Maelstrom Master Enchantments charges run out too fast

Alcast · May 2017

This has been bugged for quite some time now, reported multiple times. That those enchants run out 50x faster then they should. Any possibility on a fix anytime s o o n?

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GrumpyDuckling · May 2017

Alcast wrote: »

This has been bugged for quite some time now, reported multiple times. That those enchants run out 50x faster then they should. Any possibility on a fix anytime s o o n?

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I second this. While doing Darkshade Caverns on Friday (using a fully charged Maelstrom bow) I had to use two soul gems to recharge it before getting to the main boss.

magictucktuck · May 2017

Didn't Gina say there was a fix coming? I thought for morrowind but you're pc and I guess it's not fixed lol

cmetzger93 · May 2017

Yea been driving me nuts for a while. Fortunately I have thousands of soul gems lol

WalksonGraves · May 2017

Oh god after all that grinding too.

lolo_01b16_ESO · May 2017

Yeah, would be great to have this fixed, especially since you now loose the enchantment effects, when it runs out.

code65536 · May 2017

I think it's just the vMA bow that's affected, right? vMA destro and resto staves are depleting at a reasonable pace.

And the Master destro and resto staves--which were depleting too fast last patch--are definitely depleting at a reasonable pace this patch.

I guess the vMA bow slipped through the cracks?

LegacyDM · May 2017

Hey it's not just vmsa. I'm noticing this on my vdsa eq as well.

f047ys3v3n · May 2017

Are you refering to the vMA enchants or the master enchants?

I know the master ones have been broken for what must be almost two years now and can deplete in less than a boss fight. Before that they were also broken the other direction so essentially never depleted (I think I had recharged my bow once ever). I also understand that some of the master weapons, the resto in particular, continue to work after depleted. I was in the habit of never charging my resto.

As for the vMA ones, my inferno does discharge faster than a normal inferno but will last a whole raid. The bow seems to discharge quicker than this. I am told it looses charge on every tick an that is why. I have heard it said this is a bug.

Question: A had noticed some NB builds seem to be including clench. Was this buffed? Is this now a viable DOT? Should I break out the sharp masters flame I happen to have?

Savos_Saren · May 2017

Doesn't it deplete as you use the ability it proccs off? I know that some maelstrom destro staff users don't constantly spam wall of elements- they still benefit from the secondary enchantments (ie extra spell damage) so their enchant doesn't deplete as quickly. Are you constantly spamming the procc ability?

Izaki · May 2017

jaburns wrote: »

Doesn't it deplete as you use the ability it proccs off? I know that some maelstrom destro staff users don't constantly spam wall of elements- they still benefit from the secondary enchantments (ie extra spell damage) so their enchant doesn't deplete as quickly. Are you constantly spamming the procc ability?

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Why would anyone in their right mind do that? Pretty stupid question :P

Savos_Saren · May 2017

Why would anyone spam snipe during a boss fight? #stupidisasstupiddoes

code65536 · May 2017

f047ys3v3n wrote: »

I know the master ones have been broken for what must be almost two years now and can deplete in less than a boss fight.

As I noted above, the Master staff enchants are fixed this patch. Last week, they would deplete even on light attacks. Now they deplete only when you cast the ability in question and as a result they last quite a bit longer. vMA staff enchant depletion has always worked properly and continue to work properly. Last patch broke the vMA bow enchant depletion (which had been working properly before), and I'm guessing that it's still broken? But the staves from both arenas are definitely depleting properly in the Morrowind update.