on around 235 and lethal arrow with basic attack weawing still works best for me

    do you have some video?





    Edited by VincentBlanquin on September 15, 2015 11:59AM
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  • Bhakura
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    Bhakura wrote: »
    BuggeX wrote: »
    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?

    Killed a dk who had wings up with snipe a few hours ago, :D

    How does that work? did you double reflect him? xD

    Finishing blow, i didnt snipe him all the way, duh, lol

  • Glaiceana
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    SnarkyQB wrote: »
    "I got sniped, snipe shouldn't be so powerful"
    "90% of my death recap is wrecking blows!"
    "can zos do something about cristal frag's insane proc already?"
    etc etc...

    basically, if you get killed by certain abilities you don't use or class that is not your own,
    suddenly it's op and needs to be "addressed" which often means "nerf".

    I'm sure many pvp players have something else to say but "addressing" for the sake of pvp balance affects end game pvE a LOT and it hurts bad.

    Nah , there no magicka equivalent...

    Stamina build would cry if there was a magicka equivalent and magicka builds could spam 12k-20k projectiles form 50m away.

    Also who uses snipe in pve? I used to use snipe, it was op then , it's op now.

    I use snipe in Pve. Haven't really bothered with pvp yet. I don't think there is any skill that says "pvp only" exactly.
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  • leepalmer95
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    BuggeX wrote: »

    I have a sorc, all this shows that instead of blanket nerfing everything zos should of adjusted some skills instead.
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  • BuggeX
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    Bhakura wrote: »
    Bhakura wrote: »
    BuggeX wrote: »
    The only pattern I see, referring to past posts/discussions, is the OP wanting everything except Sorcerer nerfed lol.

    Also i main a dk...

    you Play a dk and die to snips? how? i mean srsly how?

    Killed a dk who had wings up with snipe a few hours ago, :D

    How does that work? did you double reflect him? xD

    Finishing blow, i didnt snipe him all the way, duh, lol

    was he near some templar npcs? if they cast the Buggy bubble on a dk he cant refect
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  • BuggeX
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    BuggeX wrote: »

    I have a sorc, all this shows that instead of blanket nerfing everything zos should of adjusted some skills instead.

    and wath you want shoudl be done? snipe is fine right now, dks are fine right now,
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  • leepalmer95
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    BuggeX wrote: »
    BuggeX wrote: »

    I have a sorc, all this shows that instead of blanket nerfing everything zos should of adjusted some skills instead.

    and wath you want shoudl be done? snipe is fine right now, dks are fine right now,
    WW Need some love, well not even sure about this, got got some fun with 6 WWs when i was Emp, was hard to deal with them

    But it's not fine... Snipe does too much dmg, have twice the range of any other dps ability. Theres not a similar magicka skill so this effects things like group pvp.

    Stamina users can stay well out of harms ways and spam 12k arrows at people while magicka users can only attack from half that range and if they get too far forward to actually get in range were they can use skills they get spammed by arrows ^^.

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  • Whyn Aurum
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    In IC i almost never get sniped and the damage is 5-10k max
  • Leandor
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    light - light - block -light- block- light - ass will - lethal
    Have an awesome for that abbreviation :D

    On topic: Due to the damage reduction, most people wait way too long to activate their recovery abilities (vigor, breath of life, etc.), because they feel comfortable much longer, even when running low on health. It is, psychologically speaking, almost better to use small, incremental attacks to bring them down to the dangerous range, because it is human nature to react stronger to sudden changes over "gradual adjustments".

    The big one (in this case, a cancelled light attack/PI with a DoT tick and "ass will" (I really like that one), possibly even including a precast snipe, can take them down before they finally react. Certainly not the purpose of that build, but a situation that you need to consider.

    I guess in the end it is because all the skills synergize so well - they are increased by the same champion stars, all of them. Combine that with Bow Expert and a 25% increase in light attack damage, this build can quickly grow really strong.
  • BuggeX
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    so? magicka users have still more Skills to survive
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  • leepalmer95
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    BuggeX wrote: »
    so? magicka users have still more Skills to survive

    And stamina users don't have access to these skills? It's not like you don't actually have a magicka pool.

    I feel as if there was a point in here somewhere.
    Leandor wrote: »
    light - light - block -light- block- light - ass will - lethal
    Have an awesome for that abbreviation :D

    On topic: Due to the damage reduction, most people wait way too long to activate their recovery abilities (vigor, breath of life, etc.), because they feel comfortable much longer, even when running low on health. It is, psychologically speaking, almost better to use small, incremental attacks to bring them down to the dangerous range, because it is human nature to react stronger to sudden changes over "gradual adjustments".

    The big one (in this case, a cancelled light attack/PI with a DoT tick and "ass will" (I really like that one), possibly even including a precast snipe, can take them down before they finally react. Certainly not the purpose of that build, but a situation that you need to consider.

    I guess in the end it is because all the skills synergize so well - they are increased by the same champion stars, all of them. Combine that with Bow Expert and a 25% increase in light attack damage, this build can quickly grow really strong.

    I should start stacking detect pots because judging by my experience last night ( literally 4/5 people were nb's) i'm going to drink those like juice.
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  • BuggeX
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    BuggeX wrote: »
    so? magicka users have still more Skills to survive

    And stamina users don't have access to these skills? It's not like you don't actually have a magicka pool.

    I feel as if there was a point in here somewhere.

    so and how offten can a Stamina dk wing and how offten can i do it with 25k, 1,7k reg and much reduction?
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  • Bhakura
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    Stamina users can stay well out of harms ways and spam 12k arrows at people while magicka users can only attack from half that range and if they get too far forward to actually get in range were they can use skills they get spammed by arrows ^^.

    So what you are saying is =

    sorcs get hit by arrows when out of range
    sorcs move closer, and get hit by arrows
    please nerf arrows, think of the knees already!

  • VincentBlanquin
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    Leandor wrote: »
    light - light - block -light- block- light - ass will - lethal
    Have an awesome for that abbreviation :D

    On topic: Due to the damage reduction, most people wait way too long to activate their recovery abilities (vigor, breath of life, etc.), because they feel comfortable much longer, even when running low on health. It is, psychologically speaking, almost better to use small, incremental attacks to bring them down to the dangerous range, because it is human nature to react stronger to sudden changes over "gradual adjustments".

    The big one (in this case, a cancelled light attack/PI with a DoT tick and "ass will" (I really like that one), possibly even including a precast snipe, can take them down before they finally react. Certainly not the purpose of that build, but a situation that you need to consider.

    I guess in the end it is because all the skills synergize so well - they are increased by the same champion stars, all of them. Combine that with Bow Expert and a 25% increase in light attack damage, this build can quickly grow really strong.

    hmm, still cant imagine how it can work. its not about late heal, we have pvp where everybody doing CC when spotted enemy, then rush and kill. simply go for kill asap. until i see it successfull on video footage i dont believe
    Edited by VincentBlanquin on September 15, 2015 12:36PM
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  • leepalmer95
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    Bhakura wrote: »

    Stamina users can stay well out of harms ways and spam 12k arrows at people while magicka users can only attack from half that range and if they get too far forward to actually get in range were they can use skills they get spammed by arrows ^^.

    So what you are saying is =

    sorcs get hit by arrows when out of range
    sorcs move closer, and get hit by arrows
    please nerf arrows, think of the knees already!

    Every non stamina class gets hit outside of range.
    You can't interrupt them because they are outside of interrupt range.
    If your not looking in the direction of the person you'll likely die before you realise whats going on, if you do react you be down >50% of your hp were the snipe spammer will continue to snipe or snipe moving foward then gap close and dead.
    If you have even bothered to do a bit of group pvp you'll know the lag means instant death to snipe as 3 hit you at once.
    The only class to have a chance is Dk's and even then they'll get hit by 1 snipe before they realise there actually being sniped.

    If they are going to allow a 50m ability to do so much dmg then you can increase the interrupt ability's to 50m? or make a magicka ranged ability do that much dmg from 50m away?
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  • Bhakura
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    Bhakura wrote: »

    Stamina users can stay well out of harms ways and spam 12k arrows at people while magicka users can only attack from half that range and if they get too far forward to actually get in range were they can use skills they get spammed by arrows ^^.

    So what you are saying is =

    sorcs get hit by arrows when out of range
    sorcs move closer, and get hit by arrows
    please nerf arrows, think of the knees already!

    Every non stamina class gets hit outside of range.
    You can't interrupt them because they are outside of interrupt range.
    If your not looking in the direction of the person you'll likely die before you realise whats going on, if you do react you be down >50% of your hp were the snipe spammer will continue to snipe or snipe moving foward then gap close and dead.
    If you have even bothered to do a bit of group pvp you'll know the lag means instant death to snipe as 3 hit you at once.
    The only class to have a chance is Dk's and even then they'll get hit by 1 snipe before they realise there actually being sniped.

    If they are going to allow a 50m ability to do so much dmg then you can increase the interrupt ability's to 50m? or make a magicka ranged ability do that much dmg from 50m away?

    And opposed to magicka skills, howmuch choice is there for stamina?
    Snipe is like the only skill that gives advantage for stamina over magicka and you want to get rid of it ...
    See anything wrong with this picture?
    Magicka is already practicly "the only way to go"

    And yes i do pvp, im in top 10 leaderboard as a matter of fact.

    Also, i rarely die of snipe and i get sniped alot.



    Edited by Bhakura on September 15, 2015 1:00PM
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