Population Concerns

Faustes

Is anyone else already experiencing population concerns?

This is normally fine for solo questing, but certain content like dungeons and world bosses require groups.. groups that I can't find, and I'm not even in VR content yet (heard it gets even worse then).

I seem to repeatedly have trouble finding groups for dungeons, even using the tool + advertising zone chat. I had this problem earlier in Shadowfen, and now in The Rift. Also, I can't just keep questing while waiting for the dungeon finder, because once you hit a certain level, you can no longer queue for the dungeons, making it even harder to complete.

Unfortunately I'm not willing to pay $15 a month for content I can't complete. This is coming from someone who pre-ordered collectors edition, bought the $100 lore book, and been playing Elder Scroll games for years.

Mablung

@Faustes I believe it is a concern. AD mid level zones seem to be well populated at the moment. Our VR zones are ghost zones mostly. Completing the major xp POIs is not doable now as most Veteran Ranked players are in Craglorn.

wafcatb14_ESO

but the game is mostly a single player game with a sprinkling of MMO added to it , 4 man groups are even better,

as it`s easier to find 4 people and with everyone in the game using a restro staff as second wep , you always have heals,.

and since everything is just a aoe fest a real tank isn`t even needed .

so when most of the people leave due to the game having a poorly thought out endgame and very little replay value , you`ll still be ok with a small population .

Zabus

How they hell are you unable to find people in the rift? Every time I go there it's literally swarming with people. Maybe it has to do with your time zone.

ipkonfigcub18_ESO

Yes, I have. Finding a group for V9 content is not fun. It's pretty much dead where I'm questing right now. I want/enjoy soloing my quests, but when you need a group for group dungeons, and what not, good luck.

Crag should have had a cap in place so players could not go there until they hit at least V9. Instead ZOS used an ants brain to process the thinking upon its release.

david271749

Grouping: Group finder is terribad. Using zone chat is like pulling teeth. People in zone are more concerned with selling their damned motifs. I managed to get recruited into a pug a few days ago. It was a disaster. I'm in a very popular and well known guild, but even getting those guys to help me is like pulling teeth sometimes. Everybody just wants to do their own thing, and once you do a dungeon there's really no reason to go back. This is a problem. I can't even imagine the horror of someone who buys the game and starts it up today.