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Aw: How is DPS this low on CP 500+ toons?
I'm one who think more effort needs to be done to lift DPS, because it's for the most part atrocious.
And if 80% of PUGS is super low damage that's not only the fault of noobs but it's also on ZoS to better teach their mechanics and for the community to help teach players.
When we have to analyze normal DPS we have to be fair in our assesment.
OP made it clear we're talking about Normal dungeons.
"Several times, while doing my random normal dungeons"
For people below CP160 you can't expect any sort of gear at all, since they haven't hit armor cap they'll just wear whatever trash they find and slap together.
Also you can't compare a meta CP 810 with CP500 who doesn't know what he's doing and you definitely can't compare it with a level 45 with no CP points.
If people really want to see what they're doing on a dummy put yourself into a "newbie doing normal dungeon's" situation:
-Wear some random armor pieces that doesn't give full 5 piece bonus
-Use random sub-uptimal traits, don't add new glyphs to it
-Remove your CP points
-Don't use pets for your passive DOTs (half the classes don't have access to pets to do their damage for them)
-Don't use monster helmet (It's normal dungeons afterall we're talking about)
The above are all crutches and doesn't define skills (knowledge of skills, buffs, applying DOTS, spammable, weaving)
What numbers can you pull here standing still doing heavy attacks? 3k? That would be my guess. Maybe less.
If PUG players was taught much better how to do damage my random normals wouldn't be sitting at 10k group.
Even DD players with no CP/bad gear/no monster helmet can pull 10k by their own if they applied DOTS with their spammable. If they used food and weaving they might even pull 15k. CP810 players forget how much help they get from their CP, armor and monster helmets and it's a luxuary noobs don't have.
In conclusion the average player really need much more knowledge but don't ever compare uptimal CP810 with low level/CP noobs. The "I can do 20k just applying dots and light attacks" is a really misleading argument.
And if 80% of PUGS is super low damage that's not only the fault of noobs but it's also on ZoS to better teach their mechanics and for the community to help teach players.
When we have to analyze normal DPS we have to be fair in our assesment.
OP made it clear we're talking about Normal dungeons.
"Several times, while doing my random normal dungeons"
For people below CP160 you can't expect any sort of gear at all, since they haven't hit armor cap they'll just wear whatever trash they find and slap together.
Also you can't compare a meta CP 810 with CP500 who doesn't know what he's doing and you definitely can't compare it with a level 45 with no CP points.
If people really want to see what they're doing on a dummy put yourself into a "newbie doing normal dungeon's" situation:
-Wear some random armor pieces that doesn't give full 5 piece bonus
-Use random sub-uptimal traits, don't add new glyphs to it
-Remove your CP points
-Don't use pets for your passive DOTs (half the classes don't have access to pets to do their damage for them)
-Don't use monster helmet (It's normal dungeons afterall we're talking about)
The above are all crutches and doesn't define skills (knowledge of skills, buffs, applying DOTS, spammable, weaving)
What numbers can you pull here standing still doing heavy attacks? 3k? That would be my guess. Maybe less.
If PUG players was taught much better how to do damage my random normals wouldn't be sitting at 10k group.
Even DD players with no CP/bad gear/no monster helmet can pull 10k by their own if they applied DOTS with their spammable. If they used food and weaving they might even pull 15k. CP810 players forget how much help they get from their CP, armor and monster helmets and it's a luxuary noobs don't have.
In conclusion the average player really need much more knowledge but don't ever compare uptimal CP810 with low level/CP noobs. The "I can do 20k just applying dots and light attacks" is a really misleading argument.
Aw: Western Skyrim: Now a dead zone?
CaffeinatedMayhem schrieb: »
I've had plenty of cases where I've asked multiple times in zone chat where the active storm is, only to be met with silence. So while I'm porting around trying to find it myself, I'll spot it in the distance and start riding (or running, on my alts that had Rapids taken away from them by ZOS) in that direction only to see the sky clear and a group of players riding towards me at the wayshrine.
So I wait 15 - 20 seconds after they have all ported away, and ask again in zone chat where the storm is. Surely they're still en route and not too busy to answer, right? Wrong. I'll start porting around again, find the storm, and get there to find the same folks have almost finished off the current storm. If I'm lucky, I can get in a couple hits and get credit, but often times I arrive too late.
While contemplating all this, it occurred to me why a coordinated group has no interest in telling folks where the storm is. It's quite likely that they might think that I (or any other random person in the zone) would be the guy who doesn't know the mechanics, and they don't want some clueless person running packs of trash around, training shrikes to their location, whacking on the wrong pike and spawning extra bosses, killing their stunned ghosts, or what have you.
In the same way that some PUG dungeon groups are hampered by the play of certain individuals, the overland version of a mechanic-ized dungeon (the harrowstorm) can also be made more difficult than it has to be. The only difference is that there's no vote kick available at these public events, so you're stuck with whoever shows up.
Like this it works:
travel between these 3 shrines:
giants coast
northern watch
southern watch (from here you see chillblain, old karth and black morass)
If you see no storm from one of these, it is currently hailstone valley, so travel to the Morthal wayshrine.
Now, if you just started, do NOT ride yet to the current storm, as it might end already in some seconds.
Instead, wait until it collapses, then do the 3 wayshrine tour again. And NOW ride to the currently active storm, as this time it just started so you can reach it even without rapids.
From this point on, repeat the tour, you now are in sync with the respawns and should no longer miss one.
Aw: Dark Passions Regalia Flap
Well, lets face it, without the frontflap half the playerbase would zoom in to see if those hotpants are as tight as they look. Purely out of of an interest for tailoring of course.
I don't think it would be a half of player base... But even if they are, so what? It's 18+ game... If someone wants one may run around without any clothes at all.
Also, we have shorts in game. Like the one from Zero Legion (from IC) or Agronian, for example. You can put them on without that flap.
If there was a half of player base zooming zero legion pants I have missed the result...
Aw: Fengrush was 100% wrong about the cross healing being one of the contributors to lag in Cyrodiil
Our only hope now is for Microsoft to fix this lag...
MS will not micromanage ESO or any other product. By every indication we can see, ESO has been growing every year even before this COVID mess. If revenue growth is even just half of that MS will not want to rock that cash cow for such a small part of the game.
actually according to steam charts (small % true) greymoor saw no player spike, and in fact only saw a decrease of players that had built up before its launch.
i felt like greymoor kind of flopped, but the numbers back it up. kinda disappointing.
Aw: Aaa'rigt, so this is where I think this belongs (screenshots in forums)
There is a weird workaround that illustrates why we should be able to upload in all forums.
1. Open a draft new discussion in a forum where you can upload images.
2. Upload your image. This will produce an image URL through the forums.
3. Copy-paste that image URL to the thread/reply where you can't upload images. Save, but don't post your draft discussion.
That should give you the uploaded image, like so:
(If you need to see what the uploader image URL looks like with the BBCode, you can see it in the text editor if you quote this post.)
1. Open a draft new discussion in a forum where you can upload images.
2. Upload your image. This will produce an image URL through the forums.
3. Copy-paste that image URL to the thread/reply where you can't upload images. Save, but don't post your draft discussion.
That should give you the uploaded image, like so:
(If you need to see what the uploader image URL looks like with the BBCode, you can see it in the text editor if you quote this post.)
Aw: Western Skyrim: Now a dead zone?
gatekeeper13 schrieb: »ZOS has added Dragons and Harrowstorms which are almost impossible to solo and a pain to complete without enough people but rewards are total trash. It doesn't make any sense. Why not add sth rewarding that will lure people into farming them? Why not make them drop e.g. an account bound special weapon or armor set with a very low drop rate, like those we get in Arenas? I think sth like that would make people really motivated to go back to farming them.
Most of the time Harrowstorms and Dragons are dead areas. Yesterday I visited N.Elsweyr to farm the lunar phases lead and there were 3 Dragons spawned and 0 battles taking place. And when a battle finally started, we were 4 people against the dragon.
Rather than thinking in terms of specific items and/or gear, maybe the better option is Currency. Farm Dragons/Storms for telvar or AP or some new currency to be able to buy stuff from a vendor. Maybe the PvE player would have more interest in joining in PvP IF they could get access to PvP gear First - just to be competitive.
IMHO
Aw: 1vX - How? (PvP)
Ectheliontnacil schrieb: »
Alright. But to be fair, solo playing is one of the most frustrating experiences in pvp. You often need to ride long distances to chase fights and most of the time you just end up getting zerged... So try to empathize with those players.
Solo PvP does not equate to RunvX.
Solo play is frustrating, but only if zergs make 90 degree turns to run you over. Chasing battles isn’t difficult once you know how. Same for soloing resources, 1v1s, repping walls, placing your own siege. That is solo pvp.
Run v Xers are just there to waste your time. Once they start running around a rock/tower I ride away. I can retake that resource once they get bored and go looking for AP to cheese.
Aw: 1vX - How? (PvP)
1vX are using very specific builds, designed to buff their defense and survivability. There are sets which drastically increase offensive capabilities, after taking damage for a period, and that is one of the ways they can also deal damage.
The skill use within the build is also vital, these folks are using specific skills, in specific situations, that keep them alive or offer huge burst damage in combination with the sets I eluded to earlier.
Also, speed buffs with line of sight mechanic exploitation. You may think 6 people are doing damage to them the reality is its probably less cos they are line of sighting, dodging, blocking etc.
Frankly I find the 1vX playstyle deeply boring for anything more than a short spell. I also find it quite immersion breaking, cos 1 player running around a stone for 10 mins chassed by 6 or more people who cant kill them, is just silly. But each to their own.
I like to break those up
A nice bow gank followed by bow ulti, executed in quick succession, at a point when the 1vXer drops lower on health, as they do periodically before regaining quickly... but you time it right, its good bye 1vXer and its incredibly satisfying
The skill use within the build is also vital, these folks are using specific skills, in specific situations, that keep them alive or offer huge burst damage in combination with the sets I eluded to earlier.
Also, speed buffs with line of sight mechanic exploitation. You may think 6 people are doing damage to them the reality is its probably less cos they are line of sighting, dodging, blocking etc.
Frankly I find the 1vX playstyle deeply boring for anything more than a short spell. I also find it quite immersion breaking, cos 1 player running around a stone for 10 mins chassed by 6 or more people who cant kill them, is just silly. But each to their own.
I like to break those up
A nice bow gank followed by bow ulti, executed in quick succession, at a point when the 1vXer drops lower on health, as they do periodically before regaining quickly... but you time it right, its good bye 1vXer and its incredibly satisfying 
Aw: 1vX - How? (PvP)
I will recite something I said during the IC event when threads where made complaining about 1 v xers.
"No one accuses the Irish farmer of exploiting as he farms potatoes. Can the farmer farm 10 potatoes? Yes, he is a potato farmer and has learnt all there is to know about farming potatoes!
Can the potatoes farm the farmer? No they are potatoes. Can a farmer farm a farmer? Maybe, how about 2 farmers? Most likely!
The moral of the story is it's better to bring a potato farmer to a potato farming event and don't be upset if you are potato being farmed at a potato farming event."
Most the time you are killing people far less skilled than yourself. These are easily found in a pug and even more so in an event.
To add to what others have said, I have found it is largely controlling the fight and most importantly where the fight takes place. If you are outnumbered you make them come to you where you can LOS on command. You kite them until you are killing one at a time, pick your targets so you are taking out the squishiest first.
"No one accuses the Irish farmer of exploiting as he farms potatoes. Can the farmer farm 10 potatoes? Yes, he is a potato farmer and has learnt all there is to know about farming potatoes!
Can the potatoes farm the farmer? No they are potatoes. Can a farmer farm a farmer? Maybe, how about 2 farmers? Most likely!
The moral of the story is it's better to bring a potato farmer to a potato farming event and don't be upset if you are potato being farmed at a potato farming event."
Most the time you are killing people far less skilled than yourself. These are easily found in a pug and even more so in an event.
To add to what others have said, I have found it is largely controlling the fight and most importantly where the fight takes place. If you are outnumbered you make them come to you where you can LOS on command. You kite them until you are killing one at a time, pick your targets so you are taking out the squishiest first.
