What would be the most enjoyable class/spec in terms of both pve and pvp?

Nyladreas · January 2018

Pretty much what title says. I personally love my NB but a friend of mine who is just starting out has troubles liking the game as one in its current state.

We're looking for something that's fairly easy to get used to, isn't too frustrating to play, and can easily switch playstyles, and is overall fun to play without spending 100s and 100s of hours on it.

My guess was a DK, would you guys agree or recommend something else?

As far as races go something that would fit either a dunmer or khajiit.

Draxys · January 2018

Your second paragraph does not describe DK in their current state, not even close.

Nyladreas · January 2018

Draxys wrote: »

Your second paragraph does not describe DK in their current state, not even close.

Really? Maybe it's just cuz I've had a nightblade for years and then made a DK which seemed 5x easier to me lol

Draxys · January 2018

DoShazarr wrote: »

Draxys wrote: »

Your second paragraph does not describe DK in their current state, not even close.

Really? Maybe it's just cuz I've had a nightblade for years and then made a DK which seemed 5x easier to me lol

DKs are basically pigeonholed in one of 2 builds (heavy 7th legion for stam, lots of blockcasting with meh damage on magicka). The devs have neglected updating the design of class from the first iteration of the game when they were the strongest for several patches.

Nyladreas · January 2018

Alright, what would you recommend then? Should I keep forcing him into NB? Orrrr...

Stam is preffered but I'm sure he could play a caster too. After some convincing.

FrancisCrawford · January 2018

Not DK.

The stamina choice is probably warden.

Wardens have almost all the virtues of DKs.
They have better and simpler self-healing.
They have a class ranged attack, which gives you the option of not playing with a bow.

The magicka choices are probably sorcerer or templar.

Both are strong.
Both are good at self-healing, and indeed eventually make good dungeon healers. (The templar is better for that, but sorcerer is solid too.)
Both have further strong aids to survival. For the sorcerer it's pet tanks, class shield, and Surge. For templar it's Puncturing Sweeps.
Templar damage dealers naturally fight within melee range, but there are long-range options as well.
Sorcerers naturally use pets, but there are non-pet options as well.

Nyladreas · January 2018

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

Not DK.

The stamina choice is probably warden.
Wardens have almost all the virtues of DKs.

They have better and simpler self-healing.

They have a class ranged attack, which gives you the option of not playing with a bow.

The magicka choices are probably sorcerer or templar.
Both are strong.

Both are good at self-healing, and indeed eventually make good dungeon healers. (The templar is better for that, but sorcerer is solid too.)

Both have further strong aids to survival. For the sorcerer it's pet tanks, class shield, and Surge. For templar it's Puncturing Sweeps.

Templar damage dealers naturally fight within melee range, but there are long-range options as well.

Sorcerers naturally use pets, but there are non-pet options as well.

Are the wardens great in both pvp and pve is his only question? @FrancisCrawford

Tasear · January 2018

Just hold be off till levelling adviser goes live. It will advise for stamina or Magicka dps, tank and healer for each class. You could even be a dk healer if you wanted.

timborggrenlarsenb16_ESO · January 2018

DoShazarr wrote: »

Pretty much what title says. I personally love my NB but a friend of mine who is just starting out has troubles liking the game as one in its current state.

We're looking for something that's fairly easy to get used to, isn't too frustrating to play, and can easily switch playstyles, and is overall fun to play without spending 100s and 100s of hours on it.

My guess was a DK, would you guys agree or recommend something else?

As far as races go something that would fit either a dunmer or khajiit.

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James-Wayne · January 2018

Templar by far!!

Checkmath · January 2018

For beginning in eso, i would recommend a class with an oh-*** heal or shield button. Which leaves warden, templar and sorcs for magicka classes and mostly warden for a stam char.

Olen_Mikko · January 2018

I'm 100 % biased, but Nightblade.

NB's are most elusive class. They can be made decent and competitive for every role, yet they don't master any role.

And for roleplaying, nightblades are best for Dark brotherhood or thieves guild.

LeagueTroll · January 2018

For pve stam dk and mag sorc can be purely dot + heavy attack. Resource problem don’t really exist. Animation cancel is less important vs light attack builds. Stam dk is strong in pvp because is very tanky, but not enought burst result in often stalemate. Mag sorc has good dmg, but now lack of cc in pvp after crystal nerf.

FrancisCrawford · January 2018

DoShazarr wrote: »

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

Not DK.

The stamina choice is probably warden.
Wardens have almost all the virtues of DKs.

They have better and simpler self-healing.

They have a class ranged attack, which gives you the option of not playing with a bow.

The magicka choices are probably sorcerer or templar.
Both are strong.

Both are good at self-healing, and indeed eventually make good dungeon healers. (The templar is better for that, but sorcerer is solid too.)

Both have further strong aids to survival. For the sorcerer it's pet tanks, class shield, and Surge. For templar it's Puncturing Sweeps.

Templar damage dealers naturally fight within melee range, but there are long-range options as well.

Sorcerers naturally use pets, but there are non-pet options as well.

Are the wardens great in both pvp and pve is his only question? @FrancisCrawford

I know little about PvP, but stamina wardens are said to be excellent there. My comments were based on PvE leveling.

Also, when you do get into dungeons and so on, stamina wardens are said to make pretty good tanks.

Aisle9 · January 2018

Magicka sorcerer

Magsorcs are easy to use in PvP and PvE and it's easy to push out high damage with simple rotations (compared to other classes)