Introduction To Elder Scrolls Online Classes

So, the latest big-name MMO is coming out next week. While The Elder Scolls players have been going nuts for a year over the coming release, a lot of gamers have been content to wait for the release to check out the Elder Scrolls online. After all, who knows what a company known for making great single-player games will do when making the transition to creating an MMO?

So far, it's actually looking pretty good. To give you an idea, here's a look at the Elder Scrolls online classes.

DragonKnight: All classes in ESO have skill lines based on a themes related to the classes description. For the DragonKnight class, whose description says they train in a specialized martial art, the skill lines are based on martial abilities and draconic powers (yes, you can get wings to fly over(or into) the battlefield.) DragonKnights are strongest as tanks or DPS, but they have some healing skills and a few battlefield control abilities.

Templar: Templars get their powers from the heat and light of the sun. They have the only pure healing skill line in ESO, making them ideal as healers, but they also have some good DPS and buffs, so they double as strong DPS fighters. With good skill choices they can also be played as tanks.

Nightblade: For most of the Elder Scrolls online classes, ZeniMax seems to have made an effort to break with MMO traditions. Nightblade, in contrast, is pulled straight from the rogue of fantasy MMOs. Skills focus on stealth, assassinations, sneak attacks, and poison. A well played Nightblade can make a powerful battlefield controller, but they can also hold their own in DPS if they need to. Nightblade are the most popular class in the beta game, and one of the best for solo play.

Sorcerer: Elder Scrolls online classes all have some spell casting abilities. The game doesn't have any real divide between fighters and spell casters (and Sorcerer's can definitely hold their own in melee). What Sorcerer's have that other classes don't is the ability to summon. Sorcerer's skills are built on control of storms and storm spirits. So if you want to be able to summon a storm and plant it in the middle of your enemies, Sorcerer is definitely the class for you. Ditto if you want to be able to fling lightning around like Zeus in a temper. Sorcerers abilities include good DPS and battlefield control. They also have some nice buffs and debuffs that make it possible to play them as tanks if someone wants to.

ESO has a number of differences with most MMOs, one of the biggest as far as classes go is that any Elder Scrolls online class can use any weapons or armor. While Nightblade's get some nice benefits from using light armor, theycan totally use heavy armor if they prefer the extra protection. Similarly, sorcerer's have benefits from using staff weapons, but can use double swords if that fits the players fighting style better.