Five skills.

[Redeyeflight]

Only five skills? Even with interface mods. Still can only slot five.

I guess they did this to make sure stupid people would have a chance.

Folks of average intelect or higher are going to be bored out of their minds in four hours or less.

Five skills. I always figured interface mods or levels would open up more active skills.

No, switching weapons does not count.

Whoever suggested this five skills ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ probably tanked your game.

[Greenegg]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ulvr:

If you don't like it, you can just go back to wow.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Havel:

Agree with above, always comparing to WoW. If players love it so much , they shouldn't look for it elsewhere, or every game would be exactly the same.

i dont think anyone compared it to wow, plenty of other games have action bars also, no need to get so defensive and think people are comparing this game to wow.

[Adam Regius]

Just because console doesn't have enough button for 10 abilities on one bar. (Why 5x2, why not 10x1 ?)

[Seekyr]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Peasant:

Agree with above, always comparing to WoW. If players love it so much , they shouldn't look for it elsewhere, or every game would be exactly the same.

Ha! I tried WoW and didn't like it AT ALL compared to ESO. I guess different people like different aspects of a game. For me, the artwork and music is a major factor. Of course gameplay is important, but I'm such a noob that I'm not good enough to be very discriminating yet, so I can't argue OP's point one way or the other, except on point of it sounding a bit . . . well, arrogant.

[Trigger]

WOW funny cartoon game with million of skills to fill your hub with.

[Met A Demon Once]

I have never needed more than 5 plus Ultimate. Every so often I switch one out for another but in actuality 5 plus Ultimate is enough. Even with the 5 I find I only use 2 and the Ultimate 90% of the time. #1 cause damage, #2 grab you from a distance and pull you close so I can cause more damage, and finally Ultimate when I need more damage.

My play style is simple. Get in your face and pound till you are a puddle at my feet. No elegance required.

[microwave my skull]

im fine with the system, it makes it pretty simple and makes me have to think about which skills are worth slotting

[watchdog79]

I have been playing Age of Conan since 2008, quite casually, mind you. Apart from having to wrap my mind around ESO's absolutely different combat system and having to constantly remind myself that this is not Sparta, I mean Skyrim, I have to admit that I may have gotten a bit spoilt by the AoC's moddable action bars with dozens of slots for many skills and combos, making my recent transition to ESO a bit harder than I expected.

It took me a while to understand the principle of slotting and the need for a careful choice. I actually like the system, even if I still struggle with the choices and with my own fingers sometimes pressing a wrong button after I switch the skill bars, but hey, nobody was born a veteran, right?

[Gaindalf the Whey]

@Redeyeflight go to a target skeleton and get 45k DPS with a perfect rotation, weave and sustain with your 2 bars and then you can talk. Suddenly you’ll realise that having 5 skills on a bar isn’t for lower intellect people, and unlike WoW where you just press skills, you actually need to train and become a better player...

[Adam Regius]

5 slots is NOT ok with me. Press "weapon swap" and the bar switch is too slow for my hand. Why don't we have both is 10x2 bar? You can rotation like a pro if you want, or play with your perfect skills build bar and won't need to press one more useless button ?
Even Skyrim have 10 quickslot for spells and stuffs, lol.

[sax5thave]

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”
― Anton Chekhov

To adapt that to this discussion.

"Maximizing character potential with fewer skills takes talent"
-- Me

[brenelael]

If you want a screen full of Skill Bars World of Warcraft is that way ====>

As for ESO 5 Skills, 1 Ult and 1 Item slots is plenty. It's part of the design of the game and if you don't like it don't play.

[Drezar]

they only give 5 slots and 1 ult because you need to really think about your build... not just spam one of the 40 abilities on your bar like in WOW... only having 5 skills actually makes it more skill based because you need to strategically slot your abilities depending on the situation.

[Adam Regius]

Always "Really think carefully about your build" -so when we give points on abilities, we don't think about that? When we morph abilities, we don't think about that ? Just give us one bar 10 (at least 7-8) slots and you can keep playing with your 6x2 bar "skillfully". Maybe you just using 2-3 abilities each bar and think that's enough. Even the abilities bar swapping animation/effect is slow for me. And about people spam one of dozens abilities huh ? Yeah people now spamming one of five abilities right now. More slot does not mean infinity mana/stamina.

[brenelael]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Stormherald:

5 slots is NOT ok with me. Press "weapon swap" and the bar switch is too slow for my hand. Why don't we have both is 10x2 bar? You can rotation like a pro if you want, or play with your perfect skills build bar and won't need to press one more useless button ?
Even Skyrim have 10 quickslot for spells and stuffs, lol.

I have the Weapon Swap mapped to a button on my mouse. It literally takes me about 1/10 of a second to switch. It's not that hard.

[Redeyeflight]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von sax5thave:

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”
― Anton Chekhov

To adapt that to this discussion.

"Maximizing character potential with fewer skills takes talent"
-- Me

"A linear equation with one operator and no variables is easy compared to a quadratic equation with twelve operaters and no constants that relies on a logarithmic function to ballance."
- The Universe.

The premise of your argumet is that a simple task takes more skill than a complex task.

The Univerise, Math, Logic, and every ounce of Common Sense mankind has ever collected seem to disagree.