Starting/budget gear choices for dps/healer NB, fresh at v14?

Bati · May 2015

I'm about to ding v14 and I'd like to prepare the gear sets to wear when I do. I plan to mostly stick to magicka dps for grouping but I'd also like to be able to heal decently since it will be easier to get into groups like this. Ideally I'd like to combine two craftable sets that can be interchanged with 1-2 spare pieces to switch between the two builds. I was thinking:

dps - 4 piece eyes of Mara and 4 piece Magnus, jewelry is 3x soulshine with weapon damage enchants (alternatively minus magicka cost, I'd have to do some testing)

healing - 5 piece mara and 3 piece magnus, 3x soulshine with magicka cost reduction

Any better options? My budget is only ~50k so there's not much wiggle room for set drops but I could get all the craftable sets to legendary quality with the mats I have.

Celless · May 2015

I wouldn't recommend putting weapon damage on your rings unless you were planning to weave dual wielding, 2h melee, or bow in for a DD role. Before investing too far, consider exploring how well you can maintain resources with 3 spell damage enchants, maybe green or blue enchants to get a feel. And saving the purple or gold enchants when you've settled on "final" accessories or a play style.

If you're looking to expand your budget, consider liquidating some of your legendary materials (assuming about 64 to 72 gold dreugh wax and 16-32 of the wood ones). Whether you explore a second set of accessories to give you more room to tweak without re-enchanting or a different set altogether (e.g. Healer's, Cyrodiilz, Archmage, etc.)

Also, though it may not be as appetizing for some, consider vr11-13 martial knowledge gear for your DD. Those don't have to be legendary quality since this is your starter set. You may be able to find these anywhere from 200g to 1000g. Try the stalls in Reapers march or Craglorn. Some people get so sick of the lower vrs that they're giving them away. You may have about 6 to 30 less spell damage and maybe 20 to 80 less magicka than the vr14 set of the same quality, but again, a nice budget option. (vr13 epic quality should give pretty good mileage).

Bati · May 2015

Ah my bad, I meant spell damage of course. Thanks for the suggestion regarding DD, I had something similar in mind myself but I thought the difference would be bigger.

I assume the same can be done for Healer's Habbit and have 5 HH + 5 Eyes of Mara for optimal bonuses?

cozmon3c_ESO · May 2015

crafted gear, find a crafter for some sets you like

cozmon3c_ESO · May 2015

http://esoacademy.com/set-bonus-items/

this place is good to find gear from

exiledtyrant · May 2015

Crafted gear is definitely a good choice for staying on budget. I got a bunch of great sets tipping a few crafters 1k per piece produced with my mats and traits. Very affordable and easy to epic. Most set pieces sell for like 500-700 a piece in shops if you can snag those without doing a custom request.