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Re: Herald of the Tome - Remove Fatecarver
I'm thinking it could be an idea to make Fatecarver a cheap ultimate, like Death Stroke or Dawnbreaker, and then having the current ultimate be made a base skill instead, like the Lep Seclusa final boss, where the watcher spawns above his head before shooting at enemies. Could be an interesting take on a class ground aoe, make it a standard ground aoe but with the one morph being able to be freely moved like the ultimate. Could be a fun way to keep the same tools in the kit, but make it less weighted on the class having to beam so frequently.
I always felt this way about Fatecarver. It's always felt like an ultimate ability. I would love if they reworked the skill line to make it the ultimate instead.
Re: Returning player: who makes the best eso builds right now?
Wondernuts has started posting some tanking build videos. He's a pretty good resource as well.
Re: Hey ZOS
Maintenance: "why is there maintenance?!?!!"
No maintenance: "why isn't there maintenance?!?!!"
Darned if they do, darned if they don't.
No maintenance: "why isn't there maintenance?!?!!"
Darned if they do, darned if they don't.
Re: Why are the so few companions?
tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »The "they" in the Companion descriptions would sound more natural if instead it changed to match the Companion--but maybe their skill display code doesn't allow for contextual adjustments like that?
Must be possible since it's correctly gendered for each companion in some translations/languages that simply know no neutral form, like in German and French.
I have the feeling it is probably just simply an oversight.
As someone said, they probably do the passives/bonuses/skills before they even start on the companion, so they don't know what pronoun to use at that point. then they just forget to go back and change it.
I have seen it in a lot of games, to be honest, where it would probably not take that long to have the pronouns match the gender of the character, but they don't.
Might even be two different departments/people doing the different things, so the one just grabs the text that the other comes up with and applies it and doesn't even change it *shrugs*
Edit: naturally posted and realized something else.
The reason why it would be translated correctly for other languages, is because someone is already looking at that particular bit of code, with the companion already created, to translate it, so they can make the necessary adjustments at that point, because they already know the gender of the companion and so which pronoun to use.
Re: Survey question - specifically Plentiful Harvest and Alchemy surveys
1) Re the proc rate of Plentiful Harvest supposedly not being 50%:
In 8061 pulls of blacksmithing, clothing, jewelrycrafting, and woodworking that I've recorded since they fixed Plentiful Harvest (which, yes, used to be capped at 40% due to a bug, but has been fixed), outside of resource events, I have the following rate of drops for the base mats:
3x: 3406 (42.25%)
4x: 620 (7.69%)
6x: 2907 (36.06%)
7x: 1046 (12.98%)
8x: 82 (1.02%)
Since 3x and 4x represent no PH proc, while 6x, 7x, and 8x represent a PH proc, these are the rates for the proc from those pulls:
No PH proc: 49.94%
PH proc: 50.06%
For alchemy nodes, I have fewer pulls but the following info:
1x: 186 (49.87%)
2x: 187 (50.13%)
I'm not sure how much closer to 50% it's reasonable to expect it to get. If you have data that doesn't seem to align with this, I would very interested to see the numbers.
Note, though, that Plentiful Harvest doesn't double the whole yield of the node. It procs on a per-mat basis on eligible mats from eligible sources. It only procs when you draw one of those mats to begin with, so on average over time it doubles the amount you get, but it doesn't change the chance of getting anything in the first place.
2) Plentiful Harvest doesn't work the same way on all the things it procs on, again probably due to bugs:
Number of base mats: For BCJW non-survey nodes, you can get 3 or 4 without a PH proc, and then 6, 7, or 8 when it procs. For surveys you can get 18 or 20 without PH, and then 36, 38, or 40 when it procs.
The distribution matches what we'd expect if the game is rerolling the number again when PH procs.
But for alchemy, PH always doubles the number. That's why you can only get 4, 6, 8, or 12 (4 or 6 being no PH, as you noted, and 8 and 12 being the PH procs for those numbers, respectively). Unlike BCJW surveys, you will never get a mix and match of the two base rolls, so no 10s. Just 4 x 2 or 8 x 2, never 4 + 6 or 6 + 4.
Other things it works irregularly on:
Pulverized Titanium: PH dramatically increases - at least about doubles, according to my numbers - the normal chance of getting Pulverized Titanium x1 from a jewelry seam. It also provides a tiny chance of getting x2 from the same node, which doesn't appear to be possible without it. I believe it may be providing another independent roll at this mat rather than rolling only when it's drawn initially, as is the case for other mats.
Bait: PH works (in an unexpected way, akin to Pulverized Titanium) on bait from clothing surveys, enabling 4x bait from a single clothing node, but PH doesn't work on bait from alchemy nodes (survey or otherwise) and doesn't work on bait from non-survey clothing nodes.
No, none of this noted in PH's tooltip, which is incorrect anyhow. That's unfortunately consistent with the way many, many things in this game are not adequately explained in the game. It's also quite possible these exceptions in #2 are bugs, in which case they wouldn't be explained because they wouldn't be intended.
3) Whether Botanist achievement/trait knowledge is a factor in getting the 6x from alchemy surveys is testable on the PTS, since template characters get surveys but do not come pre-formatted with trait knowledge. The PTS is an EU copy right now, and I don't have the Botanist achievement on that server.
On my first survey I got 4x, 4x, 6x, 4x, 4x, and 6x. It's not exactly the 50%-50% split I expect over time, but it's only 6 nodes. On the PTS it's possible to get 6x without Botanist or knowing any traits on any of these reagents:
If you did indeed get only 4x and 8x for 240 pulls, then something is going on, but unless it's a bug that is coincidentally getting fixed next patch, it isn't this achievement or trait knowledge causing the issue.
ETA: I'll test if it's a bad interaction between Plentiful Harvest and Botanist/trait knowledge, but it definitely isn't the latter on its own.
Nope, got 6x and 12x with Plentiful Harvest maxed.
In 8061 pulls of blacksmithing, clothing, jewelrycrafting, and woodworking that I've recorded since they fixed Plentiful Harvest (which, yes, used to be capped at 40% due to a bug, but has been fixed), outside of resource events, I have the following rate of drops for the base mats:
3x: 3406 (42.25%)
4x: 620 (7.69%)
6x: 2907 (36.06%)
7x: 1046 (12.98%)
8x: 82 (1.02%)
Since 3x and 4x represent no PH proc, while 6x, 7x, and 8x represent a PH proc, these are the rates for the proc from those pulls:
No PH proc: 49.94%
PH proc: 50.06%
For alchemy nodes, I have fewer pulls but the following info:
1x: 186 (49.87%)
2x: 187 (50.13%)
I'm not sure how much closer to 50% it's reasonable to expect it to get. If you have data that doesn't seem to align with this, I would very interested to see the numbers.
Note, though, that Plentiful Harvest doesn't double the whole yield of the node. It procs on a per-mat basis on eligible mats from eligible sources. It only procs when you draw one of those mats to begin with, so on average over time it doubles the amount you get, but it doesn't change the chance of getting anything in the first place.
2) Plentiful Harvest doesn't work the same way on all the things it procs on, again probably due to bugs:
Number of base mats: For BCJW non-survey nodes, you can get 3 or 4 without a PH proc, and then 6, 7, or 8 when it procs. For surveys you can get 18 or 20 without PH, and then 36, 38, or 40 when it procs.
The distribution matches what we'd expect if the game is rerolling the number again when PH procs.
But for alchemy, PH always doubles the number. That's why you can only get 4, 6, 8, or 12 (4 or 6 being no PH, as you noted, and 8 and 12 being the PH procs for those numbers, respectively). Unlike BCJW surveys, you will never get a mix and match of the two base rolls, so no 10s. Just 4 x 2 or 8 x 2, never 4 + 6 or 6 + 4.
Other things it works irregularly on:
Pulverized Titanium: PH dramatically increases - at least about doubles, according to my numbers - the normal chance of getting Pulverized Titanium x1 from a jewelry seam. It also provides a tiny chance of getting x2 from the same node, which doesn't appear to be possible without it. I believe it may be providing another independent roll at this mat rather than rolling only when it's drawn initially, as is the case for other mats.
Bait: PH works (in an unexpected way, akin to Pulverized Titanium) on bait from clothing surveys, enabling 4x bait from a single clothing node, but PH doesn't work on bait from alchemy nodes (survey or otherwise) and doesn't work on bait from non-survey clothing nodes.
No, none of this noted in PH's tooltip, which is incorrect anyhow. That's unfortunately consistent with the way many, many things in this game are not adequately explained in the game. It's also quite possible these exceptions in #2 are bugs, in which case they wouldn't be explained because they wouldn't be intended.
3) Whether Botanist achievement/trait knowledge is a factor in getting the 6x from alchemy surveys is testable on the PTS, since template characters get surveys but do not come pre-formatted with trait knowledge. The PTS is an EU copy right now, and I don't have the Botanist achievement on that server.
On my first survey I got 4x, 4x, 6x, 4x, 4x, and 6x. It's not exactly the 50%-50% split I expect over time, but it's only 6 nodes. On the PTS it's possible to get 6x without Botanist or knowing any traits on any of these reagents:
If you did indeed get only 4x and 8x for 240 pulls, then something is going on, but unless it's a bug that is coincidentally getting fixed next patch, it isn't this achievement or trait knowledge causing the issue.
ETA: I'll test if it's a bad interaction between Plentiful Harvest and Botanist/trait knowledge, but it definitely isn't the latter on its own.
Nope, got 6x and 12x with Plentiful Harvest maxed.
Re: Would you prefer 2 weeks of live Vengeance?
I'd prefer a poll where a yes/no question offers yes/no as possible answers.
loosej
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Please fix the Vaults of Madness questline
With fix I mean, the questline takes a really long time to do because you have to wait SO long for all the necessary dialogue npc's and they also tend to often bug out and then not be available...
You feel really bad for your party if you are the one making everyone wait all the time...
The easiest fix would be to just speed up the time it takes until each npc becomes available to talk to instantly or with a very short delay and not that long as it takes...
You feel really bad for your party if you are the one making everyone wait all the time...
The easiest fix would be to just speed up the time it takes until each npc becomes available to talk to instantly or with a very short delay and not that long as it takes...
Re: Honoring Julian LeFay (the Father of the Elder Scrolls)
If ZOS would ever want to go beyond that, Julian had certain designs in mind for the series that would always be cool to bring back around into the fiction. I've made a list of his known contributions and ideas below.
Some misc info on Julianos from the lore...
- Julian invented the word "Tamriel"
- Julian created an entire solar system for the skies above Tamriel, including a bunch of planets and things which have not been seen again since TES1
- The Nords and Bretons were originally included in the series in reference to Julian's background as a Dane that spent much of his youth in France
- Julian was a huge fan of Arthurian Mythoses, hence his sobriquet surname (after Morgan le Fay). The inclusion of the Fey Folk in the lore of TES2 was almost certainly related to his love of that sort of folk lore
- Julian adored the Clyde Caldwell classic art style, as can be seen on the box art of Arena
- Julian invented the "Daedra" as a concept, to get away from real world connotations associated with typical fantasy demons. Much of this was explored in Daggerfall and Battlespire
- Julian liked to mix high fantasy or even science fantasy esque material with low fantasy material (see: the Battlespire and TES2's Numidium) for The Elder Scrolls worldbuilding -- the "Truth and Logic Style" already released perfectly fits with this
- Julian designed the Battlespire spinoff game from the ground up, authoring most of the world building and lore associated with the spinoff game -- including the idea of the Empire of Tamriel maintaining many pocket universe institutions to host certain imperial societies
- Julian invented the Direnni family of Bretons during the early development of TES2 (the best perspective on his vision for them would be lore about the Direnni of Caecilly from Battlespire), as well as the Camoran Usurper character (that led to the invention of the Camorian Empire and things)
- The early games featured a lot of Japanese weaponry in homage to Julian's adoration for eastern fighting styles
Some misc info on Julianos from the lore...
- Per TES2, Julianos has a temple called the School of Julianos (in reference to how religious institutes acted as schooling centers in real world history), which had a military order called the Knights Mentor
- Julianos is associated with the Elder Scrolls themselves per the dialogue of TES3
- Julianos is said to be a part of the original Aedra that rebelled against Lorkhan / Shezarr per Mankar Camoran's dialogue
- Check UESP's page for more information!
folder_rats
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Re: Does Streak Need Adjustment?
I was part of the mob that wailed on sorc because of hardened ward but even I can see that streak is the one thing that defines sorc. You can't remove it without breaking its vibe. Kind of like nb and incap or necro and stalking bb.
Sorc is dead. You can stop kicking it now
Sorc is dead. You can stop kicking it now
Re: Crafting Surveys should be able to be done in one go!
At a minimum, there should be immediate respawn if you have multiple surveys. Trying to guess how far you have to go to get the respawn is annoying.
Though I do find the current system with jewelry in Reapers March can be fun. I've been there with 4 or 5 other people picking up survey and watching everyone make the same loop over and over was amusing.
Thats true! And some surveys have different distances to force the respawn, so its a weird guessing game sometimes. The distances arent entirely consistent.
Yeah, and the more recent zones have terrible spacing for some of them.
MGRza
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