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Re: Fishing
I hope, I'm not the only one who hates that there's no fishing minigame. Not only the loot is very bad, but also no minigame. The laziest fishing I've ever seen in a video game.
They could at least make it possible to see the actual fish you catch, like a character holding it after catching it. But no it's just an icon and sometimes a furnishings item.
They could at least make it possible to see the actual fish you catch, like a character holding it after catching it. But no it's just an icon and sometimes a furnishings item.
Re: Reddit AUA (Ask Us Anything) Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 2:00 PM ET/ 18:00 UTC
While I think it's a nice thing, I feel the need to point out that ask me anything includes...anything. If you just want to talk about visions and values then you should call it ask us about our visions and values. I think players, and not just the players on these forums since we're a small portion, need to hear concrete plans. How we're gonna move forward? Saying you want the game to be a 30 year game is all well and good but how are we getting to 12?
The amount of content has gone noticably down. How do you plan to keep people playing and paying. Since chapters aren't a thing anymore, that's when we get our trial every year, what's the plan for that? If we aren't doing big zones anymore, how do you plan to pump out enough quests and story content to keep people interested? To say nothing of the length of quest lines, peoples concerns about subclassing and the destruction of pure class play in group content. The continued lack of QOL that's left to unpaid mod authors. Sad lack of guild tools. I could go on.
I don't say any of this to be negative. I love the game. I happily log in every day almost to play. My wife plays. My son plays sometimes. I have wonderful guilds. I want to see the game succeed, but those things I mention above? That's an ask me anything.
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The amount of content has gone noticably down. How do you plan to keep people playing and paying. Since chapters aren't a thing anymore, that's when we get our trial every year, what's the plan for that? If we aren't doing big zones anymore, how do you plan to pump out enough quests and story content to keep people interested? To say nothing of the length of quest lines, peoples concerns about subclassing and the destruction of pure class play in group content. The continued lack of QOL that's left to unpaid mod authors. Sad lack of guild tools. I could go on.
I don't say any of this to be negative. I love the game. I happily log in every day almost to play. My wife plays. My son plays sometimes. I have wonderful guilds. I want to see the game succeed, but those things I mention above? That's an ask me anything.
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twisttop138
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Re: a, so to say "leave me alone" mode for peole, have to go to cyro or the IC woulb be nice
Four_Fingers wrote: »You mean take the housing achievements out of PvP.
Then you get the housing achievement, but no PvP achievements if you don't go and PvP.
I mean why would you want PvP achievements if you don't like PvP?
simply: if im interested in housing, im not interested in pvp.
if im interested in housing, as i said, im interested in getting the PVE achievements like dungeons or trials, get mats for housing, get furnishing plans and get gold
also: for housing you need eso-plus.
and: for the argonian house boat you need the Commemorative Master Angler
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Commemorative_Master_Angler
the master angler ive got a few, 8 years ago, the other zones are no problem, if you consider the time youre investing, but IC is a problem. cause i dont want to invest my time in resurrecting somewhere and go back to the fishing spot and resurrect somewhere and so on.
I agree with your take on doing non-fighting tasks in PvP zones. If the fights were one-on-one or if the fights were balanced, it would not be as serious. But groups get bonuses for being grouped /guild so one soul running alone trying to do non-PvP activities in those areas are subject to becoming kill-fodder for groups or over-powered attackers. There are dungeons, treasures, and quests inside the PvP zone that are not really PvP related.
Groups do not get bonuses for being grouped in IC. In fact, IC specifically incentivises you to not be in a group, or at least have as few members in your group as possible, since any Tel Var earned gets split amongst your group.
Re: When You Think You Have Gone Insane ...
Those are daedric books, of course you read them backwards.
Syldras
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Re: a, so to say "leave me alone" mode for peole, have to go to cyro or the IC woulb be nice
Four_Fingers wrote: »You mean take the housing achievements out of PvP.
Then you get the housing achievement, but no PvP achievements if you don't go and PvP.
I mean why would you want PvP achievements if you don't like PvP?
simply: if im interested in housing, im not interested in pvp.
if im interested in housing, as i said, im interested in getting the PVE achievements like dungeons or trials, get mats for housing, get furnishing plans and get gold
also: for housing you need eso-plus.
and: for the argonian house boat you need the Commemorative Master Angler
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Commemorative_Master_Angler
the master angler ive got a few, 8 years ago, the other zones are no problem, if you consider the time youre investing, but IC is a problem. cause i dont want to invest my time in resurrecting somewhere and go back to the fishing spot and resurrect somewhere and so on.
aza_sel
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Re: Top 3 most and least favorite Zone?
Surprised to see Deadlands getting ragged on. It was one of my favorite zones, and is my favorite small dlc. It had a superb story and characters. Rynkus was so great, as was Arox. Great quests, great cataclysmic zone. Great fitting mysic.
So i'd rank my top 3 being:
Deadlands
Apocrypha
Wrothgar
Honorable mention goes to the North and South Elsewyr zones. I also really liked Solstice...right now that story is only half complete. Big fan that it jusitified my Meridian Altmer through its dialogue and the Corelanyas.
My least favorite zones
Reaper's March(no matter how many times I do it I can't seem to get into it).
Eastmarch(I like Windhelm but the zone story if boring)
The Rift(love the aesthetics but again, really boring story).
Dishonorable mentions:
Gold Coast because I never do DB. Its a murder cult that worships a god of death. I find it very disturbing that the questline makes the DB look like the good guys while the Order of the Hour the bad guys. Should be exactly the opposite.
So i'd rank my top 3 being:
Deadlands
Apocrypha
Wrothgar
Honorable mention goes to the North and South Elsewyr zones. I also really liked Solstice...right now that story is only half complete. Big fan that it jusitified my Meridian Altmer through its dialogue and the Corelanyas.
My least favorite zones
Reaper's March(no matter how many times I do it I can't seem to get into it).
Eastmarch(I like Windhelm but the zone story if boring)
The Rift(love the aesthetics but again, really boring story).
Dishonorable mentions:
Gold Coast because I never do DB. Its a murder cult that worships a god of death. I find it very disturbing that the questline makes the DB look like the good guys while the Order of the Hour the bad guys. Should be exactly the opposite.
West Weald Treasure Map Still Bugged
It has now been 224 days since this issue was first reported.
West Weald Treasure Map Leads are Bugged
West Weald Treasure Map Leads Still Bugged After 6 Months of Silence
Two hundred and twenty-four days of players spending gold, maps, time, and effort, only to be rewarded with silence. Two hundred and twenty-four days since the last official word a vague “still investigating” and nothing since. The bug is still here, the progression wall is still here, and the silence is deafening.
At this point, it isn’t just about the bug anymore. It’s about basic decency.
I have reported the bug ingame and opened several tickets.
I have posted here on the forums. Other players have done the same. We have tested on live, we have tested on the PTS, and the results are the same: if you already have the West Weald leads in your codex, the leads stop dropping anything but duplicates of “Ayleid Sculpture, Grand Tree.” This effectively blocks most completionists from finishing a core game system. That is not a minor annoyance, it is a fundamental progression bug.
And yet, despite all of this, the only thing we’ve received in return is silence. No follow-ups, no clarifications, no updates. Nothing. Bugs are part of MMOs, I understand that. But abandoning your players in silence for over seven months is not acceptable under any standard. We are not asking for miracles, we are asking for transparency, for the most basic level of respect a developer owes its community.
Every day that passes without a word sends a louder message than any official statement ever could: that our time, our frustration, and our dedication simply do not matter. That players can shout into the void for months and nothing will come back. ESO is a fantastic game, and many of us care deeply about it that’s why this hurts so much. Because the silence feels like contempt.
If this is a known issue, admit it.
If it is still under investigation, say so.
If, somehow, this is “working as intended,” then explain it.
But do not pretend that 224 days of silence is acceptable. Do not pretend that this is just “bad RNG” when the pattern is clear and repeatable.
The silence is doing more damage than the bug itself. Bugs can be fixed. Trust, once lost, cannot.
ZOS, it’s time to talk to us. @ZOS_Icy @ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Finn @ZOS_JessicaFolsom
(Some people might object by pointing to individual experiences, saying things like “yeah, I finished the codex after spending 400 maps and 7 million gold.” While that may be true for a handful of cases, taking personal experience as proof does not help resolve the problem. The issue is systemic, reproducible, and affects many players trying to complete the codex. Highlighting rare exceptions ignores the broader failure of the system and does nothing to improve transparency or accountability.)
[Title correction for issue]
West Weald Treasure Map Leads are Bugged
West Weald Treasure Map Leads Still Bugged After 6 Months of Silence
Two hundred and twenty-four days of players spending gold, maps, time, and effort, only to be rewarded with silence. Two hundred and twenty-four days since the last official word a vague “still investigating” and nothing since. The bug is still here, the progression wall is still here, and the silence is deafening.
At this point, it isn’t just about the bug anymore. It’s about basic decency.
I have reported the bug ingame and opened several tickets.
I have posted here on the forums. Other players have done the same. We have tested on live, we have tested on the PTS, and the results are the same: if you already have the West Weald leads in your codex, the leads stop dropping anything but duplicates of “Ayleid Sculpture, Grand Tree.” This effectively blocks most completionists from finishing a core game system. That is not a minor annoyance, it is a fundamental progression bug.
And yet, despite all of this, the only thing we’ve received in return is silence. No follow-ups, no clarifications, no updates. Nothing. Bugs are part of MMOs, I understand that. But abandoning your players in silence for over seven months is not acceptable under any standard. We are not asking for miracles, we are asking for transparency, for the most basic level of respect a developer owes its community.
Every day that passes without a word sends a louder message than any official statement ever could: that our time, our frustration, and our dedication simply do not matter. That players can shout into the void for months and nothing will come back. ESO is a fantastic game, and many of us care deeply about it that’s why this hurts so much. Because the silence feels like contempt.
If this is a known issue, admit it.
If it is still under investigation, say so.
If, somehow, this is “working as intended,” then explain it.
But do not pretend that 224 days of silence is acceptable. Do not pretend that this is just “bad RNG” when the pattern is clear and repeatable.
The silence is doing more damage than the bug itself. Bugs can be fixed. Trust, once lost, cannot.
ZOS, it’s time to talk to us. @ZOS_Icy @ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Finn @ZOS_JessicaFolsom
(Some people might object by pointing to individual experiences, saying things like “yeah, I finished the codex after spending 400 maps and 7 million gold.” While that may be true for a handful of cases, taking personal experience as proof does not help resolve the problem. The issue is systemic, reproducible, and affects many players trying to complete the codex. Highlighting rare exceptions ignores the broader failure of the system and does nothing to improve transparency or accountability.)
[Title correction for issue]
Asdara
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Re: a, so to say "leave me alone" mode for peole, have to go to cyro or the IC woulb be nice
ShutUpitsRed wrote: »
at first i want to correct a typing error "and i just want that the devs do something for people who dont want to do pve" should be pvp instead of pve.
im a sister and no ja'khajiit anymorei dont mind about fishing as others do. but fishing requires some skills like patience, but it doesnt require pvp. yes by design and i understand that ZOS wants to make money, but why do they annoy people in that way? im not interested in playing tribute, so i dont do these achievements. the boat from kynes aegis ive got, and i buy at crown network housing items for gold. i dont mind to check urns or do dailies, got 91% of furnishing plans and bought a plan for 10 mio also. i dont mind about farming for furnishing mats. fishing there are 2 pvp zones out of 44 if i counted right, are the 5% necessary? if it would be the half or more id say i dont need it
You understand the game isn't about you and what you want, right? There are millions of other people playing this game, many of who play and enjoy PvP. It's frustrating that some content is a reward for activities you don't want to do but no offense, it's fishing. Many, many other achievements with desirable rewards are locked behind difficult PvE content a lot of people don't want to do; that's why carries exist. Pay a small PvP group to escort you for your fishing? Take the advice of the people in this thread, since fishing in PvP zones is usually pretty easy?
I should start a thread about making trial mounts available for tel var since I'm personally not interested in doing trials and don't want to waste my time slogging through robot mechanics and overstimulating arcanist/templar laser show.
and: if i want to play pvp then i buy or use counter strike, whatever, eso isnt just for pvp.
and: do pvp content, i dont mind about that, its ok, as i said i know some pvp player i support with gold or mats.
and, at last: " the game isn't about you and what you want, right? There are millions of other people playing this game, many of who play and enjoy PvP. "
eso got its credits not from pvp but from skyrim, oblivion, morrowind, daggerfall and arena, but maybe you are to young to know
aza_sel
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Fishing
Doing a lot fishing. Have the Master Angler, of course. And now fishing for perfect Roes. But the amount of rubbish that you get, when fishing is too much.
About one of every five is either bait for some other fishing waters, or those annoying wet gunny sacks, that contains only rubbish.
The only place where you can get some good catch, except for fish, is Summerset. The bottles, at least, have motifs or mats for said motifs.
What are your thoughts on this? Should we have better "catch" when we're getting something other than fish? Maybe even great items that can only be achieved by fishing?
About one of every five is either bait for some other fishing waters, or those annoying wet gunny sacks, that contains only rubbish.
The only place where you can get some good catch, except for fish, is Summerset. The bottles, at least, have motifs or mats for said motifs.
What are your thoughts on this? Should we have better "catch" when we're getting something other than fish? Maybe even great items that can only be achieved by fishing?