Some thoughts on the extremely popular ebonshadow style staff

Dong_Valentino

Recently with the outfit system hitting the live server, now i no longer see that tons of mages wallking around with the same maelstrom style staff. Everyone gets many styles to choose from. And I notice something interesting. Wherever you go, some certain style of staff has become extremely popular as you can almost see them everywhere, even in some streaming, yes i am saying the ebonshadow one. When i come to design my outfit for my magsorc, i kind of understand why.
From my perspective, the reason i use this style is, it looks the largest, yes, all staff style has some decoration on the top while the ebonshadow being the largest. A bird opening its arms, waiting to strike its enemy , the lion of the daggerfall covenant is also cool but when you put the staff on your back, oops, it looks smaller, especially with a tall character which is very common in altmer. On contrary, the bird ( or eagle?) on the ebonshadow staff looks way much cooler as it is larger and thus clearer when you are in third person doing dungeons or just pvp. Some other staff is fine when previewing in outfit system but when you put it on your back or using magic with it, for the Eight, i am using a 2 hand weapon, not a small wooden stick to fire my spell!!
Therefore, i want to give some advice. Please give us ability on adjusting the size of our weapon, and if possible, on certain parts of our weapons. I can only speak for the staff users . i would be very much like to make the staff look longer and the decoration clearer. I dont want to see all ranged dps using the same look staff as it was before.

Rohaus

That’s nifty!

Thanks for sharing!

freespirit

Try Frost Caster or Buoyant Armiger....... both are nice staves





Well I like them

Waffennacht

If people are like me, they want a staff that looks like a weapon

A spear, or a halberd.

Staffs like the Skinchanger staff looks absolutely silly to me

Lynx7386

Waffennacht wrote: »

If people are like me, they want a staff that looks like a weapon

A spear, or a halberd.

Staffs like the Skinchanger staff looks absolutely silly to me

I like skinchanger for my warden, very druid-esque. Same goes for the low level nord, argonian, and soul shriven staves that look more natural.

Shezzarrine

I was kind of shocked to see how popular the stave is, I think it is quite ugly.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO

Shezzarrine wrote: »

I was kind of shocked to see how popular the stave is, I think it is quite ugly.

I agree with this statement.

FloppyTouch

I love this staff I think it looks awesome I'm not a fan of the little sticks with tiny spikes

SilverIce58

For my main sorc, I prefer the Ancient Elf stave style. That shiz is stylish af.

So majestic

Recremen

I was totally going to break out a very different aesthetic for my Argonian templar... but then I saw this staff style that looks like a gods damned hood ornament so I turned him into a short aggressive leather biker OOPS.

Vermintide

90% of the staff designs suck, let's be honest. There's only around 5/6 that manage to look practical as well as stylish- Ebonshadow in particular looks like one top-heavy SOB.

But then again so does 90% of the rest of the gear. Who actually wears any of those yucky racial motifs, honestly? Why haven't they overhauled them yet considering the designs from launch look like somebody's teenage son drew them? Blehh.

Aesthetics are the new meta.

Ep1kMalware

Vermintide wrote: »

90% of the staff designs suck, let's be honest. There's only around 5/6 that manage to look practical as well as stylish- Ebonshadow in particular looks like one top-heavy SOB.

But then again so does 90% of the rest of the gear. Who actually wears any of those yucky racial motifs, honestly? Why haven't they overhauled them yet considering the designs from launch look like somebody's teenage son drew them? Blehh.

Aesthetics are the new meta.

Well, not quite. They looked alot better at launch. Then one day zos just did a thing, and now they look like ass.

Baconlad

One thing always bothered me, there aren't many normal looking robes...like imagine the talos soap box preacher from in front of the fighters guild in ES5 Skyrim.

I just want normal looking robes for my magplar. Been rocking the hand costume from DB waistline and, while it's an amazing costume, it's still too elaborate for my tastes. And that hood...ugh.

Another thing that's a bummer is you cant slot a helm from outfitter. You can only use a helm from hats in cosmetics...a bummer

Dong_Valentino

Vermintide wrote: »

90% of the staff designs suck, let's be honest. There's only around 5/6 that manage to look practical as well as stylish- Ebonshadow in particular looks like one top-heavy SOB.

But then again so does 90% of the rest of the gear. Who actually wears any of those yucky racial motifs, honestly? Why haven't they overhauled them yet considering the designs from launch look like somebody's teenage son drew them? Blehh.

Aesthetics are the new meta.

I have carefully check evevry kind of staff style and wasting a lot of time ( and money ) to try some out. Personally i like that low level bosmer staff, as long as it can be longer. I mean, seriously, the staff is too short, kind of like some stick. And the alliance style ones, it is a good idea to make the symbol animal on staff but could you plz make it a bit bigger? The lion, the dragon, when you see from a distance in third person, they all blur into something quite... odd.

Dong_Valentino

Ep1kMalware wrote: »

Vermintide wrote: »

90% of the staff designs suck, let's be honest. There's only around 5/6 that manage to look practical as well as stylish- Ebonshadow in particular looks like one top-heavy SOB.

But then again so does 90% of the rest of the gear. Who actually wears any of those yucky racial motifs, honestly? Why haven't they overhauled them yet considering the designs from launch look like somebody's teenage son drew them? Blehh.

Aesthetics are the new meta.

Well, not quite. They looked alot better at launch. Then one day zos just did a thing, and now they look like ass.

Could you plz enlighten me what happened? How zos made it looks as they are today? thanks

Linaleah

its funny.. as much as I appreciate the detail on that staff... none of my characters are actualy using it, and its not merely becasue of the cost either. its just.. I don't know, i don't like the way it looks when equipped. militant ordinator on the other hand is quite awesome, among a few other designs and I'm actualy pretty partial to imperial staffs as well. they are not overly complex but lovely enough and best part? cause I have imperial edition - completely free to use well.. almost, dye still costs gold, but you know what i mean :P

Tasear

Lynx7386 wrote: »

Waffennacht wrote: »

If people are like me, they want a staff that looks like a weapon

A spear, or a halberd.

Staffs like the Skinchanger staff looks absolutely silly to me

I like skinchanger for my warden, very druid-esque. Same goes for the low level nord, argonian, and soul shriven staves that look more natural.

Mintour and deadthorn have similar feels

Tasear

Dear OP,

It's staff that says traditional sorc this why. It's got that deadric yet refined feel.By the way, If I can't find later today then I am blaming you

Feanor

Apostle staff it is for me at the moment. Stumbled across it in the “best staff” thread. I’d like a staff though that is like Caranthir’s in Witcher 3 - an illuminated icy globe. That would be awesome.

Vaoh

The Ebonshadow Staff has a cool and unique look. I like it.

There are lots of great styles though so I probably won’t be using Ebonshadow for my staves.

DieAlteHexe

Waffennacht wrote: »

If people are like me, they want a staff that looks like a weapon

A spear, or a halberd.

Staffs like the Skinchanger staff looks absolutely silly to me

Heh and I think the ones that look as if they are, well, "compensating" are silly. I like the skinchanger on my warden, seems appropriate.

Bleakraven

I like it because I can easily tell which staff I have equipped (healing or damaging)

Prof_Bawbag

freespirit wrote: »

Try Frost Caster or Buoyant Armiger....... both are nice staves





Well I like them

It's the style of staffs i like the most too. Currently have the BA style one.

ArchMikem

Haven't fantasy films taught you anything? The best mages use walking sticks! (Soul Shriven)

JJBoomer

SilverIce58 wrote: »

For my main sorc, I prefer the Ancient Elf stave style. That shiz is stylish af.

So majestic

I would LOVE the Ancient Elf staff, if the jewel/decoration on top wasn't paper thin flat, unlike the jewel in the dwemer staff which is actually in 3D. If they would update the model and actually make the top of the AE staff 3D it would easily be in my favorites.

Currently my fav staff styles (no order):
Apostle
Glass
Ebonshadow
Malacath
Dwemer

Idinuse

Tasear wrote: »

Dear OP,

It's staff that says traditional sorc this why. It's got that deadric yet refined feel.By the way, If I can't find later today then I am blaming you

Lol, took me 2 days of running around Tamriels' Guild Traders, but I finally found it for 11K. Yay!

(TTC search was no help what so ever as none of the listed motifs were anywhere to be found.)

Fischblut

Please give us ability on adjusting the size of our weapon, and if possible, on certain parts of our weapons.

Agree! Need more customization Also someone really needs to carefully review textures and channels on many staves (on all gear actually, but we're only talking about staves now) - some staves almost don't take dyes, some parts can't be dyed at all. I used to love Barbaric staff and was looking forward to dye it... But it takes colors so horribly that I won't ever use it in my outfits

Unfortunately I like only a few types of staves, and even less of them dye well enough for my taste (only 2 actually, and 1 has small part which can't be dyed) Ebonshadow staff is rather cool, but I don't like it's rear view for some reason. Currently loving Hollowjack and Akaviri staves Hollowjack lacks the important option to dye glowing parts though And awesomeness of Akaviri staff really surprised me - I have never used it before we got outfit system. It dyes well, and we can even dye that gem on it Such little detail, but very important.



This staff is large yet slim, looking both aggressive (top reminds me of sharp blades) and humble at the same time. Whoever designed this staff - truly well done

Dong_Valentino

Bleakraven wrote: »

I like it because I can easily tell which staff I have equipped (healing or damaging)

When unsheathed, healing staff and destruction staff are held by your character with different poses. And i remember fire and lightning staff are not the same, either.

Dong_Valentino

freespirit wrote: »

Try Frost Caster or Buoyant Armiger....... both are nice staves





Well I like them

i like the frostcaster staff but it is a pity that i cant dye the top decoration. . I need a white dye on my clothes to match it while i find out that the julianos white is a bit.. dirty? ( some texture problems i think).
And i neither have the luck to get a BA staves staff motif myself or from the crown crates last season nor have the money to afford one ( pour a lot of money into housing)
Thanks for the advice anyway!

Milvan

Glass is preety neat




I also love khajiits

Lynx7386

Milvan wrote: »

Glass is preety neat




I also love khajiits

Yea, khajiit and dro'mathra have always been some of my favorite staff styles (but they're also my favorite race, so i'm a little biased).

Once the dragonbones update hits ps4 i'm going to turn my khajiit templar healer's staves to the khajiit style (currently they're daedric i think, spellpower cure staves). I use the dromathra staves on my khajiit pet sorceror for a more sinister feel.

Warden will be using skinchanger for the nature aspect. I'm still trying to find ideal staff styles for my nightblade healer and dragonknight tank though. DK tank is currently using nord, for the dragon appearance, but I wish there was something with more fire to it (punny). Nightblade needs something sinister yet practical.