Subclassing has sucked the life out of patch 46

LalMirchi · June 4

Title : Subclassing has sucked the life out of patch 46

Respectfully I think not
- The rigid freeze while the fluid adapt?

BretonMage · June 4

ragnarok6644b14_ESO wrote: »

BretonMage wrote: »

ragnarok6644b14_ESO wrote: »

"A huge slop fest of the best abilities" sounds like a good reason for you personally to build something that isn't that, but still works, and be proud of it. Challenge accepted!

I mean, at the end of the day, I just wanted to be able to play my lightning/conjuring sorc from Skyrim, that I reprised to varying levels of success in ESO, depending on the patch.

I don't think the ability to play this has diminished - if anything, it is improved, if you want to conjure undead now rather than being limited to Daedra (which were both Conjuration in Skyrim).

A conjurer is not the same as a necromancer at all. Calling forth minions from the daedric realm is not the same as animating dead bodies nor using the souls of the departed.

The "classic mage classes we all grew up with" are not really a TES thing in the restrictive sense. Mages - indeed, any person - in TES can learn any magic at all - what matters is the effort they put into it (Skyrim is the most freewheeling, whereas in Oblivion off-class skills progress more slowly, just like costing extra SP).

Only the player had class freedom in TES. The others did indeed have specialisations that made them frost mages and lightning mages. You might have necromancers who also wielded frost magic, but you would not have a mishmash of classes like a necromancer/templar/nightblade.

moderatelyfatman · June 6

LalMirchi wrote: »

Title : Subclassing has sucked the life out of patch 46

Respectfully I think not
- The rigid freeze while the fluid adapt?

Hmmmmm.... I'd say this is true for most things in life but not for entertainment that you are paying for.
I compare it to a restaurant that changes the menu: should I keep eating food that I no longer enjoy or should I go somewhere else?
Should I keep paying to see Marvel movies even though they're no longer as good as they used to be?
Should I keep buying game franchises that no longer remain true to their original vision?
Should I fire my stock broker who has developed dementia and keeps investing my money on virtual potatoes?