Strife - only healing one target + me even after multiple uses?

Seraphayel · January 2017

Hey there,

just returned to ESO. I always liked healing as a NB but I recognized that Strife is only healing one maximum target besides me and it doesn't apply to new targets even if I'm spamming the ability. What did ZOS do? Strife was a great skill for NB healers and they just ruined this? I understand that they needed to nerf it a bit and that it only affects one additional target per cast but that you only can't heal one mate and not even change the HoT to a new one that needs it more is just bad.

Doesn't Zenimax want other classes to heal than Templars?

WhiteMage · January 2017

So what you're telling me is...

Strife's targeting is as terrible as regeneration's?

Seraphayel · January 2017

The last time I played I could spam Strife and get the HoT on literally everybody surrounding me. It was easy and it worked. But right now it just seems to spread to one target and stay on that target until it runs out. During that time it doesn't apply to other targets although I am using the skill twice or more times in a row.

Seraphayel · January 2017

Maybe I'm just wrong or my skill was bugged and I can apply the Strife HoT on more than one additional target when I use the skill many times in a row?

Oakmontowls_ESO · January 2017

I'm pretty sure it only applies to others with the funnel health morph.

WalksonGraves · January 2017

Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it only applies to others with the funnel health morph.

I don't know what would lead you to think anything that ridiculous.

Oakmontowls_ESO · January 2017

WalksonGraves wrote: »

Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it only applies to others with the funnel health morph.

I don't know what would lead you to think anything that ridiculous.

Probably the wording of the skill. "steal an enemy's life force dealing X magic damage and healing you for 25% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds."
Vs
"steal an enemy's life force dealing X magic damage and healing you and 1 other nearby ally for 25% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds."

WalksonGraves · January 2017

Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »

WalksonGraves wrote: »

Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it only applies to others with the funnel health morph.

I don't know what would lead you to think anything that ridiculous.

Probably the wording of the skill. "steal an enemy's life force dealing X magic damage and healing you for 25% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds."
Vs
"steal an enemy's life force dealing X magic damage and healing you and 1 other nearby ally for 25% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds."

I misunderstood what you were saying

Seraphayel · January 2017

Sorry, I mean Funnel Health and not Strife. Got the names mixed up. I'm talking about the Funnel Health morph that heals me + 1 additional target per use.

And I think it was bugged because I tried it again and I think I could apply the HoT to more than just one additional target.

Konstant_Tel_Necris · January 2017

Yes it was broken along with Regeneration skill and morphs in Resto Staff skill line since some patch after TG update, If I remember well it was part of reducing lag in Cyrodiil double edged hot fix.

In PTS change log developers say they tracked down Regeneration targetting bug and it was fixed, hope thats is also applied to Funnel Health, because they really make thats skill less usefull for NB healers since reduce number of healed, introduce targetting bug and increase overall cost of Strife skill around 38%.

Too bad, but they really push me and others from other variety of healers builds to dull templar only heal, thats make me less enjoy game and get more boring gameplay, before it was awesome since all healers have something unique but now I mostly will be kicked from group if come on something differ from templar.

Oakmontowls_ESO · January 2017

Konstant_Tel_Necris wrote: »

Yes it was broken along with Regeneration skill and morphs in Resto Staff skill line since some patch after TG update, If I remember well it was part of reducing lag in Cyrodiil double edged hot fix.

In PTS change log developers say they tracked down Regeneration targetting bug and it was fixed, hope thats is also applied to Funnel Health, because they really make thats skill less usefull for NB healers since reduce number of healed, introduce targetting bug and increase overall cost of Strife skill around 38%.

Too bad, but they really push me and others from other variety of healers builds to dull templar only heal, thats make me less enjoy game and get more boring gameplay, before it was awesome since all healers have something unique but now I mostly will be kicked from group if come on something differ from templar.

I'd venture to say that night blade healers in particular are the best healer for pug 4 man content. A competent NB healer can easily compensate for sub par group members while still keeping the group alive. For example I puged the fg2 pledge last night and was in a party with a dps that only used resto heavy attacks and hard casted crystal frags for damage and for some reason kept using resto staff skills as well. The other dps was atleast using a Destro staff albeit a lightning one. Luckily the tank was able to self sustain his stamina and we pretty much duoed the dungeon. If I was any other kind of healer, this would have been an impossible feat but since NB healers excel in providing dps while healing situations like this one aren't as painful.

Berenhir · January 2017

Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »

Konstant_Tel_Necris wrote: »

Yes it was broken along with Regeneration skill and morphs in Resto Staff skill line since some patch after TG update, If I remember well it was part of reducing lag in Cyrodiil double edged hot fix.

In PTS change log developers say they tracked down Regeneration targetting bug and it was fixed, hope thats is also applied to Funnel Health, because they really make thats skill less usefull for NB healers since reduce number of healed, introduce targetting bug and increase overall cost of Strife skill around 38%.

Too bad, but they really push me and others from other variety of healers builds to dull templar only heal, thats make me less enjoy game and get more boring gameplay, before it was awesome since all healers have something unique but now I mostly will be kicked from group if come on something differ from templar.

I'd venture to say that night blade healers in particular are the best healer for pug 4 man content. A competent NB healer can easily compensate for sub par group members while still keeping the group alive. For example I puged the fg2 pledge last night and was in a party with a dps that only used resto heavy attacks and hard casted crystal frags for damage and for some reason kept using resto staff skills as well. The other dps was atleast using a Destro staff albeit a lightning one. Luckily the tank was able to self sustain his stamina and we pretty much duoed the dungeon. If I was any other kind of healer, this would have been an impossible feat but since NB healers excel in providing dps while healing situations like this one aren't as painful.

Lightning staff is best for a trash dungeon like vfg2.