PTS Patch Notes v2.7.0 (Homestead)

IwakuraLain42 · January 2017

40% more cost for the magblade spammable attacks ? Do they really want to kill the class ? This is ridiculous.

Love Wizard · January 2017

Decent changes, but it annoys me to see so much ignorance when it comes to PvE balancing. Nightblade still remains the worst, and you decide to nerf it in wierd ways, I guess the nerfs are according to PvP, but still. I'd understand if you'd want to nerf raid dps as a whole, but why do you then end up in buffing magicka sorc and magicka dk, with changes that seems to impact PVE solely.

Anyways, nice updates. Hoped for some more balance, but this time I expected nothing less from you ZoS ^^

Time to close my nightblade threads and give up on this hopeless class as everyone else has been doing, I thought you were gonna make it ok at best, but now it's just lightly put a pile of horseshit.

nosourcenopath · January 2017

The_Saint wrote: »

Just rollplaying buffs for mana nightblades... gg zos

you dont love this class :-* buff your mana dks more gg

That's not entirely true.
Strife: Increased the cost of this ability and its morphs by approximately 38%.

They straight up hate this class.

redspecter23 · January 2017

Maybe I missed something, but I saw some major nerfs to some overperforming abilities, but I didn't see too many buffs for underperforming abilities and specifically no buffs to any sets collaterally hit by the proc set nerf. I'll have to take another closer look, but it appears that my dps is dropping across the board in multiple ways with little more than the cp boost to bring me back up.

Bisenberger96 · January 2017

You guys really don't know how to balance lol. Dks will still be master class in pve, proc sets will still be an issue in pvp, and nbs still suck. But wow good job on creating the concept for an ice staff tank! Brilliant!

Ling · January 2017

im really disappointed ... magnb will be now more useless than its is atm for pve AND pvp!!!

WillhelmBlack · January 2017

I'm absolutely gobsmacked. GG ZOS! Buffs across the board, nerfs where needed!

and

Varen's Legacy... Oh my!

STEVIL · January 2017

Some hmmmm...

ice Furnace set still has weapon damage bonus for a magica staff?

No change for crafting mats or sets really other than convenience and the master writs.

ice staves become the tanking option? taunt, block, maim etc? OK, not what i expected but hey... interesting.

All in all, a good start and will be very interesting to see where this ends up.

however, did not see any "make health great again" style changes so maybe thats later?

mrs_gibbs · January 2017

Sad about the relentless focus and rearming trap changes.

But I think the housing prices are great. Some are low enough for anyone, but the larger houses are reasonably hard to get. Good job!

Moglijuana · January 2017

DKsUnite wrote: »

themdogesbite wrote: »

Actually not scared shitless from this!

rejoice however! DKs need to be out of magicka and health to be viable at healing now instead of just out of the health!

LOL

Jaronking · January 2017

So your not fixing proc sets

Ankael07 · January 2017

redTechInc wrote: »

Lava Whip: Increased the damage from this ability and its morphs by 5%.

Standard of Might (Dragonknight Standard morph): This morph now increases your damage done and decreases your damage taken by 12/13/14/15% while standing inside the standard, down from 17/18/19/20%.

mag dk nerfed

Item Set procs which deal damage or healing can no longer Critically Strike.

proc builds "slightly" nerfed, won't have any positive effect on pvp though ; pve nerf.

Are the people responsible for this complete nonsense even thinking it through, before they promise DK buffs and changes on proc-sets that should only affect pvp? Really, the gameplay changes are mostly ***.

You forgot the flame damage buff for mdks. Its a great change

Auricle · January 2017

Why did you nerf Strife? It's not like it was OP or anything. And with the crit changes, PvE damage numbers are going to take a nosedive after all this.

Good job changing the VMA loot table, though. should be less annoying to get what you need.

BUT STILL.

WHY YOU MAKE MY MAGBLADE CRY MORE?

Loves_guars · January 2017

Ehmm interactable furniture.. anyone?

Czirne · January 2017

where is some stamplar buff??
"Engine Guardian: The Dwemer Sphere summoned by this item set’s proc now despawns when it expires." - Does that mean no repenting that Sphere? How shloud stamplars manage their resources in noCP campaing with no battle roar, no helping hands, no siphoning strikes and no dark deal, when you destroy repenting Dwemer Sphere?

Kharnis · January 2017

"In addition to furnishing items, you can also place assistants, mounts, non-combat pets, and a new category of furnishing collectibles called Trophies that includes Undaunted Busts."

So, seeing as the items we very selflessly have relieved the citizens of Tamriel of the burden of carrying (since they need to run quickly in the event of daedric invasion, or bandit attack, or random duels) are also called trophies, am I correct in coming to the conclusion that these items can now be placed within our homes?

Koolio · January 2017

Why make the ice staff a blocking staff? Now I can't Animation Cancel this like other staffs because I can't regen while doing so. And No Light armor changes???? That's kinda low considering the medium gets more armor and more Passives than light.

SanTii.92 · January 2017

why curse nerf, i don't get it

mdylan2013 · January 2017

What nerfs have they given to stamina users?

Vythri · January 2017

I honestly unsubbed until things change. I'm done.

The_Saint · January 2017

@ZOS_GinaBruno
i cant see a fix of (again) mundus exploit... did you fix it? there are few plp around with (again) 5 and mundus activ

or it now just can exploit by mag dks?

ordraveeb17_ESO · January 2017

lol ))) elemental storm morfs reduce only 5% )))) lol ))) it's will change something??? meaby you reduce better area 2 times)))
P.S. sometimes i think that destro ulty make some1 from bomb sqauds. lol ... was funny nerf proxy and give them destro ulty )))

Drummerx04 · January 2017

First glance through of the notes here suggests to me that adding minor magickasteal as a debuff and then making it the sole debuff for ele drain, siphon spirit, and a morph of restoring aura is going to slaughter group magicka sustain in pve. You say you removed the flat magicka return like that was a good thing and then replaced it with a flat magicka return with a hard cooldown. Please note that siphon spirit on its own restored about 400 magicka for normal builds every second in its current form. This stacked with ele drain before, and now it doesn't. This is not a good thing. I like the magsteal on the aura, but please leave ele drain alone.

I'm also not feeling particularly happy with the changes to Velocious Curse. The shorter timer is very useful for sustained damage in pve AND burst damage in pvp. You have nerfed both pretty hard imo.

Changes to frost staff are... interesting.

Khaos_Bane · January 2017

Tryxus wrote: »

So Frost Staves now cost Magicka to block? Interesting...

A heavy attack causes them to taunt !

Doctordarkspawn · January 2017

MAGICKA TANKS ARE A THING NOW, I COULD CRY I AM SO HAPPY.

skvll · January 2017

Is this patch note a joke? HAHAHAHAHHAH we are waiting this since an YEAR! we WERE waiting a magika classes balance since months! are you *** kidding us? You are lucky this the only 'decent' game around here. But the luck ends, later or so.

You killed a class, mage sorc is now died. and others mage classes are on the way.

If you need help in order to balance something.. you just need to ask to us, there are Hardcore PvP and PvE guilds around here.

zuto40 · January 2017

mageblades, i feel so so sorry for you i will no longer animation cancel when i see one of you, mdk's no sympathy youre gods in groups and duels stop running solo

Pirhana7_ESO · January 2017

I was really excited for these balance notes, ...was waiting along time.....

For the role player.. yah housing is cool and everything along with it, trophies, crafting and even fishing has more reason.

But for the competitor in me ..... nothing changed that needed to be changed. Yah, some cool changes like ice staff, and vamp ult. But the real problems that needed attention got nothing.

Alot of us were excited for these balance changes but now it looks like alot of us will be moving to the Uthgard relaunch on Friday and playing that instead while we wait for Camelot Unchained to be finished.

Snit · January 2017

I didn't expect Magicka Nightblades to be nerfed.

Seriously, who in their right mind looks at the current state of the game and thinks, "Magicka Nightblades are overperforming. Let's jack the cost of their spammable by 33%!"

Also, nice stealth nerf to Overload.

technohic · January 2017

mdylan2013 wrote: »

Shokasegambit1 wrote: »

RiP Templars lol

Where do you get that from? The only real change is to radiant and that's still only a minor one.

Total Dark/eclipse changes more than make up for it in my opinion.

Did I read right and stun being removed from blazing spear?