Colecovision wrote: »Viable pve stam dps weapon set-ups
Bow/DW, Bow/Bow, Bow/2h
Not viable:
DW/DW, DW/2h, 2h/2h
So they nerfed DW and lied in the comments about the reason. They definitely thought about it and they wanted DW to do less damage. This was a way to make that happen. They don't care about the isolated impact of the enchantment. What matters is the total damage available to the skill line, most importantly in pvp. The fact that the crusher got nerfed in pve was a bonus, not collateral damage. They want group dps down.
Don't get too caught up in what they say in notes. Let their actions speak for them. They got what they wanted 1st try and left it alone.
One hand weapons should cost half the materials to make, and half the materials to improve or transmute. It just makes sense.
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Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it'S not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
John_Falstaff wrote: »Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it'S not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
Don't mean to sound bitter here, but you're also the ones who suggested halving enchantments as a possible solution (that disregards the fact that enchantments can't stack) in first place. ^^ Still wonder which of the reps have put it on the list...
John_Falstaff wrote: »Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it's not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
Don't mean to sound bitter here, but you're also the ones who suggested halving enchantments as a possible solution (that disregards the fact that enchantments can't stack) in first place. ^^ Still wonder which of the reps have put it on the list...
Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it'S not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
John_Falstaff wrote: »@Masel , I'm not talking about the fact of the nerf, but of particular method of nerfing them (which method - halving both enchantments - was included into the list by reps). There were better (and simpler) ways, which is why I wonder how it got on the list in first place.
John_Falstaff wrote: »SodanTok , well, on 2H, infused was and still is meta - so it's not like such imbalance is a thing in first place, ZOS didn't do much if at all to make all traits equal on 2H either. And it's not like DW have left the meta spot after the nerf. The attempt to balance 2H and DW by nerfing enchantments was misguided from the very beginning (and I strongly suspect that it was PvP-driven, as it so often happens nowadays), they should have started by giving 2H skill line an overhaul and maybe even introducing a dagger counterpart into 2H line. But instead they decided make up for deeply rooted 2H issues by creating yet another imbalance in already existing pile. Oh well.
John_Falstaff wrote: »Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it's not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
Don't mean to sound bitter here, but you're also the ones who suggested halving enchantments as a possible solution (that disregards the fact that enchantments can't stack) in first place. ^^ Still wonder which of the reps have put it on the list...
All of us agreed that dual wield was outperforming other stamina weapons because of the double enchantments, which is a fact based on parse data and the PvP infused meta with torugs was a thing because of it. Dual wield just had a free enchantment which led to higher stats and proc damage on it compared to 2h and Bow in both PvP and PvE.
We also told them that 1h&s needs a compensation for it (which is a different discussion) and if balance had been constructed around the old dual wield, stamina would need an overall compensation which it did not get.
Colecovision wrote: »Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »Colecovision wrote: »Viable pve stam dps weapon set-ups
Bow/DW, Bow/Bow, Bow/2h
Not viable:
DW/DW, DW/2h, 2h/2h
So they nerfed DW and lied in the comments about the reason. They definitely thought about it and they wanted DW to do less damage. This was a way to make that happen. They don't care about the isolated impact of the enchantment. What matters is the total damage available to the skill line, most importantly in pvp. The fact that the crusher got nerfed in pve was a bonus, not collateral damage. They want group dps down.
Don't get too caught up in what they say in notes. Let their actions speak for them. They got what they wanted 1st try and left it alone.
But the crusher nerf doesn't lower pve dps, It just forces tanks to use a staff/bow backbar
Then they want to encourge ice tanking and shake up the meta. IDK for sure, but I really don't think it was an accident.
It makes no sense that after 5 years they would suddenly isolate one of the damage variables, want to make them the same across weapon lines and then do it in a way they 100% know is not the same.All they had to do was negate the second weapons trait and glyph. And unerf the trait values for the main weapon.
Some of us asked for that right after murkmire when the enchantments were grossly op. Then we asked again after this nerf was first introduced on PTS. It was also presented as an idea from the class reps. Zos very specifically chose this over that.
Conclusion: They did not want equal enchantments. They did want to hit S&B.John_Falstaff wrote: »Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I see it as the price to pay if you want 2 of them. You still get double the enchantments. Even at half strength, that is something. Using the meta, you get poison and abosrb Stam. Meaning you get to proc the poison status effect and you get Stam back. Something 2h can't.
Double the enchantment also means double the procs for example. If you wear sets that are tied to a specific proc condition, multiple damaghe proc enchants in cyro enable a higehr chance to make it happen.
We've told them to think about having two identical enchants pairing for one bigger, but it's not that easy to do apparently and with elsweyr coming up,they have a looooooooooooot of stuff to get done in time.
Don't mean to sound bitter here, but you're also the ones who suggested halving enchantments as a possible solution (that disregards the fact that enchantments can't stack) in first place. ^^ Still wonder which of the reps have put it on the list...
All of us agreed that dual wield was outperforming other stamina weapons because of the double enchantments, which is a fact based on parse data and the PvP infused meta with torugs was a thing because of it. Dual wield just had a free enchantment which led to higher stats and proc damage on it compared to 2h and Bow in both PvP and PvE.
We also told them that 1h&s needs a compensation for it (which is a different discussion) and if balance had been constructed around the old dual wield, stamina would need an overall compensation which it did not get.
Was DW/DW out parsing Bow/Bow? If not, what are you talking about in terms of out parsing the other stam weapons?
DW/bow was outparsing 2h/Bow and Bow/Bow. Enabling a different back bar weapon is a different story.
Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »Colecovision wrote: »Viable pve stam dps weapon set-ups
Bow/DW, Bow/Bow, Bow/2h
Not viable:
DW/DW, DW/2h, 2h/2h
So they nerfed DW and lied in the comments about the reason. They definitely thought about it and they wanted DW to do less damage. This was a way to make that happen. They don't care about the isolated impact of the enchantment. What matters is the total damage available to the skill line, most importantly in pvp. The fact that the crusher got nerfed in pve was a bonus, not collateral damage. They want group dps down.
Don't get too caught up in what they say in notes. Let their actions speak for them. They got what they wanted 1st try and left it alone.
But the crusher nerf doesn't lower pve dps, It just forces tanks to use a staff/bow backbar