Why Nerf biting jabs!

Noobie · May 2014

I know at Zenimax you thought it would be wise to make the delay so bots cannot farm as good, but seriously have any of you even played your own game? A bot is 1 person playing 5 accounts with 5 templars all of them using biting jabs.How does the 1 second delay stop this after his first account uses its biting jabs he has 4 more to follow which can be timed perfectly making your new Nerf only effect your real players, not only can I not play my Nightblade but also my Templar GG.

Sunrock · May 2014

Who sad they nerfed it to fight bots? You can't fight botters with game mechanics. Only with server spy ware.

And yea this is bad.

dcincali · May 2014

Yea, the internal CD on this skill renders it useless... Let me jab you then stand still for 2 seconds before I can hit you with anything else.. FFS...

Noobie · May 2014

thats the only reason why i would see it nerfed, noone complained it as being overpowered at least this would be the first time i ever read of it being so if you say they have.

hamon · May 2014

wot did they do to jabs? i never seen anything in the patch notes

dcincali · May 2014

Sunrock wrote: »

Who sad they nerfed it to fight bots? You can't fight botters with game mechanics. Only with server spy ware.

And yea this is bad.

You do realizes that's why they nerfed the drop rate on motifs..
#firstmmoproblems

tinythinker · May 2014

There is a thread on this topic here.

Noobie · May 2014

@hamon this is a stealth nerf they added or a very bad bug from the patch. When using biting jabs or the pre-morphed form or the other form they have a 1 second delay between using it again. you stand there for 1 second while things hit you before you can use it again.

Locke_ESO · May 2014

Wow this is not good if this is correct =/ Not only a stealth nerf but a real hit on a bread and butter skill for any melee orientated Templar (not exactly a popular class already).

peter.harkessnrb18_ESO · May 2014

Noobie wrote: »

but seriously have any of you even played your own game?

This is the big question....its becoming clear that literally NO ONE at Zenimax is playing ESO

hamon · May 2014

Noobie wrote: »

@hamon this is a stealth nerf they added or a very bad bug from the patch. When using biting jabs or the pre-morphed form or the other form they have a 1 second delay between using it again. you stand there for 1 second while things hit you before you can use it again.

oh god if this is supposed to be like that coupled with the bash nerf melee templar is pretty much screwed ... i hope it isnt so.

Illumous · May 2014

And it's not a soft nerf, its a hard one (and a stealth nerf at that). Biting Jabs is worthless now since the knock back doesn't prevent the enemy from attacking you in between uses. Not only that, it prevents you from using anything (even basic attacks) for a second after the attack ends. It essentially lets enemies kill you. Also doesn't help that high level vet mobs are way harder to deal with now (Craglorn mobs are easier than the mobs I fight in vet10 areas, which suddenly seem to have like 2k more health than before). I never had problems before Vet10. Volcanic Rune, some Biting Jabs, a few heals, and some single target stuns were all I really needed. Now I can't use my build anymore since Biting Jabs, my main damage skill, essentially breaks my flow and lets enemies hit me because of a universal cooldown delay. It wasn't even broken in the first place! FIX IT NOW PLEASE! I want my Templar back!

wootuz · May 2014

Ok. I thought it was just me. Yes. This seriously is broken. I can't even use another skill immediately afterwards.

spinedoc · May 2014

Can we at least get our skill points back? I invested in the entire spear line for this skill, that's a lot of points that were wasted. Why would they take one of the very few skills Templars have to dps away?

SoulScream · May 2014

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!

Mortosk · May 2014

hamon wrote: »

wot did they do to jabs? i never seen anything in the patch notes

That's because they stealth nerfed it. Was no mention in the patch notes. I hope it was unintentional, but honestly do not see how a massive nerf to the bread and butter of a class can somehow slip by them.