Yeah I'm down for more variety and interesting playstyles.

I'd prefer to see something sililar to what lore masters had in lotro. Being able to use your staff to physicaly hit your enemies if they came to close. Later on you could get a skill that allowed you to dual wield a staff and a sword for more awesomeness.

I had a thread suggesting about bound weapons that scaled off of magicka and was told no so you are too.

This should be added in mage skill line (Spell sword)

reclaimervii.sierra117ub17_ESO wrote: »

It's called jabs :^()

You miss understood what OP is saying.
He want the weapon damage of sword ( heavy attack and light attack) to do spell damage.

I'm for it (or another solution). Battlemages have been a thing in Elder Scrolls lore the entire time, but you can't really use a melee weapon as a magicka character in ESO because of how the mechanics work. Plenty of magicka characters use dual wield for the higher spell damage stat, but they never actually hit anything with the swords.

I think its good having difference between stam & magic

Used to be daggers on mages in the Scrolls games... In fact I just killed a mage running around Skyrim (the game) yesterday, and low and behold the plucky ninja mage had black robes and a dagger on him

But he did only use when he ran out of magika and I was bashing his face with my shield... So he was kinda outta options at that point. So YEAH close range mage weapons! Bring em on, and I'll do the same thing to you in Cyrodiil I did to that mage last night

I'm for it, more diversity is always a good thing.

I'd also like to see 1 handed magical weapons, would be good for magical tanks or just to be able to get the 1 extra set piece opportunity.

Just add weapons similar to some of Morrowinds ones where they were clearly made for casters in mind.
i mean we can already semi make magicka based melee weapons now we just need a skill line that translates the weapons into magicka based.

@ZOS_GinaBruno

(Pokes tongue firmly in cheek)

No because I believe that only magicians should cast spells and use magicka. The rest of you non-mages should be using weapons, armour and defence tactics based on prowess, athleticism and combat skills.

Us mages are spell casters that use wands or staffs in the traditional way and remain squishy so distance fighting is a prerequisite.

Vice la difference!

The staves are all well and good, but they forgot the obvious addition. The staff.

As metal interferes with magika, why not put in a traditional staff line, mages love wooden staffs, and you can use brute strength, or use magika to buff up your attacks, like a true battle mage. Give it access to a straight damage, a gap close, a knock back/uppercut, an execute and something else. A slightly extended range compared to dual wield/S&B (possible passive).

You could even have a stam and magika morphs, really easily.

Light attacks could be quick strikes and heavy attacks slower sweeps.

1st ability
Magika empowered bash that restores health on hit + minor magika buff (chest height jab)
Stamp morph the same but with a disorient. (kinda like bash or something)

2nd ability
A standard gap close,
Magika charged dash to a target. (like streak, but to a target)
Stamina based charge ability.

3rd ability
Magika based smack across ribs/stomach, small stun
Stamina based uppercut with the end of the staff, brute strength for a knock back.

An execute
Magika based strike down the face
Stamina based smack across the face.

Possibly a buff skill for the 5th ability, such a defensive ability (think Gandalf)
Magika based small resist increase and chance to ignore magical projectiles
Stamina based decreased block cost and chance to ignore arrows

Passives should be mostly defensive with a bit of offense as a staff is mainly a defensive weapon.

Increased range by 1-2 metres.
Splash damage on heavy attacks
Increased block amount
Standard ability cost reduction
Bash damage increase

There you go, another weapon that could easily be true to cannon and physics, allows for stamina and magika use, gives defensive players an alternate to S&B, fits the idea of a mage properly and could look awesome.


Feel free to use and abuse my idea, a normal, close range staff would be cool, so would a weapon that could benefit magika and stamina users.

As an addendum to my previous comment- how about Zenimax including a "Costume" choice for WEAPONS in the Crown Store?

Then you'd be able to continue to use your staves functionally- but have the weapon "appear" as something else?

Would this satisfy the need?