Ultimate capped at 1000?

Aspi90 · June 2016

Is this new or was that always like this?
I am on Console and we just got numbers for our health etc bar.
I am asking cause I wanted to overload spam vMA, but with just 1000 Ultimate I am not going so far.

Trashyratchet · June 2016

I believe it has always been that way. Obviously for good reason. I don't think saving up 1M ultimate and running through VMA spamming overload would be playing as intended.

Julianos · June 2016

If your spell damage is low 1000 wont cut it. Also you need +%25 damage star from cp

UrQuan · June 2016

It's always been capped at 1000. For most ultimates anything above the minimum needed for that ultimate is wasted anyway. The maximum serves to keep overload from being ridiculously overpowered though, by ensuring you can't just build up a ridiculous amount of ultimate and then use overload indefinitely.

NewBlacksmurf · June 2016

Been that way for a while - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/193276/ultimate-count

Aspi90 · June 2016

okay, thank you guys!!

dodgehopper_ESO · June 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

It's always been capped at 1000. For most ultimates anything above the minimum needed for that ultimate is wasted anyway. The maximum serves to keep overload from being ridiculously overpowered though, by ensuring you can't just build up a ridiculous amount of ultimate and then use overload indefinitely.

Overload and Werewolf really are the two that get limited by this. Overload being such an integral part of the Sorcerer class obviously gets a bit more play.

UrQuan · June 2016

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

It's always been capped at 1000. For most ultimates anything above the minimum needed for that ultimate is wasted anyway. The maximum serves to keep overload from being ridiculously overpowered though, by ensuring you can't just build up a ridiculous amount of ultimate and then use overload indefinitely.

Overload and Werewolf really are the two that get limited by this. Overload being such an integral part of the Sorcerer class obviously gets a bit more play.

Werewolf isn't limited by it. When you transform you instantly lose all ultimate (just like using other ultimates). The amount of time you can spend in WW form depends on various things that extend that time (taking damage extends it, using one of the morphs of pounce extends it, feeding on corpses extends it). As long as you don't run out of mobs you can stay in WW form indefinitely even if you only had the minimum amount of ultimate needed to transform.