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Re: Update 48 Combat/Balancing Changes
Me, I found a new home in GW2 until the devs of ESO decide to balance their stuff here.
I hear a lot of noise about GW2. It’s probably not for me because I’m in ESO because of the TES part, and I’ve been spending my time back in Skyrim and BG3, but I do find it interesting at the number of ESO players jumping to GW2.
Heck, a lot of the ESO StreamTeam is maining GW2 at this point. Definitely not the best look when a large faction of a game’s streamer community all jumps ship to the same competitor game.
Re: Update 48 Combat/Balancing Changes
Even if they did a pre-subclassing skill reorganization, lets be honest it probably would have been a shitshow still. They did say on the livestream the following PTS cycle we will see more balancing for live combat. TBH with vengeance going on it feels like a waste in a way. Why do a large pass on a game system that you may find out needs to be overhauled or replaced down the line? Could just be that subclassing released so messily that they need to patch it in the meantime.
Just seems like in the meantime itd make more sense to complete hybridization and iron out what stats should even be in the game to begin with. Why do we still distinguish between Weapon and spell anything? Crits? Damage? Resists? Why not get rid of the convoluted duplicates and then you could simplify tons of calculations to not compare to figure out which one is more or less.
Just seems like in the meantime itd make more sense to complete hybridization and iron out what stats should even be in the game to begin with. Why do we still distinguish between Weapon and spell anything? Crits? Damage? Resists? Why not get rid of the convoluted duplicates and then you could simplify tons of calculations to not compare to figure out which one is more or less.
Re: You can rollback a feature of the game. You choose:
Tales of Tribute
It feels so out of place in this game. Biggest waste of dev time IHMO.
It feels so out of place in this game. Biggest waste of dev time IHMO.
tomfant
11
Re: You can rollback a feature of the game. You choose:
Y'all can take AwA from my cold dead body
Hybridization is only like 1/2 way even done but is generally fine
But subclassing had been...... An experience to say the least
Hybridization is only like 1/2 way even done but is generally fine
But subclassing had been...... An experience to say the least
Jestir
6
Re: Cleansing problem in PvP
Avran_Sylt wrote: »Avran_Sylt wrote: »No. The counteraction to instant damage is block. the counteraction to DoT is cleanse.
Are they too resource efficient for the damage negated? maybe, I don't know the values, but preventing cleanses from removing damage effects is not a good idea.
Plaguebreak is a specialized set for cleanses, much like bulwark ruination is for block.
That was the case closer to 10 years ago. right now netch removes effects passively for the entire duration and can also be spammed for free to remove an effect every half a second. Extended ritual removes 5 effects from yourself and everyone around you, pair that with a friend and you cleanse 10 negative effects at once. And that is not to even mention sets like mara's balm, wyrd tree and the cleansing revival CP, that removes all negative effects passively.
And nowadays I can apply 7 debuffs in 2 casts with such setups as Lethal/Venomous/Sheer/Poison Injection/Double Poison solo, 5 excluding the Poison, at range.
Netch spam being free does seem a bit of an oversight as I didn't realize it cleanse an effect on cast, as I assumed it only did so after 5s... Does it actually cleanse on cast?
Mara's balm cleanses at minimum 6, but may proc at only 6, every half a minute, outside of your control. It seems decently jank enough not to be much of an issue.
Wyrd tree seems like it wouldn't be problematic, but I can imagine a Stamina build leveraging control over magicka ability useage making it problematic with no limit to removed debuffs.
Cleansing revival does sound a bit over tuned for a CP star if it allows the effect to occur on oneself.
Yeah, applying status effects and DOTs is easy, but DOTs have been bad since u35 (aside from damaging status effects). Not only that, but I think cleanse is still way too strong in all forms, considering that you can outheal all DOTs with just vigor. On top of that there are DOT heavy skill lines and playstyles, it doesn't seem fair that you can use one skill to counter the whole offensive kit.
And yes you can spam netch and it will remove a negative effect for free. And with how cheap extended ritual is, you might as well spam it too.
Wup_sa
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Re: Crown Crate Items - Need Solution for Unwanted or Undesirable
Yeah, an option to either delete or hide a collectible would be so useful. I'm tired of all the clutter in my collections, most of which I will never use.
Though perhaps it's a blessing in disguise, as the overwhelming clutter in my collections tab means that I haven't felt the need to buy any crown crates for a very long time.
Though perhaps it's a blessing in disguise, as the overwhelming clutter in my collections tab means that I haven't felt the need to buy any crown crates for a very long time.
Re: You can rollback a feature of the game. You choose:
I don’t need any of these rolled back, I just need to see the team think them through before dropping them on us.
I liked my characters having individual histories, but I’ve learned to live with AWA and I still try to get achievements credited to the right character at least. I like my characters built as pure classes the way I designed them, but I can see how others may want to experiment.
What I don’t like is being told by the devs that my way is wrong.
Every one of these things had a PTS feedback thread that presented both factions’ major issues with them, and offerred a compromise solution that would mostly satisfy both. For AWA, we could have still tracked individual achievements but then tally globally; there was an addon that mostly did that anyway. For Hybridization and Subclassing, it give more freedom for builds, all it needed was to balanced so people aren’t forced into it if they choose not to. And the BGs could have been reworked to prevent some of the strategies, like camping spawn or CTR being a stalemate most of the time (and now some achievements are literally unobtainable since they require 3 teams).
But by the time ZOS finally presents their “big things!” it’s releasing on PTS the following Monday. There’s no time to rebuild the thing from scratch to account for these alternate viewpoints, so they just say “whatever, you’ll get used to it!” That breeds discontent. We feel like our playstyle is not even considered, and they don’t care.
ZOS, I get that you want to surprise us, but please for the love of Kyne: Stop. Let us know earlier in the process. Collect feedback on things that won’t release for like a year, so that you can build the thing with players in mind instead of dictating to them what they should and should not like.
It’s not that we hate the things ESO is doing. It’s that we hate that it’s forced upon us with the attitude of “if you don’t like it, you’re playing wrong.” And there’s only so long players will allow themselves to be treated that way before they leave.
I liked my characters having individual histories, but I’ve learned to live with AWA and I still try to get achievements credited to the right character at least. I like my characters built as pure classes the way I designed them, but I can see how others may want to experiment.
What I don’t like is being told by the devs that my way is wrong.
Every one of these things had a PTS feedback thread that presented both factions’ major issues with them, and offerred a compromise solution that would mostly satisfy both. For AWA, we could have still tracked individual achievements but then tally globally; there was an addon that mostly did that anyway. For Hybridization and Subclassing, it give more freedom for builds, all it needed was to balanced so people aren’t forced into it if they choose not to. And the BGs could have been reworked to prevent some of the strategies, like camping spawn or CTR being a stalemate most of the time (and now some achievements are literally unobtainable since they require 3 teams).
But by the time ZOS finally presents their “big things!” it’s releasing on PTS the following Monday. There’s no time to rebuild the thing from scratch to account for these alternate viewpoints, so they just say “whatever, you’ll get used to it!” That breeds discontent. We feel like our playstyle is not even considered, and they don’t care.
ZOS, I get that you want to surprise us, but please for the love of Kyne: Stop. Let us know earlier in the process. Collect feedback on things that won’t release for like a year, so that you can build the thing with players in mind instead of dictating to them what they should and should not like.
It’s not that we hate the things ESO is doing. It’s that we hate that it’s forced upon us with the attitude of “if you don’t like it, you’re playing wrong.” And there’s only so long players will allow themselves to be treated that way before they leave.
tomofhyrule
15
Re: You can rollback a feature of the game. You choose:
Almost picked all of the above, but really AwA was THE thing that killed the game for me. I haven't enjoyed it since. I could probably live with Hybridization and Subclassing if at least I had joy in playing different characters again.
heaven13
10
Re: You can rollback a feature of the game. You choose:
Definitely all of those options plus mythic gear items for me.
At this point, the mythic system is just a way to get you to buy a chapter or the content pass despite not caring about anything it has to offer.
There’s always at least 1 ridiculous mythic where your build in PvE, PvP, or both will suck compared to others if you don’t get it.
I’m over it.
At this point, the mythic system is just a way to get you to buy a chapter or the content pass despite not caring about anything it has to offer.
There’s always at least 1 ridiculous mythic where your build in PvE, PvP, or both will suck compared to others if you don’t get it.
I’m over it.
Stamicka
10
Re: stop with "accomplish a BG" in daily endeavors
And yet we have PVP people in DLC vet dungeons, with bows doing less dps than my raid geared healer, or s&b who don't actually TAUNT and tank.
not sure but, real pvp players dont even use bows to farm VET dlc dungeons. You met people you decided there were pvp players but theses kind of dudes are oneshot in cyrodiil. And in BG they spam bow from the edge of the spawn point... We fighting the same thing, man.
Blood_again wrote: »The queue is poor. Just as a fact.
Making MMR work the way you want will raise the queue time according to your competence level.
Did OP say he had 3 OK players of 12? He would have queue time x4 in a very optimistic scenario.
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How could we fill the queue more?
ZoS try, but you and OP want quality, not quantity, right?
There is an option: attract people to BG community, play with them in a group, teach them. As a result, you might have fun and get more new competent pvp players at the same time.
I'll tell you: if I had some kind of MMR score, displayed somewhere in the HUD, for example if the mmr is divided into league 1 to 5 where your MMR points make you move from one league to another, and if I know that I'm in league 1 and that I can't go higher, I wouldn't be against always playing against the same 15 players, I would accept it much more easily than there, while I sometimes play with people who are obviously setting foot in BG for the first time.
BG isn't Cyrodiil. I'm not a BG teacher. It's not my job to teach others how to play.
But the problem is what I said in the first post. Bringing players who never practice BG is a good thing, but don't force others to team up with them if the level gap is too big. Especially since they don't even come to fight and even less to win, they are just there to "participate in a BG" to get their endeavor.
Xarc
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