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classes in ESO what are you making .

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Posted On: 11/17/2013 at 11:22 AM
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   I plan on creating a  Oldschool  EQ   Shadowknight using nightblade as the archtype , wearing 5 heavy armor and 2 med or light ,  2h  and 1+ shield .

 using the siphon and darkness skills for drains, fear , invis and teleport etc  , and assasin for dps bonus shade pet, and dark elf for summon ghost ancestor , 

 

For my other class  I`ll make a nord templar , I`ve played a paladin , melee/healer in pretty much every mmo i`ve played  but unlike warhammer i`ve not playing full healbot again , hopefuly they keep the ablity to heal those with melee attacks outside of your group , i loved that in warhammer sadly they changed it to be group only which was lame ,

 Guess a nord templar will have to do but templar seems more Imperial , breton like  however for those  going that path , the old nord god  stuhn represented by the Bear animal totem  is the predecessor   to the  god Stendarr   the god of righteous might and mercy . 

 

  wanted to make a Thane however would have to be a sorc just wearing heavy armor to get the lighting cast ablity ,  wouldn`t be worth it i think since melee skills to hit chance may be low since caster arch .

 

  Another option would be a medium armor nord sorc but set up as a  Shaman using  lighting spells, some cc and healing spells . using  a 1h mace and shield atm until they add  spears .

 

 Now a valkyrie  would be great based on DAOC toon for those wanting a female  templar , sadly they  didn`t make spears yet in game which is silly , just like in skyrim they never figured out how to make a spear . they have the spear and javlein spells but  not the weapon hehe .

 

 

Last Edited on: 11/17/2013 at 11:33 AM
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Replied On: 11/17/2013 at 02:59 PM PST
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I think I'm probably gonna make something using the dragonknight archetype. Not certain what yet, however. I'm tempted to go heavy damage output, but I'd also like something more challenging than a straight glass cannon build. I want to build a viable PvP spec, but will have to wait til launch before I can say TOO much.

I will probably spend most of launch day and days after burning out the first 10 levels so I can get into Cyrodil ASAP.

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Replied On: 11/17/2013 at 04:42 PM PST

Not sure but most likelly a caster of some tpe.

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Replied On: 11/17/2013 at 06:18 PM PST
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I don't think it matters what class you pick.  From what I understand, all classes can wield any weapon, AND wear all armor types (heavy/medium/light).

Additionally, you can customize your class by distributing your character points. Want to throw fire balls AND heal? OK! Or can't decide between a mage or a rogue? Do BOTH!

I did enjoy the Shadow Knight class from EQ1.  It had a healthy combination of abilities.  Heavy armor, self heals, an undead pet, AND you could either cast spells from a distance, or fight up close and personal in melee combat.  If ESO gives us the flexibility to tank and heal, that's something I would consider.  Dead Man Walking spell anyone?

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Replied On: 11/18/2013 at 11:15 AM PST

I'm looking forward to playing a sneaky assassin type character, probably a nightblade since they have some useful skill trees for that stuff.  I wasn't originally planning on it, but i think so much of the pvp system reminds me of DAoC, it makes me want to re-live those days I played an infiltrator, sneaking into enemy keeps and causing havoc, haha.

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Replied On: 11/18/2013 at 04:23 PM PST

there are 2 class I can't wait to try, hopefully they play out the way I think...  first a nord Templar, hoping to use this as a heavy armor melee tank,   second I thought of a darkelf nightblade using duel weapon in assassin branch, probably have a mix of heavy and medium,  I like to play up close and personal so I think this might be interesting for me

 

but then again dragonknight will probably be on my list aswell  from everything I read up on the class  they all seem so much fun :)



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Well, one thing I know for sure is my first main character will be a Nord Dragon Knight, or a variation there of.  My main has always been a full plate wearing tank heading into the thick of the battle.  Then again, depending how many character slots we get, I do like to make many alts and try different variations, but always fall back on the warrior.

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Dunmer Sorcerer, wearing heavy armor and packing a great sword. Essentially the old battle mage class from Oblivion.

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I wouldn't mind starting off with an Argonian Templar.  Argonian because I play a human in RL and I get very tired of playing them ingame (hence my army of Asura and Charr in GW2). Templar because the flexibility of that class looks amazing. Although in combination Argonian Templar sounds a bit odd, lore-wise. Nice racials though.

 

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Replied On: 11/20/2013 at 06:39 PM PST
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Battle mage sounds awesome!  So if mages CAN wear heavy armor, why would you even consider wearing light?

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Replied On: 11/21/2013 at 08:22 AM PST
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Generally light armor has better stats for magic users. And if they have stamina bars you need to puts stats in to offset the load of heavy armor. However, I have no idea how TESO is handling stats by armor type.

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Replied On: 11/21/2013 at 06:11 PM PST

I think they also said in the past, could have changed  by now, that light armor would have faster magica regen?

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Templar with a bow and a 'walking stick' ... cause I'm odd.

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I miss playing a Nightshade. So if I make anything it will probably be* close to a Nightshade. I just want to climb keep walls and backstab. =)



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Replied On: 11/25/2013 at 07:11 PM PST

I was looking forward to playing a spell thief in ESO, but now after looking through and reading about the classes and how they work I worry that I may just be a mage.  Otherwise I'll be a darkelf storm calling mage.

NightFall I believe you are correct.  I read that any class can wear any armor, but its all about the benefits (skills) you can level up for that armor.  Think Light armor does faster magicka regen, while med is more sneak oriented, and heavy is more something.. lol Don't remember

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From what I heard it's not quite as free as one might think, but of course it's all conjecture and opinion atm.

I'm not sure what type of armor I'm going to wear; depends on the looks :P

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Do you think armor skill will be like everquest?

"You have become better at Heavy Armor! (23)"

 

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Replied On: 11/27/2013 at 12:58 PM PST

I would imagine it would work similar to skyrim in the sense of the more you use it the more it levels up.

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I plan two: the first will be my Templar healer just because he likes being hugged lots and lots; the second will be my arrogant Dunmer sorc due to the racial bonuses to magicka/stamina (+5% each) and fire damage/resist.  He will be the true glass cannon putting all skills points into magicka until reaching Cyrodil, then I'll see what his durability is like.

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Replied On: 11/28/2013 at 01:12 PM PST

Hi I'm Briton and I'm an altoholic...

 

I reckon I'll be playing as:

A Dunmer Dragonknight using Sword & Shield as Primary, probably Destruction Staff secondary and wearing 5 Heavy and 2 Light Armour.

and/or

An Orc Nightblade using Dual Wield primary, Sword & Shield secondary in 5 Heavy, 2 Medium.

and/or 

several other ideas bouncing around in my head...

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Replied On: 11/29/2013 at 12:41 PM PST
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Norn night blade here, dagger-dagger, short bow, med/heavy armor.  Briton, norns can outdrink a Brit any day, smile.  

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Replied On: 12/01/2013 at 05:58 AM PST
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I'll be joining you all again when ESO launches thank goodness.  I'll probably do my usual routine and start as a Nord Templar and then roll a DE Night Blade if boredom ever sets in.  I love support classes as i like to sit back and pick and choose my targets for a heal or a stab LOL!  Either way I'm very excited to see you all again soon.  My RL timeline will be all straightened out by then.  I miss you all very much even though we didn't have a lot of time to get to know each other.  



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» Edited on: 2013-12-01 06:10:57

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Going to rock an Argonian Nightblade with a side order of magic to the face skills as my main. Will probably end up with greatsword/dagger/bow as weapons and some sort of med/heavy armor.

My alt will be a Khajiit warrior, so pretty much geared to the max to benifit DPS. Pretty much can't not have a khajiit as every ES game I've been one XD

 

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I'm pretty bland, I'm going for a lightly armoured mercenary type, like Bronn from Game of Thrones.

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I've seen a couple of folks misunderstanding the classes. What class you choose does matter. Each class has 3 skill lines that other classes cannot gain. Of course you aren't forced necessarily to use those skill lines if you want to slot only skills from a weapon or armor or other non-class limited line, but in choosing a class, you are getting 3 skill lines and giving up 9 other lines (and you have to pick a class). Tamriel Foundry has the full list of class abilities, I believe.

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I am new to the family but thought I should chime in here this is what I am thinking of doing.

  Race: Nord

  Base Class & Proposed Development: Primary class and role.

Templar ( Paladin ) Front line tank, Heavy tanking focus, minor healing

Skill focus: Heavy Armor, Damage Absorption, Regeneration, and Opponent Immobilization. Secondary role, minor spell use restoration for added spot healing, and cures. Can take the role of healer when no one else is there for it.

Armor: 7 Heavy Armor, enchanted for HP Regeneration and added hp if enchants work like Skyrim

Weapon style of choice: Axe and Board

Crafting focus: Master of the Forge, General crafting, Gathering skills, Able to attain both PvE and Pvp only crafting materials. Alts will be used to allow for master level crafting in most fields.

 

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Honestly I don't have a clue.  My initial thoughts is to go the reverse of my usual mmo altholic route of first ranged then melee and finally a rogue and start right off the bat with a thief/rogue type.  Right now I'm liking the concept of Argonian nightblade and the poison/leech/heal setup.  From there going Nord Templar to Dunmer Dragonblade.  

I usually avoid going thief/rogue because it seems at the startup of every MMO I've done everyone goes thief/ranger.  And I really really don't enjoy playing FOTM classes, but I may have to just take that leap regardless.

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Leaning towards a two hand wielding night blade build. It really depends on how it will synergize. 

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Currently I'm leaning towards trying a Dark Elf (shhh! Don't tell Clanorton or Craythur), as a stealthy, sniper/scout-type charater (Bow, mostly medium armour, probably Nightblade to complement the stealth). Might even try on some "sexy boots" if I find any, just for Mystriss Freya.

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I think they are going to use the similar Skyrim archetype.

 

All this is conjecture and I have no idea what the final product will be.

 

Light armor will have inherent magic regen somewhere, either on the armor or in the armor passive tree they keep talking about.

Heavy Armor will have the highest armor  and the passive tree will be focused on not taking damage.  

 

 

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Hi there, I'll probably be an alt aholic.  Now I know the family is going with Ebonhart Pact, which is Dark Elves, Nords and Argonians.  If you play something else you will still be able to talk in guild chat, but you will not be in an area to play with the many family stuff.  Also, if you play someting outside Ebonhart Pact and you go into Alliance vs Alliance, you will wind up fighting family.  Just saying it would be fun to try other races, but I know I would never go into the AvA unless on an Ebonhart Pact toon because that is where the family will be.

That being said I'll probably first make Briseadh as a Nord Templar.  She's always been more of a fighter type and the Templar has some healing skills.  I'll probably try all four classes anyway and probably all three races of the Ebonhart Pact before I'm done.  Maybe even multiples depending on slots allowed because of skill tree picking.

As for armor, weapons, and skill trees - I think they are leaving it pretty open as to what you can wear and use based on what you want to do.  I do know each class has it's on special set of skills and I think each race has a special line of skills, too.  I think you will have way more places to put those skill points than skill points to use, so you will have to really think of what you want to do and apply points accordingly.  I actually think if this works out this way you could have two people playing the same class, but fighting quite differently.  I also think you can only have 5 skills and one elite type skill in use at a time which narrows it further.  So I foresee a lot of interesting combos though the number crunchers and build mongers will be saying what they think is best for each class before long.  ::chuckles::

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Leaning Templar ATM. As it stands, she will use a 2-hander and a bow and be quite rogue-ish. Not sure about armor, but probably 5M/2H and see how that works. All the classes look pretty fun though...

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I'm thinking 2 characters, one Darkelf Templar dual-wielding, the other a Breton wizard. Obviously, they'll be in different AvA campaigns.

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Replied On: 01/21/2014 at 05:19 PM PST

Hi, this is a slightly old thread, but since I'm new I thought it would be a good chance to join in.

I'm looking forward to creating an Argonian Dragon Knight. My idea is to build it as a magical creature (rather than as a mage).

Sample skills: 

  • Fiery Breath
  • Spiked Armor
  • Reflective Scale
  • Dragon Leap

Armor: Mixture of Heavy and Light (?)

Weapons:

  1. Sword and Shield
  2. Double-handed Axe


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Replied On: 02/19/2014 at 07:43 AM PST

I want to go cross-alliance with my toon, but I'm trying to figure out a viable mechanism that allows my character to appear in a foreign land after escaping the Wailing prison.  Are we assuming the character returns to the location they had been abducted from?

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Khajiit, Nightblade, duel-wielding, also with a bow

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Do you think you will roll one toon for RP and another for hardcore questing, PvE, and PvP?

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 I`ve been trying out my DAOC Thane build atm  in the weekend betas  so far it seems fairly good ,   i took nord  sorc   and am using  chest, shoulders, legs  heavy armor and the rest light armor ,

have been messing around with 1h hammer and shield as well as  2h hammer trying to see what i like more leaning to 1h hammer and shield atm.  most like i`ll end up 1h hammer shield and restro staff for support heals etc as needed , every 6 lvls i think i`ll  throw  3 into magic 2 into health and 1 into stam .  

that may change to 3 into health 2 mag and 1 stam later on  depends on soft cap on magik and where adding more doesn`t help  where more hp is better .  well see but so far it`s working great !  will have to wait till release to see since can`t get high enough lvl on weekend betas lol .



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Replied On: 02/21/2014 at 07:52 AM PST

@Dirkdaring I've tried a build similar to that, and it is quite fun. I'm sure you will enjoy it!

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Templar the class just seems right for me as a concept, though the Dragon Knight is still hanging around in the back of my head

Nord or Imperial

Heavy Armour

2H Axe/Bow

This is actually pretty good for me :D a month out and I only have 4 variations to choose from, oh and 3 roles :(

Basically a metal clad thumping machine "chafing alert". I may give Tanking a miss in ESO and just focus on thumping things though I haven't played a healer since LOTRO and Warhammer Online

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Nord Main Battle Tank Sword and Board for main. I'm going to make an Imperial alt not yet sure the class yet. How exciting I get a chance to play an Imperial.

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Never played DAOC.  What is a Thane?

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Replied On: 02/24/2014 at 07:35 AM PST

A thane is a caster/melee hybrid that tosses around a lot of lightning and likes big hammers.

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Replied On: 02/26/2014 at 04:25 AM PST

So Battlemage-ish?

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Replied On: 02/26/2014 at 05:37 AM PST

I am looking at 3 different builds at the moment. Eventually i want to have all 3 viable.

These are my starting points........

 

My Tank:

Khajiit DragonKnight

Draconic Power focus

5 x medium armour and the rest heavy armour

Dual wielding swords and a bow for ranged

 

My Mage:

High Elf Sorcerer

Storm calling / Daedric Summoner focus

All light armour (but perhaps heavy armour)

No melee weapons unless we have more than 2 weaponset shortcuts

 

My Paladin:

Orc Templar

Restoring light focus

All heavy armour

Restoration staff and 2 handed weapons

 

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Replied On: 02/26/2014 at 05:53 AM PST

Most likely a Nightblade.

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Replied On: 02/26/2014 at 07:05 PM PST

Staff Sorcerer or Templar with bow and melee weapon. Probably will go for Sorcerer first

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Replied On: 03/02/2014 at 11:50 PM PST
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Okay out of my first Beta I now know what I am playing.

Imperial Templar 2H/Bow eventualy 1h+Shield for versatility

Thwacking based (2 Melee on the bar and 1 from each of the templar lines)

 

As an Imperial pay me enough and Ill come fight for you ;D

 

 

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 07:36 AM PST
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  DAOC  Thane  was a dps melee/caster hybrid  tank , they could use guard, intercept to take damage meant for  another , they had taunt so could tank , self ac buffs , damage proc buffs lighting based . as well as use  shield  and hamer, sword or axe  , also @h  sword, axe , hammer  and cast Lighting based attacks  very fun class .

 

  I tried making a sorc  and gave him 4 heavy , 3 light armor used a hammer /shield  and no pet  , used lighting attacks and mix of melee/casting when in close combat  , worked very well . threw in some crowd control also seemed like it will work great , the 4 heavy armor with shield made him not as squishy plus added  to his spell resist , and the 3 light was enough for the magik regen .    

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 08:00 AM PST
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Still leaning towards Nightblade with bows and a 2-H weapon for melee.

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 08:36 AM PST
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 yep my night blade is a oldschool EQ  Shadowknight , using 3 heavy and 4 medium armor  using posion bow and 2 H greatsword  with magik drain on it .   

 

so far it is working great and the nightblade ablities actualy are alot like the old SK stuff  ,  invs, life taps, undead pet , mini teleport , fear  ,  etc   so far he seems semi op atm lol

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 08:53 AM PST
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Think I'm going Nightblade with a DW/Bow set up. Though I rolled a Templar this time just to see what their skill set looks like and I think I have an idea for a pure healer.

 

THough after reading through this thread, I might see if I can come up with a DAOC warden style character.... I miss my warden. :(



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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 09:26 AM PST

Probably main a Templar in heavy with a bow and sword/shield, love that pierce ability that cuts 40% of target armor. Definitely developing a Nightblade though.

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I think I may play a healing Templar..or Sorcerer...but I need to test things out more first.

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 10:25 AM PST

Aunvyrae,

A dragon knight specialized in earthen heart, sword and shield would make an excellent warden. :)

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Replied On: 03/03/2014 at 02:35 PM PST

HELLO!!!

Well after extensive testing of every base class and every ability to 15th level of play and rank 20-30 in all skills.....

1: Argonian Templar , sword /shield/ for pure tank and some heals, swap to restro staff for pure healer. Will have a couple sets of gear to change into as my role demands at the time. this is who I will play with guild and friends mostly.

2; dark elf sorc, Bow cc dps spells, swap to restro staff for utility spells,heals as needed. this toon will be played mostly if im soloing .

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Hello,

 

I have tried templar and sorcerer in last two betas. Mostly I have played tank builds in MMOs so I will going for Dragon Knight, perhaps Nord, but that is open yet. DK had skill tree for defensive tank / buff so I think that will be my main tree.

 

In time I will also play with others, but tank will be my main character.

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Replied On: 03/05/2014 at 06:11 AM PST

Imperial Female Dragonknight.  Will mostly focus on draconic and earth heart skills but will at least take fiery reach from the ardent flame line.  Going full heavy armor and sword/board skills, as far as my skill bars go, well I will end up probably going with 2 sets of tanking skill bars, one for single target bosses, the other for off tanking and aoe tanking.   I will also be focusing on blacksmithing, enchanting, and dabbling with potion making on this character.

My other character will be Norn Female Templar, with an emphasis on restoration.  I will be focusing on light armor and restoration staff to basically reduce the magic and get extra healing options.   Crafting skills will of course be clothing and woodworking, with eventually dabbling in provisioning.  

 

My first two and main two aren't out of the box characters at all, as I want a tank and a Healer, and want to be optimized for both.  

I may eventually make a Dunmer Sorcerer, with destruction staff, but I haven't really looked into that one, because well, it will be down the road, or when I am bored.   Basically the tank will be my main, my healer will be my alt that i level up with my son's dual wielding dragonknight.  

I may at later dates try building some alternative builds that are outside the box, especailly since I really did like the 2hander skill line and how it felt, which is a first as I normally don't care for 2handers in most games.   

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I am thinking classic "ranger" so I'm going to try a Breton Nightblade with a lot of concentration on bow and armour.  The Breton race just because it's what all my best characters have been though the other Elder Scrolls games and a bit of magic resistance never hurts.

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Replied On: 03/05/2014 at 01:31 PM PST

How are everyone's characters turning out?  Has anyone made an "about face" on the avatar they thought they wanted to play versus the one they totally love to play?

 

Thanks for the link Phae.

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Replied On: 03/21/2014 at 11:24 AM PDT

Eventually...all of them. In as many different builds / races as $ will allow character slots.  (had 17 alts in EQ2)

Templar to start though...maybe...or Dragonknight...or Sorc...grrrr :)

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Replied On: 03/21/2014 at 11:26 AM PDT

I have changed my mind a few times since I started playing beta. Originally I thought I would be playing a Nightblade for sure. Though I do like the class, I am finding the versatility of the Templar to be more to my liking.

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  due to the very limited play choices , ie. only 1 zone to level in per level range instead of 3 or 4  to go to for a different view when leveling a alt , and exp per mob kill very low , as in killing mobs 4 to 5 lvls higher then you only giving 80 ish exp per kill , i doubt i`ll lvl up any alts this time and just have  all lowbie toons for extra bank space .

 

  just seems it`ll get very boring going through the same quests over and over which each new alt due to unless you reroll on a diff alliance there is no other option as a alt place toi go quest at its always the same zone 5- 15 stonefalls , then next zone etc  guess the game world wasn`t big enough to have  3 diff zones for lvl 5-15 for ebonhart pact .to give you more options of places to go to instead of always the same zone and same quest .

 

hope they figure out a better chat system too the one they have is very clunky .

 

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I've actually just recently totally changed everything about my character hahaha  I accidently on purpose played a DK to show my Sexy Boots how they play with the bow and fell in love with the play style.

I overcame my Dunmer to Wood Elf issue easily enough for my characters already written history, but the whole mage who went insane during the soul burst just isn't going to work on a DK.  *Grabs a feathered quill and starts over*

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I know I am going Templar for sure - probably a mix bow, destruction staff and healing staff.  In terms of Race either Dunmer, Altmer or Breton - I am still up in the air about that.

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