Maintenance for the week of November 18:
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – November 18
• ESO Store and Account System for maintenance – November 19, 9:00AM EST (14:00 UTC) - 6:00PM EST (23:00 UTC)
• PlayStation®: EU megaserver for maintenance – November 19, 23:00 UTC (6:00PM EST) - November 20, 17:00 UTC (12:00PM EST) https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/668861
If I don't buy any DLC and just have the base game am i at a disadvantage in PVP?
They will have less available skill points. These come from story line skill points and skyshards. But its not a big deal since you will have more than enough from base patch.
Other than that to get the dlc gear they just have to find someone to make it for them.
One disadvantage I can think of is access to some of the crafted sets. Julianos is a favorite of magicka users. With no DLC access, you would have to rely on other crafters for any DLC set. For crafters, it also means any DLC motifs come from guild stores or crown store. There are also skill points from quests and skyshards. Top tier mats can be found in Cyrodiil, but they are sparse, and potentially dangerous to harvest. IMO gearing for PVP without DLC is possible, but harder to do.
PC/NA/DC
Breton Sorcerer Maester.White - BB meets GoT >Master Crafter< { 9 Traits completed 4/23/15 } TANSTAAFL--->There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.....Robert Heinlein Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea....Heinlein All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...in...rain. Time to die. "Blade Runner" ESO: the game you hate to love and love to hate....( >_<) May RNG be with you (*,_,*)
One disadvantage I can think of is access to some of the crafted sets. Julianos is a favorite of magicka users. With no DLC access, you would have to rely on other crafters for any DLC set.
Though frankly it is MUCH easier to pick up a Julianos crafted set by broadcasting for a crafter in a good guild or zone chat in a capital city than to level up your crafting with multiple crafts and multiple traits to make it yourself. The main reason for building up crafting skills is to play around with different gear sets without having to find others to make them, or roleplay. There are a few Monster sets you can't get without access to WGT or ICP, because they are bind on pickup so can't be sold, but they are not must-haves for any PvP build I know of.