StarOfElyon wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »This breaks your Nord how, exactly?
- Nord
- Resist Frost:
- This passive no longer grants immunity to the Chilled status effect.
- Increased the Frost Resistance to 4620, up from 2310.
- Rugged: Reduced the Armor granted from this passive to 2600, down from 3960.
Nord is still going to be good. A reduction in resistance (when they were probably over cap) means people just won't be able to play completely dumb and get away with it. People will actually have to develop some dodging and blocking skills like other races do.
Useless bonuses and its combination do not make character good.
The only nord good part was easy get 32500 res.
Now you will get over cup or less res.
In exchange of sustain.
Other race can just easely get cup and have better sustain or other good parametrs.
Just compare this to redgard as example.
It can not be even compared !
Redgard is better tank and stam DD.
Nord is trash, thank you.
Elwendryll wrote: »This is way too dramatic. You can play tank with mostly anything.
My tank is a khajiit (and a sorc), I can clear absolutely anything with it.
Overall several races were nerfed, it's okay.
The problem is not that you can't do something with a given race. The problem is that people with non-meta races are shunned by some toxic players in groups.
ZaroktheImmortal wrote: »Welp RIP Nords. Their passives were only good for making them tanky and now that's getting nerfed.
Moonsorrow wrote: »Good change, all patch.
Change my mind.
UntouchableHunter wrote: »I hope ZOS give up this change. Nord is not a good race at all and this nerf will just make Nord die in this game. The resistance is the only thing a player Wana in a Nord. Now Nord is dead.
Changing racial bonuses that are behind a paywall is a quite obvious money grab.
I think we can all agree that if/when they adjust racial passives, they should come with one free respec per toon that is lvl 50.
The problem is not that you can't do something with a given race. The problem is that people with non-meta races are shunned by some toxic players in groups.
StarOfElyon wrote: »No, it's not easy for other races to get to resistance cap without sacrificing a lot of damage.
Elwendryll wrote: »Changing racial bonuses that are behind a paywall is a quite obvious money grab.
I think we can all agree that if/when they adjust racial passives, they should come with one free respec per toon that is lvl 50.
... I get it, it's a company, they are here to make money, but do you truly believe they are purposefully ruining your racial passives to force you into buying a race change token?
They're doing it for balance, that's it, if the class is behind a paywall or not is a bit irrelevant for that specific discussion.
Discussing compensations is an other matter, it would indeed be a nice gesture to offer race change tokens. I still have free tokens from the last racial passive overhaul that I didn't use.
The problem is not that you can't do something with a given race. The problem is that people with non-meta races are shunned by some toxic players in groups.
So ZoS shouldn't try balancing the game because some people are toxic?
I've been running with a trial group since last August, we got TTT together in January, currently progressing on IR, I've been tanking on a khajiit, some people didn't notice I was playing a khajiit, and they have a tail. How do you expect people to notice what race you are playing? If people start looking at your race, it's because something is not working in the first place and they want to figure out why. Most group will look at how you perform, if you play a sub-optimal race but perform better than someone with an optimal race, why in the world would they pick the other dude over you? Stop running with toxic people, problem fixed.StarOfElyon wrote: »No, it's not easy for other races to get to resistance cap without sacrificing a lot of damage.
Yep, absolutely, that's why I don't bother reaching the resistance cap in the first place. The nice thing about that passive is/was the CPs, you could more easily switch between armor weights without having to switch your red CPs.
Conclusion: I'm not saying Nords are in a good place, but saying they're useless for tanking now is a huge stretch. Their ult gen is the really valuable passive, armor is a nice bonus that makes building more convenient, but that's it. You don't even need to reach resistance cap to perform at high level.
WrathOfInnos wrote: »
Yep, that looks about right to me, thanks for doing the work. I’m sure this could be done 5 different ways and arrive at 5 slightly different answers, but it seems like Nord is over 5 set bonuses so I question how someone arrived at the number 3.7.
Still it does appear that Nord is a little behind in density. Maybe they could get that 1500 Max Stam rounded up to 2000? That would be the addition of 0.46 set bonus, and bring their total up to 5.76. Wouldn’t make them much tankier, but would help those that want to play Nord DPS.
You take race not only becouse it has 5.76 of useless stats.
You take it as better tank, DD or else.
If it is bad in all aspectswhat is the reason to make it.
I better now take redgard for my PVE tank.
Nord is not good tank, heal or DD.
Useless race. What is a point to do such changes ?
Like imperial race before.
Make any changes but stop change it already. It is already unplayable, stop change everything each update !!!
You take race not only becouse it has 5.76 of useless stats.
You take it as better tank, DD or else.
If it is bad in all aspectswhat is the reason to make it.
I better now take redgard for my PVE tank.
Nord is not good tank, heal or DD.
Useless race. What is a point to do such changes ?
Like imperial race before.
Make any changes but stop change it already. It is already unplayable, stop change everything each update !!!
i really dont understand you aya...
In some other posts you are going hard against the meta, telling everyone that meta is meta but you can do everthing without meta and you post vids with your parses without meta gear.
yet here you are telling something is allready unplayble, while my nord healer AND my nord tank are both perfectly capable of doing Vtrials, some with HM, others without HM.
I really dont get it... to add something to the topic itself: seems like a nerf to nords indeed. will it be unplayable thou? no...
SkysOutThizeOut wrote: »All of my characters are Nord... I just rerolled an older character to Nord two weeks ago... I choose Nord because of its stat density. I actually paid to re-roll all of my current Nords (4) to Nord since the last racial change. This is a bit aggravating...
You take race not only becouse it has 5.76 of useless stats.
You take it as better tank, DD or else.
If it is bad in all aspectswhat is the reason to make it.
I better now take redgard for my PVE tank.
Nord is not good tank, heal or DD.
Useless race. What is a point to do such changes ?
Like imperial race before.
Make any changes but stop change it already. It is already unplayable, stop change everything each update !!!
i really dont understand you aya...
In some other posts you are going hard against the meta, telling everyone that meta is meta but you can do everthing without meta and you post vids with your parses without meta gear.
yet here you are telling something is allready unplayble, while my nord healer AND my nord tank are both perfectly capable of doing Vtrials, some with HM, others without HM.
I really dont get it... to add something to the topic itself: seems like a nerf to nords indeed. will it be unplayable thou? no...
I go hard against meta, but i do not like when i change some class based on some thing i need and it is removed.
My main character PVE tank is Nord, it was Emperial before.
I want it be some good one character i made for my build. Not some useless ... .
Nord now is just random combination of useless skills. Like emperial before.
I do not like change race, do good look new look of my character each time.
Nord isnot balanced to other race at all it is just useless
It was not perfect even before, but for me it looks better than Argonian as example.
And i am not meta player yes - but it do not mean i play trash character.
Meta is some guy promotion, and useless race is useless race.
Now any character you take will be better than nord in everything.
Better DD, tank, heal.
It is not about meta it is about useless race.
You take race not only becouse it has 5.76 of useless stats.
You take it as better tank, DD or else.
If it is bad in all aspectswhat is the reason to make it.
I better now take redgard for my PVE tank.
Nord is not good tank, heal or DD.
Useless race. What is a point to do such changes ?
Like imperial race before.
Make any changes but stop change it already. It is already unplayable, stop change everything each update !!!
i really dont understand you aya...
In some other posts you are going hard against the meta, telling everyone that meta is meta but you can do everthing without meta and you post vids with your parses without meta gear.
yet here you are telling something is allready unplayble, while my nord healer AND my nord tank are both perfectly capable of doing Vtrials, some with HM, others without HM.
I really dont get it... to add something to the topic itself: seems like a nerf to nords indeed. will it be unplayable thou? no...
I go hard against meta, but i do not like when i change some class based on some thing i need and it is removed.
My main character PVE tank is Nord, it was Emperial before.
I want it be some good one character i made for my build. Not some useless ... .
Nord now is just random combination of useless skills. Like emperial before.
I do not like change race, do good look new look of my character each time.
Nord isnot balanced to other race at all it is just useless
It was not perfect even before, but for me it looks better than Argonian as example.
And i am not meta player yes - but it do not mean i play trash character.
Meta is some guy promotion, and useless race is useless race.
Now any character you take will be better than nord in everything.
Better DD, tank, heal.
It is not about meta it is about useless race.
dude... the very definition of META is the ever changing relations of powers in a game, that includes races. So you cannot go for "Meta is crap, you can do good without Meta gear and rotations" but start arround 3 threads because a new patch shifts your beloved races out of the meta.
i bet my 2 nord main characters that i can do just fine after the new patch rolls arround, as i do now (since my main is healer nord and that is definitly NOT meta)
Edit: Rephrasing for understanding
You take race not only becouse it has 5.76 of useless stats.
You take it as better tank, DD or else.
If it is bad in all aspectswhat is the reason to make it.
I better now take redgard for my PVE tank.
Nord is not good tank, heal or DD.
Useless race. What is a point to do such changes ?
Like imperial race before.
Make any changes but stop change it already. It is already unplayable, stop change everything each update !!!
i really dont understand you aya...
In some other posts you are going hard against the meta, telling everyone that meta is meta but you can do everthing without meta and you post vids with your parses without meta gear.
yet here you are telling something is allready unplayble, while my nord healer AND my nord tank are both perfectly capable of doing Vtrials, some with HM, others without HM.
I really dont get it... to add something to the topic itself: seems like a nerf to nords indeed. will it be unplayable thou? no...
I go hard against meta, but i do not like when i change some class based on some thing i need and it is removed.
My main character PVE tank is Nord, it was Emperial before.
I want it be some good one character i made for my build. Not some useless ... .
Nord now is just random combination of useless skills. Like emperial before.
I do not like change race, do good look new look of my character each time.
Nord isnot balanced to other race at all it is just useless
It was not perfect even before, but for me it looks better than Argonian as example.
And i am not meta player yes - but it do not mean i play trash character.
Meta is some guy promotion, and useless race is useless race.
Now any character you take will be better than nord in everything.
Better DD, tank, heal.
It is not about meta it is about useless race.
dude... the very definition of META is the ever changing relations of powers in a game, that includes races. So you cannot go for "Meta is crap, you can do good without Meta gear and rotations" but start arround 3 threads because a new patch shifts your beloved races out of the meta.
i bet my 2 nord main characters that i can do just fine after the new patch rolls arround, as i do now (since my main is healer nord and that is definitly NOT meta)
Edit: Rephrasing for understanding
Nord is still on top for resistances overall compared to any other race and they still have the best ultimate generation.
If you make some assumptions about the ultimate (the numbers are not exact):
Light attacking 3/s
Minor Heroism 0.6
Nord 0.5
Mountain's Blessing/Necrotic Potency/Soul Harvest (slotted, not used)+Catalyst/etc. class passives 0.5~1
This gets to around 4.5~5. Take into account that Imperial gets a cheaper ultimate, but remove the 0.5, it takes ~3 seconds longer to use Warhorn as Imperial. That's without any sets like Dead-Water, Hide of the Werewolf, Bloodspawn, Arkasis, etc. But Imperials don't get the resistances and 2k is still better than some extra sustain via cost reduction that you shouldn't be struggling with anyway if you're playing the role/class right. There is no way, right now, that I would change any of my Nord characters. Why, as a tank, would you want lower warhorn and less resistances by going Imperial? You have it backwards. Imperial is the budget Nord at the moment so far as tanking goes.
WrathOfInnos wrote: »Most of the changes to racial passives were helpful to balance, and long overdue. Imperial buff was needed, Bosmer buff was needed, Khajiit buff was needed, Redguard buff was needed.
Argonian nerf doesn’t make sense to me. They still have no damage, and now get worse sustain.
Nord change was pretty small compared to some of the others, lost 1360 armor and gained 2310 frost resistance. It’s a nerf, but not much of one. There’s no reason to race change over it, they’re still tough and have the best ultimate gen of any race.