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Re: Assistant for survey maps
This is a video game, not a job. Surveys offer no gameplay or thought. They are cookie clicker stuff designed to waste time and be a chore that feels too rewarding too pass up so that players spend time in the game. They expect it to clog up people's inventories because they know that a lot of people aren't going to enjoy doing it and won't want to do it everyday. This type of design is not something players should feel obligated to do to keep up with the player market.
I don't think the argument of "do your chores" is a particularly good argument for something that is supposed to be fun.
I don't think the argument of "do your chores" is a particularly good argument for something that is supposed to be fun.
Re: Herald of the Tome - Remove Fatecarver
Removing it is overkill, as it can be rather amusing to use.
It must simply be brought in line with others AOE skills.
Fatecarver is an anomaly, being a multitarget skill that's as powerfull as the best ST skills around.
Either by way of cutting the damage on secondary targets (like, by a lot .. 50% comes to mind) or reducind damage as a whole.
Both would be fine.
Agreeing with this. The ease of use of the class is fine, but other classes need the AoE of arcanist (good class spammable doing AoE damage) or arcanist needs reduced AoE to the level of other classes (balance it like jabs).
Soarora
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Re: Herald of the Tome - Remove Fatecarver
Removing it is overkill, as it can be rather amusing to use.
It must simply be brought in line with others AOE skills.
Fatecarver is an anomaly, being a multitarget skill that's as powerfull as the best ST skills around.
Either by way of cutting the damage on secondary targets (like, by a lot .. 50% comes to mind) or reducind damage as a whole.
Both would be fine.
It must simply be brought in line with others AOE skills.
Fatecarver is an anomaly, being a multitarget skill that's as powerfull as the best ST skills around.
Either by way of cutting the damage on secondary targets (like, by a lot .. 50% comes to mind) or reducind damage as a whole.
Both would be fine.
preevious
11
Re: My problem with Solstice so far
I hate to say it (especially after West Weald, which I thought was brilliant), but the Solstice quests were badly written, derivative, and repetitive. The only quest that was any good was the one involving Meridia's temple in the north-west of the zone.
The zone itself feels lazily designed too - there's nothing to it.
I sincerely hope the rest of the "season" improves very significantly, because for what I have paid I have NOT seen good value. IMO, this year so far has been the absolute worst of ZoS.
The zone itself feels lazily designed too - there's nothing to it.
I sincerely hope the rest of the "season" improves very significantly, because for what I have paid I have NOT seen good value. IMO, this year so far has been the absolute worst of ZoS.
Re: If animations were immersive when the Quest needs you to carry something
This is another one of those things for the "this would be nice and immersive if we assumed that space and technology restrictions did not exist, but in the real world we have to consider that ZOS is actively trying to reduce the footprint of the game so they can add more things."
I just can't imagine that this is something big enough for people to say "yeah, we may not have gotten a new Class or zone in 2026, but at least for that one single quest in the Scholarium we can watch our character lug a large crystal from one room to the other! 10/10 would buy again!"
I just can't imagine that this is something big enough for people to say "yeah, we may not have gotten a new Class or zone in 2026, but at least for that one single quest in the Scholarium we can watch our character lug a large crystal from one room to the other! 10/10 would buy again!"
Re: Please help me out understanding how to become eligible for gifting.
Just wanted to follow up here. This issue has been resolved and @Liukke has been granted access. Thank you for your patience as we worked with customer service to resolve this.
Re: Assistant for survey maps
Tradeable surveys (and leads) would really be an interesting way to address this problem, and that’s something I fully support.
People already do have symbiotic relationships with friends to send treasure maps if they don’t feel like collecting the white glyph and blue Thunderbug sabatons themselves, but their friends do find it relaxing to go about them.
I could totally see people setting up “we’ll do your surveys for a small cut!” businesses if surveys were tradeable.
People already do have symbiotic relationships with friends to send treasure maps if they don’t feel like collecting the white glyph and blue Thunderbug sabatons themselves, but their friends do find it relaxing to go about them.
I could totally see people setting up “we’ll do your surveys for a small cut!” businesses if surveys were tradeable.
Re: Your Play Experience b/t Update 45 and Update 46 with Subclassing and Scribing In Base Game
Did your ability to play and/or complete certain types of game content improve after the launch of Update 46?
- no - the opposite. I am mainly playing PVP. PVP content has gotten MUCH more stale, and BGs on XBOX EU are not existing anymore outside of boring 4x4 BGs.
- Every char feels almost the same. There is no reason now to level up a plar or necro, which I would originally have done soon. No incentive for that anymore.
- Burst is at an all time high. You get hit with 3 or 4 beetles at a time. Everyone is using the same skills and viable sets are reduced even more.
- class identity is completely gone. Beforehand I definitely identified my chars with a certain feel and playstyle. Now all are the same. Warden animal companions, assasination + sorc/plar armor line..... BORING. Class skill lines get reduced to very limited purposes and playstyles.
If so, prior to the launch of Update 46, what was your character build?
- I had plenty of different setups for my Sorc, DK, NB, Arc and Warden, ranging from dot builds (serpents disdain, vatashran) or pyrbrand, to accuity builds, to pen builds using oakfather etc., to crit builds using acuity.
What did you change to your character build when Update 46 launched that allowed you to play or complete content that you had trouble with before?
- see above
What game content was it?
- PVP open world cyrodil
- PVP battlegrounds
BTW: i dont understand why this questionnaire is so one sided. It does not really allow for critical feedback!? If you want to pat yourself on the back - ok, that is one way to do it.
- no - the opposite. I am mainly playing PVP. PVP content has gotten MUCH more stale, and BGs on XBOX EU are not existing anymore outside of boring 4x4 BGs.
- Every char feels almost the same. There is no reason now to level up a plar or necro, which I would originally have done soon. No incentive for that anymore.
- Burst is at an all time high. You get hit with 3 or 4 beetles at a time. Everyone is using the same skills and viable sets are reduced even more.
- class identity is completely gone. Beforehand I definitely identified my chars with a certain feel and playstyle. Now all are the same. Warden animal companions, assasination + sorc/plar armor line..... BORING. Class skill lines get reduced to very limited purposes and playstyles.
If so, prior to the launch of Update 46, what was your character build?
- I had plenty of different setups for my Sorc, DK, NB, Arc and Warden, ranging from dot builds (serpents disdain, vatashran) or pyrbrand, to accuity builds, to pen builds using oakfather etc., to crit builds using acuity.
What did you change to your character build when Update 46 launched that allowed you to play or complete content that you had trouble with before?
- see above
What game content was it?
- PVP open world cyrodil
- PVP battlegrounds
BTW: i dont understand why this questionnaire is so one sided. It does not really allow for critical feedback!? If you want to pat yourself on the back - ok, that is one way to do it.
L1re
5
Re: Herald of the Tome - Remove Fatecarver
I think 1 thing that seems to fly under the radar for Herald of the Tome is the passives. It's the only DPS line with 4/4 dedicated to damage dealing. Every other line uses at least 1/4 for some type of utility or sustain.
Sorcerer - Storm Calling (Capacitor): +141 mag/stam/hp recovery.
Nightblade - Assassination (Executioner): 1k mag/stam on kill.
Templar - Aedric Spear (Spear Wall): Minor Berserk + Minor Berserk for 6s.
Necro - Grave Lord (Reusable Parts): -66% cost for every other summon.
DK's Ardent Flame only just recently got damage on all 4 passives from Warmth's 6% dot damage for 3s, but it's pretty negligible, I see it as more of an extension to Searing Heat, something it should of done from the get go.
Warden's Animal Companion's is a hybrid line with great utlity, delayed burst, and sustain, but only 1/4 is for damage dealing as a capped stat. Probably why it's not very popular in PVE, but super popular in PVP. Warden unfortunately splits its damage passives with Winter's Embrace.
What's more interesting is typically the lines are tuned into 2-3 types of damage stats, usually in the direction of some type of build identity, while Arcanist gives very open ended, works for everything damage bonuses. Pen, Crit Damage, W/S Damage, and Status Effect Damage. No class has the 1st 3 in 1 place, nevermind the 4th too.
If you ask me, even a nerf to the cleave on Beam won't entirely fix the line because it's just so loaded with necessary PVE damage passives in 1 place. I have no idea why they made 4 passives equally as strong as the last for damage dealing, when they clearly had some type of guideline for designing the other 6 classes with the 3/4 split.
And yeah buff Tentacular Dread, it should cost -50% at full crux and deal like +120-140% more damage instead of +99%. Then it would be on par with skills like Scorch, Curse, Backlash, but most directly; Blastbones as 1 big, cheap hit every 3-4 seconds, which also debuffs.
Sorcerer - Storm Calling (Capacitor): +141 mag/stam/hp recovery.
Nightblade - Assassination (Executioner): 1k mag/stam on kill.
Templar - Aedric Spear (Spear Wall): Minor Berserk + Minor Berserk for 6s.
Necro - Grave Lord (Reusable Parts): -66% cost for every other summon.
DK's Ardent Flame only just recently got damage on all 4 passives from Warmth's 6% dot damage for 3s, but it's pretty negligible, I see it as more of an extension to Searing Heat, something it should of done from the get go.
Warden's Animal Companion's is a hybrid line with great utlity, delayed burst, and sustain, but only 1/4 is for damage dealing as a capped stat. Probably why it's not very popular in PVE, but super popular in PVP. Warden unfortunately splits its damage passives with Winter's Embrace.
What's more interesting is typically the lines are tuned into 2-3 types of damage stats, usually in the direction of some type of build identity, while Arcanist gives very open ended, works for everything damage bonuses. Pen, Crit Damage, W/S Damage, and Status Effect Damage. No class has the 1st 3 in 1 place, nevermind the 4th too.
If you ask me, even a nerf to the cleave on Beam won't entirely fix the line because it's just so loaded with necessary PVE damage passives in 1 place. I have no idea why they made 4 passives equally as strong as the last for damage dealing, when they clearly had some type of guideline for designing the other 6 classes with the 3/4 split.
And yeah buff Tentacular Dread, it should cost -50% at full crux and deal like +120-140% more damage instead of +99%. Then it would be on par with skills like Scorch, Curse, Backlash, but most directly; Blastbones as 1 big, cheap hit every 3-4 seconds, which also debuffs.
MashmalloMan
10
Re: My problem with Solstice so far
FabresFour wrote: »Well, overall, this has been a slow year for me in The Elder Scrolls Online. I liked the idea of splitting the story in half and releasing it in parts—I think it creates a sense of mystery in the narrative that encourages players to return throughout the year to see more.
But... I'm having a serious issue with the Solstice map. I mean, something that has always caught my attention in ESO is the new and unique architecture and biomes. Solstice is just... empty?
It’s an extremely spread-out island, without many interesting biomes within it. Even the beaches of Solstice: Khenarthi’s Roost beaches (after the rework) are more interesting to me than Solstice’s. I found them extremely empty, spaced out, and dull.
And then there’s the architecture: we have the Altmer Corelanya, who were expelled from Summerset for going against its cultural norms. So why on earth do they have the exact same architecture as the main Altmer island? Shouldn’t they have something unique or different, at least?
Not to mention the Nords... I mean, they’ve been living in that region for a while now. I feel like they should know that their cold-weather cabins don’t make much sense in a tropical region like that. Not to mention the winter clothing they wear! It’s way too hot for that!
Honestly, I feel like there was a lack of cultural detail this year. And that’s always been something that stood out in the game. I understand that they probably wanted to save on assets, but I really found it out of place.
I think something unique could’ve been done here: imagine if the Altmer and Argonians had somehow managed to build a society together, and that was reflected in their cities—completely unlike anything we’ve seen so far? That would’ve been SO cool!
Since Zenimax had the freedom to do whatever they wanted here, the option they went with just feels... weak.
What do you all think?
You hit the nail on the head with all those points you made. The whole area feels out of place. Like yourself, I enjoy taking the scenery in, and don't forget the lore... Those are two of the main reasons that keep me in ESO: the beauty that the game has to offer and the amazing lore that adds more detail to it.
In all honesty it doesn't feel like the same amount of passion is being invested into ESO anymore
MGRza
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