Need advice if this will work

Mortac

I played for a couple of weeks at release and am now thinking of giving this game another shot. I have the following character in mind, but need some advice from any of you experts out there if this will actually work or not.

Sorcerer primarily for a pet and Surge.
Bow as primary weapon.
Restoration staff as secondary.

In my mind this would allow me to use magicka for pets, Surge and/or Bolt Escape. It would also be used for Restoration Staff healing.

This would leave endurance for use solely for my bow and DPS skills.

Would this work or would I just shoot myself in the foot with this? Any advice?

Jaxsun

I have little insight into Sorc itself but Update 6(1.6) is damn near a complete overhaul of the game so what may have worked today may not in the near future. 1.6 is on the test server now. You can log in and create a vr 14 character with the template system and see what works and what doesn't with the new system. I will post the link to the 1.6 patch notes below. Keep in mind they are on build 1.6.2 right now so it will be a little different than the link I post. You should check 1.6 patch notes first, then 1.6.1 then 1.6.2 to get a full perspective on the changes. I haven't heard a release date for 1.6 on the live server but it's on the test server so it shouldn't be too long...

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/148159/pts-patch-notes-v1-6/p1

Jitterbug

it can work, yes.
the heals will be very small if you dont invest into magicka and you will be able to bolt escape maybe two times per magicka pool.
if you do invest into magicka your bow and dps skills wont hit very hard.
that being said you can totally run magicka buffs and stamina dps on a sorc, although i do believe the pet damage scales with magicka aswell...

Mortac

Thanks for the info! I guess my follow-up question would be then if there's really any good reason to go with a bow in this build or if it would simply be better to just go all out magicka and Destruction Staff? Am I merely gimping myself for trying to squeeze a bow into the mix?

I have the impression that ESO offers the option of going with odd combinations, but in the end magicka and endurance simply pigeonhole you into one or the other anyway.

dylanjaygrobbelaarb16_ESO

it depends where you are in the game. when solo leveing its easy you can do what you want. in endgame its important for your build to be focused.

yes its gimped, pets are scaling off magica spell power and bow stam weapon power.
if my caster equips a bow, its hitting for half as much focused stamina bow build, and if that caster starts making bow better that makes all spells weaker.

if you must use pets, magica build using stam for utility. if you must use bow, go stamina build and use magica for utility.