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Beam
octograb
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Beam is dumb. Beam is boring. Beam was boring a year ago, beam is beyond boring now. Beam is on every dd build. Thank you for beam. Beam.
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Xarc✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭ok@xarcs FR-EU-PC -"Death is overrated", Xarc
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Veinblood1965✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Beam is great, beam is fine, beam is awesome all the time. Now Jabs on the other hand....14 -
ragnarok6644b14_ESO✭✭✭✭Request to add a 2x4 two-handed weapon style called "Beam"
(Bonus points if the sound effects update to a wooden thunking sound)Edited by ragnarok6644b14_ESO on June 3, 2025 3:02PM5 -
dinokstrunz✭✭✭✭✭
✭I can't beamlieve it. Something needs to be done. The day when the great ESO skill cataclysm happens I will beam with a large radiant smile.4 -
LalMirchi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭The obligatory and factually incorrect "Beam me up, Scotty!" come to mind. LOL and no, OP, beam is fine.2 -
Navaac223✭✭✭✭The obligatory and factually incorrect "Beam me up, Scotty!" come to mind. LOL and no, OP, beam is fine.
I believe in this case, it would be "beam them down, Scotty!". But in all seriousness, beam is boring and ironically makes light attack weaving harder (because of the long cast time, knowing when the beam is about to end is harder than a regular 1 GCD attack) and more punishing to miss (if you miss 1 LA on a templar, you lose a tiny bit of dps. If you miss 1 LA on an arc, you lose ult generation). The players that care about the combat system and enjoy high APM gameplay are also a those who play in difficult content in guild runs. That leads to them being forced into B E A M to stay competitive, wich sucks becasue they don't like afk rotations2 -
LalMirchi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭The obligatory and factually incorrect "Beam me up, Scotty!" come to mind. LOL and no, OP, beam is fine.
I believe in this case, it would be "beam them down, Scotty!". But in all seriousness, beam is boring and ironically makes light attack weaving harder (because of the long cast time, knowing when the beam is about to end is harder than a regular 1 GCD attack) and more punishing to miss (if you miss 1 LA on a templar, you lose a tiny bit of dps. If you miss 1 LA on an arc, you lose ult generation). The players that care about the combat system and enjoy high APM gameplay are also a those who play in difficult content in guild runs. That leads to them being forced into B E A M to stay competitive, wich sucks becasue they don't like afk rotations
Wouldn't that scenario really depend on the beamer? Aren't there are visual cues?0 -
Dagoth_Rac✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭You can complete content, even the most difficult content, without a beam build. Especially with subclassing and tripling up on DPS skill lines. If your raid lead demands beam, you can run with a different guild. Or organize your own runs where beam builds are not welcome.6 -
Desiato✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Beam is dumb. Beam is boring. Beam was boring a year ago, beam is beyond boring now. Beam is on every dd build. Thank you for beam. Beam.
I knew this was going to happen last year, but I didn't realize how. The beam is such a crutch, I knew there was no way they were going to revert or significantly nerf it, so the only apparent solution would be to give every class a similar cleave ability... But no, instead they gave every class both beams, jebus and non.
This game has the most absurd contrast between incredible depth and complexity which is rendered irrelevant by the gameplay compromises introduced over the years.
The biggest compromises may yet come because ZOS just increased the gap between the floor and the ceiling which will be untenable to many players. The average player will become attached to their particular creations and be frustrated that it doesn't compete against optimal builds. Like wait until that guy shows up at a vet trial with their summoner build....spending a year dead for tax reasons7 -
ragnarok6644b14_ESO✭✭✭✭I played a dungeon (VCoS HM) last night with no Arcanist as a pub.
It went swimmingly.
People saying "beam is boring" are free to not use beam, and people who enjoy it are free to use it.5 -
ssewallb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭Not even beaming because this is such a mess and the power creep is so high it doesn't even matter if I under perform a little.
Stamplar is way more fun to play now and I'm enjoying that and a few other things until this gets cleaned up.Edited by ssewallb14_ESO on June 3, 2025 9:23PM2 -
MidniteOwl1913✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭The BIg Green Beam is ruining the Dungeon scene. Literally. I'm so tired of the endless green making harder to see the targets, to see anything really.
And yes it is boring, I tried and don't use it, but that doesn't protect me from those who do.
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Hapexamendios✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Beam, beam, beam, beam
Beam, beam, beam, beam
I have enemies to harm
Please don't raise any alarms
Whenever I want to, I all I have to do is
Beam, beam, beam, beam1 -
MasterSpatula✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭"So please turn on you magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream"
I actually agree completely with OP, but I pretty much knew the instant they announced Subclassing that this is what would happen, and since I didn't quit I guess I have to blame myself for continuing to reward them for decisions I loathe."A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle4 -
Dojohoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Beam beam
Good for your team
The more you beam, the more you kill
The more you kill, the faster you're done
So use beam at every run.
😁
Edited by Dojohoda on June 4, 2025 3:22PMFan of playing magblade since 2015. (PC NA)
Might be joking in comments.
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Twohothardware✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Applying a half a dozen low damage dots is more fun and not boring? At least Beam looks cool4 -
Orbital78✭✭✭✭✭
✭Beam is feeling juicy [snip] this patch, so much fun. Heavy attacks not sure yet, I wish the mythic didn't remove resource Regen. Overall having fun.
[edited for profanity bypass]Edited by ZOS_Icy on June 6, 2025 2:36PM2
