Armor Skills

n.jones0991b14a_ESO · March 2015

I really enjoy this game, the story, the combat, the skills, all except for one thing. How the armor system works. Generally in most games I play a dps type character, and in this game, I absolutely love how heavy armor looks, and yet, if I want to viably dps in group content, it's light/medium or you're gimping yourself. I think it would be amazing if they added some tanking skills to light/medium and some dps skills to heavy. Armor is the only part of the game where you can't really play how you want unless you just play solo, and in an MMO, solo just isn't as much fun.

Triddle · March 2015

I Disagree. You play how you want by picking the armour that gives the bonuses you want, not the look. Costumes are for looks, armour is for stats. Try the knights costume pack for 700 crowns. There're three heavy armour looks you can wear in it.

LameoveR · March 2015

There is much options to have good stats for DPS while wearing heavy armor.
Heavy armor craft sets with bonuses to magicka, stamina, spell damage, weapon damage, crit.
Craft 5 pieces of one, 3 pieces of other, enchant them how you want, move all your stat points in either magicka or stamina and take hp bonus from heavy armor passives.
Really much options.

n.jones0991b14a_ESO · March 2015

Triddle wrote: »

I Disagree. You play how you want by picking the armour that gives the bonuses you want, not the look. Costumes are for looks, armour is for stats. Try the knights costume pack for 700 crowns. There're three heavy armour looks you can wear in it.

Unfortunately the heavy armor pack is all Breton armor. =/ They should really add some armor costumes of other races.

Cody · March 2015

It used to be you could not do anything in Heavy armor. even Light armor tanked better than heavy armor.

That was pre 1.6. Heavy armor is much more viable now. You can make a good DPS build with heavy armor.

Explore, and try out different combos and crafting sets. you will find something.

Flameheart · March 2015

There will be more and more costume stuff achievable for crowns. Don't think that Zenimax won't milk this cow :-)

Septimus_Magna · March 2015

There are various Heavy Armor disguises/costumes you can wear, you can check them out here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Disguises

Sharee · March 2015

Wrecking blow in heavy armor still hurts. Alternate with a heavy attack for stamina sustain.

EnOeZ · March 2015

I think you all miss the point.

Can you make a "DPS" build in Heavy ? Yes... sort of.
Is it optimal ? Clearly no. About 20% less effective DPS and much less sustainable.

I_killed_Vivec · March 2015

Face palm moment...

It never occurred to me that the heavy armour costumes were so dress-wearers could look butch

Rune_Relic · March 2015

I_killed_Vivec wrote: »

Face palm moment...

It never occurred to me that the heavy armour costumes were so dress-wearers could look butch

Exactly....just buy a wedding dress