errr... switch to 2H/DW....



signed,
Bosmer former archer.

rosarose wrote: »

Oh really? Well I guess dual wield is a nice enough option, it's really sad that both bow and bosmer aren't all that great. Do you find that you do well in PVE with dual wield? And do you but your points in stamina or magic?

I love archery and stealth in games, and started ESO with my lil Bosmer archer. Trouble from the start, just got harder to survive grouped bad guys as I leveled up and the bad guys got tougher. Even after they improved Bow with various game updates it still wasn't working for me. I was very frustrated, scanned the forums for alternate melee tactics, and left Bow behind. That said, you'll probably find some players who make it work and can tell you how; I have not yet met any that do solely bow (bow on both Ability bars).

So, I do Great in PVE with a combo of DH and DW, but I could probably do just as well using just DW. I'm now V7:

Attributes are 15 Magicka, 17 Health, 17 Stamina. It seems to be the best balance for me (and I have respecc'ed a couple times to vary the Attributes one point in either direction, just to fine tune it). I find very tough to run out of Stamina.

I use high magicka-recovery necklace, high health-recovery ring, Potion Amplification ring.

I don't have any purple recipes but I don't worry about that: If I think I'm going to do tough battle, I eat VR5 Invigorated Honey Pudding to bump my Stam and Magicka by 312 points each for an hour The Stamina boost is solely to increase my weapon damage. As an alternative I like to eat a Fortified Sweetroll, increasing my Health and Magicka by 312 points for an hour; the Health bump is welcome. I'd say either food is effective, but I tend to reach for the Honey Pudding. Also as an alternative I like to drink Fortified Bervez Lager to increase my Health and Magicka recovery by 11 each for an hour, but the Pudding seems to be more helpful.

• All my armor has Health enchantments except my cuirass which has Magicka. The Traits are all Impenetrable except helm and bracers which have Reinforced. I wear Heavy legs and cuirass and Medium everything else. I use
  3 pieces of Seducer armor and 4 pieces of Hunding's Rage armor.
  • My 2H Battle Axe is Hunding's Rage. My DW two daggers are night Mother. My divine sign is the Thief. I have 54% Crit chance with my Battle Axe and 68% Crit Chance with my Daggers. The Crit daggers just kick butt in a big way.

So, I usually open with a 2H Wrecking Blow from Stealth, followed with one light attack,then use Dark Cloak and before it fades I switch to my DW and perform a Surprise Attack followed by a Rapid Strikes. Then I just work the crowd with my DW light attacks and Abilities as the situation calls for, while protecting myself with Dark Cloak and a health potion that restores all three stats (it uses bugloss, columbine, and mountain flower, i think). The point being, I guess, that I use DW after my initial 2H attack, regardless of how that remaining battle goes.

There's more, but this is enough to give you a picture of my set up and strategy. The important thing is, I find it very fun. I'm not a spell caster, never liked that, I like the melee of this build and the dodging and jumping and clanging of swords. Hope you like it too.

Dual wield/bow Bosmer Nightblade or Sorc, since they're OP as ***

I play a Bosmer Nightblade archer (bow on both bars) ... currently VR5, and have never had any trouble at all in PvE. It's not the greatest build for PvP, but it works well enough ... of course, I play PvP strictly for fun. I have no desire to be at the top of the leaderboard or anything like that, so the build works well enough for me. In Cyrodiil I play a support role, and I'm okay with that. In the PvE areas, a wood elf nightblade archer has been more than powerful enough to handle anything I have faced from lvl 1-VR5.

thanks so much for the replies Currently I am wondering if I will go with DW or 1H and shield as second weapon, but it seems like DW is the best choice for nighblades

So far just around level 12, but I am having a good time I am a little impressed that I can manage level 15 where I am now, but only 3 at the same time, if I get any more enemies coming at me I usually die. I just thought that bow was supposed to not be a "good" weapon choice, I got killed more often with my templar Though I really enjoyed that class to, but this playstyle I am using now seems to work a little better for me.

looks like fun I haven't tried her in pvp yet, I am not that good I feel either in pvp. Might give it a try later

Like others here I run a bow/DW nightblade Bosmer and for the most part use the bow/kite and DW inside and tight places. Usually 1 or 2 shot reg mobs with snipe. Allways look for the 1v1 opportunities. When there are groups you have to maneuver around to find the opportunity. Bosses, again they use different mechanics and you have to adjust. But for the most part it's a lot of fun to climb on a rock and snipe players, disappear move snipe again.