Where do you stand on class archetypes in ESO?

AngryNord · October 2014

My characters are (mostly) equipped according to their archetype

BBSooner wrote: »

Aeratus wrote: »

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

Aeratus wrote: »

In Elder Scrolls, the Sorc archetype is a heavy armor caster. So actually, 95% of sorcs are not following the archetype.

Lol What?

You must not have played the single player TES games where most if not all the mages guild members were wearing light armor and carrying a staff.

In Oblivion, sorceror is a heavy armor mage.

Class description (Oblivion): Besting the most well-equipped fighters, they rely on the spells of the mystic arts. Unique to these mages is the bodily stamina to be armed with the thickest armor.
Skills (Oblivion): Alchemy, Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Heavy Armor, Mysticism, Restoration

So a lore friendly Sorceror in ESO would be sword and board heavy armor magicka build

A battlemage is a different class. A lore friendly battlemage would be a dual wielding light armor caster. (see the image here http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Classes which shows the battle mage having dual wield weapons, although you couldn't use dual wield in Oblivion)

Which is interesting, because the Imperial Legion Battle-Mage NPCs in Oblivion wore heavy armor primarily and a single sword.

They were a separate class, in fact, called "Guard Battlemage". But yes, even though Oblivion's Battlemage class has no armour skill, there are still a few "ordinary" battlemages in heavy armour - meaning their spell efficiency is heavily reduced...

AlexDougherty · October 2014

My characters are (mostly) equipped according to their archetype

Rodario wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Sorry I'm a bit boring in this regard, I play the class as I think it should be, I really can't imagine a Templar in a dress, so I don't play that way.

I think Templars in dresses would be justifiably archetypical, as long as they fulfill the role of Priest. Being the only class with a dedicated healing tree, they also fulfill that role best.

Light armor because annoyingly attributes are not imbued within armor pieces, but learned as skills to go with armor weight classes, otherwise you could be a healer Templar in healing-relevant attribute loaded heavy armor.

Which isn't news to anybody, I just felt the need to write it down.

Fair enough, I haven't gone down the healer route, I have done in the past, just not in this game yet. I can see a priest/healer in light armour though.

Kingpindragon · October 2014

Other (Option missing)

None of my characters are set in anything if I have the skill points.

They may level in one archetype because they lack the points at the time, but I switch from all kinda of gear specs. The benefit of making your own gear I guess.

purple-magicb16_ESO · October 2014

My characters are (mostly) equipped according to their archetype

PBpsy wrote: »

purple-magicb16_ESO wrote: »

There should have been another choice - baloney! Incredible how many "warriors" use stick and skirt.

It's not our fault that ZOS didn't give us what we truly wanted. Sticks and loincloths.

Lol! So true! +awesome

Audigy · October 2014

Other (Option missing)

My chars wear what looks good, I don't care about stats.

Tabbycat · October 2014

Bacon

My characters used to equip light armor, but now they equip Jason Leavey's hair.

On a serious note: I equip whatever armor I think is going to be most beneficial for what I want to do with them. When I play caster types, I tend to play with robe/ staff. If I play a sneaky rogue type, I'll use a bow and medium armor. You get the idea.

On the PTS I ran with a Sorc in medium armor using a bow, resto staff and pets because I wanted to see if I could make a classical Hunter type character.

Aeratus · October 2014

My characters (mostly) wear light armor. If armor types were balanced, all of them would still be wearing light armor. Because I like it this way)

My main character is a resto staff + 1h/shield NB in light armor. I mainly play PVP with this char. I don't slot the cloak skill anymore so I'm not any stealthier than DKs or any other class.

As written in an earlier post, a DK is not a Warrior, a Nightblade is not a Rogue and a Templar is not a Paladin. The way Sorc and NB were designed in this game is very close to their ES: Oblivion classes. However, it seems like the marketing department forced the character creation screen designers to dumb down the way they present the classes, in order for people who played other games to more easily relate to the ESO classes.