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Re: Public formal confirmation that griefing and bullying isn't against Code of Conduct
A case I had not so long ago. I joined the Scrivener's Hall vet, the group was trying HMs. We passed the 1st boss, and it was fine, good damage, nice tank. On the 2nd boss (also HM) we wiped for 2 times (not unexpected, really) and our heal said "wait, this is my first time in this vet".
My reaction in chat, I quote myself: "what a moment to say that". You see, if this is the 1st vet run for anyone in a group, my first action is to disable HM and give the person 5 minutes to read all mechs or watch a guide. This is not avoidable in DLC vet and saves everyone's time.
What does heal do, they leave and PM me "what an awful person you are". So, did I just bullied them to leave? Lmao. This case is almost anecdotal, but no, it's real.
When you accuse someone in bullying, you should really clarify WHAT was said. If I say something like "your skills are too low, dude, you are not ready for this content", this is NOT bullying.
My reaction in chat, I quote myself: "what a moment to say that". You see, if this is the 1st vet run for anyone in a group, my first action is to disable HM and give the person 5 minutes to read all mechs or watch a guide. This is not avoidable in DLC vet and saves everyone's time.
What does heal do, they leave and PM me "what an awful person you are". So, did I just bullied them to leave? Lmao. This case is almost anecdotal, but no, it's real.
When you accuse someone in bullying, you should really clarify WHAT was said. If I say something like "your skills are too low, dude, you are not ready for this content", this is NOT bullying.
Re: Future of Battlegrounds
MincMincMinc wrote: »Let's slow down a bit. You do realize that even if you could somehow find 16 players of the same skill level, there would still be a target order, right?MincMincMinc wrote: »Here's a good example to show how the target order never leaves the squishiest players in 8v8. They respawn and come back before the damage ever reaches the others, which creates an extremely unpleasant situation for everyone involved: Eight people being forced to focus the same two or three players over and over again. The only solution I see is to go back to 4v4v4.
Finding 16 players of the same skill level wouldn't change how the target order works, @MincMincMinc . In fact, it would just set it in stone. Do you see how the match above would have been incredibly boring even with your MMR idea?
No the dynamic wouldnt change at all. Good players will always target the squishiest opponents.
Yes and thats how combat happens, to put it simply you are not going to get rid of survival of the fittest. Maybe if the combat system was turn based dice rolling......
Now that we've seen that no change to MMR would fix any of these problems, we can talk about how viable your suggestion is. According to your idea, into how many ranks do you think the population could be split?
MMR is completely detached from what you are talking about. That post doesn't outline any problems? Regardless of anything in that post, you would still want an mmr system. two team or three team or even four team, it doesn't matter. The only time you can escape an mmr system is when you have a constant ongoing gamemode that is so large players autonomously decide their own matches. Cyrodil as an example.
Are you saying you don't like that players target the squishiest players in the match? You will never get rid of that in ESO, even in vengeance it is the core concept in group play.
Re: Suggestion: Playable Daedra Race
Would be fun to mess around with, but I think it's impractical for the game. A Daedra isn't going to give a damn what happens to mortals in most of the zones. About the only place it would even make sense is in the Deadlands being aligned with the Daedra in Wretched Spire.
Re: Future of Battlegrounds
Let's slow down a bit. You do realize that even if you could somehow find 16 players of the same skill level, there would still be a target order, right?MincMincMinc wrote: »Here's a good example to show how the target order never leaves the squishiest players in 8v8. They respawn and come back before the damage ever reaches the others, which creates an extremely unpleasant situation for everyone involved: Eight people being forced to focus the same two or three players over and over again. The only solution I see is to go back to 4v4v4.
Finding 16 players of the same skill level wouldn't change how the target order works, @MincMincMinc . In fact, it would just set it in stone. Do you see how the match above would have been incredibly boring even with your MMR idea?
No the dynamic wouldnt change at all. Good players will always target the squishiest opponents.
But if you are all at the same level block, it is a fair battle, yes?
shadoza
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Re: ZOS, Massive Spike in Ping/LAG in Recent Days - What Gives?
randconfig wrote: »For the last 6 hours, I've had little to no issues with lag on PC NA. So now I'm thinking the problem has less to do with external factors (DDoS, ISP issues, etc), and more to do with the servers being coded in a way that cannot handle the number of players playing during weekends.
If the latter is the case, then I worry for the future of this game. Why would you keep adding new features and so on that require even more server-side calculation when the servers are already unplayable during the weekends.
Going to try to play more in a few hours, if the problem is the server can't handle the number of players playing on the weekends, then all the issues from yesterday should start occurring soon as everyone starts waking up and logging in.
You know that there were a lot more players during Lockdown and none of these problems were present?
Re: ZOS, Massive Spike in Ping/LAG in Recent Days - What Gives?
Your comments from May of 2024 are no longer relevant to the issues that arose at the end of June ‘2025. Herding threads into archived threads isn’t answering questions or fixing the servers. Do better. Communicate You said you would. It’s long past time to act on that promise.
Re: Suggestion: Playable Daedra Race
The problem is with the storytelling. Lyranth calling you little mortal when you're a vampire, or dressed up as a lich, can be handweaved by there being a difference between having overcome your mortality and never having been mortal to begin with.
But for a daedric PC, hours of dialogue need to be rewritten and rerecorded, no more "little mortal", no NPCs badmouthing daedra one mortal to the other, etc. This will quickly rise to the costs of a story DLC, with no content aside from the new race.
But for a daedric PC, hours of dialogue need to be rewritten and rerecorded, no more "little mortal", no NPCs badmouthing daedra one mortal to the other, etc. This will quickly rise to the costs of a story DLC, with no content aside from the new race.
Toanis
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Re: ESO has inflated ratings
The ratings aren't "inflated" just because you don't like it.
The game absolutely has its issues, but it has a loyal following who enjoy it and they are no more "wrong" in their opinions than someone who doesn't like the game.
Not every game is for everyone.
It might be helpful to provide some more constructive criticism, but sounds like it might be time to look at other games that are more suitable. I haven't been happy with the direction the game has been going in the last couple years, and have done both of the above... but a 14 word rant with no details or ideas doesn't really offer much.
The game absolutely has its issues, but it has a loyal following who enjoy it and they are no more "wrong" in their opinions than someone who doesn't like the game.
Not every game is for everyone.
It might be helpful to provide some more constructive criticism, but sounds like it might be time to look at other games that are more suitable. I haven't been happy with the direction the game has been going in the last couple years, and have done both of the above... but a 14 word rant with no details or ideas doesn't really offer much.
Re: Pet Peeve
Elvenheart wrote: »My newest pet peeve is doing World Boss dailies and showing up right after the WB has been taken down.
I figure it is balanced out by the number of times I show up just in time to get one hit in and finish the quest without really doing anything.
