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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
I havent played pvp in forever specifically because of how messed up GH is...so I am actually very much looking forward to the new server. Maybe I will pop into pvp again.
Oh no, we wouldn't want a balanced playing field. Like every other pvp mode in other pvp games ever. That would be awwwful.
Its not just that they disable Grey Host in that week once more, but also with Update 50 and the big PvP reward system, the first 30!!!! ranks are basically Vengeance only rewards. They keep forcing it onto us, they do not listen, that the majority of PvP players do not want Vengeance. Its just PvE people liking it, because then they can just jump in, change nothing and be good at it.
When Vengeance PvE rules for Trifecta btw? I don't want to change my build for that and I expect to be able to do it with absolutely no effort, thank you.
Oh no, we wouldn't want a balanced playing field. Like every other pvp mode in other pvp games ever. That would be awwwful.
Jammy420
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Even if that would be the case now (and i am not saying it is), Vengeance will still have a better future than GH. Vengeance may be picked up by new players. Do you see any possibility that any new player would play GH and say "Oh, PvP is very interesting in this game. Let me try it for a while" ? And also players wont be like "Ok, i learned PvP in Vengeance and lets move to GH and have a challenge!". They will most probably just stay in Vengeance and never set foot on GH with Vengeance having their own PvP veterans.ToddIngram wrote: »Less than 1 in 5 PvP mains will play vengeance. If you take a poll of PvP mains you'll see this is the case.
GH and Vengeance are quite different game modes with different gameplay right now. GH is being very tedious even for the players that are playing in Cyrodiil since years. I dont think any new player will enjoy getting hit by 6 different abilities (each 5k - 10k+ at death recap) from someone outside your screen at the same time without a single animation playing the moment they set foot on Cyrodiil. GH will never grow in population. It has shrinked last years and it will just continue to shrink. Because some people are going to leave like every game and game mode and when you have no new players to replace them you can do the math.
It is not really about being veteran or being skilled, etc. That doesnt really have to translate to chaotic gameplay GH has. GW2 has much slower and strategic combat, there are PvP veterans there, as well. Just a different kind of gameplay.
Proof-of-Concept Werewolf Texture Edits (suggestions welcome!)
This thread aims to showcase some of the possibilities for Werewolf Transformation Skill Styles and other miscellaneous minor edits that could be done with the new Werewolf textures. I encourage ZOS to use this thread for inspiration!
Note that nothing showcased in this thread is official. These are all fan edits.
First, here's a full-on retexture that gives the werewolf a more natural wolf-like fur pattern:
How about a scar on the face? Now that the face isn't UV mapped symmetrically, we could potentially get styles that have asymmetric facial details like scars, tattoos, or war paint:
If Insatiable Hunger put a bloodstain effect on our muzzles like the old Devour did back in the day, maybe it would look something like this:
Several people want the white fur texture to have a black nose. Here's what that looks like:
That's all I have for now! Please feel free to suggest texture edits that you'd want to see!
Tagging @ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_Erin for visibility.
Note that nothing showcased in this thread is official. These are all fan edits.
First, here's a full-on retexture that gives the werewolf a more natural wolf-like fur pattern:
How about a scar on the face? Now that the face isn't UV mapped symmetrically, we could potentially get styles that have asymmetric facial details like scars, tattoos, or war paint:
If Insatiable Hunger put a bloodstain effect on our muzzles like the old Devour did back in the day, maybe it would look something like this:
Several people want the white fur texture to have a black nose. Here's what that looks like:
That's all I have for now! Please feel free to suggest texture edits that you'd want to see!
Tagging @ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_Erin for visibility.
Re: Crown Sale - Did you buy any?
I did buy crowns for the first time in ages cause I feel like the game is going in a good direction after so many years.
Re: Faction Lock Idea: Allow us to forego campaign rewards to remain unlocked
CameraBeardThePirate wrote: »Look, I just want to PvP with my friends. Next patch, it seems like I won't be able to do that unless I fork over money to buy a bunch of alliance change tokens, or unless I play Vengeance (which is just not fun lol).
I couldn't possibly care less about campaign rewards. You get less from campaign rewards than you do for completing about 5 Battlegrounds matches.
If the big worry with removing Faction Lock is that people would alliance hop to always be on the winning side, why not keep Faction Lock in place but add an option to remove it for your account in exchange for giving up your campaign rewards for your whole account?
@CameraBeardThePirate Also fun to point out you can pay the 20-25$usd for an alliance change token to play with your friends, except your account will still be alliance locked for the 30 day campaign. Which means you are basically told to not play the game for a month........great design concept.
The faction system should just be replaced with a conscription system at the start of each campaign. In order to enter a campaign for the first time each reset you just pick a faction. You can break conscription and forgo all rewards for the rest of the campaign. This way the solo casual small groups can still be fluid while the larger guilds will still be happy with players being incentivized to stay locked in for the campaign. I would also suggest zos going away from the 30 day concept and do a 1 or 2 week campaign instead with the resets happening on friday night primetime. This is a good way to drive player involvement of newer players and weekend warriors to help break up the 10 year veteran coordinated groups ruling the servers.
Re: Update 50 and Accessibility
spartaxoxo wrote: »The new update nerfs a number of more accessible play styles and builds. Many of those things already underperform compared to other, more difficult setups. I have no problem with that but builds should not be nerfed when they aren't causing problems just to fix a number on a spreadsheet.
I'm moreso commenting on things like Oakensoul and Pet Builds. But even the decision to nerf builds with flat damage increases play into this, although not as much.
When you make it so there is no room to grow in certain builds, players who need these builds can't access certain content. Everyone should be able to grow into regular vet content (hard modes and achievements already exist for the best of the best) and not be stuck purely doing roleplay content that you could do without a build at all.
Why are you all talking about "accessibility"? How many players that ACTUALLY NEED accessibility features(and not just lazy people) have you personally met? I've spent over 15000 hours in this game and I've met just a few. People who need accessibility features are less than 0.1%. Why should 99.9% constantly suffer because of 0.1%? Jesus even if these builds were nerfed by 50% it would still be enough for 99.9% of the content. "Accessibility" builds should not perform better than regular builds that requiere skill to play. There are accessibility features in other games, for example there is a damage helper or smth in wow which pressed damage skills for you, which is basically the same thing as arcanist, but it presses them slowly and you'd be better of actually playing if you want efficiency. It's not the case with arcanist builds, they take no skill to play and are better than regular builds. They need a hard nerf, not just these sets pity nerfs
Out of curiosity, how do you “constantly suffer” from accessibility features (or players using HA builds)?
dcrush
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Re: Monsters on Housing????? hmmmmmm
Like monsters that attack anyone that visits the house? That sounds like something that could be abused. Like a house on the Home Tours that has monsters that kill most players that visit.
Yeah, this is what I would be worried about, someone stacking several monsters where people port in, just so that the people would be killed nearly instantly.
Re: Monsters on Housing????? hmmmmmm
Like monsters that attack anyone that visits the house? That sounds like something that could be abused. Like a house on the Home Tours that has monsters that kill most players that visit.
Ingenon
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