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Re: Dev Team Request: A Top 5 List of Bugs and Pain Points You Would Like Addressed
My concerns are just visual.
1. The hair and the horses still look bad. Please hire someone different to make the hair! Also, you have the worst-looking horse models in any game. The painting/texturing is fine, it's the models themselves that are bad. Please make horses look like horses.
That's really my only concern.
1. The hair and the horses still look bad. Please hire someone different to make the hair! Also, you have the worst-looking horse models in any game. The painting/texturing is fine, it's the models themselves that are bad. Please make horses look like horses.
That's really my only concern.
Re: Anyone facing an issue with skills not triggering?
Skills not firing has always been a problem, especially for those with high ping, BUT since the last update it is getting way out of hand for everyone. I typically run less than a 100ms ping in a Trial, I do not expect to have to press taunt 3 times in a row to get it to fire, but here we are.
Some content is starting to become unplayable because of this, ZOS. You designed content that requires precise timing and that timing is now random.
Some content is starting to become unplayable because of this, ZOS. You designed content that requires precise timing and that timing is now random.
Re: New PvP Campaign
JustLovely wrote: »acastanza_ESO wrote: »They told us they were working through the rest of the skill lines and testing adding various features back in to see where the degradation is coming from. They're literally doing the exact things they told us they were going to do from the very beginning.
I don't see why people are confused by ZOS.... doing what they've told us they were going to do...
Because they keep asking us whether Vengeance is fun, whether we like the simplified skills, etc. I don't see no reason to ask whether players enjoy a setup that is supposed to focus exclusively on technical issues. If this is purely a performance testing setup, then it doesn't matter at all whether it is fun or not, since it will cease to exist once problems are solved.
That's very true. It will also be less maintenance and cheaper to balance without affecting PvE/PvErs, which is their main source of income.
It's a fact that per capita PvP players spend more on the game than any other subset of the ESO community. PvP is all of PvE plus Cyrodiil.
I'd bet on average PvPers spend the least on the game. Anyone who plays in a comped group can attest to this situation: quite a bit of the signups are only there for the social aspect, and do nothing else ESO related: they don;t bother feeding mounts, half the time dont even have any potions, never grinded the needed gear, etc. Some of them don't even have ESO plus.
It's really the only subset of the community that you can do so little and still be a functional, even powerful, player (because ZOS's group mechanics are so bad and busted they can carry people who are unserious about the game). Besides, it's obvious that housing enthusiasts and role-players on average will almost by definition invest more time, effort, and money.
If PvPers were the money train of ESO, then ZOS would not feel the need to have these Vengeance tests in the first place.
Re: New PvP Campaign
JustLovely wrote: »acastanza_ESO wrote: »They told us they were working through the rest of the skill lines and testing adding various features back in to see where the degradation is coming from. They're literally doing the exact things they told us they were going to do from the very beginning.
I don't see why people are confused by ZOS.... doing what they've told us they were going to do...
Because they keep asking us whether Vengeance is fun, whether we like the simplified skills, etc. I don't see no reason to ask whether players enjoy a setup that is supposed to focus exclusively on technical issues. If this is purely a performance testing setup, then it doesn't matter at all whether it is fun or not, since it will cease to exist once problems are solved.
That's very true. It will also be less maintenance and cheaper to balance without affecting PvE/PvErs, which is their main source of income.
Vengeance mode IS PvE.
It's a fact that per capita PvP players spend more on the game than any other subset of the ESO community. PvP is all of PvE plus Cyrodiil.
PvErs are the income for ESO. They will get their way eventually
Please post your source for this information.
Per capita, PvP players spend WAY more on the game than PvE players do. They have to if they want to remain competitive. There is nothing competitive about most of the PvE content.
Notice how you used the per capita disclaimer. Per capita doesn't matter for income for a video game company. A player can spend 50 grand a year on crown crates a year, be the highest per capita spent in the game, and still not be enough to pay for any company expenses.
It's an established fact that PvE pays the bills for ZoS. It's not even a debatable point at this time. There aren't enough PvPers on PC NA to even fund a PvP only version of ESO, let alone be the major funders for the entire game. [snip]
Also, post your sources for your claims that PvPers are the players who spend the most. That you need to pay to win in ESO. And the source that shows per capita spending for players in ESO, please.
Established where exactly?
...or is this yet another case of "I'm a PvE main who subs to ESO+ therefore me and my kind pay the bills"?
Lets see those receipts.
Why do you think ZOS always puts OP sets in their new releases and then nerfs them right before their next content release? Cyrodiil has always had a pay to win aspect to it in this sense, yes.
You clearly don't understand population and the available UI in-game to ascertain said population. Do you genuinely think there are fewer players outside of Cyrodiil,IC, or BGs than there are inside of Cyro etc? All of the campaigns,ICs, and BGs combined are a small fraction compared to PvE. [snip]
[edited for baiting & to remove quote]
Bogaisha
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Re: New PvP Campaign
JustLovely wrote: »acastanza_ESO wrote: »They told us they were working through the rest of the skill lines and testing adding various features back in to see where the degradation is coming from. They're literally doing the exact things they told us they were going to do from the very beginning.
I don't see why people are confused by ZOS.... doing what they've told us they were going to do...
Because they keep asking us whether Vengeance is fun, whether we like the simplified skills, etc. I don't see no reason to ask whether players enjoy a setup that is supposed to focus exclusively on technical issues. If this is purely a performance testing setup, then it doesn't matter at all whether it is fun or not, since it will cease to exist once problems are solved.
That's very true. It will also be less maintenance and cheaper to balance without affecting PvE/PvErs, which is their main source of income.
Vengeance mode IS PvE.
It's a fact that per capita PvP players spend more on the game than any other subset of the ESO community. PvP is all of PvE plus Cyrodiil.
PvErs are the income for ESO. They will get their way eventually
Please post your source for this information.
Per capita, PvP players spend WAY more on the game than PvE players do. They have to if they want to remain competitive. There is nothing competitive about most of the PvE content.
Notice how you used the per capita disclaimer. Per capita doesn't matter for income for a video game company. A player can spend 50 grand a year on crown crates a year, be the highest per capita spent in the game, and still not be enough to pay for any company expenses.
It's an established fact that PvE pays the bills for ZoS. It's not even a debatable point at this time. There aren't enough PvPers on PC NA to even fund a PvP only version of ESO, let alone be the major funders for the entire game. [snip]
Also, post your sources for your claims that PvPers are the players who spend the most. That you need to pay to win in ESO. And the source that shows per capita spending for players in ESO, please.
[edited for baiting]
Bogaisha
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Re: Can we revert oakensoul/buff it, now that subclass is a thing?
Yes, only if they also revert corrosive and jabs
I'm actually all for it, include streak, shields, wings, and lightning HA along with every horrible thing done to templars because they were too...."loaded." Too many nerfs over the years....
Lumenn
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Re: random daily dungeon infiltrated by dlc dungeon....
I wouldn't mind a dlc queue, I like to avoid base game. Though I just left a normal bedlam veil with a fake tank and no taunt, so three DPS and a group DPS of under 30k because they were attacking immune boss and couldn't compute.
Re: random daily dungeon infiltrated by dlc dungeon....
SilverBride wrote: »Nowhere here does it say that the reason for random queues is to be helpful to others by filling in their groups.
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/guides/dungeonsguideRandom Veteran Dungeon immediately puts you into a queue for any veteran dungeon group available. Because you are not queuing for a specific unique dungeon, you will be offered a daily bonus premium reward upon completion that includes Undaunted Exploration Supplies and XP. If you've already received your daily premium reward, you'll still earn a regular bonus reward for every other random dungeon you do for the rest of the day.
Random Normal Dungeon immediately puts you into a queue for any normal dungeon group available. Because you are not queuing for a specific unique dungeon, you will be offered a daily bonus premium reward upon completion that includes Undaunted Exploration Supplies and XP. If you've already received your daily premium reward, you'll still earn a regular bonus reward for every other random dungeon you do for the rest of the day.
Specific Dungeons allows you to choose from the entire list which dungeons(s) you would like to queue for. You can choose the veteran or normal mode versions and you can queue for multiple dungeons simultaneously. You do not receive a bonus reward when completing a dungeon you specifically queued for.
Players should not be required to fill in groups that are choosing to queue for dungeons that they know many players do not wish to run.
and you are not required to do so unless you want the daily reward for a random run. They key word is random. You can take away whether it is helpful or not if you wish. The reason the daily reward was created doesn't matter. What matters is the reward is for a random queue. Random doesn't mean getting to leave out half the choices.
kargen27
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Re: Storm Calling Mages' Fury Execute Range Needs Buffed
YandereGirlfriend wrote: »Minimum Travel Times, Cast Times on ultimates... things that the game never needed yet here we are dealing with them and their baggage anyway.
Personally I think these minor adjustments to abilities make sense, as they let the ability animation play out correctly, making the game better visually. A lot of people point out how the minimum travel time makes this ability feel bad to use, but the issue isn't the minimum travel time being so great, it's that the ability itself is so underwhelming/doesn't last long enough to feel good to use.
When they finally buffed the damage and added the corpse mechanic to Flame Skull necromancer grave lord ability, it went from being a meme to being a class staple ability, despite having the long minimum travel time.
Mage's Wrath was already a class staple ability when it's duration was 4seconds, the 2 seconds duration nerf is the reason the ability is trash now. The only way they could make this work is if the base damage of Mage's Wrath was equal to a standard spammable class ability, and the 2 second execute bonus damage was left in place.
I'm fine with either, revert the duration nerf to bring it back to 4 seconds, or buff the base damage to be equal to a spammable single target ability in addition to the 2 second execute bonus.
Re: Total invisibility in PVE zones?
tomofhyrule wrote: »MreeBiPolar wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »MreeBiPolar wrote: »I've been farming mats in Bal Foyen for the pursuit last couple days (yeah, leaving it until the end) and noticed an odd thing, with them despawning apparently on their own. First time it happened, I shrugged it off, but then it happened several times more, and it was following a pattern pretty much of someone moving to pick them. I am absolutely sure it wasn't someone using cloak or Collopi Essence, since these are still pretty visible, and I even stood right in the clump of 4 nodes a couple times to check, and they vanished right before me, with not even a hint of a player present, neither visual, nor any other detection like hitbar, or name tag, or anything whatsoever.
That's 100% an instanced area.
The basegame zones do have some instanced areas, and they can extend a bit farther than you'd expect given where the quests themselves are. One of the easiest to see is in Bleakrock if you go directly from the questgiver for Deathclaw up the path to the town's burial tomb - the point right as you get through the rocks and onto the path is the delineation for "the town is normal" versus "the town is under attack," and if you see nodes as you're walking up to that point, they'll despawn as you cross that boundary.
That's the point, I know how instancing works, I have described how it works, and how it is different from what I've observed -- the nodes were vanishing while I was standing right at them.
Vanishing as you’re standing next to it is a timeout.
A lot of people believe that taking one thing from a node (or chest) and then leaving the trash will make it persistent, but it’s been tested that it does start a timeout counter when it’s activated. Everyone has their own view on the ethics of leaving a white glyph in a chest or a worm in a columbine node, but that’s the likely answer.
I’ve rarely seen some times when I go up to a node and activate it and it just vanishes instead of opening. I believe that’s the same issue, just a visual bug where the node despawned server-side but the client-side node was still mistakenly there.
That would have made sense if it was just one node somewhere now and then. What I saw, was nodes "despawning" en masse, and it happening along some kind of a route, not even randomly all over. For it to be the mechanism you state, all of them needed to:
1) spawn extra drops like the worms you mentioned, which is not so common for ore/wood/clothing/jewelry nodes; then
2) someone loot them ALL, leaving whatever extras were there (heartwood, etc?), in quick succession
3) do all that several times
4) no one else looting any of those nodes before they expire.
Kind of a huge stretch.