As far as I'm concerned there's not any such thing as meta, because it basically doesn't exist for me or have any use in my life.

So, I have alts for each class, but I tend to bounce back and forth between templar, nightblade, and warden most often, depending on what mood I'm in or what events are happening.

If warden was a pet class as originally advertised and people didn’t whine to make it into a gimped ice mage, and the bear’s 30% damage reduction was reversed, then maybe I’d choose warden out of that list.

amapola76 wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned there's not any such thing as meta, because it basically doesn't exist for me or have any use in my life.

So, I have alts for each class, but I tend to bounce back and forth between templar, nightblade, and warden most often, depending on what mood I'm in or what events are happening.

This. And the ones I play the most are Stamblade(stealth archer), Stamden, and Magplar

I play them all. So... uh... I dunno? I've never felt particularly restricted in what classes are viable.

I don't even follow the Meta, or even 100% understand what it is.

I have a Stam and mag of each class and my magdk can double as a tank just switching attributes around. I'm a "post-meta" player.😉

Langeston wrote: »

Imagine for a minute that all of the classes were on equal footing and there was no clear "meta class" for any particular application. All of them are equally viable in their own unique way & they are all suitable for any role — the only differentiating factor is the class identity & playstyle. (Or as ZOS puts it: "Power Fantasy" & "Play Patterns.")

Which one would you choose, and why? (The poll wouldn't allow for more than 10 choices, so please specify magicka or stamina in your comment.)

Note: I've posted a PVP poll as well, since the answers may be different based on PVP/PVE, and some people only play PVP.

All classes are already viable for everything 🤨

I don't think there's such thing as a hard Meta. Sure, some classes are stronger at certain points in time, but all classes can perform in all roles well.
If you like a class you should go for it.

never played Meta, no need to vote

I don't know.

Definitely mag.

Definitely warden for identity. Also visuals. Their animations and effects are beautiful. But they suck for playstyle because there's only a small number (like about 6 out of their 15 total) of actually useful abilities and the rest are so extremely situational that you just never use them. No variety = super repetitive.

Definitely necromancer for playstyle. They're incredible. Each of their abilities have multiple functions making them potentially useful in different ways for different roles or combat scenarios. I love every single non-elite ability and morph except the insta attack. The whole more damage every third cast thing is silly for trying to make the ability play you rather than the other way around, but I just pretend that component isn't there.

Their heals are brilliant. Perfect. Cover all bases and you're not just spamming the same aoe heal constantly.

Their whole corpse thing takes a bit of getting used to and you can't always manage to execute whatever corpse consumer you'd like, but it adds to the complexity and fun factor. I'm into it.

I just wish necros had a perma pet. Make one of the colossus morphs turn it into a perma summon like warden bear and that would be amazeballs. Make holding down it's key for 2 seconds unsummon it so necros can put it away easily so they don't *** off guards etc. when in populated areas.

The goliath looks super cool but as a ranged player I never use it. Instead of the colossus it could also serve as a good perma pet.

I don't love necro for identity and have never played one seriously in any game, even when mechanically I like what they have. Never used necromancy in the TES single player games other than maybe a few times to see the spell in action to satisfy my curiosity and then never again.