hi i am trying to figure out a build with my sorc, that requires as few skill points invested as possible while still being somewhat viable, as i want to dump as many of my initial points as possible into crafting!!

right now my plan is a highelf sorc

using destro staff initially and possibly adding restoration staff later, or maybe just have another destro staff setup, i have also thought about bow, in order to get access to a stamina outlet sooner, but in the long run i think i prefer the resto staff

ill likely put most points in health initially since i have no heals, and try to get most of my magicka from enchants and food

i aim to go for 5 pieces of light armor with a heavy briastplate and medium leggings, mainly to get a decent armor bonus(the briastplate has a lot of armor) and also to be getting some slow and steady xp in those 2 armor lines, in case i want to make a build using them later

this is what i have sofar

crystal shard to start leveling up dark magic so i have enough xp in the line when i get to a point where i have skillpoints to spare

mages fury same as above but for stormcalling

unstable familiar same as above but for daedric summoning(and yeah im aware people say the pets svck, but hey ill svck even more!!) with this one i particularly want to get access to powerstone

silver bolt skill from rank 2 fighters guild mainly used as my stamina outlet, and the knockdown on daedric etc is nice

storm atronach for ultimate really not sure if i should go for overload here

this leaves me with 1 slot free and only 5 points invested sofar

for the last slot im thinking either a skill from destro staff to make it gain xp faster, or maybe slotting a skill from resto staff even though i wont be able to use it, just to get some xp in resto, encase i also thought about for a while, but 4,5 secs doesnt seem like a long time, and i dont even think it works on ranged enemies?

i will start to branch out the skills when i feel my crafting is coming along nicely and the same goes for getting the myriad of passives ill want

whats your thoughts is it viable?

or will i simply die again and again because i left myself to weak?

i realize ill svck donkey nuts in pvp untill im well into veteran ranks LOL, but i can live with that if it improves my crafting

atleast i should be able to have decent gear while i level up

edit: oh and are any guilds looking for a sorc to carry through dungeons

Thats the basic build I used on the last beta weekend. It worked ok, but you should consider using some weapon skills or you will be mana starved all the time, even with all magicka skill points and mana food.

yeah i know, ill get the silver bolt around lvl 8 as my stamina outlet

and since i aim to end up with destruction and restoration staff eventually, which both use magicka for weapon skills, getting a weaponskill early would mean no xp in destro/resto and basically a wasted skillpoint when i get the silver bolt, but ill admit that life got a lot easier in the beta once i got my stamina outlet

plan was to simply use basic/power attacks(LMB) when im low on magicka

thx for the input

did they drop the nda?

for weekend beta testers yes