And that is perfectly fine. People who do those things only do it for the bragging rights, attention or to fill some hole in their heart for (insert reason here) or to test builds/capabilities. There is absolutely no extra reward in it for soloing a dungeon except for the reasons aforementioned.
However in PvP it's a completely different matter. But that is a entirely different animal/topic.
Therefore I have resigned myself to simply play the game as good as I can without trying to aspire to the brilliance of many people here who make the game play look easy.
It takes time OP. Some of those build videos do explain why they chose the gear and abilities they did. Usually it comes from understanding how the passives for the class your playing works. So gear is usually picked to enhance or make those passives happen with greater outcome.
For instance. Playing a sorc means you get the passive "implosion". That passive alone works for a stamina build AND a magicka one. The only thing about the magic side is that you have to use lightning abilities to make it work. So what skills use lightning? What armor sets have a lightning proc?
Basically it takes time to really get into those passives. Once you understand them, you can pick armor and skills to slot to make it all come together. This works for any class.
Thanks for the replies guys...I've only been playing eso 3-4 months maybe I have been expecting too much too soon...
I will persevere as I always do..I know my limitations and just have to accept there are ppl out there that I will never be on the same planet with in terms of gaming knowledge..then again I'm an old guy now and I have to realise I cant compete with todays youngsters
this is one of the problems i face..until now I whacked all points into magika...now I see people talking about stamina/magika builds which I presume requires points into the stamina section..yes I'm using lightning as my main skill
TBH I dont expect people to come on this thread and start explaining the in's and out's of what I can and can't do...there are many threads already stating that.
I will get through this game albeit with more difficulty than some people will..but I WILL get through it.
I just think back to when I started playing in Aug 2015 and how terrible my builds and skill were. And like yourself I couldn't understand why I was taking so long to kill mobs and such. Even now I have a hard time figuring out some of the dps numbers I've seen in chat during dungeon runs lol
Make it easy on your self and build a Magic Sorcerer. Find gear that is mostly Light Armor and benefits or has bonuses for Magic. Once you get the hang of things, you can respec this character into Stamina if you want, and regear them.