The proposed Maras Balm fix next week
FrankonPC
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Here's a clip from Gina Bruno talking about the Maras balm fix coming to update 35 next week:
https://clips.twitch.tv/WittyUninterestedDragonfruitCharlietheUnicorn-Pc87Nr7R7mk0Whx3
A reduction in the heal by 50% is nice on paper, but this does not solve how ridiculously strong the proc condition is. Because there is not a cooldown on the initial heal, even a 70% reduction would still make this the most stat dense survival set in the game.
I'm all for new and powerful sets, but I think a reduction in the heal by 20-30% as well as a 1 second gcd on the initial condition would make it in line and still as strong as other defensive sets. It still will have a powerful burst heal AND a purge of all negative effects every 15 seconds, it just won't also scale in effect the way it does now.
If you make this adjustment without a change conditionally with how the set functions, you will have to make more changes in the future imo.
https://clips.twitch.tv/WittyUninterestedDragonfruitCharlietheUnicorn-Pc87Nr7R7mk0Whx3
A reduction in the heal by 50% is nice on paper, but this does not solve how ridiculously strong the proc condition is. Because there is not a cooldown on the initial heal, even a 70% reduction would still make this the most stat dense survival set in the game.
I'm all for new and powerful sets, but I think a reduction in the heal by 20-30% as well as a 1 second gcd on the initial condition would make it in line and still as strong as other defensive sets. It still will have a powerful burst heal AND a purge of all negative effects every 15 seconds, it just won't also scale in effect the way it does now.
If you make this adjustment without a change conditionally with how the set functions, you will have to make more changes in the future imo.
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DrSlaughtr✭✭✭✭✭
✭A lot of the issue with it is that reapplying an effect is the same as losing one, and most players have no choice but to do this as it's part of the skill being used. Like with sweeps and the snare. This is why a GCD would help but I assume they didn't want to add those calculations in there.I drink and I stream things.5 -
Firstmep✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭On the bright side I will continue to make bank on selling pieces. A lot of people tried to offload their pieces cheap in preparation for the nerf.2 -
MetallicMonk✭✭✭✭✭They ignored all feedback about changing it on PTS before live, and they'll ignore all feedback about how their proposed changes aren't enough and make us suffer an even longer period of time before they eventually nerf it in the next patch. Unmatched in their ability to listen to feedback.
Set should not even exist game does not need anymore lame defensive sets.8 -
Turtle_Bot✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭If there is no cooldown added to the heal, my tanksorc will switch to running that on the body. If there is a 1 second gcd on the set, I may still run it, but will have to see.2 -
duckdown✭✭✭Just remove the set from this game. And revert templar jabs to 1sec with 4 times damage. Then we r happy.4
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FrankonPC✭✭✭✭✭My buddy wanted to test some dots a few days ago and I got up to get a glass of water. I came back and looked at the cmx and before he killed me I got 26 procs of maras balm. That's 26k more health he had to weave through in order to kill an afk player. Of course he wasn't trying to kill me, he was just testing some things but the fact that we once again have a set that provides so much survival just because you wear it isn't good for the health of pvp. Sets imo should augment and amplify certain skills or combat mechanics, not replace them.
Sets like this just needlessly up the ttk of the game making it tougher to kill opponents, often to a point where stalemates happen. Lag has come back into pvp this patch as well, the first time i've noticed a very real dip in performance in the last 3 patches on pc na. Now it could be just a coincidence, but i can't imagine a 30 v 30 keep battle where half the participants are in maras providing endless calculations to the server helps.
PTS maras balm was tough to test and balance in pvp, I get that. I think by now though we have a lot of evidence, cmx reports etc showing exactly what this set is providing and where its main strength comes from though. Less justified complaints from the community, less work for the developers, a higher ttk pvp environment and, it's at least a net neutral and probably a net positive for server performance if it gets a 1 second gcd...everyone wins.
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acastanza_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭This is a joke right?! It has to have a cooldown. It has to. Anything else continues to be broken beyond belief.Edited by acastanza_ESO on September 7, 2022 3:01AM0 -
blistb16_ESO✭✭✭Funny we have a a set called wyrd tree. And then they release mara balm.
You can see what's wrong here.
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