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Re: is there a way to turn off the compass distances?
I would at least like the option to have it enabled or not
Re: Vengeance Test 3 Request
These are very brief disruptions in exchange for test data the devs sorely need when other fix approaches have failed. Just don't play it if you don't like it, but some of us want to see cyrodiil become performant again.
Re: is there a way to turn off the compass distances?
Apart from being distracting, the unrealistic numbers really don't help, at least for me. As an example: In an environment with cliffs or hills, if I read "150 m", I'd expect the location to be behind the obstacle, so I'd try to find a path around it - and by that I might miss it, because it's still in front of the obstacle, not behind it - because the actual distances are much shorter than the number would make you expect (if you estimate distances by objects in the environment, like your characters size). I'd rather deactivate the whole thing and really hope there will be an option for that.
Syldras
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Re: is there a way to turn off the compass distances?
I'm curious why this feature was implemented. I don't remember ever seeing players request anything like it, so where did the idea come from?
Re: is there a way to turn off the compass distances?
Seconding, thirding, fourthing, whatever number we're on, agreed. PLEASE give us a toggle on/off for this. It's extra clutter and especially annoying when using NodeDetection lib with keen eye passive. But even addon-less it's too much
Re: ESO Leadership Roundtable Discussion
I will say that it is very nice to hear that the new leadership seems fully intent on continuing ESO and making it the best it can be. But I will echo a bunch of the comments above: we've been hearing platitudes for years at this point. It doesn't matter to us how many people say "we're listening to the players" if they never actually do. We want to actually see that.
It was extremely nice to get the message from Amy during the U47 PTS - even though there really weren't many changes for U47 (and after Subclassing, we needed them), but the fact that we were being heard did make it a lot better. The "what was your play experience like" sticky in General was also a really nice development since U46 did feel (to a lot of players) that it was being foisted on them and they were supposed to like it or leave... and I'm sure that a number of players chose "leave."
It's hard to deny that there's been a sense of despair in the community for a while: players here for the stories have been seeing the writing quality going downhill for years now, and the pendulum combat swings are tiring, and the utter lack of balance is frustrating... and then Matt's letter in December all but screamed "maintenance mode incoming." We also lost our NA big meetup, January reveal event, and now we're supposed to be happy that every month is a surprise? Add to that the Microsoft surprise layoffs and then PTS being a brick wall especially for U46, and now a lot of leadership shuffles. Long story short, just a bunch of "we promise it's all good here!" using a lot of PR-speak isn't going to magically make us think nothing's wrong.
I hope that monthly roadmaps will continue, since those were excellent. I also hope that if large earth-shattering changes are coming (like Subclassing, for example) that they are announced with more than one PTS cycle to collect feedback before dropping it onto the live servers. But mostly, please interact more with your (unpaid!) PTS testers and listen to these dedicated players when they warn that the general playerbase will not like a change - they tend to have a good feel for the pulse of the community.
But mostly, I'm very interested to see what U48's PTS cycle will look like when that comes (probably mid-late September, if timelines are still consistent). I'm interested to see what will come out in the year-end review. I'm interested to see if the team will consider a reveal event in January again (particularly if the summer patch will include something big and paid like a new Class). Surprises can get tiring, so please give us something more than speculation to spend our money on next year.
I hope that 2026 will be the year that proves we were all scared for nothing. I hope that we get stuff that we're all so happy to open our wallets for and extol this game again. I have the best hopes for the new team. And I hope that the new team will live up to it.
It was extremely nice to get the message from Amy during the U47 PTS - even though there really weren't many changes for U47 (and after Subclassing, we needed them), but the fact that we were being heard did make it a lot better. The "what was your play experience like" sticky in General was also a really nice development since U46 did feel (to a lot of players) that it was being foisted on them and they were supposed to like it or leave... and I'm sure that a number of players chose "leave."
It's hard to deny that there's been a sense of despair in the community for a while: players here for the stories have been seeing the writing quality going downhill for years now, and the pendulum combat swings are tiring, and the utter lack of balance is frustrating... and then Matt's letter in December all but screamed "maintenance mode incoming." We also lost our NA big meetup, January reveal event, and now we're supposed to be happy that every month is a surprise? Add to that the Microsoft surprise layoffs and then PTS being a brick wall especially for U46, and now a lot of leadership shuffles. Long story short, just a bunch of "we promise it's all good here!" using a lot of PR-speak isn't going to magically make us think nothing's wrong.
I hope that monthly roadmaps will continue, since those were excellent. I also hope that if large earth-shattering changes are coming (like Subclassing, for example) that they are announced with more than one PTS cycle to collect feedback before dropping it onto the live servers. But mostly, please interact more with your (unpaid!) PTS testers and listen to these dedicated players when they warn that the general playerbase will not like a change - they tend to have a good feel for the pulse of the community.
But mostly, I'm very interested to see what U48's PTS cycle will look like when that comes (probably mid-late September, if timelines are still consistent). I'm interested to see what will come out in the year-end review. I'm interested to see if the team will consider a reveal event in January again (particularly if the summer patch will include something big and paid like a new Class). Surprises can get tiring, so please give us something more than speculation to spend our money on next year.
I hope that 2026 will be the year that proves we were all scared for nothing. I hope that we get stuff that we're all so happy to open our wallets for and extol this game again. I have the best hopes for the new team. And I hope that the new team will live up to it.
tomofhyrule
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Re: ESO Leadership Roundtable Discussion
Hopefully something of substance would be also released soonish as this doesn't gives any information beside that the team is happy with a product they're working on, which isn't really telling much if there's any positive changes coming, what is about to change and what's about to go back on track. Would be interesting to know if they're aware of the current weak points and how each subsequent update in recent years shows the decline in overall quality and testing of it. And ultimately if that's the ESO going forward still or was it an unfortunate period, caused by juggling couple projects or other internal issues, which is coming to an end eventually.
Re: ESO Leadership Roundtable Discussion
Was this a roundtable meant for players of ESO or for investors/stakeholders? Did anyone (at ZOS) actually think that anything discussed in there is what (a fair share of) players are waiting to hear about?
I'm not saying learning something about the professional background and personal quirks can't be interesting, but I (and I would assume many more players) was waiting for something a little more factual about the actual game and something that amounts to more than "20 years to come". I don't know (but I have some guesses as to) why many developers seem to be so out of touch with their playerbase to believe that corporate marketing lingo is contributing in a positive way to the discussions around the recent upheavals at ZOS.
If you actually want input: next time deliver facts about the upcoming plans (e.g. an actual roadmap) for the game first and add irrelevant personal details at a later point.
I'm not saying learning something about the professional background and personal quirks can't be interesting, but I (and I would assume many more players) was waiting for something a little more factual about the actual game and something that amounts to more than "20 years to come". I don't know (but I have some guesses as to) why many developers seem to be so out of touch with their playerbase to believe that corporate marketing lingo is contributing in a positive way to the discussions around the recent upheavals at ZOS.
If you actually want input: next time deliver facts about the upcoming plans (e.g. an actual roadmap) for the game first and add irrelevant personal details at a later point.
cynaes
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EP found Bala's body
I'm actually impressed they went through to effort to actually leave her corpse somewhere. all most of us ever see is the ghost she leaves near the way shrine after you finish her quest and she runs off to kill herself.
cause of death? most likely thrown off a cliff into river to drown and washed ashore
cause of death? most likely thrown off a cliff into river to drown and washed ashore
