a Mana Laser that works like Engulfing flames. you simply active it and laser until untill the target dies, you run out of mana, etc

Like doing 200Dmg per tick costing 100mp


i dont really care about it being high damage i just want a MP laser!

My hope for spellcrafting is that all the SC'ed abilities will be similar to a Walmart knock off brand. That way classes are still meaningful but some areas of improvement can be made up via SC.

As a person that has 4 VR12's (one of each class) and one soon to be vr character... Class matters to me.

Lionxoft wrote: »

spoqster wrote: »

Me personally, I would like a spell that turns me invisible or makes me hidden for a minute or longer (or as long as my magicka lasts), so that I can use it to travel through mobs if I don't feel like fighting.

Invisibility pots or be a NB. As a NB, I hope that they don't make another invis spell otherwise our class loses some of it's diverse strength especially since our class passives are semi-meh.

Well, what it sounds like they may be doing (and what I hope they're doing) is moving to a more traditional Elder Scrolls "class" system, where any class has access to anything (though some start out ahead in some areas than others). I don't really see how they can introduce spell crafting without doing this.

The limit in Elder Scrolls was always one's magika pool. You can craft some awesome spell, but if you haven't invested enough in magicka to use it, it's useless to you. The same could be done with stamina. This allows for near-full character customization, while still forcing certain development paths.

The 4 class system never made any sense for an Elder Scrolls game. With the addition of the traditional schools of magic, hopefully more traditional Elder Scrolls character development will be possible, according to however one wants to develop his or her characters.

spoqster wrote: »

I'm interested to hear if anyone here has specific requests for spells in the context of spellcrafting, especially beyond the typical TES spells that are likely to be there (conjure flame atronach, etc.).

Me personally, I would like a spell that turns me invisible or makes me hidden for a minute or longer (or as long as my magicka lasts), so that I can use it to travel through mobs if I don't feel like fighting.

That I can pretty much setup my own companion.

If I want to make it tanky then I add strawberries, if I want it seductive then I add mushrooms and if I want it fearsome then I add bread & butter.

They said we will get more pet repertoire so I hope we can actually choose the characteristics of these pets as well.

Aoife32001 wrote: »

Lionxoft wrote: »

spoqster wrote: »

Me personally, I would like a spell that turns me invisible or makes me hidden for a minute or longer (or as long as my magicka lasts), so that I can use it to travel through mobs if I don't feel like fighting.

Invisibility pots or be a NB. As a NB, I hope that they don't make another invis spell otherwise our class loses some of it's diverse strength especially since our class passives are semi-meh.

Well, what it sounds like they may be doing (and what I hope they're doing) is moving to a more traditional Elder Scrolls "class" system, where any class has access to anything (though some start out ahead in some areas than others). I don't really see how they can introduce spell crafting without doing this.

The limit in Elder Scrolls was always one's magika pool. You can craft some awesome spell, but if you haven't invested enough in magicka to use it, it's useless to you. The same could be done with stamina. This allows for near-full character customization, while still forcing certain development paths.

The 4 class system never made any sense for an Elder Scrolls game. With the addition of the traditional schools of magic, hopefully more traditional Elder Scrolls character development will be possible, according to however one wants to develop his or her characters.

I've played every Elder Scrolls and have been playing the games for nearly 20 years. The class system has had a place in every major TES game up until Skyrim so to say that it's more traditional to have class choice become non-important is a disservice.


Back to TESO:
What folks don't understand is that there will be A LOT of backlash if these spell crafted abilities are more powerful than their class skills. A lot of players have made alts and worked their way up to max level already. If the spell crafted abilities are on par or equal to class abilities then it becomes a choice of which class has better passives that aren't decided by class abilities. This in turn actually breaks the diversity that spell crafting was attempting to create.

If the spell crafted abilities are knock offs and just slightly below par with the equivalent class skill (if applicable) then it still means that class decision is important yet some of the voids can be filled allowing the player to play more to their specifications.

Aoife32001 wrote: »

I've played every Elder Scrolls and have been playing the games for nearly 20 years. The class system has had a place in every major TES game up until Skyrim so to say that it's more traditional to have class choice become non-important is a disservice.

I suppose what I was referring to was more along the lines of starting with a set class (Healer, Bard, Crusader, etc.) and then being able to pursue whatever course you want from that starting point, rather than being stuck with only that class's skills.

I have started playing Arena and have played Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, and it seems to me that, while there are of course set classes, these are more starting points that encourage development in specific directions rather than locking one into fixed class skill lines. I could play a Knight in Morrowind and nevertheless develop Illusion magic if I wanted to do so, and that's what I'm getting at here, as opposed to, say, only "NightBlade" class users having an invisibility spell.

If we were to have fixed classes, then I think ESO needs the plethora of traditional classes, rather than a generic "Sorcerer", "Templar", "DragonKnight", and "NightBlade". To only have four "master classes" is, it seems to me, not faithful to ES.

Hop into Daggerfall and try to equip an armor weight that isn't suited to your class. Let us know that works out! Or maybe attempting to duel with a sword yet no skill in blade.

Anyone can play the TES games on the lowest difficulty while disregarding class restrictions (for the most part) but at that point you might as well just use cheat commands. If you play on hard or top difficulty you will get mowed down by a lesser creature easily with a poorly built character.

It's an MMO which is different than a single player rpg. An mmo requires multifaceted balancing whereas a sprpg doesn't require the same level. Four classes, as you have seen, require quite a bit of balancing. If there were more classes available in Eso then it would be a balancing nightmare. Common sense though.

Classes are indeed important to the TES series and always have been up until Skyrim. There is no reason why a heavy armor Redguard should have a proficiency in all magic schools, marksmanship, sneak, long sword, short sword, blunt, hand to hand, security etc. My suggestion earlier would be to make the spell crafted abilities just slightly weaker than a major class version if it's similar. Class choice being major skills and spell crafting being minor skills. It would make initial class choice important and also grant a place for slight improvements via minor skills. If spell crafted abilities are as strong as class abilities then it negates the importance of initial class choice which is something that just doesn't make sense.

If spell crafted abilities are overpowered or on par with class abilities then folks will just choose the class that has the best generic passives... Unfortunately the class passives aren't generically balanced at all.

I hope you're seeing my point.

I would like to be able to conjure a Guar.
Doesn't matter if it fights for me or if it's just grazing while I'm in combat - the important thing is, it's there

Raygee wrote: »

I would like to be able to conjure a Guar.
Doesn't matter if it fights for me or if it's just grazing while I'm in combat - the important thing is, it's there

Or a flesh atronach. Name him Chubbz