I’m happy enough seeing my dps build untouched. He survives another patch. I think the only real exciting change is aegis buff on both bars for my sorc tank.

Sprinting/non-sprinting animation changes will absolutely kill this game for me regardless of what other changes are being or will be made. It feels like a two decade step backwards in terms of animation

I am disappointed (like always since U25 or so), and know our feedback will go right in left out (or vice versa not sure about the direction)

No all in one attunables in Q3 = not happy

Haven’t tested it yet, but the patch notes have some hits and some misses.

The single best thing about this patch so far is antiquity lines being available in the store. Which is really just quite sad.
And I say that as an NB player that will benefit greatly from those changes.

As a 2h maelstrom sword backbar user. I'm upset.

I'm not super excited about it but, I wasn't expecting much either so I don't have much to be disappointment about.

Kelesan'ruhn has a cool view, a nice waterfall, and is of a size that one could actually afford to decorate it without being ultra wealthy. My only complaints with it are that walking out the door of the far section has the background pop in around a second or two after you leave which looks a bit funny but that might just be my machine being a potato and it also feels like the connection between the rooms is a little odd as it feels like you move up and down via the connection but actually travel more left to right.

Shadow Queen's Labyrinth is not something I'll ever get but, it looks like it would be impressive to some.

The visuals of the new PvP armor sets look quite nice. I'm not sure the set bonuses will really make PvP better but...

From a balance perspective, the Nightblade didn't necessarily need the changes but, from a gameplay perspective it does have some appeal. For example, I didn't run Cloak on many of my Nightblades because from an optimization perspective it was dead weight in much of the content I did even though it fit well with the style of the character.

I like that they are delaying the appearance of some of the quests as it can get overwhelming at lower levels. I did still get hit at level three by one of the main quest npcs but that may ahve been intended. Personally, I'd like it to be a bit later on some of them but, moving it to 15 is an improvement.

The changes to the kill enemy players quest in Cyrodiil may alter the behavior of players doing it for the daily. Previously, you could get the 40 easily by tagging people in a big fight. Now, the requirement is 150 and depending on what the requirement for "contribution" is just hitting people a few times may not be enough. This might mean that players will instead choose the capture nine resources if they are after an easy quest and may choose lower pop campaigns over high pop campaigns (It's easier to grab resources alone if nobody is around. This also might mean that the weaker factions might lose more resources because they tend to be easier to steal resources from. The factions doing well have enough people looking for a fight that they seem to be more likely to defend resources).

I'm somewhat concerned about the PvP kill alerts (I don't really want a boatload of people getting a message every time I die) but, since I haven't actually experienced them in game I'm not really able to comment much on specifics.

I got an absolute boatload of achievements when I logged on. I'd expect the beneficiaries of the additions would be newer players that will experience getting them as they earn them rather than a boatload all at once.

I think in the short term the changes to loot for Hew's Bane, Imperial City, and Cyrodiil will make the experience better. I found it a little frustrating when I was going through the delves in Cyrodiil how all the loot I got was garbage of the same sets. I got Baharas Curse for my Necro a while back and it was a major pain. In the long run, it may devalue the goods if the content to provide them gets much usage.

I'm not a fan of the change to Bow's but, it's something other people have been asking about for at least a year so...

Aka_ wrote: »

For a QoL and Bug fixing update, the ones chosen are typical for updates. Nothing special is being done given the goal of this update is to address long-standing and important QoL and Bug issues.

I echo this. We've seen way more significant QoL updates in patches that came with content (e.g. the item set collection came with the Markarth DLC, the armory system came with the Deadlands DLC, ability bar timers came with Blackwood etc.)

And the bug fixes are similar to ones that come along with content as well. I was expecting much more high profile bugs to be fixed, such as the infamous stuck in combat bug.

Alienoutlaw wrote: »

does nobody find this disturbing?
The Prophet and other Base Game main quest bestowers will now only appear in Chapter and DLC cities
therefore removing them from "base Game" forcing chapter and DLC/ESO+ upon new players? pay to progress? seems to be an ominous foreshadowing of the future

It's possible it's a bug since I got the initial main quest at level 3 but, at level 5 I had the Prophet bugging me in a base game zone on the PTS.

I'm mainly disappointed that the majority of fixes were only minor changes related to quests. I was expecting at least one major bug to be fixed or at least mentioned, but there wasn't. The removal of the two major QoL features was just extra.

I would guess that the reason the fixes are almost all quest related is because there's no quest related content for the rest of the year, and the devs responsible for quest content were the only ones available to do bug fixes while the devs in different departments are spending all their resources on the endless dungeon. If that's the case, it's still a disappointment since it's just quest fixes instead of gameplay fixes, and gameplay bugs are the ones that are the most noticeable. I would hope that this isn't the same case the next time they do a bug fix patch because if it is, Q3 can be written off as filler going forward.

Change to staff passives is very disappointing. Pigeonholing flame staff into status effect builds hurts build variety and exacerbates the PvP vate staff meta even further. Uncalled for nerf that forces us to play one specific playstyle. I hope at least bows keep the buff and not change further till live so we can switch to that

I'm disappointed due to how limited the changes are. None of the bugs that regularly and significantly impact my gameplay (e.g. stuck in combat, nonfunctioning group finder, etc) have been addressed. I don't feel like I have any new builds to try out or characters to revisit because the combat changes were so limited in scope. I also don't feel like the QoL changes are significant enough to make a noticeable difference in my general game experience.

To be honest, I was most excited about this patch following the announcements because meaningful QoL improvements can make the existing game *so* much better. Instead this feels like a fairly typical amount of bug fixes and changes for a quarterly patch but *without* actual new content.

I was hoping on a bigger dk nerf and a nerf on Undeath passive (vampire), but still nothing.