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Re: Oakensoul desperately needs a buff
YandereGirlfriend wrote: »YandereGirlfriend wrote: »ideally for me Oakensoul would be a toggle somewhere in the game instead of a Mythic.
Or allow the usage of another Mythic.
Obviously (sadly) it was not developed as an accessibility option, but it does make combat more accessible.
as a disabled girl who uses Oakensoul because the frequent bar swapping and button clicking for the buffs from timed skills was frustrating and a bit painful,
i doubt i will use another mythic for my Damage Dealer builds.
i wish i could use other Mythics like The Saint and Seducer or Rakkhat's Voidmantle as they seem fun, useful, and also make combat more accessible.
i think Oakensoul buffs would be awesome and i sadly doubt that neither buffs or my wishes are happening.
Browse YouTube for the content creator Hyperioxes (spelling?). He has a bunch of Rakhat HA builds that are de facto one-bar builds since the skills on the back-bar provide passive benefits for being slotted rather than being used. They are the best way to do HA builds, IMO.
Do you not see the issue here? Lol every other mythic in the game is better at being “one bar” than the mythic that’s actually designed for it 😂 and yeah here is a video of his explaining how bad Oakensoul is at what it’s supposed to do:https://youtu.be/1omCaqpoiMc?si=MgOzL8erwLJIWcYD
And that video is just him comparing Oakensoul to other “one bar” heavy attack builds and it’s still WAY worse than those! Not to mention fully set up two bar builds….
Oakensoul is supposed to be the solo-player-friendly option (and it is), hence all of the defensive buffs and such that are not generally needed if you're in a 12-man trial or something. If you're grouped with others in a trial you already have like 12/15 or whatever of its buffs so there really isn't much point to using it. And that's fine.
It arose at the time when there was big discourse about people who did not want to group for whatever reason. It doesn't have to be "The HA Mythic" but that playstyle is generally complementary to that solo player ethos as well as to the accessibility playstyle because HA is an easier playstyle and only having to manage one bar is easier than managing two bars.
His point in that video is that there is an odd sort of cult of personality surrounding the Mythic. You can do HA with it if you want to never think about Empower but if you are willing to source it yourself, which is relatively easy, then, yes, Rakhat is the better option because that Mythic is literally only useful for the HA style - IT is the HA Mythic. (You can also make a good HA build using Anthelmir, FWIW.)
Okay but still, literally every other mythic in the game is better than the one designed for one bar…. Including for solo play?
That isn't true at all.
You are completely ignoring the passive defensive and utility buffs that Oakensoul gives to a solo player. Buffs that are impossible to source completely by yourself, even if you wanted to use a complex two-bar rotation while getting super tryhard with subclassing and Scribing. You get all of those buffs with perfect uptime for doing nothing other than wearing the set. That is huge for the niche of players that the set is intended for.
Re: What is the big reward at then end of this 3 week event?
tomofhyrule wrote: »The Coldharbour house is a very rare drop from the boxes, and it's the one that's available in game for gold, not a new one.
There is a reward hose coming, but that's the ticket one (Wildgrown Chapel of Julianos) so we get that at New Life.
The 'big reward' at the end of the Writhing Wall is simply... access to the other half of the content we paid for. That's about it.
aaaaaand if you already have the Coldharbour house that's been available for long-standing players for the past 200 years, you get nothing.
Let's say that again: long standing players who have invested in the game are once again locked out of probably the most significant reward / drop.
agelonestar
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Re: Are You Enjoying Phase 1 of the Writhing Wall Event?
They’re intentionally making players who didn’t buy Solstice suffer, and it’s honestly demeaning. If it weren’t for one of my friends still playing, I’d have uninstalled without hesitation. It’s obvious they want everyone to buy the overpriced expansion. The problem isn’t the price, it’s the value compared to what they’re asking for. They forgot that competition exists,newer games give far more content and even free expansions. They call it a “choice,” but it’s just punishment for not buying the content pass, with horrible RNG and super random spawn rates. The Soul Reaper thing is just one example out of many.
All the good parts are locked behind Solstice. I promised myself I wouldn’t spend another dime after getting screwed by the deluxe edition that didn’t include “everything from previous chapters” like it claimed. The smaller DLCs are still sold separately. It’s $80, and other new games with better graphics,animation , ui , story , and all actually give everything for that price. I had to spend another $20 each for the missing stuff, and it left a terrible taste in my mouth. I’m done. I’m not paying double for what I already own. Solstice is full of recycled assets, and it’s not worth touching for the price they’re asking. My friend is really the only reason why i stayed XD so it a blessing and a curse
This guy nailed it. It's all about wringing us dry for money with as little as they could manage to put it. Didn't buy the half baked season pass and will never spend another penny on this game. I was not going to buy this years sub but didn't want to spend my time on inventory management.
But I play so little now it would have been been easy to manage, and I would be a lot happier not having wasted my money.
Re: Are Vitrified Souls drop rate working as intended?
make it so the blue boxes actually drop worthwhile loot to begin with please… discount event, I miss my surveys, plans and other treasures to sell that drop from celebration eventsWe are taking another look at drop rate for Vitrified Souls and some other drops.
Mattymoo92
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Re: With the ways things are currently going how long do you think eso has left?
MorallyBipolar wrote: »Oh look, someone necro'd a thread from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
This time is different. Anyone who's paying attention sees that. Have you not noticed the massive decline in content released? Did you not hear about all the cut backs and layoffs at ZOS? Seems MS sees the writing on the wall too.
The content is inline with previous chapters. There is some argument around "paying for it twice" as the dungeons are available in ESO plus, but that's about it.
The layoffs at ZOS were nothing to do with ESO. ZOS had taken on new employees to work on their next MMO, which MS sheleved.
Oh, it is? Great, where are the two new Companions? New Tribute deck? You know, because that’s what previous Chapters had *in addition* to a large Zone with delves and PubDuns and several World Events.
And let’s not forget the difference between “here’s a brand new Class to play with!” and “lol just take all of the existing skills and throw them in a blender because we don’t want to make new stuff. Balance? What’s that?”
tomofhyrule
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Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Battle For The Writhing Wall Event Info"
DenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
[snip]
The GP lasts for 40+ days. If a player can't level up Alchemy and/or Enchanting (the two easiest crafting lines by far) within that time, then they're intentionally going out of their way to not do it. And no, purchasing a master writ from the traders is not nonsense. Players all across Tamriel do it every day in game. Heck, both skills can be leveled to 50 within a single gaming session without breaking a sweat. Not to mention that Alchemy should be max'd to 50 for every character regardless whether they plan to craft their own or not. Simply for the passives.
As for gear needed for Trials.. that's what Normal Difficulty Trials are for.. getting gear. Normal Trials can be completed with Crafted/Overland gear. It's done every day by many many new players.
[edited to remove quote]
DenverRalphy
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Re: Are You Enjoying Phase 1 of the Writhing Wall Event?
I feel like I am farming anchors in Alik'r.
Ulvich
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For a "Once in a lifetime" event - why are the rewards so anemic?
Look, khajiit is not a complainer or malcontent, but rather, a huge fan of ESO, especially as it is right now (i.e. subclassing, scribing, etc, never more Elder Scrolls - khajiit is delighted!). This one has, in fact, quite enjoyed this event's activities so far, at least insofar as the conflicts and incursions are concerned, and the upgraded delve and public dungeon bosses are quite pleasing to Khajiit. Khajiit hopes these tough guys stay around forever.
On the other hand, the disappointing "get fat/fur/whatever" missions are somewhat confusing to Khajiit, since pitting people against each other for limited quest objectives when they should be working together, or at least not stepping on each other, is a problem that was already solved years ago for New Life festival's orc honey-and-wolf-skin hunts, among other things. Perhaps someone is new on the quest team, yes?
Still, all in all, the activities are generally more than fine, and some of them are quite fun.
But the rewards - even for just another "event-of-the-month" kind of thing these rewards would be meager at best. But for an event that is being claimed to be such a big deal - a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, and one that is representing a substantial portion of this year's (paid) content, these rewards are an utter embarrassment, absolutely shameful. SHAMEFUL! Whoever made the decision to be so stingy with the volume and uninspired with the nature of the rewards should have ears clipped back and be sent to their beds without supper, at the very least.
Now, khajiit knows what you are going to say before you say it. "But Karth, it is known that showering players with delightful, expensive and sleek gifts as quest rewards will ruin the game economy", to which khajiit says "Utter unclawed, bald-bottom nonsense!" as he points his tail in your direction.
Every year the Anniversary event showers all with a profusion of motif pages in reward boxes, and whatever effect this might have had on the market pales before the level of participation and enjoyment that that event enjoys. And this is just a free, "once a year" event! For the Writhing Wall, a "once in a lifetime, world-changing" (and, most importantly, paid-content-focused) event, the rewards should be even more generous, or at the very least, more abundant.
Let us be frank, yes? The gold box rewards for this event SHOULD be better than anything that we have ever seen before as a reward - utterly mind-boggling in sleekness - houses, mounts, pets, momentos, even potentially crown crates! (-pauses for all the pearl clutching-) Even the blue boxes should be impressive - why are we not being showered with motifs, drowned in furnishing/provisioning recipes, and pummeled with crafting materials from each blue box? The rewards should be a 9-clawed celebration of glorious excess and sugary delight, but they are the exact opposite of that, and it makes the entire event appear somewhat absurd, or at the very least poorly designed.
It is certainly reflected in the profound disappointment exhibited by an overwhelming majority of forum posters on this topic.
On the other hand, the disappointing "get fat/fur/whatever" missions are somewhat confusing to Khajiit, since pitting people against each other for limited quest objectives when they should be working together, or at least not stepping on each other, is a problem that was already solved years ago for New Life festival's orc honey-and-wolf-skin hunts, among other things. Perhaps someone is new on the quest team, yes?
Still, all in all, the activities are generally more than fine, and some of them are quite fun.
But the rewards - even for just another "event-of-the-month" kind of thing these rewards would be meager at best. But for an event that is being claimed to be such a big deal - a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, and one that is representing a substantial portion of this year's (paid) content, these rewards are an utter embarrassment, absolutely shameful. SHAMEFUL! Whoever made the decision to be so stingy with the volume and uninspired with the nature of the rewards should have ears clipped back and be sent to their beds without supper, at the very least.
Now, khajiit knows what you are going to say before you say it. "But Karth, it is known that showering players with delightful, expensive and sleek gifts as quest rewards will ruin the game economy", to which khajiit says "Utter unclawed, bald-bottom nonsense!" as he points his tail in your direction.
Every year the Anniversary event showers all with a profusion of motif pages in reward boxes, and whatever effect this might have had on the market pales before the level of participation and enjoyment that that event enjoys. And this is just a free, "once a year" event! For the Writhing Wall, a "once in a lifetime, world-changing" (and, most importantly, paid-content-focused) event, the rewards should be even more generous, or at the very least, more abundant.
Let us be frank, yes? The gold box rewards for this event SHOULD be better than anything that we have ever seen before as a reward - utterly mind-boggling in sleekness - houses, mounts, pets, momentos, even potentially crown crates! (-pauses for all the pearl clutching-) Even the blue boxes should be impressive - why are we not being showered with motifs, drowned in furnishing/provisioning recipes, and pummeled with crafting materials from each blue box? The rewards should be a 9-clawed celebration of glorious excess and sugary delight, but they are the exact opposite of that, and it makes the entire event appear somewhat absurd, or at the very least poorly designed.
It is certainly reflected in the profound disappointment exhibited by an overwhelming majority of forum posters on this topic.
Re: Dev Team Request: A Top 5 List of Bugs and Pain Points You Would Like Addressed
Please consider reworking how player collectable cosmetics are layered. I would like to be able to wear body markings with skins, have my body markings show up on a vampire and be able to wear make-up/facial markings with scars. Also I would like khajiit and argonian only cosmetics in their own tab, it would make finding them alot easier.
EnerG
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Re: Did you buy the 2025 season pass?
Did not buy it, and I am currently very pleased with that decision.
