no, the "Test" is for the forum nerf thread makers.
stop making nerf threads.

Problem is, its a "Test" with thousands of different people grading them on their response.

The devs aren't going to please everyone. As long as they get enough As through D's and not too many people give them an F and leave, I suspect the devs will be fine.

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

no, the "Test" is for the forum nerf thread makers.
stop making nerf threads.

That's also true, but I have more faith in ZOS

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

no, the "Test" is for the forum nerf thread makers.
stop making nerf threads.

I feel like there needs to be a "do you wanna end up like magsorcs? cause this is how you end up like magsorcs" meme for this.

VaranisArano wrote: »

Problem is, its a "Test" with thousands of different people grading them on their response.

The devs aren't going to please everyone. As long as they get enough As through D's and not too many people give them an F and leave, I suspect the devs will be fine.

I doubt that the folks participating in the PTS are anywhere even close to the level of play that the people who will most affected by this change are. This change will impact people in between the segments of people who are so casual that they dont use shields or are so good that they dont need shields. I doubt that they're represented in the PTS accurately.

The people that struggle in vMA will be impacted. The folks on the leaderboards will not. One is likely to be more dominant in the PTS.

I probably have a little more faith than most that they will revert this. Despite all the rhetoric, there are some strong arguments against it.

Apart from my future Xanmeer Temple, this patch is shaping up to be a largely disappointing patch.

My NB Healer and Tank are getting nerfed heavily in the only areas that they provide any form of utility in. Dodge Tanking is gone so my sustain took a slight hit and while SA should cover it, I'm not fully convinced my Tanking won't suffer as a result. My Healer is screwed wholly that I might respec him back to a pure Magblade again.

My Warden Tank is getting an unwanted Target Stun attached to my self heal ability that hampers its usage that I'll most likely swap to the s*** ally heal morph since I'll at least be able to use it whenever I need it as opposed to whenever something is targetable. And forget about solo content, bear was the only thing that made those tolerable to drudge thru and he's getting knee capped. My sustain improved but that was never an issue for me anyways (I'm an Argonian with potion enchantments, resources are the least of my problems).

My Stamblade is gonna have to join zergs to even survive with SoA becoming a thing and despite the fact I could abuse the set myself, I like my WW build as is but I can already tell that I'm going to get killled much more often with that set becoming a thing.

The only class build that got any real love was my Warden Healer, in which I mean that I am now practically a requirement in end game due to Warhorn Change.

Honestly, I'm just going to lock myself away in my Temple getting it decked out as best as possible and to hell with everything else.

The test for me isn’t whether they do balancing and nerfs correctly. It’s whether a patch can be released with proper QA testing on all sets, gear, passives and skills. The Wolf Hunter update was a complete joke in this regard.

If ZOS actually listens and reverts the cast time change, I'll be surprised. They've made many bad changes before and just rolled with it.

Sometimes it's like ZOS saving face is more important to them than making the game genuinely better.