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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Classes and Abilities
"Warden: This script now causes charmed enemies to walk to the center of the area, rather than to follow the caster. This was done in an effort to try and mitigate the frequency this charm could force enemies through terrain."
This script is absolutely broken in pvp but somehow does nothing in pve.
Size:
This thing is the size of a football field. Literally almost the size of a tower in a keep in Cyrodil. That alone for an AOE CC is broken. Mass Hysteria is 6 meters. Hypnosis is 7 meters but your enemies must be "facing your direction". And that's all that those skills do. You still get two other scripts to play with on this skill. Please reduce the size of this in pvp to that of old Cinder Storm, i.e. 5 meters.
In pve, you can keep the same size but make it actually work. Also, it's great that it "causes charmed enemies to walk to the center of the area" as it might actually be useful for a trash pulls. Basically give it the separate pvp and pve applications that you gave to the Dragonknights Dragon Leap.
Application/Counterplay:
There is currently no counter play to this skill. There is no visual indication that anything has happened to your player. Currently you lose control of your player and jerk around unsure of if your are lagging out or what. This, and all other scribing skills, such as shield throw, knife, etc, need to present some kind of visual indication on your character so that you know that your are CC'ed. Every other CC that I can think of does so. This and other scribing skills need to do so as well. There needs to be counterplay which there currently is not.
Thank you for your consideration.
This script is absolutely broken in pvp but somehow does nothing in pve.
Size:
This thing is the size of a football field. Literally almost the size of a tower in a keep in Cyrodil. That alone for an AOE CC is broken. Mass Hysteria is 6 meters. Hypnosis is 7 meters but your enemies must be "facing your direction". And that's all that those skills do. You still get two other scripts to play with on this skill. Please reduce the size of this in pvp to that of old Cinder Storm, i.e. 5 meters.
In pve, you can keep the same size but make it actually work. Also, it's great that it "causes charmed enemies to walk to the center of the area" as it might actually be useful for a trash pulls. Basically give it the separate pvp and pve applications that you gave to the Dragonknights Dragon Leap.
Application/Counterplay:
There is currently no counter play to this skill. There is no visual indication that anything has happened to your player. Currently you lose control of your player and jerk around unsure of if your are lagging out or what. This, and all other scribing skills, such as shield throw, knife, etc, need to present some kind of visual indication on your character so that you know that your are CC'ed. Every other CC that I can think of does so. This and other scribing skills need to do so as well. There needs to be counterplay which there currently is not.
Thank you for your consideration.
Re: Can we please have some "down time"?
The OP has a point.
This isn’t just “people overthinking it” — it’s a real, well-understood design strategy used in games and apps.
What’s happening is a mix of a few known psychological effects:
The Zeigarnik Effect — unfinished tasks stick in your mind and create a sense of tension until they’re completed
Loss Aversion — the feeling of missing out is stronger than the reward of gaining something
FOMO — time-limited tasks create pressure even if you don’t really care about the reward
When you stack systems like long grinds + limited-time pursuits + unclear or bugged tracking, you end up with multiple “open loops” sitting in the background.
Even if you consciously think:
“I don’t care about this”
your brain still registers:
“this is unfinished”
And that creates a low-level pressure to go and clear it.
So telling people to “just ignore it” or “snap out of it” misses the point — this is exactly how these systems are designed to work. They rely on normal human behaviour, not lack of willpower.
The result isn’t motivation — it’s fatigue.
You stop choosing what you want to do, and start clearing things just to make the noise go away.
That’s why people are asking for downtime — not less content, just space to actually play on their own terms again.
This isn’t just “people overthinking it” — it’s a real, well-understood design strategy used in games and apps.
What’s happening is a mix of a few known psychological effects:
The Zeigarnik Effect — unfinished tasks stick in your mind and create a sense of tension until they’re completed
Loss Aversion — the feeling of missing out is stronger than the reward of gaining something
FOMO — time-limited tasks create pressure even if you don’t really care about the reward
When you stack systems like long grinds + limited-time pursuits + unclear or bugged tracking, you end up with multiple “open loops” sitting in the background.
Even if you consciously think:
“I don’t care about this”
your brain still registers:
“this is unfinished”
And that creates a low-level pressure to go and clear it.
So telling people to “just ignore it” or “snap out of it” misses the point — this is exactly how these systems are designed to work. They rely on normal human behaviour, not lack of willpower.
The result isn’t motivation — it’s fatigue.
You stop choosing what you want to do, and start clearing things just to make the noise go away.
That’s why people are asking for downtime — not less content, just space to actually play on their own terms again.
Taarente
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Re: Can we please have some "down time"?
spartaxoxo wrote: »I like having goals in games. If there's no goal then the task feels kinda pointless because, well, games are kinda pointless in the first place lol.
For me it's simple: Either I find a game/playstyle entertaining by itself, or I don't. If I don't, giving me some "reward" for doing it won't make it more entertaining.
I fully understand that rpgs in general have aspects that might not be the most interesting - like needing to grind for gold, or harvesting mats for crafting. As long as it's just one small thing inbetween things I actually find entertaining (character development/levelling/progression, story content, etc), it's fine. But if it feels like it's just chores, what am I even doing them for?
That's also the reason why the chores in ESO currently feel absolutely pointless to me: They send me out to harvest wood, so I harvest wood, and I get currency. And I might also sell the wood (that I already have masses of in my crafting bag anyway) for gold (which some people also already have masses of and don't really need, though I personally have a use for it through housing at least). But how does that contribute to developing my player character (both when it comes to skills and roleplay-wise)? How does it mean anything? It's just chores for currency, and nothing beyond that.
The more I think about it, it sometimes barely feels like "actually" playing the game, or doing something in Tamriel. People just run after their chores list, randomly shoot 1000 squirrels/hares/birds in Wrothgar to get it done, no matter if their character would actually do that roleplay-wise or have any reason for it. It doesn't give them any progress in their usual playstyle either. It's just about getting it done. Pointless.
Syldras
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Re: Can we please have some "down time"?
tomofhyrule wrote: »ESO is an MMO, which means they want you to have lots to do. Nothing to do means dead game. It’s up to us to not make it a job.
Lets be real here.
“Stuff to do” is not the same as “engaging content.” I have plenty of “stuff to do” at home and at work. I call most of it chores.
ESO lately feels like the same thing: chores, but with a timer slapped on and a “special condition” sticker for flavor. It’s basically: Do the thing you’ve done a thousand times for years… but now with a progression bar to see number go up.
And then there’s ZOS with their new favorite word they mention 50 times in every stream: “rewaaaaaaaaaaaaaards.”
I am curious what the Night Market brings, though. Maybe it’ll feel fresh. Maybe it’ll feel original. Or maybe it’ll be yet another round of repackaged, refurbished, and reheated but now you get a rewarded for it. We’ll see.
But so far it all is exactly how shrinkflation went in other games I played over the years.
Re: Why Soloed Dungeons are forbidden in the new Golden Pursuit??
Hapexamendios wrote: »Forced grouping for activities such as this, optional or otherwise, isn't player friendly when the vast majority of the game is catered to a single player experience.
I think I'd disagree on this. The only parts of the game which absolutely cater to single-player are the Main Quest, the two guild stories, and solo arenas. There might be a quest or two in there somewhere among the ~2500 in the game which go to solo instances at some point, but the rest of the game supports either approach.
Re: Official Feedback Thread For 2026 Seasons ESO Reveal
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HYACINTH HYACINTH HYACINTH HYACINTH GIVE US MORE HYACINTH CONTENT i want a romanceable companion version but I'd settle for rumours/favours/him to just show up again in general
HYACINTH HYACINTH HYACINTH HYACINTH GIVE US MORE HYACINTH CONTENT i want a romanceable companion version but I'd settle for rumours/favours/him to just show up again in general
Adhara
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Class Mastery
My initial impression was that the class masteries are too weak, then I doubted a bit when some started saying they are broken, but I am also back to thinking they are not enough. There was a wow effect for a few day, yet when considering everything and leaving aside unintended interactions, none of the masteries are good enough to seriously compete with subclassing at least as far as pvp is concerned.
And it seems I am far from alone in my thinking.
You're not wrong. I didn't test every class, I figured there were enough mains to cover them all .. but when I looked at Sorc I saw the same thing you are.
People sometimes forget that there's an opportunity cost for choices we make in game. It's one thing to say X or Y Class Mastery passive is "good", in a vacuum .. but when one looks at those passives versus Subclassing that's where things fall short. There's no Class Mastery passive that I'm seeing that's going to present a sweeter opportunity than being able to slot a Merciless Resolve or Fatecarver or Shalks or Surprise Attack.
These Mastery passives, from what I understand, are supposed to be a partial class enhancement to hold us over whilst the Devs work on the class refreshes; then seeing the Mastery passives adjusted as each class is re-worked for balance.
These current Mastery passives aren't delivering the type of power or flexibility that Subclassing does, full stop.
It doesn't matter whether it's PvE or PvP, Subclassing just delivers too much and if the only restrictions Subclassed builds have are these weak passives it's going to be a hard sell convincing people to stick with a pure base class build versus subbing.
I don't doubt some people are seeing an increase in power by using the Class Mastery passives now than the power they were seeing before, BUT, that doesn't mean that the power they were outputting before the Mastery passives was anywhere near on par with the potential of what's out there; either for PvP or PvE.
Definitely. At the end of the day, passives can only do so much. It really is the abilities that matter.
Someone in this thread made an excellent point that illustrated that issue perfectly, something like, "Conservation of Energy is only good because it lets you use the Dark Magic passives without having to actually use any Dark Magic skills." Which is just so on the nose.
As, with basically one exception, Dark Magic skills are so trash that it is a mighty throw indeed to ever choose the skill line willingly. The Conservation passive is a complete condemnation of the entire line, an admission of defeat and capitulation.
And Dark Magic is hardly alone. Indeed, the ears of Shadow immediately perk-up, recognizing its kindred situation.
Character Slots Limits
Greetings,
I'm not sure if there is a specific category for this topic, so I'm just posting in General. As the title suggests I've a burning question about character slot limits.
Does ZOS have any plans to increase the character slot limit past the 20 maximum that exists now? If they did, would it need to be alongside another class release as in the past?
I personally have maxed my slots, and still would like more, at least 3 more but preferably 5 more. I don't think character slot additions need to be married to any class release. To the best of my recollection, at least once ZOS has added extra slots independent of any class release. I'm sure any future plans ZOS may have about adding or not any new classes won't be answered here. I did however want to get the question out, and post about my own desire for it. Hopefully some others will add their voices to, and ZOS will see the demand, and sell us some more character slots!
I'm not sure if there is a specific category for this topic, so I'm just posting in General. As the title suggests I've a burning question about character slot limits.
Does ZOS have any plans to increase the character slot limit past the 20 maximum that exists now? If they did, would it need to be alongside another class release as in the past?
I personally have maxed my slots, and still would like more, at least 3 more but preferably 5 more. I don't think character slot additions need to be married to any class release. To the best of my recollection, at least once ZOS has added extra slots independent of any class release. I'm sure any future plans ZOS may have about adding or not any new classes won't be answered here. I did however want to get the question out, and post about my own desire for it. Hopefully some others will add their voices to, and ZOS will see the demand, and sell us some more character slots!
Cold91
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Combat Refresh: Werewolf
autocookies wrote: »I will add for missing cosmetic things the grabble gun works for werewolf but is missing an animation. This has been tested In Unhallowed Grave and Vateshran Hollows.
Just wanted to confirm we do have a bug in for this. Thank you!
Pirate Costume Pack Crown Pricing Update
Hi all, thank you for noting the pricing issue with the Pirate Costume Pack. We are in the process of correcting the Crown price and will work to issue refunds to players who purchased it at the incorrect price.
We will let you know when we update the price to be correct.
We will let you know when we update the price to be correct.
