deLioncourt wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

You can make magicka classes work with the "wrong" weapon types and still do most types of content in the game. I have a character like this though he is neither of the two options you allowed for in your poll. Game mechanics wise he is a magicka dragonknight who uses dual wield and is also proficient in 1h+shield. Many DK magicka abilities are melee range already, so you are already going to be up close. Magicka recovery is an issue, but you find ways to make it work.

I do also have a magicka character who has a setup like your second poll option (though she currently uses a restoration staff instead of a destruction staff because of her evolving storyline). Works fine too, and as one might expect she has a lot less of a problem with magicka recovery because she has a magicka weapon on one of her bars. Even without that, though, between Debilitate and sometimes Siphoning Attacks she's fine (I don't usually slot Siphoning though).

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lucky_Sage wrote: »

I honestly think zos will combine weapon and spell dmg pen and crit at some point

• Abilities and item sets that grant Physical and Spell Resistances now grant an equal amount of both as a singular stat – Armor – rather than 2 separate stats.
  • Many item sets that granted X Spell or Physical Resistance now grant .5X Armor. This was done to ensure total power remains the same, with less variance in these stats.
  • Passives that grant a unique source of one have not been adjusted.
  • Major and Minor Resolve now grant an equal amount of Physical and Spell Resistance, and Major and Minor Ward have been discontinued.
  • Note that this has not yet happened to Fracture and Breach or forms of Penetration.

• This would make skills like Razor Caltrops and Elemental Drain amazing.
• It would mean Pierce Armor gets a new morph effect since Ransack would do the same thing, but also add minor protection.
• It would mean Warden's Deep Fissure and Subterranean Assault would need new morph effects since the only thing the morphs do is change resource and add Major Breach or Fracture.
• Sets like Spriggan's and Spinners would stay as their specific penetration types, but a set like Night Mother's Gaze would provide Spell Penetration too, since Major Fracture would provide both.