Bump. Anyone have an answer to this?

I play on console. Currently (on live), when using malevolent offering, it highlights one target in front of you in the middle of your screen. it's a very clunky targeting system, especially in the middle of a hectic battle.

What I was asking is if it now has 'smart targeting' like blessing of light or regeneration - where it auto targets a low health ally in front of you. Smart targeting would make it far easier to use for nightblade healers.

Seraphayel wrote: »

I think they changed Malevolent Offering so that it picks an injured target in front of you.

Not 100% sure but I think I read something like that in the notes.

Thank you, still would like confirmation if anyone on PTS can try it out.

Yeah offering was changed to a conal smart heal. Initially i thought it would self cast similar to healing ward or bol, but upon fuether testing, it seems you cant heal yourself with it anymore.

ccfeeling wrote: »

Then it will be healer only skill...

There is no reason dps slot ***
My tank slotted *** in the past 1 year, minor mending and 0 magicka cost self healing are the reasons.
Well, *** became useless to tank even when tank in trouble, how surprising...

Seems NB healer is going to rock but Zos nerf strife as well.

Something good and something bad, lets over come after live...

Every class is supposed to be getting gradually moved into having a DPS tree, healing tree, and tanking tree (more or less). In the nightblade's case, assassination = dps, shadow = tanking, and siphoning = healing. Makes sense that this ability works well for nightblade healers moreso than dps or tanks.

I do think we should swap blur and veiled strike still though. Regardless, the trees are starting to shape up to be mostly role specific.

Magicka DPS nightblades are just going to have to adapt and start using concealed weapon over strife for their spammable. It means they'll be forced into melee range, but given the fact that they get major resolve and ward just for using concealed weapon, it should make up some of the difference in damage taken.

Lynx7386 wrote: »

ccfeeling wrote: »

Then it will be healer only skill...

There is no reason dps slot ***
My tank slotted *** in the past 1 year, minor mending and 0 magicka cost self healing are the reasons.
Well, *** became useless to tank even when tank in trouble, how surprising...

Seems NB healer is going to rock but Zos nerf strife as well.

Something good and something bad, lets over come after live...

Every class is supposed to be getting gradually moved into having a DPS tree, healing tree, and tanking tree (more or less). In the nightblade's case, assassination = dps, shadow = tanking, and siphoning = healing. Makes sense that this ability works well for nightblade healers moreso than dps or tanks.

I do think we should swap blur and veiled strike still though. Regardless, the trees are starting to shape up to be mostly role specific.

Magicka DPS nightblades are just going to have to adapt and start using concealed weapon over strife for their spammable. It means they'll be forced into melee range, but given the fact that they get major resolve and ward just for using concealed weapon, it should make up some of the difference in damage taken.

To answer your question, yes it does smart targeting. (finally!) it does not heal yourself, but that comes with the change to dark cloak. Also, we nb already have lots of self heals, having offering to do smart target is an excellent healer tool.

However, I think it's best if blur and aspect of terror were to swap places. An indomitable assassin should invoke terror in its Prey, rather than one that sticks to the shadows. Also, that minor maim debuffs from aspect should be changed to minor vulnerability or something that takes away weapon or spell damage (can't remember the debuffs for the life of me) for pvp terms.

What if healthy offering healed others, but shrewd healed self only? That might be good in terms for other roles, it heals more for less cost, but it won't heal other targets.

RavenSworn wrote: »

Lynx7386 wrote: »

ccfeeling wrote: »

Then it will be healer only skill...

There is no reason dps slot ***
My tank slotted *** in the past 1 year, minor mending and 0 magicka cost self healing are the reasons.
Well, *** became useless to tank even when tank in trouble, how surprising...

Seems NB healer is going to rock but Zos nerf strife as well.

Something good and something bad, lets over come after live...

Every class is supposed to be getting gradually moved into having a DPS tree, healing tree, and tanking tree (more or less). In the nightblade's case, assassination = dps, shadow = tanking, and siphoning = healing. Makes sense that this ability works well for nightblade healers moreso than dps or tanks.

I do think we should swap blur and veiled strike still though. Regardless, the trees are starting to shape up to be mostly role specific.

Magicka DPS nightblades are just going to have to adapt and start using concealed weapon over strife for their spammable. It means they'll be forced into melee range, but given the fact that they get major resolve and ward just for using concealed weapon, it should make up some of the difference in damage taken.

To answer your question, yes it does smart targeting. (finally!) it does not heal yourself, but that comes with the change to dark cloak. Also, we nb already have lots of self heals, having offering to do smart target is an excellent healer tool.

However, I think it's best if blur and aspect of terror were to swap places. An indomitable assassin should invoke terror in its Prey, rather than one that sticks to the shadows. Also, that minor maim debuffs from aspect should be changed to minor vulnerability or something that takes away weapon or spell damage (can't remember the debuffs for the life of me) for pvp terms.

What if healthy offering healed others, but shrewd healed self only? That might be good in terms for other roles, it heals more for less cost, but it won't heal other targets.

Would make more sense to me if they swapped blur with veiled strike. Aspect of terror definitely belongs in the shadow tree, it's a shadow construct/manifestation (not to mention, people are afraid of the dark).

Veiled strike, as a direct attack ability used only for dps, belongs in the assassination tree.

Lynx7386 wrote: »

ccfeeling wrote: »

Then it will be healer only skill...

There is no reason dps slot ***
My tank slotted *** in the past 1 year, minor mending and 0 magicka cost self healing are the reasons.
Well, *** became useless to tank even when tank in trouble, how surprising...

Seems NB healer is going to rock but Zos nerf strife as well.

Something good and something bad, lets over come after live...

Every class is supposed to be getting gradually moved into having a DPS tree, healing tree, and tanking tree (more or less). In the nightblade's case, assassination = dps, shadow = tanking, and siphoning = healing. Makes sense that this ability works well for nightblade healers moreso than dps or tanks.

I do think we should swap blur and veiled strike still though. Regardless, the trees are starting to shape up to be mostly role specific.

Magicka DPS nightblades are just going to have to adapt and start using concealed weapon over strife for their spammable. It means they'll be forced into melee range, but given the fact that they get major resolve and ward just for using concealed weapon, it should make up some of the difference in damage taken.

People are taking that far too literally. They want players to see the options more clearly in each tree, the reason warden is so devided in its skill trees per role is becuase as rich stated before, they wanted to new players coming into the game (which they anticipated) to have a better idea with where to focus when playing warden depending on your role.

I highly doubt, despite wrobles lose explanation, that the trees are going to get major facelifts / rearrangement in their skill trees. This is contrary to DK healing having critical tools in each of the 3 skill lines. Aside from the agony change, siphoning skill line has always, since this games inception retained a "healing" element to it.