You enter the normal mode by opening the group finder and joining others.

I know that HA has been bugged for a long time (as in failing to fire unless recast). However, in NM the issue seems to be much worse for me. Quite often HA fails and even the usual remedy (roll dodging) does not fix the issue. So, my toon just stands there twitching as I try to fire one. Anyone else having the same issue?

There seems to be an issue with direct attacks in general. Some mobs will just randomly become immune to anything but AoEs

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Athory wrote: »

• Does ZoS have plans to turn ESO into something like a Dark Souls-style game?
• Do they have any plan to push solo players out of the game?

To answer the core questions asked:

Q: Does ZoS have plans to turn ESO into something like a Dark Souls-style game?
A: No.

Q:Do they have any plan to push solo players out of the game?
A: No.

Just following up here generally. We hear the feedback from solo players about the Night Market content. We want to follow up with just few things.

We have no intention of pushing solo players out of the game. However, we started this year off by noting that we were going to try some new things. Night Market is one of them. While we always provide group players with trials, we also wanted to try something different. This was not to alienate solo players, but rather to add a new way to play. That being said, we do hear the feedback and have passed that on our teams for future consideration, especially for when Night Market comes back later in the year. Remember, part of the ethos of this event is to add to it over time.

As several have noted in this thread as well, we have a roadmap that is publicly available. The point of the roadmap is to showcase the content we have coming throughout the year. As is noted on the roadmap and current PTS testing, we have plenty of solo friendly content as well. Thieves Guild and Sheogorath Questlines, Favors system, Rumors system, Two Solo Dungeons, Sage's Vault, and the list can keep going. And that is all on top of existing content. We also understand that not every piece of content will be for everyone, and that is okay.

We know this may come off as a contentious statement, but it does bare repeating. While we are an Elder Scrolls game, we are also an MMO. Storytelling and the heart of solo adventure will always be an important part of ESO. However, some of our event/ event zone content will be focused on encouraging group play. It is the nature of the genre. Additionally, we know just like there are players who come for solo content, there are also players who come for group content and challenging group content. So we want to make sure we are providing new things for them as well.

We'll close with this. Last year, we saw many threads throughout the year asking us to address content and find new ways of renewing the gameplay experience, both in variety and challenge. We are in the first passes of this now with items like Night Market going live. But we will have content throughout the year to address both solo and group play within the community. The feedback is helpful to steer us on the right track. So thanks to everyone, both solo players and group players, who have given their constructive feedback regarding the Night Market. The team is taking a look at what can be done during this current running and what can be adjusted for the next run of the Night Market.

Amen.

95% of the game is already "casual-friendly" (don't get me wrong: there's no pejorative meaning when I say this). So many people have been complaining about how easy the game has become (kind reminder that a top DPS in 2016–2017 was around 30–40k, now everybody can reach 100k in single bar and 120k+ in 2 bars).

I hope they won't add a normal mode in the future. Because trying to make everything easy, accessible, and satisfying for everybody is what has doomed the game these last years.

Casual/new players want to do the night market? It's easy, there are plenty of things to do so:

• check for a group in group finder (there are many)
• check how to make a simple/very basic build to be a bit more tanky and to survive
• ask for help in chat for a boss
• Check for guilds/Discord mates to do it with them and learn with them
• etc.

People will never progress nor learn how to access harder content if ZOS systematically makes an easy version of everything.

You want to do hard content? Then learn, train, parse, and play as we all did during all those years.

And if you can't, then too bad: you will miss a few percents of the game. Tough sh*t.

Bguk wrote: »

I would believe it ties to the leaderboard. There are rewards tied to the winning faction, which makes me think ZOS wants to make players put some effort into the system.

Players exclude themselves.

EDIT: This post is another I only want to play solo post, can we merge these? Into the main feedback thread?

Yes, a merged thread would be great.

Especially because it's the same handful of folk dominating posting in them.

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

I've been calling to nerf Ele Sus for years but folk always come out of the woodwork to proclaim that it is somehow balanced, heh.

Folk really will make any argument, no matter how ridiculous, to keep their overpowered toys.

The underlying issue is that status effects deal way too much damage, with 0 drawbacks
Status effect damage has been overperforming for years. You can find overtuned status effect pressure builds as far back as Morrowind patch. Status effects should get a major overhaul and be more about unique debuffs rather than being free damage procs.

P.S
To add to someone earlier in the thread saying they'd use Esoteric to deal with the status effect damage.....since status effects are considered as "procs", and won't proc other procs, Esoteric ain't gonna mitigate the damage from status effects

Athory wrote: »

• Does ZoS have plans to turn ESO into something like a Dark Souls-style game?
• Do they have any plan to push solo players out of the game?

To answer the core questions asked:

Q: Does ZoS have plans to turn ESO into something like a Dark Souls-style game?
A: No.

Q:Do they have any plan to push solo players out of the game?
A: No.

Just following up here generally. We hear the feedback from solo players about the Night Market content. We want to follow up with just few things.

We have no intention of pushing solo players out of the game. However, we started this year off by noting that we were going to try some new things. Night Market is one of them. While we always provide group players with trials, we also wanted to try something different. This was not to alienate solo players, but rather to add a new way to play. That being said, we do hear the feedback and have passed that on our teams for future consideration, especially for when Night Market comes back later in the year. Remember, part of the ethos of this event is to add to it over time.

As several have noted in this thread as well, we have a roadmap that is publicly available. The point of the roadmap is to showcase the content we have coming throughout the year. As is noted on the roadmap and current PTS testing, we have plenty of solo friendly content as well. Thieves Guild and Sheogorath Questlines, Favors system, Rumors system, Two Solo Dungeons, Sage's Vault, and the list can keep going. And that is all on top of existing content. We also understand that not every piece of content will be for everyone, and that is okay.

We know this may come off as a contentious statement, but it does bear repeating. While we are an Elder Scrolls game, we are also an MMO. Storytelling and the heart of solo adventure will always be an important part of ESO. However, some of our event/ event zone content will be focused on encouraging group play. It is the nature of the genre. Additionally, we know just like there are players who come for solo content, there are also players who come for group content and challenging group content. So we want to make sure we are providing new things for them as well.

We'll close with this. Last year, we saw many threads throughout the year asking us to address content and find new ways of renewing the gameplay experience, both in variety and challenge. We are in the first passes of this now with items like Night Market going live. But we will have content throughout the year to address both solo and group play within the community. The feedback is helpful to steer us on the right track. So thanks to everyone, both solo players and group players, who have given their constructive feedback regarding the Night Market. The team is taking a look at what can be done during this current running and what can be adjusted for the next run of the Night Market.