Dagoth-Malan has been a part of my games for over a decade; and through many games. He is never a good character; and if there is any evil afoot it is usually centered around him, lol.












CLARK HAS FINALLY COME TO TAMRIEL!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOT !!!! I can't wait to see him!!! Oddly enough; I never pictured him as a Dragon Knight; but that build is really interesting!!! Alcast has some really great build foundations; then you tweak them to your own preferences and usually can't go wrong.

Wow, mALX, what a backstory! I'm glad you created him in ESO.

Thanks, Lopov! I don't know how much havoc he will be able to reap in this game; (since I can't use mods on him here, lol) = but so far he is very fun to play!

He's only come to the other Tamriel so far. I just did a quick run against the Abomination, and he got past that OK. (And on the PTS, you don't see any help). However, I then discovered that I hadn't installed Combat Metrics on PTS, so I didn't really know how well he'd done.

After installing it, we tried again, against Sharpfang, the troll at the Dire Bramblepatch. Clark was only doing about 12k but I don't have his skills very well sorted out yet. We gave up, as the troll can regenerate almost that fast. But the sustain was reasonable, and it does look like I can adjust from there - and maybe learn to play him.

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How's the Dagon-Malan shaping up? I assume he's still grinding his way up to full strength, as you just started him. Second bar yet?

I don't think you can use Combat Metrics on the PTS, can you? They have add-ons blocked (or used to have them blocked; I haven't tried recently).

I had to work for SneakyBo on Sunday; (every Sunday) so didn't get to play Dagoth-Malan at all yesterday (or yet today) = but the last time I played him he had just broken level 25; so he has his second bar now. I put a Restoration bar on it because that is all I was picking up along the way, lol.

He is very fun to play so far!

Add-ons do work on PTS, and CMX is very useful there, as you can test against WB's without any help.

I did roll a Clark on live, but he's only reached level 10 so far, and hasn't got many skills to choose between. He still needs to join FG, MG and Undaunted, and we have to decide when he does BG's for the Vigor. That will be after a training visit to Cyrodiil, as you get a couple of levels for doing nothing. I'm trying not to give him CP until he earns it by reaching L50, so I'll learn to use his skills together naturally.

And now I have to get back into the habit of letting the new one do all the deconstruction, and remember about mount training, again.


In other news, Laurie has finally started her final JC research, so in a few months, she'll be at a full 9 traits.

A big day for the tiny Argonian.

Shonta Quassan managed to venture through Sanguine's Demesne in Shadowfen on his own. He completed both associated quests and killed three out of six bosses on his own. The other three he didn't meet. It was enough to get some achievements and the place is no longer blackened on the map. He died 3-4 times in between but it was clear to me, that compared to the Forgotten Crypts, he stands chances in this dungeon, we just needed to change some tactics, that's why he kept coming back and back. And back and back. We hit Level 49 after the adventure was over.

Oh, that is good news! I hope to meet Clark, or at least see some screens of him on here!!!

Oh, I'm really glad to hear that we can use add-ons on PTS now! They always shut them off before; it will be so much better with them on!

I know exactly what you are saying; Dagoth-Malan has been doing all deconstructing since his creation. Since he has no skill points to spend in crafting; that means I'm not getting the most return on materials that I could be getting; so = really hoping he levels up fast; it is killing me to see some of those expensive materials from Elsweyr NOT showing up from deconning those items, lol.







WOO HOO!!! Congrats on beating Sanguine's Demesne - and on almost making it to Champion Level!!!

Later on I figured out by the map hints, that we missed the skyshard somewhere. So going back today.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Nov 27 2019, 08:38 AM

'Grats to Shonta! I like Sanguine's Demesne. Where else can you talk to dremora, get yourself a drink from a bartender who can repair your gear, go bowling for ogres and generally have such a fun time?

Nice. You are on the cusp of CP if you haven't hit it yet. Make sure you take some sort of health boost when you venture into public dungeons until Shonta starts to really get beefed up. I did my first public dungeons roughly around the same level as you did, and it was very tough.

Time for some updates on good ol' Cincy. But first, as I mentioned in the General Discussion thread, I now have two other characters on my roster: Evelona Mathieu, a Breton sorceress, and Mariah the Honey-Voiced, a Redguard Templar. I don't really care about roleplaying for them. I just want to see what I can do with those two classes and to explore certain things I won't/didn't do with Cincy (e.g. Thieves Guild questline). Also, spending more time on them allows for enlightenment to build up a lot for Cincy. And I didn't realize that you could already use CPs on your new characters even if they aren't level 50 yet, so I put in the points for Evelona.


Now, onto Cincy! Some of the recent highlights:

1) In my last excursion into Cyrodiil, I went into the Alliance War - No CP campaign. This was last week, I think. A high level-700s Khajiit player jumped me out of nowhere and thought me easy pickings. I came close to dying a couple times but healed myself thanks to the Restoration Staff Ultimate morph I have. And then I almost got her a couple times. We fought each other to a standstill, and when she realized she wasn't getting anywhere she booked it. I couldn't really keep up, so I just had to let it go. If CP were enabled though, I probably would have been killed.

2)The Alliance Zone World Boss tour is over! Cincy cut a bloody swath through all of them, dispatching most of them on his own. There were a bunch that he could've finished on his own, but players sometimes joined in later in the battle. A bit disappointing, but it worked out. (And Cincy didn't die on any of them, except that BS instance last night where the game severely lagged for like 20 seconds and I had died when it finally resumed.)

There were, however, a couple that may have been a bit too much for Cincy to solo, and fortunately a couple other players joined in. The hardest one was definitely Menhir Stoneskin in Rivenspire. That freak hit HARD. And sporadically, his stone humanoid buddies would band together to attack, which meant a lot of switching to heal. The first group of those were straight up warriors, but after that came some mages that had about 70K-80K health AND could heal Menhir, and by the time I was able to get rid of them they had healed him for 200K health! Sometime shortly after was when a couple of other players came in.

3) Last night I ran one round of Battlegrounds with Cincy, and it may have been my proudest moment teamwise. It was Deathmatch. For those who don't know, each kill in Deathmatch is 15 points for the team that gets it, and the first team to 500 wins (individual scores have a whole bunch of things to account for). My team got off to a quick lead but eventually fell a good ways behind. The Storm Lords got to 480 or 495 and my team, the Pit Daemons at the time, were down about 120 or 135 points. And time was close to running out the full 15 minutes (which had never happened to me yet). We made a furious rally and tied it at 495 with less than 15 seconds left. Then, with only a handful of seconds left, we got the last kill! WE WON! It was a comeback for the ages! And I made a friend out of it, so that was pretty cool.

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Nov 27 2019, 02:10 PM

We came out of Sanguine's Demesne for the second time. Shonta Quassan found the skyshard and killed two more bosses, so 5/6 bosses down. The final one he couldn't bring down, because he's accompanied by two more fighters. If he were alone and if Shonta's health pool were bigger, we could maybe bring him down on our own.

Indeed! Both quests were fun too. Those Ogrims aren't tough at all, even when they attack in groups. The other groups, usually a combination of Dremora warriors and mages, were more challenging.

Exactly, it's Health where Shonta's lacking, because he can get roasted if he's hit by 2-3 subsequent heavy blows and doesn't heal himself on time - when hit by bosses, I mean. Magicka isn't a problem, because he has 50 points in there.

Cincy's rocking down in Cyrodiil. Aren't players down there scaled to be of the same level? I read something like this a while back.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Nov 27 2019, 04:23 PM

Cincy is SO reminiscent of Buffy in her early years! I was always so fascinated and excited to hear her war stories = and mostly amazed at what she could accomplish solo!!! (and still am!) Cincy is beginning to floor me too, with all he is able to do!!!

2nd = LOVE your detailed descriptions of the battle with that World Boss! It was like being there with you and watching!!!!

VERY exciting Deathmatch! It was always one of my favorite BG games; but it wasn't the one I was best at.

Congrats on the World Boss Tour being completed!!!

My Pia is a magicka character too; and she is also a bit squishy. She used to carry a healing staff on her back (2nd) skill bar; but now she keeps a destruction staff on both bars = but being a Templar; she has healing as part of her Class skills.

Food will help your health pool. Believe it or not; those loaves of bread you see everywhere in game give your health pool a massive boost of at least 5000. It is free, and very easy to get (I think even the Guild Bank has a bunch that Acadian's Buffy donated) = all my characters eat it before going into battle. It lasts 35 (game time) minutes; but is so easy to get that I eat a loaf before each big Boss battle when going through a dungeon. PLUS: you can take potions while food is active without losing the effects of the food. So eat the bread and drink whatever potions you want to sustain your Magicka or spell power; or maybe enchant your jewelry with health recovery or spell power.

I use those "Crown Tri-Pot" potions on my "Q" hot wheel and hit the "Q" when needed in battle to replenish the character's health/magicka/and stamina instantly when needed.

Also; put your Green Dragon Blood on at the beginning of your rotation and your best shield = put them on before going into battle; and hit them again in 15 seconds if the battle hasn't ended.

The Green Dragon Blood is not a burst heal; it is a sustain heal = you still need a burst heal to save yourself if you don't travel with a Healer. The only burst heal you can get as a Dragon Knight is Vigor = you have to go to either Cyrodiil or the Battlegrounds for Vigor.

The Battlegrounds = you don't even have to win to gain Alliance Points; making it the quickest and easiest way for a young character to buy Vigor. You have to reach Alliance ranking of 6 to get the tools you need from the Alliance skill line:

Vigor (burst healing)

Purge (removes damage over time off you)

War Horn (an Ultimate that boosts all three stats instantly = Health, Magicka, Stamina)

Barrier (an Ultimate that gives you the strongest shield in the game; that will also heal you while it shields you)

Caltrops (an Area of Effect Damage Over Time you can throw down between you and enemies to damage them while they run toward you before the battle begins or if a whole mob is attacking you).


Most of the other Alliance skills only benefit you if you are down in Cyrodiil; but those skills I listed above can help you anywhere; and as soon as you reach Level 6 in the Alliance skill line = you can get all of them.

My Britta is a Dragon Knight Tank; and she uses All of the above skills except the Caltrops; (because she isn't a DPS character; she doesn't need them).

The burst heal of Vigor can pull you from death if you have just enough Stamina in your pool to cast it.

When you are setting up your skill bars; put the healing skills on your back skill bar and your damaging skills on your front skill bar.

That way; if you see your health bar going down in combat = flip to your back bar and heal quickly; use your shield; then flip back to your front bar and go back to damaging.

Another trick for Dragon Knights: Alternate your skills on your skill bars so when you do your rotation in combat you are alternating between Magicka skills and stamina skills; that way both your Magicka and Stamina pools are sustained; and you only have to worry about your health bar.

Green Dragon Blood is a Magicka skill; and Vigor is a Stamina skill. So they can be placed side by side; and if they are a part of your rotation then your health should sustain; but in an emergency you can just flip bars and hit that Vigor to keep from dying.

Also; when you start adding Champion Points; there is a whole tree that will help you with healing and shielding; and that will round Shonta out so he is able to sustain better. He is still a young teenager right now as far as game skills goes.






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 27 2019, 05:47 PM

Thanks about that regarding food and potion being used at the same time, you told me this already, but I forgot, so I never used them alongside.

ATM the Obsidian Shard works better for Shonta than the Dragon Blood or its morph Coagulating Blood - it costs slightly less magicka and restores more of his health, while also dealing some damage to the targeted enemy. The health recovery isn't as important for him right now, because his health pool is low so if he's being hit repeatedly, he can't recover in any case.

One of these days Shonta will return to the Crow's Wood, I wonder if he can now take the Crow's Mother down on his own, because for the first time it was Cincy the Champion of Cyrodiil who helped him. He'll also try out other bosses.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Nov 27 2019, 09:10 PM

Maybe you could enchant one or two of your large pieces of armor with health instead of magicka? (Large pieces = head, chest, legs, and shield if you carry one).

And try eating the bread; it really increases your health pool.

You are doing really good to use those two healing skills; it sounds like you are doing right!

** Are you putting skill points into your passives for those skill lines?



I was wondering if you wanted to go after the Vigor and wanted company in either the Battlegrounds or Cyrodiil. I was going to ask Rader if he wanted to join my new character for the Battlegrounds; maybe the three of us could go together.

I am not going to enhance the group though; I'm terrible at PvP. Fortunately; you don't have to be good at PvP in the Battlegrounds to get your Alliance skill line up; (just have to participate). We could go in as a group; and it would be more fun because we'd know our teammates.

(if you want; and if Rader wants).

Clark would be up for that idea, too.

I'd suggest going to Cyrodiil just for the training. No combat, and gets you up to around rank 3, with a skill point or two thrown in. Then the Battlegrounds to take you up to 5 or 6 in Assault for Vigor, and/or Caltrops. I forget what rank gets you Purge, on the other side, but it's similar. Clark already did that, once he hit level 10, and got the invitation.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Nov 28 2019, 04:05 AM

Oh, that would be Awesome if it was the four of us as a group! (as long as no one minds that I suck at PvP, lol).

Malan has already finished his Siege training and got all those easy skill points too. But if Lopov wants to go; we can bring him down and walk through it with him if he wants; especially since the quest markers are not easy to see down there for anyone not used to doing the training before.






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 28 2019, 04:34 AM

Shonta Quassan returned to the Crow's Wood yesterday. He brought one of the bosses down on his own, shortly afterwards another player invited him into a group and within a few more minutes there were 4 of us in the group. It was a short run through the woods, but we brought all the bosses down together.

Later on Shonta attacked the giant crocodile boss of Shadowfen on his own. So far, this boss has been the easiest of all he encountered. He's extremely slow and when he prepares for a power attack, you have all the time on Tamriel to move out of his way. Shonta brought it down to 60% health, by then another player joined the fight, then it went quicker.



Regarding passives - yes, most of Shonta's passives of his main skills are already maxed out.

I just hit the Champion levels yesterday, so I wouldn't go to Cyrodiil just yet, I want to get a feel of the CP first. I stopped gaming as soon as we reached Lvl 50 because it was already close to midnight and I was too sleepy to explore the new leveling system. Also I haven't been to Cyrodiil or Battlegrouns at all yet. But this isn't the main reason, the main reason is that I have a family around when I'm gaming, so I can't dedicate 100% to gaming only, if someone / something interrupts me, I stop gaming, and these breaks can get unpredictable. This might be a problem if traveling within a group for a long time and if there's combat involved.