Thank you for bringing this up. Still waiting on the promised class identity of 2019... News flash, Bound Armaments didn't magically fix stam sorcs problems. It's a shame to see them focus so hard on making Stone Fist work for Stam DK's with no further comments on Bound Armaments other than a nerf. To make a claim that the active is so powerful that it should lose passive power while every other option that worked with light/heavy's got some type of rework is annoying.

Why is nerfing their first option all the time? Why not take away the 10% light attack damage, but move the 8% max stamina to the active ability like NB's damage reduction. It's so annoying to have to slot it on 2 bars just to get that passive. To make this clear, just take a look at @Alcast suggested build for a pve stam sorc. It's actually hilarious, double slot Bound Armaments, Double slot Clanfear. You now have 6 remaining slots and there is still room for a flex spot using dark deal. I'm not saying his builds are always the best, but he's been around long enough to be knowledgable, at times maining stam sorc. For him to suggest a build like that is just mind boggling that it's come to this point.

To be clear, I'm fine with losing some pve dps if it meant the active ability was actually good to use outside pve. Right now, it only serves as a spammable replacement to help with sustain. It does very little extra damage in comparison to a spammable and only single target. It does not work well as a burst/delayed burst skill that other classes have for pvp environments. Necro BB, Templar PotL, Wardens Shalks, Sorc Frags/Curse, NB Bow Proc, DK whip. This has to do with the issue of travel time and dodge mechanics, delay between each dagger being too long, but also too short to time with anything else.

I'm still asking myself why they chose to copy/paste NB's mechanics while also dumbing it down by being able to cast it early (by mistake) for less damage than a typical spammable, 1-3 daggers is not worth it so why offer it as an option in the first place. Why wouldn't you copy/paste one of the 2 sorc "minigame" mechanics built into frags/curse.

I'll miss those fun stam sorc builds with a vma staff. No more BA 10% light attack buff, no more light attack buff from wrecking blow's empower, and the big LA nerf. Nobody used those builds outside of playing around on a target dummy but they were fun, surprisingly strong and the closest thing the game had to a viable hybrid in pve. If eso had a pve spell sword build then this was probably it.

I'm honestly at a loss for words. I don't undertstand. I don't rely on Alcast's builds, but I do check them every patch just to see what other people are running. Just look at this, do these skill bars scream class identity to you?

What does the state of of the game say when you see this ZOS?

This is a recommended end game trial skill setup by one of your long term influencers responsible for guiding most of your community and he found this was the best setup? This!? Clanfear does like 1.3-2k dps for doing nothing and it's still the best option for a raid? Dark deal is a flex spot.



(This isn't to bash Alcast, it's to show how severely depressing it is to play stam sorc and the state of dots in the game that aren't worth using.)