Protector1981 wrote: »

I already hate this mammoth. It’s too big, too loud, and blocks everyone’s view. I’m afraid it will cover everything in the crafting area.

No idea who came up with the weird idea to put something like this into the world.

At least it doesn’t have any unnecessary bling.

• Playing the same content but having some more fun with more difficult levels of IA, certain dlc world bosses, and clearing dungeons solo faster which is nice. Vet dungeons seem to go faster for sure.
• I'd say the biggest change is I find myself experimenting with a bunch more builds that basically resolve some gameplay and flow issues various classes have
• Also I think its led me to experiment more so im learning more about how to build semi optimized stuff

• Nightblade -> Messed with Gravelord a bit but I found for NB running another DPS skill line wasn't really needed and it impacted my sustain/mitigation in ways I didn't really want. Main thing is my current NB pure class build game play was already super dynamic and exactly what I wanted. Stamina Dagger Bow build with Rapid Strikes + Poison injection and the built in execute abilities + grim focus. DPS has been totally fine post Update 46 so I never bothered really pursuing to much sub-classing on this one. One or two flex slots below but nothing I am looking to actively solve for with sub-classing at the moment. Gameplays smooth and works well enough for the content I play.
  
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• Dragon Knight -> Similar to NB the core kit for DK was already coherent for me and worked so well every sub-class adjustment I have tried has felt like I was losing some of the flow that makes Stamina DK dot melee stuff so fun. The sustain changes I had to adjust gear/food/enchants a bit to deal with thats about it. At some point ill continue test out mixing in a proper execute ability with Dawns Wrath but honestly that has kinda screwed up the gameplay flow & dps/def/sustain mix I currently have with DK more than I want to.
  
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• Sorc -> This ones tough. I have run a Stamina No Pet Dagger + Bow build here to with an emphasis on Bound Armaments and Crystal Fragments. Absolutely was one of my favorite builds pre-patch. Havent played as much lately, I figure just wait until ya'll are done tinkering. I have tried swapping in Assassination but it felt like I was losing something unique from before so I gave up on that kinda quickly.
  
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• Warden -> This is the first class I really leveraged sub-classing with. Warden Animal Companion and Winters Embrace are awesome and super thematic unique skill lines so I kept those and just added Assassination since Warden has never really had a good finisher. Where i landed is super fun for me works good in most solo content and has some sweet burst dmg. Core of the theme here is still where I want it, I just have some extra functionality and access to executes that were only really accessible via weapons skill lines before.
  
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• Necro -> One of the classes like arcanist that I think has seen the most gameplay benefit from sub-classing for me but also the most dramatic replacement of Necro abilities. On net I ended up with something I massively enjoy that feels thematic despite the minimal # of necro skills im still using. Grave Lord + Animal Companion + Dawns Wrath has been dope. Pre-patch necro gameplay loop was fun but sorta awkward with Blast Bones. Necro base class has always been a struggle to fit the puzzle pieces together (some good stuff there just really hard to find). Sub-classing has let me swap a bunch of stuff like blastbones out entirely for Deep Fissure delayed burst. Net net...im playing my necro a ton now across content and enjoying the hell out of it. I definitely enjoyed the base class corpsebuster build I had from before and would return to it if the necro class in general sees some quality of life improvements and some dot/morphs that sync better with other skills.
  
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• Templar -> This is definitely a class I plan to mess with sub-classing on just havent gotten to it yet. Might be that I take the necro build I landed on and simply construct here instead. I did land on a build with Storm Calling and Assisnation that I am for sure enjoying but its not quite settled and ill probably go back to the drawing board over time with this. Templar is the class I am most likely to go full tank on with sub-classing and see what I can do there.
  
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• Arcanist -> Pre-patch arcanist was honestly the class I played the least since the beam based builds had some of the least fun gameplay of all classes. Just has none of the dynamic active combat flow that the rest of ESO is sorta structured around. After patch though....oh man I was able to basically entirely reconstruct Arcanist into something that is now arguably my favorite build. Switched to Tentacular Dread burst as the core of the build and havent looked back. It is super effective and soooo much more fun than the beam stuff. Settled on Herald of the Tome + Storm Calling + Winters Embrace. The build I had before sub-classing was just not fun. This though....yea entertaining and no more beam! Wish I could post a video for this one's gameplay its great, using the two scribe abilities to build crux cleanly in rotation. Its so fun it makes me tolerate how visually distracting the giant green triangles constantly in the middle of the screen are instead of just being crux symbols or numbers above my skill bar.
  
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