I've tried all races and classes, but even though she's all maxxed out with gold gear, my Argonian Necromancer plays weak in any role when compared to the others.

And on top of that it's illegal to use her skills in public...

I think question like this needs to be a bit more precise. Do you mean trials (and if so what difficulty), 4 man, solo or just open world stuff, for different content there's probably slightly different answer. I feel like this will be heavily influenced by how people feel about dds, especially necro dds.

In general for trials, NBs are the only class that doesn't bring any direct benefit. NB tanks are the worst tanks in the game together with templars, NB dds are 2nd worst dds after wardens and their use as healers mainly came from the fact that you needed either sorc or nb and blade could generate ult better. This patch we already see a lot of groups moving away from NB healers. Sure Necros might feel like they are in a bad spot, but they are still best EC users and ever since their release all top groups have had at least one necro in the group, usually 2 (more prior to major vuln sets being a thing). Wardens basically have perma spot as healers, dks have been top dds for 1.5 years at this point (besides High isle patch where cros were probably slightly better), Templars actually can compete in a lot of fights with dks, sorcs are great MK users and the recent change to atro made them desirable and arcanist are all around good. Right now I just don't see any reason to bring nightblades into the raid, unless it's for fun, they simply don't have any group utility, have the worst cleave damage in the game and aren't even top parsing class.

For 4 man content, speaking strictly about dds, it has to be necro. It doesn't have much going for it. Plenty of dungeon fights are mobile, where necro falls behind other classes, due to dots/siphon not being as reliable. Additionally you don't have great passive healing while doing damage.

For solo all classes can work and here it will depend on what you aim for, since for score pushing vma dks would probably be overall worst class, yet they would be one of the best at soloing some dungeons on vet/HM.

All in all I think Necro, Warden and NB all need love as Pve dds, with Templar and NB needing help with Pve tanking and DKs especially would need some help with Pve healing.

pve NBs now need to monitor the most unmonitorable buffs in the entire game to deal the lowest damage

It just feels so much worse than it used to

Arcanist seems to be the better version of the Templar.

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Just a short Poll to catch up the community vibes on how you see the ESO classes at that moment performing in PVE.

Necromancer, because it is a slog compared to the other classes. Delay in skills, needing bodies.. I'll play mine for a while, then have a big sigh of relief when I log onto my Templar or Arcanist.

I don't use Necro and don't do highly optimized raids, so can't really give an opinion on it. My Nightblade is definitely weaker than my templar, but at least it has a good power fantasy that makes taking it through simple things more fun. The Templar is my main at this point out of habit. In addition to feeling horrible sustain wise and feeling mid in most group stuff I do, she doesn't feel as good to play. At least when I sneak around, that's fun stealth gameplay.

I started Necromancer new character after few years without creating new alts, and I already abandoned it around lvl 30, very boring class with really not interesting abilities. I still prefer stamina or magicka templar, which are much better option due to their versatility in pve, they can heal, tank and deal decent aoe damage in a same time.

Necro. We suck atm. We're far behind everyone in every possible role. Just go look at Charles and Skinnycheek's videos if you need proof.

"Valid" DPS choices are magdk, HA oakensorc, and stam arcanist. So... anything else I guess. Tanks, templar tank is basically unheard of. And healer DK.

I said templar mainly because it seems like their DPS roles have both taken a hit of late since I took a break from the game 9 months ago. As healers, they are still strong, but even a necro healer, which may be weaker or less consistent in terms of healing power, has more to offer for group buffs, making them potentially more desirable in endgame groups.

I would like to see the templar reworked some to grant more group bonuses that are much more desirable than what they have to offer right now. I'm okay with their DPS being second class so long as they remain one of the top 2 classes for healing, and a strong option for tanks/offtanks.

Warden for pve dps
Templar for tank
Sorcerer for healing afaik

weakest how? dps, tank, healer?

the role certainly matters for certain classes, such as warden