Maybe I'm wrong but there was in PTS patch notes some nerfs to hardest dunegons and VH, so I think ZOS will adjust a little difficulty to new system.

People were completing these on 1 bar builds. Pretty sure it's gonna be the same.

Pallio wrote: »

Didn't notice any nerfs to the arenas, just the players.

Many enemies in Vateshran Hollows have less health. It's in the 6.3.0 patch notes. No changes to Maelstrom, though.

it is mainly mechs, if anything it may be easier since you will have more native survivability. The CP star that gives you 7% heals on direct damage will be good for solo play. That way you can run a damage monster helm if you were running pale order/iceheart before. The DPS nerfs are not significant enough to matter except for score pushers. Also, if there is extra health across the board, then you can run parsing food and still have good regen

I did vMA on PTS on week 1 and it took the same amount of time as live.
Seems fine.

lillybit wrote: »

Tannus15 wrote: »

I did vMA on PTS on week 1 and it took the same amount of time as live.
Seems fine.

With how much CP out of interest?

I was just shy of 1400.

I ran it today with a pretty un-uptimized pts stam warden and it only seemed tougher because I forgot to grab the stamina essence (lol).

Good this, cause FG / VO got nerfed. Love how people here always see a silver lining.

I've tested a build for leisurely farming vMA, not for score runs, on life with max cp (810) and on pts 6.3.2 with 1200 cp.

Summary: In this setting, there's no difference. Damage (measured by time needed for completion) and survivability were practically identical. Ressources were no problem at all. Also, on the pts it was no problem, to clear all 3 crystals upstairs in the final phase in one go.

Though vertical progression (all which helps in vMA like damage reduction, healing, ...) for this content goes roughly to 1800 cp, people with 1200 cp needn't worry if they don't do score runs.


Details:
Breton petSorc with Domihaus shoulders, PFG (body), perf. Maelstrom Inferno (backbar), 5 pieces Necropotence (to avoid largely the confounding effect of the crit nerf), Ring of the Pale Order (leisurely!) - Thief Mundus

Life: rather standard CP distribution (here optimized for vCR which we are currently running - I was too lazy to change it)

pts: 400 cp in blue all out for damage (40 cp for eldritch insight, precision, piercing, flawless ritual, 30 cp war mage, 10 cp untamed aggression, 50 cp each for 4 actives: wrathful strikes, deadly aim, thaumaturge, biting aura) - 400 cp in red, mainly into max health, armor, recovery for the actives, a bit here, a bit there for the passives (cost reduction for block, sprint, dodge, ...)


Remark:
Usually, I run with Medusa instead of Necropotence. This reduces time needed for vMA by about 10%. So, we'll feel the crit nerf.

By "master" you mean go through mental calculus to figure out a way to get as close as possible to the something we have today, albeit a watered down nerfed version.

Assuming you attacked in the last 2 sec, does a dot count?

Kurat wrote: »

People who can easily do the arenas currently on live will also be able to do them after the patch. It just may take a bit longer due to dps and mitigation nerfs. But players who currently struggle to clear them or barely make it, will unfortunately be left out from this content or have to do normal.

Don't worry. I've done vMA first in May 2017, and at that time damage was lower, survival was more difficult even with the Matriarch (now I use the Tormentor) and it was considerably harder than on pts with 1200 cp. In particular, with the Ring of the Pale Order and consulting one of the available good guides, most people will be able to do it on life and on pts - at least with one of the easy solo classes like pet sorc and if they are willing to invest some time and plenty of potions and repair costs.