Thunderknuckles wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »F_16C_VIPER wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
Sounds like a L2P issue; there's a multitude of different ways to counter cloak and it gets broken extremely easily.
Get lost with your L2P bs, cloak gives free crit heals, Its better than Dk's igneous shield, Its abused to absorb tons of damage and then crit heal while all the dots and debuffs you have are gone.
What the frick are you talking about? Neither morph of Shadow Cloak does anything like that.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »Kuramas9tails wrote: »I use cloak for survivability and strategy, not for offense..Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
And that is exactly the problem with it.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »Kuramas9tails wrote: »I use cloak for survivability and strategy, not for offense..Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
And that is exactly the problem with it.
I was about to say, using a skill for strategy and survivability means that is a problem and needs a nerf?Ragnarock41 wrote: »Kuramas9tails wrote: »I use cloak for survivability and strategy, not for offense..Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
And that is exactly the problem with it.
Ah yes, using abilities as strategic tools is morally wrong yknow, so says Salty Bad-Player McGee because he doesn't wanna slot inner light or use detection pots
BigBadVolk wrote: »Nihility42 wrote: »LiquidPony wrote: »I'm thinking that if we all start insulting each other, ZOS will have to come in and close down this unimaginably stupid thread.
OP, delete your account, go play a different game, and get bent.
I hate you. You shouldn't even be playing this game you dumb, meanie
I love you all... damn it I cant do anything left!Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »You didn't specify what exactly to bring down. Keep in mind Nightblades are pretty poor in end game PvE, we don't want to worsen that.
Troll level: Expert
Since launch, nightblades have been the best designed class across the board. They have certainly not always been the most powerful, but nightblade hasnt changed a lot other than a few tweaks here and there, mostly to mericless resolve (which is currently broken, but that's a different thread). The have by far the most flexability of any class in terms of playstle, whether you need a ranged magic or an AOE stamina spammable, you got it. Good access to buffs, sustain, etc. They have a skill for most things.
I agree 100% that Nightblade is across the board the best class in the game currently, but it is also true that they have the most difficult play-style/rotation of any class:
End game PVE (talking Pushing trial Scores):
Ranged DPS: BIS
Melee DPS: BIS
Tank: Not Viable
Healer not viable
PVE 4 Man content, casual trials:
Same except tank and healers become a viable options. There are arguments to be made for them being one of the best healing options for high damage groups, that are looking for more DPS than heals from their healer.
PVE Solo Content:
Were BIS for VMA until they broke merciless, but all magic classes can break 600k in the right hands (Cough LZH Cough).
PVP
Stamina: IMO they are second best in open world behind Stam Warden, but between stam NB, Stam Warden, and Stamplar, I think you are splitting hairs (personally stamplar is my toughest counter)
Magic: Best bombers, but not anywhere near the best for open world IMO. Not that they are bad, I just dont think they standout as much. I pretty much only die to a magic NB when they pull off a good bomb.
All that said, nerf is not the answer. It is not like this class has been the recipient of grotesque buffs over the years, they have just been hit with the nerf hammer the least. I think this is arguably the one class that they got right essentially out of the gates. The much better option would be to use NB as a model to fix the other classes and bring them up to scratch.
For what its worth, I main a mag sorc in PVP, a stam sorc for melee DPS, a magblade (recently) for ranged DPS, a DK for tanking, and a Templar for healing. Only class I dont actively play is a warden, who despite their uselessness as a PVE DPS, are a pretty strong class across the board.
LISTEN TO THIS MAN, AND GIVE HIM A COOKIE OR SOMETHING!!!
I can tell some of the people in this thread never played another MMO with a stealth class before. In other MMO's like WoW and Rift rogue classes can stay in stealth INDEFINITELY. No stam or mag to maintain it and no short timer. So count your blessings the QQ would be real on here.
You didn't specify what exactly to bring down. Keep in mind Nightblades are pretty poor in end game PvE, we don't want to worsen that.
I can tell some of the people in this thread never played another MMO with a stealth class before. In other MMO's like WoW and Rift rogue classes can stay in stealth INDEFINITELY. No stam or mag to maintain it and no short timer. So count your blessings the QQ would be real on here.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »Kuramas9tails wrote: »I use cloak for survivability and strategy, not for offense..Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
And that is exactly the problem with it.
Ah yes, using abilities as strategic tools is morally wrong yknow, so says Salty Bad-Player McGee because he doesn't wanna slot inner light or use detection pots
I've got no problem with Nightblades being top dog in PVE. They have probably the hardest rotation to master in the game with managing Relentless Focus procs, and achieving perfect weaving in order to do so.
If you miss a weave on most classes, you are only losing out on a dab of damage, whereas on a Nightblade, you are breaking your entire skill order, and missing out on some sustain from siphoning (lol)
Stam DK has zero sustain issues, one of the easiest rotations in the game, and pulls massive numbers in PVE. If anything needs a smack over the head with the nerf bat, it is them.
beetleklee wrote: »I've got no problem with Nightblades being top dog in PVE. They have probably the hardest rotation to master in the game with managing Relentless Focus procs, and achieving perfect weaving in order to do so.
If you miss a weave on most classes, you are only losing out on a dab of damage, whereas on a Nightblade, you are breaking your entire skill order, and missing out on some sustain from siphoning (lol)
Stam DK has zero sustain issues, one of the easiest rotations in the game, and pulls massive numbers in PVE. If anything needs a smack over the head with the nerf bat, it is them.
Naw, leave StamDK be. I'm sick of this game nerfing DKs and pigeon-holing them into a tank only role. Not gonna shelve another character for vet trials.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »beetleklee wrote: »I've got no problem with Nightblades being top dog in PVE. They have probably the hardest rotation to master in the game with managing Relentless Focus procs, and achieving perfect weaving in order to do so.
If you miss a weave on most classes, you are only losing out on a dab of damage, whereas on a Nightblade, you are breaking your entire skill order, and missing out on some sustain from siphoning (lol)
Stam DK has zero sustain issues, one of the easiest rotations in the game, and pulls massive numbers in PVE. If anything needs a smack over the head with the nerf bat, it is them.
Naw, leave StamDK be. I'm sick of this game nerfing DKs and pigeon-holing them into a tank only role. Not gonna shelve another character for vet trials.
They're already nerfed down to oblivion, even for bruiser builds people play nightblades, and if they want something like old Dk there is always stamden.
@Knowledge A bit of advice. Asking to nerf Nightblades, is like putting a massive target on your back. Why? Because, the vast majority of the player base mains a Nightblade. It also happens to be the combat team’s favorite class. The bias is insane when it comes to Nightblades. So when you ask for something to nerfed that the majority of players use, and that the devs have a huge amount of favoritism for? You’re essentially inviting negativity and hate to your doorstep.
I’ll put it to you like this. The bias is so bad for Nightblades that It doesn’t matter if the class was capable of 1-shotting trial bosses, and insta-gibbing players with a single light attack. The player base would respond to any nerfs toward it just as they are now. Like a swarm of angry wasps, and you went and kicked their nest like a soccer ball.
Oh, and if you’re curious why so many players main Nightblades? It’s because the class is easy mode. It’s the assassin; or rogue class. And forever the reason, gamers go absolutely batshit crazy whenever they have the chance to play anything remotely ninja-esque. Case and point? Skyrim assassin players, Overwatch Genji mains, Mortal Kombat ninja mains, etc. So for future reference, try to avoid asking that anything remotely stealthy in a game get nerfed. Unless of course you want to get flamed by a bunch of angry gamers.
Easy mode huh? That is rich. Don't you main a pet mag sorc?
@Sevn Indeed I do. I always have, and always will. Was doing it far before all of streamers made that particular build variation popular, and when Necropotence was stuck at VR120 (until the 1T “upgrade to CP160). Yup. I sure do main a PetSorc. Can’t tell you how much bs I’ve gotten from using 1 in the past too, because wearing Martial Knowledge and DW’ing swords was the meta. And here I was wearing under-leveled gear, and using a build that had people on the forums asking that it’s entire skill line be removed; or reworked.
It’s funny how so many people choose to forget the very dark, lonely, and rather screwed-up past that PetSorcs had. If it wasn’t for @Thelon continuing to shine a light for us PetSorcs, and showing the player base that you could do some incredible things with that particular build variation? I have a feeling that to this day PetSorcs would be considered a laughing stock, and receive a ton of negativity from everyone. “Hey ZOS, can you remove the Daedric Summoning skill line? Pets suck, and are absolutely useless!” Damn shame that months later, I still remember the myriad of threads with those topics.
Edit: And I STILL do VMA faster and easier on my Nightblades than my MagSorc, and farm AP faster on my Nightblades than any of my other classes.
Yes @Ch4mpTW, I'm quite aware of how long you've mained a pet sorc, along with how you were doing it long before it became popular, been lurking in these forums for more than two years and you've mentioned it whenever it's brought up lol.
You strike me as an exhibitionist, show us as I'm genuinely curious to see the difference. You once uploaded a fight between you and some WB, using a pet sorc of course after someone issued a general challenge to everyone, though the details of said challenge escape me. Could you repeat this using a Nb and upload the two vids? Visual confirmation goes much further than written words of such feats, imho.
I'd issue a general challenge to everyone, but so far you're the only one calling Nbs easy mode. Just seeking clarity, nothing more, nothing less.
@Sevn Sure, I could do that for you. Send me the details of your challenge to my inbox as to which WB you want me to tackle, as it will clean-up this thread from our back-n’-forth a bit. I’ll do a comparison between my Nightblades and my MagSorc for you.Ep1kMalware wrote: »For those of you that do not think Nightblade is over performing you need to look across the internet to see the 57 - 60k DPS parses across the internet. The sorc just took a huge hit with off balance changes in addition it relies on pets which can cause issues in trials.
In PVP it is extremely strong and has far too much utility and damage to not be considered unbalanced. Anyone saying the contrary is just fearing the nerf.
Everyone that used heavy attacks took a hit with the off-balance changes. Also, I've hit 60k on my stamplar and I'm not really a great player or anything, though admittedly this is in CWC. But I'm sure really good stamplars are still hitting 60k+, as well as other stam DPS specs.
So what's your goal here? Nerf Nightblades so some other class is top dog and you ask for them to be nerfed and it just perpetuates until all the classes are complete ***?
IMO Nghtblades should be top DPS considering they have the most complex rotation.
To be honest, the rotation is not that complicated, with or without boss mechanics. Took me a youtube video and 2 days of pledges to get the rotation down....(and that was with 0 experience with magblade in PvE)
Saying that a class should´ve good DPS because a rotation on a specific build (which is different between builds) isn´t a valid reason. If that was the case stamina DK should´ve the lowest DPS in the game due to how brain-dead easy their rotation is.
Stamina nightblade does roughly the same DPS as all other stamina setups. So stamblade VS other Stam-setups, nightblade is ok. But magblade in comparison to other magicka classes is overperforming (magsorcs is a fair competitor to magblade though). Magplar and magDK can never compete with a magblade. Do I even have to bring up magwarden?
Mainly I think it´s because magDK, magplar and magden is underperformning in PvE in terms of DPS, and are in need of huge buffs.
If three classes are performing on par and one is over performing you don't buff the three classes you nerf the one.
That's bad logic. Period. You know damn well magplar/magdk have been getting crippled with bugs and nerfs. Those 2 classes need to be brought back up.
Agreed 100%. I’m STILL waiting for both of those classes skills to not be so damn expensive. I’m also waiting for some form of mobility. And on DK’s, mobility and an execute. At least Templars have an execute. Unless if the DK in question is stamina, you’re just SOL when it comes to having an execute. Sure, going vampire could assist somewhat in regards to mobility. But even then, look at the class as a whole compared to Nightblades. Lol.
Nightblades have: The best passives (without a doubt), access for cloak (makes engaging and disengagement a breeze, and thus is a HUGE benefit within PvP and TG and DB content), access to pets, access to an execute, access to hyper mobility, access to a spammable that heals, access to the best hard-CC in the game (Fear will probably be forever the best CC in ESO), access to a teleport, access to the best buffs, access to the best de-buffs, access to the best ultimates in the game (Incap is stupidly OP for what it does, and how you can combo with it), etc.
I don’t know what a lot of these dudes are talking about when they claim how Nightblades need a buff. Far from it, to be honest. It seems to me like a lot of folks need to learn their class more, and spend more time understanding the ins and outs of a Nightblades pros compared to its cons.
Oh, and 1 more thing... Every time that we’ve essentially had a terribly bad meta to experience... Who’s fault was it again? Oh right, Nightblades. Who’s fault was it that proc sets no longer crit? Nightblades. And please don’t say it wasn’t, because the forums and Reddit both were enraged by “ProcBlades” melting their characters with: Viper, Selene, etc. So yes. They were behind the ProcMeta. Who started the bombing meta? Oh right. Nightblades again. Running in with VD, and blowing apart entire groups. Even before the Destruction Staff ultimate was added, BombBlades were tearing people’s ass up in Cyrodiil for zerging. And that has the forum in a tizzy too. Who is at fault for the defile meta currently? Once again, Nightblades. It goes on and on with this class.
IZZESparkling wrote: »While I do not believe it needs nerf yet but to say that NBs are in bad spot is just laughable. For magicka spec, it is probably the overall best magicka spec in the game at the moment both pve and pvp. For stam, it is the best spec in pvp and high dps in pve. Yeah, they are in such a bad place right now with their top end spot. They are definitely not. Trust me, you standing there thinking you can face tank anything with your bowblade with willy nilly gears is not the reflection of the class. You will die the same even if you switched to another class you deem OP under a minute. NB is very strong. Other classes need to be brought up to its level.
Ep1kMalware wrote: »IZZESparkling wrote: »While I do not believe it needs nerf yet but to say that NBs are in bad spot is just laughable. For magicka spec, it is probably the overall best magicka spec in the game at the moment both pve and pvp. For stam, it is the best spec in pvp and high dps in pve. Yeah, they are in such a bad place right now with their top end spot. They are definitely not. Trust me, you standing there thinking you can face tank anything with your bowblade with willy nilly gears is not the reflection of the class. You will die the same even if you switched to another class you deem OP under a minute. NB is very strong. Other classes need to be brought up to its level.
All classes except for magdk are in a good spot for trials right now. Although magplar is still a bit weak it can carry its weight for damn near everything. This is why I'm against any nerfs atm. For once, everything is viable.
IZZESparkling wrote: »Ep1kMalware wrote: »IZZESparkling wrote: »While I do not believe it needs nerf yet but to say that NBs are in bad spot is just laughable. For magicka spec, it is probably the overall best magicka spec in the game at the moment both pve and pvp. For stam, it is the best spec in pvp and high dps in pve. Yeah, they are in such a bad place right now with their top end spot. They are definitely not. Trust me, you standing there thinking you can face tank anything with your bowblade with willy nilly gears is not the reflection of the class. You will die the same even if you switched to another class you deem OP under a minute. NB is very strong. Other classes need to be brought up to its level.
All classes except for magdk are in a good spot for trials right now. Although magplar is still a bit weak it can carry its weight for damn near everything. This is why I'm against any nerfs atm. For once, everything is viable.
MDK tho =< No one wants them except for 1 slot in pve and pvp raids.
Seriously guys. NB is in a good spot and denying this is not really helping. It is that time of the year where nightblades are fotm.
Seriously guys. NB is in a good spot and denying this is not really helping. It is that time of the year where nightblades are fotm.
Almost all ppl in this thread have said NB's are in a good spot. No one is denying it. All that is being said, this guy needs to stop talking out of his *** and leave the class alone (except the rest of the bug fixes like all classes).
NBs are in general squishier, why am I expected to face tank classes built for that?
Cloak has been nerfed a few times (used to remove negative effects for example) and it breaks if you sneeze in our direction. Lot of NBs dropped it and use mist instead. Yes I can cross a fair distance cloaked but for combat it is not an I WIN button that ppl make it out to be.
I find DK talons and chains annoying. Should I come crying every time?
And those pesky Templar heals n purges. So rude, how dare you out heal damage
You get the point.
The only thing I want nerfed is the damn build that lets someone with a two hander, and SOME templars one shot me with their charge attacks. Literally no defense at all. Dude comes up on me using an invisbility potion, and then once in range, BAM, I see a glowy spear, or a hammer, just before my health goes from full to zero, before I have time to press a single key.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »F_16C_VIPER wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
Sounds like a L2P issue; there's a multitude of different ways to counter cloak and it gets broken extremely easily.
Get lost with your L2P bs, cloak gives free crit heals, Its better than Dk's igneous shield, Its abused to absorb tons of damage and then crit heal while all the dots and debuffs you have are gone.
What the frick are you talking about? Neither morph of Shadow Cloak does anything like that.
Are you telling me you never saw a stamblade vigor-rolling into cloak to reset the entire fight?
or just walk away unharmed?
Umm yeah because any other scenaro ends with a dead nb.. lol.
Cloak is op now.. that is rich.
and what do other classes do without cloak?
Yeah, you guessed it, they just die.
I don't buy the ''nb is easiest class to kill'' bullcrap.
*** players are easy to kill. Nb allows players to be *** yet still get kills.
Ragnarock41 wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »F_16C_VIPER wrote: »Ragnarock41 wrote: »Nbs need their deserved nerfs.
Cloak is just too much.
Sounds like a L2P issue; there's a multitude of different ways to counter cloak and it gets broken extremely easily.
Get lost with your L2P bs, cloak gives free crit heals, Its better than Dk's igneous shield, Its abused to absorb tons of damage and then crit heal while all the dots and debuffs you have are gone.
What the frick are you talking about? Neither morph of Shadow Cloak does anything like that.
Are you telling me you never saw a stamblade vigor-rolling into cloak to reset the entire fight?
or just walk away unharmed?
Umm yeah because any other scenaro ends with a dead nb.. lol.
Cloak is op now.. that is rich.
and what do other classes do without cloak?
Yeah, you guessed it, they just die.
I don't buy the ''nb is easiest class to kill'' bullcrap.
*** players are easy to kill. Nb allows players to be *** yet still get kills.
Yeah your right every class should have cloak.
Seriously guys. NB is in a good spot and denying this is not really helping. It is that time of the year where nightblades are fotm.
Almost all ppl in this thread have said NB's are in a good spot. No one is denying it. All that is being said, this guy needs to stop talking out of his *** and leave the class alone (except the rest of the bug fixes like all classes).
NBs are in general squishier, why am I expected to face tank classes built for that?
Cloak has been nerfed a few times (used to remove negative effects for example) and it breaks if you sneeze in our direction. Lot of NBs dropped it and use mist instead. Yes I can cross a fair distance cloaked but for combat it is not an I WIN button that ppl make it out to be.
I find DK talons and chains annoying. Should I come crying every time?
And those pesky Templar heals n purges. So rude, how dare you out heal damage
You get the point.
Ep1kMalware wrote: »The only thing I want nerfed is the damn build that lets someone with a two hander, and SOME templars one shot me with their charge attacks. Literally no defense at all. Dude comes up on me using an invisbility potion, and then once in range, BAM, I see a glowy spear, or a hammer, just before my health goes from full to zero, before I have time to press a single key.
Don't straggle in the back of your group, that's how you fix that.
Ep1kMalware wrote: »The only thing I want nerfed is the damn build that lets someone with a two hander, and SOME templars one shot me with their charge attacks. Literally no defense at all. Dude comes up on me using an invisbility potion, and then once in range, BAM, I see a glowy spear, or a hammer, just before my health goes from full to zero, before I have time to press a single key.
Don't straggle in the back of your group, that's how you fix that.
That doesn't change the fact that the one hit build is possible, and annoying as *** to deal with.