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Re: On a scale of 1-10, what would you give the story of Solstice & why?
But I still didn't take easily to the idea the Elves want to coexist with the native Argonians. They built Sunport ON TOP OF the foundations of a Xanmeer.
Were they given up before or not (I think there was a lore bit about how most Argonians gave up living in Xanmeers)? I think that makes the whole difference. Because for some cultures, a given-up structure is a given-up structure and they don't care what happens with it or even appreciate reuse.
There's an optional dialogue with Prince Azah that narrates when and how Corelania Elves came here - 1st Era, exiled from Hammerfell by the Ra Gada because they practiced necromancy to let the redguards fight against their own ancestors, sacrilegious.
He tells a very skewed story about what has been descbribed in lore already years ago: How the Ra Gada colonized Hammerfell, which was at that point inhabited by Altmer and Goblins only, in what they called "warrior waves". They slaughtered all goblins and raided and destroyed the Altmer cities. The Corelanya used necromancy in a desperate attempt to defend themselves, but failed, and had to flee their homeland.
It's interesting how it's justified by several characters as okay because "necromancy bad". Obviously then invading another country, destroying cities and murdering people, including women, children and the elderly, is no big deal.
@metheglyn Look, Prince Azah's propaganda is already working. Maybe you should reconsider asking him about it - if you've found a way to keep it friendly.
Syldras
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Re: Tales of Tribute needs a proper option to resign with no penalty
Even if you gave the person who resigns no reward at all, if there's no penalty it'll STILL be worth it to just quit an already losing game and just re-queue
This is exactly right, and exactly the reason why conceding should be a normal loss and normal win for the opponent.
There is nothing wrong with conceding because your time is valuable. Be careful not to lose sight of what the problem here is. The problem is the opponent not getting a win if you concede. Conceding itself is totally valid.
Tuonra2
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Re: Season of the Worm Cult
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »Did people complain about Necrom and Gold Road like this?
there will be complaints about anything and everything no matter what. i don't personally remember seeing complaints on this scale with necrom, but we were getting about the same amount of content as always. the only difference was that the second zone was put in from the start with the release of the chapter instead of as a dlc halfway through the year, so you are probably right in that there would have been less complaints if they had just done it all at once.
gold road on the other hand... that was the first one that i personally saw massive complaints about lack of content and regrets about buying. but the general consensus at the time was "well this is just this year so they can get caught back up and go back to giving more content." but here we are at the next one and it appears to be even less >.>
Re: PvP's getting shafted again.
JustLovely wrote: »Permanent Vengeance is the only thing that will save the PvP population. PC NA is down 50% YoY outside of Primetime
And to build off that side convo, yes, implying there's a one-way correlation like that while denying the possibility of the inverse being true is heavily fallacious
Mandated vengeance mode will be the death of ESO PvP, and probably the last major change ZOS makes before ESO is shut down all together.
The current PvP populations are low because ZOS' pop caps are unrealistically low at 60-80 players/faction.
ZOS could fix current live PvP if they put in the resources required to do it. If ZOS doesn't already know exactly what's causing the performance issues they're not the AAA studio we've all been told they are.
The population is lower than last year even when you factor in queue count. It's not a tenable path to not put forward Vengeance as a permanent mode. Between performance issues, balance issues, and factions treating the main campaign like a side campaign and nightcapping religiously—pvp population is in the crater. People log on see a map one color and get zerged down when touching a resource and go play another game, and the more people play other games, the less ESO has pull over their time.
And with a smaller pvp population, comes fewer people to counter the voices of the PvErs/some PvPers who prefer Vengeance.
And if Vengeance was offered as a permanent mode side-by-side with existing campaigns, Vengeance will be the most populated, as the people who do not like Vengeance will just play there as it will be the most populated.
To really hammer this home, not having locked pop for DC or EP at a little past 12 on a Saturday night is alarming. That's with a drastically reduced population cap. If they ever did increase population cap again, there would not be enough players to lock pop it until primetime, and depending on how large of a pop increase, it's possible it wouldn't fill at primetime. You could gather all the current ESO PC NA PvPers into one 2017 level population cap campaign and it wouldn't even be half filled. PvP population is only getting decimated year after year, and it's not only typical attrition for older games.
That population in the image is the same population at this time every work day for this cycle, and that's what the map looks like for the type of fights you'll get, either stack the side that's PvDooring that cycle, get 70v1 zerged on a resource, or play another game(which is the choice most have made). That's a massive dip from just last year, an insurmountable dip from 8 years ago. At this pace, we'll be doing 30v30v30 Cyrodiil in 2028 with NA late night being one side stacked at 30v5v5 at best.
Lastly, to your point that "The current PvP populations are low because ZOS' pop caps are unrealistically low at 60-80 players/faction."
The populations are low because no one PvPs on ESO anymore. Even the old players that come back to check it out quit within weeks.
Bogaisha
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Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Crown Store Showcase— September 2025"
well there are not many new items, only 3.
But i do like Duchess Elea Dufort and the Gloam senches.
i hope October has
- Hiddenspring Cottage
- Coldharbour Dominator motif
- Grand Topal Hideaway
But i do like Duchess Elea Dufort and the Gloam senches.
i hope October has
- Hiddenspring Cottage
- Coldharbour Dominator motif
- Grand Topal Hideaway
Re: Your Play Experience b/t Update 45 and Update 46 with Subclassing and Scribing In Base Game
Saturday Night
One dc bar in grey host tonight and 0 ad/ep.
0 bars in RW.
0 bars in Blackreach.
0 bars in Icereach.
Congrats ZOS. You destroyed a game community in a single patch and not a single word from you.
One dc bar in grey host tonight and 0 ad/ep.
0 bars in RW.
0 bars in Blackreach.
0 bars in Icereach.
Congrats ZOS. You destroyed a game community in a single patch and not a single word from you.
Re: Drop rate of Furnishing plans from Algae-Laden Sunport Packs.
Hopefully they revisit the drop rate in the future because this is just tedious.
cozmic72
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Re: Season of the Worm Cult
That‘s the problem: We don‘t know what we get when we purchase the pass. We always had the chance to test everything we’re getting on the PTS. But with the Content Pass we can only test the first part before buying it. Nobody knows about part 2 of Seasons of the Worm Cult yet. And yet we already payed for it several months ago not knowing if it will be worth it!While I do think the season pass is overpriced and cuts into the worth of ESO+, it's not a scam. It's clear what you'll get for your money; whether that is worth the price or not is up to the individual.
Aylish
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Re: Vengeance – An Unsustainable False Positive
xylena_lazarow wrote: »Catering to comp groups resulted in a dead game, so now they need to give the casual zergers a win. They're the bulk of the Cyro player base, so that's the only way this turns around, and that's why I'm pro-Vengeance. It's the best chance for the game to survive. I loved the Live build system for years but it's beyond the point of no return, there's no fixing it.AngryPenguin wrote: »vengeance is the "Nobody wins" button.
It isn't the comped groups that killed the Cyodiil population. I think you know that. You've been here for the duration. It was horribly bad performance that killed PvP for most of us. Comped groups, even today, make up less than half the population. Most groups that think they're ball groups aren't. Maybe 30% of the players actually play in a comped ball group, and that's only during prime time on some days. And since when has ZOS catered to anything PvP, let alone ball groups?
I get it. Not everyone is welcome in a group. But that doesn't mean the best business choice going forward is to run off the vast majority of those of us who still play PvP daily or cater to the handful that actually like vengeance. You said yourself you don't play ESO anymore since June, so why keep lobbying for a change you know most of the remaining daily PvP players hate? You're making it seem like a personal thing you have against those of us left that still enjoy the game.
Those of us that still play are still mystified as to why ZOS has made ZERO effort to limit cross healing and shield stacking. It's a much simpler fix than reinventing the wheel....a square wheel in the case of vengeance. Vengeance isn't the only option for the future of Cyodiil. They could always try what almost the entire PvP population has been begging them to try for years.
Re: Season of the Worm Cult
That‘s the problem: We don‘t know what we get when we purchase the pass. We always had the chance to test everything we’re getting on the PTS. But with the Content Pass we can only test the first part before buying it. Nobody knows about part 2 of Seasons of the Worm Cult yet. And yet we already payed for it several months ago.While I do think the season pass is overpriced and cuts into the worth of ESO+, it's not a scam. It's clear what you'll get for your money; whether that is worth the price or not is up to the individual.
It's true we don't know the details of the story, but we know we are getting a story. As someone who doesn't ever try out content on the PTS, I've never made my decision on whether or not to buy the chapters based on the ability to play it first. If someone prefers to have played through/tested all the content before purchasing, then not being able to do that right away is a drawback for them, but still not a scam. People could still wait to test all the content before buying it if they so choose.
