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Re: Playing through Summerset story in 2025 is wild
SaffronCitrusflower wrote: »[snip]
I mean the forum rules do clearly state that discussions of real world politics are not appropriate on the forum. Personally I'm happy about that, as at least in the US, it's shoved in our faces 24/7.
As for the topic at hand, many Altmer being supremist and generally awful was not at all new or unique to Summerset. As mentioned, it was also written into the story in Auridon, years before Summerset. The Thalmor were central to the main story in Skyrim. And it's been discussed in the lore much earlier than this.
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Returning player: who makes the best eso builds right now?
Hi forum friends. I just came back after a 6 month break. I just need some builds to update my characters. I mainly do dungeons and maybe a trial here and there. I not looking for niche builds.
Also are subclass builds effective in trials? I'm not sure if I'll be doing trials yet just trying to get back into the game. I've played eso for many yea4s and I'm aware that most trials guild peeps end up using the most effective cookie cutter builds cos they get the job done. I am not adverse to such builds if they work well then why not us them.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Also are subclass builds effective in trials? I'm not sure if I'll be doing trials yet just trying to get back into the game. I've played eso for many yea4s and I'm aware that most trials guild peeps end up using the most effective cookie cutter builds cos they get the job done. I am not adverse to such builds if they work well then why not us them.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pcgamer
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Re: Oh Which Title/Achievement Are You The Most Proud?
Grand Master Crafter, it was the first title I ever cared for when I was new to the game.
My crafter is still the top toon on my character select screen.
My crafter is still the top toon on my character select screen.
onyxorb
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Re: What changed with June 25 maintenance that cause worse performance?
If the players can pinpoint the day the change was made that tanked performance, surely ZOS can figure it out too.
So why isn't ZOS reverting this change? Even FPS is bottoming out now and it's not due to our video cards or equipment. Even FPS is being determined server side now, and this change IS NOT WORKING! This can be fixed. ZOS knows what they did and what needs to be done to revert the change. So why hasn't this change been reverted in either of the two maintenances we've had since June 25th?
@ZOS_Kevin
@ZOS_BrianWheeler
@ZOS_GinaBruno
@ZOS_RichLambert
@ZOS_MattFiror
@ZOS_Phoenix
@ZOS_Adrikoth
So why isn't ZOS reverting this change? Even FPS is bottoming out now and it's not due to our video cards or equipment. Even FPS is being determined server side now, and this change IS NOT WORKING! This can be fixed. ZOS knows what they did and what needs to be done to revert the change. So why hasn't this change been reverted in either of the two maintenances we've had since June 25th?
@ZOS_Kevin
@ZOS_BrianWheeler
@ZOS_GinaBruno
@ZOS_RichLambert
@ZOS_MattFiror
@ZOS_Phoenix
@ZOS_Adrikoth
Re: Account restricted but no idea why
[Any news on this please @zos_kevin
I’ve had no acknowledgment of my ticket let alone I don’t know how long this ban is for?
I’m happy to change the name to something else but if I’ m banned for an unspecified time I can’t do that?
What was the name?
Ressurectile dysfunction
Which I didn’t think was too bad…. But their AI obviously does
I don't believe its Ai but rather someone in game reporting it, forcing CS to act. Or atleast that was the vibe I got from them when I had a forced name change for "Strokes the Staff" that was a several year old name when it occured....
NoSoup
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Re: Are Scribing drops (such as Luminous Ink from resource nodes) account wide?
I can also confirm it is account wide. I have quite a few characters who have never done any scribing quests, and they all find ink now and again.
Re: * Very * alarming interventions over guild names in recent weeks
This is horrible. It looks on the face of it plain bigoted bullying. It might not be relevant, but I've noticed that CS seems to have difficulties with LGBTQ+ issues overall. I reported someone in zone chat for calling a Pacrooti's Hirelings recruiter mentally ill for being gay, and I was told by CS this didn't violate any policies. It gave me pause at the time, but I left it alone. Now, with this, I wonder if there's a larger cultural problem in the CS department.
xencthlu
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Re: Sorcerer review and Update 47
Why exactly is there an entire thread dedicated to buffing what are already the strongest offensive & sustain skill lines in the game?
Because they are essentially absent in PvE content, which is why the bulk of the suggestions here focus on increasing Sorc's PvE viability. Skill lines should be legitimately viable in both environments, and not just in niche cases (e.g., needing to streak to door in vAS or running an MK sorc). And even in PvP, I wouldn't call Storm Calling the strongest offensive line. Surely Animal Companion and Assassination are stronger.
Dark Magic on the other hand is extremely underrated for sustain and on a meta sorcblade Crystal Frags very often outperform Merciless Resolve in damage done, while also offering cost reductions & Blood Magic heals. This is due to the buff the skill received in previous patch where it can now proc while on the back bar as well, resulting a lot more frequency in which you can cast it.
Again, there are no "meta sorcblades" in PvE, and no one is using Frags in PvE because Dark Magic is very weak. And even if Frags can outdamage Merciless proc for proc, Merciless is giving you weapon damage and bonus crit chance (at least on the live server), and can heal you in melee range.
The real strength of this skill line however lies in the sustain aspect of it. It is absolutely wild to call Dark Exchange a bad ability because it "has a cast time" when the same ability also:
- Provides a burst heal (8/10k Base Tooltip+Blood Magic passive 3-4k~).
- 3600 Stamina (20 seconds of Warden Netch or 15 seconds of Templar Rune instantly)+additional 240/second for 10 seconds or 4500 Magicka instantly (26 seconds of Warden Netch or 18 seconds of Templar rune instantly)+additional 150/second for 20 seconds.
- Minor Berserk (+Minor Force currently)
Even if Dark Deal isn't a bad skill, Netch is free, cleanses you, gives you 5% crit damage, and can provide and extra 5% damage done on top of activating Flourish. Plar rune heals you (potentially for a lot if you stand in it) and can be used to activate Sacred Ground on top of providing Major Resolve. I think Dark Deal lags behind both of them.
There's a whole lot of other nonsense here
I'm sure there is /s
Other than that, sorcerer skill lines are more than fine and all of them see use in PvP (yes, even Daedric Summoning).
Again: a skill line's utility should not be limited to PvP. Even so, I don't think PvPers are going to complain about more skills and morphs being good within trees that are already good.
Re: Would you like to see the addition of follower dungeons akin to WoW's system? (Explanation below)
SaffronCitrusflower wrote: »Why don't people who want features like this just play single player games? There are hundreds to thousands of single player questing games out there to choose from.
And which ones of those are set in the Elder Scrolls universe, with regularly updated content?