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I stay at level 2 because of the ugliness factor in stages 3 and 4... I cannot stand to look at my character at stage 4. The ONLY time I go stage 4 is when I'm doing stealth quests, otherwise stage 2. Why stage 2- for the recovery passive.
CP: 2130 ** ESO+ ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
~~Started Playing: May 2015 | Stopped Playing: July 2025 | Returned: March 2026~~
My vampires are usually stage 4 (unless in fire heavy content, which is not that much). It's partly because of lazyness :P But in general I don't care for most of the passives but I don't want to be without the sneak passive and that one is only available in stage 4. If it was e.g. stage 2 instead of the recovery bonus, my vamps would stay stage 2 because it looks better.
As for the drawbacks, I just live with them. Don't stand in red and it's not too bad.
Once my light armor sorc vamp hit the CP, I invest a lot of points into health regen.
PC: i5 8600k, 16GB DDR4 2666Mhz RAM, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Chars: Alathaar is a high elf vampire dps sorc | Andy Rink is a dark elf tank sword and board WW