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Re: Au Revoir, Battlegrounds
@Erickson9610 In no way am I ripping wolves, and I wholeheartedly agree with you. Fairly certain it is Piercing Howl as that is the spammable. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ugh.
@rockDokRock You have no idea how spot-on you are. BGs is a niche version of PVP. Its gone from a form of PVP where a player unfamiliar with PVP could test things out and get a foundation for how PVP works. Not anymore. Builds are specialized, everything from damage to heals to tanks are overpowered, and the environment plays a role seldom seen in Cyrodiil.
Having not played BGs in months prior to this event, I almost brought in one of my standard Cyrodiil builds. Its good I did not because even those are at a disadvantage in BGs. At the same time, I was not going to slap together a warden charm meta build because those are awful. So instead, I ran around with a DK subclass bow build I found on YouTube. It was super effective, super toxic, and something that would never make sense in Cyrodiil. But that is what BGs have become. I can see why someone with minimal PVP experience would be turned off by your experience as even veteran PVPers dislike it.
@rockDokRock You have no idea how spot-on you are. BGs is a niche version of PVP. Its gone from a form of PVP where a player unfamiliar with PVP could test things out and get a foundation for how PVP works. Not anymore. Builds are specialized, everything from damage to heals to tanks are overpowered, and the environment plays a role seldom seen in Cyrodiil.
Having not played BGs in months prior to this event, I almost brought in one of my standard Cyrodiil builds. Its good I did not because even those are at a disadvantage in BGs. At the same time, I was not going to slap together a warden charm meta build because those are awful. So instead, I ran around with a DK subclass bow build I found on YouTube. It was super effective, super toxic, and something that would never make sense in Cyrodiil. But that is what BGs have become. I can see why someone with minimal PVP experience would be turned off by your experience as even veteran PVPers dislike it.
Re: Daily Login Rewards Update
ESO's about adventure, not just clocking in and out. Enjoy the journey!
3/4/2026
3/4/2026
Re: Adding "Do X while you are <Class>" to skills is not a good design.
Would have appreciated the support when the idea was proposed and we pushed back on it.
Little too late now.
Little too late now.
Re: Adding "Do X while you are <Class>" to skills is not a good design.
Wait, slapping on another system that is going to do more proc effects and lag the game more is a bad idea? Who would have guessed?
Re: PTS Feedback Survey for Update 49
First of all, I want to state clearly that it felt like there was a real effort at better communication and a new willingness to respond to issues raised by the players during PTS and adjust.
However, the communication felt rather selective - it was *great* for a few key topics. It was "better than before" I suppose for a few other topics. And some others were met with the usual silence, or even broken promises of further engagement.
I also have concerns that the PTS process is just too short and sees too little engagement to properly test something like night market, for example. It simply doesn't accurately represent the level of activity, and the average skill level and interests of the playerbase, that exists on the live server. I do not have a solution for this issue, but just wanted to raise it.
Overall, this PTS was better than ever before (in my memory; I have not been here from the very beginning), with room for improvement. I hope zos can follow through and keep this up for the next PTS, and look at whether they can expand the communication and dev interaction to topics that perhaps weren't pre-selected or anticipated in advance to draw a lot of player attention.
However, the communication felt rather selective - it was *great* for a few key topics. It was "better than before" I suppose for a few other topics. And some others were met with the usual silence, or even broken promises of further engagement.
I also have concerns that the PTS process is just too short and sees too little engagement to properly test something like night market, for example. It simply doesn't accurately represent the level of activity, and the average skill level and interests of the playerbase, that exists on the live server. I do not have a solution for this issue, but just wanted to raise it.
Overall, this PTS was better than ever before (in my memory; I have not been here from the very beginning), with room for improvement. I hope zos can follow through and keep this up for the next PTS, and look at whether they can expand the communication and dev interaction to topics that perhaps weren't pre-selected or anticipated in advance to draw a lot of player attention.
Re: Crafting Bag is the biggest turn off for a new player
They should honestly just replace the sub with the Battle Pass.
Absolutely not. I like the ESO+ perks and am not the least bit interested in the Battle Pass.
Re: Daily Login Rewards Update
I'm personally glad the chores are gone - not because I ever felt the need to do them, but because I'm hoping for more game design relying on being interesting and meaningful to attract people now, instead of trying to keep people in game as long as possible through generic busywork. Not sure how likely that is, but that would be a design change that I'd appreciate a lot.
At the same time, I do wonder how the end of daily chores affects the player numbers and playtimes; and I'm feeling a bit wary about it, because I know how companies value their stats about these things. Which means if participation drops a lot, that might cause problems.
I fully agree that insulting other people is not a fair or friendly thing to do and should have no place on these forums. But I disagree with the idea of people being either "susceptible" or "unsusceptible" to manipulation (in the broader sense, which also includes marketing tactics), as if it was just an arbitrary matter of luck, or of how someone was born. That looks like an underestimation of human capabilities to me.
A human is luckily no mindless thrall jumping on the whims of some puppet master, but a living being with a brain and a certain intelligence (though the individual extent may admittedly vary from person to person). Being able to recognize and counter attempts of influencing is a thing that can (and should) be learnt. Raising kids doesn't only mean giving them clean clothes and putting food on the table, it also means teaching them how to reasonably interact with the world and how to avoid certain pitfalls. Or at least that's the common idea where I grew up, which might also be the reason I'm always astounded if I see marketing tricks being presented as some unavoidable trap and a danger that can only be held at bay by official bans or the figurative puppet master showing mercy and not using these techniques.
The thing is that the world is full of pitfalls and not everyone will always play nice. So learning how the tricks look like and how to avoid them is the way. To be clear: I'm absolutely not against establishing ethics, but I'm realistic enough to see that not everyone is or ever will be ethical. Marketing tactics exist since the first ads came up. It's unlikely they'll ever go away. So in the end, it becomes a question of self-responsibility.
At the same time, I do wonder how the end of daily chores affects the player numbers and playtimes; and I'm feeling a bit wary about it, because I know how companies value their stats about these things. Which means if participation drops a lot, that might cause problems.
allochthons wrote: »FOMO is a real addiction technique that game devs (and many other content creators) have used to do real harm to people. If you're not susceptible, that doesn't mean the effect is fake, or that the harm is not real. I am glad ZoS is listening to their players (and the psychologists who study us) with respect to daily logins and endeavors, to make their game healthier.
I fully agree that insulting other people is not a fair or friendly thing to do and should have no place on these forums. But I disagree with the idea of people being either "susceptible" or "unsusceptible" to manipulation (in the broader sense, which also includes marketing tactics), as if it was just an arbitrary matter of luck, or of how someone was born. That looks like an underestimation of human capabilities to me.
A human is luckily no mindless thrall jumping on the whims of some puppet master, but a living being with a brain and a certain intelligence (though the individual extent may admittedly vary from person to person). Being able to recognize and counter attempts of influencing is a thing that can (and should) be learnt. Raising kids doesn't only mean giving them clean clothes and putting food on the table, it also means teaching them how to reasonably interact with the world and how to avoid certain pitfalls. Or at least that's the common idea where I grew up, which might also be the reason I'm always astounded if I see marketing tricks being presented as some unavoidable trap and a danger that can only be held at bay by official bans or the figurative puppet master showing mercy and not using these techniques.
The thing is that the world is full of pitfalls and not everyone will always play nice. So learning how the tricks look like and how to avoid them is the way. To be clear: I'm absolutely not against establishing ethics, but I'm realistic enough to see that not everyone is or ever will be ethical. Marketing tactics exist since the first ads came up. It's unlikely they'll ever go away. So in the end, it becomes a question of self-responsibility.
Syldras
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Re: Populating Tamriel, suggestions?
if Fighters Guild and Mages Guild had more daily quests, such as in dlc zones, maybe their buildings would get more visits.
The MG could get quests for dlc public dungeons.
But what would the Fighters Guild make you do in dlc zones?
incursions already have dailies except Atoll of Immolation portals, but those are harder to find without map symbols.
Sadly Fighters and Mages guilds are inside buildings instead of at an outside camp like the Undaunted.
And even if ZOS added more dailies people would still only go inside the buildings to start and finish quests.
The Undaunted camps are in Elden Root, Mournhold, and Wayrest. Which also have guild traders and master writ merchants nearby.
The MG could get quests for dlc public dungeons.
But what would the Fighters Guild make you do in dlc zones?
incursions already have dailies except Atoll of Immolation portals, but those are harder to find without map symbols.
Sadly Fighters and Mages guilds are inside buildings instead of at an outside camp like the Undaunted.
And even if ZOS added more dailies people would still only go inside the buildings to start and finish quests.
The Undaunted camps are in Elden Root, Mournhold, and Wayrest. Which also have guild traders and master writ merchants nearby.
Re: Double Languid Eye with Cryptcannon continuous ramping - Exploit?
It's fun to do, but its not like it blows other setups out of the water, its something you do when bored of allways running traditional setups and want to have some fun with ults. Its also only useful in a dedicated 4 man team that can communicate to cast ults at same time. But again, dps gets identical dps in other setups not using crypt.
Nerfing this would be like the nerf to meteor ult to not restore same amount of ult, they just ruin a very niche little fun way of playing differently.
As he says in video, its not really unfair as kill times on bosses can even be somewhat lower then when tank uses other ults. The bosses die in same time, just in another way. And when doing 1t 3dd runs, in many cases u would rather have a barrier or colossus or something
I like that this exists, its just fun to do.
It is really only useful at the start of the fight, dps open with languid, then crypt, then second languid, and after that point you sort of loose the opportunity to get another double languid window, usually u use crypt then just to let dd's have atleast 1 ult for next time a burn is possible or for a add phase or something. you will like never get to use a double languid once fight have allready started.
In mid fight, very rarely does tank have 500 ult again, and all 2/3 dd's have 168ult at same time. It happens, but u have to decide beforehand u save the ult for a exe burn or something, then u dont get to use ults on add phases or mid fight etc. So there is also a sacrifice to be made.
Nerfing this would be like the nerf to meteor ult to not restore same amount of ult, they just ruin a very niche little fun way of playing differently.
As he says in video, its not really unfair as kill times on bosses can even be somewhat lower then when tank uses other ults. The bosses die in same time, just in another way. And when doing 1t 3dd runs, in many cases u would rather have a barrier or colossus or something
I like that this exists, its just fun to do.
It is really only useful at the start of the fight, dps open with languid, then crypt, then second languid, and after that point you sort of loose the opportunity to get another double languid window, usually u use crypt then just to let dd's have atleast 1 ult for next time a burn is possible or for a add phase or something. you will like never get to use a double languid once fight have allready started.
In mid fight, very rarely does tank have 500 ult again, and all 2/3 dd's have 168ult at same time. It happens, but u have to decide beforehand u save the ult for a exe burn or something, then u dont get to use ults on add phases or mid fight etc. So there is also a sacrifice to be made.
Re: Double Languid Eye with Cryptcannon continuous ramping - Exploit?
I mean, if a support is wearing cryptcanon you are missing a support ult, and since this would only work in a 4 man dungeon this seems like an incredibly niche "exploit"