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I want more than just staves as options for weapons that recharge magica

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Tornaad
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please ...
pretty please


Share your ideas for weapons that magic wielders could use (and recharge their magica with).
Edited by Tornaad on March 8, 2022 10:28PM

I want more than just staves as options for weapons that recharge magica 102 votes

Yes!
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  • Amottica
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    Yes!
    I think it’s obvious that magicka could use another weapon type. A change to weapons to have them return our highest stat is not the way to go.
  • Necrotech_Master
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    i would agree that magicka builds are entirely missing a 1 handed weapon option

    honestly just adding 1 weapon option that is 1 handed but works for mag instead of stam wouldnt be adding a full weapon line since you could use it with existing weapon lines (1h+ shield and duel wield)

    duel wield could even get some kind of extra passive buff for this 1h magicka weapon
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  • Tornaad
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    Yes!
    Amottica wrote: »
    I think it’s obvious that magicka could use another weapon type. A change to weapons to have them return our highest stat is not the way to go.

    As much as I want a new class, I think I want a new weapon to use magic with. And if it does not recharge your magica then it is not a weapon you can reliably and sustainably use.

    What ideas do you have for new weapons that could recharge your magica with?
  • Sylvermynx
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    1 hand + rune or spellbook - sword, dagger, mace. Or even throwing stars? Maybe a wand in off hand?
    Edited by Sylvermynx on March 8, 2022 10:37PM
  • spartaxoxo
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    Undecided (Results)
    Yes to new Magicka weapon
    No to changing existing stam weapons to returning magicka
  • Tannus15
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    Yes!
    a DW option for heavy attacks return magicka would do the job.
  • RPGplayer13579
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    Yes!
    What we need is a Conjuration skill line so we can use Bound Weapon. Each skill can be a different weapon and heavy attacks restore magica. What would be the skill ultimate? A high-level permanent summon that will fight for you. Not a bear, already taken.
    My Characters.

    Mike Snow - Imperial - Templar - One-Handed and Shield - Tank - Daggerfall Covenant - Commander.
    Catelyn Rivers - Breton - Sorcerer - Destruction Staff - Daggerfall Covenant - Telvanni Magister.
    Ashara Sand - Redguard - Warden - Two-Handed/One-Handed and Shield - Daggerfall Covenant - Heroic.
    Tormund gro-Largash - Orsimer - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Daggerfall Covenant - Furious.
    Lysa Rivers - Breton - Nightblade - Bow/One-Handed and Shield - Vampire - Daggerfall Covenant - Brassy Assassin.

    Jon Karstark - Nord - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Ebonheart Pact - Drunk.
    Arya Sand - Dunmer - Dragonknight - Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Assassin.
    Sansa Snow - Impeial - Warden - Destruction Staff/One-Handed and Shield - Ebonheart Pect - Swashbuckler.
    Jojen Reed-Walker - Argonian - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Ebonheart Pact - Melancholy.
    Alys Karstark - Nord - Nightblade - Bow/Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Minstrel.

    Nymeria Woods - Bosmer - Nightblade - Bow - Aldmeri Dominion - Thief.
    Brandon Wings - Altmer - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Aldmeri Dominion - Scholar.
    Lyanna Flowers - Altmer - Sorcerer - Sword/Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Duchess.
    Marvolo-jo Riddle - Khajiit - Necromancer - Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Deadlands Firewalker.
    Obara Woods - Bosmer - Templar - Bow - Werewolf - Aldmeri Dominion - Cheerful.

  • Tornaad
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    Yes!
    spartaxoxo wrote: »
    Yes to new Magicka weapon
    No to changing existing stam weapons to returning magicka

    I am undecided about changing existing weapons. If I had to decide, then I would agree with you.
  • SkaraMinoc
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    Yes!
    Why no wands in ESO?
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  • Tornaad
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    Yes!
    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    I have no idea.
  • Sylvermynx
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    Zuboko wrote: »
    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    I have no idea.

    Me either.
  • RPGplayer13579
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    Yes!
    I would like the option of a wand in game. Or any option. Maybe even a spell book. Have there been and wands that we can use in any previous Elder Scrolls game?
    My Characters.

    Mike Snow - Imperial - Templar - One-Handed and Shield - Tank - Daggerfall Covenant - Commander.
    Catelyn Rivers - Breton - Sorcerer - Destruction Staff - Daggerfall Covenant - Telvanni Magister.
    Ashara Sand - Redguard - Warden - Two-Handed/One-Handed and Shield - Daggerfall Covenant - Heroic.
    Tormund gro-Largash - Orsimer - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Daggerfall Covenant - Furious.
    Lysa Rivers - Breton - Nightblade - Bow/One-Handed and Shield - Vampire - Daggerfall Covenant - Brassy Assassin.

    Jon Karstark - Nord - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Ebonheart Pact - Drunk.
    Arya Sand - Dunmer - Dragonknight - Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Assassin.
    Sansa Snow - Impeial - Warden - Destruction Staff/One-Handed and Shield - Ebonheart Pect - Swashbuckler.
    Jojen Reed-Walker - Argonian - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Ebonheart Pact - Melancholy.
    Alys Karstark - Nord - Nightblade - Bow/Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Minstrel.

    Nymeria Woods - Bosmer - Nightblade - Bow - Aldmeri Dominion - Thief.
    Brandon Wings - Altmer - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Aldmeri Dominion - Scholar.
    Lyanna Flowers - Altmer - Sorcerer - Sword/Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Duchess.
    Marvolo-jo Riddle - Khajiit - Necromancer - Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Deadlands Firewalker.
    Obara Woods - Bosmer - Templar - Bow - Werewolf - Aldmeri Dominion - Cheerful.

  • Tornaad
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    Yes!
    RPGplayer13579 wrote: »
    I would like the option of a wand in game. Or any option. Maybe even a spell book. Have there been and wands that we can use in any previous Elder Scrolls game?

    I don't know but I am confident that there have not been grappling crossbows in other games so why would that stop them?
  • Jusey1
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    Yes!
    RPGplayer13579 wrote: »
    What we need is a Conjuration skill line so we can use Bound Weapon. Each skill can be a different weapon and heavy attacks restore magica. What would be the skill ultimate? A high-level permanent summon that will fight for you. Not a bear, already taken.

    Dremora Lord. Summoned Dremora Lords has always been the best possible summon you can get in previous Elder Scrolls title due to their high armor rating and damage output, plus they say the funniest combat lines if you ask me.
  • WhiteCoatSyndrome
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    Sylvermynx wrote: »
    Or even throwing stars?

    I would love to see throwing stars come back, but not really sure how they’d fit as a magicka option? I admit I don’t really have any better ideas, unless duel wielding scrolls counts. Or throw dice/bones/stones like for divination. Crystal ball is probably not a good fit flavor wise…the big problem is that traditionally Elder Scrolls magic users just use their hands (with occasional muttered incantation) to cast spells, they don’t HAVE a lot of traditional weapons beyond staves. :/
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  • Sylvermynx
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    WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »
    Sylvermynx wrote: »
    Or even throwing stars?

    I would love to see throwing stars come back, but not really sure how they’d fit as a magicka option? I admit I don’t really have any better ideas, unless duel wielding scrolls counts. Or throw dice/bones/stones like for divination. Crystal ball is probably not a good fit flavor wise…the big problem is that traditionally Elder Scrolls magic users just use their hands (with occasional muttered incantation) to cast spells, they don’t HAVE a lot of traditional weapons beyond staves. :/

    Yeah, true. Somehow the whole magicka thing got gimped here. Though I do have to say, I never really played magicka characters much in the single player games either. They were always.... kind of lame.... unless of course you gamed the system.
  • francesinhalover
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    I mean... ou know have access to any weapon.

    Just cant restore mana with heavies...for now at least. It will eventually be added.

    That or the whole game becoming magicka and stam is just for dodging.
    Edited by francesinhalover on March 9, 2022 2:05AM
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  • Tornaad
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    francesinhalover wrote: »
    I mean... ou know have access to any weapon.

    Just cant restore mana with heavies...for now at least. It will eventually be added.

    That or the whole game becoming magicka and stam is just for dodging.

    To just make it so that bows recharge magica, would be a patch.
    For stamina options there are one and two handed axes, swords, and maces along with daggers and bows. For Magic you have two handed staves that are either fire, ice, lightning or healing focused.
    They need more of a variety of weapons.
  • Sylvermynx
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    I never use bows. Useless in this game for me. I want my hugely OP bow mod from Skyrim.... *SIGH*
  • Tornaad
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    Sylvermynx wrote: »
    I never use bows. Useless in this game for me. I want my hugely OP bow mod from Skyrim.... *SIGH*

    I personally love bows. But I have been having a lot of fun with my Sorcerer of late and he is my wife's favorite character, so I have been thinking about the magic side of things a lot more of late.
  • WraithCaller88
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    Genuinely curious - why wands? Is it because they are one-handed & you want the option of an off hand item? I'd imagine they'd be functionally the same as staffs otherwise...
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    WraithCaller88 wrote: »
    Genuinely curious - why wands? Is it because they are one-handed & you want the option of an off hand item? I'd imagine they'd be functionally the same as staffs otherwise...

    For me, it is variety. A short sword and great sword offer essentially the same functionality, but the differences in them offer an incredible amount of variety. I would hold the same hope for a wand.

    For example, if you had a one handed magica recharging weapon in one hand and a one-handed stamina weapon in the other, you suddenly have a truly hybrid build.
  • Sylvermynx
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    Eh, I admit wands aren't really my go to thing - but anything to get the process moving?

    I'd actually KILL for a wand plus a main hand weapon. Or a wand and rune. Or a wand and spellbook. Or a sword/dagger/mace plus rune/spellbook/wand....

    *sigh*
  • WraithCaller88
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    Sylvermynx wrote: »
    Eh, I admit wands aren't really my go to thing - but anything to get the process moving?

    I'd actually KILL for a wand plus a main hand weapon. Or a wand and rune. Or a wand and spellbook. Or a sword/dagger/mace plus rune/spellbook/wand....

    *sigh*

    Wand and sword actually sounds pretty interesting. I presume wand and spellbook to be along the lines of wand is offensive magicka weapon, spellbook is some sort of passive defensive/fortifying buff item?
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    WraithCaller88 wrote: »
    Sylvermynx wrote: »
    Eh, I admit wands aren't really my go to thing - but anything to get the process moving?

    I'd actually KILL for a wand plus a main hand weapon. Or a wand and rune. Or a wand and spellbook. Or a sword/dagger/mace plus rune/spellbook/wand....

    *sigh*

    Wand and sword actually sounds pretty interesting. I presume wand and spellbook to be along the lines of wand is offensive magicka weapon, spellbook is some sort of passive defensive/fortifying buff item?

    Spellbook/rune for buff + defense/shield, yes. Wand/one hand for offensive magicka. Just a little more engaging playstyle than we have currently....
  • LostHorizon1933
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    Zuboko wrote: »
    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    I have no idea.

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  • griffrawk
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    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    Because of all the tedious Harrys and Hermiones it would create.
  • Tornaad
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    griffrawk wrote: »
    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    Because of all the tedious Harrys and Hermiones it would create.

    I wonder how much of a crossover the two audiences have. I know there will definitely be a crossover, but how big will it actually be?
  • SkaraMinoc
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    griffrawk wrote: »
    SkaraMinoc wrote: »
    Why no wands in ESO?

    Because of all the tedious Harrys and Hermiones it would create.

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    Me in Cyrodiil with a wand.

    Edited by SkaraMinoc on March 9, 2022 4:09PM
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  • Bradyfjord
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    Yes!
    My thought is they could give us an enchant that allows us to change what resource we want the weapon to restore. If I enchant a sword with such an enchant, the sword would restore magicka with a heavy attack. This would allow us to front bar a stam weapon and still get the restore effect of a staff. And we could still backbar an enchant of choice for the aoe proc.
    The current magicka restore proc isn't enough, although it helps.

    Edit: Or we could get a weapon trait to do the same thing.
    Edited by Bradyfjord on March 9, 2022 4:13PM
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