Returning player

amantvoulub14_ESO · June 2016

For a player who is almost 100% focused on PVE, is the game in a good position to return to? I never even made it into the V levels when I was playing originally because the PVE was pretty boring.

Are there any defined tanks now? I was hoping I could solo/group as a DK tank.

jhharvest · June 2016

Tanking in PVE is less valuable now as all except 2 dungeons can be easily completed without a tank, in some cases much easier than with a tank (Darkshade Caverns for example). If you do roll a tank you should make a build that can also dish out DPS or healing, then you'll be able to contribute.

At the end game pure tanks are still useful for trials and those two dungeons (vWGT and vICP although for these having utility in the form of added damage or healing is preferred).

LordSidious · June 2016

As long as you're not a sorcerer you should be in great shape.

Duiwel · June 2016

If you get DB DLC you should love it OP the DLC is great fun!

Taruha · June 2016

amantvoulub14_ESO wrote: »

For a player who is almost 100% focused on PVE, is the game in a good position to return to? I never even made it into the V levels when I was playing originally because the PVE was pretty boring.

Are there any defined tanks now? I was hoping I could solo/group as a DK tank.

Have you done Maw of Lorkahj?
If no, there is that and then there is Sanctum Ophidia Veteran mode that's been adjusted to be harder I believe(This is group contetn of course). It seems they are doing some things with each DLC to give something to the PvE crowd. If we're talking simple dungeons, there have been no new ones added since Imperial City, hoping we might see some with the next DLC

geezerrwb17_ESO · June 2016

PVE seems in good shape to me... im sure youll be fina as aDK tank/solo... as you would be with any class.
Im a Magica sorc tank and i do fine.

Miss_Morphine · June 2016

geezerrwb17_ESO wrote: »

PVE seems in good shape to me... im sure youll be fina as aDK tank/solo... as you would be with any class.
Im a Magica sorc tank and i do fine.

Lol.

Just...
Lol

amantvoulub14_ESO · June 2016

Duiwel wrote: »

If you get DB DLC you should love it OP the DLC is great fun!

Do you have any opinion on what the absolute best class is that can do well for both solo/tanking?

Shaiba · June 2016

Play the class you enjoy to play. PvE is stupidly easy, you can solo with any class. In group, tanks aren't needed anymore (except maybe if you play with PuG or inexperimented people, and of course except for trials). For solo and dungeons where tanks aren't needed you can switch gear to do DPS (or healing for group play).

You can tank with any class. Dk tank is the easiest route for tanking though.

amantvoulub14_ESO · June 2016

Shaiba wrote: »

Play the class you enjoy to play. PvE is stupidly easy, you can solo with any class. In group, tanks aren't needed anymore (except maybe if you play with PuG or inexperimented people, and of course except for trials). For solo and dungeons where tanks aren't needed you can switch gear to do DPS (or healing for group play).

You can tank with any class. Dk tank is the easiest route for tanking though.

That makes it seem like there isn't really any end-game? My idea of "fun" is playing the FOTM class to the highest potential and then dropping it for the next FOTM when it changes.

Classes get boring for me rather quickly. I was mainly looking for what would be the best one for PVE for my situation. I'm fine with all the classes themselves but I would not be interested in playing them unless they were the current strongest one.

Nirnrotten · June 2016

Flavor of the month you say?
Try this one!

https://youtu.be/gE4CHNo2E84
@Gilliamtherogue really puts thought into all his builds. The math checkz out and everything lol

If that doesn't do it for you and you really want to be a DK then run a heavy armor stam dk. With the changes to heavy armor and some dk skills they are very tanky and can still deal some deeps. No video for that but a quick search will provide many results.

amantvoulub14_ESO · June 2016

Nirnrotten wrote: »

Flavor of the month you say?
Try this one!
https://youtu.be/gE4CHNo2E84
@Gilliamtherogue really puts thought into all his builds. The math checkz out and everything lol

If that doesn't do it for you and you really want to be a DK then run a heavy armor stam dk. With the changes to heavy armor and some dk skills they are very tanky and can still deal some deeps. No video for that but a quick search will provide many results.

Looks interesting. I've always wanted to try out NB tank but it was too weak back when I was playing.

Any idea how it compares to StamDK and Magplar/Stamplar?

Shaiba · June 2016

amantvoulub14_ESO wrote: »

That makes it seem like there isn't really any end-game?

SO and MoL are the only difficult content now. Any 4man content is easy atm, so you won't have any difficulty doing them (except with bad PuG maybe) cause they nerfed the previous difficult 4man dungeons (WGT and ICP) with the Dark Brotherhood. They nerfed CoA but it was already really easy so it doesn't change a lot from before patch. If you want PvE content, raids are for you (SO and MoL, others are easy to do). Rest is boring, you won't find any challenge doing them. If you're asking me if the PvE content of the game atm is fun, no I don't find it fun, they took away the challenge, all the DLC since IC are solo oriented (ok with the exception of MoL which is purely group content ^^). My thoughs are that they killed almost all the good PvE content of the game (hopefully they didn't nerf SO and MoL, at the moment). You can be disappointed with all the changes if you are purely a PvE player. The game is really casu-oriented now.

Mag NB tank works very well in PvE, you have great sustainability. Templar are good for tanking too, I didn't try myself but a friend is playing one and he's great at it. DK tank, yeah they're really good, a friend of mine had one, he stopped playing him cause he find this class boring. My BF play as a magicka sorc tank, we did all the PVE content (except MoL cause we stopped playing before trying it, we stopped just after the DB patch cause we're PvE players and we find the game boring cause of all the nerf :S)