IMO WoW does all classes better than ESO. or at least the difference between the classes i should say.
in ESO the Roles dont differ from each other, because we have weapon-skill lines that can be used throught all the different classes. WoW doesnt have that, so its logical that their classes differ much more from each other.

i havent played a rouge in WoW for a loooong time, so i cant help you on that particular class. but if i want my classfantasy of a paladin, a druid or a priest fullfilled i jump into WoW, since these archetypes are very well done and suit my cup of tea.
in ESo, the paladin and the priest both use the same class, i.E. templar, so im bound to have the same skills (ritual and focus at least if not more).

this does not mean one game is worse then the other, some players may like it that way.
But tbh, i have the simiar issue with WoW like you, the graphics. i cannot play WoW for a long period of time unlike ESO where i can emmerse my self much more

Not sure if there is much to compare these days. Wow definitely does everything class related better.

In every MMO there are only a few playstyles available to you:

1. Rotational.
2. Proc-based Rotational
3. Priority based

Rotational systems follow a more repetitive system wherein you'd go:
Ability 1 > Ability 2 > Ability 1 > Ability 1 > Ability 3 > Ability 1 and then repeat it ad nauseum until the boss dies (sometimes with situational changes, such as AoE groups or during an execute phase).

Proc-based rotational systems will follow the rotation until a specific trigger event occurs, then it gets changed. Like if you were to spam Rapid Strikes until Major Vulnerability applies then switch to using Biting Jabs (note, this isn't real. don't do this with these abilities).

Priority based are when abilities have competing cooldowns and will come off timer together, so you are juggling things more aggressively than in a rotation. Imagine if you had:
1. 7 second ability that does the most damage provided you have the buff from 3 up
2. 15 second ability that does the second most damage
3. 12 second ability that provides an 8 second buff
4. 6 second ability that lowers the cooldown of other abilities by 2 seconds when used.

So you'd ensure 1, 2 and 3 were on cooldown before hitting 4, but wouldn't hit 4 again if 1 had a second to go (which it would at the start) but you also might delay 1 for up to 2 seconds waiting on the buff from 3 to come back again so you get the buff for 1 twice etc etc.

In ESO, because it steered away from having cooldown abilities at the start, this led to pretty much everything following the same dps playstyle of Rotational. And if every class uses the same system, of course they're going to feel more similar.

In both WoW and Swtor, which I have several years experience playing every single dps spec at least once meaningfully (aka raid boss kills) I can say they both use cooldown and proc abilities to create a more varied playstyle, so that a WoW Elemental Shaman is different from an Enhancement Shaman, or a Combat Rogue. The same applies in Swtor, where a Scrapper and Ruffian Scoundrel play completely differently from each other and from an Advanced Prototype Vanguard.

In ESO, every class has a similar structure that revolves around maximising execute and your '50% more damage button'
Dragonknight - Molten Whip creates the artificial '50% more damage ability' with the charges
Templar - the Light (power or purifying) takes 6 seconds to deal this.
Warden - Scorch
Necromancer - Blastbones
Nightblade - Merciless Resolve
Sorcerer - Bound Armaments (or the artifical creation via Crystal Fragments)

I mained a Bear dps (yes bear was a tank and yes I technically filled a tank role, but I also enjoyed the fact that wow let tanks contribute to dps checks) so I know a bit about stealth and, ESO doesn't really let you stealth except in pvp combat, the place you really don't need to be able to do it 24/7 without a 2 minute cooldown on it). I also mained a Sin tank in Swtor, again the stealth during combat was on a cooldown to prevent the situation where people can stealth > gank > stealth > gank in the same combat which is cheap and poorly designed.

FBS94 wrote: »

WoW Rogue. When a rogue goes invisible, he or she can do it so indefinintely, no question. Nightblade, however, can also become invisible, but only for a short amount of time.

Think about it, in order to safely navigate through a pvp zone, nightblades have to use the invisibility ability as intelligently as they can.

Rogues, on the other hand, just need to toggle it on, and as long as they don't get close to the enemy, they can be completely safe roaming the battlefield.

TL,DR: Rogue "Sealth" active ability > Nightblade "Invisibility" active ability. Anytime.

How is it different tho? You can be vampire and just crouch to be hidden forever while still being able to run, and use cloak in combat.

FBS94 wrote: »

TL,DR: Rogue "Sealth" active ability > Nightblade "Invisibility" active ability. Anytime.

Yes, because it's not like ESO has an active ability stealth mechanic that anyone can do by pressing crouch. Wait it does. Then we have invisibility on top of that which we can do either with nightblade ability or potions.