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Is melee DPS for trials viable yet?

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Xerger
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I have been away from this game for a while and don't know if the actual philosophy change happened, as I understood the philosophy was:

1. Everybody can be both ranged and melee
2. Magicka should do a little bit more damage since you wear cloth armor

So naturally the only way to actually play this game was to commit to farming strong light armor and staves if you didn't like tanking or PvP.

So I have a few questions:

Do you think this philosophy will follow into Morrowind OR:
Will I be able to farm Morrowind trials as melee DPS and not be pushed aside in favor of some robed caster?
Will melee DPS be locked into Stamina builds?
Will melee DPS be locked into Leather armor?
Will hybrid DPS become viable?
Will heavy armor still be exclusive to tanks?
Will optimal raid trial team require a healthy balance of different classes and different play-styles not just army of mages?
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    Will I be able to farm Morrowind trials as melee DPS and not be pushed aside in favor of some robed caster?

    Been playing stamina melee since IC. Went through it during the Homestead patch (more commonly referred to as "pet sorc or GTFO") and the current patch. That being said, unless you have a proper ranged stamina build (bow / bow), don't count on it too much, as those tend to suffer from pretty severe lack of AoEs (albeit slightly less so since the change to Caltrops).

    That said, trials still have some melee restrictions. Bringing 8 melees to mage HM, Trollbreaker, Warrior HM and a few other fights is going to be a russian roulette not worth the risks most of the time.
    Will melee DPS be locked into Stamina builds?

    From what I have seen, stamina is getting higher numbers than magicka in melee range, but if you're willing to trade a damage shield for an active mitigation buff (which usually punishes you more for not following mechanics) you can make it work. Higher damage or survivability? Your choice, none is really wrong. Again, this is as seen from current result and parses.
    Will melee DPS be locked into Leather armor?

    I guess you mean Medium armor for stamina, if so, that was always the case and still going to be in Morrowind. Sustaining high damage in Heavy armor is just not quite possible.
    Will hybrid DPS become viable?

    Viable, yes, competitive, no.
    Will heavy armor still be exclusive to tanks?

    Mostly used on damager dealers (DDs) for the extra HP & overall survivability, but never more than 2p on the body.
    Will optimal raid trial team require a healthy balance of different classes and different play-styles not just army of mages?

    It's still a bit early, but at least it's looking better than Homestead.

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