Nightshade; what is it good for?

chess1ukb16_ESO · August 2016

I see very little nightshade selling on the guild stores and it just sort of sits there never being bought by anyone. Is this ingredient redundant at the moment or is there anything useful that can be made with it?

Aemon_Isklexi · August 2016

It's the only reagent in the game that allows a combination of damage health and damage health over time. Poison reagents aren't selling because most people don't use poisons in PVE, and the poisons used in PVP are typically resource denying poisons (damage stamina/magicka).

Frankly, I find it a bit odd that people don't use poison on their backbar weapon (like a bow) because a strong damage health poison made with nightshade can put up a significant DoT.

BenevolentBowd · August 2016

Here are the traits for nightshade:

Ravage Health
Creeping Ravage Health
Protection
Defile

disintegr8 · August 2016

It is good for filling up your inventory as far as I am concerned. Like all other poison ingredients they have been placed everywhere in abundance and we have not been given any clear guidance or information on the advantage or disadvantages of using poisons.

Like a lot of new stuff that comes into this game, I don't think the introduction of poisons was done very well. I am speaking from a console perspective, where we do not have the luxury of add-on applications and have nothing available in game to provide us with any information.

Waffennacht · August 2016

Absolutely Nothing

Say it again

War

What is it good for?!

Wait... what? Oh sorry... it has defile!

bryanhaas · August 2016

Waffennacht wrote: »

Absolutely Nothing

Say it again

War

What is it good for?!

Wait... what? Oh sorry... it has defile!

I was thinking the exact same thing. Song popped in my head soon as I saw the title.

erliesc · August 2016

As far as I can tell....poisons work in 1 out of 5 instances...20 % of the time. Where as a glyph works 100% of the time.

So at the least a poison would need to be 5xs as strong...at the least. In reality...80% of the time you get nothing.

I use the best glyphs I can make...sell the poisons...and poison ingredients...except...who's buying?

billcage · August 2016

Protection trait can be used in zerg fights at pvp .Ravage health can be used for suicide again at pvp .I dont know defile what it has attributes.

Wreuntzylla · August 2016

erliesc wrote: »

As far as I can tell....poisons work in 1 out of 5 instances...20 % of the time. Where as a glyph works 100% of the time.

So at the least a poison would need to be 5xs as strong...at the least. In reality...80% of the time you get nothing.

I use the best glyphs I can make...sell the poisons...and poison ingredients...except...who's buying?

There is a cooldown on enchants, so poisons are actually much stronger.

Gargath · August 2016

It's good this ingredient isn't traded in large numbers, that keeps the price on stable level. Unlike with spider eggs available in thousands stacks everwhere. And I sell these, check Rawl'kha stores on a frequent basis if you need them

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Poisons are still good for me, I use on few alts, mostly those for healing and dealing damage in a same time (in pve).