How do you keep sorcerers from getting boring?

[FailedSave]

Question for you sorcerer-runners.
Before the battle, I summon unstable clannfear.
I summon a Twilight Matriarch

During the battle, I cast Crystal Blast over and over.
Once in a while I throw Boundless Storm.
And if I do get hurt, I throw Dark Conversion. (But I don't do that often, since Crystal Blast heals me).

SO, basically, I spend the whole battle hitting my "2" key. Crystal Blast. Again. Again. Again. Stand and watch my Clannfear fight until I get more magic. Hit 2 again. *Yawn*

I was planning on doing an Arcanist since I like the ranged DPS thing. But I've started to move to Arcane Warrior since ranged DPS seems so dull.

I am 37th level. But I can't see any reason to even use my skill points unless I change focus.

It's getting dull, though. I have been running one of my non-mains, just because it is different. (I don't know if it is less dull or just dull in a different way, but then... my Templar is lower level).

Anyway, for those who run sorcerers, how do you keep it interesting? Or am I missing something?

[B〄F Altonator]

If you go summoning sorcerer then you won't be in the action as much. Your pets will be a big part of your combat.
Maybe you would prefer to get in the action more, so try being a storm sorcerer. Or change it up and play a class that gets in the action more, like nightblade.

[Brownstone]

First, crystal blast isn't a spammable. You only use it when the 35% chance procs.

[Spookymancer]

kjhsd_dolph původně napsal:

During the battle, I cast Crystal Blast over and over.

Well there's your problem. You are literally playing wrong. I'm sorry to be blunt, but ESO has lied to you. You cannot, in fact, play whatever you want. There are correct choices and wrong choices when making builds.
Crystal Blast is the wrong choice. Like, really wrong. Go find a temple, and respec to Crystal Fragments right now. No seriously, right now. Crystal Blast is bad and terrible, and Crystal Fragments is used in every magicka sorcerer build.
And what are you doing with your pets? Clannfear and Matriarch? WTF?
Okay. You don't use Clannfear if you're a magicka sorcerer. Clannfears are for stamina users. Drop it and get the exploding scamp instead, or just outright drop it and only use the flying one. The twilight flyer is the better pet, but you've picked the wrong one. The Matriarch is a healing pet for healers, respec and get the dps Tormentor version instead.

[B〄F Altonator]

Spookymancer původně napsal:

kjhsd_dolph původně napsal:

During the battle, I cast Crystal Blast over and over.

Well there's your problem. You are literally playing wrong. I'm sorry to be blunt, but ESO has lied to you. You cannot, in fact, play whatever you want. There are correct choices and wrong choices when making builds.
Crystal Blast is the wrong choice. Like, really wrong. Go find a temple, and respec to Crystal Fragments right now. No seriously, right now. Crystal Blast is bad and terrible, and Crystal Fragments is used in every magicka sorcerer build.
And what are you doing with your pets? Clannfear and Matriarch? WTF?
Okay. You don't use Clannfear if you're a magicka sorcerer. Clannfears are for stamina users. Drop it and get the exploding scamp instead, or just outright drop it and only use the flying one. The twilight flyer is the better pet, but you've picked the wrong one. The Matriarch is a healing pet for healers, respec and get the dps Tormentor version instead.

A clannfear is magicka based. It doesn't convert to a stamina ability. It also provides a fantastic heal that... costs magicka?
The pets for sorcerer work very well to distract the enemy while you cast spells at it. I don't know where i would be without my clannfear.

[Brownstone]

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

Spookymancer původně napsal:

Well there's your problem. You are literally playing wrong. I'm sorry to be blunt, but ESO has lied to you. You cannot, in fact, play whatever you want. There are correct choices and wrong choices when making builds.
Crystal Blast is the wrong choice. Like, really wrong. Go find a temple, and respec to Crystal Fragments right now. No seriously, right now. Crystal Blast is bad and terrible, and Crystal Fragments is used in every magicka sorcerer build.
And what are you doing with your pets? Clannfear and Matriarch? WTF?
Okay. You don't use Clannfear if you're a magicka sorcerer. Clannfears are for stamina users. Drop it and get the exploding scamp instead, or just outright drop it and only use the flying one. The twilight flyer is the better pet, but you've picked the wrong one. The Matriarch is a healing pet for healers, respec and get the dps Tormentor version instead.

A clannfear is magicka based. It doesn't convert to a stamina ability. It also provides a fantastic heal that... costs magicka?
The pets for sorcerer work very well to distract the enemy while you cast spells at it. I don't know where i would be without my clannfear.

Clannfear is the Stamina morph.

[B〄F Altonator]

Mr. Brownstone původně napsal:

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

A clannfear is magicka based. It doesn't convert to a stamina ability. It also provides a fantastic heal that... costs magicka?
The pets for sorcerer work very well to distract the enemy while you cast spells at it. I don't know where i would be without my clannfear.

Clannfear is the Stamina morph.

What? Last time i checked a clannfear costs magicka to summon and magicka to use its healing ability.

[Brownstone]

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

Mr. Brownstone původně napsal:

Clannfear is the Stamina morph.

What? Last time i checked a clannfear costs magicka to summon and magicka to use its healing ability.

But the stats scale from max stamina (and other stamina stats like crit) so it's the stamina morph. I guess it costs magicka yes.

[watchdog79]

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

Mr. Brownstone původně napsal:

Clannfear is the Stamina morph.

What? Last time i checked a clannfear costs magicka to summon and magicka to use its healing ability.

It uses your Maximum Stamina to count its damage.

Seriously, that thing is for Stamina Sorcerers, it just uses your secondary resource to be summoned and to heal, leaving your primary resource for you to fight.

[B〄F Altonator]

watchdog79 původně napsal:

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

What? Last time i checked a clannfear costs magicka to summon and magicka to use its healing ability.

It uses your Maximum Stamina to count its damage.

Seriously, that thing is for Stamina Sorcerers, it just uses your secondary resource to be summoned and to heal, leaving your primary resource for you to fight.

Well i find it to be very useful for healing my magicka sorcerer. One of the best self heals for the sorcerer. Combined with the matriarch it provides a lot of survivability. Your dps can come from other sources.

[FailedSave]

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

Spookymancer původně napsal:

The pets for sorcerer work very well to distract the enemy while you cast spells at it. I don't know where i would be without my clannfear.

This.
Without the pets, my sorc just gets mobbed.
Dark Conversion is stamina and I use it sometimes.
Clannfear does cost Magica to cast. And I never really use the healing ability. I just use it to block, which seems very effective.

[JimPappa]

kjhsd_dolph původně napsal:

During the battle, I cast Crystal Blast over and over.
Once in a while I throw Boundless Storm.
And if I do get hurt, I throw Dark Conversion. (But I don't do that often, since Crystal Blast heals me).

What sort of battles are we talking about? Overland mobs? group dungeons? Because overland combat can get boring regardless of your class (unless you're fighting a world boss). And crystal blast does not heal?

kjhsd_dolph původně napsal:

Anyway, for those who run sorcerers, how do you keep it interesting? Or am I missing something?

What is it exactly that you find boring? If it is because pets take away the danger from you, don't use pets. Critical surge will keep you alive in combat. (tho at low level you may not have enough crit chance to see how OP that heal is)

Use the crystal fragments morph like others suggested. You can spam a different magicka attack skill and fire the fragments when it procs.

Also try using Daedric mines. I find it very amusing to use.

[Brownstone]

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

watchdog79 původně napsal:

It uses your Maximum Stamina to count its damage.

Seriously, that thing is for Stamina Sorcerers, it just uses your secondary resource to be summoned and to heal, leaving your primary resource for you to fight.

Well i find it to be very useful for healing my magicka sorcerer. One of the best self heals for the sorcerer. Combined with the matriarch it provides a lot of survivability. Your dps can come from other sources.

Matriarch heal is more than enough if you really need any healing other than Critical Surge. Clannfear heal is weak unless you're a tank because it heals for a percentage.

Afaik Clannfear heals for one-third of your health while Matriarch heals for around 8-10k. So if you're a dd with 15-20k hp you're better off with Matriarch. Also your offensive stats increase it's tooltip.

Tanks have low offensive stats so Matriarch heal is weak for them but they have around 30-40k hp so a percentage based heal works better, like Clannfear.

[B〄F Altonator]

Mr. Brownstone původně napsal:

B〄F Altonator původně napsal:

Well i find it to be very useful for healing my magicka sorcerer. One of the best self heals for the sorcerer. Combined with the matriarch it provides a lot of survivability. Your dps can come from other sources.

Matriarch heal is more than enough if you really need any healing other than Critical Surge. Clannfear heal is weak unless you're a tank because it heals for a percentage.

Afaik Clannfear heals for one-third of your health while Matriarch heals for around 8-10k. So if you're a dd with 15-20k hp you're better off with Matriarch. Also your offensive stats increase it's tooltip.

Tanks have low offensive stats so Matriarch heal is weak for them but they have around 30-40k hp so a percentage based heal works better, like Clannfear.

I just checked and my clannfear heals me for 7k matriarch for just over 7k. So it's pretty much the same. Maybe i have slightly higher health than most sorcerers idk.
However the volatile familiar offers no healing at all and if your matriarch is killed then you have to resummon it.
Also when i switch to my backup bar my matriarch is unsummoned to give me magicka while the clannfear remains active. The clannfear may do more damage for stamina users but to be honest a lot of your damage will come from yourself. I use pets merely as a distraction to keep the enemy preoccupied.

Plus the clannfear can heal itself to stay in the fight, i don't think a familiar can do that.
Means longer distraction.

[Brownstone]

If your Matriarch doesn't outperform your Clannfear then you have more than 20k hp which is nonsense for PvE in this game unless you're a tank and also you have low offensive stats because with decent magicka and spell damage, Matriarch heals for like 10k+

Also, using a pet on single bar? :D

[Brownstone]

Oh wait, nevermind. I just realized that I'm talking to the "team tank" guy huehue