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Do you want a unarmed casting?
dvkkha
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Hi Community,
something that really bothers me since I started playing ESO is the fact that you have to use staves to play a magetype character. Not because I dislike the skillline system in place but because I always loved the way TES handled magic. In ESO you have the feeling that your staff wields all the power and not your character.
I would like ZOS to give us the possibility to change that by adding Gloves (like in Dark Souls for example) that count as staves.
So like staves we would have Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves (that count as staves and are using the same Skillines).
What do you think?
Edited by dvkkha on February 23, 2017 10:05AM something that really bothers me since I started playing ESO is the fact that you have to use staves to play a magetype character. Not because I dislike the skillline system in place but because I always loved the way TES handled magic. In ESO you have the feeling that your staff wields all the power and not your character.
I would like ZOS to give us the possibility to change that by adding Gloves (like in Dark Souls for example) that count as staves.
So like staves we would have Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves (that count as staves and are using the same Skillines).
What do you think?
Do you want a unarmed casting? 56 votes
Yes. With identical Abilties and Passives as staves. (Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves that count as staves)
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Yes. With new Abilities and Passives
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No.
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Branbran✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesI would like an Unarmed skill line. A brawler/martial artist type. It could consist of Stamina skills with Magicka morphs.Winter-Time
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✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesThere's been rumblings of a one hand and rune skill line, possibly coming with Morrowind.
If this is actually real it would be pretty close to unarmed casting. Something I would be pretty keen for.
All rumours as far as I know however.0 -
M0bi✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesOMG YES
Or just with a new weapon type...like offhand magical items kind of thing....?Edited by M0bi on February 23, 2017 11:22AMFOR THE DOMINION!!0 -
KimoBitz✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesI think spellcrafting could be considered somesort of a new magika weapon skill0
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Tommy_The_Gun✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesNew skill line is probably a meter of time. Since DLCs (Thieves guild & Dark brotherhood) introduced new "guild" skill lines somehow I don't imagine how new Morrowind "chapter" (that is supposed to be more than a DLC) will only introduce new class skills available only to new class (warden). They will introduce a new skill lines available for all classes for sure.
We can already see that some NPCs use only one weapon (1h sword, the other hand is empty). It could be cool if we could have close - range weapon skills that will scale of with maximum magicka (or better yet - make it to switch scaling from magicka to stamina and vice versa by "morphing" skill).
Edited by Tommy_The_Gun on February 23, 2017 11:36AM0 -
Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesI like this idea.
When I saw the subject I had a bunch of concerns - specifically the missing stats and skills from not wielding a weapon, but a non-weapon item would fix that. I don't know about gloves because our characters already wear gloves, and rings so that's out. But some type of item which would serve the same function as a weapon but keep your hands free.There's been rumblings of a one hand and rune skill line, possibly coming with Morrowind.
If this is actually real it would be pretty close to unarmed casting. Something I would be pretty keen for.
All rumours as far as I know however.
That would be pretty much exactly what I did in Skyrim a lot of the time - sword in one hand, fire in the other. Of course sometimes I'd dual wield one or the other, but sword & fire was my favourite.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
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Artanis✭✭Yes. With identical Abilties and Passives as staves. (Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves that count as staves)While I would love to have unarmed casting, I think it's going to be unrealistic for this game to add "unarmed weapon (???)" to be equipped on our mainhand / offhand slot.
Instead, I'd love to see one hand wands/scepters as well as energy orbs (magicka equivalent of shields) as an off hand equipment so that there is more diversity for caster builds.PC NA Megaserver
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✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesSkyrim style: explosive fire ball barrage0 -
zuto40✭✭✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesAnd I want unarmed stam versionStamblade- Legate
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NewBlacksmurf✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No.No because that's dumb.
I want item and set bonuses so I'd only be open to new weapon or 1 hand wands-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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✭✭✭✭✭No.But then what do you use when you run out of magicka?
I use my staff as a backup weapon for when I run out of magicka. 1 -
NewBlacksmurf✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No.SydneyGrey wrote: »But then what do you use when you run out of magicka? I use my staff as a backup weapon for when I run out of magicka.
Exactly....unarmed is a terrible idea forthis game-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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Yes, you can already cast all class skills without weapons.SydneyGrey wrote: »But then what do you use when you run out of magicka? I use my staff as a backup weapon for when I run out of magicka.
Technically you don't need arms to cast eiter, many monsters without arms cast magic.
However all playable races has arms.
Perhaps an playable senche?
Edited by zaria on February 23, 2017 12:59PMGrinding just make you go in circles.
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LordGavus✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesNewBlacksmurf wrote: »SydneyGrey wrote: »But then what do you use when you run out of magicka? I use my staff as a backup weapon for when I run out of magicka.
Exactly....unarmed is a terrible idea forthis game
Yeah truly unarmed is a terrible idea, but dual one handed casting implements would work.0 -
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✭✭Yes. With identical Abilties and Passives as staves. (Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves that count as staves)I'm not overly bothered either way but it does sound cool to not have a stick on my back. The glove idea is pretty cool.0 -
greylox✭✭✭✭✭Yes. With new Abilities and PassivesYou could have magic undergloves that go in weapon slots.PC EU
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We -already- have gloves. They are part of your armor.So like staves we would have Fire, Ice, Storm and Restoration Gloves...
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How-ever... I always disliked that we only get staves... which is why I keep suggesting an different idea - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/259011/additional-weapon-skill-ideas/p1
The relevant part:
It would not need any new skill line, it'd just be an alternate weapon to the "destruction" and "restoration" lines (much like you can have several choices for your two-handed skill line - Axe, Mace, Sword; no reason you could not also have such choices for destruction or restoration magic, right?)Spell Foci - I always felt vexed my casters have to have staves to cast their castyness, I want another option! My idea would be a "Spell Focus" as alternate destruction/restoration magic weapon, that used the exactly same stats, but had different visuals... it would be held in the left hand, with the right making mystic gestures above it for casting, and depending on racial style it could be stuff like holy symbols, ornate spellbooks, meditation crystals, gemmed skulls, shaman rattles, gilded scepters, etc.0
