As a Master Alchemist I am disappointed to see that poisoning is not a skill available to us. It seems like a waste to have so many negative effects on reagents who's only purpose seems to be to taint potions consumable by the player. The problem with this is that they are easily avoided in potion making and the "Snake Blood" skill is therefore completely useless.

I love Alchemy in TES games and to be honest in any game where a similar skill is available. It is slightly underwhelming in ESO with it's only function being to make some higher end potions for VR levels (not wasting my good reagents on level 10 potions given their market value if I were to purchase them!).

I have heard it mentioned in a previous thread somewhere that some felt it would give an unfair advantage in PvP but I really don't see how. It would just be a new mechanic people had to adapt to

I think it would add extra tactical depth to the game if you could use poisons to drain people's magicka or stamima. Current enchants in the game are so weak that its barely noticeable.

I totally agree. I have a character that is also a master alchemist with every skill and attribute enabled, but the only useful one that I make are the ones that restores all three Manas at the same time.

I tried creating potions that increase spell power and weapon and critical hit, but have not really noticed any benefit in combat from them. The duration of these spells where too short.

I would like to be able to apply the potions to weapons like in Skyrim, or have a more variety of affects like enchantments.

Any whats with the three second potions? Why even waste your time making them?

Oh, the thought of my dual-dagger Nightblade slathering her blades in poison and leeching the life AND magicka out of all the stick-n-dress FOTM bags o' doosh....

mmm... Mama likes.

I too have wanted poisons since the very start. There is actually 1 mushroom that serves no purpose but to poison (or to discover poison effects).

As to combat, I suppose someone could dual wield -and- impulse, simply by switching weapons. This might not change things much, except to see people going from spamming whirling blades, then back to spamming impulse, then to blades, then to impulse. The problem there, is that the meaningfulness of Heavy armor isn't quite there yet. Magic is just too damn good.

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

I too have wanted poisons since the very start. There is actually 1 mushroom that serves no purpose but to poison (or to discover poison effects).

As to combat, I suppose someone could dual wield -and- impulse, simply by switching weapons. This might not change things much, except to see people going from spamming whirling blades, then back to spamming impulse, then to blades, then to impulse. The problem there, is that the meaningfulness of Heavy armor isn't quite there yet. Magic is just too damn good.

yea that would not be a very effective aoe tactic. Either whirlwind would be effective enough with poisons that you would just spam that, or pulsar would just be superior. One does not really compliment the other.

As a nightblade you might hit sap essence and then use whirlwind with poisons though. I use sap essence with pulsar currently.

even if poisons were basically on weapon versions of the healing ones.. doing inital effect and a DOT.... it would still be a massive boost for stealth gameplay and physical combat in general..

I made a topic about this 2 months ago...

Unfortunately @Soloeus you sound like an exception. Most of players would whin.

As for using it with Whirlwind... well I think such balance issues could be avoided if the poison fired off only with base weapon attacks ... tho there might be some immersion issues. As for not abusing it... consumable cooldown, much like potions...they are potions anyways

Edit: damn typos. I will try no to post on my phone