Man, Craglorn is such a gorgeous area! Haa-Rei has spent more time looking at trees and rocks than he has doing quests

Cirinwe just got to level 50 and then jumped up to join Haa-Rei at CP310. Now she's all kitted out in Morihaus gear - and she looks awesome! It also means that she can ditch the spooky skeleton polymorph. Woo! She's still not done in The Rift, so we'll finish that soon before deciding where to go next.

Neat, hazmick! I'm still very intrigued by a magicka templar using staves. Any tips along those lines?

Hmmm, it would of course depend on the type of staff, and the character's role. Grits or mALX might know more about staff stuff - I only have a shallow pool of knowledge in that area but I'll share my thoughts all the same.

A destruction staff in the hands of a Magplar works the same as with other classes, since the destruction staff skill line gives you everything you need.

A restoration staff works well with a Magplar because of their healing skill line, which works well with the resto staff skills (which aren't good at self-healing). They can take damage and spit out lots of healing magic which lets other players focus more on killing enemies than protecting the medic. It might be hard to balance skills between damage and healing until you get enough skill points to do as you please.

Cirinwe is a non-healer. She has the resto staff on her second skill bar (her buff bar), and only uses it to restore magicka when she gets low. Most of the resto staff skills she'd be interested in are only useful after morphing - for example the Steadfast Ward spell: "Call on your staff's strength to protect whichever ally has the lowest Health with a ward to absorb [x] damage." only affects other players, but its morph also shields the caster.

Now that she has access to all those handy champ points I can fine tune her build a little bit, and once I finish leveling her Templar skills I want to move on to resto staff stuff. I'll make sure to keep you updated on that as I learn more.

This post has been edited by hazmick: Oct 23 2016, 01:31 AM

Thank you. I just started today an additional variant of Buffy. Whereas Buffy the Small is a no melee StamSorc with bow backed up by clannfear, Buffy the Spiritcatcher is a no melee MagPlar with destruction staff backed up by the templar skills. Only level 4 so too early to tell.

Aah I see. Well she shouldn't have too much trouble. Ciri doesn't use her weapons much at all, the templar skills are great fun to use. I use the Dawn's Wrath skill line for my main attacks - lots of these skills heal you as well as dishing out damage, whereas the Aedric Spear skills are primarily damage based.

One thing I'd suggest is to either go for light or heavy armour. Heavy offers protection, but light gives handy bonuses to spellcasting. Going from a stamina to a magicka character might take some getting used to (Ciri often found herself out of breath at low levels since I was used to Haa-Rei being able to leap around for hours on end)

Thanks again. Level 5 and so far so good. She's a Bosmer (of course) but in the Ebonheart Pact. Cool to see ESO Skyrim! I can see plenty of potential. The more I study the Templar + Destruction Staff skills the more I see how this would work well. The up close aedric spear abilities feel like light sabers so it doesn't really feel like melee - very cool. On armor, she's running 6 light with a heavy (unseen) helm.

Craglorn used to have such an awesome atmosphere. It may have been hard to get through alone, but it was very immersive. This One Tamriel change has killed the atmosphere and immersion of Craglorn imho. (Although I still love Belkarth).

These are some great insights! Thank you for your in depth answer here, because I have been kept alive numerous times by Templars in Veteran dungeons that THEY managed to go through without a hitch. They were amazing!

I had one Templar that did just so-so in normal dungeons; I don't know what I did wrong with her build (but that is when I turned to Nightblades and found it a bit easier to go through tough fights with them than with the Templar). I think my problem is that I don't know how to build a good Templar. (had the same problem but worse with my one attempt at making a Sorc character).

@ Acadian - I am very interested in how the new Buffy the Spiritcatcher does; in your impressions and any new skills you discover in the Templar, how they work and compare to Sorc Buffy the Small !!!

Acadian, it sounds as if Buffy the Spiritcatcher has a great deal in common with Aninah. Aninah is all Magicka and uses Destruction staves but keeps a Restoration skill on her bar for leveling. Her back bar is largely neglected because she doesn't often need it. Aninah blocks with her staff and does some dodge-rolling, but she doesn't need more than her base Stamina. She will eventually use 5 light armor and 2 heavy most of the time, but now she is wearing a mix for leveling. I have not had any problems with her build in PvE. She keeps trying different skill combinations as she gets access to them. So far they have all been great.

The goal with Aninah is to be able to take the healer role in groups, but it is not easy to learn those skills by yourself!


Darnand has joined our Champion ranks. He is delighted with all of the useful gear he finds. Everyone is working to increase their bag and bank space so that they can hoard their goodies until a time they can use it.




This post has been edited by Grits: Oct 23 2016, 07:13 PM

Grits - Congrats to Darnand! Your plans for Aninah sound great and my understanding is that a magplar can make a great healer.



An update on Buffy the Spiritcatcher. We considered making her a tiny Altmer for the racials but you cannot make an Altmer tiny! The shortest you can make them is taller than the tallest Bosmer! So she is a Bosmer and looks just as she has in ESO. Via the Adventuress Pack, we started her in Ebonheart Pact instead of the Aldmeri Dominion so we could see some new things. I'm very glad she has always kept the frost resist enchanted toe ring that dear Jerric gave her years ago!

Anyway, she's still in the first zone but nearing the end of things there, and is level 7. She has adapted to the new skills and style and quite likes it. Ironically, Buffy the magplar feels much more 'magey' than Buffy the stamsorc. And we're loving the looks of the light armor.

So. . . although still early, the initial take on Buffy's forray into being a magplar is quite fun and encouraging.

Oh, here's a screenshot.

Somehow Buffy the Spiritcatcher seems more sleek than Buffy the Small . . .

Woo! I bet Jerric is going to go looking for this one as soon as he sees that screenie!

Omg, I've never seen the light armor jerkin before, that is adorable! Popular or not, I still like Buffy with the first hair style. Oh, I am really glad you are enjoying playing a Templar! I wasn't able to do much with mine, finally deleted her. (same with my Sorc).

I have an update of my own regarding my two Covenant ladies.

Mazul finally reached Julian's level before entering Rivenspire. So far she is working her way through the Covenant quest line that Julian did much of in the past couple of weeks. Her reactions to the same dilemmas are different from Julian's - enough so that I am having a tremendous amount of fun playing her. Yet under her rough, grumpy exterior Mazul is as much a compassionate person as Julian - she just doesn't show it.

Anyway, Mazul leveled up from 31 to 34 today. She is seriously considering making new armor and weapons for both herself and Julian. She is currently parked in the Dead Wolf Inn in Shornhelm.

Julian herself leveled up to 33 today, and is hoping to reach 34 before we call it a night. If not tonight, we will try for it tomorrow. She is waiting for reinforcements outside Magdalena's Haunt near Hoarfrost Downs. She wants to clear this one from her map, but knows better than to take on such a powerful boss by herself.

I'm thinking that it would be fun to have both ladies traveling together, and leveling up together. That means Julian will have to cool her heels in Shornhelm for a while, as she has completed the Rivenspire Covenant quest line and is ready to move on to Sentinel. Oddly enough, after hearing about it for so long, she is not at all in a hurry to visit the land of her ancestors. I suppose she no longer is so curious about the Alik'r Desert dwellers.

That desert has some amazing atmosphere, they did an awesome job on making it feel like a place that is not easy to survive; but still has its own unique beauty.

Oh how awesome that Buffy's toe ring lets her bare her tummy in the snow! Jerric is a huge fan of that look on her. Buffy the Spiritcatcher looks quite capable with her staff. With that sleek hairstyle and hands-on-hips, she will get some "Yes, Ma'ams" from the Nords! Jerric has a Bleakrock Treasure Map in his pack, so now that he has seen snow-fox Buffy I expect he will be on a boat headed there by tonight with the excuse that he is treasure hunting.

haute, I love that Julian and Mazul are such a team. The desert can be a shock after all the cool, rainy weather in High Rock. Darnand ventured there under duress and returned asap. He has not been back since. I hope that Julian likes it there, whenever she gets the urge to travel in that direction.

Jerric has been slaying bad guys in record numbers in Auridon. He's not sure about the politics, but anyone who attacks him when he walks past has to go. He found a lovely grotto in Del's Claim that's perfect for pranking. There's a gorgeous pool and pretty trees all around. Plus rumors of great treasure (boss chamber), so lots of folks come in to check it out. Jerric lies down under the water (Jewel of the Rumare ftw) in a strategic position wearing his skeleton guise until someone comes along to stalk the boss. After a few minutes of quiet he leaps up out of the water right in front of them. More often than not they attack him, lol. Then he has to start a dance party so they can all relax and fight the boss when he shows up.

Jerric is being so very . . . well, Jerric!

That is hilarious!

BWAAHAA!

Grits, that is hilarious! I've had a few players swat at me, too. I just stand there and act stupid. It's not hard to do in this game. Though I might just have my character /emote at them next time, once I figure out what emote to use! Too bad there isn't a "up yours" one in the list . . .

There's a Rude Gesture emote, and if that fails you can throw a bucket of water on them. Jerric keeps the bucket handy on his quickwheel for camels. When he sees someone on their camel mount, he walks by real slow in case they decide to spit on him. If they do, BUCKET!! This guy will go out of his way to find even a tiny bit of trouble.

Big surprise yesterday, dueling is fun! Most of my folks have auto-decline turned on, but Stays-Up-Late didn't get to it. He was filling soul gems two steps outside the Davon's Watch walls yesterday when he made the mistake of pausing to check his inventory in a dueling hotspot. Someone challenged him. He thought it would be rude to decline. This kid has a crafter's build, so one skill point only in each line, no morphs, and no passives except for the Argonian ones. Much to my surprise, he won! It was very exciting. NPCs just don't have all the tricks that players do.