I am not going to write a bunch of paragraphs and dive super deep into why they don't perform great in both PVE and PVP, most of us are aware of the main issues... I mean buffing the duration of rending, blade cloak, and lacerate is lacking and/or disappointing to say the least. I honestly do not know what the mark is that they were aiming for, regardless, we are all human and make mistakes once and a while. There are only really 3 main aspects of play that I generalize these weapons into ; single target, aoe, and pvp. I honestly cannot create any rotation/build/playstyle that incorporates these new upcoming weapons while boosting performance. I, along with many others, have been anxiously waiting for these weapons to hit the PTS to see what ZOS had in store for us. The bad news is that the weapons are rather disappointing in their current state. The good news is that ZOS has no problem changing things on the PTS, especially this early! A few things do help drastically in this effort for change. Ideas, giving ZOS things to consider and build on. Most importantly, community support, things will not change without the community speaking up about what they would like to see.
Personally, I can think of a couple solid suggestions.
Give them a significant boost to aoe damage (75% more damage on steel tornado or a damage increase to ground dots) making them clearly BIS for aoe situations.
or
Keep the same mechanic they currently have, but perhaps include all dots instead of just rending/cloak/lacerate? I really do not see a great way to make single target parsing with steel tornado weaving viable. Although that does seem like it is the route ZOS would like to take, so if all dots can be affected that could be the boost they need?
I have made this thread in hopes to induce some change to these weapons. Please voice your opinion on what you would like to see these weapons do for live release.
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EDIT: Coincidentally, a couple hours after I made this thread, @Gilliamtherogue dropped a youtube video on this very subject. Considering he has much more knowledge and credibility regarding pve combat in ESO, I am linking his video below and invite you to watch it. He has the same view of perhaps having the mechanic of these weapons affect every dot, which is cool. I personally would like to see a big damage increase on the steel tornado skill or ground aoe dots while using nado, increasing stam dps aoe damage when having these weapons equipped.
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Personally, I can think of a couple solid suggestions.
Give them a significant boost to aoe damage (75% more damage on steel tornado or a damage increase to ground dots) making them clearly BIS for aoe situations.
or
Keep the same mechanic they currently have, but perhaps include all dots instead of just rending/cloak/lacerate? I really do not see a great way to make single target parsing with steel tornado weaving viable. Although that does seem like it is the route ZOS would like to take, so if all dots can be affected that could be the boost they need?
I have made this thread in hopes to induce some change to these weapons. Please voice your opinion on what you would like to see these weapons do for live release.
EDIT: Coincidentally, a couple hours after I made this thread, @Gilliamtherogue dropped a youtube video on this very subject. Considering he has much more knowledge and credibility regarding pve combat in ESO, I am linking his video below and invite you to watch it. He has the same view of perhaps having the mechanic of these weapons affect every dot, which is cool. I personally would like to see a big damage increase on the steel tornado skill or ground aoe dots while using nado, increasing stam dps aoe damage when having these weapons equipped.
