congratulations The Night Market

siktel · May 3

Hello ZOS,

I would like to congratulate the team on the work done with the Night Market. It’s really refreshing to see content that puts such a strong emphasis on group play — it’s a welcome change, and exactly what many of us have been hoping for.

The experience is enjoyable, dynamic, and truly encourages players to team up rather than play solo. On behalf of our French guild Les Lames de Sovngard, we sincerely hope to see more content like this in the future.

One small downside, however: we would have really appreciated having full dungeons instead of just a single boss encounter. It would have made the experience even more immersive and satisfying.

Once again, congratulations on this initiative, and thank you for the work put into it!

Looking forward to what’s next 👏

Siktel

OccultNerd · May 3

Totally agree!

Soarora · May 3

I think having full dungeons as part of the track to get to the trial would’ve been bad, but having the argent keys unlock the trial and the dungeon would’ve worked (I mentioned this on pts but trial people shouldn’t be forced to do 4-man to get to their trial. “Dungeon endgame isn’t trial endgame” works both ways). I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy, so I hope ZOS still looks at adding hard modes to them for a future Night Market. If not the next one (if they’re spending dev time making a normal mode or what have you), it’d be nice to see that communicated early if they’re going to add hard modes to Night Market 3.

Eliahnus · May 3

Soarora wrote: »

I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy.

They are not.

lillybit · May 3

Eliahnus wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy.

They are not.

I've only done one so far. While I wouldn't say it was very easy, I think there are normal DLC dungeon bosses that are much harder.

I thought it was overall a nice difficulty level - not so easy it was jarring after the general difficulty of the Night Market, but not so hard a random group couldn't do it

AScarlato · May 3

It's great to see the peak players on Steam Charts break 20K again, the first time in nearly an entire year!

Seems like this is a great success, despite these forums, and I'm sure they have the metrics internally to show it.

Gambino108 · May 3

Eliahnus wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy.

They are not.

They really are. I did all 3 with a Pug group of lower than a 800 CP and everything was just mechanic based. As long as everyone just followed the mechanics you can sail through it.

That's all you could really ask for - there was no random one shot or unavoidable damage.

If somehow 'playing the mechanics of the game' is now a difficulty mode - then you're obviously not ready for that level of content.

siktel · May 3

Yes, the dungeons and raids are quite easy overall, but they’re still more engaging than just dancing in towns across Tamriel or feeding a pig with apples.

At least this kind of content involves actual gameplay, coordination, and a bit of challenge — even if it’s accessible. And honestly, that already makes it a step in the right direction.

Soarora · May 3

lillybit wrote: »

Eliahnus wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy.

They are not.

I've only done one so far. While I wouldn't say it was very easy, I think there are normal DLC dungeon bosses that are much harder.

Yeah, to be clear (and I should’ve said this) I’ve heard they’re very easy from people who have all the dungeon trifectas. So, compared to our usual content of dungeon hard modes (which we’re not getting this year), I hear they’re very easy.

Nemesis7884 · May 4

I think it is great to expand eso scope, add more variety and try different things out!

Its also great how much the devs react to player feedback and communicate now!

The change to seasons and shake up seems to have been the right move!

Havent seen the game as active and community as engaged in a long while!

frogthroat · May 4

Eliahnus wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

I haven’t done the dungeons yet but I hear they’re very easy.

They are not.

Depends. On par with some standard DLC vet dungeons, not even difficult end of dungeons. So if you are used to vet (non-HM) DLC dungeons, they are average. So I would say the difficulty is mid range DLC dungeon boss on standard veteran difficulty, but slightly more attention to mechanics.

Helps if you are familiar with Sanity's Edge and Cloudrest trials on normal, Spindleclutch 1 vet HM, Fang Lair vet, (and maybe Coral Aerie secret bosses vet but not really). So if you've done SE and CR on normal and Spindle 1 vet HM, you'll be fine.

Did Ansuul first. Had to wipe one because tank went to portal since we had no idea what that was and no way I could kill anything in the portal. Second try done. Next time will be first try no death.

Spider second. Did a bit of a burn in the beginning and tons of ads. Got in trouble. Wiped once. Second try kept and eye on ads and went through. Next time will be first try no death.

The Cloudrest/Fang Lair last and that was pretty straight forward tank and spank. First time, no worries. Already was first try no death.

Xenagreen53 · May 4

This is the best event they have ever put out and it is criminal how many people came out swinging claiming it was the worst thing. There is a big difference between bad content and something just not being their thing, like playing with others. Or having any challenge. But people seem obsessed with lashing out with their preferences as if they are objective facts of reality instead.

I am having a great time and playing with more people than ever and its very refreshing!