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Do you enjoy playing your arcanist?

Braffin
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After two days into the new class I've to say I really enjoy playing around with my newly created arcanist.

How about you?
Edited by ZOS_Volpe on June 7, 2023 4:28PM
Never get between a cat and it's candy!
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Overland difficulty scaling is desperately needed. 9 years. 6 paid expansions. 24 DLCs. 40 game changing updates including One Tamriel, an overhaul of the game including a permanent CP160 gear cap and ridiculous power creep thereafter. I'm sick and tired of hearing about Cadwell Silver & Gold as a "you think you do but you don't" - tier deflection to any criticism regarding the lack of overland difficulty in the game. I'm bored of dungeons, I'm bored of trials; make a personal difficulty slider for overland. It's not that hard.

Do you enjoy playing your arcanist? 187 votes

Yes, I enjoy
65%
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No, I don't enjoy
15%
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I didn't create an arcanist
18%
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  • TaSheen
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    Uh, I haven't played mine enough to know yet. I have two on one account (one each PC megaserver) - right now, they're training riding and doing antiquities for gold to fund more riding training. It will be a long time before I really start "playing" them.

    And that includes anyone on any of my accounts going to Necrom. WAY too many people. I can't handle mob scenes.
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    "But even in books, the heroes make mistakes, and there isn't always a happy ending." Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

    PC NA, PC EU (non steam)- four accounts, many alts....
  • M0ntie
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    Yes, I enjoy
    Hell yeh! So much fun and also amusing seeing all the other arcanists tuning around.
    My sympathy to people with light sensitivity because they are very flashy.
  • jtm1018
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    I didn't create an arcanist
    No, no arcanist.
  • phaneub17_ESO
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    I'll tell you in a month, for now they sit.
  • rpa
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    I'll wait for the sale.
  • HidesInPlainSight
    HidesInPlainSight
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    Yes, I enjoy
    Its very fun class to play. The Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet mythic is basically required for them though and its an absolute *** to farm. 4 hours in the Public dungeon, with hardly anyone else there today in the early hours. Spent like 12 hours just farming the leads.

    if you have the time to farm it during odd hours you will save yourself some frustration.
  • Cazador
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    I won't be able to say one way or another until the console release, I am looking forward to it through.
  • Quethrosar
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    Its very fun class to play. The Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet mythic is basically required for them though and its an absolute *** to farm. 4 hours in the Public dungeon, with hardly anyone else there today in the early hours. Spent like 12 hours just farming the leads.

    if you have the time to farm it during odd hours you will save yourself some frustration.

    You get the vardenfell daily on first try?
  • HidesInPlainSight
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    Yes, I enjoy
    Quethrosar wrote: »
    Its very fun class to play. The Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet mythic is basically required for them though and its an absolute *** to farm. 4 hours in the Public dungeon, with hardly anyone else there today in the early hours. Spent like 12 hours just farming the leads.

    if you have the time to farm it during odd hours you will save yourself some frustration.

    You get the vardenfell daily on first try?

    I got it on my 3rd character to run the daily, today.
  • Braffin
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    Yes, I enjoy
    Cazador wrote: »
    I won't be able to say one way or another until the console release, I am looking forward to it through.

    Oh my, completely forgot about that 😳

    Sorry for that and ashes on my head
    Never get between a cat and it's candy!
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    Overland difficulty scaling is desperately needed. 9 years. 6 paid expansions. 24 DLCs. 40 game changing updates including One Tamriel, an overhaul of the game including a permanent CP160 gear cap and ridiculous power creep thereafter. I'm sick and tired of hearing about Cadwell Silver & Gold as a "you think you do but you don't" - tier deflection to any criticism regarding the lack of overland difficulty in the game. I'm bored of dungeons, I'm bored of trials; make a personal difficulty slider for overland. It's not that hard.
  • Cazador
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    Braffin wrote: »
    Cazador wrote: »
    I won't be able to say one way or another until the console release, I am looking forward to it through.

    Oh my, completely forgot about that 😳

    Sorry for that and ashes on my head

    No worries, the fact that the majority seems to like it gives me high hopes
  • old_scopie1945
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    No, I don't enjoy
    How can I enjoy anything that makes me feel quite unwell.
  • ApoAlaia
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    I'm still 'bringing them up to speed' and this is going to take a while.

    Said that I think I judged the class unfairly based on very limited hands-on experience in the PTS.

    Currently moderately optimistic that I may be able to enjoy (and benefit from) playing a class with lower APM 'requirements', time will tell :)
  • RaddlemanNumber7
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    No, I don't enjoy
    Crux spinning around all the time is annoying. Skill set offers the worst selection for damage. Using Fate Carver is like being hit with immobilisation debuffs, and completely obscures the view forward.

    Not fun. My Arcanist is parked in the stable while I decide what to do with it.


    PC EU
  • Daoin
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    not as much fun as HAsupersorc but could be just as useful i guess as HAsupersorc i guess with that skill line up
  • Jarndyce
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    Yes, I enjoy
    I am really enjoying my Arcanist. It is unique and different from any other class. For someone who has been playing since beta, a nice change.🙂
  • FantasticFreddie
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    Yes, I enjoy
    H E A L I N G B E A M

    100000/10.

    I also LOVE the shield animation.
  • ADarklore
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    Yes, I enjoy
    I haven't played it on LIVE yet, but I played it quite a bit on PTS and really enjoyed it. For now I'm getting the companions on all my characters and then will rush through MSQ on an alt to get the Fate Scryer costume, and then will finally settle in to level my new Arcanist.
    CP: 1965 ** ESO+ Gold Road ** ~~ Stamina Arcanist ~~ Magicka Warden ~~ Magicka Templar ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
  • Kendaric
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    I didn't create an arcanist
    The arcanist class doesn't interest me at all (nor does anything related to Hermaeus Mora, such as Apocrypha).

    I gave it a go when it was on PTS, didn't find it enjoyable at all for various reasons.
      PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!. Outfit slots not being accountwide is ridiculous given their price. PC EU/PC NA roleplayer and solo PvE quester
    • Giulietta
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      Yes, I enjoy
      I'm having a lot of fun with it- can't complain^^
    • hashii
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      Yes, I enjoy
      Very much enjoying it. Combat is so fun with it, compared to other classes. The sound design and the animations improve the experience. It feels very fluid. Buff up, do a couple of runeblades or aoes, and finish with the beam.
    • Grizzbeorn
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      Yes.

      So, of course, I'm bracing for the class to get nerfed.
        PC/NA Warden Main
      • _Zathras_
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        No, I don't enjoy
        Braffin wrote: »
        After two days into the new class I've to say I really enjoy playing around with my newly created arcanist.

        How about you?

        I gave it a spin, and am back to my Templar.

        The building element can be a deterrent, and the anime energy beam that locks you in sealed the NO deal for me.

        Oh, and those perpetual spinning neon green triangles.. smh.
      • PrincessOfThieves
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        Yes, I enjoy
        The skills could've been a bit less bright, but I like the way arcanist plays. The sound design is cool and I like the concept of the class.
      • KlauthWarthog
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        No, I don't enjoy
        Mechanically, it is fine. Some of the new concepts should be applied to the existing classes, once they get a grip on the tech.
        But, the visuals on Tamriel's Discount Rave Party are very dissonant in relation to the rest of the game, and I am really disliking those.
        This game desperately needs additional settings to dull and diminish the visual clutter from skills and effects, and the skills on the Discount Rave Party have made this fact painfully obvious now.
      • Lugaldu
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        No, I don't enjoy
        I enjoy more to play the vampire skills which I gave to my arcanist... Even when I know now how to get rid off the annoying Crux triangles, all those flashy green visuals in combat are just exaggerated.
      • Soraka
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        Yes, I enjoy
        I could throw shields at people all day.
      • Rowjoh
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        Yes, I enjoy
        It's great fun to level up discovering what all the skills do and the effects are pretty cool, although they are completely lore and immersion breaking as Tamriel has now been transformed into a sci-fi environment!

        Resistance is Futile !
      • FantasticFreddie
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        Yes, I enjoy
        Soraka wrote: »
        I could throw shields at people all day.

        The sound, animation, and visual is all on point.
      • Agenericname
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        Yes, I enjoy
        So far I like it. It plays differently from other classes. I like the crux mechanic. The sound and animations are good. To me it doesnt seem any more or less obnoxious than the barrage of colors already on the screen in typical dungeon/trial fights except that its green. Thats to say that its all a bit much for my taste.
        Edited by Agenericname on June 7, 2023 12:45PM
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