We NEED a magicka morph of Vigor because..

Since the beginning of the game, stamina builds have been QQing that they don't have access to a reliable self-heal without slotting a 2H for rally. This is why Vigor was first introduced.

Similarly, many magicka builds DON'T want to be forced to slot a resto staff to use the highly unreliable (but sometimes OP when it works) healing ward.

Recently, This problem has been exacerbated by shield breaker as well as the new CP which increases damage to shields. When a nightblade or DK is forced to rely on the resto bubble, the bubble often chooses to go onto a random teammate. If the bubble actually applies to the caster, the shield is generally small (~5k) and dissipates rapidly when under pressure.

Furthermore, when an enemy is using shield breaker or has points slotted into CP which increases damage against shields, this method of healing is often more trouble than its worth.

Unfortunately, the only remaining options are to use GDB or Sap (no other option for sorcs), which are doubly nerfed because the damage is reduced by 50% and the heals are reduced by 50%, making GDB very ineffective. If a magicka morph of vigor were available, the recent (and semi OP) buffs to magicka DK healing would have been unnecessary

There really shouldn't be a problem with changing the unused morph of vigor to a magicka based heal, since very few stamina builds use that morph anyway.

The advantage of stamina builds are extremely high damage, roll dodging, and more armor. The advantage of magicka builds has been (until the recent buffs to major mending given to stamina DK's and Templars, as well as crit surge for stamina sorcs) their ability to heal themselves. Due to the recent changes, this is no longer the case as stamina builds are able to both deal high damage, roll dodge any incoming damage, and heal themselves for 5k+ ticks of vigor in PvP.

If the dev's are truly interested in balancing this game, this option is the most logical solution to the problem.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_BrianWheeler @ZOS_EricWrobel @ZOS_Wrobel


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In order to more fully elaborate why giving magicka users a magicka based morph of vigor is NOT a bad idea...

Skills that have been given stamina morphs:
Surprise attack
Ambush
Killer's Blade
Power Extraction
Relentless Focus

Boundless Storm
Crit Surge
Dark Exchange

Unstable Flame
Engulfing Flames
Inferno
Dragon Leap

Biting Jabs
Purifying Light
Blinding Javelin
Repentence

Some people continue to QQ that many ultimates do not do physical damage, but ZOS changed the game a long time ago so that these ultimates scale off of max stat, so that either class can use them effectively.
Sure, they aren’t affected by the physical damage CP, but stamina builds often have 1,000 more weapon damage than magicka classes, which balances out the damage of the ultimate anyway.

Why do you people have such a problem with either making vigor scale off of max stat, or giving a magicka morph of vigor?


FYI..
This post was a collaboration with primary input from "Nurin" whom has 7 v16's, & has completed Veteran Maelstrom Arena on stamina & magicka versions of each class.