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Re: Hoping they at lead abandon the term "content pass"
Anilahation wrote: »Some significant content of games are stapled by actual names of the product.
Wrath of the Lich King
The Taken King
Orsinium
Season of chaos
Heavensward
Path of Fire.
I get the offical name is season of the worm cult but on storefront it is content pass 2025 and it just poorly resonates with potential consumer.
I think this is a really underestimated point and that you are completely right. This terminology is off-putting pseudo gamer-lingo. The fact that several successful modern games have "passes" must have lead people to conclude passes make games successful - whereas I have not met a single person that likes what such a pass implies: temporary content or temporary access.
People are becoming numb to the barrage of FOMO-based attention grabs and I think passes are a failing system.
Even if the content stays the same, this is a poor way of marketing it.
Vaqual
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Re: Love It Or Hate It - Oakensoul Is A Huge Boon To Our Game/Community (Guide Video As Well)
The way Oakensoul is right now, it has its uses. Not really for competitive builds, but it's still useful. It's absolutely great for those with mobility issues. I do recommend it for those with disabilities and have helped many to make that build.
I still had two builds using Oakensoul myself until recently. One was my crafter that I use to collect survey and treasure maps with. I switched to Rakkhat, but for crafting and overland questing Oakensoul would be enough. I don't need to parse over 100k to pick flowers. HA Oakensoul is a simple, tanky, and very much survivable build, although it cannot compete in dps with 2bar builds.
The other was a "group ganker" PVP build. Not really a ganker build, but with one button so many DOTs that I could apply a ridiculous amount of pressure from behind the front lines so that the brawlers in our group have easier time. ...until they gutted one set and now it doesn't work any more.
The point being, it does have it uses. Best in slot for those with disabilities affecting their button pressing, and pretty good for those who prefer a more casual playstyle. Or, if you know what you are doing, it can be used for some fun, niche off-meta builds - like some WW builds.
For HA bulds the two competing builds would be with Oakensoul and with Rakkhat. Oakensoul is much easier to play and you do ok damage with very little effort. The negative is the damage ceiling is much lower, but on the other hand, it's super easy to reach that ceiling. With Rakkhat the ceiling is much higher and more difficult to get to, but is still relatively easy. You just need to source Empower from elsewhere.
However, I would not recommend Oakensoul to new players. Absolutely not. Oakensoul is easy and that is its downfall for new players. With Oakensoul you'll never learn LA-weaving and bar swapping. It also limits your builds so you don't really learn as much about customising your build. If you learned ESO using a one bar build and then want to do some serious end game content where 2bar builds are much, much better you would need to start learning (almost) from the beginning. Might be difficult to learn 2bars and LA-weaving when you are still learning the basics but it will be more beneficial in the long run.
tl;dr - I would recommend Oakensoul builds for those with mobility issues and for those looking for a more casual playstyle. I would absolutely not recommend Oakensoul to new players where it would hinder learning important mechanics of the game.
I still had two builds using Oakensoul myself until recently. One was my crafter that I use to collect survey and treasure maps with. I switched to Rakkhat, but for crafting and overland questing Oakensoul would be enough. I don't need to parse over 100k to pick flowers. HA Oakensoul is a simple, tanky, and very much survivable build, although it cannot compete in dps with 2bar builds.
The other was a "group ganker" PVP build. Not really a ganker build, but with one button so many DOTs that I could apply a ridiculous amount of pressure from behind the front lines so that the brawlers in our group have easier time. ...until they gutted one set and now it doesn't work any more.
The point being, it does have it uses. Best in slot for those with disabilities affecting their button pressing, and pretty good for those who prefer a more casual playstyle. Or, if you know what you are doing, it can be used for some fun, niche off-meta builds - like some WW builds.
For HA bulds the two competing builds would be with Oakensoul and with Rakkhat. Oakensoul is much easier to play and you do ok damage with very little effort. The negative is the damage ceiling is much lower, but on the other hand, it's super easy to reach that ceiling. With Rakkhat the ceiling is much higher and more difficult to get to, but is still relatively easy. You just need to source Empower from elsewhere.
However, I would not recommend Oakensoul to new players. Absolutely not. Oakensoul is easy and that is its downfall for new players. With Oakensoul you'll never learn LA-weaving and bar swapping. It also limits your builds so you don't really learn as much about customising your build. If you learned ESO using a one bar build and then want to do some serious end game content where 2bar builds are much, much better you would need to start learning (almost) from the beginning. Might be difficult to learn 2bars and LA-weaving when you are still learning the basics but it will be more beneficial in the long run.
tl;dr - I would recommend Oakensoul builds for those with mobility issues and for those looking for a more casual playstyle. I would absolutely not recommend Oakensoul to new players where it would hinder learning important mechanics of the game.
Re: "Yes!!! Are We going to Race!" [Request]
CatoUnchained wrote: »I feel like the focus should be on fixing known issues with the game before putting time into trivial stuff like racing your companions.
Then we would never have anything fun.
Re: My Mount Is Awesome Because ...
My mount is awesome because it is a plain realistic horse that doesn't explode or light up or do anything other than take me where I need to go.
Re: ESO classic
ESO Classic would remove several quality of life features, like drop curation, the Armory, mount swimming, stackable writs/surveys, and many more we take for granted. Presuming ESO Classic is a separate server (like PTS is from PC/NA and PC/EU) then none of your progress would transfer between servers.
At that point, you'd be playing ESO Classic solely for the combat, which is a very niche audience. There's so much more to this game than just the way you fight enemies.
At that point, you'd be playing ESO Classic solely for the combat, which is a very niche audience. There's so much more to this game than just the way you fight enemies.
Re: ESO classic
They barely keep ONE game up and running half-decently, imagine what happens if the same personnel has to maintain TWO games.
JBNimble
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Re: ESO classic
Personally, I have nothing against those systems. CP is fine, especially now that it’s reworked and we’re able to play the game without micromanaging the green tree perks all the time. I also like AWA as I never planned on repeating all the quests on my alts; I only quest on my main. I don’t use scribing that much, but the quests to unlock it are very enjoyable imo, and there’s nothing really game breaking in that system. And despite all the problems, I like subclassing, and I definitely have fun with my main DK Sorc. Subclassing has to be better balanced though because right now it’s destroying the diversity of viable builds, both in group PvE and PvP.
Re: Wardens Charm is gamebreaking.
RaidingTraiding wrote: »i love that they got rid of a similar mechanic on nightblade fear because of similar reasons, but they decided to slap it on warden anyways in an even more broken form. ive had it completely break my character, like unable to move, cast skills, block, roll dodge, basically i just turn into a target dummy until someone kills me. been that way since it went live and hasn't been addressed, nor do i think it ever will be. Just like rush of agony.
They should just add the charm mechanic to roa and be done with it. I mean, at this point combat is so bad, why not.
Re: My Mount Is Awesome Because ...
My beautiful palomino mare is awesome because she
- doesn't sprinkle droppings on the ground behind her as she runs.
- doesn't explode in an obnoxious neon cartoon display when summoned.
- fits wonderfully into a medieval fantasy world without having to wield 'look at me!' flash.
- doesn't sprinkle droppings on the ground behind her as she runs.
- doesn't explode in an obnoxious neon cartoon display when summoned.
- fits wonderfully into a medieval fantasy world without having to wield 'look at me!' flash.
