Still in Beta?

Drasn · June 2014

What I picture going on at ZOS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8

Synfaer · June 2014

Ya, these devs that update their game like a bull fight in a china shop are the ones that have it all together =p

There's more bull in this thread than china in the china shop..

Catches_the_Sun · June 2014

@Smurfalot‌ I'll admit I didn't read the whole thing, but surely you do realize that ESO, just like every other MMO has a separate team assigned to smashing bugs vs new content. As a project manager, imagine that there is a different project manager, with a different team working on the new content. There is no need to "prioritize" as the assets are separate & function independently.

Dealdrick · June 2014

Catches_the_Sun wrote: »

@Smurfalot‌ I'll admit I didn't read the whole thing, but surely you do realize that ESO, just like every other MMO has a separate team assigned to smashing bugs vs new content. As a project manager, imagine that there is a different project manager, with a different team working on the new content. There is no need to "prioritize" as the assets are separate & function independently.

Function? If there is an independent team devoted to class/ability balance I assure you, what they do is not considered "function."

b92303008rwb17_ESO · June 2014

It takes you this long to find out the game is still in beta?

KitLightning · June 2014

@Smurfalot possibly a stable Alpha but a Beta ???

steveb16_ESO46 · June 2014

Smurfalot wrote: »

It honestly feels like I am still playing a beta version of the game.

There's a surprisingly simple reason you're feeling that.

Blackwidow · June 2014

The full ESO tech team hard at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyVQdaNgBg

steveb16_ESO46 · June 2014

Catches_the_Sun wrote: »

@Smurfalot‌ I'll admit I didn't read the whole thing, but surely you do realize that ESO, just like every other MMO has a separate team assigned to smashing bugs vs new content. As a project manager, imagine that there is a different project manager, with a different team working on the new content. There is no need to "prioritize" as the assets are separate & function independently.

Of course. Except for Zen it's The Bug Fixing Team and The Bug Creating Team. The latter seems to have far more resources.

iuki · June 2014

Payin to beta test for console releases is awesome, aint it?

pahajuju · June 2014

We're just the group testing the game for the future console release.
Joy!

chrisb16_ESO160 · June 2014

ZOS devs daily routine:

zaria · June 2014

thomas.k.grayb14_ESO wrote: »

Wildstar's launch is going pretty smooth, and it actually feels like a polished game. It feels like the developers understood what they where doing and how everything was supposed to work together.

While I had fun 1-50 in ESO, I never really got the feeling that it was a polished game, and with each level gained I became more and more disconnected with my toon because it felt like I was being guided towards a specific playstyle. And sure the playstyle that I set out to use worked 1-50, but into Vet ranks it became less and less viable as each zone passed. Now as a V12 templar I run around in robes and carry staff, and can tank, heal, or pass as a dps all with the same set of gear. That is just bad design.

They aren't going to be able to fix this game unless the developers realize and admit to the mistake they made with core game mechanics. They need to rethink their resource usage system. Until that happens, there will never be an acceptable balance between stamina and magicka builds.

This is because you can play as you want and go for the way who give highest dps.

Remember WOW during cataclysm, best class druid mookin had 50% better dps on bosses than the worst, however mages did 250% more on trash than average.
Game was 8 year old.