Biggest difference I'm noticing so far is when I used to regen enough resources moving from one fight to the next in PvE now I need to sometimes stand around and wait for resources to regen before the next fight.

My builds do not focus on max DPS, and I was already building for sustainable resources. The biggest change was in CP and having to go through and figure out what to spend points on now. I reset all my skill points, while cheap, but am largely re-assembling them the same. As such, I really have not noticed much difference.

I can say that experimenting with some of the builds people are publishing to compensate for resource changes in Update 14 results in more work for less DPS.

Today I played my Level 35 Regard Nightblade Lady for the first time since the update.

I believe that she may be a _little_ less powerful, and somewhat more vulnerable than she was -- but it's not a significant thing, and I'll get used to it.

Every time I return to a character after having been away from it for a while, I always have to re-learn their specific skills and fighting style anyway -- so really it's no big deal a'tall. My Lady Regard Nightblade is nothing if not adaptable.

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It has made several of my characters less fun to play, it has made my non-DK tanks even less appealing than they already were vs. my DK (who is also much weaker than before). It has made me completely throw my arms up at PvP and stay out of cyrodiil. Trying to focus on my new warden to keep my spirits up, but between losing another batch of player friends this patch (like a yearly occurrence and no, 99% of them don't come back) and the heavy attack regen meta the game has been much much less fun.

My NB hybrid tank used to be fun too. Now it's all just taunt block and mitigate, and had to go full stam, less skills as options. No less effective as a tank, but a lot less fun, and less able to carry weaker groups.
Hybrid specs seem to be most effected, followed by tanks, followed by NBs.

By comparison, my DPs pure mag sorc didn't need any adaptations at all, unless you count standing still for 1-2 seconds as one. Same with pure spec Templar healer, doesn't even need to stand still, or HA.

Not entirely sure what the changes were meant to achieve anymore... to kill hybrids? make tanking boring? make burst DPSers stand still a moment after combat? discourage experienced players from carrying and teaching new ones? Make character progression less meaningful?

If so, good job Zos, all aims achieved.

However, if it was meant to achieve, Improving game balance for PvE and/or PvP, making combat harder or more strategic, making 1 skill spam spec nonviable, getting rid of infinite sustain specs, increasing skill usage variation, increasing the number of useful CP configurations, making the game more fun.

Then, back to the drawing board Zos, you've failed on all fronts, and need to seriously rethink the direction you're taking.

My Stamblade is better than ever. Of course, he didn't reach 50 and start accumulating CP until after the Morrowind release, so i'm not sure how useful that info is.

Changed for the better, now that there's a slight more challenge to the game.

My magicka nightblade has always sucked. She was stam nightblade but that sucked so changed her to magicka and that sucked.

All the rest (stam DK, stam Warden, magicka sorc, magicka templar) just use their heavy attacks much more.