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Re: Concerned about the potential use of AI on loading screen artwork
The artists who make, you know, actual art, will now have the job of analyzing ai generated, um, images, to remove things that look like, well, Ai generated images. They'll get paid the same, or probably less. Or they will protest.
This is like Willy Wonka where the dad loses his job only to get a new job fixing the machine that took his job.
It's nothing more than another example of the sad dystopian, Biff Tannen, alternate timeline we are living in.
This is like Willy Wonka where the dad loses his job only to get a new job fixing the machine that took his job.
It's nothing more than another example of the sad dystopian, Biff Tannen, alternate timeline we are living in.
Please fix the Warden's Charm.
dear ZOS,
what the title says. i don't know whos idea was it to add the Charm as a Warden class scribing affix, but it wasn't the best idea ever.
first of all, every small scale tryhard group is running multiple Wardens, of course with their Charm constantly on the ground, so fighting them is like walking on a minefield and you're "charmed" every 8 seconds, no avoiding it, without them having to do pretty much anything, as the Charm can be slotted into a healing skill, so all they have to do is healing themselves and you get an unavoidable "charm". yeah, i know you can dodgeroll out of it, but if you're fighting 3-4 enemies and they all use it there is nowhere to dodgeroll. it's all over the place. other stuns you have to aim at your opponent. Charm you can use whilst running away facing the opposite direction simply by healing yourself.
second, since i started counting (about 4 days ago) i have been "charmed" 6 times into a wall. my character got "charmed", started following my opponent and before i could break free i was inside a wall without the ability to get out of it or do anything about it. so i had to /stuck out of there. but (there's always a but) you can't /stuck in combat (at least that was the message i got when i tried it) i was literally stuck for several minutes, until the fighting around me stopped (every AoE ability anyone used seemed to get me in combat again and again).
not fun at all. could anyone, please, look into this? if you don't do anything about the Charm itself make the walls being impossible to get into whilst being charmed. many thanks.
what the title says. i don't know whos idea was it to add the Charm as a Warden class scribing affix, but it wasn't the best idea ever.
first of all, every small scale tryhard group is running multiple Wardens, of course with their Charm constantly on the ground, so fighting them is like walking on a minefield and you're "charmed" every 8 seconds, no avoiding it, without them having to do pretty much anything, as the Charm can be slotted into a healing skill, so all they have to do is healing themselves and you get an unavoidable "charm". yeah, i know you can dodgeroll out of it, but if you're fighting 3-4 enemies and they all use it there is nowhere to dodgeroll. it's all over the place. other stuns you have to aim at your opponent. Charm you can use whilst running away facing the opposite direction simply by healing yourself.
second, since i started counting (about 4 days ago) i have been "charmed" 6 times into a wall. my character got "charmed", started following my opponent and before i could break free i was inside a wall without the ability to get out of it or do anything about it. so i had to /stuck out of there. but (there's always a but) you can't /stuck in combat (at least that was the message i got when i tried it) i was literally stuck for several minutes, until the fighting around me stopped (every AoE ability anyone used seemed to get me in combat again and again).
not fun at all. could anyone, please, look into this? if you don't do anything about the Charm itself make the walls being impossible to get into whilst being charmed. many thanks.
mzprx
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Re: Truly wretched set of Daily Endeavors for August 4
Plants and archive I do almost daily so no problem there. Probably do a quick sacrament for the third.
Re: The Truest Solution to ESO Server Performance
Oh, no, no, no. This is a very short-sighted idea from a technical perspective. Cheaters are omnipresent, and the only real solution to the performance is to optimise server-side calculations by refactoring certain code snippets, and improve the server hardware along with its usage.
No MMORPG should have any sort of client-side authority. That's single player games' territory. No MMORPG should have to use proprietary anti-cheat solutions (Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, or something so horrible like Vanguard). At best, they're glorified spyware that don't stop the vast majority of dedicated cheaters.
Let me ask you a question - would you hand the keys of your house over to a monitoring agency for "additional security"? The trick is that not every "security employee" that would come by your house would be honest. Some would definitely steal a bit of this, and a bit of that. The same with your personal data, as well as serving as a potential admin-level backdoor to modify your Operating System files.
Take a look at Ravenwatch Cyrodil. It's lag-free, because "ballgroups" don't run there. The problem is the amount of stacking calculations as well - like tens of instances of damage shield & healing on the same person, multiplied many times over as there are many group members in a "ballgroup".
If better latency is desired, then Zenimax should direct (or hire) their architects at the server-side configuration to refine it. I could even help ZOS with that, but I don't have many hours to invest into more commercial tech projects.
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While we're at it, the client-side could use performance improvements to utilise the power of modern configurations, as well as use Vulkan (or even DirectX 12) instead of the current DirectX 11 implementation; and DirectX 10 should be deprecated and unsupported if it already isn't.
No MMORPG should have any sort of client-side authority. That's single player games' territory. No MMORPG should have to use proprietary anti-cheat solutions (Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, or something so horrible like Vanguard). At best, they're glorified spyware that don't stop the vast majority of dedicated cheaters.
Let me ask you a question - would you hand the keys of your house over to a monitoring agency for "additional security"? The trick is that not every "security employee" that would come by your house would be honest. Some would definitely steal a bit of this, and a bit of that. The same with your personal data, as well as serving as a potential admin-level backdoor to modify your Operating System files.
Take a look at Ravenwatch Cyrodil. It's lag-free, because "ballgroups" don't run there. The problem is the amount of stacking calculations as well - like tens of instances of damage shield & healing on the same person, multiplied many times over as there are many group members in a "ballgroup".
If better latency is desired, then Zenimax should direct (or hire) their architects at the server-side configuration to refine it. I could even help ZOS with that, but I don't have many hours to invest into more commercial tech projects.
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While we're at it, the client-side could use performance improvements to utilise the power of modern configurations, as well as use Vulkan (or even DirectX 12) instead of the current DirectX 11 implementation; and DirectX 10 should be deprecated and unsupported if it already isn't.
Operativ
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Re: Error 201 anyone?
Simple cure do as a lot of people have done,Don't renew your eso+ if you have it,at this point it is simply NOT Worth it at all,there is more downtime on the EU srvers than there is anythign else.
As per usual we are told absolutely Nothing of what is going on.
This is honestly beyond acceptable and ridiculous.
Fix your broken game,siomple as that we all p[ay you enough money.
Obviously enough though the money is NOT going on the EU servers or hardware.
As per usual we are told absolutely Nothing of what is going on.
This is honestly beyond acceptable and ridiculous.
Fix your broken game,siomple as that we all p[ay you enough money.
Obviously enough though the money is NOT going on the EU servers or hardware.
Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
I feel like I'm screaming into the void but...
"extremly low turnout" and a"2 hour queue" just don't go hand in hand (at least in zos pov). They will say oh look our logs said the queue is 2 hours clearly there is a ton of participation for the event.
But... everyones afk.
"extremly low turnout" and a"2 hour queue" just don't go hand in hand (at least in zos pov). They will say oh look our logs said the queue is 2 hours clearly there is a ton of participation for the event.
But... everyones afk.
LadyGP
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Re: Error 201 anyone?
Hello,
I’d like to report that I am still unable to connect to the service, even today, August 4th, 2025, following the recent maintenance. A lot of my guild members have the same issue.
This is not an isolated incident — connection issues have occurred repeatedly on the following dates:
June 28, 2025
July 10, 2025 (entire night following maintenance)
July 15, 2025
July 17, 2025
July 19, 2025
July 24, 2025
August 4, 2025 (post-maintenance, currently)
These repeated outages are becoming increasingly frequent and disruptive.
For users residing in Europe, it’s important to note that we are protected under Articles L224-25-1 and following of the French Consumer Code, as well as the European Directive 2019/770 on digital content and services. These laws require that digital services be accessible and conform to the contract under normal conditions. If these obligations are not met, consumers are entitled to request:
A price reduction
A partial refund
Or an equivalent form of compensation
Given the growing number of server outages and the inability to access the service despite paying for ESO Plus, I strongly encourage affected users to submit a formal request for compensation.
Best regards,
Heranelle
I’d like to report that I am still unable to connect to the service, even today, August 4th, 2025, following the recent maintenance. A lot of my guild members have the same issue.
This is not an isolated incident — connection issues have occurred repeatedly on the following dates:
June 28, 2025
July 10, 2025 (entire night following maintenance)
July 15, 2025
July 17, 2025
July 19, 2025
July 24, 2025
August 4, 2025 (post-maintenance, currently)
These repeated outages are becoming increasingly frequent and disruptive.
For users residing in Europe, it’s important to note that we are protected under Articles L224-25-1 and following of the French Consumer Code, as well as the European Directive 2019/770 on digital content and services. These laws require that digital services be accessible and conform to the contract under normal conditions. If these obligations are not met, consumers are entitled to request:
A price reduction
A partial refund
Or an equivalent form of compensation
Given the growing number of server outages and the inability to access the service despite paying for ESO Plus, I strongly encourage affected users to submit a formal request for compensation.
Best regards,
Heranelle
Where are the Actual Patch Notes?
Seriously, there are literally no meaningful changes in this week or last week. Despite pages and pages of feedback explaining to you in detail the things that are unbalanced, broken by subclassing, or performing poorly.
Since week 1, we've had minor walkbacks to some of the pants-on-head week one nerfs in week 2 and then literally nothing else.
Honestly, and this is a sincere question, what are the combat devs even doing?
If we hadn't forced you to walk back (some) (of the worst) week 1 changes in week 2 would we have even had patch notes this cycle at all?
Since week 1, we've had minor walkbacks to some of the pants-on-head week one nerfs in week 2 and then literally nothing else.
Honestly, and this is a sincere question, what are the combat devs even doing?
If we hadn't forced you to walk back (some) (of the worst) week 1 changes in week 2 would we have even had patch notes this cycle at all?
Re: The Truest Solution to ESO Server Performance
I hate to be the person to bring this down but this won't happen. Zos hasn't really been able to handle cheaters for a while and this would make the issue 100000 times worse. I'm with you... but... they just won't do it.
They havent even handled the AFK macro people killing cyro right now... no way they will bring anti cheat in.
They havent even handled the AFK macro people killing cyro right now... no way they will bring anti cheat in.
LadyGP
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