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Re: Grand Psijic Villa and Alpine gallery as Gold bazaar homes?
I hope the Grand Psijic Villa gets added to the bazaar someday. I got it from the community event back in the day on a different platform than what I play on now, and I would love to have it on the platform that now has my complete focus.
Re: Update 50 Antiquity Leads Sources
BetweenMidgets wrote: »I hate to say it, but reading this thread is so disheartening.
I'll be happy if the single one I really want (Fool's Gold Pile) is not in Maps.But if it's anything like the Vitrified Soul Crystal or Moons-Blessed pool, it's... barely better. Barely. Then it's only a huge time-sink, and not also a waste of gold.
But yes, I feel for everyone who will really want that Armory station. At least if all the leads are also in Heists, those are player-exclusive, and multiple characters can do them per day.
MoonPile
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Combat Refresh: Werewolf
Honestly devs it should be a wake up call when the playerbase of a playstyle is actively begging to be excluded from something (mythic Singet Paths ring and even Class Masteries) because we don't want to be destroyed over the course of patches and then forgotten about when all the reworked classes are doing 180K to 200K DPS and we're stuck in 120K jail.
That ring and class masteries are temporary things, anybody with a brain knows this. Once they're stripped away/adjusted as reworks come and flavor of the month changes, WW will get left behind while still bearing all the nerfs it received to it's base kit due to these outside interactions.
That ring and class masteries are temporary things, anybody with a brain knows this. Once they're stripped away/adjusted as reworks come and flavor of the month changes, WW will get left behind while still bearing all the nerfs it received to it's base kit due to these outside interactions.
coop500
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Came back after 18 months away
So I took a break from ESO and just came back. Was curious to see what balances/changes/updates were made to ToT.
My general findings? None. It's a time capsule indistinguishable from when I left, except there's even fewer people playing it. None of the RNG spam decks have been nerfed. No new decks have been added. The game still heavily favors and rewards RNG spammers, so the "usual suspects" that prefer RNG spam decks/combos like mora + red eagle, druid + psijic, crow, etc are still playing... but mostly with just themselves. I caught the last day or 2 of the last season and only 600 people were in ranked competitive for the entire season.
All the players that preferred the skill/strategy focused combo of decks that I enjoyed my games with have mostly moved on, almost certainly tired of the "gambling addicts" making every game a race to see who gets the best rng and end the game in 3 minutes before it can be an interesting battle of skills. Also the new players seem equally turned off by the RNG spam after a quick read of the forums, frustrated and vocal about how upset they are that luck is the prevailing factor.
I'm guessing the devs just totally gave up on ToT since it is just as imbalanced as when I left and it has no new content. It's a shame. It has all the foundation of a really fun card game, but just like most of the content, they listened to the loud/vocal casual players over the skilled/dedicated players, focused on a system that could allow casuals to "get lucky," and drove away anyone serious. This is exactly what happened to Adventure Zones, trials, and PVP. The casuals still don't do any of that content and the end gamers got bored and left. Oh well.
My general findings? None. It's a time capsule indistinguishable from when I left, except there's even fewer people playing it. None of the RNG spam decks have been nerfed. No new decks have been added. The game still heavily favors and rewards RNG spammers, so the "usual suspects" that prefer RNG spam decks/combos like mora + red eagle, druid + psijic, crow, etc are still playing... but mostly with just themselves. I caught the last day or 2 of the last season and only 600 people were in ranked competitive for the entire season.
All the players that preferred the skill/strategy focused combo of decks that I enjoyed my games with have mostly moved on, almost certainly tired of the "gambling addicts" making every game a race to see who gets the best rng and end the game in 3 minutes before it can be an interesting battle of skills. Also the new players seem equally turned off by the RNG spam after a quick read of the forums, frustrated and vocal about how upset they are that luck is the prevailing factor.
I'm guessing the devs just totally gave up on ToT since it is just as imbalanced as when I left and it has no new content. It's a shame. It has all the foundation of a really fun card game, but just like most of the content, they listened to the loud/vocal casual players over the skilled/dedicated players, focused on a system that could allow casuals to "get lucky," and drove away anyone serious. This is exactly what happened to Adventure Zones, trials, and PVP. The casuals still don't do any of that content and the end gamers got bored and left. Oh well.
Re: Concerns About ESO’s Future Direction and Solo Player Experience
TheMightyRevan wrote: »Thank you for the reply. I genuinely believe this topic matters for all ESO players.
But I need to be completely direct about the issues:
1) “We wanted to try something different.”
Excluding casual/solo players from participating should never be an “experiment.”
That is not innovation, that is exclusion.
And it’s simply wrong.
2) “This was not to alienate solo players, but to add a new way to play.”
ZoS team knows better than anyone that casual/solo players will never engage with hardcore‑only difficulty.
Yet they were still used to “feed” this new experiment.
That is wrong.
3) “We are an Elder Scrolls game, but also an MMO.”
ESO has been both since day one.
So why is the core experience for casual/solo players suddenly being changed now?
This shift is unnecessary and wrong.
4) “Some event content will encourage group play.”
If this means new Trials, new Dungeons, new Arenas, or new modes with multiple difficulty options, great.
Players will absolutely welcome that.
But if the only option is Hardmode‑only, then it’s not “encouraging” group play, it’s forcing it.
And that is wrong.
5) “There are players who come for solo content and players who come for group content.”
Correct, and this has been true since launch.
Nothing about the playerbase has changed.
So why is the design philosophy suddenly shifting away from solo accessibility?
That is wrong.
6) “Players asked for renewed gameplay variety and challenge.”
Thank you for listening players.
Challenge and variety are good.
But the Night Market does not offer variety or optional challenge, it offers Hardcore‑only gameplay.
That is not what players asked for.
And it’s wrong.
7) “We will have content throughout the year for both solo and group play.”
Good. That is how ESO should be.
Well… we both know this is coming, so…
8) “The team is looking at adjustments for the current and next Night Market.”
Let’s be honest: we both know what will happen.
The zone will eventually be made easier so solo\casual players can enter, not because it respects them, but because Hardcore players finish everything quickly, get bored, and leave.
Then the remaining playerbase has no one to group with, and the zone must be “normalized” so it stays populated.
This cycle is predictable, and it is disrespectful to solo players.
No hard feelings, @ZOS_Kevin, Team ask for feedback, and the only way I can give it is by being 100% direct and honest.
EDIT:
Next time ZOS decides to use casual players as fuel for hardcore content, then at least balance it out, make hardcore players serve as fuel to support normal content as well. Casual and new players would absolutely love to see that kind of fairness.
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Pot meet kettle.
All your "arguments" have been that the new content is excluding solo players, which is being disingenuous at best.
In reality, this content isn't "excluding" anyone. There are no requirements, no hard Champ Point limits, no required group size.
You are excluding yourself by not wanting to engage with the content.
This is not "hard-core only" content. If it was, I wouldn't be having a blast playing with my "noob" cousin that hasn't played ESO since Summerset.
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