.... I disagree, as saying I chose to gimp myself by ignoring most of the skills in the game and thus I didn't stay subed since early on isn't really a convincing argument. Magic is rather pervasive in the world and is as much about the convinction to learn it as anything else.

Also I'm fairly sure the bonus is you have subbed 300 days not you have been playing the same character everyday for 300 days.

Been a Stamina DK since early access, my sub hasn't lapsed once, so I'm over the 300days paid, since I've bought two 180day subs. Even with the removal of the 180 day sub, since mine never lapsed, it keeps recurring on the 180 day marker, at least for now.

jelliedsoup wrote: »

ryanmjmcevoy_ESO wrote: »

Been a Stamina DK since early access, my sub hasn't lapsed once, so I'm over the 300days paid, since I've bought two 180day subs. Even with the removal of the 180 day sub, since mine never lapsed, it keeps recurring on the 180 day marker, at least for now.

cool did you use dk skills? and if so which ones?

Of course I did, who uses 100% weapon skills? lol Every build has to use mag and stam to some extent. I've toyed around with all the skills a good bit, but my DPS comes from Bow and Dual Wield, only using magicka skills for buffs or healing, really. Occasionally I'll drop another class skill on the bar if I think it's effects suit the situation, such as a DoT, or Scales.

snowmanflvb14_ESO wrote: »

Well I have been a NB bow using stam build since beta and am still here.

MeToo

I also has been using "crappy, gimped, poopy, noobish" "warrior" builds (I say "warrior" because I prefer that term instead of "stamina" which is misleading). Been in ESO since Betas, pre-ordered, been there in pre-launch and to this day always subbed.

I had mostly good times and overall a fine gaming experience, since I don't give a flying pink elephant about the "elitist pros" and their "uber Harry Potter mages" (because for ages this had been the "in thing"). And just because the "crowd" mostly wears bathrobes and holds broomsticks doesn't mean everyone is required to copycat. Thankfully, it was always possible in ESO to ignore the crapola about Trials and "wow, 0.1 more dps!, 0.01 less seconds!!!!! WOW mate!", even if at times it would be a tad frustrating to see that an "archetype" build could be so severely restricted.

And even as a mostly stamina (how else it could be) "warrior using weapons" build, could always throw in the odd class skill, it has never been that terribly bad to make it truly impossible to play, and yes, even have fun.

So yes, the short answer is: when the new era begins, I will have been playing in ESO for more than a year too, a stubbornly inefficient and gimped "warrior - stamina" build.

Stamina DW NB here. I did play other specs at times, but mostly just to level up that armor type (i have every armor skill at 50)

Sharee wrote: »

Stamina DW NB here. I did play other specs at times, but mostly just to level up that armor type (i have every armor skill at 50)

same here, pure stamina NB duel wield since early beta. the only magicka i played with was for invisibility. you and i are probably a rare breed tho.
the main reason i stuck with this is because of dark brotherhood preperations, and my love of the dark brotherhood since morrowind. i came to eso expecting to see morrowind, Vvardenfell and of course dark brotherhood and thier duel wield dagger using stamina builds so i could fit in with them.

I am a stamina build playing since beta. So yeah i will get the 300 mark easily.

I did switch once to magicka build. It was fun, but i went back to stamina quick. It is just how i played all the other TES games. And i think stamina works well these days, both PvE and PvP.

At first I was dual wield, medium wearing NB for a long time. Then I switched to dual wield, light wearing NB because it made it possible for me to increase my DPS a lot since I liked using class skills. There were really no weapon skill I likes to use but I have always wanted to wield swords, to be warrior or rogue. With swords.

At some point I realised it made no difference what weapons I used to deal damage because I was using mostly class skills. Wearing dual swords or destro dealt the same damage With class skills. Then I realised there were 10% damage boost in resto staff (removed not long ago) so then I started using resto. I still used ambush and concealed weapon followed by impale to wreck everyone in seconds in pvp. Just using resto, not swords which seemed silly but it worked and I had tons of fun killing people so fast thanks to my super high magika and magic damage, which enchanted ALL class skills.

I hope I can return to use swords and maybe even medium armor in the next patch. I am always a sword user by heart but the game forced me to use staff. I don't care if i am magicka based or stamina based, I just wan't to use swords and I don't wan't to wear bathrobes. Luckily, I don't have to since there are lot of medium looking light armors in the game.

I have been subbed from the beginning because I was having fun despite that resto was better suited for my preferred hit and run tactic I use in pvp.

Kragorn wrote: »

jelliedsoup wrote: »

i will have 270 and while i dont care about the 'loyalty' reward I'm curious as to how many predominantly stam builds will have played for 300 days.

The ingenius release day design i imagine will allow for loyalty to equate to those who prefer magicka builds. But of course i could be wrong....

/scratches his head and wonders WTF paid sub. time has to do with a build

I 'get' you're unhappy about Stamina but expressed this way is simply .. worthless.

Umm you sub if the game allows you to play a build you like?

i have never played with a staff and ligjt armour in any es games.

Wat.

Anyway, stamina DK reporting in. With secondary stamina NB, relegated to crafting duties for the time being. I like traditional weapons, you see.

I am a stamina sorc since early access and haven't stopped my sub. So I am pretty much over 300 days.