Pity about Shattered Paths Signet in PvP

Under_king · June 29

Just saw that the Shattered paths signet has been changed so that its damage only effects monsters and therefore no longer has any purpose in pvp - I had fun using it the past week (and the past few days spent all my gold on needlessly making a synergy of the Weald set and Threads of War set to yellow for this purpose) and whilst I agree it was in some cases overpowered in a pvp context it's a shame it has been removed entirely and not simply rebalanced. Is there any chance of it being brought back and retweaked in a more nuanced way? It was refreshing to have something that played differently than the usual crit damage meta..

old_mufasa · June 29

What for them to even more balance work? I mean gezz take them a half a year or just to balance one class

L_Nici · June 29

Under_king wrote: »

Just saw that the Shattered paths signet has been changed so that its damage only effects monsters and therefore no longer has any purpose in pvp - I had fun using it the past week (and the past few days spent all my gold on needlessly making a synergy of the Weald set and Threads of War set to yellow for this purpose) and whilst I agree it was in some cases overpowered in a pvp context it's a shame it has been removed entirely and not simply rebalanced. Is there any chance of it being brought back and retweaked in a more nuanced way? It was refreshing to have something that played differently than the usual crit damage meta..

In some cases? That ring was broken beyond measure in PvP and it still will aply Status effects, just not increase their Damage anymore in Cyrodiil. And I personally can still play my DoT Build just as fine without it.

Wup_sa · June 29

You saw how absurdly broken it was. Shouldn't have wasted money to signet builds to begin with. This was bound to happen.

Ocelot9x · June 29

I Wish they were as fast with re working classes... The signet was the only way to play two of the weakest classes, Necro and Arcanist, now well see even less of them.

Wuuffyy · June 29

Ocelot9x wrote: »

I Wish they were as fast with re working classes... The signet was the only way to play two of the weakest classes, Necro and Arcanist, now well see even less of them.

You do realize this is essentially a small numbers tweak versus massive and focused reworks right?

Like the difference between making a cake vs opening a whole bakery.

Under_king · June 29

Ocelot9x wrote: »

I Wish they were as fast with re working classes... The signet was the only way to play two of the weakest classes, Necro and Arcanist, now well see even less of them.

Yeah, It was inevitable they were going to nerf it, just didn't expect it to happen so fast! I was using it on my necro mainly and I know it was OP but it was not the only thing in PvP that's been OP recently!

BetweenMidgets · June 29

Wup_sa wrote: »

You saw how absurdly broken it was. Shouldn't have wasted money to signet builds to begin with. This was bound to happen.

honestly, you never know with ZoS. They "kept a close eye on" rush of agony for legitimately years before they made any adjustments.

WalkingBomb · June 29

It was the right decision obviously for PvP; as for PvE, I do wonder if this removes the warden bear clause or if that is still halving it.

albertberku · June 29

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

Feeling sorry for all the 40k+ hp tryhards in Cyrodiil that were having the fun of their life. I am really sorry for all of you. Lmao. But dont worry, soon enough they will introduce another set that will carry you once again in PvP. That is what Grey Host is all about after all. Lol.

Kickimanjaro · June 29

I miss my overpowered toy already and I haven't even logged in yet to see the sad new tooltip.

I wonder what the next flavor of the month will be!

React · June 29

Status effects NEVER should have been a primary source of damage. It was terrible game design and should not have happened. This is a good change.

BardokRedSnow · June 29

First time? Lol it was inevitable

Rest in peace Hrothgars n Chill, sweet prince.

JustLovely · June 29

I built one just to jump on the bandwagon, but didn't do a very good job. I could get the damage, but no survivability. It'll be nice to not be getting one shotted while riding somewhere though, that's for sure. And no more, or at least fewer, mobs of pulse gankers hitting us from the walls and second floor.

This seems like a good change and it was made in a timely fashion.