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Re: (SORCERER) Could we please keep things simple?
Keep it simple. Static bonus. No silly condition.
But frankly, given this is moving extra stats from one weak skill line to another weak skill line without being enough to make it valuable I'm going to say to drop the idea entirely and get back to the drawing board.
Both Daedric Summoning and Dark Magic need a boost. Weakening one even further just to not boost the other enough is ridiculous.
But frankly, given this is moving extra stats from one weak skill line to another weak skill line without being enough to make it valuable I'm going to say to drop the idea entirely and get back to the drawing board.
Both Daedric Summoning and Dark Magic need a boost. Weakening one even further just to not boost the other enough is ridiculous.
Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
I usually enjoy Mayhem, but subclassing has just turned off my interest for anything serious.
Have been queuing for a BG a day to get some event things, but the BGs don't always fill. If BGs have trouble filling in an event, something must be off?
Have been queuing for a BG a day to get some event things, but the BGs don't always fill. If BGs have trouble filling in an event, something must be off?
Ezhh
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Re: (SORCERER) Could we please keep things simple?
All of the new changes sound non-performant to me.
If not at full health heal, if full health 10% mag or stam, whichever is higher, for 10 seconds?
Bound aegis, minor vulnerability has a duration based on every 10K resists? Am I reading that right?
Just revert everything and leave it at that.
If not at full health heal, if full health 10% mag or stam, whichever is higher, for 10 seconds?
Bound aegis, minor vulnerability has a duration based on every 10K resists? Am I reading that right?
Just revert everything and leave it at that.
katorga
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
MorallyBipolar wrote: »MorallyBipolar wrote: »Vonnegut2506 wrote: »Because I can't be tasked to do activities I don't enjoy just for some item in a video game, and I would guess many people feel the same way about PvP.
I understand. There’s a significant amount of players who participated in Midyear Mayhem in the past, but didn’t participate this time though.
I’m not sure if they quit or what, but it’s a very noticeable drop off. It’s pretty interesting to see from a game design perspective. I’m wondering what’s led to such a dramatic change this time.
Can you please post your data showing that this years MYM event is experiencing a reduced turn out.
Thank you.
This isn't the mic drop you hope it is. Anybody who PvPs on a regular basis knows the population is next to nothing compared to past MYM events. There was a time when U50 was pop locked during this event. Blackwater Blade days. When you don't need to queue into an alternate campaign while waiting to get into GH, there is no need to present data. It's crystal clear.
How do you explain that all three factions have been pop locked more than 20 hours/day since the event began? (PC NA Greyhost)
Devil's Advocate, but that's the standard population.
Usually during MYM, you also see Blackreach and Ravenwatch at capacity for most of the day, and only the 7-day campaigns are only on one or two bars.
If people at primetime can get into Blackreach without a queue, that's a sure sign that there are way fewer people than normal.
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On topic: I think it's two things - 1) We just had the Vengeance test and a Golden Pursuit around that, so your standard "I-only-PvP-when-there's-an-event-encouraging-me-to-do-so" crowd is already burnt out. 2) Subclassing is making is so your non-pro PvPers are getting deleted even faster than normal, and they don't tend to care enough to come back and try with a better build when they could just leave and not bother with a mode they don't like.
tomofhyrule
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
The last MYM event had a Golden Pursuit that had everyone piling into PvP. This tiime around, unless you're regularly into PvP, there's not much incentive to entice anyone else to do much more than get the event tickets and get out.
Myself personally I'm just in no mood to burn resources to outfit any new PvP builds until after U47, simply because I have no desire to waste those resources on a build that will likely last all of a couple months.
Myself personally I'm just in no mood to burn resources to outfit any new PvP builds until after U47, simply because I have no desire to waste those resources on a build that will likely last all of a couple months.
Re: how Zenimax killed PvP to reduce the number of players in Cyrodiil
AngryPenguin wrote: »Vengeance is what we needed all this time. Cyrodiil was clearly on a skeleton crew if that, and No-Proc was a half-baked (if we're being charitable) attempt at helping performance. Instead it just confused everyone, nothing was clear, and Zenimax did not even do the bare minimum to clarify things.
But Vengeance? They're now quickly iterating on huge changes to the game's skill lines (WITH PVP-ONLY CHANGES!), a tripled population cap, and pushing a higher skill ceiling on strategy rather than pushing higher stats on gear & skills. I gave up completely on ESO until I heard about the vengeance tests, and had an absolute blast on the 2nd testing phase. If that comes back, I'll be back to playing it as my main game.
Cyrodiil kept my interest for hundreds of hours, but it was rotting over the years. And Vengeance had constant fights that were just as entertaining as my peak experience back in 2017 when defending Chalman and Sejanus. The fights were glorious, and it brought back a bunch of Pact PvP guildees for that one week. We all had a turn with being amazed at how fun Cyrodiil was again and how it felt like the good old days.
Vengeance will be the death of PvP if implemented as the only option. It's for the PvE crowd that won't stick around for any mode of PvP for any significant amount of time.
Vengeance is for testing possible ways to reduce problems and improve performance in Cyrodiil. It is intended for the PvP crowd who have been complaining for years about performance issues in Cyrodiil.
Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
MorallyBipolar wrote: »There hasn't been a low turnout for this years MYM event. Every faction has been pop locked since the event began except for a few hours when most using NA server are in bed.
Why are you trying to claim there has been such low turnout this event when there hasn't been is the question.
MorallyBipolar wrote: »Can you please post your data showing that this years MYM event is experiencing a reduced turn out.
Thank you.
MorallyBipolar wrote: »Could it be that, to someone who hasn't been PvP'ing for a couple years or more just hasn't realized that the pop caps have been slashed to 60-75 players/faction?
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A pop locked Grey Host is normal. The fact that PvP populations have been slashed is just further evidence of decline, because even with slashed populations, Blackreach wasn't close to being full for most of the day. Imperial City used to fill up during these events, and you could find pretty large groups in the added IC campaigns. This year even the main IC is getting like 1 bar per faction... that's a massive difference.
Also this isn't unique to PC NA, I was curious and checked the Xbox NA population bars at various points in the day and it was the same story.
[edited for baiting]
Stamicka
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
For me, it's simple.
1. Balance. The same reason I barely ever PVP anymore, the single thing they have an absolutely inviolate obligation to be fixing, just keeps getting worse. Subclassing is a blatant doubling-down on the idea that ZOS doesn't think balancing is a problem, when balancing is, in fact, a massive, obvious, glaringly fatal problem. I really don't want much of anything to do with PVP as unbalanced as pre-Subclassing. I'm outright horrified by the idea of PVPing in a subclassing environment. Added to all that, Vengeance reminded me of what PVP can be. Vengeance was fun, and it made the current state of things that much more distasteful.
2. That said, I probably would be going in for more than just town and scouting quests a if my character weren't currently gimped by leveling subclass skill lines. I'm trying to get all the skill lines leveled up, and I'm mostly using my main for this. Mayhem, coming so soon after the release of subclassing, is just incredibly poorly timed for me.
3. On top of all that, I'm in Pacific Time, and I play pretty late on PCNA. My faction, DC, has no presence on any of the campaigns but GH whenever I log on, and GH is frequently pop locked. Maybe if DC would branch out a little on PCNA, I might tag along (on my severely hobbled character) to actually take/defend some stuff. But it's just pointless when you're gated on every campaign except the one thats pop locked.
1. Balance. The same reason I barely ever PVP anymore, the single thing they have an absolutely inviolate obligation to be fixing, just keeps getting worse. Subclassing is a blatant doubling-down on the idea that ZOS doesn't think balancing is a problem, when balancing is, in fact, a massive, obvious, glaringly fatal problem. I really don't want much of anything to do with PVP as unbalanced as pre-Subclassing. I'm outright horrified by the idea of PVPing in a subclassing environment. Added to all that, Vengeance reminded me of what PVP can be. Vengeance was fun, and it made the current state of things that much more distasteful.
2. That said, I probably would be going in for more than just town and scouting quests a if my character weren't currently gimped by leveling subclass skill lines. I'm trying to get all the skill lines leveled up, and I'm mostly using my main for this. Mayhem, coming so soon after the release of subclassing, is just incredibly poorly timed for me.
3. On top of all that, I'm in Pacific Time, and I play pretty late on PCNA. My faction, DC, has no presence on any of the campaigns but GH whenever I log on, and GH is frequently pop locked. Maybe if DC would branch out a little on PCNA, I might tag along (on my severely hobbled character) to actually take/defend some stuff. But it's just pointless when you're gated on every campaign except the one thats pop locked.
Re: Antiquities are missing from their vendors for 2-3 years
The Colovian tapestries and pottery are beautiful. I'd really love to be able to buy more from the appropriate vendor.
xencthlu
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Re: Antiquities are missing from their vendors for 2-3 years
Still a problem on PTS U47:
Screenshots: only 2 Solstice Antiquities are showing up at the vendor. Others are not, even though I found all of them at least once on PTS:
Likewise in West Weald, none of the Tapestries (etc.) are showing, even though I found all at least once on Live:
They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs
Ticketed again:
Screenshots: only 2 Solstice Antiquities are showing up at the vendor. Others are not, even though I found all of them at least once on PTS:
Likewise in West Weald, none of the Tapestries (etc.) are showing, even though I found all at least once on Live:
They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs
Ticketed again:
MoonPile
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