Main class?

Fennwitty

Another way to look at it: if you were going to go blind into a vet trial with a PUG -- which character would you choose to bring.

The_Lex

Fennwitty wrote: »

I could see where if you LOVED Nightblade you could call that your main. But if you're ambivalent, I could also see you saying Magsorc is your main, since you have the most time spent in that role and can do the best (to the point you're even tired of it).

Very good point. I’ll have to think on this one.

Viewsfrom6ix

I only have one character. I am too lazy and not bored enough of my magSorc to make another.

The_Lex

Fennwitty wrote: »

Another way to look at it: if you were going to go blind into a vet trial with a PUG -- which character would you choose to bring.

Wow. Never thought of it like this. The first thing that came to mind was Magsorc and the Stamplar...in that order.

menedhyn

I don't have a main class, just two characters - one Warden, one Sorcerer.

I really do enjoy playing as a Warden. That resonated with more more than the other classes, partly because I really love the Green Balance skill line. I tend to imagine the animal companions as summoned spirits rather than the Morrowind-flavoured creatures we see. The Winter's Embrace line took a bit longer to get used to, but I prefer ice to shock and flame. I'm still learning the Sorc. I've played all classes except Necro; the class skill lines didn't align with what I had hoped to see.

(edit: spelling)

Jeremy

redspecter23 wrote: »

For me, my main is the one I go out of my way to earn achievements on. My first toon was a DK so that is what my main has to be unless I want to farm all those achievements on an alt.

WTB class change token or account wide achievements, please.

Amen.

This game should have a class change token. If ever there was a game that needed the option to change your class, then it is this one. Honestly every update should come with them free of charge.

ThorianB

I have a jack of all trades character that does all my crafting learns all furnishing prints and motifs and does 75% of my gathering. He is set up for speed and efficiency at those tasks. Since trading/crafting/gathering/housing are major activities for me, you could say he is my main. My other characters do these tasks as well to some extent but they are more task specific than my jack of all trades.

I have a magsorc that is my go to solo but also knows quite a few styles completely. I have a healplar that spends most of his time in dungeons but he knows quite a few cheaper styles as well. I do dailies on all 3 almost every day for master writs and surveys.

I have a stamdk who is just kind of toy right now. He is still under 50 and i don't really worry about leveling him. I just get on him and play around. I have a magnecro that does all new overland content and dailies. This character gets played almost exclusively with my wife's magnecro. I have a few others i play around with but not as seriously as my stamdk who will likely be the next character i fully develop solo.

When blackwood drops the wife and i will be rolling wardens and doing all content in the order it was released. We will use our magnecros to run blackwood chapter( it's going to annoy me if i have to unlock companions on every character and i can't use companions on my warden without running the blackwood questline first)
Edit: Fixed some typos/words.

Dojohoda

I didn't know about this concept of a Main either when I first heard of it a few years ago. I still have a fuzzy concept of what a main is. Since I like magblade the most, something I discovered when I made my eighth character, it gradually adapted to being what I think a Main is.

My Main:
Is a Master Crafter, Master Angler, Grand Overlord, the character with the most hours played
It gets the motifs first
It finishes new zones first
It does new dungeons first
It is the character I use for trials most of the time

But I don't play it all the time. I have other magblades that do things too. I also tinker with the other classes.

Castagere

This game is hard for me. I have two classes that I play equally and can't pick one as a main.

phwaap

My main is just my first toon. She gets dibs on all consumables and crown motifs but that's about it now. I used to make sure to do new content and achieves with her but don't even bother any more.

Have mag/stam in each class and all of them get played regularly.

AlnilamE

My main character (not class), is my nightblade. She's a magicka nightblade now, but she was the first character I made.

I do have a number of other characters that I play a lot as well, particularly in group content, as you need to be flexible with roles.

The_Lex wrote: »

Sylvermynx wrote: »

The_Lex wrote: »

It would be interesting to see if people’s main would change if achievements were account-wide.

Mine wouldn't - I'm totally uninterested in the whole "achievements" thing.

That's fair. Some players refuse to change what they consider to be their main class because of the number of achievements earned on that class. I wondered if achievements being account-wide would change the equation for them. For others, achievements are not a big deal.

My main does have the most achievements, but my second and third alts are not terribly behind (they mostly lack the DLC quest line achievements and some others).

I would not like achievements to be account wide because this removes replayability from content.

For example, I'm currently on my 7th character that is working on the "loot 1000 chests" achievement. She's looking for leads for my 6th character so he can get to level 7 in Excavation. Then it will be her turn.

Edited to add: You don't *have* to have a main. This is a personal way of looking at your characters and there is no right or wrong answer.

Tandor

The_Lex wrote: »

It would be interesting to see if people’s main would change if achievements were account-wide.

I'd be more likely to change the game than change my characters' classes, and as for changing which one is my "main" I don't have one.

I play MMORPGs in order to have multiple characters doing different things in different ways, not to have them all saddled with the first character's achievements. I've never had a "main" in any MMORPG I've played since 1998.

cyberjanet

Hmph. I don't have a main. Rolled a templar first, because I thought maybe healing. But I'm a terrible healer as it turns out, but he has a lot of crafting and achievement points and stuff. The one I do most damage with is my magDK, but it's not in the uberclass damage, gets by fine. Otherwise I just hop around, enjoy the necromancer though she's not great, but not as bad as my sorc. Warden was made as a carryall, now unemployed thanks to sticker books. And who has ever got their head arounda nightblade??

ArchMikem

My StamBlade wasn't my first character I created but she's my "Main" by far. All PvE content that releases is done on her first, she's also the highest Alliance Rank of all the ones I've taken into Cyrodiil. Also my achievement hunter.

zaria

Sylvermynx wrote: »

The_Lex wrote: »

It would be interesting to see if people’s main would change if achievements were account-wide.

Mine wouldn't - I'm totally uninterested in the whole "achievements" thing.

Pretty uninterested, more into unlocking their rewards like colors, stuff and titles.

My main as its the one who does all the quests and get the expensive motifs is my sorcerer i created on launch.
However I farmed one million stolen on my nightblade who is better at that.
With the new CP I guess its much less work with both better loot and higher payout.

THEDKEXPERIENCE

Main is a Templar and been used for 95-99% of my play time.

The total and complete reason for it was on day one I decided I needed to unlock a self heal. That’s literally it.

zaria

THEDKEXPERIENCE wrote: »

Main is a Templar and been used for 95-99% of my play time.

The total and complete reason for it was on day one I decided I needed to unlock a self heal. That’s literally it.

I get highest DPS on my templars, the stamplar has higher dps but the magplar has more utility as she is also an strong healer.
And you can be both, as in ritual of rebirth and extended ritual on one DD setup help a lot in an 4 DD run, in that case I probably use SPC over spell strategist.

Grizzbeorn

The_Lex wrote: »

It would be interesting to see if people’s main would change if achievements were account-wide.

Mine wouldn't change.
I came to ESO in the summer of 2018, I think right after the Wolfhunter DLC had dropped, and Summerset was the active chapter.
I purchased the base game with the Morrowind chapter precisely so I could play the Warden.
I have 17 active characters at the moment (I've had a full 18 at times, and I've probably deleted just as many characters as I've kept, in my time playing so far), of various races and classes, but my first character, a Nord Warden, is my main, and always will be, regardless of how the game changes.
I don't chase META.

oddbasket

Stamblade, first class I'd rolled back in beta. I still enjoy the class the most as it steamrolls any pve content and makes the sense for me for having lines like Darkbrotherhood, Thieves Guild and Legerdemain. Magblade also plays the same for me, except magblade lets me heal in dungeons while I do the same great dps.

FluffWit

Stamsorc. Hes just so fast it makes running around towns, delve dailies etc a lot quicker. And I really can't change since he knows so many blueprints, relearning all that would cost tens of millions if I could even find them.

He pretty much sucks for anything hard in pve but he does fine in Cyrodiil and ok in Battlegrounds.

Ek1

It might be nightblade as it has 22 times more hours than the class after it.

Better question is what is my main role and does my six tanks, two healers and rest of craft... I mean DDs define my main anything. The character I have the most months of game time was tank and now is stamina DPS/soloer, thanks to the best race choice (IMPERIAL REX).

ESO indeed makes it bit hard to pin point your main. Just think how hard it would be if the different classes would work as weapons and guilds, your character does not change nor are the achievements or hours spend lost, it only remakes itself. Some games offer that.

The_Lex

Ek1 wrote: »

ESO indeed makes it bit hard to pin point your main. Just think how hard it would be if the different classes would work as weapons and guilds, your character does not change nor are the achievements or hours spend lost, it only remakes itself. Some games offer that.

This is very true. I wonder how different the responses might have been if I asked about one’s favorite class, as opposed to a main.

Sylvermynx

The_Lex wrote: »

Ek1 wrote: »

ESO indeed makes it bit hard to pin point your main. Just think how hard it would be if the different classes would work as weapons and guilds, your character does not change nor are the achievements or hours spend lost, it only remakes itself. Some games offer that.

This is very true. I wonder how different the responses might have been if I asked about one’s favorite class, as opposed to a main.

Heh. Mine would be the same: Warden.

Bradyfjord

I have a strong attachment to my main, but not because of his class. I made him to be as similar to my character from TES III. So nothing could change my preference for him. I have several alts (1 of each class), and all are max level. However I haven't maxed out all their skills and morphs like I have with my main.

PigofSteel

The_Lex wrote: »

I recently had a conversation with a guildie who asked me, "What class is your main?" This got me thinking...I have no idea, really. Can anyone else sympathize with this dilemma? I thought about my ESO history and it goes something like this:

1) In BETA, I rolled a stamina templar and a Magicka Sorc.

I played for a little thereafter but I dropped the game due to early performance issues.

2) On Xbox, my main was definitively a magicka Sorc.

When ESO dropped on consoles, I came back to the game and mag Sorc was easily my main. I had many alts, of course, but I felt like Sorc was more forgiving in the lag I saw on console. I also like the visuals.

3) On PC.....I am having trouble identifying my main.

Switching to PC was a no-brainer. I love it a lot. BUT....despite playing all classes, I can't seem to pick or identify a "main."

I wanted to love Necros but I just can't seem to get into them (it's an unpopular opinion, I know) and the visuals seem more like "spooky Halloween" than TES Necros. Wardens are fun, but I can't get into them either. I don't care for the visuals. Sorcs....I like them, but maybe I'm bored of them from my experience on Xbox because I lack the motivation to play them. That leaves me with Templar and Nightblade. I like them both, stam and mag. I just can't figure out which I like more. Consequently, I can't seem to "main" one of them. For PvE group content, I do better damage on a stamplar this patch. For soloing, I survive better on magblade, but I seem to do more damage on a magplar for some reason (pve and pvp). I like the visuals of both, even though they are polar opposites in theme (light vs. dark). Both are fun and rewarding in their own way.

Can anyone sympathize with my struggle? What is your main? Why did you pick it? I'd love to know.

What you looking for isnt here and that is shared achivements so you can easily hop from one to another as you like.

Aertew

Sylvermynx wrote: »

Wardens are my mains. I love pet classes - hunter in WoW, whatever it was in RIFT (don't remember now); I started ESO with a stamblade with bow, a follow-on from my stealth archers in Skyrim - but since satellite is my only available connection other than dialup, I found her very difficult to play the way this game works.

So I bought the warden class - and as in WoW and RIFT, with the pet run server-side, that helps mitigate the bad ping experience some.

My "secondary" mains are magsorcs - because of the pets. I also have lots of everything else but necros - I never play necros in any game.

How do you feel wardens cant tame animals like hunters in WoW?

Septimus_Magna

My main since early access has been magsorc, besides that I currently play stamplar and sometimes a DK tank. In terms of flexibility I think magsorc is one of the most well-rounded classes, some fights are just a nightmare if you have to be in melee range so stam as main can be challenging.

I do enjoy Stamplar because jabs is so strong, the rotation is a bit boring in PVE but stuff melts really quick. The theme of Stamplar is also my favorite, I like the holy warrior style. Its especially good if you use the Advancing Yokeda set which makes your weapons glow.

I would pick what you enjoy most, in the end the fun you have while playing is all that matters.

Alpharos7

An interesting debate! I don't have a 'main' although my magsorc was the first I got to max level, the first I finished the main storyline on, and the first I did PVE content with. He is also my crafter and probably my most important character.

But I haven't used him lately aside from crafting. Lately I have been using my magic templar, which has been great fun. It doesn't do quite as much DPS as my sorcerer but it's survivability and flexibility is amazing.

I really want to try out magicka nightblade next which I am currently levelling up.

Danikat

I have a main character who I've spent more time playing than any of my others (although if I added up all the others it would probably come to more), but I wouldn't say it's because of her class. Although I did choose to make her a templar because I think it's the best fit for the type of destruction and restoration spells I typically use in TES games, so I suppose it was a factor in making a character I enjoy. But it still seems quite different to the way other people talk about choosing a main class.

Also in group content I'm more likely to be playing my warden or dragonknight, who can be a healer or tank respectively. Although in normal dungeons both spend just as much time doing damage - I'm not going to just stand there waiting if no one needs healing, I keep at least an AoE heal on my other skill bar, and can always switch back but being a pure healer seems pointless a lot of the time.

Shadow_CH

Hm, never thought about a main class, but i love Nightblade (main char and alt for PVP) and Necromancer (3 alts: mag, stam and tank). Playing these classes feels like "coming home" to me. Maybe that's the definition of a "main class"?