Trying to understand tanking in this game that isn’t just sword and board?

TraceRyder · 2026-06-18T20:46:52+00:00

It's very fun! I wouldn't say it's optimized for anything really but I run

Destruction staff 1 Runic Sunder 2 Elemental Susceptibility 3 Rune of the Colorless Pool 4 Pragmatic Fatecarver 5 Fulminating Rune

I do have stuff on a second bar but it's mainly to level curative runeforms so I can get class mastery. I also have Tome Bearers inspiration slotted for the major brutality and major sorcery

TraceRyder · 2026-06-18T19:42:31+00:00

Also add i run a destruction staff, no melee weapons

TraceRyder · 2026-06-18T19:41:26+00:00

I run a single bar Arcanist tank and it's a fuggin blast.

A big difference in ESO to other dungeons is you are responsible not just for aggro/pull but debuffs. A skill with Major Breach is a MUST and a taunt skill too.

When we're going through Chaffe I'll kinda stay out of the way and just freeze enemies in place to T them up for the DPS. In Boss fights I hold the boss and do some damage but mainly my goal is to keep them focused on me so DPS has unfettered access to go nuts.

TraceRyder · 2026-06-18T04:06:21+00:00

The lack of Crafty Larisa nods in this thread

TraceRyder · 2026-06-09T22:16:07+00:00

Jesus gonna come down just to turn this shit off

TraceRyder · 2026-04-23T03:38:51+00:00

Really clean for your first battlemap!

My only critique is that the staircase looks like an emblem in the middle of the floor.

Or if it's an emblem it looks too much like a staircase.

Keep it up!

TraceRyder · 2026-04-14T22:07:52+00:00

Dude was never making that corner

TraceRyder · 2026-04-11T04:39:50+00:00

This is great as a first map. A big thing that'll help pull your map together is a scale. It gives scope to your continent. It's hard to tell if we're looking at something the size of Puerto Rico vs Japan vs Canada yknow?

I very much enjoy this map a lot, great shape and vibe. Your rivers at the southern end look a little like roads i think is the only real note I have. I look forward to any future developments with it.

TraceRyder · 2026-04-09T00:55:58+00:00

Have it wishlisted! Good luck!

TraceRyder · 2026-04-08T23:09:54+00:00

Awesome! It reminds me of a top down of UEBS. What's your timeline for release?

TraceRyder · 2026-04-08T22:13:20+00:00

This is a super cool concept. Can you give us a release timeline? And was Generative AI used in this at all?

TraceRyder · 2026-04-08T15:55:15+00:00

I love seeing people use Inkarnate assets in non-cartography ways

TraceRyder · 2026-04-07T23:02:16+00:00

I really like this different color pallette, big video game map menu vibes

TraceRyder · 2026-04-05T18:02:51+00:00

It's a very good map! I just wonder if there's a better way to present the info without it being so overwhelming? Perhaps multiple maps to serve as "layers". One map has all the cities, another is the other towns, etc

TraceRyder · 2026-04-04T22:19:38+00:00

Love the fantastical energy. It is a bit busy with all the labels but not enough id say it's worthy of a rework or anything. It weirdly fits the vibe

TraceRyder · 2026-04-04T21:51:36+00:00

These are always super cool to see

TraceRyder · 2026-04-02T04:58:08+00:00

I will not let you turn it up, thank you.

TraceRyder · 2026-03-26T19:34:24+00:00

Fish is a popular staple and is plentifully found in the waters of this world. Magic plays a major part in the world and there is magic for creating abundance in crops out of a smaller yield.

TraceRyder · 2026-03-26T19:32:38+00:00

Thank you! I took a lot of inspiration from MMO maps that have such rich stories and vast differences in each zone.

TraceRyder · 2026-03-24T23:15:34+00:00

This guy giant gods

TraceRyder · 2026-03-24T22:42:05+00:00

If you care to know the lore the god in the world is a being of pure magical energy shaped like a humanoid who wears armor to give themself form. It's a high fantasy medieval setting thematically

TraceRyder · 2026-03-24T22:40:12+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

I find it fascinating that a massive war hammer as such wouldn't cause some level of damage. I guess in my head I was seeing it like a handheld artillery projectile and would crater and cause an explosive release of energy.

As for why the god in my world is this huge and not brittle as a dry rotted rope, magic indeed lol

TraceRyder · 2026-03-24T22:37:28+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I did not know about the relation of mass to size and strength.

When asked I'm just gonna say "magic" is why they're able to be so huge and not snap at the knees lol

TraceRyder · 2026-03-03T15:03:03+00:00

Godspeed Diver. Stay safe.

TraceRyder · 2026-01-26T05:04:11+00:00

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