Alucardo wrote: »

Bring back softcaps

#SoftcapSeason

Edit: or #SeasonalSoftcaps
or #CullCaps4Christmas

Artjuh90 wrote: »

strangest of softcap removal of damage but armor stil has stofcaps (physical and magic resistance)

They only have Hardcaps now, so they just suddenly stop at...50%? I think it's that.

I dont think people complain about these skills you mention because they are able to 1 shot but because they are strong in general and the people complaining rarely have used/played the class they complain against, but have died to it because its popular.

There is only one skill in this game i think is OP and its so rarely mentioned i don't think anyone cares.

silky_soft wrote: »

If you are vamp or less then 20k HP with no heavy you deserve to insta die.

having a glass cannon NB and a tanky DK I have to agree. As such i am against the OP suggestion

well for me its much more a problem of the disparity of offensive CP options vs defensive options, while(beside sorcs) you are perfect to go DPS wise with one star, defense is clustered over 5-6 different stars where allways 2 compensate one offensive star so to be on a equal footing defensive wise you need 5-6x as much CP to be spend than on your offense.
wich is further increased by the fact all are tied into one constellation leading to the fact that you need tons of CP in total to gain the defense to compensate one offensive star.

that is actually the problem.

the entire CP system was obviously inteded with equaly spreaded CP allocation and not the minmaxing we are doing:
a step into the right direction would be e.g. caping the constallations internally by having no single star of each can exceed 50% of the points spend in the 3 other stars.
-> so lets say you are a stamina user wanting to max out mighty, you have to spend 200 points into precise strikes and piercing as thaumaturge probably doesn´t help you much (this would aswell require some overhaul of the representation of abilitys within a given star)

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Artjuh90 wrote: »

strangest of softcap removal of damage but armor stil has stofcaps (physical and magic resistance)

They only have Hardcaps now, so they just suddenly stop at...50%? I think it's that.

ye-nope its a bit more complicated the dmg reduction is caped at 50% but you can compensate for armor/resi piercing by overcapping your values and piercing is quite excessive.

The problem is not so much the damage that can be done. It's mostly a problem with the health nerf and it is not efficient to invest your resources into health, which makes glass cannon builds very appealing. Throw in multiple camo hunter procs from stealth and there you go.

iamnotweakrwb17_ESO wrote: »

Easier solution. Zenimax needs to stop introducing gear or mechanics that buff the *** out of weapon damage. It shouldn't be possible to stack 6k weapon damage and go around lol omg 1 - 2 shotting people.

And here's another pro tip. Why the hell do all these massive damage attacks also CC the *** out of the target. You have frags, wrecking blow, stealthed concealed weapon and snipe all doing stupid CC. No hard hitting ability should be CCing anyone PERIOD! Hard CC should be on low damage or no damage attacks only.

No....just no....Snipe does not have a CC component it does not knock you down it does not knock you back it does not stun. Attacking from stealth stuns your target if you are behind them, you cannot perma CC someone with snipe the same way that you can juggle someone with WB. Players who stack weapon damage sacrifice a lot in CP's, Skills, armor options, this makes them more bursty especially from stealth but it really hurts their sustain. Asking you to not stand in the open unbuffed or to slot something as simple as Radiant Magelight or be near someone who has it or just be near people in general is a small price comparatively.

Getting one shot occasionally because you are not watching your back or putting yourself in bad situations is not an issue and it reinforces a better understanding of PVP and war in general. I run a "one shot" build on my DK and I can tell you that I rarely if ever one shot good players, and when I do I often have to pop and invisibility pot immediately or die from his buddies. When I started pvping I got one shot constantly I learned how to counter it, you go to pvp to fight sometimes you die that's how it works.

One shot mechanics help keep balance between lower players and higher players, yes lower characters will get killed more however the structure remains where you can plan and set up to kill significantly better geared/higher level characters. Introducing mechanics to stop these kills only serves to make the top tier even stronger. Imagine any first person shooter where you could not longer be killed by 1 sniper head shot, or one rocket the top players would become even more invincible than they were before, while the lower players will still die as often.

I can tell you what is a lot more frustrating than getting one shot, when you go up against someone who is both eating you alive and you cannot touch their health pool that is infinitely more frustrating because you know there is nothing you can or could have done to kill them.