PTS Patch Notes v2.7.3

Masel · January 2017

So still no response to reverting the heavy attack changes that hurt diversity? I'd like at least a comment what would justify not doing it from @ZOS_GinaBruno or @ZOS_RichLambert

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/312579/heavy-attack-buffs-per-tick-should-they-remain#latest

For the first time in my life, I feel what it's like to be in a minority

CaptainVenom · January 2017

CyrusArya wrote: »

CaptainVenom wrote: »

"Impale (Assassin’s Blade morph): Increased the range of this morph to 28 meters at Rank IV from 18 meters."

How does one impale from that far? A skill name change may be needed.

Well the skill is a spectral dagger, not a javelin, you know...

DangerMan · January 2017

Alcast wrote: »

No stamina love for pve.....

Seriously, @Alcast, I don't understand wth sort of balancing this is?

@ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_RichLambert, why are you forcing everyone to play a MagSorc, a MagDK, or a MagTemp in end-game PvE? On live, my PvE trial guilds rarely take a Stam into leaderboard runs, and if changes aren't made before the release of Homestead then even that last spot would be going to a Mag toon. Can you not see how the weekly leaderboards are being dominated by Magicka characters?

tpayne562 · January 2017

Make Stam viable for pve 12 man raids !

Dr.NRG · January 2017

Beautiful guys! Love those changes, especially for the dks. Not sure if giving impale a higer range is such a good idea cas it might get abused like radiation oppression with people spamming it from a high distance. Else, great job and thanks for listening to us so much in this patch!!!!

MaxwellC · January 2017

@Princess_Asgari
As a Stam DK why would I want to put 1 light although it reduces it even with the reduction the total cost in order to get that 'Stamplar heal' would still put me over 10k magicka which regardless is bad. I'm saying this buff to Gdb isn't preferred to those who tank. In PvP you want better resistance/health with sustain.

I get your point on it being a 'decent buff' but it wouldn't be used by most stam dks at-least based on what I see in PvP unless you're a tank troll build.

Like I said I would really like if they changed Green dragon's blood into 'Blue Dragon's blood' and give major intellect or minor if anything. Something that would make me want to use it on my stam DK for tanking because when it comes to healing I have vigor+ rally to keep me going. I am glad they made it worth while on my mag dk.

Incognitius · January 2017

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Still no fix for the disappearing furniture?

My thoughts exactly.

KaiDynasty · January 2017

Derra wrote: »

Synozeer wrote: »

RIP Desert Rose

It´s still the best sustain set in the game by a large margin.

Can you do some math pls

Ajaxduo · January 2017

Alcast wrote: »

No stamina love for pve.....

Agreed

I'd love to see Lethal Arrow changed to...less dmg but instant and other changes to add variety and viability of ranged/melee stamina builds in trials.

KaiDynasty · January 2017

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Item Sets
Desert Rose: Increased this item set’s proc chance to 15% from 10%, but also increased its cooldown to 4 seconds from 1 second.

I freaking called this.

This is ice block's fault. Ice block ruined this set. RIP.

I predict it would be way too op with ice blocking..

Lord_Eomer · January 2017

Magicka NB back in action, love new change of Impale!

Thanks ZOS!

jcaceresw · January 2017

hugocbp wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH
Added a higher-health Target Skeleton to Rolis Hlaalu's store: the Robust Target Skeleton. This Target Skeleton makes a better target for those who want to evaluate larger skeleton damage sums over long periods of time.

After fighting a Target Skeleton, you will now get a report via the chat log indicating your damage per second as well as the length of the fight.

From us, console players in general and guilds trying to do harder content ouside of PC: THANK YOU!!! Just, THANK YOU!!!

I believe console and pc players would benefit of having the chat showing our dps all the time even when we PVE.

Lord_Eomer · January 2017

Anhedonie wrote: »

Coagulating Blood (Dragon Blood morph):
This morph now heals for a flat value (scaling with Spell Damage and Max Magicka), with that heal being increased by up to 33% based on your missing health.

Thank you.

Good change!

Enodoc · January 2017

@MornaBaine

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH
UI
Housing
Added Population to the House Information panel. This communicates the current/maximum amount of player characters in your house.

We'll get the values out and put them up on UESP as soon as we can

CubanRay · January 2017

Neighbor wrote: »

CubanRay wrote: »

@MaxwellC Yea I think DK is a hard class to play, definitely not beginners friendly,maybe with a good amount of CP you can work around the magic issue but sacrificing other things.Made a stamblade and no resources issues so far,NB are not in a good place but at least I don't have the resource burden.

Even with a maxed out build, mDKs have major sustain issues in PvE. Before patch drops it would really be ideal to reduce magika spell cost and lower Standard Ultimate cost to 200.

Dang ,I never thought is was that bad,is a shame to be honest,I had fun with DK but have to let it go

Firestar_ · January 2017

Nice. I can see things I'm buying now.
I'm digging the books and papers which were previously only available in furnished homes.
The new colored flowers are a much welcome relief.
The shutter items are a big deal for me. The most important item in any housing system is the ability to block off areas and sections of the house/area when you run out of item count.

willlienellson · January 2017

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

[*]Fixed an issue after purchasing a home for crowns, you could trade the furnishings that came with it under certain circumstances.

Chance of buying a furnished home now pretty much ZERO %.

Nobody has inventory space to deal with all the random items that come with a furnished home, and with no way to trade them (We can't even place them in a friends house if we have privileges) then we just have to delete the items we don't like or that we upgrade. NTY

Elara_Northwind · January 2017

It states that they added several furniture crafting plans, am I the only one who has created a template character to try this out only to find that the furniture book that they give you on the pts is broken and only lets you learn Dark Elf and Argonian style stuff? There is no way to test these new crafting plans at the moment because we are not given them, unless we are supposed to spend the next two weeks on the pts farming them?

Domander · January 2017

Aliniel wrote: »

Let's pretend Sorcs and their pets are ok and need no fixes like champions points not applying to pets, spell power being useless with pets etc.

Every other MMO gives pets another window to check on their health bar. ESO is the "best" MMO of 2015 and 2016 but it doesn't need such thing.

Basically, let's leave pets (and therefore a whole Sorc skill line) useless for PvP and PvE group content for another few years.

I've found that enabling the health bars makes it not needed. You need to enable friendly npcs health bars.

cynic · January 2017

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_RichLambert

Could you please revisit changes to Blazing Spear?

We understand and appreciate balancing ideas you guys are playing with. DK and Sorcerer Skills were amended due to player feedback and I feel the same should be happening to this particular Templar change.

As currently is on live, this skill is not only useful and oftentimes essential, it is super fun. Leaving it that way will not hurt anyone whatsoever.

Considering how many people are happy not only with your communication towards the player base but also your willingness to incorporate feedback, I think it would be fantastic if all classes went out of this patch more or less satisfied balance wise in addition to getting an update as huge as Homestead. :-)

Enodoc · January 2017

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Housing
Added approximately 250 furnishings to the Housing Editor's Crown tab. This includes a wide variety of items as well as non-set Crafting Stations.

Added several missing rocks and plants to the Purchase tab of the Housing Editor.

Removed the "Imperial Forge, Covered" from the Purchase tab of the Housing Editor.

Improved the naming and categorization of several furnishings to improve clarity.

Added several new crafting plans that weren’t previously represented in crafting.

Removed several crafting plans for smaller furnishings that weren’t quite ready for the spotlight.

Adjusted the quality of several furnishing plans to ensure they match the quality of the final product.

Updated the categorization of furniture crafting materials to prevent them from displaying when crafting non-furniture items.

Fixed several cases where the material costs for various recipes were incorrect. This includes the Target Skeleton, who once again requires the correct 206 bones to craft.

Added a new "Honors and Awards" section to the Gallery category for PvP achievement furnishings.

@Dominoid Are all these changes easily updated in the spreadsheet?

Dev · January 2017

CyrusArya wrote: »

CaptainVenom wrote: »

"Impale (Assassin’s Blade morph): Increased the range of this morph to 28 meters at Rank IV from 18 meters."

How does one impale from that far? A skill name change may be needed.

That is a templar javelin, not a nb impale... lol

SublimeSparo · January 2017

hugocbp wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH
Added a higher-health Target Skeleton to Rolis Hlaalu's store: the Robust Target Skeleton. This Target Skeleton makes a better target for those who want to evaluate larger skeleton damage sums over long periods of time.

After fighting a Target Skeleton, you will now get a report via the chat log indicating your damage per second as well as the length of the fight.

From us, console players in general and guilds trying to do harder content ouside of PC: THANK YOU!!! Just, THANK YOU!!!

Now about those buff trackers...

Takuto · January 2017

Desert Rose: Increased this item set’s proc chance to 15% from 10%, but also increased its cooldown to 4 seconds from 1 second.

My nightblade tank just went from 'stronger than average in certain situations', not 'not at all viable.' Though I can see where the current desert rose set would have been very powerful with this idiotic ice staff change -- you know, the one literally no one asked for.

So... I guess I'm going to be running a cancer build (new meta) templar next update, rather than a non-meta (new potato) nightblade..?

CyrusArya · January 2017

CaptainVenom wrote: »

Well the skill is a spectral dagger, not a javelin, you know...

Fine. Thats how you impale someone from a distance. With a table tennis paddle.

PainfulFAFA · January 2017

DK IS BACK

DragonBound · January 2017

DangerMan wrote: »

Alcast wrote: »

No stamina love for pve.....

Seriously, @Alcast, I don't understand wth sort of balancing this is?

@ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_RichLambert, why are you forcing everyone to play a MagSorc, a MagDK, or a MagTemp in end-game PvE? On live, my PvE trial guilds rarely take a Stam into leaderboard runs, and if changes aren't made before the release of Homestead then even that last spot would be going to a Mag toon. Can you not see how the weekly leaderboards are being dominated by Magicka characters?

This.

Enodoc · January 2017

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Quests & Zones
Housing
A new item, the Friend in Need Housing Brochure, is now available on the Crown Store under Quest Starters that will grant this quest.

@ZOS_GinaBruno I don't see this item (or the Quest Starters category) in the Crown Store on PTS. Where should it be?

bovardjeff_ESO · January 2017

@timidobserver getting over 2k mag back per damage per second is ridiculous. Really you need to stop thinking like that its overpowered in many situations and needed the nerf. and for the sake of akatosh TRY IT OUT!!!!
complaining and crying wont be listened to back when they released the notes on pts for the weapon ults many were shouting to the heavens that the staff ults were going to be lackluster and underpowered BUT LOOK AT IT NOW the biggest complaint is how staff ults are overpowered. its a full 360 degree flip

Annalyse · January 2017

Really, if you are going to add the non-set crafting stations to the crown store then you should make them available for direct purchase via gold in the game also. It's going to take so long just to get simple things like that already for people without multiple master crafters.