Are people having fun in Battlegrounds?

JobooAGS · November 2018

Other reason

Wish you can see your mmr

frostz417 · November 2018

Other reason

It’s fun when I’m not facin 2 opposing sweaty premades while my team is a team of 3 or 2, and the other 2 teams try to farm us. Also it’s annoying dealing with the cheese and constant cc spamming, but besides that, it’s the only good PvP anymore since cyro is a laggy zergfest

Betty_Booms · November 2018

Magicka builds rely more on stamina then stamina builds rely on magicka. Magicka is the first to run out of stam so will be first to suffer hard cc.

Stam say they sacrifice damage for speed but the truth is they do plenty of damage to encumber speed traits. It feels like you get more out of stam then magicka.

ZarkingFrued · November 2018

You mean Endless Fury grounds?

I enjoy them, but death match could easily be renamed endless fury grounds

ZarkingFrued · November 2018

You mean Endless Fury grounds?

Mister_DMC wrote: »

This poll is biased, you obviously don't enjoy them. Don't play them.

I think it was intentional to make a point about what's wrong with BGs

ZarkingFrued · November 2018

You mean Endless Fury grounds?

Piraja27 wrote: »

Healing is too strong especially post defile nerf. Deathmatch takes forever to wrap up except on noob matches with 1 experienced player.
Used to love BGs and it was what kept me pvping so much but now it kinda just bums me out to play it...

Healing is to powerful? You do realize its cut in half in pvp, right? Do you suggest we go 25%? Or that people should just sit down and allow you to kill them.

ZarkingFrued · November 2018

You mean Endless Fury grounds?

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

Matchmaking is absolutely broken. I could live with all the Sloads, Endless Furies and Steel Tornadoes (that somebody complained about in this topic), if they make working matchmaking system.

These are my observations.

- MMR is a mess. In short words, you wait long to get stomped quickly (this is especially true for deathmatches).
The worst thing you can do is to queue with your friends just to have some fun in BGs. Average team MMR gets amplified for premades, so after 15 minutes or more of waiting you will end up against some super organized and synergized premade group from high-end PvP guild.

- Solo players can still end up against 4-premade. Summerset was supposed to fix this but nothing changed. The only real fix for this is to split queue into two: solo/duo and full 4-premade.

- Deathmatch needs some kind of objective. Sigil was bad, I admit that. But leaving DM with no objectives at all wasn't the best move. I have excluded DM from my queue for this reason.

- Class balance is rather good. Every class has it's pros and cons in BGs.

Most people will disagree with me that class balance is fine, but look it this way:
1) Is magsorc bad in BGs? No it isn't.
2) Is stamsorc bad in BGs? No it isn't but needs a lot of practice and dedication.
3) Is magNB bad in BGs? No it isn't.
4) Is stamNB bad in BGs? No it isn't.
5) Is magWarden bad in BGs? This is debatable. In proper hands and organized group, magWarden can be absolutely devastating.
6) Is stamwarden bad in BGs? No it isn't.
7) Is magplar bad in BGs? No it isn't. Actually at least one magplar is mandatory in any solid premade group.
8) Is stamplar bad in BGs? No it isn't.
9) Is magDK bad in BGs? No it isn't and some godlike magDKs I've seen lately proved that.
10) Is stamDK bad in BGs? Debatable like magWarden. It isn't exactly bad, but there is currently no build archetype fitting for a stamDK. Stamsorc is much better at DoT/Bleed builds. StamNB is much better at hit-n-run bursty assassin builds. StamWarden is much better at tanky bruiser builds.

There is a tweak or two needed regarding class balance but matchmaking is currently the worst BG problem and should be TOP priority.

I prefer stamsorc for burst build, but mainly because I feel corny when I use cloak.

Rizz_the_Filthy_Dino · November 2018

It's broken

This sums up my experience:

MaxJrFTW · November 2018

Yes I enjoy it. I use a cheese build with steel tornado

Played 14 bgs today. Every single one of them was against a premade, and in only 3 my team started with 4 players. In one of them the other 2 teams started with 4(both premades), and my team never got a 4th player in 15 minutes.

The game has potential, but apparently they don't have the resources, manpower, and willingness to make it work. I'm done with pvp until the match making system has a full overhaul. Back to questing until something better comes around. Cancelling my sub too since they clearly don't want my money.

Qwazzy · November 2018

It's broken

A no MMR solo queue option would be great.

pdebie64b16_ESO · November 2018

It's broken

I like the deathmatches but currently the mmr is broken, constantly premades even with one of my characters who started his first bg a few days ago i was facing a premade with one player of that team was nr 3 on the leaderboards.

I give up until ZOS fix this.

Rizz_the_Filthy_Dino · November 2018

It's broken

pdebie64b16_ESO wrote: »

I like the deathmatches but currently the mmr is broken, constantly premades even with one of my characters who started his first bg a few days ago i was facing a premade with one player of that team was nr 3 on the leaderboards.

I give up until ZOS fix this.

Zenimax doesn't read these forums, and if you go into "PvP Combat Skills" forum, they only comment that they've removed posts because of flaming. Their is a direct disconnect between the PvP community and Zenimax, and they're entirely silent about it. Look through the threads, they never comment in here unfortunately.

Thogard · November 2018

Other reason

Accusing people of being premades is the new hackusation.

brandonv516 · November 2018

Still having fun but fighting the same premades (at least 3+ in a group) match after match is dull.

I don't mind fighting them and I can hold my own as a healer and damage dealer, but it's an issue when there are tons of other players queueing and you will never face them.

At this point 2nd place is the name of the game.

oibam · November 2018

Other reason

I like the challenge of being grouped with random players and adapting to different teams. Sometimes it can be very frustrating. But going in with a premade team and zerging down everything is boring.

I'd like to see a change to bleeding in no CP.

hesobad · November 2018

Thogard wrote: »

Accusing people of being premades is the new hackusation.

hmmm not when at the end of the game I politely ask players on the other team if they were pre made for statistical reasons, and it seems that 8 out of 10 times they are pre made of some composition. I never play in groups because I enjoy going in solo and expect the game to not match me against organized groups.... but that hardly ever happens

LeHarrt91 · November 2018

Lol besides the broken things, yes i am having lots of fun. Ice Warden DPS/ Heals gets me a great score

Lumenn · November 2018

Did my first bg last night, and have done 6 more since. Pre 50 with a lvl 15 tank character and having fun since. I DO see the pre made groups already(and ironically was on one i think when I q'd in and only two others against 8. Thought we were in trouble but every time I stunned or rooted someone they burned them down. Even got battlegrounds butcher just being support)

I'm sure there are flaws(and probably a whole different game after 50 ) but I'm having fun

jhall03 · November 2018

You mean Endless Fury grounds?

I have only played PVP in BGs for over six months now because they generally have better performance. But as of late, even BGs are having a lot of lag. I'm on console.

I still enjoy them more than any other content, even if certain classes/builds are overpowered. But it's really frustrating when my skills don't fire or I can't break free, etc. until Zos dedicates a patch to performance, I don't see it ever getting any better. I honestly would move on from this game but there is nothing similar to it on console.