VaranisArano wrote: »For doing vet dungeons AND trials AND Cyrodiil/battlegrounds, I'd say Mag Sorc is going to be the most versatile as a single class.
I'd say that is probably personal preference. Let's say that for PvE magNB probably has a higher damage ceiling. For PvP, both playstyles are so different that it's difficult if not impossible to compare.
I’m have all the classes. It’s really going to depend on your preferred playstyle. If you have the slots, you could create two, play them a little, then focus on one....since you want to focus. But my notes on your options.
Stamden
This will actually play a lot like your Sam sorc. I love my stam sorc and my stam warden. The warden trades away the sorc’s resource regen perks for mega heals...it’s a pretty fair trade. For me, success on a stamden means mastering subterranean assault, which is a really unique ability. When I learned to time it right and position everyone, I’m hitting an entire mob for 20k+ each. It just shreds trash mobs. In PvP the combat style is like a stam sorc, but with thenheals they are soooooo hard to kill.
Mag Sorc
This plays like a dps machine. They’re far more ranged than the above classes. They can shield stack to be tankier than a stam dk (which is insane). They have amazing resource management. Based on your exiting characters, this might bring in some nice variation in attack styles and damage types...quite a bit different from your current toons. I personally find mag sorc to be a bit dull to play because the rotation feels repetitive and I don’t love the staff attacks. I still like my mag sorc, butnuse him less. That’s where personal preference comes in, because many people utterly love them and dislike stamblades, my preferred class.
Nightblades
Because you ask about them...both types are strong in PvP and PvE. Stamblades are insanely deadly in PvP. However, I’ll warn you that in PvE the playstyle is way different than your existing toons and there will be a big learning curve. At first you’d feel squishy and spend a lot of time looking at death recaps, lol. But once someone learns that surviving as a blade means less heals and more learning to never get hit, they’re pretty resilient. The drawback to blades I see formyou is that you sound ready to move into vet PvE pretty quick. A stam warden would transfer a lot of knowledge from your stam sorc. Mag sorc is pretty easy to learn and has a lot of skills in common with your mag dk. But a nightblade would be a totally different tool box and play style and approach...you’d have to learn the class from the ground up, and probably spend several weeks getting used to it.