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A suggested solution to Conjured Ward/Annulment
DCanadianBacon
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Hear me out. Rather than have a cast time at all, why not make these 2 shields (Conjured Ward and Annulment, and their respective morphs) unable to be stacked on top of each other. In other words, if you cast C. Ward first, then cast Annulment, it will replace C. Ward's previously cast effect, and vice versa (apply this to their respective morphs as well). Apparently everyone is complaining about shield stacking Sorcs, so this would help alleviate the issue in PvP, while not punishing other light armor classes who also rely on Annulment for survival.
And while you're at it, make it so both of these shields cannot be stacked with SELF CAST Steadfast Wards (apply this to it's morphs as well).
BUT, if someone else happens to cast Steadfast Ward and it is applied to you, it can still stack with Conjured Ward and/or Annulment. That way, some random PuG or group member won't accidentally overwrite your own shield, and it gives healers more of a purpose as shield appliers for their allies in both PvP and PvE.
One last thing, make it so self cast Annulments can't stack with other self cast shields either, just to make it fair across all classes (and as not to single out Sorcs).
Side Note: Shield stacking with other shields (not including Annulment and it's morphs) isn't really a problem, as most of the other shields in the game are FAR smaller in size compared to C. Ward and Annulment, are attached to long cooldowns, or are infrequent, such as with ultimates like Take Flight. So leave those be.
I believe these changes, in addition to having shields be able to be crit and have resistances applied to them, but NOT have any sort of cast time would be a fair compromise for both PvE and PvP. Perhaps a slight buff to shield size (no more than 5%-10%) to Conjured Ward and Annulment to make up for the complete lack of stacking.
What do you guys think?
Edited by DCanadianBacon on September 25, 2018 2:37AM And while you're at it, make it so both of these shields cannot be stacked with SELF CAST Steadfast Wards (apply this to it's morphs as well).
BUT, if someone else happens to cast Steadfast Ward and it is applied to you, it can still stack with Conjured Ward and/or Annulment. That way, some random PuG or group member won't accidentally overwrite your own shield, and it gives healers more of a purpose as shield appliers for their allies in both PvP and PvE.
One last thing, make it so self cast Annulments can't stack with other self cast shields either, just to make it fair across all classes (and as not to single out Sorcs).
Side Note: Shield stacking with other shields (not including Annulment and it's morphs) isn't really a problem, as most of the other shields in the game are FAR smaller in size compared to C. Ward and Annulment, are attached to long cooldowns, or are infrequent, such as with ultimates like Take Flight. So leave those be.
I believe these changes, in addition to having shields be able to be crit and have resistances applied to them, but NOT have any sort of cast time would be a fair compromise for both PvE and PvP. Perhaps a slight buff to shield size (no more than 5%-10%) to Conjured Ward and Annulment to make up for the complete lack of stacking.
What do you guys think?
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Ankael07✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Feedback is meaningless at this point because they're simply not willing to listen. Even now Zenimax defends the cast time on shields after the entire forum rose up against it.
Think about it. Was it the lack of constructive feedback that got us here? They even had Class Reps to summerize feedback for them
If you want to make an impact you can vote with your wallet like me because in the end thats the only thing they'll listenIf you want me to reply to your comment type @Ankael07 in it.1 -
DCanadianBacon✭✭✭Feedback is meaningless at this point because they're simply not willing to listen. Even now Zenimax defends the cast time on shields after the entire forum rose up against it.
Think about it. Was it the lack of constructive feedback that got us here? They even had Class Reps to summerize feedback for them
If you want to make an impact you can vote with your wallet like me because in the end thats the only thing they'll listen
Or, I can try and if I fail and they REALLY don't listen, then I'll vote with my wallet.
I don't see the point in completely giving up. They've already made a change to shields this week in the PTS (although it was a pretty poor solution to our concerns), so perhaps they just need a little bit of inspiration.
I don't believe in totally quitting, nor do I believe in nonconstructive discussion. Do as you will with your money, but I'll fight for my voice to be heard before I give up completely, without yelling or complaining about it.1 -
Mystrius_Archaion✭✭✭✭✭
✭There was nothing in the patch notes about different shields overwriting each other, just the same shield(same base skill) overwriting each other like they always have.
You can't cast the sorc shield, either morph, then cast the same shield again and have 2.
You still can cast Healing Ward(resto staff skill) and Hardened Ward(sorc skill) and have them stack.0 -
DCanadianBacon✭✭✭Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »There was nothing in the patch notes about different shields overwriting each other, just the same shield(same base skill) overwriting each other like they always have.
You can't cast the sorc shield, either morph, then cast the same shield again and have 2.
You still can cast Healing Ward(resto staff skill) and Hardened Ward(sorc skill) and have them stack.
You REALLY didn't read what I typed, did you? I'm fully aware you can't stack Conjured Ward on top of another Conjured Ward ( and I never said that's what it did). I'm talking strictly about casting Conjured Ward, then stacking that on top of Annulment and/or Steadfast Ward. That's the issue people have with Sorcs at the moment.
And I am also FULLY aware that the patch notes said nothing about different shields overwriting each other. I'm making a SUGGESTION that they do, rather than have this silly 1 second cast time on them (if they want to nerf shields so badly). The change in this week's PTS that I'm referring to is the one where they made it so you can't interrupt someone casting Conjured Ward or Annulment (which isn't the solution that people are looking for).
It's good to read things a couple of times before you respond.
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