ZoS, Let Me Make This VERY Clear:

dodgehopper_ESO · April 2018

Block reduction for 3 seconds is really bizarre unless the cost is so low as to be negligible.

Silver_Strider · April 2018

So, you're upset because....what, exactly?

The loss of a toggle ability? I mean, you can just make all your gear Xyvkin or Daedric via the outfit system and still get the same look more or less and the ability isn't gone either so I'm really not sure what this complaint is about exactly.

Lynx7386 · April 2018

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Block reduction for 3 seconds is really bizarre unless the cost is so low as to be negligible.

It's block damage, not block cost.

You activate it (presumably while blocking) when a boss' big bad heavy attack is incoming, so you take 20% less damage (on top of the 50+% mitigation from base block). It's a reactive tanking ability to negate big bursts.

Yamenstein · April 2018

To combat this they should just add active special effects to the crown store and rewards system. Want a cool glow for your swords and armour. bam! Would be awesome

Aznox · April 2018

Tyrobag wrote: »

Really? because most of the community was pissed when ZoS removed the actual armor from Bound Armor. The new effect was cool, but not as cool. Now they want to kill that too.

That's your opinion, i've played a stamsorc since beta and that first armor effect was ugly and a bad idea because the skill was mandatory and it made all sorcs look the same.

Why should your opinion count more than everyone else's ?

I don't care as much about the current "glow" but i still prefer to disable it before taking a screenshot.

See, opinions, again.

dave011 · April 2018

Um may I ask has this even hit the PTS yet or are you going on 2nd - 20 hand info? In other words lets just see what we getg on the pts then start [snip].

[Edited to remove profanity]

Minyassa · April 2018

I'm confused about what this means. Does this mean that instead of having a buff I can run around with and not worry about having to work into my rotation, I now have to activate it every three seconds? I sure as hell hope not, I would see absolutely no reason to do that. It's not like it's getting me more xp or giving me an unfair advantage over the NPCs in the game that can activate their abilities instantly without any human-error delay.

Aznox · April 2018

We keep the same bonus as before (with a few modifications)
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We don't need to activate the toggle each time we log-in or get resurrected (!)
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We now have the option to slot the skill on only one bar (!)
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We now get another active skill on top of that, which looks nice to mitigate burst damage after block-casting it

And you guys find a way to complain ! - sigh -

Ladislao · April 2018

Aznox wrote: »

We keep the same bonus as before (with a few modifications)
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We don't need to activate the toggle each time we log-in or get resurrected (!)
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We now have the option to slot the skill on only one bar (!)
+
We now get another active skill on top of that, which looks nice to mitigate burst damage after block-casting it

And you guys find a way to complain ! - sigh -

I am not complaining and I am always sympathetic to all changes. However, I do not quite like the fact that it will now increase the damage from light attack. And it's more about pvp, where I used this ability for glass cannon (strong heavy attacks for additional damage and sustain).

However, I'm not going to argue, because I easily adapt to this. Just pointed out one of the drawbacks.

Biro123 · April 2018

There is somebody who would actually rather have the toggle?????

Really??

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Aznox · April 2018

Ladislao wrote: »

I am not complaining and I am always sympathetic to all changes. However, I do not quite like the fact that it will now increase the damage from light attack. And it's more about pvp, where I used this ability for glass cannon (strong heavy attacks for additional damage and sustain).

I play a pvp build in heavy armor with 1300 stam recovery, so believe me i use heavy attacks a lot.
Even is this conditions my LA to HA damage ratio is probably around 4 to 6.
This would change it to 4,5 to 5,5 with an overall damage loss quite low, and negligible if you look at the part of your total DPS that comes from LA+HA (we are talking about <1% total dps loss).
On the other hand this gives me more damage when i need it the most : in my LA burst rotation.

I'm not saying i wouldn't like to keep it on HA, but overall the proposed changes are a net positive for stamsorc

Zeni0s · April 2018

Rewrite your post into "Please Zenimax, we still want the Aegis visual when the skill is slotted and not when used with the uptade 18!"