Please stop, like for real. Look what happened to silver and gold content.

Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO wrote: »

That maybe. I usually use TS for raids (well used in other MMORPGs).

I have no idea how it is on NA servers. Here on the european servers it's pretty hard to find a group. Even within the guilds. So it's PuGs. And most of them don't use TS. If you sort them out, you don't get a group at all *sigh*

Should have gone to NA server...friend told me there's more going on and less issues with bugs.

That is also part of the issue. I rarely pug at all anymore. I don't know how things are on the EU server, but I highly suggest finding

Natjur wrote: »

Always wondered what it would be like to have 5 Warlock, 5 Adroitness set. You would have less spell damage then other sets but could just spam and spam.

Due to the cooldown the adroitness set isn't really that great. You'd probably get more out of Seducer in the long run.

Wolfenbelle wrote: »

@Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO, I have to agree with you (the OP) on this one and am somewhat disappointed that so many people who responded here have been dismissive of your concerns. Not only dismissive, but sometimes highly condescending.

If everyone who said these dungeons are "easy" is telling the truth about their experiences, then the game has a severe problem when the range of experiences varies so widely.

I do think many of the veteran dungeons (if not all), Arena and trials are overly difficult. The difficulty is even greater when you have to face a boss and its adds in a very confined space such as I did with a group on Friday. It was a small room with some kind of columns and levers in the center, and cluttered with rocks and stuff to get stuck on. The boss kept flooding the air with poison.

Which brings up another problem with many of these dungeons that bothers me. Almost all fights in them are melee-based. They are AoE and smash-mouthed melee, which leaves little use for a bow and other ranged capabilities. Range is, at best, situational and possibly good for fight starters only.

Except for trials, groups are indeed confined only to four people, one of whom must be dedicated to healing. So really only three people are doing damage against often overwhelming numbers of adds, plus the enemy AoE, plus the boss itself getting into the fight. Often there's even more than one enemy healer.

I'm a vr14 Imperial Templar DPS (bow + 2-handed sword) who can approach nearly 50k total damage in some fights (about 1600k sustained average DPS for a 30 minute fight), but so far I haven't been in a group that has beaten even one veteran dungeon or the arena. (I did a trial only once, but not with this build, so who knows if it would be a better experience the second time around.) I haven't done that 1600k sustained average DPS in every fight, but am capable of it. Problem is, the fight is usually over before there's a chance to do much of anything, let alone high sustained damage.

So far in every veteran dungeon I've tried, people have gotten frustrated after trying time and time again to beat even the first boss, and they give up.

Another problem is the reward at the end is often not worth it even if you do manage to complete the dungeon. Those fancy helms and shoulder pieces are nice, but to get one that fits your build you would have to run the dungeons over and over again. But heck, if I ever am in a group that manages to beat a dungeon, the idea of doing it all over again is just not appealing. So the OP has a very valid point, in my opinion.

I'm sure you meant 1.6k over 30 seconds. If any fight is taking you 30 minutes there is no way you are pulling anything close to those numbers.

As far as the 50k per fight that doesn't matter. Lets say most scaled v12 bosses have 100k+ hit points as one of 2 DPS it is your job to take nearly half of the bosses life pool. Which by your numbers you are coming close on the lower HP bosses, so you are doing your job. The problem is the other DPS needs to be taking the other half of the life pool. The tank needs to hold agro on said boss. And the healer needs to keep everyone topped off. Even if you are doing your job anyone of the group falling short can mess the rest over.

When I run in a PuG group the number one thing I notice is that at least 1 person if not 2 have no idea what the mechanics of certain fights are. Learn the mechanics, make sure the people you are running with know the mechanics and things become much easier.

Also keep in mind, some people are just bad and require the other 3 to carry them. There is nothing you can do about this other than choose not to run with that person.

Also the fact that used the Dwemer Spider Boss as an example to why fights are geared towards melee makes me believe you are the one forcing others to wear a backbrace.

Waaaaaaaahhhh!!!! The hard content is too hard!!! LAWLS!!!! Me an a buddy haven't really played ESO for almost 2 weeks and we came and flew through vet CoH... Completed the time trial, daily challenge, and death challenge with one go... With a rusty NB, rusty temp heals, drunk DK tank, and a so-so sorc dps. The *** isn't that hard... You are just bad at the following... Combat, char building, group building, teamwork.

Play your own way does not mean play your own way and be super successful. Vet CoH is probably one of the easier dungeons. Players really need to start taking accountability for their own inability to complete content.

^^^^ amazing post!!!

Just so you know, the key to the second to last boss is to 3 man it. Have the tank stay way in the back of the room so he doesn't get grabbed. As long as you're not in 2 of the aoes youll be fine.

Wolfenbelle wrote: »

@Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO, I have to agree with you (the OP) on this one and am somewhat disappointed that so many people who responded here have been dismissive of your concerns. Not only dismissive, but sometimes highly condescending.

If everyone who said these dungeons are "easy" is telling the truth about their experiences, then the game has a severe problem when the range of experiences varies so widely.

I do think many of the veteran dungeons (if not all), Arena and trials are overly difficult. The difficulty is even greater when you have to face a boss and its adds in a very confined space such as I did with a group on Friday. It was a small room with some kind of columns and levers in the center, and cluttered with rocks and stuff to get stuck on. The boss kept flooding the air with poison.

Which brings up another problem with many of these dungeons that bothers me. Almost all fights in them are melee-based. They are AoE and smash-mouthed melee, which leaves little use for a bow and other ranged capabilities. Range is, at best, situational and possibly good for fight starters only.

Except for trials, groups are indeed confined only to four people, one of whom must be dedicated to healing. So really only three people are doing damage against often overwhelming numbers of adds, plus the enemy AoE, plus the boss itself getting into the fight. Often there's even more than one enemy healer.

I'm a vr14 Imperial Templar DPS (bow + 2-handed sword) who can approach nearly 50k total damage in some fights (about 1600k sustained average DPS for a 30 minute fight), but so far I haven't been in a group that has beaten even one veteran dungeon or the arena. (I did a trial only once, but not with this build, so who knows if it would be a better experience the second time around.) I haven't done that 1600k sustained average DPS in every fight, but am capable of it. Problem is, the fight is usually over before there's a chance to do much of anything, let alone high sustained damage.

So far in every veteran dungeon I've tried, people have gotten frustrated after trying time and time again to beat even the first boss, and they give up.

Another problem is the reward at the end is often not worth it even if you do manage to complete the dungeon. Those fancy helms and shoulder pieces are nice, but to get one that fits your build you would have to run the dungeons over and over again. But heck, if I ever am in a group that manages to beat a dungeon, the idea of doing it all over again is just not appealing. So the OP has a very valid point, in my opinion.

Ouch.

I really don't like commenting on these nerf threads as I don't want to come across as "dismissive, but sometimes highly condescending" because when it comes to dungeons, I can't help it. Of course, I too used to struggle back when I was first learning the instances. But now that I know the mechanics of the fights, things are much easier. I'm very much open to sharing my knowledge on these mechanics, and I'm even writing guides on all the dungeons (they are wip, but we will have them up soon...)

That being said, the Engine Guardian is an interesting fight. Its a battle of attrition (unless you have balls to the walls dps) where you have to balance movement with your dps (the fire or 'red' phase) and heal through the poison (or green). Or you could pull the levers in the center and end the phase, but honestly, that's harder. You also need to take out those adds quickly, and try to stay out of line of sight of the boss while doing it. His shock attack during the add (or yellow) phase does a lot of damage. The fight can be a bit taxing on your healer, but if they manage their resources well and avoid over-healing they should be fine.

Then again, this is the first time i have heard this

Which brings up another problem with many of these dungeons that bothers me. Almost all fights in them are melee-based. They are AoE and smash-mouthed melee, which leaves little use for a bow and other ranged capabilities. Range is, at best, situational and possibly good for fight starters only.

The majority of the complaints I hear from higher level content are quite the opposite. Most complain that the fights are too melee unfriendly. Honestly, you gave me a good laugh with that one. Its a comment I did not expect to see.

I don't see why you don't like healers... although that seems to be a trend. In my guild I fell like I sometimes give 'unofficial healer therapy' for healers abused by "omg this healer sucks! l2p noob healer! I expect you to heal me even though I stand in red." attitude they experience before joining us. Please take it easy on your healer. These people are very nice people and are trying hard to compensate for your mistakes. Have some sympathy.

But as to the enemy healers, hard hitting trash, and boss, that's what a tank is for. Until you get to the point where you find dungeons easy, I recommend you always have a healer and a tank. Kill the enemies in order of priority. Healers are always at the top of that list. Learn the mechanics and how to deal with them. Every aoe follows rules that you can learn and play around.

Now, I'm at the point where I do find this stuff easy, so the smallish rewards at the end don't matter much to me. But I certainly can see your perspective after struggling. Now I agree on the validity of the OP complaint, but lessening the difficulty is not the answer imo.

Shunravi wrote: »

Wolfenbelle wrote: »

@Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO, I have to agree with you (the OP) on this one and am somewhat disappointed that so many people who responded here have been dismissive of your concerns. Not only dismissive, but sometimes highly condescending.

If everyone who said these dungeons are "easy" is telling the truth about their experiences, then the game has a severe problem when the range of experiences varies so widely.

I do think many of the veteran dungeons (if not all), Arena and trials are overly difficult. The difficulty is even greater when you have to face a boss and its adds in a very confined space such as I did with a group on Friday. It was a small room with some kind of columns and levers in the center, and cluttered with rocks and stuff to get stuck on. The boss kept flooding the air with poison.

Which brings up another problem with many of these dungeons that bothers me. Almost all fights in them are melee-based. They are AoE and smash-mouthed melee, which leaves little use for a bow and other ranged capabilities. Range is, at best, situational and possibly good for fight starters only.

Except for trials, groups are indeed confined only to four people, one of whom must be dedicated to healing. So really only three people are doing damage against often overwhelming numbers of adds, plus the enemy AoE, plus the boss itself getting into the fight. Often there's even more than one enemy healer.

I'm a vr14 Imperial Templar DPS (bow + 2-handed sword) who can approach nearly 50k total damage in some fights (about 1600k sustained average DPS for a 30 minute fight), but so far I haven't been in a group that has beaten even one veteran dungeon or the arena. (I did a trial only once, but not with this build, so who knows if it would be a better experience the second time around.) I haven't done that 1600k sustained average DPS in every fight, but am capable of it. Problem is, the fight is usually over before there's a chance to do much of anything, let alone high sustained damage.

So far in every veteran dungeon I've tried, people have gotten frustrated after trying time and time again to beat even the first boss, and they give up.

Another problem is the reward at the end is often not worth it even if you do manage to complete the dungeon. Those fancy helms and shoulder pieces are nice, but to get one that fits your build you would have to run the dungeons over and over again. But heck, if I ever am in a group that manages to beat a dungeon, the idea of doing it all over again is just not appealing. So the OP has a very valid point, in my opinion.

Ouch.

I really don't like commenting on these nerf threads as I don't want to come across as "dismissive, but sometimes highly condescending" because when it comes to dungeons, I can't help it. Of course, I too used to struggle back when I was first learning the instances. But now that I know the mechanics of the fights, things are much easier. I'm very much open to sharing my knowledge on these mechanics, and I'm even writing guides on all the dungeons (they are wip, but we will have them up soon...)

That being said, the Engine Guardian is an interesting fight. Its a battle of attrition (unless you have balls to the walls dps) where you have to balance movement with your dps (the fire or 'red' phase) and heal through the poison (or green). Or you could pull the levers in the center and end the phase, but honestly, that's harder. You also need to take out those adds quickly, and try to stay out of line of sight of the boss while doing it. His shock attack during the add (or yellow) phase does a lot of damage. The fight can be a bit taxing on your healer, but if they manage their resources well and avoid over-healing they should be fine.

Then again, this is the first time i have heard this

Which brings up another problem with many of these dungeons that bothers me. Almost all fights in them are melee-based. They are AoE and smash-mouthed melee, which leaves little use for a bow and other ranged capabilities. Range is, at best, situational and possibly good for fight starters only.

The majority of the complaints I hear from higher level content are quite the opposite. Most complain that the fights are too melee unfriendly. Honestly, you gave me a good laugh with that one. Its a comment I did not expect to see.

I don't see why you don't like healers... although that seems to be a trend. In my guild I fell like I sometimes give 'unofficial healer therapy' for healers abused by "omg this healer sucks! l2p noob healer! I expect you to heal me even though I stand in red." Please take it easy on your healer. These people are very nice people and are trying hard to compensate for your mistakes. Have some sympathy.

But as to the enemy healers, hard hitting trash, and boss, that's what a tank is for. Until you get to the point where you find dungeons easy, I recommend you always have a healer and a tank. Kill the enemies in order of priority. Healers are always at the top of that list. Learn the mechanics and how to deal with them. Every aoe follows rules that you can learn and play around.

Now, I'm at the point where I do find this stuff easy, so the smallish rewards at the end don't matter much to me. But I certainly can see your perspective after struggling. Now I agree on the validity of the OP complaint, but lessening the difficulty is not the answer imo.

I bolded the part of your comment I'm replying to: I agree that healers get a lot of crap. We've been doing something lately where we switch roles because we've built up different characters. It gives you an appreciation for the other roles. I personally think healing in high level content is the hardest and most stressful of the roles. It definitely makes me think about how my healer is handling things when I'm in other roles and makes me try not to put them in positions that will tax them if I don't have to.

I'm sorry but they are not too difficult. The problem is the groups you are in don't know the fights and don't have sufficient AoE DPS. Those two things are critical for dungeon success. Unfortunately with PUGs you don't know what you're getting. You don't know your group mate's build, competence, or gear and you can't rely on class as an indicator. You might not have a properly built tank or a low magicka healer. You're right that a normal group cannot do them, because it's normal for groups to have inexperienced people who don't know what they're doing. We shouldn't dumb down the dungeons just because people can't be bothered to learn how to play the game. My suggestion would be to join a guild that knows how to run these and does them on a regular basis and have them teach you how to do them. Then you will see that they really are not that difficult.

Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO wrote: »

My build as a Sorc:
Magicka 25
Health 35
Stamina 2

HP: 2051 unbuffed -> 2519 buffed
Magicka: 2365 unbuffed -> 2581 buffed and also soft capped
Magicka Regen: 161
Spell Resist: 2269 also soft capped

VR5 Blue or Purple food - depending on what I am supposed to do.

Wearing 5 X Purple Seducer and 4X Mara Set (incl. Staff swap)
Infused, Divine + purple glyph enhancements...

Spell Crit : 30 % - 36 % depening which staff I use.

All my dmg enhancing and dmg dealing spells are maxed and morphed.
Also those of the Mage Guild, and also those of Warrior guild for exra dmg on daedra and undead.

One bar is for healing and staying alive...
The other bar is for damage and debuffing...

AoE didn't do anything to the spider addes btw.
We herded them together. AoEs did not do any dmg. We had to nuke them one by one, that was the only damage they acknowledged.
AoEs, maxed out... even with spell enhancer pots and spells... did nothing at all.
The only spell that really did some dmg was Crystal Fragments and Crushing Shock. Everything else dmg-wise from the sorc line was useless.

I'm using Seducer myself since I'm not a fan of spell symmetry. Seducer, a few spare Healer pcs and Pact's 3 pcs +10% crit set. I just spam Crushing Shock bffed by Crit surge usually, with Elemental ring for aoe and Endless fry for execute. Also, Evil Hunter does wonders in COH(morph of Epert hunter in Fighters' guild skilltree).

My stats are about the same except crit being 54%.

The damage I can do with this build is not anything amazing, but it's enough for any fight in the game, including COA hardmode.

I'd say you might want a bit more crit but it's not a dps problem likely, really. It's group coordination. I can see how COH can be frustrated, but it was hardest dungeon pre-1.5, but now it's actually kinda easy compared to buffed vet ones. It's my favourite dungeon, and I enjoy its mechanics;)

Don't run with PUGs. Get a group of friends/guildies together that know the place/are capable of learning. Get on Teamspeak if possible, it makes Spider boss a lot easier. Have tank tank her turned to the wall on the right from entrance, everyone else spread out around the room. Watch out for the aoe, when you get it, move FAST, lead it around the room. She cannot web more than one person at a time(although I did encounter a visual bug which made it appear so - unwebbed person still looked webbed), just call the coocoon out in TS/chat and free the person fast(and don't lead the aoe to them). Ads are fine but annoying, ulti them. Banner, Veil, Nova, Atonach, all work. When I have trouble with this fight, I use Negate for ads so we can safely burn them down. They're ads, don't burn them one by one, stack and aoe/ulti them.

That said, it's possible she bugged out on you, though she never did on me. Best I had was not loading(yes still deadly) aoe. If you were NA EP, I'd gladly run with you=/

Also, when people say vet pledges are easy, don't let them get to you:P That's showing off while having a good, extremely experienced group with TS usually.

Teargrants wrote: »

I don't even...

Yes, some dungeons have issues like unblockable bosses now, but crypt of hearts is not one of them. If anything it is one of the easier dungeons now. If your group is running out if resources and dieing because they can't add control, the problem is between keyboard and chair. Every boss fight is basically a brain dead DPS, walk out of the red circle affair in CoH.

Mage light > crit surge > evil hunter > wall of ele > impulse impulse, or crushing shock for single target, ect. There's no reason to use shards, as OP mentioned using them. Shards for DPS is just bad.

And OP, there's no reason for you as a DPS to have a heals bar, that's the job of the healer. That's not conciet, it's crucial that DPS do DPS and leave healing to heals. Otherwise you waste resources with heals and most importantly lose DPS. That's how adds pile up, hurting the group more and putting strain on heals.

There're different builds out there, actually. Cryst Frags actually give a nice boost to dps if you stack spell dmg and only use them on procs(I don't do that, but I know a lot of sorcs who do). Also, off heals bar can do wonders in certain situation, since **** happens, even to the best of us.

Just saying.

Lol, reading this *** funny.
Guys saying it's too hard, guys saying it's easy. Your group Sucked, my group clears it in 10min.

I've said it before, I'll say it again.
This game is all about three maybe four, specific builds, it's min max or get the *** out.

Balance in this games a joke, it's like I said, if you are stuck having to run the same setup, gear, attributes as everyone else just to experience the entire game, then why the *** even bother saying it's balanced?

If ZOS expects us to all run with the same gear, then get rid of all the pointless *** and just give us the official best in slot list (really should be the only use this list) so all of us can experience the game the way you want us.
Play as you want is a lie. I get that each fight is different and each skill has its place, but Jesus, change it up a bit. No way out of all the different abilities we have should four or five be so over used that if you don't use them your non viable to participate in end game.

I'd love to hear the QQ if they made a boss and it's adds have a special buff that reflected impulse. Pft, I'd pay to see that.

ThatHappyCat wrote: »

Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO wrote: »

Thing is, what to do when none of those AoEs does dmg...
They seem to be immune to AoE dmg. They even resisted Flawless Dawnbreaker :;-(

Also, what bugs me - very often we have two or three webbed players at once.
And that's game over...

I'm getting increasingly skeptical here. The only way you can get more than one webbed player at once is if you don't free webbed people, she only ever webs one person at a time. And the mobs most certainly are not immune to AoE damage.

I'm starting to think you're pulling my leg.

I have never run into anything who is immune to AOE damage inclusive bosses.
For sorcerer AOE damage is not much lower than single target damage anyway.

You can get multiple webbed if you are slow with releasing, teamspeak helps a lot here. Typical healer or ranged dps standing back and none see he is webbed.
Or the only one see it is too busy to do anything like a tank who has to block all the time and can not type.

Vusile wrote: »

Rhian-Skybladeb16_ESO wrote: »

I do not know if this is just me.

But ever since that dungeon scaling and pledge system has been released, some boss mobs are simply not really doable. At least not by normal players.

Some are doable, but some I find simply impossible to do ever since that new system has been released.

They are too powerful. They deal too much and too fast AoE dmg, that also keeps following. At the same time adds, that deal more damage than the boss mob, are spawned in very fast cycles... at the same time multiple people of your group get webbed, stunned or whatever in very rapid cycles - depend on someone to free them in time - while adds and AoE-Damage follow you around.

In short - it is only a rat race. So much dmg has been dealt, that the group wipes within 2 minutes... maybe we last 5 minutes but then we did not do much dmg to boss, because we were busy killing adds that do even more dmg than the boss.

As I wrote before, some are doable, but some are just insane...

Is this supposed to remain like this or will this be fixed and balanced?

Can only speak for myself. But the current high-end content bores and frustrates me. Don't need that after a stressful day of hard work... I want fun and a real challenge not just some super-ubber-pimped boss mob that can only be done when you are some over-dressed 24/7 player.

Considering the amount of people I have seen leaving over the past weeks, I am probably not alone with that view. But as things are, I am going to join them soon and hope that the next Offline Game from Beth will be better.

It really saddens me to write this, since I had high hopes. I played many MMORPGs for many years - and really had hoped that ESO won't repeat the same mistakes...
That game is not even 1 year old... and it already frustrates at the high-end content with the very same mistakes all the others MMORPGs did over several years... that's a new record.

Didn't really read the rest of thread or really care to--just responding to OP.

I completely agree with you that some of this scaling is off. I did the daily vet CoH pledge with a public group. We were running two dps sorc, tank, and healer attempting to get the optional objective. We ran through the entire dungeon with two wipes as got to the last boss at which point we spent about 3 hours and 30-40 wipes before we beat him.

It was at that point that I realized how ridiculous the mob, AoE, insta-kill moves all were in combination. Taken alone, we were able to avoid all the AoE, resurrect, and dodge insta kill moves AT OUR BEST. When it came to letting those four mobs survive for the optional objective, it threw everything into disarray since they did a ton of damage. My group was all VR14 and I was the only one running through the dungeon for the first time, but even after learning the strategy, there was nothing to do against such high damage. Healer couldn't keep up and tank would die, or healer would get insta killed and then it would be a domino effect... Eventually we got it because the "stars aligned"... But that should not be the definition of a challenge IMO. A challenge should be some interesting game mechanic addition, not overwhelming health and damage buffs.

Anyway, that's my story. I agree with you. It's beatable, but tough for all the wrong reasons.

Sorry mate but someone was doing something very wrong. Tanking all 4 adds normally doesn't ever get me below 85% hp, they don't hit for very much and should be easy for the tank to control.

We did that boss 3 man without our healer, me as sorc did both DPS and healing at the same time.. and no one died. ^^

It's surely frustrating, I wiped for hours the first time I went in to CoH when it first came out - but it isn't and wasn't a case of the dungeon being too hard but rather me and my group mates being too bad.

If they lower the difficulty to where everyone can complete it, there won't be anything left in the game to work for. And everyone will quit soon after. In the end that's the truth, and I know it doesn't feel that way now probably but for an MMO, not having that "next challenge" will kill it.

From what I can see from your build its is lacking some much needed dps and your crit rate is too low for a sorc. Thomas explains a really successful build below. Don't worry about the Aether set out of the gate. Warlock, Soulshine and Willow's is a great start and all easily acquired.

I noticed you mention your using an ice staff...personally I feel that a fire staff will increase your damage (morphs to DoTs) or even a lightning staff for faster light attack weaving.

I'd also use elemental drain on bar 1 instead of crystal frag. Save the frag for bar2 on execute phase.

thomas.k.grayb14_ESO wrote: »

The way we do spider boss is as follows:

1. Pair up - Tank with one DPS and Healer with the other DPS. Your new battle buddy is the person you are responsible for keeping an eye on and breaking the web if it applies to them.

2. The person who is being followed by the red circle needs to kite it away from the group.

3. When the adds spawn everyone need to group up and AOE them down.(This only takes a couple seconds.) Things that can help here if you are having trouble are: Templars drop nova for mitigation, Nightblades drop veil for mitigation, Sorcs drop Negate to stun adds DK drop banner for extra DPS on adds. Unless you are a nightblade the only AOE you should be using is impulse.

This fight is extremely easy when you are prepared and know the mechanics.

Further notes:
A good sorc set up for bars is:
Bar 1: Crushing Shock, Crystal Fragments, Critical Surge, Impulse, Inner Light
Ultimate - Flawless Dawnbreaker(never cast it, it's there for C. Shock.)
Bar 2: Mages Wrath, Crystal Fragments, Spell Symmetry, Annulent, Inner Light
Ultimate - Negate(or another ultimate worth casting.)

Rotation is simple:
Above 20%: Keep Critical Surge up as it boosts Crushing shock damage.
Crushing + Light weave until Crystal Fragments procs then use Crystal
Fragments.

Below 20%: Mages Wrath + Light weave. Crystal fragments on Proc.

Gear sets to look at:
3-Piece Soulshine: Jewelry only(2 Rings and Neck)
3/4 Piece Twilights Embrace
3/4 Piece Wise Mage(Aether)- Drops from AA
3 Piece Willows Path
3 Piece Wrath of the Imperium(Destruction Staff+2 Rings)- PVP Drops
Magnus/Seducer/Warlock/Adroitness - If you have resource issues.

Personally I run 4-Piece Aether, 4-Piece Twilight's Embrace, 3-Piece Soulshine.

Another note: Make sure your home PVP server is set to your faction's buff server(unless you have a legitimate reason for not doing this.)