VanLo83 wrote: »

Changes like this would make perfect sense. ZOS should kick out the muppet in charge of the Necro changes and hire you imo.

I mean there is countless good ideas floating around because it feels like common sense, but thank you. The most basic concept of dynamic cost and some type of damage bonus has been around since week 1 for Blighted Blastbones to at least retain the original skill morph identities.

I'm not sure why they seem so hesitant to give any other class BUT Arcanist the dynamic cost effect... or why they're so hell bent on making GSL so complicated when the original intent was to offer something easier to use.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around why DK's whip doesn't have dynamic cost instead of this weird hybrid stam/mag thing.. but I'm sure some people have grown to love it by now.

moo_2021 wrote: »

is good except resource should be lowest resource, since it's a semi spammable every 2.5 seconds.

I completely agree.. but I think more people than not would prefer to use a skill that costs their main resource based on many of the complaints I've seen from week 1 onward.

I personally would prefer lowest max resource too, especially on a skill that gets 50% cost sometimes.

moo_2021 wrote: »

MashmalloMan wrote: »

moo_2021 wrote: »

is good except resource should be lowest resource, since it's a semi spammable every 2.5 seconds.

I completely agree.. but I think more people than not would prefer to use a skill that costs their main resource based on many of the complaints I've seen from week 1 onward.

Don't everyone use dual or tri recovery drink since the hybrid change? I found it much easier to use the lowest resource for anything but the main spammable.

In pvp yeah, but like I said I agree. It's best to have some sort of low cost, semi spammable from your off resource. It works really well for Stam Sorc + Crystal Frag or Mag Sorc + Bound Armaments.. NB's Grim Focus morphs. Warden's Scorch morphs, etc.

The general idea of the dynamic cost is mostly what I care more about, if they want to do lowest resource that would be even better in my opinion.

It fits the necro theme much better AND hit the goal of being a DoT class. I like the continuous spawning of BB

This feels more like what they were trying to do than what they actually did. I actually was having a hard time finding your suggestion until I realized the images are your suggestion. I’ve only used blastbones as a tank to gen ult when I didn’t want to or have vamp drain but it could be an interesting way to proc encratis while still getting corpses for tethers and food.

Soarora wrote: »

This feels more like what they were trying to do than what they actually did. I actually was having a hard time finding your suggestion until I realized the images are your suggestion. I’ve only used blastbones as a tank to gen ult when I didn’t want to or have vamp drain but it could be an interesting way to proc encratis while still getting corpses for tethers and food.

That's an excellent point I didn't consider. This gives tanks a more reliable way to proc corpses as well.

What is a tank going to do with the current version of GLS? Spam Skulls? At that point you're better off spamming BB for the reduced cost and saving a GCD every 20s, although it's still probably a terrible rotation for a tank. Spirit Mender requires a lot GCD's too and a 4s minimum rotation as the closest to BB, tanks don't really have a great way of making corpses right now.

Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Hotdog_23 wrote: »

Know why people want the damage to be fire because of boosting that damage type in organized group play. But thematically, it should be frost damage since the dead are “cold” and not hot. Flame skulls should be frost damage as well. With the changes to status effects, it just feels like a missed opportunity.

Stay safe

Really, only disease or defile would make sense, but if it’s going to be elemental, fire makes as much sense as frost. And right now, one of necro’s few strengths (in PVE) is access to multiple status effects for proccing Elemental Catalyst.

I've been looking at the damage passives of classes recently and so much of it just doesn't make sense. It really feels like they just look at every classes bag, then pick a passive that doesn't overlap, instead of picking something that corresponds to the class whatsoever.

Necro is implied to be the elementalist of this game the way they have access to all 8 elements and a general dot buff, but they have no status effect passives or a single target dot in their kit.

Why was Arcanist given + status effect chance and damage instead of Necro where it would make the most sense?

Why was Necromancer given +% execute crit chance, instead of NB/Sorc which rely so heavily on crits to begin with.

Why was Warden given % crit damage/healing, despite having 0 crit based ability interactions like NB/Sorc, especially since they already had damage done which worked perfectly fine and wasn't a stat you can cap.

Very poor game design imo. The only class passives/abilities that work mostly well together are DK. They are the gold standard for which other classes should be brought up to. NB runner up, they still have some weird 1s like +2s duration or +8% mag. Templar complete bottom of the barrel with like 4 dead, OG passives and no real identity amongst their morphs.

No i won't. Thanks to amazing specialists from ZOS now i have 2 crafter classes. And what a miracle and coincidence both of them are paywalled. First ever game with pay to lose. Amazing. Great job.
Can't wait arcanist join's the holy crafter trio when they no more need to sell necrom chapter.

Also we have to be grateful to zos for their amazing communication and responses for players frustration about combat changes. Everyone from developer to community manager did everything possible to read our questions and suggestions and respond to us with correspond changes in patchnotes. I can cleary read in every line of patchnote "FU** OF*" sent with love to community.
Great job!

Telos_Tim wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Hotdog_23 wrote: »

Know why people want the damage to be fire because of boosting that damage type in organized group play. But thematically, it should be frost damage since the dead are “cold” and not hot. Flame skulls should be frost damage as well. With the changes to status effects, it just feels like a missed opportunity.

Stay safe

Really, only disease or defile would make sense, but if it’s going to be elemental, fire makes as much sense as frost. And right now, one of necro’s few strengths (in PVE) is access to multiple status effects for proccing Elemental Catalyst.

Blastbones does not proc Elemental Catalyst, the skill doesn’t register as your damage, but another source entirely, even though you’re controlling it.

This has been a problem for awhile, and is part of the reason why Necromancers have minimal damage on their Battlegrounds reports.

Does this happen with Sorc too? Crit Surge and Ring of Pale order for example doesn't proc from pets.

This is also probably why for whatever reason, Daedric Prey (buffs pet damage dealt by 45%) works on Concussed applied from Familiar/Tormentor. If they're their own entity and the not players, then their status effects are just copying the base skills status tags as "pet" despite not being pet damage.

Ironic because the class with originally the best offensive survival tool (dealing damage to receive healing), gets the least benefit from an item that effectively does the exact same thing in principle.

StarOfElyon wrote: »

I'm dead inside and can no longer feel anything.

RIP Necro.

See you on U42's PTS in about 2 months.