OdinForge wrote: »

Is it nightblade that's over-performing, or the proc sets? If you feel so strongly that it's the class and not the broken gear, you should level and play one of these godblades in medium armor without any proc sets. Surely since the class is as broken as you imply, you'll have no issue taking over Cyrodiil.

I made the joke that you got touched by a NB in that one other thread, but you even provided picture evidence this time.

My friend @NightbladeMechanics and I had an interesting conversation about this while discussing the viability of classes in solo PvP. While (stam) nightblade is not at all overpowered wholistically, the extremely quick and deadly nature of its damage profile makes it the class that best exploits the skill gap between players. This in turn makes it the best class for solo PvP when played at the highest level. Magicka sorc is a very close second, but what gives stam blade the advantage is that the nightblades damage is frontloaded whereas the sorcs damage is on the back end of the burst. This dynamic is greatly compounded by proc sets, so when that is nerfed you'll see some relief.

In other words, and im not trying to be a jerk at all when I say this but genuinely helpful, the best was to deal with stamblades is to get good and learn to play.

NB's are devastating to:

• People who aren't very good in PvP
• People who have little/no PvP experience fighting them as PvE does not prepare you
• People who are afk
• Guards

Figure out what category you are in and change it.

Be careful what you wish for - if cloak is gutted/changed there's a good chance it will be replaced with something that is more powerful (just in a different way) and not completely negated by aoe and pots.