ZOS, Please, Fix the Meta

Dark_Aether · August 2016

Bryanonymous wrote: »

# Make Bolt Escape Glass Cannon DPS Sorcerer Great Again

When did sorc stop being great? Playing one right now with all crafted gear and it is still one of the top contenders in PVP

ParaNostram · August 2016

ManDraKE wrote: »

burst builds are the only way to kill the current heavyarmor+1h&s setup that everyone seems to be running, even magika builds can permablock, so any kind of pressure or DoT build is out of the picture, burst or die, there is no other way. Also burst builds with high AoE damage are good for zergbusting, if you kill the burst meta you are back to the unkilleable-zergball meta that ruined PvP on this game for over a year, i'm pretty sure eveyone remembers the steel batneedo zergball meta and the proxy det meta. Right now zergs have to think twice before stacking on crown.

Is the current burst meta good? No, but is WAY better than we had before. So be careful with what you ask, the cure can be worst than the disease.

Thank you for being one of the people here with a reply consisting of genuine feedback on the subject. Personally, I would prefer we keep marching forward towards achieving something better and stumbling on the way than stop for fear of *** things up.

I think I wouldn't be so frustrated if we hadn't gone into another quarter without any real re-balancing. Re-balancing should occur somewhat regularly in my eyes. Stagnant balance results in a more polarized Meta. Constant changing means everyone needs to sit down and rethink their builds.

AfkNinja · August 2016

QuebraRegra wrote: »

There has always been a "meta" and will always be.. Blame the playerbase, blame the game, the cause is somewhere in between.

The fix is softcaps to defeat the min/max meta of the moment.

I pray for softcaps every day.

cjthibs · August 2016

AfkNinja wrote: »

QuebraRegra wrote: »

There has always been a "meta" and will always be.. Blame the playerbase, blame the game, the cause is somewhere in between.

The fix is softcaps to defeat the min/max meta of the moment.

I pray for softcaps every day.

Me three.

potirondb16_ESO · August 2016

ParaNostram wrote: »

I just want to see more variety, that's all. I want this game to reflect one of the many aspects that have made TES games great, the ability to play however YOU want to play. However, in a competitive environment, playing anything other than the absolute best build will feel like playing with a handicap.

The reality is that all build cannot be equivalent in term of functionnality. As an example, a friend of mine plays pvp magika dk and is 100% OP when it comes to medium group environnement but is 100% defensless in a solo/duo environnement. He is playing this characther how he want it but with the specific limitation due to his build.

The diversity in term of gameplay comes from what player expect. Many player have focus their build on burst dps. Which allow them to have a definite advantage in small team formation, but if those same player were to 1vX it would become a weakness, overall they choose it that way because they feel it fits their playstyle more.

The current meta gameplay does encourage a lot of build to be burst dps, but we do see some successfull tanky and Healing build as well which are equally interesting.

Wycks · August 2016

The meta should not swing so drastically , it should have more diversity based on actual classes and abilities.

In some cases the meta is more balanced than others, right now the class in which there is a meta grand canyon is DK's. The difference between a Stam DK and Magicka DK is ridiculous. Stam Dk's dont have resource issues, have massive self heals, are tanky, have gap closers, and huge DPS. Magika is left in the dark and cannot compare on any level.

So it depends on the class and items sets more than the balance of the overall meta, a few tweaks here and there is all that is needed. Remember that magicka used to be king back a few years ago.

DHale · August 2016

I play mostly magic builds and would like them to be buffed enough to compete with stam. I am even better on my stam builds... i just have more fun on magic builds. That said, I don't want any nerfs to stam builds. Nerfs in this game have been worse than the original problem huge sweeping changes rather than small tweaks. ie. dodge roll and block regen. Ball of lightning, streak, cloak was good when pc launched... now. Dynamic Ult gen AOE caps, Shields from 20 seconds to 6. We could have gone to 15 or 12 but 6. Because igneous was just too powerful. I could go on. Just leave stuff alone when PC launched Magic DK was a god instead of buffing other classes to that level they literally nerfed it into the ground. Only a few can pull it off. Sorc pop has dropped or they moved to stam. No Bueno. I just want more Pew Pew and less QQ.