Desiato wrote: »

ImmortalCX wrote: »

My point is that the pace is likely faster and the scope of improvements greater than you anticipate.

How do you know? I've read Slashdot every day since 1997, so I've been following the development of machine learning since at least 2008 and talking people's ear off about it since. I have always expected it to be revolutionary to the point of some semblance of what some call the singularity.

Huge difference between artificial general intelligence and ML.

I’m really, really hoping for this someday, hopefully in tandem with class skill scribing.

Desiato wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

They don't need game engines. They need AI.

!!! I don't think AI is going to impact game development the way you think it is.

AI is a blanket term for a lot of different technologies that relate to machine learning. They will affect game development in a multitude of ways from assisting coders to produce and manage code more efficiently. They will enable artists to create more detailed assets at a faster rate. They will allow for new forms of generative storytelling not yet seen in mainstream games.

All of these things are currently happening to different degrees across the gaming industry and other forms of content creation.

And all of them would have been applied to Blackbird at some level.

Game engines aren't going anywhere and the first stages of all of this will be iterative until there's a breakthrough revolutionary title -- which will happen. I've seen this process play out over and over again.

You're applying very general comments from Microsoft very specifically. We only have leaks and rumors from biased sources. Actions speak louder than words, and in this case the words are all whispers.

You severely underestimate what is possible.

Just a fan mock up, hoping to freeze his buns off in Skyrim one more time.

Some great ideas here. Sneaking is a skill that any predatory animal should be able to master. It should also have a burst speed option, which would allow for an initial sprint that closes in on the target and finishes with a pounce, similar to what we already have.

A werewolf companion that changes form when you do would be epic and my wallet is waiting!
Newer more realistic styles, the behemoth is a fantastic looking werewolf that teases us with the possibilities
A werewolf grimoire would be most welcome too.
Werewolf skills need to be more powerful, my best wolfy build is 40 K down on my best Arcanist build, this is just not acceptable.

For Cyrodiil with it's lack of animals wandering around, doubling the transformation time is imperative. It makes it pretty much impossible to maintain form whilst travelling to a keep, even the pack leader struggles with this. I want to maintain my PvP WW as long as possible, not find zombies to light attack in order to regain my ultimate everytime I need my wolf back
For that matter why have a transfrom time limit anyway? It should be my choice when I transition back, not some arbitrary timer.

There is so much that could be done to help improve our favourite lycanthrope in our favourite game, there are always posts asking for same, shame nothing ever gets done.

Why ZoS... why?

Loved the rewards for this one. As someone who actually enjoys just chilling and running around collecting materials, this one felt like a breeze. 1,500 seals, a load of writs/vouchers and attuneable stations? Yes please.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_JessicaFolsom - please pass on some good feedback to the team for this one, very much enjoyed & happy with this recent Golden Pursuit.

Best Golden Pursuits so far !!!

nb_rich wrote: »

Its interesting to read a PvP perspective. Cause im only a PvE person and it seems we have similar issues. No diversity in builds no more.

Its funny people say to just play how you like blah blah blah but like you mentioned in PvP your just so much weaker then others not using one of the main set ups.

For PvE the only good thing is you can complete content with pretty much any build, but for optimized groups, tanks and healers are not changing set ups for one or two people when everyone else is pretty much using the same class lines/skills. Arcanist was already over powered prior to subclassing but other classes had buffs or set ups like EC Crow that made every class still useful, now that is over with since everyone can just add whatever skill line they need with Fatecarver.

From a PvE perspective, I feel like if the Arcanist class did not exist, PvE players wouldn’t be having this discussion and peoples builds would be way more diverse.

bro i shudder to imagine what this has done to hardcore pve raids. cuz yea.... people can say play as you like.... but thats like telling someone who races motorcycles that he should take his 50 cc and race the 250cc's. no one would ever do that. they would just get on the 250 because obviously the 50cc is obsolete and useless.

my biggest concern is how does zos go forward from here? i honestly have no idea. maybe standardize all damage skill lines (1 per class) by giving them all 10% crit damage? but in my opinion, the trend of giving every skill every buff is ruining the game. so then what? take away all crit damage passives? probably the better choice. but there will be an uproar.

then we got other cans of worms

infinite sustain whle blocking (plar/den/cro).... so do you nerf the templar rune? the warden netch? and whatever the cro tether is? they can stack all 3 to regen while blocking. but in trying to balance that you further ruin solo classes and support builds. do we want to chase support builds off? does cro need another nerf? they cant even run their class currently because of the pet cap.

do you assign skill lines a role? and only allow 1 role per toon (no stacking 3 defence or 3 offence). i mean idk im just spitballing ideas.

this thing is a disaster and idk how you would ever balance it, without ruining all the other classes and dumbing the game down.

i dont think you can really roll it back at this point. they SOLD it as a feature sadly.

do you make everything the same? thats definately boring.

idk man i can tell you one thing tho.... would have been way easier to just listen to the community that this was a terrible idea.... but here we are..... hemorrhaging players at an unsustainable rate with no solution in sight.... and the majority of solutions im seeing thrown around are even worse than the initial problem and just compound issues.

I didn't think the game could become more bland, but subclassing proved me wrong. No class has an identity now, had this been from the very beginning of the game and without a class system it would have worked. Not a fan of the usual, "punishment for asking" mechanic of needing 2 skill points per skill and passive either.