Staff tanking needs only one tweak to be viable.

Tempouille · April 2018

Dear all,

Please consider adding a passive that allow to move at full speed while blocking with a staff (same as shield passive). Any serious tank knows that mobility is way to important to snare yourself. Thanks!

ssorgatem · April 2018

This is definitely needed.

Not sure if that' be enough to put in on par with S&B, though.

RoyJade · April 2018

And a new animation, because the classic staff one seem light for a tanking weapon.

But the speed passive is far, far more important.

PhantomOcelot · April 2018

Staff tanking needs a lot more than one tweak to be viable.

mb10 · April 2018

Can get get some sort of frost animation when you block?

The holding the stick sideways cannot be taken seriously its 2018, come on

schattenkind · April 2018

mb10 wrote: »

Can get get some sort of frost animation when you block?

The holding the stick sideways cannot be taken seriously its 2018, come on

What would you suggest, taking into count that you stand infront of a monster that is 10 times taller than you and always hits on your shield only when you block on S&B?

Caulderone · April 2018

Tempouille wrote: »

Dear all,

Please consider adding a passive that allow to move at full speed while blocking with a staff (same as shield passive). Any serious tank knows that mobility is way to important to snare yourself. Thanks!

I like this suggestion a lot. This would be awesome.

mb10 · April 2018

schattenkind wrote: »

mb10 wrote: »

Can get get some sort of frost animation when you block?

The holding the stick sideways cannot be taken seriously its 2018, come on

What would you suggest, taking into count that you stand infront of a monster that is 10 times taller than you and always hits on your shield only when you block on S&B?

When you press block like an icy barrier goes around the character or an ice wall just infront.

Anything, just not the staff held sideways lol

Sordidfairytale · April 2018

mb10 wrote: »

schattenkind wrote: »

mb10 wrote: »

Can get get some sort of frost animation when you block?

The holding the stick sideways cannot be taken seriously its 2018, come on

What would you suggest, taking into count that you stand infront of a monster that is 10 times taller than you and always hits on your shield only when you block on S&B?

When you press block like an icy barrier goes around the character or an ice wall just infront.

Anything, just not the staff held sideways lol

They already have the effects in the game with the frost mages that put up the frost walls. Although I would suggest that a heftier frost wall is summoned during the heavy attack that acts as a damage shield. Something to help with that agonizingly slow taunt.

xaraan · April 2018

The weird thing is the more they do to make staff tanking viable, the sillier it is to imagine my tank with a little stick being as tanky as when he's holding this giant metallic shield in front of him.

Would be nice if they really went into and reworked the animation or just added more variety to the options.... (not that the speed change is a bad idea, but)... for example, if I heavy attack with my sword/board I don't get a free taunt and free shield - so that's a benefit to staff tanking. So in place of just making a mirror image of every benefit you get from sword/board, I'd rather see more unique tanking benefits that fit a defensive staff build.

LeHarrt91 · April 2018

They could add it to the Ancient Knowledge passive (while Ice Staff Equipped) - so that it does Block more, Cost less and increase movement speed while blocking.

Caulderone · April 2018

Tempouille wrote: »

Dear all,

Please consider adding a passive that allow to move at full speed while blocking with a staff (same as shield passive). Any serious tank knows that mobility is way to important to snare yourself. Thanks!

I like this suggestion a lot. This would be awesome.

ccfeeling · April 2018

Ice staff is imperfect tanking tools , ZOS made another big mistake again .

As a tank , you can run both SNB , but you cannot run both Ice staffs , you will have no cheap cost and fast taunt skill - Puncture , Inner rage spent 4051 magicka , too much and wont consider .
You lost all useful S&B like passives .

HA taunting , it's OK when we are in easy content , DLC HM ? Trial ?

Ice staff cannot replace S&B at this moment, I suggest that ZOS please rework the destructive staff line , all skill provides 3 different versions when you equip different staff , thank you !

If we have fast low cost ice staff taunt skill , I will give it a try , thank you !

dsalter · April 2018

my current complaint with frost staff tanking is the no reliable CC, you lose a crap ton of armor, the heavy attack shield is so small its not worth depending on hell you can remove that part completely and straight up give the 8% damage intake reduction minor buff and the last part, taunting is so much slower because of HA.

fix these issues and i'll show off a semi competent frost tank build