I don't think it is, but it certainly seems that the more hits you put on a mob, the more loot it drops.

Then the very next mob that I almost one shot drops as much loot so it's got to be random.

As for Exp, you would have to use FTC and chew on the numbers to see if more hits gives you more exp per kill. Me, I level up with the game so I don't really pay attention to the leveling (as opposed to if I had to grind to level up)

There is a finesse system, the better you perform the better xp and loot !

Fleymark wrote: »

but I have noticed that skills seem to level faster from use in a fight, not just being on your bar when you get exp as popular opinion says.

You get Exp from Kills and Turning in a Quest*

You do get exp from using your skills in a fight, it's just not clear to me if they occur per hit or just from a kill using that weapon. I have FTC, but don't use the flying numbers or damage logs so not sure how, or rather when, it accumulates. So having the skill active both during the fights and when you turn in the quest will give you the most gain.

*Most people switch the skill bar when turning in a quest to level a skill that is too weak to use in a fight. I did this recently when I gave up my Bow for a Staff. Ironically, I could use the Staff from Level 12 in Coldharbor just fine, the Bow at 40 something was not effective.

If you're getting drops better stats then what you can craft...you've done something wrong.

It seems to be this way, at least recently. When I have spent more time blocking and hitting, I get more out of the drops (usually). Then again, one shots have given me some decent loot, so there is probably some randomizing going on too.

PBpsy wrote: »

inspiral1 wrote: »

http://elderscrollsonline.info/guides/finesse

Was that reintroduced recently? I think it was pretty clear that the whole finises idea was more or less abandoned before release,

ice always thought this was in game, ive not seen any info a out it being abandoned ? I hope it wasn't cos it make playing so much more interesting, maybe someone from Zos can post here and clear this up?

Anastasia wrote: »

inspiral1 wrote: »

There is a finesse system, the better you perform the better xp and loot !

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Uh-oh. Here come the 'but thats not fairrrrrr'...

why ?

inspiral1 wrote: »

PBpsy wrote: »

inspiral1 wrote: »

http://elderscrollsonline.info/guides/finesse

Was that reintroduced recently? I think it was pretty clear that the whole finises idea was more or less abandoned before release,

ice always thought this was in game, ive not seen any info a out it being abandoned ? I hope it wasn't cos it make playing so much more interesting, maybe someone from Zos can post here and clear this up?

If you look on the net you get very very little info about it and mostly from before the release or from unreliable nonofficial sources. If it was in any way a major feature of the combat system like advertised, I think we would have heard a lot more noise about it since release, both from the devs and the players. I certainly didn't observe any of the supposed effect.

I added wyykkds framework and noticed a huge variance in xp awarded during fights. Some of the same mob combination were awarding an order of magnitude more xp and even multiples on to p of that. For example, one wasp was maybe 450xp. The next time, maybe I did a block or something...really not sure...but wyykkd reported 15k. Not sure if it was a just an addon fluke, but I did see a number of very random numbers. Gearwise/drop that is harder to assess, but I got multiple blue drops in quick succession in an area where there were larger mobs that often did heavy hits and channeled abilities, all of which I often blocked and interrupted. So maybe this is working. I just never picked up on it until I saw this post.