Decrease in overall damage output and mitigation after transition to CP 2.0 - Yes or No?

Ashfordd · February 2021

I have been playing ESO for about two years and I am just approaching 810 CP. Since I am not at CP cap yet, I still feel that my character is getting stronger, for instance when soloing veteran dungeons. Could anyone from ZOS answer if transition to CP 2.0 system will lead to a significant decrease in our overall damage output and damage mitigation? If yes and this transition sent my character where he was a year or 18 months ago, it would be very frustrating for me and I do not know if I continue playing.

Thank you for an answer
Ashford

redspecter23 · February 2021

They said that their intention is that top end dps will come down. Low end dps will go up. That's the plan and the initial look at the CP system says the same thing. There are quite a few bugs in the system right now so it's hard for people to accurately test how big or small those losses and gains might be. If enough bugs get fixed on PTS next week, we may see some numbers from testers that will be a bit more conclusive.

Ashfordd · February 2021

Thank you for the answer. I am quite clumsy, so my dps is rather low end. Anyway, as you said, we will know more next week.

Firstmep · February 2021

redspecter23 wrote: »

They said that their intention is that top end dps will come down. Low end dps will go up. That's the plan and the initial look at the CP system says the same thing. There are quite a few bugs in the system right now so it's hard for people to accurately test how big or small those losses and gains might be. If enough bugs get fixed on PTS next week, we may see some numbers from testers that will be a bit more conclusive.

Well apart from cp related changes, they're also reigning in for example pre buff sets, so that's definetly going to make a difference at the top end as well.

Tigertron · February 2021

It’s across the board so the chair is kicked out from everyone.

I can solo vFG1 on live and do it no death and pretty quick. I have tried a few times on PTS and have yet to succeed manly due to DCs or desync. But it’s a hit to everyone’s DPS. I think I will still be able to solo vet content but “no death” and “quick” are not part of the sentence anymore.
Stamblade btw.

Kurat · February 2021

Dps has definitely gone down. How much is hard to say because resistance debuffs are currently not working on pts. People have reported losing 30-40% of dps. About 20% is the debuffs. So we can probably expect around 15-20% dps loss.
I soloed some dungeons on pts and I definitely felt more squishy but extra health helped some. You can still solo everything that you can solo now, it's just takes abit longer.

Septimus_Magna · February 2021

The Warfare (blue) tree has a active star (Reaving Blows) that lets you heal for 7% of the direct damage you deal. This will make it easier to solo vet dungeons and sustain will also be easier because of the health increase. This allows you to run max stat+regen food (or max health+stat+regen for even more health). The dps loss depends on your CP but if your dps is on the lower end these changes might be less noticeable than the things I mentioned before.

Ashfordd · February 2021

Thank you for all the answers, guys! I am currently trying to solo a few bosses in some harder veteran dungeons. I think I will stop doing it, because it is possible it will not be doable for me after the transition anyway...

ZeroDPS · February 2021

redspecter23 wrote: »

They said that their intention is that top end dps will come down. Low end dps will go up. That's the plan and the initial look at the CP system says the same thing. There are quite a few bugs in the system right now so it's hard for people to accurately test how big or small those losses and gains might be. If enough bugs get fixed on PTS next week, we may see some numbers from testers that will be a bit more conclusive.

so their intention is to cut everything and make everyone equal??? so doesnt matter are you a skilled player or no the overall performance will be the same for 5 years old players and newcomers? This is absolutely wrong decision!!! ZOS must not do this and even they must bring back animation canceling, because we need more fast paced combat neither slow [Snip] And frankly everybody can learn everything...

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