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Please Don't Nerf Harness Magicka By Adding Physical Protection

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  • Buffler
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    Resource management or the lack of it, is the bane of this game. Everybody stacks damage because its almost impossible (nearly) to run out of magicka. With this change and poisions people now have to actually think about recovery and resource management again. Well done zos.
  • vladimilianoub17_ESO1
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    Sure,because getting a bit of magika back is more important than dying from physical damage.
  • Vaoh
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    Buffler wrote: »
    Resource management or the lack of it, is the bane of this game. Everybody stacks damage because its almost impossible (nearly) to run out of magicka. With this change and poisions people now have to actually think about recovery and resource management again. Well done zos.

    No, it is a band-aid fix. This serves to ruin solo PvPers and small smale(should've been a word :D) scale while benefitting big zergs. Just another incentive to run in a large group of lag because you will not get poisoned/if you do it doesn't even matter because you are always safe.
    Edited by Vaoh on May 23, 2016 8:18AM
  • Emma_Overload
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    OP is dead wrong. I'm a magicka Sorc main, and I'm really looking forward to stacking the new Harness Magicka with Hardened Ward. This is going to be a game changer against hard hitting stamina builds like Stamblades.

    So what if other classes get more use out of Harness Magicka now? The Magblades and Magplars using HM by itself were never any trouble before, so I don't expect it to be any worse now that it absorbs physical damage, too. If anything, their wards will go down faster if mobs or stam builds are hitting them at the same time.
    #CAREBEARMASTERRACE
  • dylanjaygrobbelaarb16_ESO
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    they are making all the damage shields defend against all damage, and last the same amount of time, to help balance. id day get used to it, they tweak things in pts but dont change whole design concepts( and this is certainly a design concept). one exception, they didnt implement animation changes to keep working on them.
    I hope they dont change it or it will just be even more rivers of tears from every person using every shield type lobbying; saying boo hoo i dont like this gimme gimme the shield how want it.

    ps this change is actually good for all non sorc casters in my opinion.
  • timidobserver
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    It'd probably be better to just use the other morph since the magicka return is no longer guaranteed.
    V16 Uriel Stormblessed EP Magicka Templar(main)
    V16 Derelict Vagabond EP Stamina DK
    V16 Redacted Ep Stam Sorc
    V16 Insolent EP Magicka Sorc(retired)
    V16 Jed I Nyte EP Stamina NB(retired)

  • TX12001rwb17_ESO
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »
    Why do you even use Harness Magicka you gain no more then 1k or 2k magicka and that is when you are hit by 3 spells which I can regain within 1 second? I prefer Dampen Magicka as it actually gives you a stronger shield which is why you even casted it in the first place so your health isn't touched.

    You gain much more than that. For example, with 7 pieces of light armor on I get a 42% bonus to how much magicka is restored when I get hit with a magicka attack. With a base tooltip number of 1139 on Harness Magicka (in the gear i'm currently wearing) that is 1617 magicka x3. That equals out to about 4850 magicka. Getting back almost 5k magicka can be very very useful to some people, especially when trying to focus more on having higher spell damage than regen. This is VERY useful in the no CP PVP campaign.
    Even 5000 magicka is nothing, its quite sad if you use that for your sustain. If I want 5k magicka I will just sip a potion or wait for 2 seconds, having the shield much stronger is much better.

    Edited by TX12001rwb17_ESO on May 23, 2016 4:56AM
  • Kildayen
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    TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »
    Kildayen wrote: »
    TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »
    Why do you even use Harness Magicka you gain no more then 1k or 2k magicka and that is when you are hit by 3 spells which I can regain within 1 second? I prefer Dampen Magicka as it actually gives you a stronger shield which is why you even casted it in the first place so your health isn't touched.

    You gain much more than that. For example, with 7 pieces of light armor on I get a 42% bonus to how much magicka is restored when I get hit with a magicka attack. With a base tooltip number of 1139 on Harness Magicka (in the gear i'm currently wearing) that is 1617 magicka x3. That equals out to about 4850 magicka. Getting back almost 5k magicka can be very very useful to some people, especially when trying to focus more on having higher spell damage than regen. This is VERY useful in the no CP PVP campaign.
    Even 5000 magicka is nothing, its quite sad if you use that for your sustain. If I want 5k magicka I will just sip a potion or wait for 2 seconds, having the shield much stronger is much better.

    I've never needed to have more of a physical shield. 5k magicka several times in between potions is very useful for sustain. I guess those of you who need more shield are happy about the change, but it is a change that I don't need. One shield is enough for me in PVP. My survivability is much better than the average player. Make the Dampen Magic morph give the physical damage shield and keep the Harness Magicka there for magicka sustain. It will make everyone happy and it makes much more sense to do it that way.
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