Xnemesis wrote: »

AlienDiplomat wrote: »

Shunravi wrote: »

I don't always pug, but when I do...
I tell them I'm in all medium with a two hander
They reject me
I link my speedrun achievements
Laugh when they beg me to join.

People are unimaginative and stubborn. My guildie remembers when people were saying the sorc was trash, then he laughed all the way to the bank when it turned out he had planned the op sorc build well in advance. Same with my templar friend. He's roasting DKs in PvP daily.

I mean, even pro and semi pro gamers get trashed when they go against the meta they themselves established. Don't let things like this get to you.

That sounds good and all, on paper. Still, all it really proves is that you were able to get the achievement. Now I am not saying this is what happened, but you COULD have simply been carried by a good group to get that, easilly as having a viable stamina build.

I challenge anyone to address the issues I raise in this thread. ALL class skills scale off spell damage and magicka. I don't care how you slice the pie, melee/stamina users get the crumbs.

Magicka users with light armor and staff can dump all their resource points into magicka and spell power and max both their class and weapon abilities, while stamina/weapon damage users have to split and end up gimping both.

Medium armor is nice for weapon crit, but you can get as much or more from magic crit sets and one Mage's Guild ability.

At the end of the day, achievements that require a group matter less than build-for-build DPS numbers. Right now, melee/stamina/weapon damage builds can't touch magicka/spell power builds for DPS, even after the latest 1.3.3 changes.

Go to a site like Tamriel Foundry where people parse the combat logs and collect actual DATA on this to see for yourself.

I'm not saying don't play the way you want. You should. I am still stubbornly refusing to give up on my DW/Bow medium armor NB. But the sad fact is, we are badly gimped by the class mechanics.

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look over this build and tell me where it falls short?.... It rocks and you will never have a resource issue. You don't always have to conform or be the top DPS as long as you can obey mechanics and not become a liability.

Let me preface this by saying you should play how you like, and ANY build you enjoy is "viable" for solo play. However the problem still exists that to be a melee DPS you have to spread your stats between magicka for class skills and stamina for weapon skills, gimping both, while magic users can focus all on magicka for both.

That is why melee/stamina users do roughly half the DPS of strictly magicka users.

If you enjoy how you play I am happy to hear it! But the reason people are getting dumped from end game content, specifically veteran dungeons and trials, which is what the OP asked about, is because to be competitive and succeed there you NEED the numbers, which stamina/weapon power builds simply can't deliver.

It isn't an issue of soft caps. It is an issue of ALL class abilities being biased towards magic. It is one-sided and unfair, and simply bad design on ZOS's part.

That said...

Bar 1:

Degeneration - Scales off Magicka and Spell Damage, which you have basically neglected (unless you have all magic enchants?). Does minimal damage.

Funnel Health - Scales off Magicka and Spell Damage AND SPELL crit, which you have basically neglected (magic enchants help half of this). Does minimal damage.

Bar 2:

Concealed Weapon - Again, scales off your weak stat, Magicka and Spell Damage. Does minimal damage.

Generally:

Using 2 light armor pieces for the 12% spell penetration isn't worth it since your main damage spell ability (Concealed Weapon) uses ARMOR, not spell resist. Don't ask me why since it uses magicka/spell power to determine damage, but it is what it is. It also uses weapon CRIT. (Confused yet? I sure am!)

Also, it isn't worth the loss of more weapon crit which is the main source of damage here based on your slotting Focussed Attacks on both bars (I'm assuming you are doing a LOT of light/heavy attacks?). The 6% reduced spell cost and 8% magic regen can't make up for the loss of 6% crit and 8% stam regen

Also, this build is very AOE-focused. The main single target DPS you have, light attack/Concealed Weapon weaving on bar 2, is severely gimped by the fact that Concealed Weapon determines damage by magicka/spell power NOT stamina/weapon power.

EDIT:

I commend you on a unique and fun looking build!