MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
MLGProPlayer wrote: »MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
The problem is that destro ultimate builds still aren't even close to competitive with other classes. The bear is the only way to hit competitive DPS, and just barely at that, on a static targer dummy.
You get more DPS with Northern Storm slotted than the bear anyway (extra 8% magicka)
MLGProPlayer wrote: »MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
The problem is that destro ultimate builds still aren't even close to competitive with other classes. The bear is the only way to hit competitive DPS, and just barely at that, on a static targer dummy.
Oh it's more than that. Those buffs that were mentioned? You pretty much have to just slot a bunch of the animal skills to see them.
Yeah.....
MLGProPlayer wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
The problem is that destro ultimate builds still aren't even close to competitive with other classes. The bear is the only way to hit competitive DPS, and just barely at that, on a static targer dummy.
Oh it's more than that. Those buffs that were mentioned? You pretty much have to just slot a bunch of the animal skills to see them.
Yeah.....
What are you even on about?
MLGProPlayer wrote: »ZOS has no idea what they're doing.
Even with the bear, magicka warden is still tied for the lowest DPS in the game. But that means their DPS will go down in actual content where the AI runs into pathing issues and deals less DPS. It also can't be used in all content.
Discarding the bear in favour of another ultimate is still not viable. Madgden DPS drops even further without the bear (even with all the buffs to passives). The bear is also the only way to proc the Master Architect 5pc bonus. This is the ONLY group utility a magicka warden provides (sad, I know).
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »We reduced the damage of bear so we could buff the base damage of Wardens; the overall DPS should be within 1-2% of what it was before due to the buff of Advanced Species. This means anyone who doesn't use the bear will see less of a DPS loss.
MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
WrathOfInnos wrote: »I agree with the intent of the change, to make Warden DPS less dependent on the bear. However the rest of the Warden’s toolkit was not buffed nearly enough to make up for this 30% nerf to the bear.
MLGProPlayer wrote: »MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
The problem is that destro ultimate builds still aren't even close to competitive with other classes. The bear is the only way to hit competitive DPS, and just barely at that, on a static targer dummy.
Oh it's more than that. Those buffs that were mentioned? You pretty much have to just slot a bunch of the animal skills to see them.
Yeah.....
MLGProPlayer wrote: »MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »To help ease my mind and maybe give some closure to myself and others who may feel the same way, I'd love some feedback about why such a change is going into effect.
They nerfed the bear so that they can buff other things, bringing warden base damage up and reducing the DPS gap between using the bear and using some other ultimate, which in turn makes the warden less reliant on the bear.
You can argue all day long whether or not that is good or bad, but that's the reasoning behind the nerf.
The problem is that destro ultimate builds still aren't even close to competitive with other classes. The bear is the only way to hit competitive DPS, and just barely at that, on a static targer dummy.
Oh it's more than that. Those buffs that were mentioned? You pretty much have to just slot a bunch of the animal skills to see them.
Yeah.....
Septikal Bear, is septikal (I wish there was big cats skins though, at least, I used to wish that when I was planning on going feral Guardian)
And yes, most of the buff given to warden requires slotting Animal Companion abilities (now +3% damage done from 2% for each)