Shield Suggestion

waitwhat · September 2018

@ZOS_RobGarrett

What if--perhaps in replace of--some proposed shield changes, we just changed their scaling such that they only scaled with spell power, rather than max magicka?

There are more--and larger--passives that permanently buff max magicka than there are those that permanently buff spell power, and consequently achieving a higher spell power requires greater sacrifice in achieving high recovery than does achieving high max resource. In other words, a higher spell power requires more choices and sacrifices to be made vis-a-vis recovery (and other status) than does a higher max magicka.

Perhaps, by shifting the scaling, we can introduce greater sacrifice into running shields in a more streamline manner than would the ideas already proposed.

Vahrokh · September 2018

waitwhat wrote: »

@ZOS_RobGarrett

What if--perhaps in replace of--some proposed shield changes, we just changed their scaling such that they only scaled with spell power, rather than max magicka?

There are more--and larger--passives that permanently buff max magicka than there are those that permanently buff spell power, and consequently achieving a higher spell power requires greater sacrifice in achieving high recovery than does achieving high max resource. In other words, a higher spell power requires more choices and sacrifices to be made vis-a-vis recovery (and other status) than does a higher max magicka.

Perhaps, by shifting the scaling, we can introduce greater sacrifice into running shields in a more streamline manner than would the ideas already proposed.

Congrats, you have just eradicated pet builds, that only work on max magicka.

Actually, you are going backwards: the most used specs (thus, deemed "OP") are pet-less magick damage + crit for PvE and pet-less magick damage + [various mix] for PvP. Few use pet build any more. So, you are suggesting to favor the already prevalent builds and kill the one nobody is using.

waitwhat · September 2018

Vahrokh wrote: »

waitwhat wrote: »

@ZOS_RobGarrett

What if--perhaps in replace of--some proposed shield changes, we just changed their scaling such that they only scaled with spell power, rather than max magicka?

There are more--and larger--passives that permanently buff max magicka than there are those that permanently buff spell power, and consequently achieving a higher spell power requires greater sacrifice in achieving high recovery than does achieving high max resource. In other words, a higher spell power requires more choices and sacrifices to be made vis-a-vis recovery (and other status) than does a higher max magicka.

Perhaps, by shifting the scaling, we can introduce greater sacrifice into running shields in a more streamline manner than would the ideas already proposed.

Congrats, you have just eradicated pet builds, that only work on max magicka.

@Vahrokh Not at all.

I said nothing about adjusting pet damage scaling, and honestly don't see any issue having pets scale off max mag or max spell power, whichever is more convenient for those builds.

A pet build might have a lower shield tooltip if the shield scaling were changed, but they wouldn't lose DPS from the pets, and the pets themselves already provide defensive capabilities in the form of a heal for the Matriarch and clannfear, and a stun for the Volatile Familiar.