If you pre-order. How that works out for the future when people who didn't pre-order are all locked in to certain races on certain factions and some of those races are almost required for certain roles because of their racial.
Solid, specific criticism. Remember Jedi Academy? Remember the way that animations were tuned such that whatever combat move was used, it made a seamless transition from the last frame of whatever was playing previously? I do. I remember how it made combat feel natural and made me feel like my character was a badass. I remember conversations about how MMOs could do that in such a way that new animations are unlocked with moves slotted to keys rather than hotbar, so that character combat styles *look like* they match the character's skill. Start off swinging a sword like a Minecraft pickaxe, end up Bruce Lee.
Does the soft cap depend upon level? If not, then it is a pretty damn big advantage to hit it early.
I'm looking at a Dark Magic based sorc with dual wield and Overload for an ult. Crystal Blast, Restraining Prison,Daedric Tomb, Ball of Lightning, Ember Explosion and Energy Overload. Lots of CC, but since the context of damage numbers is meaningless to me, I have no idea if there is no damage in that build.
Dont forget you can swap to a second weapon set at will which provides an additional Ultimate and 5 abilities to use.
Go Dark Elf for the Dual Wield racial bonus!
All races can be played on any alliance though so that doesn't apply here. The only one is Imperial, and that is going to be an unlock anyway.
Hitting the cap early is meaningless at max level.
Am I mistaken in believing that the Dark-Elf dual wield bonus effects Skill Experience gain only?
Bow Sniping from sneak with surge active here would be pretty godly.
You're not mistaken, and there is a trait for weapons and armor that does the same thing at different percentages (depending on the quality of the item). I'm pretty sure that these stack.