The BIGGEST Changes Coming to ESO in Update 43

Update 43 brings TONS of small changes that will result in a COMPLETE shift in the meta as we know it! The nerfs to the Arcanist may finally mean that this class is dethroned as king, so get your DKs and Plars ready for next patch!

With these nerfs though come some very interesting buffs to Scribing that may actually make it relevant for Damage Dealers, as well as some HUGE changes to Infinite Archive that just weren't really hyped up enough! There is so much new content including new arenas, bosses, marauders, verses, visions, and even some new sets that look very interesting!

Finally, my favorite part of update 43, is that Undaunted Monster Sets are FINALLY Curated!!! A huge quality of life improvement for sure!

As always, if you have any questions, be sure to let me know in the comments section below! To get a hold of me even quicker, be sure to join the discord by clicking the link below!

A huge shoutout and thank you to my current Patreons, Sir Clydus, ZeKt Reeferchik, Larry, Karla, and Joseph, thank you so much for all of your support my friends, it's because of YOU that this video is possible! Thank you so much for all of your love and support, I appreciate each and every one of you, and I'll see you in the next one!

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Intro - 0:00
Arcanist Changes - 00:09
Scribing Changes - 00:59
Infinite Archive Update! - 02:40
New Class Sets - 03:15
New Skill Styles - 04:44
HUGE Quality of Life Improvement - 05:11
Necromancer Changes - 05:38
Sorc/Blade Changes - 06:33
Warden Changes - 07:14
Outro/Thanks - 07:58

[eighpuppies]

I want to clarify a few things with the Arc Changes:

My main point is that the class will no longer be meta on PC and likely no longer be meta on console. This doesn’t mean that the class is nuked or that it is unusable, it just suggests that the race for top class in 12 man right now is already so close, that a change like this likely places the arc behind the DK and Plar. Its damage is and will still be very good.

To elaborate on WHY I believe this to be the case, any log that you analyze in JUST ABOUT any fight will show you that an Arcanist does not have the top Single Target Parse as is.

Even in AOE situations where we can azure arc, such as Bahsei Hard Mode, the Arc is not as strong as you might think. In the current world record log for Rockgrove, the DKs used in the group either directly compete with or even outperform arcs as they are.

Arcs are included mainly for quicker trash. Trash makes up the largest overall time of any trial in most cases, so having a class as good for trash as the arc is very preferable, especially on console. Maximing trash damage on the arc, involves trying to enter pulls with 3 Crux to beam as quickly as possible, which means you need to hit flail at the end of pulls. Flail scaling as an execute made doing this a minimal damage loss. With that no longer being an option, the arc has lost a lot, in addition to one of its strongest abilities.

Hope that helps!

[IshimuraaYT]

As a absolute necromancer lover, any and all buffs seen brings a smile to my face.

[ChibiCosmos]

"We have met our sales goal for arc. Time to move on"
Good tired of them. But nb still needs love

[OaK-_R]

Zero reason to nerf the already lacking warden lol

[hehe-jbui]

Once they nerf the cleave from the beam its done for. That will be in update 45

[roguenecro]

This is why I’m slowly moving on to other games and away from eso. Every patch they always seem to hurt the fun stuff and “barely” buff the irrelevant stuff. It’s exhausting every single patch facing the reality of “oh great let’s see what they nerfed this time” instead of being excited to see changes

[vossboss]

Dang arcanist new toy syndrome dropping hard

[gunarsbudris]

Not a nerf to magden, i like that you will be able to use any staff not only frost staff.. and other spamables

[notiowegian]

Well considering the arcanist is now a base game class it makes sense they would nerf it into the ground. If you took a year off from the game you wouldn't even care about the arcanist at this point. The manipulation of this company is so overt it is actually impressive. Scribing has become the new class, getting people to grind out everything in scribing could take years and they can just nerf or buff certain portions to get people to retest. Again, quite impressive how they puppet players around.

[blaborblaborovic]

well the sustain from druid on the wield soul isnt gonna be as cheesy but still quite usefull. At base it has the same cost as dk chains too, so with 600 of both resources back and a buff/debuff of choice, mag chain on any class...still a huge win, especially for non dks

[felixthefearless]

Wow. Really hope Zos reconsiders this nerf to arcanists. It’s getting tiresome constantly having them come out with new paid classes, only to nerf two patches later. Get consistent Zos.

[Zog-The-Swedish-Honky]

I'm so bummed about the flail nerf

[CrystalPrelude]

This video and the comments I'm reading have reminded me why I no longer follow the meta. For anything. It just strains your mind and all the work you put into it can be changed at a moment's notice. Just not fun.

[sirriffsalot]

I can't help but feel like so many of the people complaining about such changes as that of the arcanist and just general changes over time are those who always try to 'perform' at the very top or somewhere near and then get salty when things change. We basically have two alternatives: either mix it up over time, or have static classes and abilities that never really change. Does anyone seriously want the latter?

[GhostlyCowboy]

I do not understand the meta chase. Just play what you like and improve on that.

Am i the only one that just plays whatever class i like best? I much prefer to work on improving what i like rather than simply follow the hords.

[billgrod]

Ty for the update. To be honest its about time the arcanist got a major adjustment cause add it scribing its beyond broken. Its also good to keep the classes close and adjust scribing instead of the class. Adjusting a scribe ability is a lot less grief than learning new skills and making new gear to adjust to the nerfs . Its good they add things to IA, just wish they took reduced another wave because as a casual gamer after you kill the dragon your burnt...

[trondrin]

arcanist is not going anywhere before they nerf the insane cleave on beam, 99% of content has more than one target and arcanist does almost full damage on multiple targets (in addition to all the passive utility they got)

[adhafang]

It feels weird to place brutality and savagery as active effects on necro skills, idk why they cant make em as passive effects with skills slotted on either bar like arcan and dk have for example, also it would be nice to place em into passives, like while skeleton mage or spirit mender slotted u gain brutality and also with syphon or healing teather slotted u gain savagery, so necros will be able to utilize em both in pve and pvp, its not even something crazy and not gonna make necros op in any way, its just needed for comfort

[mybeagleapproves]

Sad truth is zos don’t care about it community or players they care about your money and how much they can sucker out of you and sadly y’all lambs to the slaughter you so addicted it’s sad I’m glad I quit eso a month ago after ten long years a clear example of them not caring the can’t mount in combat bug when u clearly not in combat. Really it takes ten years to fix that lol games a joke

[shawnknaack]

Question, why don’t they make nightblades spammable concealed weapon/surprise attack aoe instead of just single target? Wouldn’t that solve almost all nightblade problems?! I can’t believe how this game has been out 7 years and there is still so much they could do to fix the class