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Good builds for a new player?

OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
in Elder Scrolls Online

Hey, so I'm wondering now that the game has been out awhile, are there some builds people would recommend for a beginner? When I played beta, and early access I picked the Shadow Nightblade I believe. And I'd just put all my points into Stamina. Ideas? I think I was using daggers.

The problem I noticed with whatever build I was doing, is if it wasn't a single target fight, I would basically die right away lol.

When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

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  • BattlerockBattlerock Member CommonPosts: 1,393
    Destrotuction staff and sorcerer - then have fun. I found that to be the least painful, the animations are decent. Melee animations killed me and bows are under powered. You can have fun all day as a destro sorcerer though. Just wrecking mob to mob. Healing staff as secondary.

    You will have to adjust armor to your style, probably mostly light armor,


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  • phantomghostphantomghost Member UncommonPosts: 738

    The most enjoyable and the fastest leveling build I did was a sorc.

     

    (As the previous person stated) destro staff when I quit was the overall end game best way.. but it was not what I used to level.

     

    I did what people called the reaver type build.  I did not follow anybody's specific build but just the general guideline choosing what worked best for me.

     

    Dual wield, medium armor, etc.  Critical surge is the main ability if I recall that you want for healing purposes.  The ultimate was the fighters guild flawless dawnbreaker for the passive dmg.

     

    Primarily focused on health and stamina and melee crit chance.  I did DW the whole time it starts out a bit tough until you start opening up more abilities.


  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    Sorc with staff it is XD. Thanks guys. :_)
    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719

    Well I have 4 character slots I'm constantly leveling 1 - 30ish and deleting so I can try something new... yes, I am an altoholic.

     

    So I have both old and new experience with the feel of all 4 classes. And things have changed...

     

    A few months ago I would have agreed that Sorcerers were my favorite... both the traditional ranged DPS/off-heals build or the very fun Reaver types. My main is a Destro/Resto Sorcerer.

     

    But then the nerf bat caught up to sorcerers while the stamina builds got buffed quite a lot. Sorcerers, both my main and new ones i level, feel distinctly weaker than DKs, NBs and even Templars (at the lower levels)

     

    My current favorite is my stamina based 5 medium + 2 heavy armor, bow + 2HD sword Nord Templar. It just kicks butt in PVE or PVP with enough AOE, self healing and damage shields to take on just about anything, 

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  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    Hmm, maybe I will do Nightblade again to start. Idk! XD
    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    If you do NB then you want bow which helps pve a lot.  They are about sneak attacks so you want to try to engage sneaking and if you are behind they take double damage.  They have a syphoning ability that heals them and the invisible spell that helps them get away if necessary.  I use bow and shield combo.  Some people use dual wield or 2h weapon instead of shield.  Bow is a must because it has an ability that knocks back target and stuns them.  No matter what class you pick make sure you have 1 ability from each class skill tree on your hotbar even the weapon tree.  Armor tree isn't a must it will level itself.  The other tree's will level on their own differently.
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  • rodarinrodarin Member EpicPosts: 2,611
    Yeah Sorc focused on Pets with a resto staff youre never going to die. If you have the dexterity to change weapons then you also will use a destruction staff to go faster. But in most case you will share 3 common skills with either a resto staff or a destruction staff.
  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517

    Thanks guys, I actually made a Sorc and started to follow this Reaver guide I found on the internet, it seems fun so far. Only got to level 5 though lol.

    I made my character a cute kitty, so that's a plus as well. :)

    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Originally posted by OhhPaigey

    Thanks guys, I actually made a Sorc and started to follow this Reaver guide I found on the internet, it seems fun so far. Only got to level 5 though lol.

    I made my character a cute kitty, so that's a plus as well. :)

    Oy! Girls... 

     

    Those kitties are pretty deadly (specially as Nightblades) don't let the cute fool you.

     

    Have fun :)

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  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    XD. I actually just made one that's Nightblade. My Sorc Reaver gets killed vs level 4s lol.
    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • Entris38Entris38 Member UncommonPosts: 401
    Originally posted by OhhPaigey

    Thanks guys, I actually made a Sorc and started to follow this Reaver guide I found on the internet, it seems fun so far. Only got to level 5 though lol.

    I made my character a cute kitty, so that's a plus as well. :)

    Sorc is excellent. I have a Destro/Resto sorc.....found it extremely easy to level.

    Right now I'm loving 2 hand nightblade, pure stamina build.....it's a blast. Sword and board as a secondary. Check Tamriel Foundry, it's and excellent site, plus has a great mod that I recommend....Foundry Tactical Combat

  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    Originally posted by Entris38
    Originally posted by OhhPaigey

    Thanks guys, I actually made a Sorc and started to follow this Reaver guide I found on the internet, it seems fun so far. Only got to level 5 though lol.

    I made my character a cute kitty, so that's a plus as well. :)

    Sorc is excellent. I have a Destro/Resto sorc.....found it extremely easy to level.

    Right now I'm loving 2 hand nightblade, pure stamina build.....it's a blast. Sword and board as a secondary. Check Tamriel Foundry, it's and excellent site, plus has a great mod that I recommend....Foundry Tactical Combat

    Yeah, I will try Destro/Resto next I think. Having fun with my Nightblade atm. And thanks, I will check out that website. :D

    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • d_20d_20 Member RarePosts: 1,878

    Another good site for new players:

     

    http://deltiasgaming.com/category/guides/eso-guides/class-guide/


  • jitter77jitter77 Member UncommonPosts: 520
    Supposedly DKs are easy, but either I am doing something wrong or people are wrong.  My DK is only lvl 8 and has died more times than my lvl 20 sorc.  I have a Sorc with a Bow.  Secondary is healing staff.  I have 2 pets, 2 lighting skils, and a poison arrow shot.  I use a bow vs destrc staff so i can have a stam ability vs all magicka. 
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719

    If you actually do want to play a Sorcerer. here's a quick and dirty beginners guide I made for someone else a couple of weeks ago. And yes, I am definitely biased against Sorcerer pets. They're apparently getting a big buff in 1.6 so maybe they'll be worth their huge Magicka reserve cost then...we'll see. But for now, stay away from them.

     

    Link to my post: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/6544114#6544114

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Originally posted by Torvaldr
    Thanks for the class and build ideas. I like to play a lot of characters. Does it matter if they're from the same alliance?

    No, not really. You still have a shared bank and shared gold.

     

    But I should add... if you're interested in PVP you can't have your characters from different alliances in the same PVP campaign. That didn't use to be much of an issue when there were many active campaigns but now you basically have one active 10-50 campaign and one for veteran ranks. You might want to consider that.

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