Dracane wrote: »

Keep going, do not listen to the bullies. You make your own builds and that is above what most of them here could muster.

Thanks .

But what is up with the damage? 5,3k soul harvest crits with so much crit damage? Where do you invest your stats into? Sustain?

Yes, sustain and speed. This character dates back to when I was a PvP noob and I discovered that high cloak sustain and Forward Momentum - the only snare removal available at the time - helped me survive as a solo player. I still think of her as a melee magblade, even though that isn't strictly accurate anymore.

I am also a speed addict and this character remains about perma-cloaking. I have a friend who builds his magblade for pure, non-proc damage. According to him the class still doesn't reach what other classes can do. It just becomes (remains?) extraordinarily squishy without a big payoff (ignoring bomblades for the moment).

Magsorc is IMO superior in the damage department. Put a destro staff with Crushing Shock in the hands of a magsorc and it feels usable. Do it on a magblade or a magplar and it feels like a wet noodle. That can only be down to sorc passives and the class' burst toolkit, but I'm not sure. It's how I felt when I tried the class (the character is a stamsorc now).

Things are also night and day when you're talking stamblade. I simply put on Spriggan, Bone Pirate, Master Bow, the speed ring and 1x other on that class. The damage is obscene. That's immediately obvious when you one-shot minor mobs in IC with a single weave of Surprise Attack. The killer, though, is how viable that sort of stamblade is, due to dodge roll and break free sustain. I had 2.5K stam regen and am told I could even cut that. On (melee) magblade I feel I have to work much harder. The damage isn't there or the survivability for lack stamina sustain. Get one - maybe - but not both. Caluurion is the saving grace, but Caluurion alone isn't enough. You can even see that in the clip against weak players. Of course they were - I know that. It took Swallow Soul / Impale to finish them off. If they defended properly, then my build wouldn't have had the sustained oomph to finish them, at least not alone. That first templar didn't manage his stamina and couldn't break free when he got killed.

Yet the last thing I want is advice on how to improve as a magblade or on any class for that matter. The priority of 95% of players - or at least the opinionated ones - is damage, damage, damage. Perhaps there is a defense component to their plan, but it is typically not speed nor is it necessarily the fun factor a build might have or it's versatility. I know what I like and being effective is not my #1 priority. It's basically melee plus speed. Stamsorc is insanely fun, even if the class - and my build in particular - isn't the most effective killing machine.

This is something, above all, that @cheesefome does not get - that there are players in the game for whom kill potential isn't everything. Not when it comes at the expense of speed, sustain and utility. I like that my character is effective to a degree, but how she plays is ultimately more important to me. In terms of skill, I think there are are easier ways to score cheap kills than what I'm doing in that clip. In fact, I bet if you had 1vXd that particular trio on any "honorable" (non NB) stam class, you'd have dispatched them more quickly and easily than I did on my magblade.

Dracane wrote: »

@fred4 Sorry, I had no intention to educate you or give you advise. I was just wondering. I actually remember now some time ago where you said in another thread that you favor speed and sustain. Sorry.

Oh, that wasn't specifically directed at you. No offense taken. It's just when I admit to something like my damage being low, the helpful advice tends to come in from everyone be it here, in game chat or in Discord. I just wanted to make it clear that I'm happy with the compromises I made.

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

idk wrote: »

Kory wrote: »

Someone help me understand what is nice about this skill? It cost over 2k stamina, you're supposed to hit a light attack WITHIN 2 seconds for X amount of damage or else have half the cost refunded to you. The damage isn't substantial, I don't get it.

It rewards skilled gameplay. It is not about the refund as that only happens when one messes up. Further, it is one of the ways Zos has put an emphasis on weaving basic attacks.

The design of the skill works as intended.

^This.^

The skill is only "clunky" for players that haven't actually spent the time to practice with it.

Which kind of means the skill IS clunky.

I use it on some builds, but tend to avoid it... because its clunky. You can learn to use it, but that doesnt change the fact it is clunky. I like the word clunky, it sums up this skill perfectly, clunky but effective.

What if imbue weapon was reworked? I truly hate how clunky it feels to use, since it immediately procs off of any la, even ones already in flight which doesn't make any sense.

Then they just made a sorc crystal stam skill a literal copy with the same clunkiness.

Now hear me out, npcs add elements to their weapon with a duration like alchemist type enemies setting their sword on fire and such. What if imbue weapon did this for melee weapons?

It would be a long duration but a new effect: it completely overrides the physical damage the weapon does to magic damage instead with a small increase, and also makes the weapon restore magicka on heavy attacks instead of stam.

Mag melee weapon problem solved. Can't be used as stam for huge damage, and doesn't do spammable damage either. Would give a whole new way to play?