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Re: ZOS, Massive Spike in Ping/LAG in Recent Days - What Gives?
Given ZOS's inability to have good performance across consecutive weeks, this thread is never going to die! 
Re: Shalks needs an Indicator
I spent +6 hours in IC and Cyro during the current Whitestrake event.
Literally 90% of people are playing: assassination (merciless/surprise), animal companions (deep), storm calling (streak/overload). Previously, each class had one, maybe two, three, builds, which most considered endgame. Now, all classes use the same one, and consider one skill line an extra, unless they're in one of the above. Today, in IC, out of 25 fights I fought, only one didn't use streak
No one can convince me otherwise. Anyone who participates in the event can see what's happening. It looks more like the game has been reduced to a single class.
Don't get me wrong, I've been anticipating this since the meetings with the developers when this sub update was announced – questions about balance ended with "we'll keep an eye on it," which is why it looks the way it does (besides the rapidly declining player count, there are a lot of new negative reviews on steam).
I really like this game, but good luck finding the golden mean now - it's definitely not crossplay, because at the end of this road everyone will come to the same conclusions. I wish for myself and you that the situation will improve, although I am starting to doubt it
Literally 90% of people are playing: assassination (merciless/surprise), animal companions (deep), storm calling (streak/overload). Previously, each class had one, maybe two, three, builds, which most considered endgame. Now, all classes use the same one, and consider one skill line an extra, unless they're in one of the above. Today, in IC, out of 25 fights I fought, only one didn't use streak
No one can convince me otherwise. Anyone who participates in the event can see what's happening. It looks more like the game has been reduced to a single class.
Don't get me wrong, I've been anticipating this since the meetings with the developers when this sub update was announced – questions about balance ended with "we'll keep an eye on it," which is why it looks the way it does (besides the rapidly declining player count, there are a lot of new negative reviews on steam).
I really like this game, but good luck finding the golden mean now - it's definitely not crossplay, because at the end of this road everyone will come to the same conclusions. I wish for myself and you that the situation will improve, although I am starting to doubt it
P0m3k
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
I don't think Vengeance as we last saw it is the solution, but I think that a Cyrodiil with pure stat based sets only (that are balanced with each other), higher population caps, lowered barriers to entry, and skills more in line with early ESO (like frags stunning or merciless resolve requiring more management) would be far more successful than the mess we have now.
This is the way it should be 100%. Stop making the gap between hardcore pvp'ers and everyone else so huge. My last time I entered IC, my entire group decked out very good PvE gear went up against a single DK. We never even moved his health bar or broke his shield. I was on a toon that was parsing about 80k in PvE.
I know that no one will miss me in Cyro, but I won't be going back as the emphasis on perfect gear just ruins it for me.
Kwik1
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Re: Extremely Low Midyear Mayhem Turnout, Why?
Felt like every other 'summer Mayhem' to me.
PvD players like myself stick to the 7-day campaigns for AP, chasing that sweet low pop/low score. Emperors are crowned and dethroned and the choo-choo train goes on, only briefly slowed down by the occasional bomber.
Business as usual.
The only thing I have noticed is that 'farming parties' that used to be a staple of the first weekend were notably absent; I encountered a couple on Friday evening but none after. The fact that hardly anyone bites anymore might have been a contributing factor.
The majority of players I have grouped with have finally wisened up to the fact that doing the 'merry chase' around the resource towers/keep walls only nets some AP (and entertainment) to those aforementiones parties, for the rest is a waste of time and potential AP. It has only taken a decade. We're slow learners.
The campaigns where PvP happens however seemed pop capped (PC/EU), well except Ravenwatch, which used to be a place where people like myself could dip their toes on actual PvP without being ROFLStomped in 2 GCDs flat - thus learning nothing in the process - until it was reverted to a ruleset that apparently pleases no one. Winning.
PvD players like myself stick to the 7-day campaigns for AP, chasing that sweet low pop/low score. Emperors are crowned and dethroned and the choo-choo train goes on, only briefly slowed down by the occasional bomber.
Business as usual.
The only thing I have noticed is that 'farming parties' that used to be a staple of the first weekend were notably absent; I encountered a couple on Friday evening but none after. The fact that hardly anyone bites anymore might have been a contributing factor.
The majority of players I have grouped with have finally wisened up to the fact that doing the 'merry chase' around the resource towers/keep walls only nets some AP (and entertainment) to those aforementiones parties, for the rest is a waste of time and potential AP. It has only taken a decade. We're slow learners.
The campaigns where PvP happens however seemed pop capped (PC/EU), well except Ravenwatch, which used to be a place where people like myself could dip their toes on actual PvP without being ROFLStomped in 2 GCDs flat - thus learning nothing in the process - until it was reverted to a ruleset that apparently pleases no one. Winning.
ApoAlaia
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Re: Vengance be like...
Real pvp players generally have thick skin and couldn't care less about insults anyway.
For the first couple of years in the alliance war forums, ZOS understood that trash talk was part of competitive environments and let so much go. There's probably an old faq from 2014 somewhere that says as much.
Honestly, pvp games can be savage. We call pve players carebears for a reason. You should see zone chat in Rust. Contemporary eso players would call 911 if they saw it.
For the first couple of years in the alliance war forums, ZOS understood that trash talk was part of competitive environments and let so much go. There's probably an old faq from 2014 somewhere that says as much.
Honestly, pvp games can be savage. We call pve players carebears for a reason. You should see zone chat in Rust. Contemporary eso players would call 911 if they saw it.
Desiato
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Re: Should Vengeance add Subclassing?
The major reason I prefer Vengeance to Live is balance. Adding the single biggest unbalancing update ZOS has ever made to this mode would invalidate it.
Re: Change Sorcerer's Storm Calling passives
In what world does sorc need any form of nerf let alone to its only good passives? Energized's values should be doubled as is.
Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
If they thought Blackbird would be successful, of course they would not have shot themselves in the foot by cancelling it.
Personally, my guess would be that someone on the business side came to realize they'd just be competing with themselves. Of course, devs will see a new game project as a new challenge and new way to create and express but business people see it as a second dip into a completely saturated market where they already have a reasonably large grip.
Sluggy
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Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
To those defending AI, I'd first like to see a successful implementation of it in video games first.
Maitsukas
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Re: Swallow soul buff when?
I personally Dream of a day when Sap Tanks are buffed up to and even beyond their former GLORY as DEATH WALKERS!
Until then yeah, swallow soul would be a great start 👍
Until then yeah, swallow soul would be a great start 👍
Lumenn
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