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Nightblade is Overperforming no More

  • Knootewoot
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    Knootewoot wrote: »
    Krec wrote: »
    Here we go again lol

    Streak got the cost increase because there are only soft counter and can still be sustained with dark deal.

    Streak works all the time,there is no potion or skill that stop the sorc from streaking and waste his magika.

    Also aoe are not making streak useless.

    If cloak break youre still there and snare make really easy to break it and cloak got many counters in the game alredy.

    On my sNB i have no aoe yet i kill other nb just fine,same on my mageblade(after path nerf)on my sorc streak and curse do a nice job too on my dk spiked armor work too.
    Those are just few example of class ability that everyone use that works against cloak.

    Dunno why people keep throwing this suggestion when they are two different skill in different class kit :neutral: .




    You are correct, they are from two different classes. Yet, steak always work so do all the incoming dmg during streak, and streak is not sustainable in BY DARK DEAL IN BGs, also NBs have there own sustain ability to work with. All gap closer and stuns and range attacks effect you if you are streaking, also lets not forget how far streak was take you. Now you do'nt even have to use gap closers to catch streakers, you can just out run them. Streak is way weaker than it used to be.

    well then we should change streak to make it more like cloak. remove stun and any damage associated with streak, make it less effective with aoes like caltrops

    And don't forget.. make it unavailable when we drink streakdetection potions.

    Why? We should have potions that nullify all shields man. Much better.
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    "I am a nightblade. Blending the disciplines of the stealthy agent and subtle wizard, I move unseen and undetected, foil locks and traps, and teleport to safety when threatened, or strike like a viper from ambush. The College of Illusion hides me and fuddles or pacifies my opponents. The College of Mysticism detects my object, reflects and dispels enemy spells, and makes good my escape. The key to a nightblade's success is avoidance, by spell or by stealth; with these skills, all things are possible."
  • Barbaran
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    Cloak is useless if you play against half competent players.
    Try being a NB fighting out numberd. As long as ONE of the guys has half a brain, all it takes is a quick AoE to pull the NB outta cloak.
    Against 4+ guys, there's always a magelight, detec pot, or AoE flying around, at that point cloak is only good for the 7 second armour buff
  • SidraWillowsky
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    dazee wrote: »
    Nightblade will now underperform, I hope you nerf hounds are happy you ruined a class you never play and don't care about.

    They don't seem to realize that for every class that ZOS nerfs, another is over-buffed... there's just going to be a new OP class and they'll start whining about that.

    The problem isn't about classes "overperforming", it's about ZOS's apparent inability to balance classes properly.

    They took away a lot of things that made NBs, well... NBs. At this point we're basically yelling to people that we're going to snipe them. And as someone who mains a Bosmer stamblade...double ouch.

    I'm not going to stop playing my Bosmer stamblade because she's my favorite and I find NB to be the most fun class to play in PvE. That'll probably still be true, but they've just gutted both my preferred race AND my preferred class and it makes me really sad.
  • Cladius30
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    what got nerfed?
  • Juhasow
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    Gilvoth wrote: »
    cloak is fine.
    you cant hurt anyone with cloak, all cloak does is a defense and escape. '
    sorc shields you CAN still damage and kill people with it active,
    cloak you cant do that, all cloak can do is keep us escape and hidden, if you remove that we will die, the class will be destroyed.
    you do anything to harm or change cloak and it will no longer be a stealth class.

    Hmm so when You're in cloak Your DoTs are doing zero dmg ? I dont think so. Reality is there are builds atm that can just use incap+rending+poison injection or something similar and go into cloak to safely watch how enemie dies from procs and DoTs.
  • Gilvoth
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    Juhasow wrote: »
    Gilvoth wrote: »
    cloak is fine.
    you cant hurt anyone with cloak, all cloak does is a defense and escape. '
    sorc shields you CAN still damage and kill people with it active,
    cloak you cant do that, all cloak can do is keep us escape and hidden, if you remove that we will die, the class will be destroyed.
    you do anything to harm or change cloak and it will no longer be a stealth class.

    Hmm so when You're in cloak Your DoTs are doing zero dmg ? I dont think so. Reality is there are builds atm that can just use incap+rending+poison injection or something similar and go into cloak to safely watch how enemie dies from procs and DoTs.

    i would love it if that was true.
    the reality is that ALL classes could just purge and heal right through that.
    people do not die from cloak.
  • Juhasow
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    Barbaran wrote: »
    Cloak is useless if you play against half competent players.
    Try being a NB fighting out numberd. As long as ONE of the guys has half a brain, all it takes is a quick AoE to pull the NB outta cloak.
    Against 4+ guys, there's always a magelight, detec pot, or AoE flying around, at that point cloak is only good for the 7 second armour buff

    When You fight outnumbered and Your enemies have half of a brain then You'll most propably fail to survive on any setup that isnt pure tank.
  • killingspreeb16_ESO
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    Juhasow wrote: »
    Gilvoth wrote: »
    cloak is fine.
    you cant hurt anyone with cloak, all cloak does is a defense and escape. '
    sorc shields you CAN still damage and kill people with it active,
    cloak you cant do that, all cloak can do is keep us escape and hidden, if you remove that we will die, the class will be destroyed.
    you do anything to harm or change cloak and it will no longer be a stealth class.

    Hmm so when You're in cloak Your DoTs are doing zero dmg ? I dont think so. Reality is there are builds atm that can just use incap+rending+poison injection or something similar and go into cloak to safely watch how enemie dies from procs and DoTs.

    Yea but at that point they can just shuffle roll dodge and sprint away,cloak do nothing in that scenario.

    Also incap lost the major defile so that build might be dead next patch or not that great anymore if even is played outside of ganking zergling.

    Edit:The only build i recall that was close or the same was a guy with viper or sload with skoria
    And most likely master dagger and bow.


    Edited by killingspreeb16_ESO on April 18, 2019 1:37AM
  • Heady
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    dazee wrote: »
    dazee wrote: »
    Nightblade will now underperform, I hope you nerf hounds are happy you ruined a class you never play and don't care about.

    Class is now number 2 behind Necro. Boohoo. It was overperforming.

    Totally why you'll never get very high dps with it without using dw/bow caltrops meta cheese. (nightblade)

    Meta = cheese

    Lol wut
  • ZarkingFrued
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    Gilvoth wrote: »
    cloak is fine.
    you cant hurt anyone with cloak, all cloak does is a defense and escape. '
    sorc shields you CAN still damage and kill people with it active,
    cloak you cant do that, all cloak can do is keep us escape and hidden, if you remove that we will die, the class will be destroyed.
    you do anything to harm or change cloak and it will no longer be a stealth class.

    The best nightblades I know dont use cloak lol. I'm dying over here 😂🤭 a 25% cost increase would be acceptable
  • ZarkingFrued
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    dazee wrote: »
    Nightblade will now underperform, I hope you nerf hounds are happy you ruined a class you never play and don't care about.

    You're joking. Right?
  • Lab3360
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    The irony is these crybaby pvpers will still cry afterwards.
    Edited by Lab3360 on April 18, 2019 2:22AM
  • MaxJrFTW
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    The tyranny of the nightblade is no more. No longer will we be forced to play one class or gtfo.
    "I don't know you, and I don't care to know you."
    ―Ulrich Leland, 3E 433
  • Heady
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    MaxJrFTW wrote: »
    The tyranny of the nightblade is no more. No longer will we be forced to play one class or gtfo.

    Necro or gtfo
  • FleetwoodSmack
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    Another thread infested with "Cloak needs a nerf because I can't L2P or bother finding friends to not kill the enemy because they're stealing my kills".

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9gVc9ggZg
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  • Davor
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    dazee wrote: »
    Nightblade will now underperform, I hope you nerf hounds are happy you ruined a class you never play and don't care about.

    Where were you for all the other nerfs for Sorcs, Templars, Dragon knights and Wardens? I don't recall you leading up to defend them.

    Now you say "don't care" but where were you before for you to care about other classes?
    Not my quote but I love this saying

    "I would pay It for support. But since they choosed we are just numbers and not customers, i dont mind if game and zos goes to oblivion"
  • universal_wrath
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    dps wise...stamblade will do just fine...in pve we will finally put healers to work since right now they sleeping with their head on the springs button and nothing else...pvp wise... oh boi...you people call nerfs...all im seeing are opportunities...to make y'all grovel even more...its ok...quit playing nb...il be there to show you how is done...true nightblades never give up...when they nerf us...we adapt...and prevail...
    however the only real nerf is on dark cloak healing for pve tanking...why? erm idk...all other classes have burst healing for obvious reasons...instead to nb they made it worse than it was literally on the edge with 3.5 seconds now its the exact same effect...only that its over 8 damn seconds...which makes it completely unusable and utter garbage...bear in mind that this is for tanks perspective only with a minimum of 40k hp...dds and healers can just delete the skill cuz there is no point...and for tanking its simply...meh...better use DKs demigods...cuz that's how things go right? "Play the way you want...btw DK tanks NB must be only stamblade...Sorc is the true magDD...Warden is the beerholder and Necromancer is our milk...until it dries...then we nerfstrike it as well dont worry...
    I agree though with the guy who said that now stamblade will no longer be the class for everybody...since now its really dependant on the player...on how to play/move/position...not just head ramming stuff...time will tell though.

    You adapt to changes, just like sorcs it's ok to do that everyonce im a wjile. Now the really challange begin for NB
  • universal_wrath
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    Knootewoot wrote: »
    Knootewoot wrote: »
    Krec wrote: »
    Here we go again lol

    Streak got the cost increase because there are only soft counter and can still be sustained with dark deal.

    Streak works all the time,there is no potion or skill that stop the sorc from streaking and waste his magika.

    Also aoe are not making streak useless.

    If cloak break youre still there and snare make really easy to break it and cloak got many counters in the game alredy.

    On my sNB i have no aoe yet i kill other nb just fine,same on my mageblade(after path nerf)on my sorc streak and curse do a nice job too on my dk spiked armor work too.
    Those are just few example of class ability that everyone use that works against cloak.

    Dunno why people keep throwing this suggestion when they are two different skill in different class kit :neutral: .




    You are correct, they are from two different classes. Yet, steak always work so do all the incoming dmg during streak, and streak is not sustainable in BY DARK DEAL IN BGs, also NBs have there own sustain ability to work with. All gap closer and stuns and range attacks effect you if you are streaking, also lets not forget how far streak was take you. Now you do'nt even have to use gap closers to catch streakers, you can just out run them. Streak is way weaker than it used to be.

    well then we should change streak to make it more like cloak. remove stun and any damage associated with streak, make it less effective with aoes like caltrops

    And don't forget.. make it unavailable when we drink streakdetection potions.

    Why? We should have potions that nullify all shields man. Much better.

    Shield breaker set
  • Emma_Overload
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    "Nightblade is Overperforming no More"

    LOL, we'll see.

    #CAREBEARMASTERRACE
  • universal_wrath
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    "Nightblade is Overperforming no More"

    LOL, we'll see.

    There should be no more excuses as if next patch in regarding nb
  • Banana
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    My mDK feels fine.
  • Tommy_The_Gun
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    1 more thing is cloak, as I bleive it should be dealt with like steak, 50%penalty or maybe keep it as it is but prevent the garnteed crit strike. This should be change instead of the minor berserk.

    Don't call for nerfs to others as in the future you may fall victim to your own weapon.

    "What goes around comes around."
    "Do as you would be done by."
    "Who lives by the sword dies by the sword."


  • universal_wrath
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    1 more thing is cloak, as I bleive it should be dealt with like steak, 50%penalty or maybe keep it as it is but prevent the garnteed crit strike. This should be change instead of the minor berserk.

    Don't call for nerfs to others as in the future you may fall victim to your own weapon.

    "What goes around comes around."
    "Do as you would be done by."
    "Who lives by the sword dies by the sword."


    Sorcs already been gutted before, they are recovering now, stam sorc in particular is ignored since forever.
  • Deathlord92
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    Nb will be so sht and useless if these changes go live I hope zos is truly listening to everyone nice to see so many unhappy with the butchering of nb gives me some hope
  • AbysmalGhul
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    I'm guessing everyone is upset with the PVP side of things?
  • Chronocidal
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    Stamblade player and Ive never used cloak, crouching into stealth (something every class can do) is all Ive ever needed
  • Deathlord92
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    Stamblade player and Ive never used cloak, crouching into stealth (something every class can do) is all Ive ever needed
    I have played with out cloak many times just to try something different nb can do it especially if you use dark cloak you just got to be faster thn players who want you dead
  • DivineFirstYOLO
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    Gilvoth wrote: »
    cloak is fine.
    you cant hurt anyone with cloak, all cloak does is a defense and escape. '
    sorc shields you CAN still damage and kill people with it active,
    cloak you cant do that, all cloak can do is keep us escape and hidden, if you remove that we will die, the class will be destroyed.
    you do anything to harm or change cloak and it will no longer be a stealth class.

    Can't believe this even got so many agrees, says a lot about people on the forums :-D
    The ability to escape a fight is not nothing as you're trying to express and maybe you should also mention that cloak is suppressing DoTs while you are still able to heal up.

    They should increase the base cost of Shadow Cloak and reduce it's cost for each piece of light armor worn. (https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/469406/increase-base-cost-of-shadow-cloak-then-reduce-cost-for-each-piece-of-light-armor-worn#latest)

    The very good stam NBs like Sniker and a few more will adapt, bad ones will have to learn to play, seems fair to me.
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  • Taktak
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    I appreciate ZOS for listening to the community and adjjusting some of the abilities for the nightblade. It was long over due, but too many changes at one time is very hard to deal with.

    RIP stamblade pvp.

    1 more thing is cloak, as I bleive it should be dealt with like steak, 50%penalty or maybe keep it as it is but prevent the garnteed crit strike. This should be change instead of the minor berserk.

    I agree with you 100%......only clock remain to make nightblade balanced
  • brandonv516
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    Too many of these threads popping up taking up useless space like their creators.

    Too harsh? Sorry you baited me :neutral:
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