They are completely removing the 1358 extra damage that the lightning staff heavy attack does to each enemy in your WOE. I think you mean that damage done period is about double? But please explain because I don't get it. You said 'It nearly doubles the damage you(r) staff does just by casting the skill' They're removing the buff to heavy attack by WOE/Maelstrom staff completely and they are buffing WOE itself. Jaws: Maybe you just worded that incorrectly? Either that or I don't understand what you said. 'Crushing Wall: This set now increases the damage of your Wall of Elements by 1250, rather than increasing the damage done with your Light and Heavy Attacks against enemies in your Wall of Elements by 1358.' You've nerfed lightning staff heavy attack builds so much over time but this would completely kill those builds. Please don't make this change go live as if you do, me and many others won't be able to play PVE successfully any longer. This proposed change is just another incredibly foolish and shortsighted change by your teams who clearly don't understand the game and how many people play it.

With the change to the Maelstrom lightning staff you're removing 1 of the huge buffs to damage for thousands of people with these builds and they will no longer be able to do enough damage to pass most content. These 3-buffs allowed those who cannot light attack weave (or don't want to) to have a viable DPS build that would allow them to at least complete any normal level content in the game. They paired 2-sets like Undaunted Infiltrator and Noble Duelist silks to get 2 heavy attack buffs and would get a 3rd buff for those attacks from the Maelstrom staff as well (using Wall of Elements). For many years people were using a lightning staff build that included the Maelstrom lightning staff on the back back infused with a shock glyph and another lightning staff on the front bar (probably Undaunted Infiltrator, Undaunted Unweaver, or Noble Duelist Silks). ZOS, you have nerfed heavy attack builds over the years to the point that they are barely viable to pass even normal level content now.