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PSA: Playtesters at ZOS this week

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ZOS_GinaBruno
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Hey all,

We want to give everyone a heads up that we've invited a small number of some of our top theorycrafters to the studio. These players will be playtesting some of our upcoming content and features this week with the goal being to get early, targeted feedback and suggestions.

The selected players have signed an NDA and while you may see some of them mention that they'll be at ZOS this week, please understand they aren't able to discuss the play sessions for a few weeks.

Thanks!
Gina Bruno
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  • timidobserver
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    @ZOS_GinaBruno Are you able to give the exact NDA timeframe?
    Edited by timidobserver on 6 February 2017 17:15
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  • ManDraKE
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    Wow this is actually huge, big step towards using player feedback. Battlegrounds will add a new level of depth to the balance of the game, and the current way of "break everything every 6 months" is not going to work, looking forward to hear about the results of this playstest.

    Now wait to crybabies complaining about "they are going to change the game to please a few streamers blablablabla"
  • Dominoid
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    @ZOS_GinaBruno , does this mean Morrowind won't be on PTS before release?
  • Bashev
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    Very nice! Just a question? Are the invited players PvE or PvP oriented? I hope that it is a mixture of them because both metas are quite different.
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  • ZOS_GinaBruno
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    Bashev wrote: »
    Very nice! Just a question? Are the invited players PvE or PvP oriented? I hope that it is a mixture of them because both metas are quite different.

    It's a mixture of both.
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  • Turelus
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    Interesting...

    I hope it helps refine some of the issues.
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  • Zaldan
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    umm wonder how honest the feedback is gonna be? Good job I'm not a play tester as my "feedback" would require physical interaction with atleast one dev >:)
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  • HeroOfNone
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    While I appreciate taking in player opinions and comments, I hope you're including casuals and some folks that give alternative thoughts to the min/max mentality. We'very been feeding the same meta for too long which has led us to a narrow choice of skills and sets to be competitive.
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  • Dexxadude
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    This is an impressive step in the direction of player feedback. Unfortunately its biased feedback of a selected few.
  • Sigtric
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    I will not be at ZOS this week so obviously no interest in saltynord theory. lame.

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  • Shimmer
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    If you ever need someone to test standing in stupid let me know ;). I live within driving distance now :). This is very exciting can't wait to hear about it!
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  • Glaiceana
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    Wow this is awesome :) I'm curious about who was chosen!
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  • Soella
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    Great news!

    As a casual player, I trust combine opinion of ZOS and players on balance and similar questions. Question I have if ZOS plan in the future similar sessions regarding economy/crafting? I like the directions the game grow, but trade system and crafting require complete overhaul.
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    Sylance9 wrote: »
    If you ever need someone to test standing in stupid let me know ;). I live within driving distance now :). This is very exciting can't wait to hear about it!

    As well as standing in stupid, I am versed in "many and various ways to die by Mudcrab or Skeever" and would be happy to impart my knowledge!! :)
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  • Dasovaruilos
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    Impressive and unexpected. Great job!

    I hope they give good feedback.
  • Eweroun
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    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)
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  • ZOS_GinaBruno
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    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Edited by ZOS_GinaBruno on 6 February 2017 17:56
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  • Zakor
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    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!

    That's awesome! Definitively a step in the right direction. Let's get the testing started. I assume they will be the first to conquer morrowind, the warden and the battlegrounds.
  • Cinbri
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    Does those selected have to travel to zos studio to test things on internal severs?
  • Anhedonie
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    Just make sure they play both stamina and magicka, dd, healer and tank builds.
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  • Jitterbug
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    I just published a build stacking all the movement and sprint speeds available in game and I don't get invited?

    Heretics!
  • ManDraKE
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    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    wouldn't know, show me.....oh wait! the EU server is offline :trollface:
    Edited by ManDraKE on 6 February 2017 18:08
  • DschiPeunt
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    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)
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  • silvereyes
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    I wonder how "top theorycrafters" is determined? In-game performance metrics? Number of builds shared with the community? Number of twitch followers? Number of irate PTS forum posts? :)
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  • Turelus
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    Zaldan wrote: »
    umm wonder how honest the feedback is gonna be? Good job I'm not a play tester as my "feedback" would require physical interaction with atleast one dev >:)
    It's Wrobel isn't it?
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  • ZOS_GinaBruno
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    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)

    We're leaving it up to each player to decide if they'd like to announce they're participating.
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    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)

    We're leaving it up to each player to decide if they'd like to announce they're participating.

    Good call, because even though you asked nicely, I imagine a lot of people would constantly attempt to pry info from them.

    It's great to see this! Early feedback by those who understand the changes best.
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  • Dasovaruilos
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    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)

    We're leaving it up to each player to decide if they'd like to announce they're participating.

    Understandable. I wouldn't want this announced if I was one of those players.

    Also, you said the NDA is only for a "few weeks". Does that mean we will get more news about this new content this month still? You know we can never get enough of shiny new information...
  • DschiPeunt
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    MissBizz wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)

    We're leaving it up to each player to decide if they'd like to announce they're participating.

    Good call, because even though you asked nicely, I imagine a lot of people would constantly attempt to pry info from them.

    It's great to see this! Early feedback by those who understand the changes best.
    Yeah, I understand this too. But on the other hand, I would also be good to see, if all aspects of the game are represented well. A lot of the best PvErs are on the EU server as an example and I was curious, if one of them was invited as well.
    PvP is already covered, since Sypher tweeted he was going to ZOS studios :)
    Edited by DschiPeunt on 6 February 2017 18:32
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  • Gilliamtherogue
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    My first time on a plane, is for this. HYPE.
    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    MissBizz wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    DschiPeunt wrote: »
    ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
    Eweroun wrote: »
    are they all Americans, or also Europeans? ... cause, facing reality... Best players are on EUserver, no? ;)

    The selected players are from all over the world!
    Can you let us know, who is coming? Would be interesting to know :)

    We're leaving it up to each player to decide if they'd like to announce they're participating.

    Good call, because even though you asked nicely, I imagine a lot of people would constantly attempt to pry info from them.

    It's great to see this! Early feedback by those who understand the changes best.
    Yeah, I understand this too. But on the other hand, I would also be good to see, if all aspects of the game are represented well. A lot of the best PvErs are on the EU server as an example and I was curious, if one of them was invited as well.
    PvP is already covered, since Sypher tweeted he was going to ZOS studios :)

    @DschiPeunt Don't fret, PvE is covered too.
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