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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
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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
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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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Re: Mammoth
tomofhyrule wrote: »Point is: ESO can’t survive on progressively weaker stories alone, especially since Solstice was fighting against Oblivion’s remake and whatever is coming up next year is going to have to be up against GTA6. Cosmetic microtransactions, however you feel about them, are the best thing ZOS could do to try to keep ESO alive, because then they’re still getting income even from the people who are fed up with the stories and questing
Wouldn’t be a better strategy to keep ESO alive making better stories and zones again? Instead of asking the same as a ‘year pass’ with a chapter and 4 dungeons that is the same price for 1 cosmetic. That does not make sense.
I bet that is what execs said too before they fired 9000 developers. Clap clap!tomofhyrule wrote: »that’s not greed, that’s just business
licenturion
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Re: Revert Arcanist Class Mastery Script Banner Changes Until You Ease Crux Restrictions
Let's put a "kill boss" button since we're at it...O_o
The banner as it is at the moment is too strong, I have an arcanist that I use for running the daily crap.
I start with 1 crux (scholarship), then I go to the backbar to run some buffs, maybe a debuff and what, in the time I spent for it I have now a crux for free...or even better, all the new bosses where devs forgot how to do their job and simply slapped 20 invulnerability phases where they do some stupid useless stuff and you just sit and watch...I get 3 crux by just watching the show.
No other classes generate power by just running backbar/buffs/debuffs, it's simply broken.
There's a difference between accessibility and no effort, this is not about disabled people, mental disabilities included, this is just dumb and offers no reward whatsoever. Stop hiding behind the accessibility excuse as if people aren't allowed to find something utterly stupid and criticize it, the banner as it is right now offers a loophole that breaks the game for a class that already breaks the game, that's so childish and sometimes it's embarrassing how some people just don't see it.
Again, let's make a special server where everybody just oneshots everything. I'm serious, that would be the pinnacle of accessibility, go there and have fun o_o
The banner as it is at the moment is too strong, I have an arcanist that I use for running the daily crap.
I start with 1 crux (scholarship), then I go to the backbar to run some buffs, maybe a debuff and what, in the time I spent for it I have now a crux for free...or even better, all the new bosses where devs forgot how to do their job and simply slapped 20 invulnerability phases where they do some stupid useless stuff and you just sit and watch...I get 3 crux by just watching the show.
No other classes generate power by just running backbar/buffs/debuffs, it's simply broken.
There's a difference between accessibility and no effort, this is not about disabled people, mental disabilities included, this is just dumb and offers no reward whatsoever. Stop hiding behind the accessibility excuse as if people aren't allowed to find something utterly stupid and criticize it, the banner as it is right now offers a loophole that breaks the game for a class that already breaks the game, that's so childish and sometimes it's embarrassing how some people just don't see it.
Again, let's make a special server where everybody just oneshots everything. I'm serious, that would be the pinnacle of accessibility, go there and have fun o_o
Liukke
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Re: Revert Arcanist Class Mastery Script Banner Changes Until You Ease Crux Restrictions
Tbh I think they had the answer to fatecarver, its how jabs worked before u46. The reduced damage for every enemy past the closest would significantly cut the cleave down while still allowing it to function the same, doing that and cutting out the 8% damage buff they randomly gave it should be enough to rein the skill in while not really changing how it is played for those who enjoy it.
While I am incredibly bummed out by it, I get the change to the class mastery on banner but I do hope that it at least comes out of all this still "viable" which currently doesn't seem to be the case
They could Nerf Beam dmg by 50% and it would still BE the most used skills on the game because all others spam skills outsise of jabs feels awfull to use.
Re: Revert Arcanist Class Mastery Script Banner Changes Until You Ease Crux Restrictions
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