I think it should be tweaked and balanced a bit before it's discarded wholesale. It's an interesting idea for a skill.

I like the concept, however the skill in it's current state is unusable. I think the cost is far too high, but the far bigger problem is the targeting. A single target healing skill without smart targeting is absolute trash as you pretty much never hit your target. Especially since you can hit pets and NPCs with it. My suggestion is to change one morph to only be cast on your self and one to be smart target like breath of life or healing ward.

This skill actually worked pretty decently during the first cycle of PTS, but every change they made to it after was bad. The skill should probably be reverted to how it was on cycle 1, otherwise probably a big redesign is required.

Malevolent Offering is a creative and strong boost for not very popular but still fun and effective magblade healers. We should be grateful to the developers for the fact that they are not afraid of such interesting experiments. In addition, both morphs are well balanced.

I sincerely hope that results of the poll are due to the fact that the vast majority of players simply did not learn how to use it (or guides have not yet come out obviously). Otherwise, I just do not understand what players really need. Oh, sure. "Nerf sorcs, buff dks, add msa token system, necromancer plz"

My Nightblade healer toon is effective enough in normal random dungeons through "offensive healing" which involves a blend of funnel health, refreshing path, mystic orbs and sap essence (if surrounded by a mob with a wounded ally.) along with the restoration staff and trinimac's valor and soul siphon and all that inferior to S.P.C Templar goodness!

What i'm trying to say, badly, is Malevolent Offering has no place in my Nightblade healer's current set up. My real question is has anyone wasted a toon to try and make Malevolent Offering at least work viably well? Cos it's interesting.... but also GARBAGE (even in comparison to the garbage I just presented!)

6571 damage every 8 seconds — or more if you want to apply it to multiple allies — is a pretty good proc set if you ask me.

Wait, hasn’t zos been nerfing those?

OdinForge wrote: »

This skill actually worked pretty decently during the first cycle of PTS, but every change they made to it after was bad. The skill should probably be reverted to how it was on cycle 1, otherwise probably a big redesign is required.

They need to revert the skill to how it was then it and allow it to scale with max stat and it would have been amazing

I actually like it. I do think we need a tab targeting on console. On PS4, simple swiping left or right on the touch pad would work. Perhaps toggling the skill, like healing springs, and then swiping would work awesome.

Ladislao wrote: »

Malevolent Offering is a creative and strong boost for not very popular but still fun and effective magblade healers. We should be grateful to the developers for the fact that they are not afraid of such interesting experiments. In addition, both morphs are well balanced.

I sincerely hope that results of the poll are due to the fact that the vast majority of players simply did not learn how to use it (or guides have not yet come out obviously). Otherwise, I just do not understand what players really need. Oh, sure. "Nerf sorcs, buff dks, add msa token system, necromancer plz"

Could you exactly show how are you using that skill? Like some video/screenshot/anything? Cause as far as I see this skill might be only used in some situations, not being used as main HoT skill. And sorry but as far as it is NB healers are possible class role but I just don't see them run Vet trials for example. As a healer NB, it is kinda pissing me off that ZOS doesn't do anything about it and only templars got proper healing/buff tools (don't know much about warden healers yet though).

I always thought this game allows me to pick class and be whatever I want but it seems it doesn't let you do endgame content the way you want. I have never seen players allowing non-templar healers being in even 1 Vet Trial and trust me I would love to be in 1 but I know that I would be just a burden without proper tools that templars have.

About players saying use that skill than go shadow disguise - ye in PvP that may work but not in Vet Dungs, trials etc where u need to spam those heals. Sometimes 3 seconds without healer may cause many deaths and like somebody mentioned try to cast it in 12 man raid when it isn't smart cast heal.

Before it was even released I wrote a petition multiple times on forum what would help heal NB to be better but ofc nobody answered from ZOS... And ye this poll is pretty much based on my own feelings about that skill, aren't all voting based on it anyway?


Here is what I wrote about that skill and send it to zos a long time ago now