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Re: This game has one of the worst rng I ever experienced
I'm afraid there has been a misunderstanding. It actually stands for Ridonculous Number Generation.
whitecrow
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DPS makeup of vKA HM runs on ESOlogs, Updates 43-46
I picked Kyne's Aegis because I think (perhaps erroneously) that it is more single-target-dps-friendly than some of the newer trials, and therefore is less likely to skew towards arcanists. The numbers speak for themselves, though. It will be interesting to see if the nerf to Arc Banner changes anything in Update 47. All data from https://esologs.com/zone/statistics/14
M1SHAAN
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Re: What is there to look forwards to?
Well hopefully you're not a warden main waiting for the promised frost mage build that will never materialize or a sorc main watching your class just be a complete travesty while actively being griefed by combat devs that don't seem to know what's going on.
madmufffin
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Re: Concerned about the potential use of AI on loading screen artwork
The immediate layoffs followed by even more obvious AI is a bad taste in the mouth that nobody wants. I know the answer is greed, but I can't seem to understand why they continue to shove this down the throats of online communities who are already generally positioned towards disapproval of AI content.
This isn't the first time they've been using AI in artistic material lately, and it'll undoubtedly not be the last, but it's insulting to continue this cat-and-mouse game of seeing just how much you can get away with before the consumer of your product finally leaves.
This isn't the first time they've been using AI in artistic material lately, and it'll undoubtedly not be the last, but it's insulting to continue this cat-and-mouse game of seeing just how much you can get away with before the consumer of your product finally leaves.
Re: 3 bars of afk & questers in cyrodiil, nice pvp event
ShadowPaladin wrote: »Its telling how bad pvp is in this game when you have 3 bars and players are actively trying to avoid pvp in a zone where pvp happens during a PVP focused event. Sad that PVP is in such a bad state that players don't want to interact with it.
Yeah...
Well, to be fair, the power gap between casuals and sweats is extremely high now. Regular players have no chance of hurting organized groups, even if they outnumber their opponents.
It also doesn't help that organized groups do not seem to fight each other anymore? Idk, I don't really pvp outside of the events anymore, but whenever I saw ball groups of different alliances, they just farmed casuals without attacking each other.
All of that creates an atmosphere that unfortunately makes pvp unappealing not just to casuals, but to most players. You can't really get into pvp anymore, unless your friends are pvpers and are willing to teach you.
This is really sad, I think that ESO had a lot of potential as a pvp mmo.
Koshka is right.
During this event I am a bit more active in PvP and I am seeing it - as always in PvP.
2-3 players nuking 12, 18 or even 24 players over and over again. Those other players trying - even in organized groups - to kill those 2-3 players without success. With such a power gap there is absolutely no fun what so ever for casuals to join PvP. Its more like the fun is 1000% taken out of it!
The same thing with those small ball-groups rushing through keep fights and killing everything in their way, but not being killed even if outnumbered 1 to 5 and spammed with dozen of sieg weapons.
Or those 2-4 players playing the *Resource-Tower-Troll-Game*. Same thing.
As long as there are those huge gaps and no way to compensate them, there won't be many new PvP'ers.
Well, I just want to say something about that.
It's perfectly normal for a veteran PVP player to literally destroy a group of casual players who have absolutely no experience with PvP. Even though huge efforts have been made by the ZOS combat staff; it's still normal for there to be a level gap.
And that's something pretty healthy for an online game, because it can make you want to progress if you consider that it's just experience (and not cheating)
This all is why those kind of people are soooooooo afraid of Vengeance becoming an optional thing and are actively campaigning to avoid it from happening in some form.
Because all the easy meat and people looking for a more balanced environment would move over and those other unkillable one shot people have to fight each other because all other players would have either gone to Vengeance or back to PvE.
Re: DPS makeup of vKA HM runs on ESOlogs, Updates 43-46
The thing to understand about Arc is that it's a little more than a class because of Fatecarver.
Fatecarver isn't only an ability, it is a distinct play style. IMO, it was engineered to be such, positioned between heavy attack and light attack weaving play styles.
This play style is not going anywhere. It's too popular. And I don't think it's necessary in the era of subclassing.
I'm OK with a DD bias towards Arc. Why? Because the play style is cemented, the only alternative would appear to give every class a homogenized Fatecarver-like play style which I would hate because it would mean sacrificing other parts of the game.
And the thing is, Arc isn't necessary for DDs. There are other strong builds out there. I've seen strong non-Arc builds with Jabs and Surprise attack as the spammable, for example.
Here's a video of an off-meta build that immediately comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDa78_EM0E
Just because MOST players follow the meta doesn't mean they have to. And there ALWAYS be a meta that favors certain classes and abilities. Let's not push ZOS down the path of homogenization again. Diversity is fun for those who enjoy it.
Fatecarver isn't only an ability, it is a distinct play style. IMO, it was engineered to be such, positioned between heavy attack and light attack weaving play styles.
This play style is not going anywhere. It's too popular. And I don't think it's necessary in the era of subclassing.
I'm OK with a DD bias towards Arc. Why? Because the play style is cemented, the only alternative would appear to give every class a homogenized Fatecarver-like play style which I would hate because it would mean sacrificing other parts of the game.
And the thing is, Arc isn't necessary for DDs. There are other strong builds out there. I've seen strong non-Arc builds with Jabs and Surprise attack as the spammable, for example.
Here's a video of an off-meta build that immediately comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDa78_EM0EJust because MOST players follow the meta doesn't mean they have to. And there ALWAYS be a meta that favors certain classes and abilities. Let's not push ZOS down the path of homogenization again. Diversity is fun for those who enjoy it.
Desiato
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Re: PTS Update 47 - Feedback Thread for Classes & Abilities Changes
I compared Crystal Fragments, Proc-Crystal Fragments, Force Pulse, and Relentless Focus.
To avoid the influence of other sets, I chose Ansuul + Tide-Born, and used the weapon Lightning Staves without Enchanting. The skill line chose Dark Magic, Daedric Summoning, and Assassination.
My test method is to use 1Force Pulse→1Crystal Fragments as a cycle, and if Proc-Crystal Fragments and Relentless Focus are available, they are used first.
As you can see, the maximum damage of Relentless Focus (33982) is greater than the 33602 of Proc-Crystal Fragments, and Relentless Focus is easier to use and does not need to rely on randomness.
Not to mention, if the status effect is taken into account, the damage ratio of Relentless Focus will be higher, because Overcharged causes less damage than Diseased. Even if the critical hit rate of Proc-Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 100%, the total damage is still much lower than Relentless Focus+Diseased
In addition, the damage ratio of Force Pulse is 8.5%+8.1%+7.8%+burning (2.5%)+chill (1.4%)+Concussion (0.4%)=28.7%
And Crystal Fragments+Proc-Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 38.1%, which is less than 10% higher than Force Pulse, and this is the case when Proc-Crystal Fragments are included.
If we only count the single damage, the maximum damage of Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 19550+2918=22468
And the damage of Force Pulse is 5823+5756+5792+burning(2062)+chill(2869)+Concussion(1559)=23861
The maximum damage of Force Pulse (although affected by the chance) is still higher than Crystal Fragments, and don't forget that Crystal Fragments has a casting time of 0.8 seconds.
It is obvious that the changes to Blood Magic this time will not help the Dark Magic line, because it lacks stable and efficient spam skills, and Proc-Crystal is very unstable and cannot be guaranteed to be used continuously within 10 seconds. Not to mention the other skills and passives of this line, which are either poor or useless.
Dark Magic is in desperate need of a bigger buff, as the strongest skill in the line currently does even less damage than the common skills, not to mention Crystal has a 0.8 second cast time, and Proc-Crystal is very unstable. Not to mention Suppression Field, Shattering Spines, Rune Cage, Daedric Tomb, etc., which do even less damage and are less useful, and even cost more than similar skills.
To avoid the influence of other sets, I chose Ansuul + Tide-Born, and used the weapon Lightning Staves without Enchanting. The skill line chose Dark Magic, Daedric Summoning, and Assassination.
My test method is to use 1Force Pulse→1Crystal Fragments as a cycle, and if Proc-Crystal Fragments and Relentless Focus are available, they are used first.
As you can see, the maximum damage of Relentless Focus (33982) is greater than the 33602 of Proc-Crystal Fragments, and Relentless Focus is easier to use and does not need to rely on randomness.
Not to mention, if the status effect is taken into account, the damage ratio of Relentless Focus will be higher, because Overcharged causes less damage than Diseased. Even if the critical hit rate of Proc-Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 100%, the total damage is still much lower than Relentless Focus+Diseased
In addition, the damage ratio of Force Pulse is 8.5%+8.1%+7.8%+burning (2.5%)+chill (1.4%)+Concussion (0.4%)=28.7%
And Crystal Fragments+Proc-Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 38.1%, which is less than 10% higher than Force Pulse, and this is the case when Proc-Crystal Fragments are included.
If we only count the single damage, the maximum damage of Crystal Fragments+Overcharged is 19550+2918=22468
And the damage of Force Pulse is 5823+5756+5792+burning(2062)+chill(2869)+Concussion(1559)=23861
The maximum damage of Force Pulse (although affected by the chance) is still higher than Crystal Fragments, and don't forget that Crystal Fragments has a casting time of 0.8 seconds.
It is obvious that the changes to Blood Magic this time will not help the Dark Magic line, because it lacks stable and efficient spam skills, and Proc-Crystal is very unstable and cannot be guaranteed to be used continuously within 10 seconds. Not to mention the other skills and passives of this line, which are either poor or useless.
Dark Magic is in desperate need of a bigger buff, as the strongest skill in the line currently does even less damage than the common skills, not to mention Crystal has a 0.8 second cast time, and Proc-Crystal is very unstable. Not to mention Suppression Field, Shattering Spines, Rune Cage, Daedric Tomb, etc., which do even less damage and are less useful, and even cost more than similar skills.
Re: Can we nerf the healer scoring in BGs yet?
Don’t agree. If I help my team getting two chaos balls by healbotting the zerg group and then keep those 2 guys with the ball alive for minutes and defend the and eventually take over a ball for 3 minutes when they die, I did have a major impact on the match and deserved my medals more than the guy with 38 kills that ran past every objective in an objective based round.
Re: This game has one of the worst rng I ever experienced
A better example would be lead drops. If you don't own a certain zone or expansion, the leads for that zone drop from the sky like raindrops in a thunderstorm. But as soon as you buy it the leads become very hard to get.
LPapirius
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