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Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
Microsoft didn't hand pick employees to lay off, thats not how it works. Senior management had to make the decisions. Probably Firor.
I am certain that they attempted to keep as many of the integral people as possible. The article is making it seem like the layoffs were random, destructive, and not well reasoned, and that is generally not how these things go. Certainly they lost alot of good people but I am certain they tried to retain the best.
I am certain that they attempted to keep as many of the integral people as possible. The article is making it seem like the layoffs were random, destructive, and not well reasoned, and that is generally not how these things go. Certainly they lost alot of good people but I am certain they tried to retain the best.
Re: Your Play Experience b/t Update 45 and Update 46 with Subclassing and Scribing In Base Game
Did your ability to play and/or complete certain types of game content improve after the launch of Update 46?
Damage/healing/tank all improved by about 20%-30%.
If so, prior to the launch of Update 46, what was your character build?
Before U46, my build was based on the meta version of log, and at most only 1-2 skills were changed according to style and needs.
What did you change to your character build when Update 46 launched that allowed you to play or complete content that you had trouble with before?
Abandon weak lines like Dark Magic and use strong lines like Assassination and Herald of the Tome.
What game content was it?
vSE, vLC trifecta.
Other suggestions:
Don't nerf the current strong skill lines, but buff those weaker lines, such as Dark Magic, Shadow, etc. (which are also unpopular lines in log at present). In my opinion, the disadvantage of these lines is that they lack a clear positioning due to the mixture of damage, healing, and tanking capabilities, and none of them are very strong. But this may also be their advantage. Providing these lines with 2-3 passive abilities of damage types and enhancing the damage skills of these lines (at least to match the damage threshold required by HM Trial) will give those members who need solo portals more options, and perhaps even develop a strategy of 2 tanks + 1 healer 9dps or even 10dps.
Damage/healing/tank all improved by about 20%-30%.
If so, prior to the launch of Update 46, what was your character build?
Before U46, my build was based on the meta version of log, and at most only 1-2 skills were changed according to style and needs.
What did you change to your character build when Update 46 launched that allowed you to play or complete content that you had trouble with before?
Abandon weak lines like Dark Magic and use strong lines like Assassination and Herald of the Tome.
What game content was it?
vSE, vLC trifecta.
Other suggestions:
Don't nerf the current strong skill lines, but buff those weaker lines, such as Dark Magic, Shadow, etc. (which are also unpopular lines in log at present). In my opinion, the disadvantage of these lines is that they lack a clear positioning due to the mixture of damage, healing, and tanking capabilities, and none of them are very strong. But this may also be their advantage. Providing these lines with 2-3 passive abilities of damage types and enhancing the damage skills of these lines (at least to match the damage threshold required by HM Trial) will give those members who need solo portals more options, and perhaps even develop a strategy of 2 tanks + 1 healer 9dps or even 10dps.
Re: Fashion Megathread
Dawned on me the similarity between Hircine Hunter style and Wakanda suit.
Someone could probably use it to create a much closer look.
I don't feel like any of the helmets in the game recreate the BP mask well, I think you've have to actually be a Khajiit.
Someone could probably use it to create a much closer look.
I don't feel like any of the helmets in the game recreate the BP mask well, I think you've have to actually be a Khajiit.
Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
Hi All, just wanted to follow up quickly. We appreciate the player conversation element of this and would like to keep the thread open as long as possible. So just doing our due diligence in reminding folks to keep the discourse civil toward any and all parties and remember to follow our community guidelines. Thanks in advance.
ZOS_Kevin
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Re: Hello, lightning form? U47 Sorc discussion
madmufffin wrote: »I don't think it's quite as annoying as something like off-balanced. It also fuels the value of leaning into shock damage to increase the value of the passive similar to frost damage with Winter's on Warden.
IDk offbalance and status effects are all in that realm of a hidden extra mechanic that HAS an output, but it just kinda happens instead of people paying attention to it. I would prefer to give a flat buff towards active skill's tooltips that are seen by both players vs some near invisible damage that happens randomly. In pve who cares, dps on my addon is dps. In PvP you want combat to be clear and make sense.
madmufffin wrote: »MincMincMinc wrote: »madmufffin wrote: »Sorc's getting % more damage for class skills would also be wonderfully broken
The buff was %weapon or spell damage before. Aedric spear already has one passive grant 6% weapon/spell damage and 6% resists. So something like 3% weapon damage per skill assuming 3 skills slotted at most on one bar isn't too crazy
Thinking back on this, it would at least make more sense to be 5% for sorc skills or even just Storm Calling skills so that slotting overload front bar would actually be valuable. As it is now no reason not to use Incap or DB there instead.
5% on storm skills is exceedingly weak, at that point 10% makes more sense. On all sorc skill lines is an interesting concept, but with subclassing we need to understand that "classes" are not a thing anymore. Scribing and class sets are the only reasons to pick one class over the other.
Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
I really, really hope ZOS is able to re-hire some of the devs from the Blackbird team back into ESO. They had some of their best people on that project, the ones who helped build ESO into what it is today.
It'd be a shame to see them go, especially when the studio didn't want them to.
My other huge concern is for the devs who were working on both projects. The loss of that institutional talent and knowledge will mean that the remaining devs will have a harder time adjusting and making things run smoothly.
It's what best for the health of ESO, the success of ZOS, and TES as a whole.
One of the big ones we lost with Blackbird is a lore master for ESO. He had moved to Blackbird but he was still doing some occasional help with ESO as recently as Necrom and Gold Road. He was excellent. You can find more information on the UESP wiki. One of the few people who have said something publicly.
Re: Hello, lightning form? U47 Sorc discussion
Losing Daedric Prey means that the pets tooltip probably needs to get pretty juiced damage wise to make the HA sorcs not riot.
Re: PTS Update 47 - Feedback Thread for Classes & Abilities Changes
@BasP it's nice to see my data independently corroborated. 
Additional parse to highlight the issue with arcanist.
I swapped dark magic with herald of the tome, a skill line with good passives and skills
this is another big jump in dps compared to aedric spear which only has good passives. (if you're not using jabs)
Additional parse to highlight the issue with arcanist.
I swapped dark magic with herald of the tome, a skill line with good passives and skills
this is another big jump in dps compared to aedric spear which only has good passives. (if you're not using jabs)
Tannus15
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Re: Something wrong with the 4 cats in the room right before nahviintaas on SunSpire
tomofhyrule wrote: »Granted, I don't know if that's the reason for the change. I only know that Finn hates that strat and that only melee taunts work now.
But still, only melee taunts work. Best idea is for the MT and OT to be standing where the far cat spawns so they can grab them right away, then poke the second one as they run toward the door. Still stacks everyone as "intended," but the tanks just need to start at the other end of the room.
whos this Finn guy, the designer of SunSpire?
He's the lead encounter designer, so technically yes since the other devs working on the content report to him.
Although I don't know what his role was when Sunspire was designed.
Re: More on the Microsoft lay offs, it's grim.
It's an incredible pity that Zenimax didn't/couldnt go private, instead of being acquired by Microsoft.
Zenimax was a private company when Microsoft bought them. They tried to sell to EA first, but that deal fell through. Zeni was shopping for a buyer.
