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PTS Patch Notes v2.7.0 (Homestead)
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WarLord2905✭✭✭Since OT launched the only complaints have come from the PVP community about certain proc sets and heavy armour. Most of the forums and community have been praising the OT changes for PVE, I personally gave up on PVE for 12 months before the patch and haven't stepped back into PVP since it dropped. So why the PVE nerf? Because that is what this is!
The PVE was the best its been since ESO launched so why mess with that when it was a PVP issue. No issues raised about PVP have been addressed, Proc sets will still be OP, Heavy armour is still OP and stamina is still the meta? The crit changes mean nothing in PVP when everyone is running around with 7 piece impen, it is only a nerf for PVE.
Why change PVE when you finally got it right?
Why not change PVP when you got it so wrong?NA Server XBOX 1
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Arciris✭✭✭✭✭
✭What i get from those Natch Potes is that PvE DPS is taking a serious hit on all fronts (stam and magika alike). I'm not sure this can be called "balancing".15 -
BoloBoffin✭✭✭✭✭DOSHIA STRIKES BACK! LOL, she's been buffed!
Seriously, though, on the Vamp Swarm change - that's got to be blockable and maybe even stun the vamp if blocked, right? Or the target gets immunity after one attack? Because that's ripe for abuse if the vamp can choose one target and just spam an Ult attack on them.Now let's dig on the Dirt Mound... (never gonna get it, never gonna get it, NEEEEver gonna get it, never gonna it)3 -
maboleth✭✭✭✭✭
✭Please reduce proc sets for PVP only.
Please reduce destro ulti for more than a trivial 5%9 -
NBrookus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I'm kinda torn. I'm not seeing a lot of the changes I felt were needed like stacking proc sets in pvp.
I am seeing some changes that might become hidden gems, like multiple eclipses and the changes to Radiant Aura. And buffing Atronach to where it might not be an ultimate I ignore. I am seeing some good itemization changes, like the change to Black Rose making it a little less desirable for stam and a little more for magicka. Stam got nerfed at but in subtle ways that don't affect magicka users's stam management... might be good.
But I'm not seeing the promised mDK buffs. 5% buff to flame whip... lols. The Dragonblood change... makes no sense at all -- so to get a decent heal, I have to stack magicka but then not manage it correctly? And why nerf the Standard of Might that people just dodge out of anyway for such a high ult cost? You are buffing Fiery Grip in a nice way, except no sign of fixing it so that it works often enough to be worth slotting. The change to Ferocious Leap is nice tho, and the buff to Volatile Armor is nice but probably not gamechanging. 20% damage on top of almost nothing... meh.
So are Frost staff encase-spamming Tremorscale PVP ranged sorcs going to be a thing now?
No judgements until I test it, but I am honestly perplexed at what this is supposed to achieve.Edited by NBrookus on January 3, 2017 11:10PM6 -
Auricle✭✭✭✭✭Strife increase cost by 38%?! Welp, at least my magblade will have a nice house to live in once she retires from PvE. /s11 -
Czirne✭✭✭✭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 siponing strikes and no dark deal, when you destroy repenting Dwemer Sphere?
I know...i was holding onto that set for free stam when repenting its little body
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Exactly - without dwemer spheres little dead body playing templar is pointless. It was all i ever cared about - repenting that little robot. RIP templars.
Mines name was Kevin....RIP Kevin, I will no longer be repenting you : * (
Templars need to riot. This is unacceptable change! Every templar should be able to repent his Dwemer Sphere. I can not believe they just decided to take that away!
There's nothing in these notes that will even remotely help or affect Stamina Templars other than in an indirect negative way...
Excatly. I was really hyped when I heard about "balance patch". I even hoped my stamplar will be able to see dungeons from the inside, and I even planned to take him to cyrodiil and have fun. Well, plans don't always work, maybe in update 14, hopefuly.Edited by Czirne on January 3, 2017 11:18PMI believe in lagless Cyrodiil!1 -
DKsUnite✭✭✭✭✭
✭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!
But it means it's not affected by battle spirit at all. so that is some help, right? @DKsUnite
It is? Why would it not be?Vyr Cor | Magicka Dragonknight | DC
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arkansas_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭Pretty disappointed.
The cost increase to Strife was completely unnecessary, it's already difficult enough as is to sustain your resources as a magic NB in both PVP and PVE. If the Assassin's Will change is meant to be a damage nerf, then I seriously can't see a single reason to play magic NB anymore. I still probably won't be playing magic NB anymore come Update 13.
No love at all for melee magicka NBs. Why give us a melee range magic spammable (Concealed Weapon) when it hits like a wet noodle, costs far too much, and forces you to be in melee range? If anything, this skill should have had it's cost reduced by 38%, instead of Strife's cost getting increased.
No nerfs to heavy armor, just to Black Rose, and that wasn't the issue to begin with.
Proc sets are still going to be the way to go in PVP, you haven't solved the issue at all.
The Velocious Curse changes hurt magic sorc more than they help them. I used Velocious Curse because it had a shorter time, now that I'm going to have to wait six seconds for it, I might as well play another class.
No root immunity. You actually gave Encase a reduced cost when it's already being used heavily in PVP. You guys are pretty clueless.
Here's hoping most of the changes in this PTS patch don't make it to live.
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Clarkieson✭✭✭✭Did someone say sorc nerf?
No more 1000 overload
GgEdited by Clarkieson on January 3, 2017 11:14PM6 -
Yuke✭✭✭✭✭
14. Unchained: This ability now reduces the cost of a single Stamina ability by 80% for 5 seconds instead of reducing the cost of all Stamina abilities used within 3 seconds by 80%. (that's actually a good one, it was overperforming)
How do you know which ability will cost less for 5 seconds? I dont get it...
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Reorx_Holybeard✭✭✭✭✭Major Force: This buff category’s Critical Damage bonus is now an additive bonus instead of a multiplicative one (consistent with all other Critical Damage bonuses), but its value has been reduced to a 15% Critical Damage bonus to compensate from 30%. Total Critical Damage bonus from this buff remains unchanged.
I don't quite understand this. You changed it from multiplicative to additive *and* halved the magnitude but say "Total Critical Damage bonus from this buff remains unchanged". For example say I have a crit damage bonus of 85% and I cast Aggressive Horn:- Current = 85% * 1.30 = 111%
- PTS = 85% + 15% = 100%
It's only exactly the same before and after if you have the base 50% critical damage modifier which in general no one that typically uses Aggressive Horn will have. If that is indeed the case perhaps you should change the wording to be more explicit of it being unchanged for the base 50% but a "small" loss for higher crit damage bonuses.
Edited by Reorx_Holybeard on January 3, 2017 11:16PMReorx Holybeard -- NA/PC
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NBrookus✭✭✭✭✭
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14. Unchained: This ability now reduces the cost of a single Stamina ability by 80% for 5 seconds instead of reducing the cost of all Stamina abilities used within 3 seconds by 80%. (that's actually a good one, it was overperforming)
How do you know which ability will cost less for 5 seconds? I dont get it...
I'm guessing you have a 5 second window to get the reduced costs on your next stam ability.0 -
Czirne✭✭✭✭
14. Unchained: This ability now reduces the cost of a single Stamina ability by 80% for 5 seconds instead of reducing the cost of all Stamina abilities used within 3 seconds by 80%. (that's actually a good one, it was overperforming)
How do you know which ability will cost less for 5 seconds? I dont get it...
I belive it reduces cost of only ONE ability casted within 5 seconds. presumably the first one you cast.I believe in lagless Cyrodiil!0 -
DoccEff✭✭✭✭✭This is just insane.
These nerfs are just ridiculous.
Balancing? No.
Nothing gets done about the broken RNG-lootsystem.
Seriously?
[snip]
If this patch comes online like that, I'll probably have to quit the game.
[edited for bashing]Edited by ZOS_Icy on March 8, 2026 10:54AM14 -
Minalan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Please reduce proc sets for PVP only.
Please reduce destro ulti for more than a trivial 5%
Want to hear something hilarious?
Lightning staff destro Eye of the Storm will actually deal MORE damage post patch because of the 10% AOE damage increase... I'm laughing AT the developers. Not with them.Clarkieson wrote: »Did someone say sorc nerf?
No more 1000 overload
Gg
Who uses overload anymore with the unblockable AOE destro ultimate?Edited by Minalan on January 3, 2017 11:21PM7 -
SuperLarrio✭✭✭MercTheMage wrote: »Are you *** serious?? How many people actually have 4m gold
"Scissors is in a good place right now but Paper is way OP"-Rock
"Rock is in a good place right now but Scissors is way OP"-Paper
"Paper is in a good place right now but Rock is way OP"-Scissors1 -
Valykc✭✭✭✭✭I'm liking these changes a lot! Great job, let's see how these play out on the PTS though!2 -
philrsx✭✭How many people will actually be able to afford all the houses with in game gold?"The Imperials are good for business, and business is good for Skyrim."2 -
Thal✭✭✭2 suggestions
Let 5 piece proc sets crit, and monster helm sets not crit. Investing 5 slots to a proc should allow a crit
Add a named Burning Spellweave Sharpened Sword to the loot pool of COA. Almost every decent damage magic set has one. No one wants a charged dagger. We've grinded that place enough. Seriously, please from a quality of life perspective. @ZOS_GinaBruno
Also looking forward to seeing if scalding rune is useable...1 -
Was this the big balance change? Lol come on [snip] this is just getting sad
[edited for bashing]Edited by ZOS_Icy on March 8, 2026 10:44AM6 -
Scallan✭✭✭✭Magicka Nightblade is now the worst class next to Stamina Templar.
Thanks ZOS for nerfing our already nerfed class!16 -
VoRaVeLi✭✭✭In before no actual new content for 6 months. I don't find playing make believe house to be content sorry.5
