Which would be the better race choice in Daggerfall area for Nightblade?

Carol · February 2015

I'm stuck between Breton, Redguard and Imperial. While leveling I want high dps solo with a mix of range and melee. I tried a Breton with magicka build for low level area and even with points into magicka I found the bow did more damage, which I didn't understand. I've always played mage type classes but I think I need a change so if I go with bow which other weapon style would work best with it for solo leveling pve? One hander or dual or two hander? More importantly which race would work well for nightblade?
Thanks

arqe · February 2015

Redguard , if you are going to play with Bow you tend to sneak for surprise attacks.
Redguards got stamina regeneration as a Race bonus that helps you move sneak without losing too much stamina.
Also for Nightblade , Half Tank / Half Damage Works really good. Redguard also got One-Hand & Shield bonus too.
So you'll be more durable.

TheBull · February 2015

Redguard -
10% Stam
10% Regen
Adrenalin Rush - Restores stam when damaging an enemy with melee attacks

Rev Rielle · February 2015

If you love swords, redguards are the way to go! Even if you don't! There's a redguard for any situation.

Carol · February 2015

Started me a redguard

Thanks for the advice.

Still a bit stuck between the different weapons. Dual, two handed or one hand & shield. Is any of those better than the other, even if it's just personal preference I'd love to hear about it and your reasons.

My other big confusion is the attributes. Weapon skills use stamina and class skills use magicka. So which should I put points into? I can't see it being good to split between all 3, stamina, health and magicka... that would be kinda jack all but master of none scenario wouldn't it?

Thanks for your patience.

Nestor · February 2015

Carol wrote: »

Started me a redguard :)Weapon skills use stamina and class skills use magicka. So which should I put points into? I can't see it being good to split between all 3, stamina, health and magicka... that would be kinda jack all but master of none scenario wouldn't it?

Thanks for your patience.

Which is why I rolled a Breton for my Night Blade. I can put my Attributes into Health, Glyphs into Stamina and use the Bretons Natural magic and use both sets of skills......

However to your question about the weapons. Dual Wield meshes well with the NB skills in my mind, especially the passives that increase critical strike with daggers (and you have two of them). Plus my favorite skill, Veiled Strike just screams use Daggers. That is the weapon skill I would develop first.

On the other hand, having 1 handed shield can give you more armor, and increase your stats (using a glyph on the shield). But you are doubling up on some skills that you already have in the NB Class, rather than complimenting or adding to your repertoire.

But you really want a ranged weapon and a close up weapon, so Bow or Destro Staff would be a good counter to the DW.

As for using stamina vs magic, why not use both? I split my bars putting 2 or 3 magic skills and 2 or 3 Stamina skills. I use up one side until the reserve is depleted, then use the other side. Or you can mix things up and deplete things more slowly, even to the point that regen will keep it topped up. Although I will say that once I started using more Stamina (and having more Stamina Attributes) my NB got deadlier.

1.6 will seem to favor more of a focused build (all Stamina or all Magic) but that is really for Trials and PvP content, not the rest of the game.