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  • September 17, 2015
    I'll take a look at your build. Expect a comment in a few hours
  • September 17, 2015

    Thanks, Curse. Really appreciate it.

  • Member
    September 20, 2015

    Please could you link to it? The search function is absolute pants.

  • Member
    September 20, 2015

    I think maybe deleting it and reposting it in the Workshop might be a good idea Bob. Maybe consider opening with a badass picture of Mephy, there are loads of them. Hell even Lolth might work or a Drow if you're stuck. The guys in the Art Group might get you a screenshot of your character if you ask nicely and credit them in the build.

    As for the build I think the backstory works but it might help to explain it more without going overboard. I mean, many have difficulty understanding why the Dunmer hold those three Daedra in such high regard, especially Mephala considering how undeniably bad she can be. Sex and murder is a tough sell so we need to know why without getting info dumped.

    Next your skills. Rather than just list them why not tell us why they are important. Why Sneak besides it being a seemingly compulsory skill for any build? How does it tie in with a former priest? Illusion is mentioned but again we don't know why. To what use did you put that skill? Was it connected to Mephala and the sex thing, like a seduction? That'd be cool so put it in if that is the case.

    Basically you want people to read your build and be inspired to play it or take elements from it to use in their game. To do this you need to sell the concept and show us how cool it is. That means awesome pictures, it means good lore, it means a strong roleplay element and it means gameplay mechanics beyond "Fus Ro Dah them off a cliff."

    Have a look at Mason's Morag Tong. It's an old build now and the mechanics may be out of date but it still a great classic Forester's Guild example. See how he explains why he chose those skills and what use he put them to in context? That explains why archery for the Morag Tong character compared to No Snakes aLive's Demonhunter are used very differently. If he just listed Archey as a skill, how would the reader know how he used it and what makes the build different.

  • October 11, 2015

    Well I guess if nobody else is offering to help, Ill take a look at it. 

  • Member
    February 11, 2016

    Bump. 

  • Member
    February 12, 2016

    The highlight build is almost a year old..not sure how often they are updating this.  Honestly just saw this section today for the first time.

    There's a lot of issues with the support system like this section that I don't think can be fixed unfortunately. 

  • February 12, 2016

    Her internet has been a bit acting up. Shes working on it. In the mean time what do you mean by problems?

  • Member
    February 12, 2016

    Being that I just found this part of the site today I'll take a gamble and throw my head in the noose...I've released quite a few builds as of late and while I tend to get pretty positive comments...it's more a matter of getting the comments and likes in the first place.  So DB and others in the Workshop will tell you I'm always open to suggestions to improve my builds.  In fact, every single build I've done has gone through the Workshop.  However, there are typically 2-3 people that are regularly active and contribute on that part of the help pages.

    Still, even with my efforts to take advantage of all the help parts here, the vast majority of my builds languish in the 15-18 like category; just hoping to be found one day by a random stranger (thanks to Shin-Jin mostly...) to bring some life breathed back into them.  

    So, as I said I'm very open to see what sucks about my builds and if they are even salvageable or if they are just lost causes doomed to face extinction in a Deathmatch one day in the future.  All my builds are linked to my personal page here.  I look forward to some insight and more importantly, input since that normally seems very lacking even on the "help" pages.

    (and I'll apologize for not finding this before.  I'm still not sure where to find it at to be honest except I bookmarked it earlier.  and if I've posted incorrectly please forgive me and I'll delete or edit my post.)

  • February 12, 2016
    I'll be sure to leave helpful comments in your builds vey soon.