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So ZOS finally admits that they have a strong pro stance on The Ebonheart Pact?
@ZOS_JessicaFolsom I knew all this time that you guys were pro EP..
This is disgusting. Why did I get this nasty mail via game with this abominating subject?
Aldmeri Dominion all the way! For the QUEEN!
Good to know that the reason why EP won the campaign is that they were carried by ZOS :
Team Purple exists for a reason.. and that is because DC and EP can't defeat us without teaming up! AD for LIFE! AD forever! May AD bring terror to our foes!
This is disgusting. Why did I get this nasty mail via game with this abominating subject?
Aldmeri Dominion all the way! For the QUEEN!
Good to know that the reason why EP won the campaign is that they were carried by ZOS :
Team Purple exists for a reason.. and that is because DC and EP can't defeat us without teaming up! AD for LIFE! AD forever! May AD bring terror to our foes!
RaikaNA
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Albert is juiced up on copium with vengeance in full swing.
FENGRUSH
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
During its last appearance on PCNA, Vengeance suffered the same issue that plagued and ultimately defeated no proc PVP: As soon as the populations reach a certain level of imbalance, it becomes impossible to play against massive numbers as an underdog.
Kartalin
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Re: Inventory is Excessive Micro-Management
agelonestar wrote: »The inventory issue is a key reason people quit the game. It literally drives people away.
I know this from experience. Ive had friends get bored of the game from it. It’s mentally taxing for new players.
I’m not sure why anybody above is advocating against solutions.
Also, nobody is expecting a full craft bag for free. But having a 25 or 50 max stack size bag would alleviate a lot of pressure from all the items which we have less than 25.
I use ESO+. I just want my friends to stop getting chased away from the game because of this. It’s a really bad reason to lose so many players.
Re: Inventory is Excessive Micro-Management
One of the reasons I stopped playing the game.
A sub is fine if you play the game regularly and a fair amount, years ago I used to sub to RIft, LOTRO, etc, but I mostly played ESO sporadically and even when playing it, there would be times I would barely touch it for 3 or 4 weeks. A sub simply does not fit the way I played ESO.
Other games give more flexible options like a limited crafting item inventory that you can then upgrade the capacity in their equivalent of the Crown Store.
I presume they make more money out of people who will pay the sub for the crafting inventory, than people like me who won't, but would buy some inventory upgrades (plus the chapters, DLC, crowns for character slots, etc I used to spend money on when I played).
A sub is fine if you play the game regularly and a fair amount, years ago I used to sub to RIft, LOTRO, etc, but I mostly played ESO sporadically and even when playing it, there would be times I would barely touch it for 3 or 4 weeks. A sub simply does not fit the way I played ESO.
Other games give more flexible options like a limited crafting item inventory that you can then upgrade the capacity in their equivalent of the Crown Store.
I presume they make more money out of people who will pay the sub for the crafting inventory, than people like me who won't, but would buy some inventory upgrades (plus the chapters, DLC, crowns for character slots, etc I used to spend money on when I played).
Sylosi
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Well, i am going to say the sweaties that love to chase me in GH with their carry builds use nightblades in Veng. So you have a point. It is a tad stronger right now. But it is definitely not 100%. You play against Templars, Wardens, there are a lot of Magsorcs. There are actually 4 - 5 different classes involving at any fight. And most importantly NB is deadly but they are not also fast + tanky. That is what most matters. You can run away from them easily if you build for it, or you can attack and kill them. There are tradeoffs. No more carry builds, maybe not balanced, maybe stronger but not complete carry builds. Yes, it is not balanced still, but much much better than what is happening in GH rn.And vengeance is 100% nightblades so what is your point?
In Vengeance right now you can fight against any class and if you die it will still be on you. The power gap is not that much between the builds. If someone kills you, they are probably better at weaving/rotation, they are not carried by their builds. In GH good luck in fights if you are not going to play one certain playstyle.
And what i love most about Vengeance is that the skills are distinct now. You dont fire 5 abilities at once. Streak has cooldown. Overload is its own skill, fires separately. Other abilities similarly. Fights are clearer. No GH chaos anymore with noone knowing what is happening on the field. And for that reason there were tremendous amount of new players in Cyrodiil tonight that were low level but still can understand and enjoy fights going on. That is why Vengeance will be successful, that is if they keep it that simple in the future. It doesnt need to be a button or mouse mesh simulator for it to contain skillful gameplay.
Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Vengeance Campaign
General feedback:
If Vengeance is anywhere as near as popular as you hope it will be there will be queues, and Golden Vendor will be difficult to get to; consider moving Golden Vendor out to PVP merchants with the battlegrounds guys.
People are going to want unlocked faction option. The Grey Host crew definitely don't want unlocked faction so there needs to be another option. Is that Vengeance? I dunno.
Please replicate that channeled siege repair from Vengeance onto Grey Host. Its a good QoL improvement.
Please actually spend some time improving performance on Grey Host. You seem committed to keeping it around. You need to give it some love. The performance is poor, the scoring mechanisms are broken / unbalanced, the map is unbalanced, yet the character build and PvPvE mechanisms drive a lot of player retention. I know software is super hard and risky to change, so just throw more hardware at it and dedicate to Grey Host to get some more headroom on calculations.
If Vengeance is anywhere as near as popular as you hope it will be there will be queues, and Golden Vendor will be difficult to get to; consider moving Golden Vendor out to PVP merchants with the battlegrounds guys.
People are going to want unlocked faction option. The Grey Host crew definitely don't want unlocked faction so there needs to be another option. Is that Vengeance? I dunno.
Please replicate that channeled siege repair from Vengeance onto Grey Host. Its a good QoL improvement.
Please actually spend some time improving performance on Grey Host. You seem committed to keeping it around. You need to give it some love. The performance is poor, the scoring mechanisms are broken / unbalanced, the map is unbalanced, yet the character build and PvPvE mechanisms drive a lot of player retention. I know software is super hard and risky to change, so just throw more hardware at it and dedicate to Grey Host to get some more headroom on calculations.
decairn
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Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 1 Summary
Erickson9610 wrote: »YandereGirlfriend wrote: »Ketryellowynne wrote: »
Let’s please address the elephant in the room. Healers. Supports, yes, but then you didn’t need to say tanks as well. Keep healers relevant.
For class passives specifically make something for every class that is determined by overheal (not heal). Reading the passives as they have existed to this point makes me terrified that you will end up writing healers as a role out of optimized end game entirely. We already see it in dungeons and arenas, running 3 DPS and a tank because “why would we run a healer if DDs can self-sustain and then we get more damage”? We already see it in current end game optimization where it’s common to run 1 heal, 1 tank.
My concern is that as DDs become more self sufficient and less necessity is placed on healing as a concept, end game groups will eliminate healers entirely because everything they provide can be provided equally as well by a support DD with 1 or 2 heals if necessary.
Example: Major Courage. As a very important buff, this has probably been the single most important thing for keeping healers relevant in the game since the best source (SPC) procs on overheal for 12 party members, no cooldown, potential 100% uptime with someone who plays it well enough. Adding this buff to a single skill on a werewolf is an enormous slap in the face. Where there aren’t specific heal checks, an optimized team can run a werewolf for Major courage instead of a healer at all. While this hasn’t been an issue previously (people choosing banners or Zenas, or soul burst or Yolna for minor courage instead of a werewolf in group), that was because it would be a net loss of damage to run a werewolf. In this case, with the emotional support doggo replacing the healer, it ends up a net increase rather than loss, assuming other buffs can still be sourced elsewhere.
Currently, the only buff that can only be sourced through healing is minor toughness. With Major courage more easily sourceable outside of healing, there becomes very few reasons to run a designated healer as opposed to only running support DDs in much optimized 12 man content.
KEEP HEALERS RELEVANT.
The class passives are an excellent opportunity to do this, but only if you model them with this in mind rather than just your damage or even just supports as a whole. Make a reason for a healer to be there instead of removing the existing ones.
(Edited for autocorrect sabotaging spelling)
You could probably solve this by allowing the WW Major Courage to only apply to other WWs.
So that it is a functional SPC replacement for all-WW groups, who otherwise have no means to source the buff group-wide, but it does not obviate the actual healer in more traditional groups.
Best of both worlds.
We want Werewolves to be useful in non-WW groups, too. Werewolves don't always play in WW-only groups, and we would love to be welcomed in regular groups for high end PvE/PvP.
Sure, but not at the cost of displacing regular healers.
Hand-waiving the issue with, "Yeah, find something else for healers to do... in the future... yeah..." is not a viable proposal. WW changes are on the table now. The problem should be solved now. Whereas there is zero timetable or even any reason to assume that such a change to regular healers would ever be forthcoming.
It is one thing for WWs to be basically "Oakensoul, the ultimate" with all of these easily sourced comparatively rare buffs for themselves and other WWs. But that should not extend into the rest of the game or turn over the tea table on roles that have existed for a decade.
Like someone else said, make a buff that is actually unique to WWs and let a WW DD bring that to a raid. This Major Courage change is the WW version of DKs snatching away Major Berserk from Sorcerers. It's just robbing one role to pay-off another role in a very zero-sum fashion.
Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Combat Refresh: Werewolf
Also as stated multiple times... I do think sorcerer werewolf is broken, but you wouldn't want them to blanket nerf every werewolf ability because one specific combination of things is broken
One has to be specific about what is broken so that it can be balanced accordingly, rather than providing ambiguous misleading statements that don't result in a more balanced, fun game in the end.
You are correct with this statement. I hope those calling for nerfs will be more specific about what exactly they think problem is.
