I recently felt the urge to play ESO again, but am concerned about how I will fair after seeing how things have changed - with magicka skills/stats/etc apparently having been nerfed, and my 1 and only character of any level is a Magicka Templar. Also seeing post's about how One Tamerial has made life harder for those who have not hit 160+ CP yet... and I only have around 70 CP on my account.
When I rolled my toon Magicka Templar was the 'go to' option to be able to self-sustain PvE questing, doing Delve's solo and get through the main PvE content without constant dying - due to healing jabs, healing skill line, and eventually CP's which boosted both. So now I'm wondering - is this still the case? Are Magicka Templar's still king for casual PvE quester's like me, who want to quest without dying fairly regularly? Not concerned about being able to solo normal/vet dungeons or anything like that.
Considering I am not a good player, have handicap which makes me eye-to-hand co-ordination and reflex's quite bad... ie I can not reliable dodge out of things all the time because of reaction ability/time. I can sometimes get a dodge to work, but not always. I always try and move/dodge out of red circles/squares/lines/etc whenever I can. This all does mean any class/weapon/etc that relies heavily on dodge-dodge to survive is usually not good for me... which is why I love my Magicka Templar... stand and jab, casting self-heling as needed and generally not worry about dodging.
My other thought is I feel like starting a new character, because it's been awhile since I played and thought maybe of experiencing the story from the start again. But this would mean having to do 1-50 again rather than getting more CP. But since I'd constantly get xp from mobs as well as quest's, rather than getting nothing from mobs for half a zone each zone due to out-leveling things like previously, I'd likely get to 50 and start getting xp for CP sooner.
Current toon is a Breton Magicka Templar, but not 100% happy with the character's looks. Only problem for me is the race which I prefer favors Stamina builds... I like Wood Elves, but WE racials are stealth & stamina related, while Breton's works well with Magicka Templar's. I know I could always go 2-handed for it's heal, but I also dislike the way they get held. And I don't have the PvP ranks for the PvP heal ability... and tend to avoid PvP as that requires fast reflex's and reactions. Guess I could always get on a weekend and join a zerg and try and hide my ineptitude in amongst the herd
So in a nutshell, considering changes in past few months to Magicka and One Tamriel:
- Is Magicka Templar still a good/great option for PvE solo questing, exploring maps and possibly doing Delve's?
- Any other possibility that doesn't heavily rely on dodging (due to player problems, not class/game related)?
- Would I suffer badly by rolling a new toon, to re-do the full story from the start (rather than pick up wherever I'd left my current toon)
- For PvE storyline, Delve's, etc and not 'endgame' stuff, are Racials all that important? IE Would a Wood Elde Magicka Templar be able to get through all three alliances stories without a terrible struggle (for instance)?
- What class and stamina/magicka would work well with Wood Elves? (self-sustain, easy to use and not reliant on dodging)
Thank you in advance.