I don’t have any PvP characters (my characters all do both PvP and PvE)

Balance isn’t either nerf or buff, it’s a clever blend of the two.

Nerfing is a much easier solution to perceived imbalance. It deals succinctly with the problem that “class X or skill Y is too OP”. The only downside is that it’s very obvious when only one skill/class/ability has been altered. It’s the nail that sticks out being hammered down.

Buffing many other elements to compensate for a perceived single build/skill superiority is way more complicated to theorise and implement. It opens up the possibility of power creep as well as unforeseen consequences and complex interactions between the many elements that are being buffed. Buffing is being done, there was quite a bit of it in the last update, but if it’s done right it will be much less obvious than nerfing.

The constant nerfing sucks the fun out of "every" aspect of the game. They are even nerfing food. Enough is enough. Buff things or leave them the hell alone and add other skills/gear/SOMETHING to "balance". There can never be a "balance" that is perceived as such by everyone. As it stands now, zos is alienating those intelligent enough players who aren't outright addicts. A large number of noobs find out fast how annoying and pointless it is to try certain classes and builds in an ever-increasing number of scenarios.

As I've already stated, the game is simply becoming less and less fun. Whoever is in charge of all these nerf-decisions has proven time and again they are incompetent when it comes to understanding the game, or even a large portion of we the players. If only one person who has the power would take notice and replace them with some real talent, the game could improve immensely. I honestly cannot figure out how these people still have their jobs. The marketing team is undoubtedly fantastic at their job. A lot of the customer service staff are also wonderful at their jobs. The thing is, the marketing team have loads of people buying the game and investing time and money into it. Whoever is in charge of skill/gear/class nerfing or buffing are running the actual game-play into the dirt. These people are truly a malignant tumor to the game and need to be cut out(the first analogy that comes to mind).

Alucardo wrote: »

I prefer buffs, but there are some instances where things NEED to be toned down, for example Nightblades. Do you think buffing them would have been a better option? If you say yes then I'm afraid you're wrong.
However, looking at the food nerf (ie: Artaeum, Dubious/Witchmother's), I would have preferred they somehow buffed the more undesirable foods/drinks rather than nerfing these ones.

Magblades needed a buff and I am not wrong about that.

I do play every class but doing PvP without a burst heal when you 1 v X or 2 v X is a *** move on Zos's part and I won't even go into the heal that they gave that should of been kept as an attack. I am talking about using the morph of 'dark cloak' where everybody can see you 100% of the time. Magblades are not a crutch class in the least like a lot of others.

They nerfed everything together like a kid with a hammer, smacking away without looking at the consequences as usual, not separating the stamblade from the magblade.

Zos's idea of balance is to nerf the weakest PvP class into death, that needed a buff. They just lump everything together because all they give **** about is selling the Necro, just like the Warden. Balance is money to Zos, plain and simple. They certainly don't play their game and they seem to take only the feedback that they want to sell the Necro. Rather then make a better game through tweaking things, as where the classes would be on better footing with each other, providing a more exciting game play experience....for most people.