Fiord's Legacy nerf: absolutely, totally unacceptable

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This is one of my multiple Fiord's Legacy sets' pieces as it is on the Live server.

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Here is the scaled version which has been nerfed. Another stealth nerf that's not documented.

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The most galling thing is that preexisting Fiord's pieces have been retroactively changed to have this new 5 piece bonus to Sprint speed, rather than movement speed. Long ago it stacked with speed potions as well as the bonus to mounted movement speed from the Ward of Cyrodiil 3 piece set bonus.

There is no reason whatsoever to have a Sprint bonus in-game except as a way to nerf movement bonuses in general. You can see in the first screenshot that this set is still used - in fact, you don't often see a set that's max level 23 selling for 3k gold, so you know people are using it as it was originally intended. This and the 6 month old movement speed bugs/nerfs are a terrible, terrible change.

FFS it's not even "move +15% faster while sprinting" but "add 15% to the speed boost that sprint gives." Inexcusable. I wish I'd saved the audio from the guild summit from the itemization team so you could hear how ill-informed it was. This change instantly brought back that memory.
  • Dracane
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    Ah honey, there have been like 100 undocumented changes again. This always happens.

    I think if I was a dev, I would tweak certain things without mentioning it. But I know it's not very nice.
    And I would only do it, if it was something that nobody would stumble across :D nothing as obvious as the nerfs to lightning staff for exmaple.
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  • hrothbern
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    runagate wrote: »
    This is one of my multiple Fiord's Legacy sets' pieces as it is on the Live server.

    uc5oysdy2w7y.jpg

    Here is the scaled version which has been nerfed. Another stealth nerf that's not documented.

    ogtpbymoexei.jpg

    The most galling thing is that preexisting Fiord's pieces have been retroactively changed to have this new 5 piece bonus to Sprint speed, rather than movement speed. Long ago it stacked with speed potions as well as the bonus to mounted movement speed from the Ward of Cyrodiil 3 piece set bonus.

    There is no reason whatsoever to have a Sprint bonus in-game except as a way to nerf movement bonuses in general. You can see in the first screenshot that this set is still used - in fact, you don't often see a set that's max level 23 selling for 3k gold, so you know people are using it as it was originally intended. This and the 6 month old movement speed bugs/nerfs are a terrible, terrible change.

    FFS it's not even "move +15% faster while sprinting" but "add 15% to the speed boost that sprint gives." Inexcusable. I wish I'd saved the audio from the guild summit from the itemization team so you could hear how ill-informed it was. This change instantly brought back that memory.

    ALL sets that have been upscaled to CP 160 have been reviewed on balance.
    Nothing ninja nerf
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  • glavius
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    If it works like orc racial, actual increase is 6%
  • RoyJade
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    I know that with the buff system this set needed a rework, but still… this is bad.
    At least hive a minor expedition boost for 20 second each time we activate the sprint, along with tis actual bonuses.
  • Xsorus
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    Hmm I honestly thought it was sprint speed all along and is why I was going to pick it up with my Stam Orc sorc

    Planning on pairing with dark stride for fun; though there was a damn light armor set that looks hilarious cause it gives mana while sprinting.... I may try it as it will perma reduce sprint cost like darkstride and let me bolt escape constantly.

    In fact reading the description again it reads like I thought it did; it was simply reworded as all. It was meant just to increase sprint speed the whole time
    Edited by Xsorus on September 4, 2016 10:41AM
  • lolo_01b16_ESO
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    As far as I know they only fixed the tooltip. The set already only increased sprint speed the last time when I tested it pre TG patch.
  • cschwingeb14_ESO
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    I did run speed tests with this set a couple months ago using an add-on. The Fjords bonus only increased movement speed while sprinting. It did not increase normal run speed or mounted move speed or mounted sprint speed.
  • runagate
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    If that is the case then it was changed in the interim as it used to stack with speed pots and Cyrodiil's Ward mounted speed bonus.

    Doesn't anyone remember when a stam sorc only existed to be a scroll runner and was the only thing that would outrun a particular vampire built for the same purpose?

    Nowadays, obviously, such a thing is not needed for running scrolls. We should, nonetheless, be allowed to have quality of life bonuses to zoom around if we want to sacrifice combat bonuses. I was perfectly willing to trade wearing level 23 armor to get this bonus. In Cyrodiil it's not a fun thing to suddenly find oneself in combat in that armor, but the utility for patrolling, scouting or simple exploration (especially with that lovely new Dark Brotherhood passive skill that reduces mobs' agro range) is considerable.

    Damn it to hell. This is the one sole set update I'd been waiting for since the game launched.
  • Almariel
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    ...No ninja nerf, Fjords always only provided sprint bonus, not overall movement speed, just the tooltip wasn't that accurate. I used it a while on a low lvl twink and it worked exactly as its written now in the updated tooltip.
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  • susmitds
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    Almariel wrote: »
    ...No ninja nerf, Fjords always only provided sprint bonus, not overall movement speed, just the tooltip wasn't that accurate. I used it a while on a low lvl twink and it worked exactly as its written now in the updated tooltip.

    Nope, it increases movement speed on live, I use it for farming.
  • SleepyTroll
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    Dracane wrote: »
    Ah honey, there have been like 100 undocumented changes again. This always happens.

    I think if I was a dev, I would tweak certain things without mentioning it. But I know it's not very nice.
    And I would only do it, if it was something that nobody would stumble across :D nothing as obvious as the nerfs to lightning staff for exmaple.

    Wasn't a nerf. Read the tool tip on live.
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    Guess this will be better...

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  • Iyas
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    olsborg wrote: »

    Guess this will be better...

    a stam sorc has this already
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  • Oakmontowls_ESO
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    Jailbreaker might make its way into my hiest/sacrament loadout since it should work with my concealed weapon and dark cloak build to go super fast.
  • NoRagret
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    Filthy and inexcusable nerf whoever made this change should be fired immediately. Especially since they have refused to fixth 6 month old movement speed bug.

    UPDATE: finally got the last Fiords piece in the PTS and the fifth bonus is giving 4-6% movement speed bonus (tested using RavSpeed addon) absolute disgrace.
    Edited by NoRagret on September 5, 2016 2:16AM
  • Xsorus
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    NoRagret wrote: »
    Filthy and inexcusable nerf whoever made this change should be fired immediately. Especially since they have refused to fixth 6 month old movement speed bug.

    UPDATE: finally got the last Fiords piece in the PTS and the fifth bonus is giving 4-6% movement speed bonus (tested using RavSpeed addon) absolute disgrace.

    Not a nerf; Its working the same

    They reworded it so morons could understand it better but even the original wording told you exactly what it does

    Sprint cost is reduced by 15% and movement speed is increased by 15%

    The and implies it's increasing the movement speed of the original point...in otherwords..Sprint
  • Solariken
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    That's a pretty derpy nerf (if not a tooltip re-wording only). They could at least give the Minor Expedition buff (+10% run speed) active at all times in addition to the revised sprint bonus.

    Edit: and then also give another small bonus to Jailbreaker.
    Edited by Solariken on September 5, 2016 3:27PM
  • FENGRUSH
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    Itd be horrible if it was minor expedition. You can already get that buff and this set allows you to stack it - making it more unique.
  • NoRagret
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    Xsorus wrote: »
    NoRagret wrote: »
    Filthy and inexcusable nerf whoever made this change should be fired immediately. Especially since they have refused to fixth 6 month old movement speed bug.

    UPDATE: finally got the last Fiords piece in the PTS and the fifth bonus is giving 4-6% movement speed bonus (tested using RavSpeed addon) absolute disgrace.

    Not a nerf; Its working the same

    They reworded it so morons could understand it better but even the original wording told you exactly what it does

    Sprint cost is reduced by 15% and movement speed is increased by 15%

    The and implies it's increasing the movement speed of the original point...in otherwords..Sprint

    Sigh, if you would care to read I TESTED this using RavSpeed the 15% bonus is gone, it now gives 4-6% increase to overall movement speed when sprinting as opposed to 15% as it was before. I'll explain further assuming you still don't understand:
    Speed before PTS while sprinting: 145%
    Speed after PTS while sprinting: 136%
    Capiche?
  • JustSnilloc
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    NoRagret wrote: »
    Sigh, if you would care to read I TESTED this using RavSpeed the 15% bonus is gone, it now gives 4-6% increase to overall movement speed when sprinting as opposed to 15% as it was before. I'll explain further assuming you still don't understand:
    Speed before PTS while sprinting: 145%
    Speed after PTS while sprinting: 136%
    Capiche?

    This means the 15% from this set is coming from the additional 33% boost to speed that you get from sprinting. 15% of 33 is 4.95. Meaning that it's a 5% bonus to speed, like you've discovered.

    Which is a far cry from the promised 15% ZOS, c'mon.

    EDIT - Actually, you know what? "Speed Builds" are a thing. There, I said it ZOS, SPEED BUILDS ARE A THING. Just like Tanking is a thing, DPS is a thing, and Healing is a thing, Speed Builds are a thing. No, they don't serve a significant purpose in Dungeons, nor are they especially useful in dungeons, but they aren't meant for dungeons. Speed builds are often utilized for farming resource nodes and scroll running. More than anything, Speed in ESO is a convenience thing. Yes, there is a competitive aspect to it, but you're sacrificing more useful "competitive assets" to achieve it.

    AND IT IS SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO COME BY!!! Allow me to list all of the ways that one may obtain speed in this game...

    - 10%, Orc Racial
    - 21%, Medium Armor Passive (w/seven pieces of medium armor)
    - 02%, 120CP Bonus Passive, Lover Tree (Windrunning)
    - 05%, The Steed Mundus Stone
    - 15%, Fiord's Legacy 5pc Set
    - 30%, Major (/Minor Expedition, 10%)

    That's it! Six (technically seven) sources, and you're going to nerf one of the most significant? Really?!
    Edited by JustSnilloc on September 11, 2016 12:53AM
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  • Rikumaru
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    Anything to do with mobility will get nerfed or maimed :/
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  • kaithuzar
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    Does anyone know if "movement speed" increases "attack speed" such as maybe faster animations or getting more attacks off in less time? Is this even a thing?
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    kaithuzar wrote: »
    Does anyone know if "movement speed" increases "attack speed" such as maybe faster animations or getting more attacks off in less time? Is this even a thing?

    No, we used to have a trait called "Weighted" that made weapon attacks faster, but that was replaced with "Decisive" which helps to gain additional ultimate.

    It's like they have something against speed. That, or they don't realize that people actually WANT speed.
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  • silvereyes
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    the 15% from this set is coming from the additional 33% boost to speed that you get from sprinting. 15% of 33 is 4.95. Meaning that it's a 5% bonus to speed, like you've discovered
    I believe the sprint speed bonus is 40%, not 33%. At least that's what it was in the Thieves Guild patch notes, which was when they nerfed Major Expedition and buffed sprint speed:
    Reduced the bonus movement speed from the Major Expedition buff category to 30% from 40%.
    Increased the bonus movement speed from Sprint to 40% from 30%.
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    But I guess there was an "unintentional" bug with movement speed introduced in TG that was never fixed. https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/289376/movement-speed-fix/p1
    Yep, we are aware and it's not intended. We're still working on a fix for it, which will likely be included in the next major update.

    Was confirmed still unfixed as of DB 2.4.8:
    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/270195/the-real-patch-notes-2-4-8-now-with-kill-zones/p1

    I guess it's still unfixed in Update 12. Sigh.
    Edited by silvereyes on September 11, 2016 2:07AM
  • JustSnilloc
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    silvereyes wrote: »
    the 15% from this set is coming from the additional 33% boost to speed that you get from sprinting. 15% of 33 is 4.95. Meaning that it's a 5% bonus to speed, like you've discovered
    I believe the sprint speed bonus is 40%, not 33%. At least that's what it was in the Thieves Guild patch notes, which was when they nerfed Major Expedition and buffed sprint speed:
    Reduced the bonus movement speed from the Major Expedition buff category to 30% from 40%.
    Increased the bonus movement speed from Sprint to 40% from 30%.

    Interesting... How did the one guy get these results though?
    NoRagret wrote: »
    Speed before PTS while sprinting: 145%
    Speed after PTS while sprinting: 136%

    EDIT... Didn't see this before posting
    silvereyes wrote: »
    But I guess there was an "unintentional" bug with movement speed introduced in TG that was never fixed. https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/289376/movement-speed-fix/p1
    Yep, we are aware and it's not intended. We're still working on a fix for it, which will likely be included in the next major update.

    Was confirmed still unfixed as of DB 2.4.8:
    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/270195/the-real-patch-notes-2-4-8-now-with-kill-zones/p1

    I guess it's still unfixed in Update 12. Sigh.

    Edited by JustSnilloc on September 11, 2016 2:13AM
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  • Vangy
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    Why nerf this set? I think this was probably unintentional or overlooked while they went about revampin Sets....
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  • JustSnilloc
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    Vangy wrote: »
    Why nerf this set? I think this was probably unintentional or overlooked while they went about revampin Sets....

    I would hope so, I would also hope that ZOS actually gives this topic the time of day it deserves, if only to give some lame excuse as to why they nerfed it. It wouldn't take much to tweak the 15% speed bonus to scale off of movement speed instead of sprint speed... I wouldn't think.
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  • ZOS_KNowak
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    Fiord's Legacy only received a tooltip update in this patch - no changes were made to the functionality of this item set. It has always only increased the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint.
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    ZOS_KNowak wrote: »
    Fiord's Legacy only received a tooltip update in this patch - no changes were made to the functionality of this item set. It has always only increased the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint.

    Good to know, mr cthulu!
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