So, here's what I'm getting... (Non-standard build discussion)

Rosanna_Foxfire

I play a sorcerer.

I play a sorcerer with Medium Armor, Dual Weilding, a Bow, the majority of my abilities are Stormcalling, with Degeneration and Silver Shards to help survivability and killing vampires/werewolves/daedra.

In my journey through to VR9, PvPing weekly with my guild, and questing. It took me a while to find that workable end guild, but by the time I did, I started to wonder things.

Are wonky builds like mine even viable? There's almost nothing I could find in my (admittedly minutes of) searching to look up a build in the style I wanted, so I made my own.

It seems to work well, barring some bosses (Molag Bal, Mannimarco, and Septima Tharn being the big names) that I remember being painful fights where I had to leave and repair. And one on one I still have trouble in PvP, though I'm not sure if this is Dragon Knights or other classes.

I've not min-maxed, but I've gone for what felt like fun, and suited the character I was playing.

So I wonder, do you think the game is designed for these wonky unthought of builds? Am I gimping myself by not playing optimally for my class? Or is this what the game was designed to work with?

yiasemi

I believe the game was designed for enjoyment, and it helps to know what you like. I play in much the same way, though i will listen to others experiences of what has worked for them if I am not too concerned. The very fact of being a dual wielding NB in medium armor tells you I'm not a power leveller. [whisper] I even go fishing!! what a loser!!

Rosanna_Foxfire

yiasemi wrote: »

I believe the game was designed for enjoyment, and it helps to know what you like. I play in much the same way, though i will listen to others experiences of what has worked for them if I am not too concerned. The very fact of being a dual wielding NB in medium armor tells you I'm not a power leveller. [whisper] I even go fishing!! what a loser!!

Gasp! Fishing! But there's no reward for fishing! What is this "fun" of which you speak?

In all seriousness, I agree with you. I just wish that the harder bosses were a little less hard. I'm not averse to a challenge, but I rammed my head against a brick wall in the Mannimarco and Molag Bal fights.

ebunts14_ESO

This thread would be better suited for the pve forum and in the Skill Line sub-forums.

yiasemi

I'm not sure, even Mannimarco and Molag Bal have strategies that work against them, I suppose with builds like ours we just have to work harder to find them. As a nightblade I find the more I dance out of the way of heavy damage, the longer I survive. I make enough money from crafting for frequent visits to armor hospital.
It's a reasonably forgiving game, as I believe it was designed to be. Awesome to have got to VR9 this way. My hat's off to you, if I wore one. Like most women in this game I am too vain...another self-inflicted nerf..

Rosanna_Foxfire

Hehehe. There is an option to turn the helmet display off, I make use of that.

My only complaint is that after finishing all the actual quest content for the VR zones, I only got to VR9 and a quarter. Ah well. Craglorn awaits, and there are fish yet to be caught, and people to talk to. You are right, though, now that I know the basic strategies for those two fights, I probably won't have a problem on my alts.

yiasemi

Damn never found that hat option, that'll teach me to read the manual, I just take it off out of fights and forget to put it on again haha

Rosanna_Foxfire

It's in the Gameplay settings, I believe. It's character specific, like the controls and chat settings. Though I wish it weren't.