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Re: One shotting in PvP and PvP in general
The damage is VERY healthy for PVP. The environment is far better when people actually die.
The thing about these combos is that they're all blockable and dodgeable. Outside of being ganked from stealth, you always have ample opportunity for counterplay to them. That is the exact kind of high damage we want to see - direct damage with good counterplay as opposed to dot/proc damage with no counterplay.
This game was at it's peak when anyone could one shot eachother with a dswing -> leap or incap -> bow style combo. It's nice to see we've made some progress back towards that meta.
Damage is healthy and players should be killable. Shouldn't be the same few combos though. Also we can't talk about timing counterplay if we don't include performance issues.
Not saying that we can or should balance for lag. I'm just understanding that there's something to be addressed when it comes to dealing with combos that require quick reactions.
I don't mind getting one shot. I just don't like it being from the same few combinations or when the server just decides to catch up and show me all this damage I didn't get a chance to respond to.
Re: Please let the mammoth stay
I understand sales and FOMO tactics, but come on…
I completely agree with OP….extend the timer for this one
Seriously, though. Not EVERYTHING needs to be Limited Availability.
When almost everything of worth in the store is Limited Availability, FOMO stops working and you instead drive people away.
I used to be somewhat whale-ish in my spending here, but now I can't even remember the last thing I bought.
Because their over-reliance on FOMO tactics turned me off.
Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Introducing ZOS’s New Studio Head, Jo Burba"
It's not realistic to claim a balance decision or feature is a mistake they should own up to imo. Although I do wish there was more responses to threads that garner a lot of feedback.
Different people like different things. Tales of Tribute was always going to be niche and was a response to player requests for more stuff to do in Taverns at a time when they mentioned wanting to add some non-combat features.
Many players that don't like Tales or think there should never be anything major added that catered to niche interests complained. But it served the developer's needs out of a feature as they tackled other bigger features and performance issues behind the scenes, and also allowed them to please a smaller but no less important segment of the playerbase who had been making that request for years. Should they apologize for that? I don't think so and would feel insulted if they did.
Those apologies are reserved for things that are objectively incorrect like mistakes that cause server downtime, as they should be imo. Balance updates is how they address feedback to unpopular changes. I think that's a good thing.
Different people like different things. Tales of Tribute was always going to be niche and was a response to player requests for more stuff to do in Taverns at a time when they mentioned wanting to add some non-combat features.
Many players that don't like Tales or think there should never be anything major added that catered to niche interests complained. But it served the developer's needs out of a feature as they tackled other bigger features and performance issues behind the scenes, and also allowed them to please a smaller but no less important segment of the playerbase who had been making that request for years. Should they apologize for that? I don't think so and would feel insulted if they did.
Those apologies are reserved for things that are objectively incorrect like mistakes that cause server downtime, as they should be imo. Balance updates is how they address feedback to unpopular changes. I think that's a good thing.
Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Introducing ZOS’s New Studio Head, Jo Burba"
woooooooo more Eso
Dino-Jr
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Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Golden Pursuits—Get Crafty this August!"
You can go ahead and repeat this Golden Campaign, I won't mind.
Nestor
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Re: EP Sabotaged!
Every faction thinks they're being teamed up against by the other two. However, that's just kind of how this game mode works with 3 alliances.
Re: drop trolling
Only 6 runs is really not much.
It is not enough to be considered a statistical anomaly.
Keep at it, but don't expect to get a single piece like Caluurion's dagger quickly. THAT would be a statistical anomaly.
It is not enough to be considered a statistical anomaly.
Keep at it, but don't expect to get a single piece like Caluurion's dagger quickly. THAT would be a statistical anomaly.
Re: Your Play Experience b/t Update 45 and Update 46 with Subclassing and Scribing In Base Game
I fear the reason is to please investors or show a nice boom.
Think about it, how many players did join since the arcanist introduction and the now possible subclass?
How many losers have come back because now they can do more damage despite being bad at the game...people talk about hemorraging players but in my opinion there has been a mega boost during the subclass introduction.
How is the state now? Who cares, they have a big boost to show to the upper levels and say "look, subclass worked!".
We are basically screwed
I know people dismiss steam charts because it's not the full player count, and because every year there's usually a big boost in June and a big dip in July, but this years trends are worse than last years with Gold Road, Server Issues, and Guild Store Changes. June 2023-25 was +36.9%, +17.1%, and +16%. July 2023-25 was -21.7%, -29.5%, and -35.1%. I'm certain official launcher, epic, xbox, and playstation share similar trends which will inflate the number of players gained/lost but not percentage. If I had to guess, I don't think multiclassing worked the way they were hoping it would which is why this thread was made.
The idea of multiclassing isn't bad, but its current execution is very bad for the health of the game. I wish they ran it like vengeance where they disabled combat related achievements and released it as a 1-2 week public test instead of dropping it on us and needing to spend several patches to fix it. The longer the current form of nerfing classes and existing systems (ult gen changes in week 1 PTS for U47) to balance subclassing is in the game, the more players will get fed up and leave for something else. Subclassing is absolutely mandatory if you want to compete anywhere in this game, and I know myself and many other players don't take too kind to being forced into a system just to compete.
Estin
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Re: Stop Kill Nightblade
NIghtblade
This statement is not true in either PvP or PvE.
Assassination is by far the most used skill line in subclassing, and it definitely needs a nerf. There are many other things that need rebalancing, but let's start with the most obvious one.
Also, Necro as a pure class is a joke right now.
DarkWitcher2511 wrote: »NB is already far inferior to other classes such as the Templar and Necromancer.
This statement is not true in either PvP or PvE.
Assassination is by far the most used skill line in subclassing, and it definitely needs a nerf. There are many other things that need rebalancing, but let's start with the most obvious one.
Also, Necro as a pure class is a joke right now.
