Vyle_Byte wrote: »

vamp_emily wrote: »

The toughest alliance in BwB.

Lmao thats rich.

Can we in EP at least get a participation trophy?

Lumsdenml wrote: »

BTW, @Valen_Byte ... Was that you who utterly destroyed me outside BRK yesterday?

Yes lol and I felt really bad about it. I was hiding behind that rock you rode by. Was talking with my son and here you come...scared the crap out of me. Knee jerk response to an EP in my personal space. hah

Im so pissed about the patch notes I may not log in for a while if ever.

I'm sickened. I know the build that I'm going to try to get my whole guild to run. Just that and dedicated healers...

any stam build that isnt running a frost staff after the next patch is a moron

Valen_Byte wrote: »

They turned the ice staff into a stamina weapon lol I cant even get into all the bonehead moves they are about to make. Too many to list. This was supposed to be the Magic portion of the balancing patch. Dragons blood...what a *** joke.

I haven't read the patch notes yet.... Now I'm not sure I want to....

Reactive, Ice, Pet StamSorc ...would have said Black Rose but they *** on that too.

Wow these are some disappointing patch notes. Magicka sorc and Magicka NB both got nerfs? The great fix coming for Dragons Blood was that it can crit? And some weird morph that might almost come close to a decent heal only when you're out of Magicka? Plus chains is still garbage since it doesn't gap close when the enemy dodges... But hey, at least Lava Whip got a slight damage increase.

Also, why the hell did they make Snipe the first skill you unlock in the Bow skill line, and Poison Arrow the last? One of the few reasons to even use a bow isn't going to be worth grinding for BWB anymore.

"Created a new debuff category, Minor Magickasteal. This is a debuff applied to enemies that restores a flat value of Magicka to the attacker every second (400 Magicka every second at CP160)."

"Restoring Aura: Redesigned this ability and the Radiant Aura morph so they continue to grant the Minor Recovery buffs (Fortitude, Endurance, and Intellect) while slotted. Activating this ability also now applies Minor Magickalsteal to all enemies in a 12 meter radius around you."

"Radiant Aura (Restoring Aura morph): This morph now increases the radius of the Minor Magickasteal to 25/26/27/28 meters."

Somebody correct me if my math is wrong here... 400 Magicka every second equals 800 Magicka regen... so casting Radiant Aura with 2 enemies within a 28 meter radius will give you 1600 Magicka regen, with 4 enemies gives you 3200 Magicka regen, and with 6 enemies (which I believe is the max it can hit with AOE caps) gives you 4800 Magicka regen.
4800 Magicka regen from a single skill just from fighting a small group... that can't be right, can it?

Then when you consider this:

"This passive ability now causes your block to drain Magicka (instead of Stamina) and stops your Magicka Recovery (instead of Stamina Recovery) while blocking when you have a Frost Destruction Staff equipped."

And it looks like I'm going to be rolling another Magplar.

Adenoma wrote: »

Honestly, I'm not that's the case but they've made some really strange changes this patch. I don't get why they won't let the game have a stable state. They just make these huge, drastic changes every time they make a "balance" patch. It's pretty upsetting. Like, magDK just needed some tinkering here and there - the fundamental mechanics were fine. Similarly, magNB literally was in the worst PvP spot right now. And proc sets are literally barely addressed. Sure, it's great that I can't crit now, but I wasn't banking on crits to get my kills.

There are very few changes I like about this next patch.

Yeah, Zenimax really has a knack for finding and making changes that literally nobody wanted, and then failing to deliver on the changes people actually wanted to see. It just seems like they are completely out of touch with their community, and don't really have a cohesive vision of how they want to balance the game. So many of the changes they made really just came out of nowhere. I mean, how often have you been PVPing and thought to yourself that Velocious Curse or Strife is too strong and needs to be looked at?

@Adenoma btw man.... have u heard from Deadly recently? ... havent seen him around in a while

The changes made to magicka nbs cuts my vet pve dps by 15k so thanks, zos. I'll for sure be making an eleborate post about how badly they messed everything up but until then, I'll just incoherently rage here and in my discord.

I'm legitimately pissed the more I think about the PTS notes. Like, I didn't get a single thing that I, along with the player base, had hoped for. Not only that - the classes that I don't really play but my friends play were nerfed as well. Like, now basically everything is crappier.

@W0lf_z13 , he just had a kid and bought a house that they're fixing up a bit - he won't be playing much for a bit, but he literally just emailed me about setting up a dedicated time that he runs groups. I'm probably going to be doing something along those lines too.

Also, after last night I really, really wish that EP would just make their own breaches on the last emp keep. Trying to backdoor AD is probably not the best way to dethrone a DC nightcapper.

@Adenoma that is great news!!! last i knew he didnt have a place so im VERY glad to hear he has a place now