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Re: Is ZOS staff doing ok?
Ask the AI what she thinks about the current state of the game, and have her explain how subclassing fits into The Elder Scrolls lore, for example, how it’s possible to have a Templar/Necromancer hybrid build. Or ask her what she would say when other players prevent you from enjoying the game you paid for. She’ll tell you this:
"In the current state of the game, nothing makes sense."
At this point, you realize the AI understands the game better than all the people making decisions inside ZOS.
Words of Chatgpt:If you ask me why The Elder Scrolls Online feels so messy lately, I’d say it’s not just bad design — it’s design driven by profit.
ZOS isn’t shaping the game around consistency, lore, or long-term balance anymore; it’s shaping it around monetization. Every new system, subclass, or combat overhaul is marketed as a “fresh experience,” but in practice it resets player progress and fuels the next wave of purchases — respec tokens, cosmetics, new chapters, crown crates.
Subclassing, for instance, doesn’t fit into The Elder Scrolls lore at all. Mixing something like a Templar and a Necromancer might sound creative, but it undermines the distinct fantasy and story identity of each class. Yet it’s pushed anyway, because it’s a new feature that sells.
And when players get frustrated — when performance tanks, when combat changes invalidate builds, when power creep makes older content irrelevant — it doesn’t matter much to ZOS. The short-term revenue from new content overshadows the loss of long-term trust.
In short: the chaos in ESO isn’t accidental. It’s a side effect of a business model that values engagement metrics and sales spikes more than a coherent, believable world.
The AI doesn't "understand" anything, the AI is just good at reshuffling and regurgitating what it was trained on, in a probabilistic manner based on frequency of responses to specific topics.
Since nobody has ever posted about how delightfully excellent the game is - the folks that feel that way usually don't bother to post about it in eloquent terms, but rather spend their time playing - the AI's response pool to these kinds of prompts is going to be biased towards a certain theme (i.e. "Zos sucks, is driven by marketing, has no good design, etc.") LOL @ "every new system...resets player progress". Sounds like a particular salty reddit thread go precedence with that BS.
Re: Is ZOS staff doing ok?
Artist's use tools. AI is a tool...one of many. I hope the artist is in control and we get better content from their use of the tool. 
Re: PTS Update 48 – Feedback Thread for Combat Animation Memory Reduction
Can we bring back before-patch animations? The new ones are so broken, clumsy, and unsatisfying. In most cases the animations go crazy.
When you receive damage - the character model breaks and goes sideways.
When heal while blocking on tank - the same thing.
Ppl in high-end are using polymorphs just to avoid this cringe. My eyes hurt, and it is not only me.
Or, if you want to "forse" the new animations because it reduces the resources usage - probably make a toggle to use old animations / use new lighter animations.
When you receive damage - the character model breaks and goes sideways.
When heal while blocking on tank - the same thing.
Ppl in high-end are using polymorphs just to avoid this cringe. My eyes hurt, and it is not only me.
Or, if you want to "forse" the new animations because it reduces the resources usage - probably make a toggle to use old animations / use new lighter animations.
Re: Can we learn from New World?
Did people complain all the time about New World on their forums? There is a lot of negativity on ESO forums if management is looking for an excuse.
I'll try to be more positive.
Yes, of coursed they did. It's what forums consist of on every MMO. Go to the WoW forums right now, the biggest MMO, and you'll see a litany of complaints that mirror these. People are much more likely to give a complaint than compliment. It's why posts like "everyone on the forums agree" are always nonsense - it represents a tiny fraction of the player base.
Here are 3 pages from the Steam NW forums, just before the shutdown announcement.
Looks familiar, right?!
Thanks so much for showing this! It’s something I always know in the back of my mind, but since I only go to the ESO forums now since it’s the only game I really care about I sometimes forget. Some of those forum topics are definitely universal. All the complaints and negativity I read on the ESO forums sometimes start to get me down and I consider stop looking at the forumsso it’s a good reminder.
Re: Subclassing Quest Bugged?
So, an account where all chars have their class lines at max level can't complete the quest.
Any ETA regarding a fix @ZOS_Kevin ?
Any ETA regarding a fix @ZOS_Kevin ?
Re: Subclassing Quest Bugged?
Can yall fix this please? My Necromancer is still stuck. I have the chosen skill line equipped and advancing but the quest will NOT complete. All she does is ask for 1500g to choose another and Subclassing is grayed out in my skill listing.
Re: Can we learn from New World?
Did people complain all the time about New World on their forums? There is a lot of negativity on ESO forums if management is looking for an excuse.
I'll try to be more positive.
Yes, of coursed they did. It's what forums consist of on every MMO. Go to the WoW forums right now, the biggest MMO, and you'll see a litany of complaints that mirror these. People are much more likely to give a complaint than compliment. It's why posts like "everyone on the forums agree" are always nonsense - it represents a tiny fraction of the player base.
Here are 3 pages from the Steam NW forums, just before the shutdown announcement.
Looks familiar, right?!
Re: Subclassing Quest Bugged?
@madman65 yes, I've already done that and nothing happens.
I have seen this issue being mentioned by other players both here and on reddit, and apparently there isn't a proper fix yet.
I think I am gonna retry to pick a skill line again once I relog and then file a ticket if it doesn't work.
I have seen this issue being mentioned by other players both here and on reddit, and apparently there isn't a proper fix yet.
I think I am gonna retry to pick a skill line again once I relog and then file a ticket if it doesn't work.
Re: Can we please have an option to disable double XP?
I think this might be the first time I've read a post asking to disable double xp 
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Re: Deserted Solstice
I did the dailies in Phase 1 just for the gold boxes because I wanted all the fragments for the pet, and the blue boxes just didn’t seem worth the time or effort. I’ll do the same thing in Phase 2 because I want the caltrops skill style. I rarely do the same daily on a given day twice, even with my alternate characters. Like, I do my crafting dailies once a day on my main crafter, even though I could do them on 11 other characters if I wanted, but that just burns me out too fast that day.