Conjuration, illusion, and and alteration

Chieve

So i understabd sorc may have a bit of conjuratioj spells...

But why dont we have them as seperate skill lines

These were one of the coolest siill lines...especially illusion, i love making an entire tiwn go crazy just attacking each other...

Levo18

Because this is not skyrim 2.0

Elsonso

Spell Crafting may have this, but honestly, if they keep the class skills, I really don't want anything to do with it.

Gilvoth

Levo18 wrote: »

Because this is not skyrim 2.0

this skill line did not start in skyrim, it started in morrowind.
and by the way, this is SUPPOSE to be skyrim online, morrowind online. please stopp insulting us people who want what was advertised!

"its elderscrolls but online!"

UltimaJoe777

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

Levo18 wrote: »

Because this is not skyrim 2.0

this skill line did not start in skyrim, it started in morrowind.
and by the way, this is SUPPOSE to be skyrim online, morrowind online. please stopp insulting us people who want what was advertised!

"its elderscrolls but online!"

Every single Elder Scrolls game up to Online had similar yet differing features. TESO is not "required" to have what past titles did.

As for the schools Nightblades tend to hold more Illusion magic whereas Alteration and Conjuration are more along the lines of Sorcerers. Magelight is easily accessible by anyone though so there's some more Alteration for ya.

Xendyn

Because this is an MMO not a single player game. You have to try to have balance here, no god mode. PVP, Group play, Solo play all have to be taken into account.
Think about what would happen if everyone could just choose all the "best" skills regardless of class and there were no downsides.

TheShadowScout

The difference between MMOs and single player games is, in MMOs they need to add mechanics to prevent everyone and their dog ending up playing the same "super-effective" build, since that would leech the joy out of PvP for a great many people.
Which is why they usually divide all the goodies into "classes".

ESO is doing much better at this then many other games, in that they at least leave the weapons and armor freely choosable, instead of making the classic "tank class... ranged dps class... melee dps class... healer class" without any chance for the players to break out from the class pigeonholeing. Makes for more options to try, makes for more fun to play.

But if they had done the same with the skills... people would end up cherry picking too much. Nightblade stealth combined with sorceror shield and templar heal? You know they would...

Ezareth

WTB Alteration so I can cast Detect Life/Detect death to see all those damned nightblades stealthing around out there.

Divinius

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

this skill line did not start in skyrim, it started in morrowind.

Actually, skill lines for spells started in Daggerfall. Though "Conjuration" was not considered one of them. Daggerfall had Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, Mysticism, Restoration, and Thaumaturgy.

Faulgor

Really hope we will see those with Spellcrafting. Sadly we have no timeline for that at all, could be part of any upcoming DLC.

Xendyn wrote: »

Because this is an MMO not a single player game. You have to try to have balance here, no god mode. PVP, Group play, Solo play all have to be taken into account.
Think about what would happen if everyone could just choose all the "best" skills regardless of class and there were no downsides.

What's this got to do with magic schools?
Besides, most skills are already available to everyone. Classes are evidently not necessary for balance.