Three simple things to fix Templars

billp_ESO · June 2014

Templars, Paladins, Clerics, etc, all have one thing in common: they can cast healing spells while in full plate armor, with no penalty. A Templar wearing heavy armor should get the same magic bonuses as a mage wearing light armor. That is what makes them different.

1) give the magicka regen bonuses to heavy armor for Templars

Templars are healers, so they should have an "affinity" for healing objects, like staffs. Any object that boosts healing, has a 15% buff if it is a Templar. Conversely, Templars, Paladins, etc, are not good at Destructive magic.

2) Templars get a +15% healing bonus to all Restoration Staff healing spells, and a -15% dmg for destro staff attacks. Also change the Sorc: -15% for Resto staff.

Templars, Clerics, etc, are not tops at DPS. They shouldn't be, trading healing for damage. But they wear heavy armor, and can sometimes act like tanks. Templars, Paladins, etc, are known for fighting in the front lines, healing as they fight.

3) Melee attacks by Templars give healing or buffs to allies.

To summarize, this would make the Templar the best healer, no question. Sorcs could still heal, but not as well, even with their better magicka regen. Templars can generate healing by melee fighting, but will never get close to Sorc DPS.

Bars · June 2014

look tbh its the only class I played and will play ,its time to just delete it ,it looks like zos thinks we are in a good place atm and if they bring the rest of them down 2 where we are nn

wouterhak19eb17_ESO · June 2014

look i honestly feel that templar should not be called the( main healer)only, i dont need the healing spells at all yust to play but i feel as ife i need to play templar as healer becouse the class is to weak to compete with dps with the other classes, i only want to have the magicka regen back they had in beta wich they dont have right now i want to play a melee templar with full plate where i can solo the veteran content without me being dead constant on trash and dont get me started on play as a caster or with a healing/destro staff becouse i hate that play style i want to be able to compete with the other classes when it comes to dps as a melee and be able to solo the veteran content like i did in the normal 1-49 where i could take on trash mobs of 3-4 without anny problem (in other words lower the hp and of veteran content and give us a boost in power while playing veteran content) .

in other words they cant realise the words they said : PLAY WHATEVER CLASS YOU WANT THE WAY YOU WANT without cookie butter builds

snagallnub18_ESO · June 2014

templar class broken... DPS is WAY under par... and the only way to get in a trail is as a HEALER... when i bought this game i was under the impression i could play ANY class the way i wanted to... i DONT want to heal ALL the freakin time i want to DPS 2hnd but NO this game caters sorc and DK... i mean come on in the vid for the new dungeon doesnt even have a templar in the group...shows you that even the devs DONT play templars

wouterhak19eb17_ESO · June 2014

you know the only way veteran content works as a dps as templar is playing with a friend all the time, playing solo as templar is just to harsh on my magicka, health pool i like my biting jabs but since the magicka recovery sucks as templar we cant spam anny skills like the dk's sorcs do(unless its biting jabs witch is weak) who have a unlimited supply of magicka i played a dk to veteran 6 and i did it solo without mutch trouble and always with my magicka pool around 60% after a trash group of 5 where it is with my templar veteran 4 (trough farming mobs with a party) i cant solo 3-4 mobs easy ife i do i have 0%magicka left 0%stamina trough weapons skills (wich are weak compared to class skills) and i have like 30%hp left
and i still need to do 20 more packs before my quest finnishes.

Phantorang · June 2014

Sorry, I dont agree with your suggested changes at all. I agree with @Bars though, this class is ruined, we just did Spindleclutch, 3 templars and 1 DK, we couldnt do enough DPS to even get down the first boss, we couldnt kill the adds by the 2nd boss, we managed to kill the Vampire final boss though.

Try swapping out those 3 templars with any other class, and that wouldnt be a problem. Templar DPS is ridiculous, there is no way Im going to keep on playing this game unless they really do something for Templar other than the stuff they've announced.

Sorc is the better healer in long fights, Templar is of course best until magicka runs out, but no boss fight is over in so short time. Templar is best healer vs trash mobs, sorc/DK is better for everything that actually takes some skill to accomplish, meaning boss fights and high health mobs. 3 temps and a dk cant do the 2 first bosses in spindleclutch due to low dps, its so damn irritating and ridiculous.

I dont struggle to much soloing in vet zones, even vet6+ is going ok. But public dungeons and some packs of 3 mobs and all packs of 4+ is nearly impossible for Templar. Templar simply doesnt do enough damage for each point of magicka they spend. And sta bar is also empty when magicka is empty, cuz of all the blocking. So when the mobs are still standing, and I got no magicka/stamina, potion is on cooldown, warlock gear on cooldown, what do you do then? You die...

When I play a game, I do it thoroughly, I do all the content with the 1 char, I have never in any MMO leveled another char more than a couple of levels, its simply to boring.

Thats a problem here now, cuz with Templar being so bad at soloing stuff and are only viable in a group when there is no other templars in it, because if you got 2+ templar in a group, your group is doomed to failure.

Over time that is going to be really tiresome, and the motivation for playing the game is slowly but surely going away...