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New patch notes, bow got nerfed again... Why?
Aliyavana
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"Fully charged bow heavy attacks will now atomaticly fire"
"Fully-charged Heavy Attacks will be more important with the resource changes coming in this update, so we want to make sure there are no gameplay barriers to using them."
The only people this will benifit are those terrible bow build lowbies spamming light attacks and heavy attacks with poison injection every 20 seconds... almost everyone that uses a bow uses it as a secondary weapon and won't be spamming bow heavy attacks anyway... all this does is nerf an already getting nerfed gankblades opening and opening attacks in general.
Edited by Aliyavana on May 8, 2017 6:13PM "Fully-charged Heavy Attacks will be more important with the resource changes coming in this update, so we want to make sure there are no gameplay barriers to using them."
The only people this will benifit are those terrible bow build lowbies spamming light attacks and heavy attacks with poison injection every 20 seconds... almost everyone that uses a bow uses it as a secondary weapon and won't be spamming bow heavy attacks anyway... all this does is nerf an already getting nerfed gankblades opening and opening attacks in general.
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Knootewoot✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Sigh what a *** change. I loved to have my bow heavy attack drawn for PvP and release it whenever i see fit from stealth. I just wish i could do that with firestaff aswell. How is holding your attack a barrier?٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
"I am a nightblade. Blending the disciplines of the stealthy agent and subtle wizard, I move unseen and undetected, foil locks and traps, and teleport to safety when threatened, or strike like a viper from ambush. The College of Illusion hides me and fuddles or pacifies my opponents. The College of Mysticism detects my object, reflects and dispels enemy spells, and makes good my escape. The key to a nightblade's success is avoidance, by spell or by stealth; with these skills, all things are possible."12 -
Aliyavana✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Knootewoot wrote: »Sigh what a *** change. I loved to have my bow heavy attack drawn for PvP and release it whenever i see fit from stealth. I just wish i could do that with firestaff aswell. How is holding your attack a barrier?
This will be a buff if you are a light attack and heavy attack now build lowbie...7 -
SydneyGrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Wow, what the heck. Why the heck would they have a bow heavy attack fire automatically, instead of letting the players decide when to release it. That change is dumbfounding. So then you'll spend several seconds of time readying the bow ... only to have it fire when you don't want it to.
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DHale✭✭✭✭✭
✭It's not a barrier they are just nerfing gankers but I was already prepared for this nerf.Sorcerna, proud beta sorc. RIP April 2014 to May 31 2016 DArk Brotherhood. Out of retirement for negates and encases. Sorcerna will be going back into retirement to be my main crafter Fall 2018. Because an 8 k shield is f ing useless. Died because of baddies on the forum. Too much qq too little pew pew. 16 AD 2 DC. 0 EP cause they bad, CP 2300 plus 18 level 50 toons. NA, PC, Grey Host#SORCLIVESMATTER actually they don’t or they wouldn’t keep getting nerfed constantly.0 -
Shadow_Viper_vX✭✭✭✭✭This is why ZOS needs to stop listening to the lazy crybabies who are unwilling to put the effort in to Learn to Play so they can Adapt and Overcome, instead they just run screaming to the forums screaming 'nerf' so hopefully ZOS will make the game easier for them.2 -
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Every single good ganker. I get 13 to 19 k heavy attack.
Sorcerna, proud beta sorc. RIP April 2014 to May 31 2016 DArk Brotherhood. Out of retirement for negates and encases. Sorcerna will be going back into retirement to be my main crafter Fall 2018. Because an 8 k shield is f ing useless. Died because of baddies on the forum. Too much qq too little pew pew. 16 AD 2 DC. 0 EP cause they bad, CP 2300 plus 18 level 50 toons. NA, PC, Grey Host#SORCLIVESMATTER actually they don’t or they wouldn’t keep getting nerfed constantly.21 -
Tholian1✭✭✭✭✭
✭It's like they want us to just hold down our weapon button and move around a bit and hope things die before we do.PS4 Pro NA6 -
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"If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Now I can't walk through a Dungeon with my bow drawn back ready to strike monsters hiding in the darkness . @ZOS_GinaBruno Why ? My RP immersions are getting messed up because of PVP and PVE players ! Stop the madness !13 -
Shadow_Viper_vX✭✭✭✭✭This is one of those changes that makes no sense.
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Aliyavana✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭zos I feel changes stuff just for the sake of changing stuff... if it isn't broken why would you need to fix it?3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Maybe because stacking a bow heavy from stealth along with your red mountain procs and snipe and landing 5 hits in 1 sec killing a guy outright is only fun for one of the involved parties.13 -
SydneyGrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Should I just throw away my stamina nightblade bow/dual wield toon now, or wait until later?
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✭✭It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it.PC, EU server, Ebonheart Pact
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✭✭✭✭✭OrphanHelgen wrote: »It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it.
So do I, but both of us miss the whole point which is that nerfs are only supposed to happen in PvE for the benefit of PvP, not this way round.3 -
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Bows automatically firing is going to mess up PvE players, too.OrphanHelgen wrote: »It's a nerf to pvp gankers, a buff for pve. I like it. One of my characters uses a bow in PvE, and trust me, it's going to screw with my playstyle.
Edited by SydneyGrey on May 8, 2017 6:54PM3 -
MoeCoastie✭✭✭small nerf but still functional. You can no-longer start an encounter cocked and loaded but you can time it like you would a heavy melee attack. pretty much functions like every other heavy attack in the game now.4
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✭MoeCoastie wrote: »small nerf but still functional. You can no-longer start an encounter cocked and loaded but you can time it like you would a heavy melee attack. pretty much functions like every other heavy attack in the game now.
Bows aren't supposed to be like melee weapons.PS4 Pro NA10 -
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✭✭✭✭✭SydneyGrey wrote: »Wow, what the heck. Why the heck would they have a bow heavy attack fire automatically, instead of letting the players decide when to release it. That change is dumbfounding. So then you'll spend several seconds of time readying the bow ... only to have it fire when you don't want it to.
Wow.
Why because it's how all other heavy attacks work with weapons. While it make not make sense to some, it's fair as it allows for ppl to miss and stand and shoot to cut down on waisted time so to speak
Ppl can't run around with their swords cocked back so it seems the devs wanted the same for bows.
Edited by NewBlacksmurf on May 8, 2017 7:13PM-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
~<{[50]}>~ looks better than *5015 -
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✭✭There should be an option though for bows a staff'sXbox GT: Rex Umbrah
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✭✭✭✭If this means that pew-pew-pew followed by a health desync happens a bit less then awesome.1
