So ive been doing it all wrong.

benjamino613

So just figured out that heavy armour is only for tankers, whereas i who play stamtemp on heavy pve would be better with medium. also was wondering why no one seemed to put atribute points into health and they load them all into magicka or stam

newtinmpls

higher the main stat for the class, higher the damage

Pandorii

With current game mechanics, damage output scaled with max resource pool as well as weapon damage. So you can think of adding your attributes to stamina (for stamplar) as double dipping. Not only do you get more resources, but you'll be hitting harder.

Medium Armor passives will give weapon damage and stamina recovery, which is why in most cases it's better than heavy armor.

Violynne

benjamino613 wrote: »

So just figured out that heavy armour is only for tankers, whereas i who play stamtemp on heavy pve would be better with medium. also was wondering why no one seemed to put atribute points into health and they load them all into magicka or stam

I learned this lesson the hard way myself. Who wouldn't think it would be awesome to develop a character we wanted, not what the game expects from the same, tired three classes in every fantasy game.

My first character was a NB focusing heavily on staying alive, not dealing damage. BIG. MISTAKE. I spent more soul gems than I did repair gold because I died. All. The. Time.

I spoke to a few people and they helped me do my best to finish the Gold quest, despite my character being gimped by bad choices.

I respecced and put every single point into stamina, grabbed attributes to boost stamina on my (at least 5) medium armor, and crafted weapons solely to take advantage of replenishing stamina, not health. Like many, I ignored the refresh rates of restoring stamina, and that's not a mistake I'll make again.

The end game was still tough, but much, much better. I actually ended up with a surplus of grand soul gems rather than buying them.

My second character was a pure magicka mage who just loved burning things to the ground. Aside from lag deaths and falling off of cliffs in Grahtwood (again), I rarely died.

Which made for an awful boring game.

So now I'm on my third, blending both attributes together for a stamsorc specializing in lightning. I still have a few things to tweak out as I learn, but how I missed getting into the action with my twin blades of death.

It's always a learning game, which is part of the reason I play. I'm not one of these who tracks specs and numbers through a spreadsheet.

I just want to be strong enough to take down a Wispmother without too much trouble, but not too easy, either. I just fought one last night and I think I found that right balance where one wrong move on my part = soul gem spending!

Lexifer452

Sounds like you figured out what you set out to but out of curiosity, have you full leveled any one character beyond 50?

benjamino613

i guess i just thought more armour equals more health, what more could you ask for? I am i now left in the awesome position of having reached
Lvl 50 heavy armour but my medium is far below and ive been leveling
My blackithing all this time whereas for me i should have focused in crafting leather. Hmm. Besides the fact i just
Like the look of heavy more than med.

Just to be clear i seem to be right in assuming that for a stam player who doesnt like to Tank at all i would be far better off with medium armor and putting my points into stam not health?

Elephant42

benjamino613 wrote: »

-snip-Just to be clear i seem to be right in assuming that for a stam player who doesnt like to Tank at all i would be far better off with medium armor and putting my points into stam not health?

This is a correct assumption. Just be aware though that unless you have godlike powers for avoiding all damage, at CP160 you should aim for about 20k health when fully buffed (food, set bonuses, skills). This is to avoid being one-shot by some of the more powerful attacks in the game. How you reach this figure doesn't matter, any combination of attributes, food, skills, enchants etc. will do the trick.

benjamino613

Elephant42 wrote: »

benjamino613 wrote: »

-snip-Just to be clear i seem to be right in assuming that for a stam player who doesnt like to Tank at all i would be far better off with medium armor and putting my points into stam not health?

This is a correct assumption. Just be aware though that unless you have godlike powers for avoiding all damage, at CP160 you should aim for about 20k health when fully buffed (food, set bonuses, skills). This is to avoid being one-shot by some of the more powerful attacks in the game. How you reach this figure doesn't matter, any combination of attributes, food, skills, enchants etc. will do the trick.

Well i better get back the drawing board then haha. Thanks for all the help everyone. Just when i thought i was getting the hang of this damn game lol.