I don't think there is a need to revert that nerf, at least from the ZOS point of view. We will receive more nerfs in the future, followed by more buffs. It's the way these things work. A constant chase for balance that can never be reached in a game that's constantly evolving.

I was not a fan of that nerf when it was handed down. I didn't agree with the reasoning then and still don't, but we will see buffs in other areas soon enough that we wouldn't see if those nerfs didn't happen. The optics of dialing back a change after implementing it would make them look like they really have no idea what they're doing and they probably don't want to do that again. Anyone remember the time they buffed dots by an insane amount, then in the very next update nerfed them down to be worse than the prebuffed numbers? That was not a good look on ZOS at all.

Zos capped the crit dmg to reduce power creep, why would they give it back with cp lol.

And btw mag parses haven't changed much coz most mag builds sit at 125% crit dmg on dummy anyways. Stam parses have dropped some tho.

MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »

I think it's fine where it is. Though I'd like to see the Penetration non-slottable passive reverted to where it was, if not buffed beyond where it was, to help with stam DPS builds. Everything else is fine, though none of it feels substantial at all. I'd like to see them introduce niche non-slottable passives that do stuff to the skill lines that are for combat, rather than buff the boring stat ones (other than pen).

It's fine the way it is. It wouldn't make sense to change penetration anyway, the passives only require 2 stages of investment and all meet roughly the same power level as each other. The ratio they used is basically half the strength of a 2-4 piece bonus from a set.

2-4 piece bonus scaling:

• 129 Weapon Damage = 1096 Stamina = 1206 HP = 3% Crit (657) = 1487 Penetration = 1206 HP = 4% Healing Done = 4% Healing Taken

CP Passives:

• 657 Crit (3%) / 320 Crit (1.46%) = 2.053
• 1487 Pen / 700 Pen = 2.053
• 1096 Stam / 520 Stam = 2.108
• 1206 HP / 560 HP = 2.154
• 4 % Healing Done-Taken / 2% Healing Done/Taken = 2.0

The more obvious approach to the issue you propose can be seen when you compare Med to Light armor, especially more evident with a Critical Damage Cap.

Light Armor gets free Penetration (capped), Medium Armor gets free critical damage (capped). CP has 2 Critical Damage stars while 0 Penetration stars, leaving way less wiggle room for Medium armor than Light armor.

Solution is to add a CP slottable that increases Penetration rather than increase the passive Penetration everyone gets.