Leveling as a Tank

[Valkyrslayer]

I started playing the Game as a Templar and since I like to play sword & shield classes I started speccing her as a tank and enjoy questing so far. But when I look in Forums for leveling builds everyone just keeps repeating dont level as a Tank level as DPS and respec later. Are theese posts exaggerating or will questing get realy realy slow as tank? As long as it is about the same amount of slower to level as Tank as in other MMOs I am fine with that not in a rush to hit max level.

[brenelael]

You can level as a Tank just fine. If you are going with a pure Stamina Tanking build I would highly recommend picking up 2H as your second weapon however. This will give you some DPS potential as a secondary when you need it. I would also highly recommend becoming a Werewolf as it will help with Stamina while slotted and gives people a heck of a surprise in PvP.

[Drake]

The thing is you don't need to level asa tank, you don't even need to respec. The leveling phase can be done with only 2 skills in your bar (one being an ultimate, any class dps ultimate is fine).

For weapon, armor and class lines you just need to have the skills and/or the equipment equiped to level.
So you just put like 2 pieces of heavy armor, the rest as medium (or light if you're a magicka tank), put points in both lines (you'll need them anyway so it's not wasted) and equip a 2H weapon (or a bow, if you're DK or warden pick a bow) + one damage skill and a shield skill (you won't use it, just just having it in your bar will make the line progress, just switch skills when they get their morphs, you don't need to level the morph until you actually are max level, you jsut need to unlock the morph).

Then you put on skill of each class line.

And that's it, you'll level all the lines you need as tank while still playing a dps build. The best part is that when you get max level you'll have a dps build and a tank build ready, you'll justneed to get 2 sets of gear (one for each) and you're ready.

You could also go the werewolf route, replacing the dps weapon part by the werewolf (don't forget to equip a shield skill and class skills in your werewolf bar to let them advance).

I did it with a magblade just last month, I leveled everything at the same time and I was ready by level 50 to go as healer, tank and dps.

Just remember that you don't need a full bar to kill stuff, most of the time the light and heavy attacks do the job (skills are not that much more powerful that a light attack, they just usually offer some more utility, like aoe or dot or debuff, but the regular light attack is just as deadly against a single target you don't need to roll you head on the keyboard to win).

[V_]

Originally posted by Valkyrslayer:

I started playing the Game as a Templar and since I like to play sword & shield classes I started speccing her as a tank and enjoy questing so far. But when I look in Forums for leveling builds everyone just keeps repeating dont level as a Tank level as DPS and respec later. Are theese posts exaggerating or will questing get realy realy slow as tank? As long as it is about the same amount of slower to level as Tank as in other MMOs I am fine with that not in a rush to hit max level.

I was a tank from the start. Took me roughly 650 hours to reach CP279. A good dps can grind that in 60 or less.

Note that I didn’t just grind and that 500 of those hours were during the vet system when cp160(vet16) was the cap. So it does take significantly longer but assuming you do cyrodil quests, dolmens then you’ll level quickly. If you just play the game like I did then you’re in for a slow leveling.

[Valkyrslayer]

Originally posted by |U|vdero:

Originally posted by Valkyrslayer:

I started playing the Game as a Templar and since I like to play sword & shield classes I started speccing her as a tank and enjoy questing so far. But when I look in Forums for leveling builds everyone just keeps repeating dont level as a Tank level as DPS and respec later. Are theese posts exaggerating or will questing get realy realy slow as tank? As long as it is about the same amount of slower to level as Tank as in other MMOs I am fine with that not in a rush to hit max level.

I was a tank from the start. Took me roughly 650 hours to reach CP279. A good dps can grind that in 60 or less.

Note that I didn’t just grind and that 500 of those hours were during the vet system when cp160(vet16) was the cap. So it does take significantly longer but assuming you do cyrodil quests, dolmens then you’ll level quickly. If you just play the game like I did then you’re in for a slow leveling.

Not sure what you mean by Cyrodil quests and dolmens. The way I am leveling right now is by exploring the world and doing all the quests I find, collecting sky shards and so on. Im used to Tanks leveling a bit slower from other MMOs but the ESO forums make it out like its the worst thing ever to level as tank. As long as I dont hit a brock wall in the future where it takes ages to kill a single enemy for a quest im fine with it taking a bit longer then being a DPS class

[Ficelle]

If by levelling as a tank, you mean levelling as a defensive and sturdy character (tanky as opposed to glass canon), you wont have any problem

You will kill slower, yep
At the same time, you will be far less pressured to avoid damage / heal back / shield / kitte..., which are loss of time (and ressources...) too...
So, in the end, in real combat situation, you arent really that much slower, but are much more safer

You can respe at any time, so feel free to try different playstyles anyway
You cant gimp your character

[Drake]

Originally posted by Valkyrslayer:

Originally posted by |U|vdero:

I was a tank from the start. Took me roughly 650 hours to reach CP279. A good dps can grind that in 60 or less.

Note that I didn’t just grind and that 500 of those hours were during the vet system when cp160(vet16) was the cap. So it does take significantly longer but assuming you do cyrodil quests, dolmens then you’ll level quickly. If you just play the game like I did then you’re in for a slow leveling.

Not sure what you mean by Cyrodil quests and dolmens. The way I am leveling right now is by exploring the world and doing all the quests I find, collecting sky shards and so on. Im used to Tanks leveling a bit slower from other MMOs but the ESO forums make it out like its the worst thing ever to level as tank. As long as I dont hit a brock wall in the future where it takes ages to kill a single enemy for a quest im fine with it taking a bit longer then being a DPS class

Cyrodill quests are the quests you do in cyrodill, the big alliance pvp area. They give a lot of xp, but it'sa pvp area.
Dolmens are the dolmens, they're noted as spirals on the map, it's the places where those big chains appear from the sky. They're fast to clear and reward the same amount as a regular pve quest + you get a chest with items. Repeating dolmens on a map is one of the most effective way to xp, especially when you're alone. At the same time you queue for random dungeons and you get a very fast progression.

Keep in mind that ESO is not a standard theme park mmo. You are not forced to do questsfrom the first region to the last, there is a real sandbox approach. Depending on the situation, leaving quests till you are max level might potentially be a better idea (quest rewards scale with level, so when you're cp160 you get endgame epic stuff that you can actually use and keep, so you don't have to farm them on world bosses or other stuff later).

[Valkyrslayer]

So I googled a bit more and some people advice to level through dungeons , public dungeons, dolmens and collecting skyshards and then do the quests at max level for the usefull quest rewards. So if I understand you correct after I hit max level I should first reach CP160 before doing quests for the best quest rewards?

[Ficelle]

You seem fairly new

Instead of trying to min max your levelling, you should just play and enjoy the game

Do you really want to start this game by first grinding to lvl 50 160 CP ?
Skipping everything...
Sounds like an awful experience for a new player and the best way to bore you to death

It is different for a veteran knowing the game, having done it multiple times, with a bunch of alts, access to money, items, crafts, guilds...

[macchiato]

Originally posted by Valkyrslayer:

I started playing the Game as a Templar and since I like to play sword & shield classes I started speccing her as a tank and enjoy questing so far. But when I look in Forums for leveling builds everyone just keeps repeating dont level as a Tank level as DPS and respec later. Are theese posts exaggerating or will questing get realy realy slow as tank? As long as it is about the same amount of slower to level as Tank as in other MMOs I am fine with that not in a rush to hit max level.

tbh i feel sorry for u, tank is ResidentSleeper

[Valkyrslayer]

Hit level 50 yesterday only leveled as tank and had fun all the way trough. Why do you think Tank is ResidentSleeper?

[Sightless17]

Leveling tanks is easy. Just do random dungeons all the time. Very fast and good experience.