Im a FILTHY SORC main and only that, its like my go-to class right. And what about the nerfs? For me personally i dont like damage over time, for me its 'pure damage', skills like wrath and frags that do burst damage.
Question is what Are the sorc nerfs since i missed it?

mairwen85 wrote: »

Kaunas wrote: »

Im a FILTHY SORC main and only that, its like my go-to class right. And what about the nerfs? For me personally i dont like damage over time, for me its 'pure damage', skills like wrath and frags that do burst damage.
Question is what Are the sorc nerfs since i missed it?

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/493609/pts-patch-notes-v5-2-0#latest

Inform yourself. Don’t be misinformed.

Thank you sir. By the sorc notes.. nothing has changed in reguard of actual "magic" burst damage.. no idea what the fuss is about even more

Nothing changed for sorc per se

Move along

on please sorc's got a buff its the dk's again who got hammered most skills 47 - 60% damaged reduction and big cost increase, most other classes got a nerf here but also buffs

All classes have been nerfed to the ground, stop whining about your specific class, they just killed the whole game

On the contrary I felt like I was doing a bit more damage last night, I don't know is it just me or it is because of the changes

I didn't really check the notes

gepe87 wrote: »

Suprised about BoL (already using it). Now i can drop Race against time (snare removal), change monster set (chudan) and slot again boundless for resistances and expedition.

It probably come down to whether you mainly pvp of pve, pvpers have been happy with the changes ( and its telling that the former head of pvp is now head of all combat). For people just starting into trial progression though this is complete @#$%.

Sorc nerfed??!
I say, NERF SORC till they are balanced.

SirAndy wrote: »

Kaunas wrote: »

no idea what the fuss is about even more

Some Sorcs liked the dots and made a working build around that. Useless now ...

Just because you like to play a specific way doesn't mean there's aren't people out there who prefer a different playstyle ...

TLDR: my new build based on what they changed in the previous patch is now ***, my dps is weak asf because I dont light weave, I'm excluded from 30% of content so wtf am I getting ESO+ for and how am i supposed to put up with continually rebuilding my pet sorc let alone my other 11 alt chars?


I am one such Sorc, a pet sorc (just the VF) in particular who made my way through the upheaval of Nerfmire, dropping the use of shields and adapted my playstyle to be not that great but okayish for most but not vet DLC or endgame trial content.

Then the last patch arrived and I decided to completely revisit my skills and playstyle and it was worth it!

Necropotence and Mothers Sorrow. Lightning staff bar: lightning form, wall of unstable elements, liquid lightning

Inferno Staff: Crystal Fragments, Degeneration, Soul Splitting Trap,

I've been doing content I wouldn't have considered before and contributing positively to groups as a confident, useful dps.

ICP on vet - it was still demanding of attention and being careful but I didn't feel like dead weight or a useless dps member, I even did some normal trials and was thrilled to finally be able to farm the BIS meta sets for my characters.

For a time it was glorious and fun but now it seems I've been pushed down into the mud again.

With DoTs being nerfed, I'm forced to either use spammables or light weaving, which I never excelled in and or go back to being the boring heavy staff attacking, pet sorc with weak barely noticeable AOE/DOT skills and low dps disqualifying me from playing or farming.

I will stick with ESO until I've gained as most achievements on my main pet sorc as I can (excluding those impossible for me to get) and have done most of the content but if these changes keep happening and light weaving, quick reflexes remain the only way to do 30% of the content without being carried then I'm going to find an MMORPG that doesn't rely on such mechanics.

P.S. "Major and Minor Ward have been discontinued." Are. You. F'ing. Kidding. Me? So my characters that are already glass canons, built for dps who have to rely on healers and tanks in group content that don't always serve their function particularly well are going to be weaker, more easily killed with lesser defences.

So um what play as a tank or healer or META BIS DPS who light weaves and has superb hand eye coordination and crystal clear focused attention or only play overland and normal 'easier' dungeons AKA City of Ash 1, Spindleclutch 1, Crypt of Hearts 1, Fungal Grotto 1 or simply GTFO?

maddiniiLuna wrote: »

Funny how you all be like "my new build this and that" like you didn't copy paste that stuff from alcast and semi afk done some random trials for this lol. You did it once you can do it again!

PS: keep your sets they might be handy later

I didn't actually - I checked the Alcast guide for one reason - it came up when I was googling as to whether or not to use crystal fragments.

My previous build used almost the exact same build as my DoT one except for shattering prison, channeled acceleration, and the morphs of surge and entropy that at that time gave heals and major sorcery.

So the other skills I chose aside from CF was because I'd read DoTs were going to be stronger, to ensure I would still have major sorcery and minor/major prophecy and to have a heal/way to return to magicka, also I think might have calculated and compared the magicka cost per point of dps.

The last time I'd checked the alcast pet sorc build before then it didn't have soul splitting trap or crystal frags.

Thanks for the advice - I am doing/do do that but I only have so much room! lol

When it ends with the nb nerfs

maddiniiLuna wrote: »

PS: keep your sets they might be handy later

And this is why I have a hoarding problem. Too many major changes that make awesome sets crap and crap sets awesome. Won’t someone think of my storage space

doomette wrote: »

maddiniiLuna wrote: »

PS: keep your sets they might be handy later

And this is why I have a hoarding problem. Too many major changes that make awesome sets crap and crap sets awesome. Won’t someone think of my storage space

they'll think of how to monetize it. certainly.