Let's open a discussion about IC sets. I believe there's a lot of potential here, but most of them go unused because they are outshined by basically anything else.
Here's some changes I'd like to see. Feel free to post your own, or tell me why mine are stupid.
Black Rose
Back in the day this was BiS for heavy armor sustain. It did its job exceedingly well.. probably a little too well. But between the constitution AND Black Rose nerf, this set was made redundant.
Current 5pc
(5 items) Increases your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 154. Increases the Magicka and Stamina restored from the Constitution passive ability by 35%.
Suggested 5pc
Remove the weapon/spell damage, but this set now emits an aura that boosts the magicka and stamina regen by 20% of up to 4 allies for 12 seconds when constitution procs. This can happen every 24 seconds.
Powerful Assault
Not a bad set for people wanting to play stamina support roles or healers, if you're so inclined. While the final bonus isn't a bad idea, the value is lacking.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon and Spell Damage of up to 4 friendly targets within 10 meters by 164 for 15 seconds.
Suggested 5pc
Simply increase the weapon and spell damage gained to 258
Galerion's Revenge
Interesting idea, but I have NEVER seen this set used once because the damage is too low considering you need to light attack 6 times within 15 seconds to get it to proc. It's also a set you can't buy outright, and need to spend a lot of tel var on to get the pieces you need. It's just not worth it.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Light of Heavy Attack, you put a Mark of Revenge on the enemy for 15 seconds. After stacking 6 Marks of Revenge on an enemy they detonate for 4730 Magic Damage.
Suggested 5pc
Either increase the damage this set does to a higher amount, like 9-10k, or reduce the amount of attacks required to 4 and leave the value as is.
Meritorious Service
Not a bad set for healers, but not good enough for them to drop alternative sets.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you cast a Support ability, you increase the Physical and Spell Resistance of up to 4 friendly targets with 10 meters by 3010 for 2 minutes.
Suggested 5pc
Increase the value to 3.9k resists and reduces cost of purge by 25%
There's other sets I think need to be looked at, but I don't have anything for them right now. For instance, Shield Breaker is kind of redundant as shields aren't so much of a problem as they once were (and it never actually broke shields, it went right through them). Vicecannon needs a rework as it only procs on crits from sneak. This is very situational, but if it was easy to proc it would be too strong. Phoenix is just utter garbage and needs a complete overhaul. I have never seen Phoenix help someone survive. It usually ends in enemies circling them until they are no longer invulnerable and then completely obliterating them in 0.2 seconds.
Reactive, Imperial Physique, and Harbinger are probably fine.
Do you guys want adjustments to the IC sets?
Here's some changes I'd like to see. Feel free to post your own, or tell me why mine are stupid.
Black Rose
Back in the day this was BiS for heavy armor sustain. It did its job exceedingly well.. probably a little too well. But between the constitution AND Black Rose nerf, this set was made redundant.
Current 5pc
(5 items) Increases your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 154. Increases the Magicka and Stamina restored from the Constitution passive ability by 35%.
Suggested 5pc
Remove the weapon/spell damage, but this set now emits an aura that boosts the magicka and stamina regen by 20% of up to 4 allies for 12 seconds when constitution procs. This can happen every 24 seconds.
Powerful Assault
Not a bad set for people wanting to play stamina support roles or healers, if you're so inclined. While the final bonus isn't a bad idea, the value is lacking.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you cast an Assault ability, you increase the Weapon and Spell Damage of up to 4 friendly targets within 10 meters by 164 for 15 seconds.
Suggested 5pc
Simply increase the weapon and spell damage gained to 258
Galerion's Revenge
Interesting idea, but I have NEVER seen this set used once because the damage is too low considering you need to light attack 6 times within 15 seconds to get it to proc. It's also a set you can't buy outright, and need to spend a lot of tel var on to get the pieces you need. It's just not worth it.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you deal damage with a Light of Heavy Attack, you put a Mark of Revenge on the enemy for 15 seconds. After stacking 6 Marks of Revenge on an enemy they detonate for 4730 Magic Damage.
Suggested 5pc
Either increase the damage this set does to a higher amount, like 9-10k, or reduce the amount of attacks required to 4 and leave the value as is.
Meritorious Service
Not a bad set for healers, but not good enough for them to drop alternative sets.
Current 5pc
(5 items) When you cast a Support ability, you increase the Physical and Spell Resistance of up to 4 friendly targets with 10 meters by 3010 for 2 minutes.
Suggested 5pc
Increase the value to 3.9k resists and reduces cost of purge by 25%
There's other sets I think need to be looked at, but I don't have anything for them right now. For instance, Shield Breaker is kind of redundant as shields aren't so much of a problem as they once were (and it never actually broke shields, it went right through them). Vicecannon needs a rework as it only procs on crits from sneak. This is very situational, but if it was easy to proc it would be too strong. Phoenix is just utter garbage and needs a complete overhaul. I have never seen Phoenix help someone survive. It usually ends in enemies circling them until they are no longer invulnerable and then completely obliterating them in 0.2 seconds.
Reactive, Imperial Physique, and Harbinger are probably fine.
Do you guys want adjustments to the IC sets?