Please improve Dark Deal morph for Sorcerer in PvP

StaticWave · January 24

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

Bushido2513 · January 24

Can't say much about 1 because I haven't used that morph in a long time but 2 has gotten me killed several times!

StarOfElyon · January 25

StaticWave wrote: »

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

I can't use the skill at all because that lag it causes ruins my bar swaps and/or it gets interrupted which is stupid.

Bushido2513 · January 25

StarOfElyon wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

I can't use the skill at all because that lag it causes ruins my bar swaps and/or it gets interrupted which is stupid.

I always laugh a bit at the joke of it all when someone is fighting me and knows to bash spam when I try to heal or go into a buff rotation.

It's funny because I think most people only know to bash a sorc because it's so telegraphed and predictable. Then of course there's crushing shock being on a lot of bars.

i11ionward · January 27

StaticWave wrote: »

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

10 second buff is really annoying, I don't see any reason for 10 second main buffs to exist in the game.

Also I would like to ask ZOS, what are the reasons why some buffs have a duration of 20 seconds, while others have 30? The answer should be logical - a stronger buff has a shorter duration.

But then how is Cruxweaver Armor possible that it lasts 30 seconds?

Cruxweaver Armor
Forge defiant runic armor around you, granting Major Resolve for 30 seconds, increasing your Armor by 5948. While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds.

and Summoner's Armor is 20 seconds???

Summoner's Armor
Wrap yourself in hardened bone, granting you Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes.

In which universe "While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes." stronger than "While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds."???

ZhuJiuyin · January 28

Additionally, the most ironic thing is that Minor Force provides Increases critical damage done by 10%. "But"Sorc cannot obtain Major Prophecy/Savagery from classes skill. Giving Minor Force in Dark Deal is simply a vicious mockery.

I recommend:
Dark Deal & Dark Conversion should both be given to Major Prophecy/Savagery, and Minor Force for 30 seconds. The only difference between them is restore Magicka or Stamina.
Make BUFF more consistent and provide stronger relevance.

If we compare similar skills, we can see:
Blue Betty: Call a betty netch to your side, which restores 4416 Magicka to you over [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds and grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. Every 5 seconds, the netch removes 1 negative effect from you.
Bull Netch: Call a bull netch to your side, which restores 4416 Stamina to you over [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds and grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. Every 5 seconds, the netch removes 1 negative effect from you.

Netch has the same effects: duration is 25 seconds, restores Magicka or Stamina, provides Major Brutality and Sorcery, removes 1 negative effect.

In comparison, Netch lasts longer than Dark Deal & Dark Conversion (10:25, almost 3 times the difference), provides 3 effects, and does not require "cast time", which makes Dark Deal & Dark Conversion look old and useless.

silver1surfer69 · January 29

i11ionward wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

10 second buff is really annoying, I don't see any reason for 10 second main buffs to exist in the game.

Also I would like to ask ZOS, what are the reasons why some buffs have a duration of 20 seconds, while others have 30? The answer should be logical - a stronger buff has a shorter duration.

But then how is Cruxweaver Armor possible that it lasts 30 seconds?

Cruxweaver Armor
Forge defiant runic armor around you, granting Major Resolve for 30 seconds, increasing your Armor by 5948. While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds.

and Summoner's Armor is 20 seconds???

Summoner's Armor
Wrap yourself in hardened bone, granting you Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes.

In which universe "While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes." stronger than "While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds."???

That is imo just because its the nnewer class and these are always shiny to sell the chapter. I bet it will get adjusted sooner or later. All class major resolve skills have to be 20 sec for equality.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · January 29

I remember when this skill caused your Sorcerer to float up in the air and it was a toggle, really wish it went back to that.

i11ionward · January 29

silver1surfer69 wrote: »

i11ionward wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

There are currently several problems with this skill that makes it extremely annoying to use:

1) Minor Berserk, Minor Force, and the stam sustain over time only last 10 seconds. Combined with Sorc's tedious burst lineup, the short 10s duration of Dark Deal's offensive buff makes it really annoying to manage.

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Please consider increasing the duration of Minor Berserk and Minor Force to 15-20 seconds, and fix the interrupt bug.

10 second buff is really annoying, I don't see any reason for 10 second main buffs to exist in the game.

Also I would like to ask ZOS, what are the reasons why some buffs have a duration of 20 seconds, while others have 30? The answer should be logical - a stronger buff has a shorter duration.

But then how is Cruxweaver Armor possible that it lasts 30 seconds?

Cruxweaver Armor
Forge defiant runic armor around you, granting Major Resolve for 30 seconds, increasing your Armor by 5948. While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds.

and Summoner's Armor is 20 seconds???

Summoner's Armor
Wrap yourself in hardened bone, granting you Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes.

In which universe "While active, reduce the cost of Blastbones, Skeletal Mage, and Spirit Mender by 15%. Creates a corpse when the effect completes." stronger than "While the armor persists, taking damage applies Minor Breach, reducing the Armor of your attacker by 2974 for 6 seconds. Blows against your armor also generate Crux, up to once every 5 seconds."???

That is imo just because its the nnewer class and these are always shiny to sell the chapter. I bet it will get adjusted sooner or later. All class major resolve skills have to be 20 sec for equality.

I agree, it was reckless to compare with an arcanist. But in my opinion, Summoner's Armor is still the worst armor skill among all class skills.

Call me a casual player, but I am a fan of most main buffs in the game lasting 30 seconds, even if the cost of the buffs is increased. Increasing the duration of the main buffs has almost no effect on skilled players, but it makes it easy to maintain buffs for non-skilled players; we raise the floor without raising the ceiling.

Sorry for offtopic

Tannus15 · January 29

agreed. dark conversion is really good and really useful.
dark deal is not. the extra cast (of a cast time skill too) makes it not worth the buffs it gives you

SkaraMinoc · January 31

StaticWave wrote: »

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Nice 2 second stunlock tonight on Dark Deal interrupt.

MashmalloMan · January 31

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Nice 2 second stunlock tonight on Dark Deal interrupt.

Inb4 "but 4k health cost would kill me" from the NBs using Siphoning Strikes.

First, the only reason you casted DD in the first place was for the burst heal, you had half your stamina and lost like 5k from break free, in this same moment you wouldn't be casting Siphoning Strikes. You'd top up your health, then cast SS to get your resources back or go to location that was safe before attempting to do so.

Secondly, the 4k health cost is actually about 3k given the fact that you receive 100% uptime on 1250 HP a second for applying a few dots to anything due to the stupid long duration of 20-30s all dots are now. No RNG required, no buff management required, just passive all the time, press it when you actually need resources (given you're safe to lose 3k hp).

Or hey, use the other morph and cast it for free sometimes

#salty

StaticWave · January 31

MashmalloMan wrote: »

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Nice 2 second stunlock tonight on Dark Deal interrupt.

Inb4 "but 4k health cost would kill me" from the NBs using Siphoning Strikes.

First, the only reason you casted DD in the first place was for the burst heal, you had half your stamina and lost like 5k from break free, in this same moment you wouldn't be casting Siphoning Strikes. You'd top up your health, then cast SS to get your resources back or go to location that was safe before attempting to do so.

Secondly, the 4k health cost is actually about 3k given the fact that you receive 100% uptime on 1250 HP a second for applying a few dots to anything due to the stupid long duration of 20-30s all dots are now. No RNG required, no buff management required, just passive all the time, press it when you actually need resources (given you're safe to lose 3k hp).

Or hey, use the other morph and cast it for free sometimes

#salty

Exactly, NB already has a potent burst heal that can crit for 16-17k. In that exact situation, I would cast the burst heal first, then cast Dark Deal afterwards to restore my stam.

If we were to use the newest PTS changes for Sorc and apply that to this scenario, I would first cast Encase/Hardened Ward to get a decent burst heal, THEN cast Dark Deal. I would still be interrupted, but I wouldn't die from the situation.

It's easy for NB mains to think it's a nerf to their ability but when compared to Dark Deal it's miles better, and in reality, Siphoning Strike change is a BUFF.

Turtle_Bot · January 31

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

StaticWave wrote: »

2) The skill is EXTREMELY buggy when interrupted. When I get interrupted from range, the skill sometimes puts me in a 1s stun lock where I cannot break free or cast anything until the interrupt animation finishes. In worst scenario, my character even slides towards the original location where I was interrupted while casting Dark Deal, while unable to break free or do anything.

Nice 2 second stunlock tonight on Dark Deal interrupt.

I wish it was only 2 seconds, it's always been a 3 second stun lock for me (I assume it's worse because of ping/delay).

The hard lock on the skill when interrupted is a completely insane downside as well, it's bad enough that getting interrupted stun locks you (cannot break free), but to ALSO hard lock the skill preventing from even attempting to cast it again on top of this is just downright insulting.