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Re: How would a forced name change due to Crossplay affect you?
MISTFORMBZZZ wrote: »tomofhyrule wrote: »Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO wrote: »Provided they change the name based on account creation date (oldest account keeps their names) it would be fine.
But what if you have Account A on PC that has "Razum-dar," who started playing in April 2014 and played for a single week before never touching the game again. And then Account B on XB made their "Razum-dar" in June 2015 and has played that character every single day since doing hardcore RP?
By creation date? A wins, and the hardcore RPer is out the name they actually use. Because someone who doesn't even play has a claim on that name.
There needs to be a better solution than just 'creation date;' probably more like 'account loyalty' or something. Or, you know, just divorce character name from the identity in the first place and allow everyone to have their own "Razum-dar."
---MISTFORMBZZZ wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »
Not being rude but so whats the solution for you?
Just not bring a feature a lot of people want because of there might be a icon next to the name or a ‘ next to your name would bother you?
The solution is for ZOS to consider that there are players for whom the character name is incredibly important, and not just dismiss a portion of their playerbase as 'irrelevant.'
...like they did with Subclassing. And Account-wide Achievements.
There are solutions that would allow players to keep the names they had - unaltered - by just having the account name be the main form of communication. ZOS just needs to not take the 'easy solution' of just merging the servers all into one, which would by definition need all character names to be unique.
But zos has not stated ANYTHING like that at all. Nobody knows yet how crossplay will look, if its just gonna be EU & NA being merged , only consoles or anything else. Nobody knows anything yet but still we are here discussing about what we are calling unlayed eggs.
I personally trust the company enough, to believe they have these things in their mind and belive they have much harder problems to solve, before crossplay goes live, if it goes live.
The problem is that this is about character IDs, which is pretty well the first thing that needs to be figured out before they start considering how else to merge everything.
And again, it's wonderful that there are people who trust that ZOS will do it well. However, as seen by some of the examples I gave (Subclassing and Account-wide Achieves) there are a lot of people who have already been burned by ZOS making a major change and disregarding any feedback about how that will be an issue to people
Re: How would a forced name change due to Crossplay affect you?
Not a biggie, I've played enough MMOs to be used to getting around this. An extra letter here, an accent there.
I can't do that. It just doesn't feel like the same name in my mind if I can't spell it the "right" way.
Re: How would a forced name change due to Crossplay affect you?
No option fits my answer.
I wouldn't mind it if I had to change my account name (the @ name).
I would mind if I had to change my character names.
Having said that, other players are more familiar with my account name (that's what guildies call me and such), and it's also what I use on discord, so even though I wouldn't mind if I had to change that, it would probably cause confusion for others.
I also know other players by their account names, so it would be confusing for me too.
I wouldn't mind it if I had to change my account name (the @ name).
I would mind if I had to change my character names.
Having said that, other players are more familiar with my account name (that's what guildies call me and such), and it's also what I use on discord, so even though I wouldn't mind if I had to change that, it would probably cause confusion for others.
I also know other players by their account names, so it would be confusing for me too.
AzuraFan
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Re: What is the point of having Patch Notes if massive changes go undocumented?
Thank you for flagging this. We checked in with the team and this was an oversight. Patch notes is a coordination effort across multiple teams and various versions of a build. So sometimes a note (or in this case 3) slips through the cracks. As we have noted before, we are human, so sometimes things get missed. But we understand the frustration and thank you for noting the issue so we can fix it. We have let the team know and have flagged this for improvement in the future.
We asked the team for the missing notes and they are as follows:
We will also update the patch notes with the missing notes.
We asked the team for the missing notes and they are as follows:
- Battlegrounds now will launch and stay open with 7 players instead of requiring 8.
- Battleground queues now offer a small XP and AP bonus for joining a Group queue as a solo player.
- Battlegrounds will now offer an underdog bonus to a team which has underpopulated teams.
We will also update the patch notes with the missing notes.
ZOS_Kevin
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Re: Update on Solstice Treasure Map Leads - Drop Data - Aug 5, 2025
Well, you heard it from the housing expert.
Is a single copy of this furnishing worth 50 USD to you?
If not, don't bother with Solstice treasure maps. Consider yourself warned.
Haha ironically that's the one I unlocked first and at least it is buyable, yay! Took less than 20 maps I think, including 1/3 codex. Though not guaranteed for anyone else's pulls of course.
I am actually happy about it too, because I think these will be an amazing structural piece (if only the others were buyable too): https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8355425/#Comment_8355425
I was REALLY excited about the Bismuth Tower -
https://moonpile.tumblr.com/post/786568851473219584/scattered-light-effect
Used the single one I got from 1/3 codex here -
https://moonpile.tumblr.com/post/790521269539028992/the-dressing-room-at-sugar-bowl-suite-eso
...Now I'm just a bit sad
These assets are great, it's a shame they're buried too deep to reasonably be used.
Totally agree with @NoticeMeArkay and @ApoAlaia too, smartest move is not to play. I'm just taking the "squeaky wheel" route for now. (And all of my gold estimates are averages based on TTC avg / what you can easily find maps listed for; for these tests I only buy them if I happen to see it listed at a lower range that's OK to me. Though it'd be smarter to flip, still.)
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MoonPile
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Re: Any crossplay plans coming with the new servers changes?
So quick update on my situation after i bought an xbox just to access my account and stuff i paid real money for.
PVP is completely dead. Max 10 players running around on each alliance and tops at around max 50 players per alliance in peak times.
This game definitely needs crossplay and cross save.
And about the lack of addons that many people specified on this thread, well, addons are now on xbox too.
Someone said that it would not be fair because of the performance difference between console and pc but if that would be a concern for zos they would not allow xbox one (which runs at 30fps) to play with xbox series players (60fps). You might argue that pc players can achieve over 120fps easly but the jump from 30 to 60 is more noticeable than 60 to 120.
PVP is completely dead. Max 10 players running around on each alliance and tops at around max 50 players per alliance in peak times.
This game definitely needs crossplay and cross save.
And about the lack of addons that many people specified on this thread, well, addons are now on xbox too.
Someone said that it would not be fair because of the performance difference between console and pc but if that would be a concern for zos they would not allow xbox one (which runs at 30fps) to play with xbox series players (60fps). You might argue that pc players can achieve over 120fps easly but the jump from 30 to 60 is more noticeable than 60 to 120.
Bokila
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Re: What is the point of having Patch Notes if massive changes go undocumented?
MincMincMinc wrote: »@ZOS_Kevin You should let them know we also want to get rid of the MMR reset. There are like 10 threads on this issue already. Its killing the game for a lot of newer players when you have us sweaty players going 50/0 every match because we are stuck being qued against these people every other month.
We have shared the note on MMR reset in the past. Happy to do so again. My understanding is additional tech work needs to be done to make that happen. But I do not have a status on that right now.
Please do keep passing this on. You can trace 99% of peoples complaints about BGs to how mismatched theyve become since they started resetting MMR in U44. The answer we were given in the Q&A was that they were resetting MMR to lineup with the weekly leaderboard (which makes no sense as the resets are monthly).
Resetting MMR and mismatching lobbies is essentially a meat grinder for new players and frustrating for everyone.
We'll flag this again in our next meeting with the PvP team.
@ZOS_Kevin now these are the communication posts the players want to see
Re: Public formal confirmation that griefing and bullying isn't against Code of Conduct
Ishtarknows wrote: »Any solution is better than current abussive mess and you don't need to disregard suggested solutions.
Also to your information - other good games literally don't have this problem and no one is 'trolling it'. False dismisal are punishable acts. Screen from XIV.
Can you come up with a better idea maybe?
There's no option there for "does not follow mechs" or "blindly hits boss without rezzing so there will be an inevitable wipe when he dies. Again."
Not being a team player or something to that effect would work as an option.
because not knowing mechanics is not a kickable offense in other games. you aren't expected to know it all the first time you go in. if there are other players there who know the mechanics, they should be able to explain them to new ppl. if no one knows them, generally you work it out as a team or someone can look it up if need be.
if someone is not following mechanics ON PURPOSE, then that falls under harassment.
Re: How would a forced name change due to Crossplay affect you?
Since I came from console to PC, I'd be more concerned about which one keeps the name - which I think is the same. Some of my characters on PC have the same names as console too.
If the newer account that I play every day gets to keep the names then I'd be happy with that, but if I was forced to change the duplicates because my console account came first, I'd not be very happy.
If the newer account that I play every day gets to keep the names then I'd be happy with that, but if I was forced to change the duplicates because my console account came first, I'd not be very happy.
Re: This rock is ruining my immersion
maybe there have a mini vvardenfell under your feet...
