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  • Member
    July 29, 2015

    The weapon passives only work on the weapon of the same type. If you have (for example) a Two Handed weapon in one slot and One Handed and Shield in the other, the passives will not work share. If you have Two Handed in both slots, then yes, the passives will work for both.

  • July 29, 2015

    i know, it says the passive is for when it is equipped, but it shows in this video when he looks at his backups, that it says equipped above th staff(he is using a sword and shield)

    https://youtu.be/2jsb3qMuuVw?t=26

    right at that part it shows the sword he has equipped, and the staff in his inventory says equipped at the top

  • July 30, 2015
    Okay so i know that keeping a skill from a skill tree line on the hotbar increases that skill trees level(say i put dark crystals from the dark magic tree line, it would increase the dark magic tree) but to increases dark crystals rank(I-IV) do i have to use the skill or will that increase on its on as well?
  • Member
    July 30, 2015
    Nope, it is the same concept. The ability will gain experience just for being on your bar.
  • Member
    July 30, 2015
    Hello, all. I got my copy of ESO for XBox One today, and while I'm waiting for the game updates and all, I thought I would posit a question for you all: specifically, which character class would be best to start with for a first-time player, at least in your collective opinion? Part of me has this idea of a Breton Nightblade to start with (I totally blame the cinematic clips I've seen of said character), though I'm not entirely certain what exactly I want to try and do with it. But I'm also wondering if perhaps the Dragonknight, Sorcerer or Templar might be better (insofar as a newbie's first starting character goes) -- my only other slightly-fleshed-out idea is to try my hand at a Daedric Summoner Sorcerer. And another, semi-random question: just how complicated is Enchanting in ESO? What little I've looked at it, I admit I'm a little leery of it, but doing it along with the Clothier and perhaps Blacksmithing professions to make my own armor and weapons seems interesting, at least to me. And yet, I know most guides say to not go past two professions, so I'm wondering how to proceed in that regard.
  • Member
    July 30, 2015

    Your choice of class is entirely up to you - there isn't really any one class that's better for beginners or more complicated than another. You can even fulfill any role as any class - while you might have to get a little more creative, a Nightblade healer can do just as well as a Templar for example. You just have to rely more on your weapon skills to do things that your class skills can't do.

    Enchanting isn't very complicated, I'll give you a quick run-down. Basically you create Glyphs which can be applied to weapons and armour to give them enchantments. To create a glyph, you combine 3 runes of 3 different types - Essence (which determines the effect), Potency (which also determines the effect and the level), and Aspect (which determines the power/rarity of the created glyph). These runes can be found in the world or by deconstructing other glyphs.

    If you're doing enchanting I would recommend sticking with 2 professions, since it is quite inventory-hungry with all the extra glyphs/runes you're carrying around. I did Blacksmithing, Clothier and Woodworking all on the same character though (as there is a lot of overlap between materials), you just have to be clever with your inventory/bank space.

  • Member
    July 30, 2015

    To add on to Ponty, I think it's worth noting that, while you can play any role with any class and weapon set, there are definitely certain combos that tend to work better than others. The important questions to ask are:

    1. Character role? (Tank, Healer, or DPS)
    2. Stamina-based or Magicka-based?
    3. PvP focus, PvE focus, or even mix?
    4. Solo focus, or group play focus?

    Your class and weapon choice will be dictated by your answers to those questions. For the record, a Breton Nightblade can be extremely effective for Magicka-based DPS builds, and you'll have no trouble finding good build ideas for that type of character. Deltia, who operates one of the more successful ESO fan channels, has a great Breton Nightblade build called Umbra that's up-to-date as of patch 1.6, and that he anticipates will be even more effective in 1.7.

    For a first build, a Magicka-based Breton Nightblade may give you a bit of trouble with survivability in solo play, especially if you go hard into Light Armor (which is really the best option for a Magicka-based character). But it can be an absolute monster for DPS, and it offers a few really nice PvP tactics for both 1v1 and group play.

  • August 2, 2015

    are there sneak attacks in this game? i just feel like there is no stealth combat in this game

  • August 2, 2015

    There is. I use them a alot. 

  • Member
    August 2, 2015

    I know there are sneak bonuses, but the specifics I'm not too sure about. From a bit of googling, the consensus seems to be that you need to either be in sneak mode (and hidden), or invisible, and that you need to be attacking from behind. I've seen 2x damage quoted for a successful sneak heavy attack, but I'm not sure that's legit. I've also seen people say that different types of attack have different modifiers (e.g., light attacks, weapon abilities, class abilities, etc.).

    Beyond those general, all-encompassing mechanics, Nightblades get some abilities that either do more damage, or else provide unique benefits if used from stealth. They also have access to some passives that increase stealth damage, augment stun duration for successful stealth attacks, etc.

    Someone who plays on PC could probably use an add-on to test damage pretty easily; I have the game on PC but I haven't actually started playing it yet, nor installed any add-ons.