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Resto/Destr Staves and Spell Power
Khaos_Bane
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ZOS, can you please explain why equipping the Resto and Destr staves reduces spell power so greatly compared to DW or two-handers ? Is this intended or simply a bug that you have never fixed? I guess I am trying to understand why developers would want us to take a hit with our spell power when using the staves of those two schools, instead equipping two one-handers or a two-hander.
Please change this, as it makes no sense at all, it's long overdo. In addition to that change, please let all two-handed weapons, including staves, count as TWO slots for set bonus purposes. Again, game design that makes no sense at all. An oversight perhaps? Or known poor game design ?
Thanks !
Edited by Khaos_Bane on November 17, 2015 1:28PM Please change this, as it makes no sense at all, it's long overdo. In addition to that change, please let all two-handed weapons, including staves, count as TWO slots for set bonus purposes. Again, game design that makes no sense at all. An oversight perhaps? Or known poor game design ?
Thanks !
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Nazruk✭✭it's inteded, and yes i agree with you that it's kinda stupid. on the other hand, beeing a melee should give you some advantage over range, especially since everything ZOS designed since IC was extemely favoring ranged-builds.
Sharun Nihm (Darkelf Nightblade, Rank 23)
Zinaan Darnthor (Breton Templar, Rank 13)
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ragnarok6644b14_ESO✭✭✭✭Yeah making spell power scale off of weapon power as a rule is silly.
I always thought the most powerful of mages needed not such mundane things as even a staff to be powerful, but it would seem that they're just being silly and should've been holding two maces instead.
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✭it's inteded, and yes i agree with you that it's kinda stupid. on the other hand, beeing a melee should give you some advantage over range, especially since everything ZOS designed since IC was extemely favoring ranged-builds.
Do you know why it is intended? I'm not doubting you at all, I am just wondering the reason and where they addressed it. I have to disagree with your melee comment though. I do ranged damage using a two-hander or dual wield, so that specific theory doesn't really fit the reason why.
I can see what you are getting at with your ranged vs melee theory though, it makes sense to me as well I suppose. The problem is that you can use ranged class skills with dual wield or two-hander. If that theory was the case wouldn't ZOS say you can't use ranged attacks with dual-wield and two-handers?
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✭✭It's much more difficult to weave light/heavy attacks with a melee weapon as a caster. So, net DPS loss is typically not as bad as it seems.
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✭Because you can weave attack at range with staff. Most magicka dps still use a staff on main dps spam bar, DW only for a small exe range.0