As already (but poorly) discussed here https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/513174/access-to-our-own-storage-boxes-from-friends-storage-boxes.

It would only be logical that when you interact with the storage boxes in other players' houses you would also have access to your the content of your own storage, like it is in every of your own houses, because you also have access to the content of your own bank through the bank assistant in houses that are not in your own homes.

The boxes should be usable as if you had entered your own house, including the own naming of the boxes.

I have been getting burned out lately. Have ran most of the content and looking for something else to try which got me to thinking. When I first started, what was it about the game that kept me subscribing instead of trying a different game. I tried WoW for a few months, a few others but stuck with this one.

I started during the Summerset release and that zone especially Alinor was amazingly well done. I then recall seeing Wrothgar and the same can be said. The scenery was incredible, just loads of mobs, NPC,s quests, buildings. In Alinor you could go into almost every building and each one the inside was just as well done as the rest of the zone. I felt like I was really exploring! The interactions were awesome. The very first thing I did when signing in for the first minute was attack a guard by accident and in the process of running saw a random two wheeled cart along the road that had boxes in it. I have played other games and they just do not go into that level of detail.

Sadly for the last few years IMO the zones that have been released are not on par with anything pre Wrothgar. As a comparison go visit the zone, you cannot walk more than 20 feet without seeing an interesting terrain feature, a mammoth or some other mob, huge cliffs, cool WB, etc. Then go to a post Wrothgar zone take blackwood for example. The terrain isn't bad but you can tell the difference in feel. I think we all know the game population is not nearly as large as it once was. IMO this is why. Most of us did NOT stay playing at first due to the combat. We stayed for everything else. Too much emphasis has been given over to combat, skill, and armor set additions/changes.

If you want to keep players and attract new ones stop doing the things that are driving them away and start doing things that attracted them to stay in the first place. Take some of the older zones like Auridon for example, add a few new towns, add some new quests, add a new lake which was excavated by dwemer slaves for example, tie more things that occur in other zones into that zone like you are running Infinite Archive and pick up a loot box that has a candle in it that has to be taken to Auridon to start a quest that allows you to pick up a 5 hour IA buff or something(just thinking off the top of my head), then move on to a few of the other older zones. Or if creating a new zone, look back on the more popular zones like I mentioned earlier and try and recreate the "feel". In all fairness ZoS does do this to some extent, tied into mythics and other things. Ramp it up a bit! My favorite day would be to see patch notes that had no combat changes but LOADS of things like mentioned above. I think many of us would pay for an "enhanced" version of the older ESO zones.

It was NOT the combat that kept me playing. It was the attention to detail. The combat changes are the main reason most people leave this game. A significant change is made to a class, 10 people leave. The change is reversed 2 come back. Over time we are where we are now, population decline. The solution is to retain new players.


What kept you playing when you first started? What made you go wow this is cool?

If suddenly there were no combat changes would you keep playing?

Subclassing feels mandatory now to keep up competitively in PVE and PVP. I miss my old Templar class abilities which I felt accustomed and flowed well together across their three skill lines.

I feel displeased and disappointed in how this has impacted my play experience in the game as it is a marked departure from the well-defined class themes we had before and feels recklessly added to the game.

diamondo wrote: »

There’s. Lot of feedback here can the Devs at least give us some indication on plans around supporting players who do not want to subclass does not have to be massive just a yes we’re looking at redressing the imbalance especially in PVP

its gonna be a minute. i think they're still shocked that this wasnt the smash success they thought it was going to be.

then im assuming everyone got fired and their side project that was leeching funds and devs away from us got scrapped because microsoft realized that they were so out of touch and so in left field, that they were just burning money.

thats my interpretation of what is going on here

so im assuming that it will take a few weeks for the new leads to sort thru the mess, and then make a list of things to prioritize.

they inherited a dumpster fire that is in full burn right now.... which is wild that one of the most profitable games in the history of the earth was allowed to be so mismanaged.

honestly tho.... this is the first time i have been optimistic in years. typically ANY dissenting opinion is INSTANTLY erased from the internet. Us being able to openly complain to zos tells me, that someone realizes it has gotten really bad, and they may finally be listening. it may be too late..... but im optimistic for good changes finally.

evLRise wrote: »

Decimus wrote: »

Hello!

I thought I'd make a forum post about this topic and hopefully get an official response on this sort of behaviour... without naming any names, recently there has been an epidemic of people who are known to be part of the same guild that play together in IC, Cyrodiil etc queueing into solo queue battlegrounds to just harass people they don't like as a group. This includes behaviours such as intentionally losing battlegrounds when certain people are in team, hard focusing a certain person in the battleground (often a random person new to PvP who winds up being stuck in spawn getting 4v1'd) etc.

As a ballgroup lead I can say that we tried solo queueing with the whole group into BGs. The system is broken enough that out of 12-14 people we get spread with 4-6 people into a BG at a time, with the rest getting into future queue pops AND obviously the people that make it in are spread into different teams.

The main purpose was to fight against ourselves in sort of "random" teams, but gave up on the idea as it simply doesnt work consistently in any way. Might get decent results 1/5-6 attempts if you are very lucky.

So we dont even try to play with group setups when we BG unless we party queue since it's not worth.

Conclusion: big doubt on OP's claim.

But there again, there's "people" in this thread who are notorious in the community for being overly toxic and making all sorts of threats towards organized players, with plenty of proof that is shut down with aggressive copyright claims and the like whenever the truth sufraces, so be mindful of who's opinion you back up in such scenarios my fellow gamers.

So in other words what you did was break the Terms of Service quoted on the original post:

5.2 In relation to online/competitive games, you will not exploit any bug, or abuse any game system (such as the scoring or award systems) in a ZeniMax game, Service, forum, or other games or services provided by ZeniMax. You will not intentionally use or share any bug found within any ZeniMax Game, real or fictitious, regardless of whether or not it grants an unfair advantage. You will not directly or indirectly communicate the existence of any such bug to any other user of the ZeniMax Service (in game or on a ZeniMax Service). Report bugs and exploits using the in-game portal or via help.elderscrollsonline.com. Unacceptable behaviors will also include any conduct that is considered by ZeniMax to be cheating (e.g. match fixing and collusion) or other unsportsmanlike conduct such as use of secondary accounts, intentionally losing and bribery.

Your intentions might not have been malicious in this situation, but I wonder what would've happened if there was an "enemy" of your ball group in one of the teams... would that person have been maliciously run down by every ball group member in opponent team while whoever got in his team would not heal the person or help in any way?

You can doubt my claims, but there are a lot of toxic people (as you acknowledge in your post) who would (and do, sometimes) certainly do this.


There is a reason why solo and group queues are separate, I would recommend queueing into the latter if you want to play with friends in order to keep the competition fair in PvP and to avoid breaking the game's ToS.

I meant to post this way earlier, but I kept forgetting to do so. The current Golden Pursuit will give you 10 writ vouchers if you complete this task: Deconstruct or Research 200 Pieces of Equipment. Now, many people will get this done just playing the game in the background. That can take a while. Others may decide to just craft 200 pieces of equipment and break it down. That's quite costly with materials but fast enough. But, there's a third option. You can also just grab free gear in a few minutes of effort and be done with it.


You see, all over Tamriel there are weapon and armor racks lying around to give ambiance. These pieces of gear lying around are instanced to you. This means if you pick it up, others will still see it on their screen. And it also means that you don't have to compete with others for it. There are a couple of places where there is a lot of it due to the war effort.

Here's how to get it done very fast.

Coldharbor

Hit up the tents around the crafting tables (blacksmith, woodworking, etc). They have a lot of gear just lying on them.

Go to the writ turn in area and there's some more.

Next hit up the guild traders.

A little ways from there is a house with a stable. It has some gear in and outside the house.

Finally, hit up the fighter's guild.

Next, queue up for Imperial City. Do not worry. You will NOT have to PVP and are 100% safe.


In the homebase, you'll notice there a lot of armor and weapon racks lying around. Loot them. There's a lot of gear in this base.

If for some reason, you're still not finished, you can then exit IC. It will put you back in Coldharbor. But the tables and gear here will be refreshed. You can finish up the pursuit.

I kept playing because it's TES universe, the game is very solo-friendly, and has the semi-realistic graphics that I like.

On second thought, just release the full style already.