@Wrobel @ZOS_GinaBruno

Note that this isn't a nerf thread. It's simply a request to open up some dps/ap potential you've reserved for half of players to the other half. When we look at Eye of the Storm in pvp, this ultimate offers:

1. Damage that cannot be interrupted or canceled
2. Damage that travels with the caster
3. Damage that affects multiple players in a wide area

This ability was designed as a "Zerg buster" (or to make zergs invincible...it's hard to tell what the thought process was). Because of these mechanics, a well-timed EoTS can offer more than 250,000 damage in a single cast at an enemy group. This has given rise to the "bomber" strategy.

Stamina characters have nothing that compares to this ability. That's not to say they don't have some great ultimates. But in terms of this specific mechanic, they don't. And in pvp that's unfortunate because:

A. Magic bombers are using this ability to earn massive AP at once.
B. This is multiplied in a keep/resource defense situation.

As a result, stamina characters are at a huge disadvantage in earning AP, emperorship, achievements, rewards, etc. I would estimate that my stamblade needs to stalk and kill 20 enemies in order to earn the same AP produced by a really successful bomb. This is a huge time investment not just because I need to complete so many successful kills, but because it's far easier to find a group of enemies all at once than to find many solo players / small groups.


One simple solution for fairer PVP: give stam players the exact same mechanics in an alternate ultimate. Eliminate bow's toxic barrage and replace it with an ultimate that compares to the Destro.


Proposed new ultimate morph

Bow
"Blot Out the Sun"

Call down a mystical barrage of arrows on your location, dealing 7,000 physical damage every second for 7 seconds in an X meter area.

This is basically a "mega endless hail," and the proposed ability should be set to produce similar dps results as Eye of the Storm. This wouldmopen the same strategies and AP gain potential to stamina characters that you've given magic toons.

I'm not discussing whether EoTS is good or bad for pvp as a whole. I'm simply saying that as long as it exists on a weapon ability open to any class, there should be a stamina version that offers these players similar perks.