Stam sorc to be specific. I just said sorcerer so maybe someone at zos will see it and not ignore it because it says stam sorc
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.. Anyway, I was actually surprised reading the patch notes. So much of it was awesome. The new UI (which i am assuming is for console too), a lot of the new racials, changing some cyrodil sets, guild trader ui, new sets, new balance attempts, and even more still. Some things looked off to me, but thats what the PTS is for. But then i got to sorc.
Zos. Please. You keep hitting the weakest class, in terms of skills and passives, in the game.. Please stop directly or indirectly nerfing stam sorc. I havent tested enough to see if this new passive in place of implosion is going to be as good as i think it is, however implosion was something HUGE for stam sorcs. You dont seem to understand that stam sorc has a lack of damage. Sure i can build for it, but nearly any stam class can run the same build and hit much harder.
I honestly hoped we would see major (or hell, even minor at this point) fracture for stam sorcs this update. We didnt get it. What we did get over 2 updates is; the loss of our 3rd bar for needed buffs.. A nerf to dark deal.. A nerf to our unique speed due to swift and an excess of snares with terrible ways to remove them... A nerf to orc which made up for a lot for many pvp stam sorcs. And now a nerf to our only burst tool. On a class with no debuffs, no real damage skills, and no damage ultimate.. And even though it was unreliable, it was our ONLY class burst tool.
Power of the light, incap/spec bow, shalks with fracture/DB, corrosive.. Every class has a way to burst down tankier targets. Some better than others. Stam srocs had implosion, even though it was unreliable. Now we dont. Sure, i dont like losing a duel to implosion, but i like being able to have a chance to kill these tanky players and tanky healers in this tanky meta.
To cut this short, PLEASE stop nerfing stam sorc before you give us some love. Compare every class skill and passive that every stam class has to offer. Compare every combo and counter that those skills/passives create. Then compare it to stam sorc. The class is lacking. If thats how you want it, then fine but at least dont nerf it. Anyway, what im mainly asking for is this. First, Ideally i would like to see implosion stay and have us get fracture instead of this new passive. But at least if you are going to remove our only burst tool, can you please give us fracture. Stam sorc does not have the damage.. Yes we can run a bleed build and mop people, but if i run it on a DK, or stamplar, its stronger. And a 2h build is rough, very rough.
Second, please look at orc. The 500 stam and health for our 6% right now is just a joke. Argoinan has 3% max mag, but somehow ends up with 1000. Dark elf has 6% stam and ends up with 1250. Imperial has 10% max stam and ends up with 2000. Nord has 6% max stam and ends up with 1500!! Please, buff this up to 1000 for orc. At least. The 6% actually makes a big difference. I also think the changes to health recovery and healing is a mistake. 380 every 4 seconds, while in combat, is so bad compared to what we had. Especially on a stam sorc, where we have zero healing passives or buffs. But honestly, Id be happy with more than 500 stam/health at this point.
And again, credit where credit is due. The patch notes seem great. Seems like a lot of great changes, and a few ones that might need to be adjusted.
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.. Anyway, I was actually surprised reading the patch notes. So much of it was awesome. The new UI (which i am assuming is for console too), a lot of the new racials, changing some cyrodil sets, guild trader ui, new sets, new balance attempts, and even more still. Some things looked off to me, but thats what the PTS is for. But then i got to sorc.