What are those nerfs from last patch you speak of?
With scalebreaker, our raidgroup's dps has gone up so much that we manage to skip mechanics we couldn't skip before, it got actually easier for us.
Upcoming patch, not sure. Most players in my group are starting to get fed up with a complete combat style overhaul every three months and it gets annoying.

Waiting to see everyone's response, but initial ones are pretty morose. Struggling to progress as it is. Looks like this patch might be the deadline for us.

Not sure, but if initial reactions hold over half will quit.

80% of my progression groups quit during the last 3 or 4 patches because of nerfs. i think i'll be the next

Due to starting back at uni my playtime has nosedived from 6/7 hours a day a couple of weeks back to half an hour, maybe an hour on weekend. With these changes I have to say I'm glad I am back to casual levels. I've yet to try out PTS, but from what I've heard it is dire for stamcros (my main) and sustain is appalling. Whilst the group will keep going probably, I won't be with it. I don't have time for quarterly meta changes, especially not when they are pair with flat nerfs.

I was out of the game for a year. I came back in Juny and had a hard time equiping all my 9 characters and learning the updated rotations. Then the last patch throw all my work to the trash can, and i had another nightmare leveling skills, making dragonstar arenas and maesltroms to achieve the new meta weaponery and learning the new rotations.

And when i´m starting to get used, and simply mantain my dps... They come with the Nerf bat...


Now i have NO motivation at all to improve my rotations or gear. I´n not good learning rotations, it takes a long time and effort to me put it in my muscles.

And now ZOS tells me that i have to be half my free time in a skeleton....To lose only a 33 or 40 per cent of my progress...

Who will risk to use the random pugs, if the average damage gets down.
Who will dare to go to a trial with random pugs.

And if the average people can´t even have access to some medium difficulty gear, like Maelstrom or dragonstar weapons...


ZOS are neglecting badly the base of the game, most of the players are PVE and average joes, if the game is too easy for an elite, the response is:

1) If you went in the power creeep path, you can´t go back, but you can stop
2) Create new content with new difficulty levels. Ultra hard modes of the existing content, and new dungeons and trials to chalenge this few people.
3)You are not psijic. You can´t use the UNDO with the comunity and expect the people being happy losing his time and efforts.