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Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 2 Summary
- Werewolf Power Level - You spent a lot of time in this post addressing all the visuals discussion around WW, but what about the extensive feedback about the power level? Especially in regards to WW benefiting from class mastery passives and being a bit too oppressive with certain ones active. Would be really good to hear if the team is going to consider further adjustments here. The main feedback thread devolved into a mess of back and forth, but there is quite a bit of solid testing that was shared there in regards to this.
You mean all the posts of tests that have details missing making it appear that way? They was called out for that, but it seem some are still at it.
Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 2 Summary
ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Separating Players by Challenge Difficulty Setting [Feedback]: This is a carry-over from last week’s PTS Summary. We have seen your questions and feedback about separating players by Challenge Difficulty setting, so the only players you’d see are those on the same Challenge Difficulty setting as you. Much of this feedback is grounded in concerns that players on lower difficulty will affect players on higher difficulty in overland content. There are two main reasons why this is not possible.We are still looking at your feedback, and this was identified when the system was developed but one thing to remember is this is not fundamentally different from the experience currently on the live servers. Players opting in to Challenge Difficulty will have a better experience most of the time, but in high traffic areas you may see a greater mix of lower- and higher-difficulty players. We have an additional post with more detailed technical info here.
- Reason 1: Our game is an MMO and we want players to play together, see others, interact with the world, soft group, etc. Separating players would run counter to that ethos.
- Reason 2: We cannot do this from a technical standpoint. Creating instances of each zone would be hugely detrimental to the game's technical health and adversely affect the entire game, not just the zones with instances.
I entirely understand why sorting players into separate zone instances would be a huge strain. But something that I feel the team hasn't fully considered is adding instance priority, which would be a much smaller overhead than making fully separate instances. Players of a higher difficulty could be given priority to be placed into instances with players of the same difficulty. A benefit of this is that the rate of priority could be tailored, reducing any undo strain on resources and allowing for the best possible experience under the limitations.
Re: 14 hour maintenance on Monday? Did I read that right?
MorallyBipolar wrote: »It's early and haven't had coffee yet, but doesn't the announcement for PC NA say 3am to 5pm? Isn't that 14 hours and basically shutting down the NA server for most of the day?
Yes you did. 14 glorious hours of ZOS 'working' to make ESO even better than it already is - which is the greatest MMO EVER created. Sure, they could just do a short one hour restart of the servers like every other MMO does but they choose not to and instead give us, the players, the BEST service of ANY MMO ever made!
So, relax and enjoy those wonderful 14 hours and be assured that when they come back up and the game is available again absolutely NOTHING will be wrong with the game. EVERYTHING will be perfect and we can rejoice as we play the BEST MMO currently on the market.
Horace-Wimp
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Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 2 Summary
Is there any particular reason the color of the markings for the base Werewolf Transformation ability was made blue?
I get red, because it's a violent color that matches the feel of Werewolf Berserker. Green sort of makes sense, since it's nature-themed and we know Hircine is big about that. Most of the abilities either have red/green VFX or can be given green VFX with those two Verdant Green styles.
But why blue? I suppose it would fit the theme of the Gnash, Dusk Blue style. I just don't see how it thematically fits. Maybe the Red/Green/Blue color scheme as it relates to Health/Stamina/Magicka?
I kind of wish it wasn't a full copy of the Pack Leader markings, too. Maybe it could be visually distinct in some way other than color? Like perhaps the design could be less intricate than Pack Leader's design, so that it looks like it evolved when you morph the transformation ability.
I get red, because it's a violent color that matches the feel of Werewolf Berserker. Green sort of makes sense, since it's nature-themed and we know Hircine is big about that. Most of the abilities either have red/green VFX or can be given green VFX with those two Verdant Green styles.
But why blue? I suppose it would fit the theme of the Gnash, Dusk Blue style. I just don't see how it thematically fits. Maybe the Red/Green/Blue color scheme as it relates to Health/Stamina/Magicka?
I kind of wish it wasn't a full copy of the Pack Leader markings, too. Maybe it could be visually distinct in some way other than color? Like perhaps the design could be less intricate than Pack Leader's design, so that it looks like it evolved when you morph the transformation ability.
Re: Core of flame has ruined the balance of pvp.
Sorry but that’s not even close close to how things are now.
Old DK did indeed indeed have other ways to sustain with combustion + battle roar, but they involved some management on top of at least some sustain on the build.
Now you don’t even have to be a DK - Just throw ardent flame on literally anything, forget ALL other sources of sustain / recovery and core of flame will take care of it. No other skill has ever been close to this OP, and no U50 skills even come close either.
I know the DK mains have historically been up in arms when anyone comes for their class, but this isn’t about the class, or even the skill line, it’s about one skill.
DK in general was always going to be the strongest class for a while until the others get reworked and I don’t think many of us have an issue with that. What I have an issue with, is being able to throw Ardent flame on any build in PvP, slot core, and being able to completely forget about any other form of sustain - I’m talking recovery glyphs, race, tri pots, heavy attacks, set bonuses etc etc. None of it is needed at all.
That makes -not- running ardent flame a seriously bad choice in PvP atm. Not because of the skill line being good, but because you actually have to invest in sustain somewhere on your build. People facing that choice are widely saying “no” and slotting ardent with an extra damage set.
I really don’t know how anyone can defend how broken that skill is atm.
Old DK did indeed indeed have other ways to sustain with combustion + battle roar, but they involved some management on top of at least some sustain on the build.
Now you don’t even have to be a DK - Just throw ardent flame on literally anything, forget ALL other sources of sustain / recovery and core of flame will take care of it. No other skill has ever been close to this OP, and no U50 skills even come close either.
I know the DK mains have historically been up in arms when anyone comes for their class, but this isn’t about the class, or even the skill line, it’s about one skill.
DK in general was always going to be the strongest class for a while until the others get reworked and I don’t think many of us have an issue with that. What I have an issue with, is being able to throw Ardent flame on any build in PvP, slot core, and being able to completely forget about any other form of sustain - I’m talking recovery glyphs, race, tri pots, heavy attacks, set bonuses etc etc. None of it is needed at all.
That makes -not- running ardent flame a seriously bad choice in PvP atm. Not because of the skill line being good, but because you actually have to invest in sustain somewhere on your build. People facing that choice are widely saying “no” and slotting ardent with an extra damage set.
I really don’t know how anyone can defend how broken that skill is atm.
Re: Grim Focus Permaglow
tomofhyrule wrote: »I mean... it's not making the glow invisible. It's just not replacing the weapons with a completely different motif.
So is the nightblade glow just to spite us or is someone at Zos really into it?tomofhyrule wrote: »New Molten Weapons skill style in U50
Just leaves the glow, does not replace weapons.
Yeah but what about this then.
Why do they listen to feedback for this but ignore this massive thread? I'm gonna assume at this point that they can't do it. The glow is hardbaked into the game and removing it breaks everything else. This is the coconut.jpg of eso.
Alp
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Re: If the College of Winterhold is coming, please give us a room there
yes that would be awesome
Re: 🚨Werewolf NERFS Incoming on PTS Week 3🚨
You are honestly so biased. WW is currently doing more imbalance to pvp than subclassing ever did. You simply can't accept the fact that WW should be on par with others, not 10x above them.
Enough context was even given on how op it is, you just refuse to accept it. Your argument to someone who understand something from pvp sounds like 2+2=5.
The build was even given in the cmx, it literally shows rele stacks with tfs stacks, yet you refused to accept that too.
Going to keep my response in a similar format to yours.
'relequen'. Give evidence of what the opponent was running, no cuts- right now (I know you can't)
Relequeen, twice-fanged serpent and huntsmans mythic. That was the build, which is what the cmx clearly even tells you.
It's not just the sets. It's the Sorcerer class masteries that are enabling this. Greater sustain from Conservation of Energy means greater damage output, plus the damage from Static Reverberation is compounding.
This is not a Werewolf problem. It's a class mastery problem.
Werewolf still has no single skill that can even come close to the damage that a whip or a crystal frag can do.
Re: SUPRISE ! People dont like VENGEANCE
spartaxoxo wrote: »I didn't even realize there was vengeance with everything else going on. We'll know more when it becomes an actual permanent server and the PvP guild boycotts to stop that fizzle out, I guess. Right now I think it's mostly PvE and Casual PvPers that enjoy Vengeance and I'm not sure how many are even aware that it's out. I didn't see it in the announcements.
If Vengeance becomes permanent and Blackreach and Ravenwatch get deleted, Grey Host will lose their overflow when pop locked. So you will likely get a situation where players will have to wait an hour during primetime (doing IC, BGs or PVE activities).
The PvP guilds 'boycotts' will become permanent as they'll move on and play something else.
Re: 14 hour maintenance on Monday? Did I read that right?
yeah its unfortunate for ppl that do their thing in the morning, but honestly, better a 14 hour maintenance and the game runs, rather than no maintenance and it doesnt...
