Do I get a spell/weapon-damage-increase-buff, when inside a dungeon with other players?

Xandryah · November 2016

Do I get a spell/weapon-damage-increase-buff, when inside a dungeon with other players?

I have noticed that inside a dungeon after group finder, my spell-damage on the character sheet is substantially higher compared to when i'm exploring around in Tamriel. Is this normal and a courtesy-buff for all players in the dungeon? Is it a bolster like there is in astor?

Thank you for your response.

baratron · November 2016

There are several skills and armor sets which boost the Spell Damage of others in a dungeon. For example, my Sorcerer can boost Spell Damage when he heals players who are already at 100% health while wearing his Spell Power Cure set. (It's a 50% chance for the buff to occur.) My Dragonknight can grant the Major Sorcery buff to give allies 20% extra Spell Damage by using the ability Molten Weapons or one of its morphs. My Templar can grant the Minor Sorcery buff to give allies 5% extra Spell Damage due to his Illuminate passive, which activates by casting any ability in the Dawn's Wrath line.

Many Healers do their best to buff others' Spell and Weapon Damage to improve the group's DPS.

Xandryah · November 2016

I do get a substantial spell-damage-increase right at the beginning of every normal dungeon i do, even if i'm solo-ing them. So, it's not another player's group-buff that it's improving my stats.

I would love to read some official response, if possible... it does not have to be long. Thank you.

Xandryah · November 2016

baratron wrote: »

There are several skills and armor sets which boost the Spell Damage of others in a dungeon. For example, my Sorcerer can boost Spell Damage when he heals players who are already at 100% health while wearing his Spell Power Cure set. (It's a 50% chance for the buff to occur.) My Dragonknight can grant the Major Sorcery buff to give allies 20% extra Spell Damage by using the ability Molten Weapons or one of its morphs. My Templar can grant the Minor Sorcery buff to give allies 5% extra Spell Damage due to his Illuminate passive, which activates by casting any ability in the Dawn's Wrath line.

Many Healers do their best to buff others' Spell and Weapon Damage to improve the group's DPS.

Thank you for your time and effort to try to help me, but sometimes i do normal dungeons on my own and so it can't be explained by another player's group-buff. Have fun, thanks again...

KranderH · November 2016

It might be a UI bug... Bugs ohohoohoo love'm

Edit: on a sidenote, it also happends when you switch out gear, skills and other stat-related stuff. Bar swapping usually fixes it.

hrothbern · November 2016

Xandryah wrote: »

Do I get a spell/weapon-damage-increase-buff, when inside a dungeon with other players?

I have noticed that inside a dungeon after group finder, my spell-damage on the character sheet is substantially higher compared to when i'm exploring around in Tamriel. Is this normal and a courtesy-buff for all players in the dungeon? Is it a bolster like there is in astor?

Thank you for your response.

from these patch notes, PC/Mac 2.2.5:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2429851#Comment_2429851
page #3:

"Increased the strength of the buff you receive when you are low-level and use the Grouping Tool for random matchmaking. You will now receive a 25% bonus to Weapon and Spell Damage, increased from 15%".

It should only happen if you are a low level player (<50)
But I heard there was a bug that also lvl 50 players got this 25%.