I don’t PvP very much at all. When I go into a PvP zone it’s usually to accomplish something else, like collecting skyshards. But I like the zones the way they are with the risk that being in a PvP zone entails. It just makes it more exciting for me. Those times I do get caught and don’t escape and get killed, it’s just not a big deal, a minor inconvenience, not permadeath. If it was I’d never risk going there to begin with.

"trust the progress and have some faith in the deav team who brought us here overr all these years."

I have absolute respect for the dev team, but it's a bit condescending to talk down to folks expressing legitimate concerns in advance in the hopes they will be taken in consideration before changes occur.

I mean, all console trading guilds literally got burned badly by ZOS randomly taking away the "sort by listing date" function from guild stores with no warning and no patch notes about it - intentionally - a week before the largest trading event of the year (Zeal of Zenithar), in a way that they could not patch it back in until after the event had already ended. They did not remove it from PC, only from console and they did so purposely for space issues and didn't consider in advance that it would be a big deal.

So, yes, it is entirely fair for trading guilds who were harmed directly by lack of foresight mere months ago to point out potential future issues and simply say "Hey, what's being considered about this?"

But, yeah, sure, we're all just tilting at windmills and "looking for problems".

freespirit wrote: »

Actually I am interested in the whole guild trader issue, on PC-EU we sometimes run the map just after swap happens due to losing all bids, it is pretty rare to luck in on an empty spot!

What interests me more is the price comparison between PC and Console for the actual bids..... I suspect GM's on PC are used to paying far, far higher for their spots, this could potentially destroy many Console trade guilds.

I know backwoods locations on PC-EU can cost less than 500k per week if you are lucky but big cities are in the multiple millions(some are eyewatering) price range, can someone from consoles confirm if they are used to similar bids?

I am genuinely curious how big the difference is.

I do not bid in the big three capitals on console often, but on average you generally need to bid 20 mill+ to be competitive at the highest level. I have seen PC GMs share they are in the 50 mill or more range?

So, yes, there is an ENORMOUS difference and if there is no foresight given to trading guilds before crossplay merging happens, then there will likely be zero console trading guilds holding a trader for a long, long time, if ever again.

And then you'll have the trickle down effect of all the "usual suspects" losing their primary spots so all traders down the line to mid-tier and lower cities will see the fallout. As a donation-based guild regularly in a chapter capital (not the big three), I already work this like a full-time second job to be able to secure a trader for us weekly. If we're suddenly thrown in against the PC guilds all wanting their "usual" spots as well, that may finally be the day I retire as a trading guild GM after nearly 10 years. There would simply be no real feasible way to compete, especially when I am already running at max capacity.

Erickson9610 wrote: »

Subclassing as it is could be expanded upon. Let us swap out our base class. Let us have up to three skill lines from any other class. That way I don't need to have one Templar skill line at minimum; I could instead have three Warden skill lines, or two Necromancer skill lines and one Warden skill line.

Something that gives the players total freedom over which three skill lines they own without needing to swap characters to do so. Also please let us use any Class Set and style, and make the Scribing Class Mastery change depending on how many skills on a skill bar you have equipped, i.e. you could change Class Mastery based on which Class skills you use the most of. All without changing characters.

No, this then becomes too much. I think for what they did with subclassing, they did more right than wrong as it stands currently. Problem is too many people want to play Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind Online and don't like when it's not that. I understand wanting that, as I did ten years ago, but I am glad it's not that.

The fact we can't open/close the elevated cage to put players into it is just dirty.

Interesting! I hope this is a sign that Vengeance mode will be made a permanent option for people who don't want to do regular Cyrodiil to choose. Perhaps replacing the under-50 campaign?

Honestly First Descendant does overland toggle really well, in terms of you just turn it off and on from the map. It IS instanced, so doubles the amount of locations, but there's no penalty or cost for going up and down difficulties, you just swap and travel to their version of a way shrine. Their gameplay loop is different, so they do have added rewards for doing things on hard mode, but that's because it's a looter shooter not an mmorpg. I don't think there should be any added rewards in ESO at all. The mode is being added because people want to fight harder content. It is it's own reward.
The big thing I AM seeing in this thread though is that less capable players are essentially wanting to punish more capable players. I am sure that's not the intention, but telling people they should have to pay real money to change game difficulties is wild. Trying to outcast players who are better than you (let's face it, killing it faster means they know their class/playstyle better) to different zones like Cyrodiil is such an odd take. This game is meant to be about fun. It is not "abusing the system" to want to do surveys quickly but also wanting a challenging fight when you're in the mood to play it.
Either way there are two options - they add a vet overland toggle or they don't. If they don't, it stays the same as now with mobs being stacked and slaughtered and everyone quite upset. If they do add it, there will be times this doesn't happen. It's a net gain so long as they actual servers can handle it.

Many thanks Enemoriana!

Yes, you can get there.

We used to search for that kind of hard to access places with my friend and climb /horse jump wherever we could. It was fun.

Over the last years the level of "invisible walls" usage is so hideous that we stoped trying.
They appear even in places where you easily should be able to walk or jump to. (for example Shrine of Vakkan - WB arena, check those columns.. its just sad)