My main is a VR10 NB, medium, DW/Bow. She has a healthy mix of siphoning, shadow and assassination skills. I don't have one set build as I change up slotted abilities based upon what I am going into.

I never ran into any problems with VR mobs until I hit VR7. And like many people say.... single NPC - "Faceroll" as they put it. Two guys - as long as you're paying attention they were easy to. For some reason that third mob makes fighting VR trash just punishing. I started using mass hysteria and cloaked out a lot... Those two skill are pretty much what got me through all the upper content. Which, btw, won't work as well any m ore due to them making many NPCs CC resistant after the 1st fear or CC in 1.2.3. Thanks ZOS.

I'm at a total loss at this point. I'm not sold it's a broken class... I feel she puts out plenty of damage, but she's just a glass cannon at 5 medium and 2 heavy. It might be a problem with medium armor, even blocking a hit she still loses 20% health.So I really don't know at this point if it's the dw/bow/medium not optimal, or a case of VR mobs hitting a little too hard, or maybe still something broken in the class.

Something I will point out, and make of it what you will. At VR10 she has problems with packs of three in upper VR zones. In Craglorn, she can solo packs of 4-5 VR11s relatively easily. Don't even have to pop a potion. So.... yeah..

So, it's do-able as my NB has completed all zones content. If it's a lag issue, I'm afraid there probably isn't much that can be done about it. Also don't be afraid to try a skill you might have looked at and said "Ahhh... that sht ain't gonna work...." and it turns out to be a total life saver.

kelly.medleyb14_ESO wrote: »

jelliedsoup wrote: »

Ok, I'm an NB, DW/Bow Build.

OK stop right there, that's your problem. Reroll any other class till they fix stamina and other NB abilities. Otherwise you are in for a very long, tedious and frustrating leveling experience.

Alternatively you can retrain to cloth/resto staff and breeze through or go find a grind (booooring) group in Crag.

GL!

VR12 dual-wield/bow Nightblade here. And I didn't find my leveling experience frustrating at all. Except for the frustration that grinding is a thing in this game. Because it's really annoying to have an insanely fun zone like Craglorn and only see people who want to run in a circle mindlessly spamming the same buttons.

OP: there's no fix for lag, but if lag isn't the only issue, you may just need to adjust your tactics. Use your invisibility and surprise attack abilities. If you're taking on 3 mobs, there's no reason that any more than 2 of them at a time should be able to hit you. If you're taking on 1 or 2 mobs, there's no reason that either of them should be unstunned for any serious length of time.

You're playing the class as a stealthy melee type. Which is fine. But you need to emphasize the stealthy part of that if you want to survive. Going in and out of invisibility doesn't just drop you out of combat for a moment, it also gives you a huge boost to armor and resistance for the next few seconds when you pop out of it. It's our number one survival tool, so don't be stingy with it.

Edit: Also, I can't help but think that all the regular "Melee is broken, use a staff," trolls haven't played the new patch. When I go with groups as dual-wield, I'm the one cutting through the boss like hot butter.

I stopped playing my NB @ VR5 because 2 to 3 mobs meant almost certain death just about all the time! Got sick of wasting my gold on soul gems and overly priced repairs! >.< And the constant daily irritation just made it no fun at all so I stopped. Now I'm rolling a Templar and liking it a lot better! Much more survivability now and I like that a lot!

Every single post about NB not being broken mentions workarounds. That's a sad testament to the fact that NB is not working properly. No single combination of skills gets one out of every tricky situation, and a heavy reliance on potions points to poor balance of ROI of skill costs.

Anyone who gets to veteran ranks as a NB is adept enough at working around the flaws and shortcomings within the class, but that doesn't mean the flaws and shortcomings aren't there. And latency, which is not a game issue but a connectivity issue, just amplifies some of those flaws.

I also believe, though this may be a minority viewpoint, that one shouldn't have to be a vampire or werewolf to succeed as a NB. It's great that there are skills in those trees that aid whatever class one plays, but classes should work without the extras, not because of them.

Wonder what changed after lvl1-lvl V5 . I hope you get it worked out dying a lot sucks..... Trust me I know this too well

I've found that the Vr7-10 zones ramp up REALLY fast. I finished Cadwell's Gold last night and I'm taking 700-800 damage per auto attack from the final quest boss.

As a VR12 nightblade in pretty much my final gear set, I basically had to chain stealth through all the mobs to get to the quest objectives avoiding everything I could. If I happened to get caught, there is just too much damage being dealt to over come it (this is WITH a resto staff). I dont know what they did but the VR11-12 mobs in Craglorn do not hit nearly as hard as the VR9-10 zone.

Jaxom wrote: »

I've found that the Vr7-10 zones ramp up REALLY fast. I finished Cadwell's Gold last night and I'm taking 700-800 damage per auto attack from the final quest boss.

As a VR12 nightblade in pretty much my final gear set, I basically had to chain stealth through all the mobs to get to the quest objectives avoiding everything I could. If I happened to get caught, there is just too much damage being dealt to over come it (this is WITH a resto staff). I dont know what they did but the VR11-12 mobs in Craglorn do not hit nearly as hard as the VR9-10 zone.

The scaling is off and inconsistent but everyone who hit VR content knew this after the first week. It's a math thing.

Most of the "look at me, VR12 and I didn't have a problem leveling my nb, l2p you noobs" types don't have Cadwell's Gold. That or they were carried in groups.

The amount of skill in this game is not high. In open melee its mitigation and dps, nbs have neither. In stealth we get the benefit of inc detection (if using. Ma) but dmg from stealth is bollocks. <p></p>

Sanibel wrote: »

mndfreeze wrote: »

This is just a case of "it sucks to not be an american". sorry.

More so, if you're not EU or NA, why the F are you playing this game when you know you'l never have a decent connection response?

I get it if your a fan, but seriously, be patient for a server near your own country. Don't come complaining about it in the forums.

If they made this game in AUS, and was only available for AUS and EU, I would never have bought the game. Common sense would have told me I would have had a really bad time playing in the 300-500ms ping range.

Yeah, maybe you forgot the statement stating latency wouldn't be a problem in this game because of how it was build and designed, by the people that make it.