Rapid mending get moved in the missing slot of wrath and a new unknown 5th passive gets added. ( Honestly i have the feeling they will simply split the healing received and heavy attack resource bonus and call it a day )

Really rex, 200 less weapon/spell damage will ruin your build? I think you got bigger problems than this change then and yes im aware of the shuffle change.

Id much rather see constitution removed, that would force heavy armor builds to actually build for sustain and not get free resources just for wearing heavy. I know that light and medium gets cost reduction but they nerfed those in Morrowind.
Just to give an example i can run my mag templar in light or heavy, while im in heavy i actually need less recovery than in light meaning i dont have to sacrafice as much damage for passive recovery.
I was happy when they nerfed thief so heavy builds at least lacked in 1 department, but with the nerf to sharpened resistances make an even bigger difference now.
I have no issues with wrath i think it fits nicely into heavy armor, gives you a sort of berserker playstyle, but constitution is a bit too strong even after its been nerfed already.
Either remove it or make it only restore one resource, whatever is lower % at the time of getting hit. I get that some builds rely heavily on blocking, but you can already stack block cost reduction thru the roof with sturdy, cp, 1h/s passives etc.
Also block costs and mechanics can always be adjusted so pve tanks dont get punished.
Just to clear things up i have no issues with ppl playing tanks/distruptor/disable builds in PVP, i have an issue with ppl running around with 4k wep dmg builds in heav with great healing, blocking damage everything. While beating people like that is defiently possible, the combination of the damage reduction and sustain from heavy plus a few overtuned sets like 7th, fury, ravagers etc, can make for some very disgusting builds.
I get that a lot of solo/small scale players run heavy to have a better chance at surviving outnumbered, but i think thats something (zerging in general), that should be addressed outside of general balance.
I mostly run solo/small grp in cyro and i feel the pain of getting gapclose/root/snare spammed every day. That doesnt mean heavy armor should have the massive advantage in pvp over the other 2 armor weights. Not to mention running into organized grps of ppl sitting with 30k+ hp pretty much relying on just numbers, while being next to impossible to burst down is just plain stupid.
Taking away the great sustain of heavy armor would mean that you can still be very survivable, but now if you want to survive for extended periods of time youll have to sacrafice a great bit of damage. I think that would effect small scale and zergy gameplay the same, and give medium/light sustain builds a better chance in open world.
Edit: Forgot to add, taking away wrath from heavy wont be a very massive nerfs while the top heavy(very stamina heavy) sets remain unchanged.

Elrond87 wrote: »

is this change in the next pts update?

Yeah

Wrath is weak but it really helps hybrids because they use spell and weapon damage.

heavy are just be sustain but there are a few dmg heavy armor sets that are to strong they are all stam though not mag.but I have a felling the new passive wont help mag build unless they go destroy instead of dw or S&b. she did say it was going to be changed some when it moves but stay heavy attack focused. but guess I still need to prepare for a light armor perma blocking magdk next update, yay so much fun that way (sarcasm perma blocking is boring)

Good. I will chang from sharp greatsword to nirnhoned greatsword on my stamina DK since I will be meeting fewer heavy armor users. He has always worn 5 medium. I hate heavy since I've spent so much time tanking in PvE.

why did you take wrath away but give nothing in return. thank you for ruining dw heavy armor magdk. thank you for making me go into a light armor perma blocking build good job killing build diversity

@ZOS_Wrobel

I am forced to wear light armour to be a Shadow Knight type character.