Why did YOU create a Templar?

Faulgor · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

I just came off of Dark Souls, so ... I wanted Solaire.

Vaoh · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

@Faulgor Praise the Sun!

Ffastyl · February 2016

I wanted to be a warrior with regen so the built in healing tree called out to me...

I don't use any of those heals now, though. I have actual regen.

Sleep724 · February 2016

Starting on console it was a DK or Templar for me. My brother who got the game befor me but still didn't know much about it said to pick Templar "because they're the only ones who can heal themselves." Trusting him I picked Templar and now especially after the last eso live, which I came to the realization that Zos has no idea how to balance this game, regret it immensely. I don't have the patience to start and grind a whole 'nother character.

Solariken · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

Flak wrote: »

I miss the option "I wanted a class that everyone is crying about so I can hide my skilllessness behind awful coding". No offense but this crying is starting to annoy me, everything Templars needed was getting there Skills fixed and that's what they got for the most part. Also you got a damage buff, what else is there u want?
Templars are awesome, probably the most unique class of all.
Also this is PTS... There will be more changes coming.

Sorry friend, but it sounds like you don't understand the class, its issues, or the depth of ineptitude on the part of the developers. They haven't fixed anything. We got Major Mending but a handful of nerfs to go with it. They buffed Dark Flare - so what? That skill was already good. I don't foresee any more meaningful changes coming down the pipe for this update.

Acrolas · February 2016

Because I'm actually puncturing you with my Pumpkin Spectre's massive ***.
He's here to hurt you, not to heal you.

WalkingLegacy · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

Solariken wrote: »

Flak wrote: »

I miss the option "I wanted a class that everyone is crying about so I can hide my skilllessness behind awful coding". No offense but this crying is starting to annoy me, everything Templars needed was getting there Skills fixed and that's what they got for the most part. Also you got a damage buff, what else is there u want?
Templars are awesome, probably the most unique class of all.
Also this is PTS... There will be more changes coming.

Sorry friend, but it sounds like you don't understand the class, its issues, or the depth of ineptitude on the part of the developers. They haven't fixed anything. We got Major Mending but a handful of nerfs to go with it. They buffed Dark Flare - so what? That skill was already good. I don't foresee any more meaningful changes coming down the pipe for this update.

It's funny they think changes will come from feedback and data off the PTS. Since when did ZOS ever listen to feedback and intiate changes before live patch?

Nah they'll acknowledge problems maybe and fix 4 months down the road for next quarter DLC to market as features.

sekou_trayvond · February 2016

I play 3 templars, all variants of the first option.

Favorite class/playstyle.

Tankqull · February 2016

because i thought ZOS would care...

KingYogi415 · February 2016

I thought it was worth crippling my dps to be the best healer.

I am now jack of all, master of none.

My Templar makes a nice crafter I guess.

Mashille · February 2016

I wanted to be a Spaceman, but my parents said I would never amount to anything so I picked Templar to suit me no amounting to anything.

NewBlacksmurf · February 2016

None of your options.
I do like to heal tho so I'd go with that basic response.

RDMyers65b14_ESO · February 2016

I wanted to be a heavy armor battle healer, mending wounds and raising allies from the dead while imbuing them with my righteous power.

Oldmanlawlor wrote: »

It's funny how many people are mentioning this 'wrobel' person all of a sudden.

I assume he/she is a streamer/YouTube'r.

I wish people could form their own opinions without having to use someone else's thoughts.

I love ESO, and that's why I don't watch it on twitch or YouTube (well, we've all used YouTube for treasure maps).

Streamers do ruin games for a lot of people unfortunately, needless to say it is NOT their intention to do so, but it is true. People should just play the game and be happy we have such an open and diverse world, without the opinions of a few polluting the forum.

I'm sorry if I offend anyone by saying this, but it's just how I feel from seeing the forums lately.

Not sure if you are trolling or if you are just not aware, but he's the combat lead developer for ESO. So, even if he were to stream, it would not matter as what he does affects the game no matter what.

Reverb · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

I rolled a templar in beta to be paladin style spellsword. At launch I created another just like my beta toon, but quickly changed the build to a healer and kept him like that for almost 2 years. Now I'm back to 2h, s/b jab-spamming spellsword. Love it.

Mojmir · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

Option 2 makes no sense,monks are melee fighters

Cinbri · February 2016

I wanted to be just a paladin of Lorkhan and pride of 6th House.

Browiseth · February 2016

I wanted to be a heavy armor battle healer, mending wounds and raising allies from the dead while imbuing them with my righteous power.

I more so made mine to make a typical "Holy Knight" type character

Abeille · February 2016

I wanted to be a heavy armor battle healer, mending wounds and raising allies from the dead while imbuing them with my righteous power.

Close enough.

My Stamina Templar didn't have a good reason to be a templar. It was kind of the class that was left, since I needed a class for my crafter and the other classes were "taken" by other characters.

Now, for my Magicka Templar... I wanted a "Priestess of the Eight" kind of character. I wanted a healer that wouldn't die too soon and that used a mix of heavy and light armor. I didn't pick a magicka-based race for that, I wanted my priestess to be an Imperial. I just thought it was kind of interesting imagine how awful it must have been for a Priestess of the Eight to see the Daedric influence taking control of her beloved homeland.

Arandear · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

Always been a Tank/Healer on my Temp, but recently started using 5 piece Light Armor Julianos and 2 piece Heavy (Torugs) and went DPS, actually working really well, my DPS is lower than other classes at their max obviously but for casual PVE and PvP it's fine, really enjoying being DPS Temp!

Ourorboros · February 2016

The voting options, though colorful, are too hyped and not descriptive and specific enough. I rolled a Templar to try my hand as a healer for groups. My Temp is my favorite so far. Not only are Templars great healers, my v14 is stronger than my v16 NB and Sorc. Does great damage and has high sustainability.

HoloYoitsu · February 2016

I wanted to be a rune-hugging turtle healer, a light-slinging meat shield who "stands in my house" while the useful classes do actual work on the battlefield.

I made my Templar secretly hoping that the moment would come when this song could become our battle cry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXA6CLTDekw

Jura23 · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

Because this tune played in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWZ-iZ1DfS4

BabeestorGor · February 2016

A and D
Admittedly A isn't working out that well atm

kargen27 · February 2016

Number five.

Didn't have a Templar and thought playing one might be fun.

cosmic_niklas_93b16_ESO · February 2016

Oldmanlawlor wrote: »

It's funny how many people are mentioning this 'wrobel' person all of a sudden.

I assume he/she is a streamer/YouTube'r.

I wish people could form their own opinions without having to use someone else's thoughts.

I love ESO, and that's why I don't watch it on twitch or YouTube (well, we've all used YouTube for treasure maps).

Streamers do ruin games for a lot of people unfortunately, needless to say it is NOT their intention to do so, but it is true. People should just play the game and be happy we have such an open and diverse world, without the opinions of a few polluting the forum.

I'm sorry if I offend anyone by saying this, but it's just how I feel from seeing the forums lately.

Wrobel is the combat designer that's hired by zenimax to develop the game.

tinythinker · February 2016

The Templar class can be specialized as:

A sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.
A sun-calling holy monk, sniping and burning foes to a crisp from a distance.
A heavy armor battle healer, mending wounds and raising allies from the dead while imbuing them with my righteous power.
A rune-guarded healer, a light-weaver who buffs allies and weakens foes on the battlefield.

Would love it if this were all options, say, with small class morphs.

But to answer the question regarding why I created a Templar, it was to test first-hand the build being argued over in this old thread when it first popped up and became a lightning rod for arguments class balance and theorycrafting.

BlackEar · February 2016

I wanted to play a Paladin like in WOW.

Danikat · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-calling holy monk, sniping and burning foes to a crisp from a distance.

None of these really fit, but this one is probably the closest.

I wanted to recreate my main character from Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, who uses destruction and restoration magic to compliment fighting with blades and stealth. Lots of sneaking and dodging, hitting them with spells from a distance and swords up close, retreating to heal when necessary (wearing leather armour obviously). Not exactly an 'OP' meta build, certainly not the easiest one to play but I find it fun.

Mostly it was easy because any race and class can use any weapons and armour, which is a great idea for people like me who like weird builds. But I was a bit stuck when I found out the different schools of magic weren't available. Then I realised the Templar's Dawn's Wrath and Restoring Light lines were a pretty good mimic of Destruction and Restoration magic and it became the obvious choice.

Deadfinger6 · February 2016

I wanted to be a heavy armor battle healer, mending wounds and raising allies from the dead while imbuing them with my righteous power.

Very simple really, I hate dying...I thought a Templar would be the best chance for longer life.

Speely · February 2016

I wanted to be a sun-wielding Spartan of fire and light, blazing around the battlefield smiting foes with a searing spear.

The sun-based scrapper idea was the initial draw. The idea of being a very holistic character rather than a DPS machine was just as much of a draw, though. I wanted to build a Templar who excels at staying healthy and free to act while putting out enough offense to put some pressure on others to survive. I never wanted to be a DPS monster with no weaknesses. More of an attrition machine that could support allies while pissing off enemies even if I wasn't killing them myself.

For the most part I feel I can fulfill this role, even with the issues that Temps have. Purifying Ritual + endless sustain does wonders. The rest is just playing through it. If Focused Charge is truly fixed, I will feel pretty confident going forward (ba dun DUN.)