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Cloak Nerf Vs Sorc Shield Spammer

  • Father_X_Zombie
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    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    They do, aspect of terror. Its not always easy to break out of, especially for magicka builds
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  • mr_wazzabi
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    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    They do, aspect of terror. Its not always easy to break out of, especially for magicka builds

    With magelight, a nb can't get close enough to a sorc to use that
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  • Father_X_Zombie
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    They do, aspect of terror. Its not always easy to break out of, especially for magicka builds

    With magelight, a nb can't get close enough to a sorc to use that

    Lotus fan
    Edited by Father_X_Zombie on February 9, 2016 4:12PM
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  • ShalidorsHeir
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    all sorcs will spam mage light ... forever ^^
    whats about simply attacking a sorc and cast aspect of terrer after it? ^^ is it that difficult not to start with a stun? :P
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    If anyone can magelight to stop a nb from cloaking away then everyone should also be able to cast an ability to stop sorcs from reapplying 3 shields after you get their shield down.

    You already have the Shield Breaker set AND a 50% Battle Spirit nerf to shields.... don't be greedy!

    Magicka nb......

    SO? Stamina Sorcs don't want to waste a slot on a mage skill like Radiant Magelight, but we have to if we want the benefit. ZOS built a ridiculously OP armor set just for you... don't blame me if you don't want to wear it.
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  • Lucky28
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    Lucky28 wrote: »
    yep and vise verse. they are the best counter to eachother.

    "counter to eachother" -> is not possible ^^ if sorc counter nb - nb cant counter sorc xD but also to say that class simply counters another class is wrong in so many ways ^^

    they are the two mobility classes, and yes it is possible because they are in opposition to eachother
    Edited by Lucky28 on February 9, 2016 4:15PM
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  • nbksaske
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    stop nerfing, just get better at your game....
  • ShalidorsHeir
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    define "opposition" pls
    if one class does not counter another class they are balanced in this case (ofc there are many ways to play a class and many builds you can use but this is just a logical thing) ^^

    if sorc > nb then nb NOT > sorc and if nb > sorc then sorc NOT > nb

    i think u can use the word "counter" for builds but not for classes in general
    Edited by ShalidorsHeir on February 9, 2016 4:21PM
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    Derra wrote: »
    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    If anyone can magelight to stop a nb from cloaking away then everyone should also be able to cast an ability to stop sorcs from reapplying 3 shields after you get their shield down.

    Or they could finally get rid of stacking multiple shields...

    Wich seems to be what most people name as a solution, but ZOS somehow fails to listen or agree...I dont know wich of the two is worse.

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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    If anyone can magelight to stop a nb from cloaking away then everyone should also be able to cast an ability to stop sorcs from reapplying 3 shields after you get their shield down.

    Dude I kill other sorcs all the time. Instead of taking to the forums and complaining about what terrible player you are, do some research and get gud.

    Try killing a sorc as magicka nb in tg. Sorc has magelight, you cannot cloak to get near sorc to cc him with fear.

    On live i can kill sorcs, but not if magelight will stop me from cloaking. Even with cloaking, sorcs take the longest to kill 1v1. Try it. Roll magicka nb and 1v1 sorcs.

    All of mageblade's heals rely on damaging an enemy's health. With shields up, that means no heals. Spamming cloak was the only way to beat a shield stacking streaking *** as a mageblade.

    Oh and streak ignores roots and snares. You call that balanced?

    With this update, magicka dks will be strong but balanced, nb will be gimped, templars a bit stronger but still weak and magicka sorcs OP.

    L2P?
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  • olsborg
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    olsborg wrote: »
    The cloak nerf was too much, not being able to even execute the skill if you are marked or otherwise kept from cloaking will take away the ability to apply minor protection, wich is a huge nerf. It pretty much removes the skill from your hotbar for the duration of mark or other detection methods...silly, silly, silly...

    why are u crying so hard? :D You can just hop on to your sorc and spam shields instead of spam cloak...
    I cant see the problem here.

    Yes, I could do that, still doesnt help the fact that they overnerfed cloak, Im fine with every change to it except you cant even use it if you are marked to get the minor protection buff.

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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    They do, aspect of terror. Its not always easy to break out of, especially for magicka builds

    With magelight, a nb can't get close enough to a sorc to use that

    Do you really need to be on top of someone all the time to do damage? And you think that it matters if we can see you or not? How about instead of trying to kill us your way and failing and then crying, you try to fight us the way that actually works. And no I'm not going to train you how to kill me. If you can't figure it out that's your own failing.
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    Master_Kas wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    Well, being able to cloak in the face of an opponent wasn't good at all, and you know it. I'd be fine with magelight being the way it used to but then put a minimum distance you need to be before you can cloak. Same with spambush.

    Sure thing give us a burst heal or a damageshield which absorbs BOTH physical attacks and magicka attacks and scales of our offensive stat (max stamina or max magicka) then you can remove cloak entirely : )

    I play a sorcerer from time to time, and when everything is dumbed down and nerfed so bad except hardened ward, I can't wait for ZOS making it scale of max health like every other shield in the game which absorbs physical and magickal damage (harness not included since it doesn't absorb physical)

    The tears will be delicious.

    Putting all your points into max magicka while gaining both offense and defense is just unbalanced no matter how you try to turn it around.

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  • Leon119
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    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    Every1 has access to magelight firstly so its not a sorc problem.
    2nd i play a templar ZOS has the ability to make all my skills useless and is currently using it

    You are just upset that only sorcs are op now and u dont have an easymode button to save your ass
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    They do, aspect of terror. Its not always easy to break out of, especially for magicka builds

    With magelight, a nb can't get close enough to a sorc to use that

    Inner light range: 8 meters for 5 seconds
    Radiant Magelight range: 12 Metres for 5 seconds

    Lotus Fan/Ambush range: 22 metres

    I rest my case.
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  • SuperSayinJesus
    mr_wazzabi wrote: »

    Try killing a sorc as magicka nb in tg. Sorc has magelight, you cannot cloak to get near sorc to cc him with fear.

    On live i can kill sorcs, but not if magelight will stop me from cloaking. Even with cloaking, sorcs take the longest to kill 1v1. Try it. Roll magicka nb and 1v1 sorcs.

    All of mageblade's heals rely on damaging an enemy's health. With shields up, that means no heals. Spamming cloak was the only way to beat a shield stacking streaking *** as a mageblade.

    Oh and streak ignores roots and snares. You call that balanced?

    With this update, magicka dks will be strong but balanced, nb will be gimped, templars a bit stronger but still weak and magicka sorcs OP.
    if your not actiivly in cloak they are not gonna have this skill poped( that last for 5 seconds) so if u ambush in u will beable to cloak and cc them before they hit the active ability that magelight has..its easy to see so time your combos with what you see them useing. spells have telegraphs for a reason.

    NBs have a amazing magicka based gap closer and u cant catch another player?? mix up your skill slots and dont rely on the same old *** syhper or someone other pvpers told you to use in duels last patch.lotas fan into a fear into cloack then open up with vield strike for stealth dmg...oooh look cloak worked didnt it i just had to set it up with another skill..GOD FORBID zini made it harder for you to still kill people in under 2 seconds. All your dmg is still there and there is a resto staff on the off bar. where the best shield is the game awaits healing ward, avalible to all.

    Sors class shield will be toned down along the line probly not this patch though. but even then your gonna complain about sorc using shields because of healing ward. and then if they nerf that all the magicka nbs will be nerfed with it, and all these people will be saying this isnt fair for nbs blah blah blah.
    Edited by SuperSayinJesus on February 9, 2016 5:54PM
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  • DannyLV702
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    Derra wrote: »
    mr_wazzabi wrote: »
    If anyone can magelight to stop a nb from cloaking away then everyone should also be able to cast an ability to stop sorcs from reapplying 3 shields after you get their shield down.

    Or they could finally get rid of stacking multiple shields...

    THIS is the only solution needed!! I don't understand the devs sometimes...
  • Lucky28
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    define "opposition" pls
    if one class does not counter another class they are balanced in this case (ofc there are many ways to play a class and many builds you can use but this is just a logical thing) ^^

    if sorc > nb then nb NOT > sorc and if nb > sorc then sorc NOT > nb

    i think u can use the word "counter" for builds but not for classes in general

    No, because they are not specific counters to eachother, not like scales and projectiles for example.

    It's more along the lines of mobility counters mobility.
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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    Leon119 wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    Every1 has access to magelight firstly so its not a sorc problem.
    2nd i play a templar ZOS has the ability to make all my skills useless and is currently using it

    You are just upset that only sorcs are op now and u dont have an easymode button to save your ass

    Isn't that called fear?
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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    mr_wazzabi wrote: »

    Try killing a sorc as magicka nb in tg. Sorc has magelight, you cannot cloak to get near sorc to cc him with fear.

    On live i can kill sorcs, but not if magelight will stop me from cloaking. Even with cloaking, sorcs take the longest to kill 1v1. Try it. Roll magicka nb and 1v1 sorcs.

    All of mageblade's heals rely on damaging an enemy's health. With shields up, that means no heals. Spamming cloak was the only way to beat a shield stacking streaking *** as a mageblade.

    Oh and streak ignores roots and snares. You call that balanced?

    With this update, magicka dks will be strong but balanced, nb will be gimped, templars a bit stronger but still weak and magicka sorcs OP.
    if your not actiivly in cloak they are not gonna have this skill poped( that last for 5 seconds) so if u ambush in u will beable to cloak and cc them before they hit the active ability that magelight has..its easy to see so time your combos with what you see them useing. spells have telegraphs for a reason.

    NBs have a amazing magicka based gap closer and u cant catch another player?? mix up your skill slots and dont rely on the same old *** syhper or someone other pvpers told you to use in duels last patch.lotas fan into a fear into cloack then open up with vield strike for stealth dmg...oooh look cloak worked didnt it i just had to set it up with another skill..GOD FORBID zini made it harder for you to still kill people in under 2 seconds. All your dmg is still there and there is a resto staff on the off bar. where the best shield is the game awaits healing ward, avalible to all.

    Sors class shield will be toned down along the line probly not this patch though. but even then your gonna complain about sorc using shields because of healing ward. and then if they nerf that all the magicka nbs will be nerfed with it, and all these people will be saying this isnt fair for nbs blah blah blah.

    So you're saying, L2P?
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  • Xjcon
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    Shields shouldn't stack. If you cast one after another it should simply remove one as it applies the next.

    Gaining 20k over the top of 16k is very strong.

    Or increase the cost of shields just like dodge roll or streak. I'd prefer they don't ever make shields like dodge roll but something needs to be done. Time for sorc to be dethroned.
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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    Xjcon wrote: »
    Shields shouldn't stack. If you cast one after another it should simply remove one as it applies the next.

    Gaining 20k over the top of 16k is very strong.

    Or increase the cost of shields just like dodge roll or streak. I'd prefer they don't ever make shields like dodge roll but something needs to be done. Time for sorc to be dethroned.

    Learn...
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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    Xjcon wrote: »
    Shields shouldn't stack. If you cast one after another it should simply remove one as it applies the next.

    Gaining 20k over the top of 16k is very strong.

    Or increase the cost of shields just like dodge roll or streak. I'd prefer they don't ever make shields like dodge roll but something needs to be done. Time for sorc to be dethroned.

    to...
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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    Xjcon wrote: »
    Shields shouldn't stack. If you cast one after another it should simply remove one as it applies the next.

    Gaining 20k over the top of 16k is very strong.

    Or increase the cost of shields just like dodge roll or streak. I'd prefer they don't ever make shields like dodge roll but something needs to be done. Time for sorc to be dethroned.

    play.
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  • Xjcon
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    You mean L2 sorc or gtfo?
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    Oh no. Is OP an ESO streamer? More streamer QQ because they can't kill target fast enough ? >:)
  • DrenYol
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    Master_Kas wrote: »
    Sav72 wrote: »
    Leon119 wrote: »
    How is this a nerfed cloak problem. Your problem is new magelight :/
    Nonetheless just play around it...

    If NB had a ability from preventing you to cast, shields heals or reflect for 5 sec, how would you feel?

    Well, being able to cloak in the face of an opponent wasn't good at all, and you know it. I'd be fine with magelight being the way it used to but then put a minimum distance you need to be before you can cloak. Same with spambush.

    Sure thing give us a burst heal or a damageshield which absorbs BOTH physical attacks and magicka attacks and scales of our offensive stat (max stamina or max magicka) then you can remove cloak entirely : )

    I play a sorcerer from time to time, and when everything is dumbed down and nerfed so bad except hardened ward, I can't wait for ZOS making it scale of max health like every other shield in the game which absorbs physical and magickal damage (harness not included since it doesn't absorb physical)

    The tears will be delicious.

    Putting all your points into max magicka while gaining both offense and defense is just unbalanced no matter how you try to turn it around.

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  • eventide03b14a_ESO
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    Xjcon wrote: »
    You mean L2 sorc or gtfo?
    No, I mean learn how to kill sorcs. It's not as difficult as you think, but it does require you to do something different than what you are currently doing. To put it another way, rather than go onto the forums complaining about how terrible your build/playstyle is at fighting sorcs, do some very basic research and learn their weaknesses. You might save yourself some embarrassment.
    See, when sorcs see people QQ on the forums about our shields we laugh, because we know our weaknesses. The fact that you can't seem to figure it out just amuses us.

    Edited by eventide03b14a_ESO on February 9, 2016 6:13PM
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  • Xjcon
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    Xjcon wrote: »
    You mean L2 sorc or gtfo?
    No, I mean learn how to kill sorcs. It's not as difficult as you think, but it does require you to do something different than what you are currently doing. To put it another way, rather than go onto the forums complaining about how terrible your build/playstyle is at fighting sorcs, do some very basic research and learn their weaknesses. You might save yourself some embarrassment.

    Ok well for one I can't crit a sorc while shield is up, I can't knock them back while a shield is up, and untill recently Was pointless to DOT. So if your telling me that I should learn to burn down shields then I'm here on the forums trying to help that cause. If we get shield stacking nerfed by next year it's all the FOTM players who will have to L2P.
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  • Derra
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    Jura23 wrote: »
    Derra wrote: »
    Jura23 wrote: »
    Derra wrote: »
    Jura23 wrote: »
    Derra wrote: »
    Jura23 wrote: »
    Derra wrote: »
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    All shields should scale from Health.

    Sure all healing should scale from maxhealth only then too. All defense actually. That would be sooo much fun... :neutral:

    That's up to discussion I guess. But these are exactly question the devs should be dealing with.

    It´s not going to happen because the sorc class has a total of five skills that all entirely scale with only magica (in case you did not know that). Too much work reworking all of those.

    I'm not saying it's gonna happen or not, I just give here my ideas. And this topic is very close to the problem of unbalanced stats we have in the game and could be used as one of the tools to solve that problem.

    Only a perceived problem imho. I very rarely see people with 100% 1 stat builds in pvp.

    It´s a pve occurance and i´ve not seen pve players complain about it a lot.

    You know, in most games it's normal when you boost your defense, you have to sacrifice some of your offense. And vice versa. Only in Eso you boost both of them when you just stack your magicka. That's not good and should be changed.

    Of course the same applies for stamina.

    Actually that your suggestion to scale all defense of health is pretty good.

    But would result in abomination builds with insane healthpools coupled with high regeneration and no other stats. These kind of builds would be nearly impossible to kill.

    Also these would lead to builds going for more health leading to weaker offense and higher defense while defense already outperforms offense in most scenarios (you can´t kill someone playing entirely defensive who´s aware of you).
    Basically compared to now balanced builds would have weaker offense and weaker defense but 10 to 15k more hp.

    It would require a complete rebalancing of the game (again) which is an idea i´m not too fond of given how long the developers take to roll out changes and fixes to mechanics that turn out as too powerful or weak.

    I think heavy rebalancing the classes is just what they are doing this and next DLC, correct me if I'm wrong. I think I heard it somewhere.

    Rebalancing of classes in a somewhat working system is in a completely different league than balancing the foundation (cp, attribute system) and afterwards having to rebalance every class again.

    ATM they rebalance classes and make tweaks to the system. What you want is a complete rework of underlying mechanics.
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