Ebon set and weapon swapping

pizzaow · March 2017

Yesterday I decided to test this fix while waiting for a trial to start.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Fixed an issue with the various aura/ball sets (Ebony Armory, Hircine’s Veneer, Worm’s Raiment, and Sanctuary) where they were not applying their bonuses correctly if you weapon swapped while using weapons of those sets.

I noticed the same behavior as before; every person in the group's health would go down 1118 (then recover) each time I swapped. Was a different issue resolved? i.e. is there ever a plan to fix this? As-is, the swords and shields (although highly coveted) are a poor choice for end-game content.
Not sure if it matters, but my test was: 4-body; sword (bar1); shield (bar2)

GreatGildersleeve · March 2017

I had similar results with 4 Body and an axe on both bars. I do not believe it's been fixed.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · March 2017

Did your health go up and down? That is what I think they did fix.

SienneYviete · March 2017

The fix was related to the set bonus not reapplying when you swapped bars while using weapons, if the health is dropping and then returning to buff level the set is working as it should, tbh I would never advise using any weapons with these sets for this very reason, armor is a much safer option and allows you to use alkosh or any other 5 piece drop set as your second set without health bar dips (while using ebon).

Magdalina · March 2017

They did fix something . I don't use Ebon so can't comment on that but my tank has health enchant on her shield, and given she has pretty high health it'd normally result in like more than 2k-ish health loss when swapping. That did stop happening after Homestead.

Perhaps they only fixed it for your health and not group's?

Masel · March 2017

Weird. I'm using a shield and weapon of ebon and don't have any issues with dropping health.

Liofa · March 2017

The thing they fixed is not the health loss . It was the buff loss . While using Ebon 1h/s , when you weapon swap , your team would completely lose the Ebon buff and not get it back until you get back to your main bar . They DID fix that only . Temporary Health loss is still there .

Rickter · March 2017

if you have ebon 1h/s on your main bar, and NOT ebon on your back bar, when you swap weapons you should lose the buff on your off bar and regain the buff on your main bar as you are breaking the 5pc set requirement when you swap to your NOT ebon off bar.

kylewwefan · March 2017

You can have Ebon sword and shield on both bars and Ebon jewelry. When bar swapping, the buff goes away and comes right back. Everyone's health pool drops 1100 and comes right back, but they have to recover that 1100 health now. That's the issue.

Maybe some clutch moment when you're hanging on by a thread, the tank bar swaps and now you're dead. The buff should have never gone away since you have the complete set on both bars.