Argonian, Khajiit, or Dunmer Magicka based Nightblade- viable after upcoming DLC?

ArknINFIRIS
I know this has probably been discussed before and as I am new to the forums I figured I would ask again. Let me say up front that I am not a min/maxer but typically like to play characters that are aesthetically pleasing but also that are fun to play. I have always played Khajiit, Argonians, and Dunmer in the other Elder Scrolls games. These are my top three favorite races in ESO as well but what I am wondering is can I play an Argonian (or Khajiit and Dunmer) as a viable magicka based Nightblade?

I like to take my characters down the so called 'warlock' path and the Nightblade magicka route seems to work best for this. I usually run with destruction staff/ resto staff or destruction staff/dual wield daggers along with siphoning/shadow skills and a mixture of other skills from the other trees such as mage guild, etc. I am trying to make an Argonian that can either be a straight up 'warlock' with total offensive power or venture down the healing path and be sort of a 'shadow priest' especially with their potion perk that seems to be beneficial.

I know the Argonian's racials are lame at this point but I want to know if I can be successful with armor traits, food buffs, and stat allocations with Argonian (or insert Khajiit and Dunmer). I am not one to follow cookie cutter builds but any information that anyone can provide to help me decide would be great. Thanks in advance for the information!

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Edited by ArknINFIRIS on August 9, 2015 12:37PM
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  • Bloodgharm
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    I am running a dunmer magicka nb atm and I love it. With the dark elf passives, you get a boost to stamina and magicka as well as fire damage and resistance. So if you ran a (fire) destro/resto combo, you'd get added damage from your attacks. In addition, with added stamina and magicka you get a large magicka pool for dealing damage and a decent sized stamina pool for blocking/roll dodging etc. To me it's a win/win.
  • chevalierknight
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    No high elf and breton are the best to go or you mite as well go swim speed
  • chevalierknight
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    Bloodgharm wrote: »
    I am running a dunmer magicka nb atm and I love it. With the dark elf passives, you get a boost to stamina and magicka as well as fire damage and resistance. So if you ran a (fire) destro/resto combo, you'd get added damage from your attacks. In addition, with added stamina and magicka you get a large magicka pool for dealing damage and a decent sized stamina pool for blocking/roll dodging etc. To me it's a win/win.

    The max magic from high elf would give more damage the the fire damage passive and that only works with fire
  • Reeko
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    This game is great in that any race can be viable with any class/build. Sure, a redguard or imperial stamina nightblade would be a few % better than, say an orc nightblade. But in the end you can still get by with whatever you choose. I personally enjoy Khajiit.

    To answer your question i would suggest the Dunmer. Will allow you to go vampire and not be as squishy.
    Edited by Reeko on August 9, 2015 3:51PM
  • Sithisvoid
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    I'm pretty sure the dunmer fire passive only works with spell damage.
  • Junkogen
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    Sadly, Argonian is not a great choice for any build. For a magicka NB, dark elf is the clear choice. Really, dark elf is the best choice for anything in the Ebonheart Pact. ZOS hasn't done a good job of balancing the racial passives.
  • ArknINFIRIS
    Okay. Thanks all for the information. I think I will stick with Dunmer since the vampire option will be doable. I hope one day they fix the Argonian so they will be more effective or maybe they will do away with racial traits and make them something you can choose as part of character creation.

    With that option will the Dunmer still make a good healer if I choose to try the NB healer route? I know Breton is the best choice for healers but I am not a big fan of the human races in this game. I know I can use the Resto staff and a lot of the siphoning skills have heal options as well.
    Edited by ArknINFIRIS on August 9, 2015 6:29PM
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  • Bloodgharm
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    Bloodgharm wrote: »
    I am running a dunmer magicka nb atm and I love it. With the dark elf passives, you get a boost to stamina and magicka as well as fire damage and resistance. So if you ran a (fire) destro/resto combo, you'd get added damage from your attacks. In addition, with added stamina and magicka you get a large magicka pool for dealing damage and a decent sized stamina pool for blocking/roll dodging etc. To me it's a win/win.

    The max magic from high elf would give more damage the the fire damage passive and that only works with fire

    I was simply helping the OP make a decision out of the 3 choices they listed. I know that Altmer and Bretons get better bonuses to magicka than Dunmer, but I was trying to help the OP narrow down their selection.
  • Bloodgharm
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    Okay. Thanks all for the information. I think I will stick with Dunmer since the vampire option will be doable. I hope one day they fix the Argonian so they will be more effective or maybe they will do away with racial traits and make them something you can choose as part of character creation.

    With that option will the Dunmer still make a good healer if I choose to try the NB healer route? I know Breton is the best choice for healers but I am not a big fan of the human races in this game. I know I can use the Resto staff and a lot of the siphoning skills have heal options as well.

    As far as healing goes it will be the same situation, where more max magicka pool = better heals. With an argonian you'll level the resto staff skill line faster, but that's not really much of an advantage.
  • Reeko
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    Bloodgharm wrote: »
    Okay. Thanks all for the information. I think I will stick with Dunmer since the vampire option will be doable. I hope one day they fix the Argonian so they will be more effective or maybe they will do away with racial traits and make them something you can choose as part of character creation.

    With that option will the Dunmer still make a good healer if I choose to try the NB healer route? I know Breton is the best choice for healers but I am not a big fan of the human races in this game. I know I can use the Resto staff and a lot of the siphoning skills have heal options as well.

    As far as healing goes it will be the same situation, where more max magicka pool = better heals. With an argonian you'll level the resto staff skill line faster, but that's not really much of an advantage.

    It is up until you max it out lol
  • ArknINFIRIS
    Thanks Bloodgharm. I appreciate the tough love response :)

    Just so I understand, if I pool most of my stats into Magicka and try to gear with Magicka enchants and whatnot, would that help in any way? I know it will never be as good as an Altmer/Breton but would it be good at all.

    Also, I know Templar Healer (Altmer/Breton and maybe Dunmer) is better for heals, but can an Altmer Nightblade spec'd as healer work? I'm not worried about be the best at it per se...I just want it to be fun and viable.
    Edited by ArknINFIRIS on August 9, 2015 7:34PM
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  • Reeko
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    I'm currently a magicka NB (Khajiit) and although i did'nt specifically spec for healing i do decent heals. Spamming Funnel Health alone does a good job. Throw in the occasional healing springs and healing ward and you are on your way!
  • Bloodgharm
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    Thanks Bloodgharm. I appreciate the tough love response :)

    Just so I understand, if I pool most of my stats into Magicka and try to gear with Magicka enchants and whatnot, would that help in any way? I know it will never be as good as an Altmer/Breton but would it be good at all.

    Also, I know Templar Healer (Altmer/Breton and maybe Dunmer) is better for heals, but can an Altmer Nightblade spec'd as healer work? I'm not worried about be the best at it per se...I just want it to be fun and viable.

    You'll be fine by speccing most of your attribute points into magicka. Enchants will make up quite a bit of your pool as well. I wouldn't really worry about the racial passive aspect. The bonuses will give you more magicka, but not so much you'll be gimping yourself. It only really comes into play while trying to min/max your character.

    On the subject of healing, there are 2 skills you'll want from the siphoning tree to provide your damage and heals: Funnel Health and Sap Essence and you can use the Resto staff skills to make up the difference. You won't be quite on par with templar healers since they were born for it, but you'll be a welcome site in dungeons by providing dps and heals at the same time. You'll probably fill the role of off-healer more often than not, but I've know certain groups that run with a couple nb healers and they do just fine.
  • ArknINFIRIS
    Sounds good!

    Thanks again for all of the helpful information and advice!

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  • Night_Child
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    Bloodgharm wrote: »
    Okay. Thanks all for the information. I think I will stick with Dunmer since the vampire option will be doable. I hope one day they fix the Argonian so they will be more effective or maybe they will do away with racial traits and make them something you can choose as part of character creation.

    With that option will the Dunmer still make a good healer if I choose to try the NB healer route? I know Breton is the best choice for healers but I am not a big fan of the human races in this game. I know I can use the Resto staff and a lot of the siphoning skills have heal options as well.

    As far as healing goes it will be the same situation, where more max magicka pool = better heals. With an argonian you'll level the resto staff skill line faster, but that's not really much of an advantage.



    You are also leaving a lot out.
  • Night_Child
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    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.
  • PCheuk38b14_ESO
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    Argonians mainly because you can swim faster and get out of the slaughter fish infested waters =)
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  • Xvorg
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    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.
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  • Night_Child
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    Xvorg wrote: »
    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.
    Edited by Night_Child on March 6, 2016 11:19AM
  • Night_Child
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    Argonians mainly because you can swim faster and get out of the slaughter fish infested waters =)


    Argonians mainly for much more than that...
  • Night_Child
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    Junkogen wrote: »
    Sadly, Argonian is not a great choice for any build. For a magicka NB, dark elf is the clear choice. Really, dark elf is the best choice for anything in the Ebonheart Pact. ZOS hasn't done a good job of balancing the racial passives.


    Sadly, you are VERY INCORRECT.
  • Xvorg
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    Xvorg wrote: »
    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.

    So, do you really want to teach me how to play an argonian after 2 years?

    I've killed tons of enemies in PvP. I've 1vX a lot of times, I can take resourses on my own without any help (do you know how to do it?). Nevertheless, there's no way my lizard could any day be better than my dunmer in PvP

    Some maths: Dunmer have 9% more magicka, which means that at 30 K based magicka; dunmers get 2700 more magicka in that case (against 0 for lizards). 1k is more or less 100 Spell Power, so, the dunmer, just for being dunmer gets around the equivalent to 270 SP with the same set on PvP.

    On the contrary, as much as you can sap with your lizard, you MUST know that healing in PvP is capped a 50% due to battle spirit. So, the 9% extra healing you get in PvP is just a 4.5%. Same happens with the dmg. You have a 50% less dmg, so any dmg mitigation (10% less dmg from fire, frost, poison or disease) is quite useless. And to mention the potion passive, it receives the same treatment in case of healing (since it is a healing). While yourecover an 8% of your max stam and magicka, only a 4% is granted in terms of health. (20k health = 800 extra healing receive from pots... that's like the dmg you get from entropy)

    Now explain me, how can Argonians, with their 3 passives capped by battle spirit, be any competitive in PvP?

    I don't doubt your argonian has killed a lot of enemies in PvP, but one thing is to kill within the group, and another is to play solo. Since I always play solo, I can tell you that my dunmer is more efficient when it comes to kill enemies.

    As many argonians around, I've been claiming for some decent treatment in PvP for over a year now, and posts like yours, which tell a totally different (and invented) story about how argonians are faring at PvP do not help us at all. It is unfair to have a race that is capped in its 3 passives in PvP.
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  • eserras7b16_ESO
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    Junkogen wrote: »
    Sadly, Argonian is not a great choice for any build. For a magicka NB, dark elf is the clear choice. Really, dark elf is the best choice for anything in the Ebonheart Pact. ZOS hasn't done a good job of balancing the racial passives.


    Sadly, you are VERY INCORRECT.

    You're very incorrect @Night_Child why do you protect argonians so much i don't understand, you clearly don't know how the game mechanics work.
    Or are you trying to make everybody roll argonians so you can kill them in PvP?
    Don't you see nobody agrees with you?

    And I agree with @Xvorg we're argonians for over 2 years now, both of us, and we know how the game works and we've been asking for Argonians to be fixed all the time, posts like yours are feeding @Zenimax and won't help you.
    This game is skill based, means it's not all on your gear or race, you need to know how to play, you've killed many dunmers? Great, me too, but it's just because you were smarter than them or your team had more numbers, etc.

    Stop this spamming for the argonians you're doing it is the 3rd time I see you doing that.
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  • Night_Child
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    Xvorg wrote: »
    Xvorg wrote: »
    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.

    So, do you really want to teach me how to play an argonian after 2 years?

    I've killed tons of enemies in PvP. I've 1vX a lot of times, I can take resourses on my own without any help (do you know how to do it?). Nevertheless, there's no way my lizard could any day be better than my dunmer in PvP

    Some maths: Dunmer have 9% more magicka, which means that at 30 K based magicka; dunmers get 2700 more magicka in that case (against 0 for lizards). 1k is more or less 100 Spell Power, so, the dunmer, just for being dunmer gets around the equivalent to 270 SP with the same set on PvP.

    On the contrary, as much as you can sap with your lizard, you MUST know that healing in PvP is capped a 50% due to battle spirit. So, the 9% extra healing you get in PvP is just a 4.5%. Same happens with the dmg. You have a 50% less dmg, so any dmg mitigation (10% less dmg from fire, frost, poison or disease) is quite useless. And to mention the potion passive, it receives the same treatment in case of healing (since it is a healing). While yourecover an 8% of your max stam and magicka, only a 4% is granted in terms of health. (20k health = 800 extra healing receive from pots... that's like the dmg you get from entropy)

    Now explain me, how can Argonians, with their 3 passives capped by battle spirit, be any competitive in PvP?

    I don't doubt your argonian has killed a lot of enemies in PvP, but one thing is to kill within the group, and another is to play solo. Since I always play solo, I can tell you that my dunmer is more efficient when it comes to kill enemies.

    As many argonians around, I've been claiming for some decent treatment in PvP for over a year now, and posts like yours, which tell a totally different (and invented) story about how argonians are faring at PvP do not help us at all. It is unfair to have a race that is capped in its 3 passives in PvP.


    Absolutely. I'll teach you how since apparently you asked so nice. First and foremost, since the healing is reduced by 50%, you can actually still have your healing on your Argonian up to about 40% or so, and with ALL my post AND EVERYTHING that I said, doing it right, you will solo resources...which btw, I do on my Argonian. So to answer your ever so silly question, yes, I do solo resources. The fact that I solo resources with reduced healing says A LOT about PvP. I'll repeat it unless you missed it the first couple times. PvP is not a challenge to me. Yes, I did A LOT of PvP, but just recently turn to PvE for bigger challenges. To go off and say that someone makes up stories because you fail at a race/class/set combo is insanely immature, lol. What do you want me to do, post my rotation/set/CP/specs online? You figure that stuff out. I told you way too much as is. You can up the healing recieved, magika pool (including the use of alchemy), and spell damage as much as you possibly can and you too will have NO problem utilizing an Argonian in PvP. Your lack of knowledge on how to do so is also pathetic. Taking resources by myself is not a challenge and gets REALLY old REALLY fast. Another problem is people like to roll PvP with their characters using fine, superior, and epic (excluding jewelry) gear (and not necessarily sets either which is another problem), then get on the forums and cry about how much a certain race sucks, lmao. Oh it's a beautiful thing. I'm not saying that you're doing that, not at all, but the nonsense gets old. Yes, I heal through the damage dealt by Dunmer ALL the damn time, and then took them out. I've must've gotten hundreds of PSN messages asking why my health never drops below 60% before the healing kicks in and I actually start returning the damage and killing them, and then buffing and 1 shot Soul Tethering people that just shouldn't be in PvP at all. So with your all your made up math and all your wanting to really be good at Argonian, sadly, you need to just stay Dunmer and agree to disagree, savvy?
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    My pee pee is bigger than both of yours.
    Edited by Xarko on March 10, 2016 7:10PM
  • Night_Child
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    Junkogen wrote: »
    Sadly, Argonian is not a great choice for any build. For a magicka NB, dark elf is the clear choice. Really, dark elf is the best choice for anything in the Ebonheart Pact. ZOS hasn't done a good job of balancing the racial passives.


    Sadly, you are VERY INCORRECT.

    You're very incorrect @Night_Child why do you protect argonians so much i don't understand, you clearly don't know how the game mechanics work.
    Or are you trying to make everybody roll argonians so you can kill them in PvP?
    Don't you see nobody agrees with you?

    And I agree with @Xvorg we're argonians for over 2 years now, both of us, and we know how the game works and we've been asking for Argonians to be fixed all the time, posts like yours are feeding @Zenimax and won't help you.
    This game is skill based, means it's not all on your gear or race, you need to know how to play, you've killed many dunmers? Great, me too, but it's just because you were smarter than them or your team had more numbers, etc.

    Stop this spamming for the argonians you're doing it is the 3rd time I see you doing that.


    Actually, I'm not incorrect at all. You ask why I defend a race? I test, then defend anything people refer to as useless when indeed, they are NOWHERE next to useless and people are incorrect because they themselves are incompetent. In a case that something is, I'll try it out to it's full potential and figure out whether it is useless or not at the end (which is why I stay away from FORDS). To sit here and say I don't know game mechanics when in fact EVERYTHING that you're writing down on paper (or texting on screen) just doesn't add up. Yes, there is 50% reduced healing, okay...AND I still heal past the damage dealt. Let all your math explain that Einstein, tell EVERYONE here what is needed to do that and what your Argonians lack. Wait...you then said that almost everyone I dropped, which is thousands of people were dumber than me or...what's that? Team? What part of "I run solo" did you not get? My thing is, if thousands of people (according to you) are dumber than me, then why were you and your butt buddy having SO MANY issues with Argonian? Take a minute to get that because your intellegence just face planted off of a cliff, lol. I, in all honesty, would rather NO ONE play Argonian because I like to be different. Argonians are fun as all Hell to play and wouldn't trade it up for any race in ESO, though my first Elder Scrolls character ever created was a Wood Elf, I still stand by both races 110%.

    Now, you say nobody agrees with me? Hehe, learn how to read; please, learn how to read. People do agree with me and they aren't wrong. A very well played, no...an extremely well played argonian can and is VERY effective IN BOTH, PvP & PvE and that is the bottom line. I can care less with what fool you agree with. Idc if your family tree defended you, it doesn't stop the progress I've done and the fact is, I'm not even in PvP 24/7. I was A LOT, but it got old and stale like the responses coming my way.

    I do, however, agree with one thing that you said, and that is the fact that Zenimax does need to up their (Argonians) racial passives. While they aren't bad, it just sucks that in order to FULLY make it work (in PvP as PvE actually works out just fine), AS I HAVE, you have to build everything around increased healing recieved because of the reduced healing in PvP (NOT in PvE) and excel at alchemy. That is pretty much it. Yes, they do need some work on the racial passives, but it makes them a challenging race to excel at as is. If everything was as easy as a Dunmer, everyone would run through them like they run through Dark Elves in PvP...to late...already done. Yes, the game is skill based which is why my rotation (which btw is what you mean by skill) allows me to heal without even touching a resto staff, how is that for skill? It's an MMO and in most decently good MMO's, skill = rotation/timing. It isn't much for skill, but again, it's an MMO. You then stack that with specs, gear, and in ESO's case, racial passives, which can be considered specs anyway.

    In the end, it's not spamming, it's called responding. Get a dictionary. No, wait...you obviously can't read, nevermind. I respond; it's what I do. If you don't like me responding then keep your damn mouth shut and agree to disagree like I told your girlfriend...who also thought she was cool RESPONDING to me...or was she spamming? Lol. Furthermore, you can kiss my Argonians hind side if you think for one second I'm going to stop responding...unless of course you do. Get it? Got it? Good. I don't want to have this conversation again...but I most certainly will if I have to, :smile:
    Edited by Night_Child on March 10, 2016 9:40PM
  • Wreuntzylla
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    Xvorg wrote: »
    Xvorg wrote: »
    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.

    So, do you really want to teach me how to play an argonian after 2 years?

    I've killed tons of enemies in PvP. I've 1vX a lot of times, I can take resourses on my own without any help (do you know how to do it?). Nevertheless, there's no way my lizard could any day be better than my dunmer in PvP

    Some maths: Dunmer have 9% more magicka, which means that at 30 K based magicka; dunmers get 2700 more magicka in that case (against 0 for lizards). 1k is more or less 100 Spell Power, so, the dunmer, just for being dunmer gets around the equivalent to 270 SP with the same set on PvP.

    On the contrary, as much as you can sap with your lizard, you MUST know that healing in PvP is capped a 50% due to battle spirit. So, the 9% extra healing you get in PvP is just a 4.5%. Same happens with the dmg. You have a 50% less dmg, so any dmg mitigation (10% less dmg from fire, frost, poison or disease) is quite useless. And to mention the potion passive, it receives the same treatment in case of healing (since it is a healing). While yourecover an 8% of your max stam and magicka, only a 4% is granted in terms of health. (20k health = 800 extra healing receive from pots... that's like the dmg you get from entropy)

    Now explain me, how can Argonians, with their 3 passives capped by battle spirit, be any competitive in PvP?

    I don't doubt your argonian has killed a lot of enemies in PvP, but one thing is to kill within the group, and another is to play solo. Since I always play solo, I can tell you that my dunmer is more efficient when it comes to kill enemies.

    As many argonians around, I've been claiming for some decent treatment in PvP for over a year now, and posts like yours, which tell a totally different (and invented) story about how argonians are faring at PvP do not help us at all. It is unfair to have a race that is capped in its 3 passives in PvP.


    Absolutely. I'll teach you how since apparently you asked so nice. First and foremost, since the healing is reduced by 50%, you can actually still have your healing on your Argonian up to about 40% or so, and with ALL my post AND EVERYTHING that I said, doing it right, you will solo resources...which btw, I do on my Argonian. So to answer your ever so silly question, yes, I do solo resources. The fact that I solo resources with reduced healing says A LOT about PvP. I'll repeat it unless you missed it the first couple times. PvP is not a challenge to me. Yes, I did A LOT of PvP, but just recently turn to PvE for bigger challenges. To go off and say that someone makes up stories because you fail at a race/class/set combo is insanely immature, lol. What do you want me to do, post my rotation/set/CP/specs online? You figure that stuff out. I told you way too much as is. You can up the healing recieved, magika pool (including the use of alchemy), and spell damage as much as you possibly can and you too will have NO problem utilizing an Argonian in PvP. Your lack of knowledge on how to do so is also pathetic. Taking resources by myself is not a challenge and gets REALLY old REALLY fast. Another problem is people like to roll PvP with their characters using fine, superior, and epic (excluding jewelry) gear (and not necessarily sets either which is another problem), then get on the forums and cry about how much a certain race sucks, lmao. Oh it's a beautiful thing. I'm not saying that you're doing that, not at all, but the nonsense gets old. Yes, I heal through the damage dealt by Dunmer ALL the damn time, and then took them out. I've must've gotten hundreds of PSN messages asking why my health never drops below 60% before the healing kicks in and I actually start returning the damage and killing them, and then buffing and 1 shot Soul Tethering people that just shouldn't be in PvP at all. So with your all your made up math and all your wanting to really be good at Argonian, sadly, you need to just stay Dunmer and agree to disagree, savvy?

    How can you argue with this logic? Great post Night Child!

    Now teach me how to solo a resource!
  • Night_Child
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    Xvorg wrote: »
    Xvorg wrote: »
    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.

    So, do you really want to teach me how to play an argonian after 2 years?

    I've killed tons of enemies in PvP. I've 1vX a lot of times, I can take resourses on my own without any help (do you know how to do it?). Nevertheless, there's no way my lizard could any day be better than my dunmer in PvP

    Some maths: Dunmer have 9% more magicka, which means that at 30 K based magicka; dunmers get 2700 more magicka in that case (against 0 for lizards). 1k is more or less 100 Spell Power, so, the dunmer, just for being dunmer gets around the equivalent to 270 SP with the same set on PvP.

    On the contrary, as much as you can sap with your lizard, you MUST know that healing in PvP is capped a 50% due to battle spirit. So, the 9% extra healing you get in PvP is just a 4.5%. Same happens with the dmg. You have a 50% less dmg, so any dmg mitigation (10% less dmg from fire, frost, poison or disease) is quite useless. And to mention the potion passive, it receives the same treatment in case of healing (since it is a healing). While yourecover an 8% of your max stam and magicka, only a 4% is granted in terms of health. (20k health = 800 extra healing receive from pots... that's like the dmg you get from entropy)

    Now explain me, how can Argonians, with their 3 passives capped by battle spirit, be any competitive in PvP?

    I don't doubt your argonian has killed a lot of enemies in PvP, but one thing is to kill within the group, and another is to play solo. Since I always play solo, I can tell you that my dunmer is more efficient when it comes to kill enemies.

    As many argonians around, I've been claiming for some decent treatment in PvP for over a year now, and posts like yours, which tell a totally different (and invented) story about how argonians are faring at PvP do not help us at all. It is unfair to have a race that is capped in its 3 passives in PvP.


    Absolutely. I'll teach you how since apparently you asked so nice. First and foremost, since the healing is reduced by 50%, you can actually still have your healing on your Argonian up to about 40% or so, and with ALL my post AND EVERYTHING that I said, doing it right, you will solo resources...which btw, I do on my Argonian. So to answer your ever so silly question, yes, I do solo resources. The fact that I solo resources with reduced healing says A LOT about PvP. I'll repeat it unless you missed it the first couple times. PvP is not a challenge to me. Yes, I did A LOT of PvP, but just recently turn to PvE for bigger challenges. To go off and say that someone makes up stories because you fail at a race/class/set combo is insanely immature, lol. What do you want me to do, post my rotation/set/CP/specs online? You figure that stuff out. I told you way too much as is. You can up the healing recieved, magika pool (including the use of alchemy), and spell damage as much as you possibly can and you too will have NO problem utilizing an Argonian in PvP. Your lack of knowledge on how to do so is also pathetic. Taking resources by myself is not a challenge and gets REALLY old REALLY fast. Another problem is people like to roll PvP with their characters using fine, superior, and epic (excluding jewelry) gear (and not necessarily sets either which is another problem), then get on the forums and cry about how much a certain race sucks, lmao. Oh it's a beautiful thing. I'm not saying that you're doing that, not at all, but the nonsense gets old. Yes, I heal through the damage dealt by Dunmer ALL the damn time, and then took them out. I've must've gotten hundreds of PSN messages asking why my health never drops below 60% before the healing kicks in and I actually start returning the damage and killing them, and then buffing and 1 shot Soul Tethering people that just shouldn't be in PvP at all. So with your all your made up math and all your wanting to really be good at Argonian, sadly, you need to just stay Dunmer and agree to disagree, savvy?

    How can you argue with this logic? Great post Night Child!

    Now teach me how to solo a resource!


    With what race? Actually, I just did. It can be done with ANY race.

    Better yet, here's what the game can provide:

    Choose a class first (NOT RACE), then choose a race that will allow you to utilize the racials and actually better the class. Reach Vet 16 which is better done through PvE, trust me. I've raced many times and I've never lost. It is better (opinion) and faster (fact) to level your character in PvE, then take it to PvP. Legendary set gear, jewelry (epic will work), and weapons (yes, ALL with Lendary enchants) is a must. Aquire and equip it. Aquire a PvP rotation and set it to your bar. CP and attribute points must be MAXED out and distributed acurately for optimal performance. I do not recommend posting your rotation online as I will never do so. Next thing you know, you'll have everyone rolling the same character and it becomes no fun. In this case, I do not like sharing.

    What the game doesn't provide: Timing. In relation to your rotation, timing is key. When to pop something, when to activate something, etc.

    Every race in ESO can solo a resource. Idc what idiots jump on here and try to make it sound like the easiest thing in the world, it isn't. It takes work, patience, and dedication (which a lot of people don't have) to build a character. I made it work for my Argonian and that's that. I will also go on to say that out of ALL the PvP and the little bit of PvE I've done, I prefer PvE, 10-1. Everyone is different, though.
    Edited by Night_Child on March 10, 2016 6:16PM
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    Let's start with Dunmer vs Argonian.

    Dunmer having reduced damage to fire while also executing extra additional fire damage. That might be okay if one wanted to go Vampire...or will it? Prismatic/Fighter's Guild offense is all one needs to take care of Vampires and that has nothing to do with Fire at all. See where I am going with this? I just exposed a Dunmer's racial 100% useless against other PvP players assuming s/he went Vampire. Increase magika/stamina is great, but by 9%/6%? Eh, nothing champion points (CP) can't handle or take care of as with most, if not all classes and races. I do however, see how that can matter in the early stages with a character that has little to no CP. We'll give that a +. After all, for a magika NB, the more magika, the more damage. I think that's about it if we are looking at the big picture.

    Now...

    Argonians have a skill line that increase swim speed. Some find that useless while others like myself find it useful especially in the early levels before CP and/or you get your mount over 50% speed. Stick to the water ways and you will get around A LOT faster. I made it work. While that has no effect on a magika NB whatsoever, in the same racial passive, if an argonian is to utilize Alchemy and apply the potions to their hot key as just another move on their bar, they have the ability to regain 8% of their max magika, stamina, & health with every pop. Any Botanist can tell you how long those effects last on a spell power potion at level Vet 16. Combine that with CP and good timing and you may have yourself a ultimate magika pool...if not unlimited. Think about it, then do the math. Trust me, my healer doesn't run out of magika. Why woud my NB? I pop the potions for even more powerful effects, never because I'm out of magika, it's crazy. Overall that racial is a + for your magika pool. Let's move down to additional health and poison/disease resistance. Poison and disease resistance is good if one wanted to go werewolf, but not with a magika build any class, and personally, I'm opposed to turning one "beast" into another, savvy? Now EVERYONE can use additional health and those who tell you they can't are fos and you should probably disregard their post entirely. Additional health is a + racial passive in any build. For a magika based NB, an Argonian doesn't seem so farfetched, now does it? Here's where things get interesting...Argonians have increased healing recieved as a racial passive. Let's stack that with the Siphoning skill line that NBs get and I think we are on to something. Even mix and matching will allow your Argonian to heal him/herself with EVERY hit- AND FOR MORE - because of the racial passive AND do A LOT of damage with added effects because of another racial passive. Let's not forget your extra health because of your third racial passive. It's not much, but it's doable. So you have scales, swim fast, and have one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest assassins within in your fellow argonians. Your race also created a flu that wiped out nearly anyone in it's path aside from Argonians, and the way the lore reads, slavery didn't hold them back and it was because of THEIR fight that saved the Nords and Dark Elves and prevented them from falling thus creating the Ebonheart pact. Nothing from a magika NB or their lore is silly, but it's all overlooked.

    In closing, Argonians make a mean magika NB. Also, I meant no offense to anyone and I apologize if they feel that I have offended them. I hope my explanation on Argonians as a hole will get them more love and respect than they have been getting thanks to the creators not doing a great job with passives as is. I really appreciate the swim speed, though I wish it was increased by 70%.

    whaaaaaaaaat?????????

    I have 2 magicka NBs, one Argonian VR16 and one Dunmer VR9. My dunmer kick my lizard's ass any day. An even more in the coming patch with magic dmg paired to elemental expert star in the apprentice constelation... just a Flame staff, grim focus and cloack do do insane Dmg... not to mention how useful is going to be the silks of the sun set.



    Clearly, you are either biased toward Dunmer OR you are NOT playing your Argonian the right way. I have killed SOOO many Dark Elves while they are blasting me with fire and my health never drops below 60%...NEVER. Silk of the Sun has not been overlooked as it seems the set has been made clearly for Dunmer and used by most Dunmer to stack on their racials. So, no, your Argonian is NOT spec'd the way he should be. Tell me, what set is your Argonian even wearing? My Argonians biggest weakness is being jumped by 10+ people in PvP if one could even call that a weakness. Wait, it's not. His only REAL challenge is anything challenging high up in PvE (6/12-man Trials). Again, that is because with EVERY hit against his opponent, he is healed. Btw, you mentioned Grim Focus which obviously EVERY NB should have and that doesn't mean spit. All that means is that you are getting hit with that move as well and the only difference is that my argonian absorbs those hits. It is literally healed with every move that it dishes out aside from Merciless Resolve which does insane damage thanks to Thaumaturge. No, Dunmer are NOT resistant to it, but Argonians (especially spec'd right) get an almost 10% increased additional healing not including even more additional healing due to other passives in game (including CP), bringing their additional healing on them to about 70% (maybe more depending on the way you spec him/her), thus damage healing right through it. Certain gear sets actually increases this up to over 30% (without CP) when everything is all said and done. Like I said, Dunmer are overrated. I just basically told you how I run through, not only Dark Elves, but EVERY race in PvP and I've been called "cheap" for it. Sapping your health and using it to fill mine isn't cheap, it's genious...and an Argonian is the best race to do it.

    So, do you really want to teach me how to play an argonian after 2 years?

    I've killed tons of enemies in PvP. I've 1vX a lot of times, I can take resourses on my own without any help (do you know how to do it?). Nevertheless, there's no way my lizard could any day be better than my dunmer in PvP

    Some maths: Dunmer have 9% more magicka, which means that at 30 K based magicka; dunmers get 2700 more magicka in that case (against 0 for lizards). 1k is more or less 100 Spell Power, so, the dunmer, just for being dunmer gets around the equivalent to 270 SP with the same set on PvP.

    On the contrary, as much as you can sap with your lizard, you MUST know that healing in PvP is capped a 50% due to battle spirit. So, the 9% extra healing you get in PvP is just a 4.5%. Same happens with the dmg. You have a 50% less dmg, so any dmg mitigation (10% less dmg from fire, frost, poison or disease) is quite useless. And to mention the potion passive, it receives the same treatment in case of healing (since it is a healing). While yourecover an 8% of your max stam and magicka, only a 4% is granted in terms of health. (20k health = 800 extra healing receive from pots... that's like the dmg you get from entropy)

    Now explain me, how can Argonians, with their 3 passives capped by battle spirit, be any competitive in PvP?

    I don't doubt your argonian has killed a lot of enemies in PvP, but one thing is to kill within the group, and another is to play solo. Since I always play solo, I can tell you that my dunmer is more efficient when it comes to kill enemies.

    As many argonians around, I've been claiming for some decent treatment in PvP for over a year now, and posts like yours, which tell a totally different (and invented) story about how argonians are faring at PvP do not help us at all. It is unfair to have a race that is capped in its 3 passives in PvP.


    Absolutely. I'll teach you how since apparently you asked so nice. First and foremost, since the healing is reduced by 50%, you can actually still have your healing on your Argonian up to about 40% or so, and with ALL my post AND EVERYTHING that I said, doing it right, you will solo resources...which btw, I do on my Argonian. So to answer your ever so silly question, yes, I do solo resources. The fact that I solo resources with reduced healing says A LOT about PvP. I'll repeat it unless you missed it the first couple times. PvP is not a challenge to me. Yes, I did A LOT of PvP, but just recently turn to PvE for bigger challenges. To go off and say that someone makes up stories because you fail at a race/class/set combo is insanely immature, lol. What do you want me to do, post my rotation/set/CP/specs online? You figure that stuff out. I told you way too much as is. You can up the healing recieved, magika pool (including the use of alchemy), and spell damage as much as you possibly can and you too will have NO problem utilizing an Argonian in PvP. Your lack of knowledge on how to do so is also pathetic. Taking resources by myself is not a challenge and gets REALLY old REALLY fast. Another problem is people like to roll PvP with their characters using fine, superior, and epic (excluding jewelry) gear (and not necessarily sets either which is another problem), then get on the forums and cry about how much a certain race sucks, lmao. Oh it's a beautiful thing. I'm not saying that you're doing that, not at all, but the nonsense gets old. Yes, I heal through the damage dealt by Dunmer ALL the damn time, and then took them out. I've must've gotten hundreds of PSN messages asking why my health never drops below 60% before the healing kicks in and I actually start returning the damage and killing them, and then buffing and 1 shot Soul Tethering people that just shouldn't be in PvP at all. So with your all your made up math and all your wanting to really be good at Argonian, sadly, you need to just stay Dunmer and agree to disagree, savvy?

    How can you argue with this logic? Great post Night Child!

    Now teach me how to solo a resource!


    With what race? Actually, I just did. It can be done with ANY race.

    Better yet, here's what the game can provide:

    Choose a class first (NOT RACE), then choose a race that will allow you to utilize the racials and actually better the class. Reach Vet 16 which is better done through PvE, trust me. I've raced many times and I've never lost. It is better (opinion) and faster (fact) to level your character in PvE, then take it to PvP. Legendary set gear, jewelry (epic will work), and weapons (yes, ALL with Lendary enchants) is a must. Aquire and equip it. Aquire a PvP rotation and set it to your bar. CP and attribute points must be MAXED out and distributed acurately for optimal performance. I do not recommend posting your rotation online as I will never do so. Next thing you know, you'll have everyone rolling the same character and it becomes no fun. In this case, I do not like sharing.

    What the game doesn't provide: Timing. In relation to your rotation, timing is key. When to pop something, when to activate something, etc.

    Every race in ESO can solo a resource. Idc what idiots jump on here and try to make it sound like the easiest thing in the world, it isn't. It takes work, patience, and dedication (which a lot of people don't have) to build a character. I made it work for my Argonian and that's that. I will also go on to say that out of ALL the PvP and the little bit of PvE I've done, I prefer PvE, 10-1. Everyone is different, though.

    Do you know that in PvP, each player is VR15? Battle spirit also increases your level.

    By the way. I soloed resources in VR8 with an argonian NB (though a Breton NB is more efficient), you just need to use the correct skill, no need to swap wpn

    1- grim focus + funnel health weaved with ligh attacks to kill solo NPC (guards and workers). Use assasin will as much as you can.
    2- For the alliance banner area, Sap essence + soul tether (magicka deto or lotus fan as optional) reach the banner area, use soul tether, then perma-blocking sap essence the 4 guys in the center. Watch your stamina and use a pot when it comes low. If you are CCed, you are death. Then kill the guy on top of the tower if you have not killed him before.

    Just some issues:

    Argonian get 4.5% extra healing received in PvP. Then all those sets, skills and CPs with extra healing done and received also get the same treatment. If you focus on maximizing healing received (and done) you are going to get even LESS healing than a char that maxes dmg since soul essence and strife (and its morphs) work on a % of dmg done. So, the more dmg you do, the more healing you receive.

    By the way, did you know that using a set in PvP is STANDARD. No one enters Cyro without a set. I do use a VR14 full kagre, 2 (3) pieces torug's, 1 Molag kena (VR 11, I don't haven't found a better one), 3 VR 16 willpower robust (for permablocking, stam is needed)

    I'm retaking one of my dunmers (DK, the first one I made) to make him magicka based. If you want we could fix a date for a duel to see you superior healing skills in PvP. I think he shouldn't imply a problem since he's just VR11. Deal?

    Then I'll come here to say how amazing you are in PvP
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