ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

davidtk wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Following up on this, we have followed up on the West Weald Treasure Map Leads. Last time we looked into this on our end, they were actively dropping. We have seen this happen and have tested on the live server and the leads are dropping. However, we will take this back to the team to look at again.

And what is the drop rate from it?
How many West Weald maps you must have for lead drops?
My wife is angry about it and I don't remember when I got lead from that damned West Weald.
So, leads are bugged at all or they are bugged for some accounts.

We'll ask the team to check again. Just noting that each time we ran our testing on the live servers, we had testers get it withing a few hours at most. But we'll touch base with the team for additional review.

To be fair, listing test time in hours doesn't provide all that much information. The issue here seems to be the number of maps required in order to complete a codex and then to farm more furnishings afterward. Testing and relaying the number of maps per lead would be more informative, though it is understandable if that info is not something you're able to share.

As a point of data, I spent well over 600 maps to complete my Telvanni map lead codex. If this is working as 8ntended, I would highly recommend you reevaluate that ratio as it feels incredibly prohibitve to collectors.

Destai wrote: »

I appreciate you guys organizing this; hope more things like this happen!

I still feel like the feedback of "we want more concrete details" isn't being heard. Maybe it is, and things are underway, who knows. But, it really does feel like most of the responses were vague. I don't want you guys to feel like you can't win, but that's something that really needs to be improved on.

Susan had a good post where it sounds like there's more people being hired/assigned to talk with us, so that's one great concrete insight.

First, thank you for praticipating in the AMA/AUA. Susan noted that you had some great questions and wished she could answer everything right now. But hopes to be able to answer everything more thoroughly later once we have more plans shared for next year.

I do want to hit on the concrete details part. We are trying to provide everything we can at the moment. Some of this stuff is still in flight, so there isn't concrete information to give quite yet. For example, I believe Susan answered a questions about logistics of crossplay and what we are thinking, but it is actively being worked on and will be a lengthy process. So that is why she noted we are a long ways out. If we described what we have now as concrete and things changes later, then we are setting everyone up for disappointment. So we are trying to be careful with things that are in active but not concrete development.

However, we are trying to provide all the information we have at the moment. Which is why we touched on things like crossplay, overland difficulty, character writing/development and general balance.

We will have more of these planned, in addition to finishing off the PvP Q&A (I noted that above) and having additional surveys to get more feedback on changes we are making and additions to the game.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

davidtk wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Following up on this, we have followed up on the West Weald Treasure Map Leads. Last time we looked into this on our end, they were actively dropping. We have seen this happen and have tested on the live server and the leads are dropping. However, we will take this back to the team to look at again.

And what is the drop rate from it?
How many West Weald maps you must have for lead drops?
My wife is angry about it and I don't remember when I got lead from that damned West Weald.
So, leads are bugged at all or they are bugged for some accounts.

We'll ask the team to check again. Just noting that each time we ran our testing on the live servers, we had testers get it withing a few hours at most. But we'll touch base with the team for additional review.

Please, when you will check again, remember that the first lead is dropping easy. Starting from the second onward, they are impossible to drop... just one after 100 treasure maps.
Codexes are mainly made up of 3 leads, but only the first is pretty easy. The gap between the first and the second is huge.

Iriidius wrote: »

For some reason everyone supporting Vengeance and equal stats is expected to prove he plays and succeeds in opposed GH/BR/RW with unequal stat as much as those liking it who will quit as soon as Vengeance becomes permanent even as option.

And even those who do are called pver, hypocritical or unloyal to PvP playerbase

Since Vengeance testing has begun, the split in the pvp community grows wider every day. There is no such thing anymore as a “causal pvper”. There are only the real pvpers (pvp main since beta) and a crowd of pveers who hate pvp (players who see Vengeance’s potential). At best, we are qualified as pvp tourists. And only the real true pvp mains have the right to suggest anything about pvp (and only against Vengeance, otherwise they are sabotaging).

This is ridiculous. By dismissing entirely newer players perspectives and insights, real true pvp mains are killing their own mode by not solving the exodus of players and not allowing newcomers either. And then the only clue they come up with is that it is all zos’ fault, while in an MMO, players’ attitudes are vital too.

This approach reinforces my view that there is no place for players like me in the vet Cyro. I’m a pve main but I’ve lost all interest in pve since I got sucked into pvp. I was still learning and not ready for vet yet, and now there’s nowhere for me to l2p.

If there’s only vet available, how newer players are supposed to progress? Full blown proc-hell and ballgroup fest is an extremely unfriendly environment for learners. If there is no place to progress then some players stop playing entirely and the pvp mode, which is unique in ESO, is slowly agonizing without fresh blood.

I agree but I want to take it one step further,

Daily BG shouldn't give any experience bonus either in my opinion. So mant people who just use BG as a "2nd random normal" for the exp bonus when leveling a new character or skill with zero intentions to PvP. It's griefing and should be treated as such when you constantly feed and make the BG a miserable experience for your team. Instead of bonus experience the first daily BG win should reward with a bonus amount of AP instead.

That actually could be done easily. Just make the same cooldown as with doors.

You can go through a door even in combat. But not if you have been recently hit. It takes a moment after your last hit and then you can interact with the door.

Same could go for mounting. After the last hit, same cooldown as with doors -- when you can interact with a door, you can also mount.

And they wouldn't even need to make this separate in Cyro. You still can't escape by mounting because the enemy is actively hitting you. But when you are travelling between keeps with the combat bug, you could still, after a while, mount even when in combat.

Looks like a lot of the questions I was actually interested in seeing answers to got ignored. One person asked what’s the end goal of hybridization, scribing, subclassing, etc. it was a pretty upvoted question that’s totally fair to ask.

I’d love to know what the end goal for ESO’s combat is. Can we get an answer?

Destai wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Kevin. I can appreciate where you're coming from; managing community sentiment is challenging at best. So I completely understand that you don't want to say you're baking a cake if you're just going to the store to get flour.

Things like crossplay and overland difficulty - I get it, those are a way off. One of the areas that could use more details is the overall direction of combat. Like what changes are slotted to be made, what pieces want to be fixed. We've talked a few times about roadmaps - that's a big area where having one would be great.

Credit where it's due though - this year's had much better communication and it's noticed and appreciated. It seems like the new leadership is eager to continue that growth.

The leadership team is eager to get more communication going. They also know we need to get a few more things locked in so that the conversation is more meaningful. But this was to help answer what we can now. And reinforce that they want to have a communicative relationship with you, the players.

As others have noted, they are tired of giving feedback and want to see action. Leadership is there too. They want to show you everything we have been working on, but want to make sure that information is solid and not changing drastically. We don't want to mislead anyone or have anyone feel that way.

Just touching on the combat bit. There is a roadmap currently in the works so that we can give everyone the attention it deserves when talking about future changes and general philosophy going forward. It isn't ready quite yet, but it should outline the overall plan to address several core combat initiatives to create a better play experience. We've had smaller adjustments already happen this year, like the heavy attack animation work or the dodge roll work in our last update. But we have more to share. However, that is for Wheeler and his team to share once that roadmap is finished and approved. Again, one of those things that we are getting all of our ducks in a row first.

This year has been one of transition as we noted in the end of year letter last year, so a lot of these things you won't see in game until next year. But between now and early next year, we are trying to share as much as we can with things we know are concrete. You should hear a bit more at the livestream on Thursday. And we plan to have a few more streams this year with more opportunities to chat about other items we are working on.

In 1,086 writs done (that could drop surveys) on PC/NA after 11.1.6 patch (where they fixed the bugged clothing and woodworking surveys), across 3 accounts, I've gotten 132 surveys. For an average drop rate of 12.2%

181 writs done of each type.

1. 31 Alchemy, 17.1%
2. 19 Blacksmithing 10.5%
3. 20 Clothing 11.0%
4. 18 Enchanting 9.9%
5. 25 Woodworking 13.8%
6. 19 Jewelry 10.5%

All 6 are within 2 standard deviations of expected drop rate of 12.5%, and thus there is no statistically significant evidence that drop rates have deviated from 12.5%

If you're on Console, disregard, there is a known bug that would reduce your rate by 1/3rd since Clothing and Woodworking are bugged

Never done a BG, never will. And I almost always manage to get 3/3 endeavors.