I read your entire post and i didn't understand what your issue is. That after vr10 you can't play with players from other alliances cooperatively? That was never talked about/promised, as far as i know (and i followed the game closely long before release)

Tarwin wrote: »

stokesc wrote: »

So, without sounding like a complete girl,

Really? Did you really just say that?

Lets blame the beer

I apologise, that's not the proudest I've been about a comment I've made!

I read your entire post and i didn't understand what your issue is. That after vr10 you can't play with players from other alliances cooperatively? That was never talked about/promised, as far as i know (and i followed the game closely long before release)

My issue is he gave an interview explaining that cross-alliance grouping would be available but then the game, not blaming him clearly, back tracked on it so I have to deal with simple arse exploits like bots riddling the game, which if a programmer can't find the loop holes in ones code they shouldn't be employed in the first place and I have to waste time re-doing all the quests again as they decided you wouldn't need an alt!

stokesc wrote: »

My issue is he gave an interview explaining that cross-alliance grouping would be available

I really don't remember any such statements, and i certainly would because that's a big one. They said you'll get to play in other alliance's areas, but never that you would be able to do any cross-alliance grouping. You probably just misunderstood.

Now I'm wondering what an incomplete girl sounds like!

Once again I apologise... I should have left:

Sage assuaged most of my fears, however, when he mentioned that once you hit level 50 and decide to play in another alliance's areas, you'll be able to play with friends in that faction. So at the endgame, things begin to open up and you can group up, chat, and run dungeons with players of other factions. The one area where things remain separate is, of course, the Alliance War in Cyrodiil.

massively.joystiq.com/2013/03/19/the-elder-scrolls-online-interview-paul-sage/

My point being, once again, I asked the question time and time again and with no "official" responce.... it takes 2 seconds to say "yes" or "no"!

I'll apolgise to everyone, I enjoy the game, but I'm annoyed (and using too many comma's); so I'm very sorry for those who read this post but I don't want to join a different group (guild) of people and I've vented when I probably should've just gone to bed

stokesc wrote: »

So, without sounding like a complete girl...

Women/Girls take offense, what is it negative thing to sound like a girl?

Only men like beer... OH LOOK AT HIM the manly man!

stokesc wrote: »

ipkonfigcub18_ESO wrote: »

Tarwin wrote: »

stokesc wrote: »

So, without sounding like a complete girl,

Really? Did you really just say that?

Lets blame the beer

I think he hates women

Without getting into an argument but why is are you e assuming I'm not female??? I didn't mean to bring my sex into it but you assume too much!

Clearly drank too much! Spelling aside, just wow!

I read the linked article and believe the reviewer... errr... previewer was most likely confused about what they were told. Here's the quote, "At this point, I started to get nervous about a possible design misstep because splitting your playerbase into thirds can be detrimental when you're trying to get a group together for any cooperative activity, such as a dungeon run. Sage assuaged most of my fears, however, when he mentioned that once you hit level 50 and decide to play in another alliance's areas, you'll be able to play with friends in that faction. So at the endgame, things begin to open up and you can group up, chat, and run dungeons with players of other factions. The one area where things remain separate is, of course, the Alliance War in Cyrodiil."

It's pretty obvious the previewer didn't understand the explanation, as when you reach level 50 and go to the zones of the other alliances, you'll be level 50! Obviously even if you could see the players from that alliance once you got there, if you were fighting level 5 mobs at level 50 it would be beyond boring, just as if they were fighting VR1 mobs at level 5 it would be beyond impossible.

I do however think it was a really bad idea to split the PVE player base into thirds for no reason. They could fix that however, for endgame zones like Craglorn. Hope they do, but won't hold my breath.

Turelus wrote: »

stokesc wrote: »

Without getting into an argument but why is are you e assuming I'm not female??? I didn't mean to bring my sex into it but you assume too much!

It's not too common for someone to use their own gender in a negative.
Any way I think this thread has kind of run its course on what was actually meant to be discussed.
Just try to be more mindful in future when you're looking at using a word in a negative way.

I'm so happy that you read my post, as much of as a rant as it was, and all you picked up on was the fact I used gender (If you took the total of online players as a whole it would be massively male orientated) as the thing you wished to warn me about.... my life lesson is learnt!

I did apologise about the tread but to warn me about the use of ones sexuality/gender is ridiculous! If you feel less empowered/like a person then you have far greater issues than me classing myself as a girl, even at 32l!!

stokesc wrote: »

I did apologise about the tread but to warn me about the use of ones sexuality/gender is ridiculous! If you feel less empowered/like a person then you have far greater issues than me classing myself as a girl, even at 32l!!

I don't want this to be a debate that continues as it's not really helpful for the forums or the community (especially once the trolls jump in).
I read the rest of your post but it wasn't really something which could take much commenting on, a member of ZOS said something incorrect during an interview or was misquoted which lead to your misunderstanding of how the game mechanics would work.
It's also not so ridiculous to warn you that using a gender in a negative way might cause someone offence, as I said in my first post with recent news stories, the internet and social media going crazy right now with debates about misogyny and negative ways women are treated in society why is it so ridiculous for someone to say you might want to think about how you post in future.
The population of one gender in gaming doesn't mean anything, female gamers shouldn't be classed as lesser gamers because there aren't as many.

My posts and comments were aimed at bringing some level of awareness to yourself and other posters that using gender as a negative isn't really the best way to act. If that upset you and you disagree with me I'm sorry but I try my best to stand against things like that in the hopes others can learn.

I'll refrain from making another post in this thread as I think this is a debate none of us really want to have on these forums.