So I decided to do a breakdown as to why MagPlars are dead once the Morrowind launches with the current changes set in motion, and try to reason with ZOS as to why their proposed changes must not go live. Rather than complain and do nothing as many Templar threads currently are, and just say how I feel things are bad... I broke it down for you all at ZOS HQ, and tried to thoroughly explain everything as best as possible.

Before I begin, I'll say this first and foremost. There appears to be a large misconception that Templars (magicka) have incredible sustain within a PvE environment. This is untrue. Whether it be solo'ing content, in a trial with 11 other people, or in a dungeon. Even handling content like VMA can be surprisingly challenging with a MagPlar, due to the amount of magicka that is spent to do high amounts of damage. More so sustained high damage. This is why players (including myself personally) fall back on crafts sets like Seducer for handling solo content. This is because of the strain that is applied when wearing BIS gear in solo situations. For proof of this, I'll provide my stats when wearing my gear for trials and gear for when I'm solo'ing.

5x Seduced, 4x Moondancer, 2x Grothdarr, 1x Maelstrom Resto



5x Burning Spellweave, 4x Moondancer, 2x Grothdarr, 1x Maelstrom Resto



As you can clearly see, there is a HUGE difference in magicka regeneration when going from Seducer to BSW. And even more so once BSW procs. However, I'm heavy pressed for resources with the later gear setup. It's hard to bang out rotations when you're hit for resources, and still downing pots on cooldown. And by the way, this is when minor magicka steal is active (which was hit from 400 to 300). As well. Even more so rough once I go DW on the back bar, as going Destro/Resto isn't advisable for doing group content as a damage dealer.

Plus you hit light armor. So I'm boned there as well. In those screen shots I'm wearing 5 light, 1 medium, and 1 heavy. So I'm getting the full effect of undaunted passive. And for the record, that's non-buffed for the most part. The pics were taken with CP150/CP160 blue food (health and magicka).

But, let's discuss skills and costs. With 100 points in cost reduction for magicka, and wearing Seducer, my Puncturing Sweeps cost me 1,736 magicka. Gold CP160 spell damage glyphs on gold Moondancer jewelry, by the way. Upon wearing BSW, my cost for my spammable jumps up to a 1,935 per sweep. And you want to hit sustain for magicka users? How many sweeps am I going to get out, before not only am I not doing damage but die? And on the note of vitality and life and death, you took away Major Mending which was gotten in the Sacred Ground passive. Lol. WTF is Channeled Focus going going to do for me in conjunction with Minor Mending, all the while my sustain is out of the window? Do you all at ZOS HQ genuinely believe that recovering 120 magicka every 0.5 seconds will be enough to save me on my own? Let alone in a group with healers struggling to assist with sustain.

And let's talk about that. Your shard changes as they are now are terrible, but you went on ahead and further ruined them. The amount restored is based on character level instead of max resource? Seriously? AND you put a shared cooldown on it with Necrotic Orb? So what I'm supposed to do in VMoL when things are tuning me up, and I'm supposed to beat on Sun-Eaters in that 1st gauntlet before the twins while I'm struggling to manage my resources? Even if 1 of the healers are wearing Worm's Raiment. I'm already activated 1 of the orbs, and healers are trying to throw spare shards for people. I guess I'm S.O.L. Because those bubbles provided by Harness Magicka definitely won't be there to save me sustain-wise. And that costs a LOT as well. As does Inner Light. Or did you all forget that players have to self-buff still, and shield up to avoid death?

But anyway. Back into Templar skills. As is Eclipse was trash, and forever will be trash. Damn near no one used it, but rather give a player an incentive to use it — you made it somehow even less attractive. LOL! You made the skill last 3.5secs. from 6secs., as gave the enemy a CC-immunity upon the skill's effect ending. Who's mans was at the round table with this change, and thought that an already ass skill needed a nerf? Lmao. Fire that man. Do so with the quickness, because he got you all's priorities and things all jammed up. That trash definitely won't be on Templar's bars. Thanks for reinforcing MagPlar's choice on not using that skill further. Much appreciated.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Repentance. The 1 skill outside of BoL and shards that was a bone Templars could throw to the group, you went and hit. So now if stamina characters choose to run with the pack, they're out of luck when expecting a resource refill for having done that hard work at slaying mobs. Why and how did you come to find that was a needed change?

So let's put this into proper perspective. You're in Vet Sanctum for example, and after dealing with 1 of those huge pulls. You can't pop repentance to help stam-users a get their resources in check. Nope. They're just screwed. And since you went on ahead and put shards with a shared cooldown from necrotic orb, if they activated a healing orb...? They can't grab the shard I just threw them for 20-something seconds. Lol. Potions have a 45 second cooldown, and most effects last for 36.6secs. (if crafted). A tad bit longer if you have the alchemy passive. And you believe that's enough to sustain? C'mon now.

ZOS... I don't know your vision. And even after giving MagPlars stomp after stomp, still you try to move them off the meta block. You still have the nerve to not only kill them, but then vaporize their ashes. And to add insult to injury, you turn around and give a new class which you have to pay to have (Wardens) Major Mending that you literally ripped away from a class based around healing. Took the old Breath of Life, and ripped it away and give it to Sorcerers in the form of a morph to 1 of their pets. . . You must truly hate Templars ways...