Athory wrote: »

frogthroat wrote: »

Athory wrote: »

So from now on, I’m creating groups exclusively for onebar players.

PCNA or PCEU? Only onebars or are 2bar HA builds also accepted? What's your in-game nic?

@Zaan's PC-EU

(Only One Bar) I really don’t want DD'S (DPS) in 2bars in my groups. Good or bad, I simply don’t want them. If we can complete the content, we will do that. If not, then I hope we all understand why we can’t complete it.

HA 2bar builds are welcome too. I know it’s a bit hard to explain the difference between a 1bar build and a 2bar HA build, but I hope you understand what I mean. I also use a 2bar setup for my HA build, so yeah…
Maybe I’m just looking for players who are overlooked because of their playstyle. If you use the Oakensoul Ring or Rakkhat’s Voidmantle, then I’m definitely looking for you, but even I sometimes don’t use either… so… If anyone has a better way to explain the difference between a 1bar build and a 2bar HA build, let me know, because honestly, even I find it hard to explain clearly.

EDIT:
Do you feel sad\angry every time you read "no HA players" or "no Oakensoul players" in the PuG's group finder, and don’t join because of that? These are exactly the players I’m looking for. The ones who are afraid to join, afraid of being kicked, or feel that RL are excluding them.

PCEU? Perfect. I might come and see a run at some point, then. Still missing some perfected gear so especially if the trial is one where I need some gear. You can also add me and if you need supports (everyone wanna dps) /w me. I don't really play one bars or HA builds much, but like I mentioned, I have the crafter that used to use Oakensoul, nowadays Rakkhat.

In any case, I'll keep my eye open. And if you are missing some supports, feel free to /w me to fill in.

Orbital78 wrote: »

I usually don't say anything, I assume they are confident about keeping themselves alive. If it becomes an issue, I will mention it but if they die, they die. It isn't super often that I even notice it.

Yeah... I usually don't pug, but when I do something monotone, repetitive, I don't want to subject my friends to that. But recently I levelled up my missing weapon skill lines with all characters, s&b and resto were the last ones so I typically ran as a healer. So anyway, I have recently done a lot of RNDs with pugs.

And yeah, on one run both DDs had dark blue health bars. I didn't say anything, just concentrated on keeping the tank alive. When they both died a couple of times I mentioned that PO heal diminishes by 4% per person you are grouped with. They took the rings off. I suppose slotting Reaving Blows would make PO viable in 4 player group, but still, if you have a healer why not go for a full damage build?

Orbital78 wrote: »

CP definitely matters,

Not in normal dungeons. Nothing matters in normal dungeons. (Ok, there are a few newer DLC dungeons where you actually have to pay attention even on normal, but still.)

Orbital78 wrote: »

but I have been running into plenty of CP1000-2000's that cannot even out perform a standard nerfed heavy attack build.

Oh for sure. Not only that, standing in red so I can't help the tank with resources or buffs, or heal the other DD, because you are now hogging my whole time because you don't want to take two steps left.

...well, I don't do that for long. Tank is the priority, if you die, you die.

But yeah, sometimes the CP300 player outperforms the CP2000 players. That happens surprisingly often. But if it's in normal mode, I don't care. Nothing is true, everything is permitted in normal dungeons.

Orbital78 wrote: »

I've received some hate when running my heavy attack builds, especially when hybrid healing. But they are often just trying to be a turd it seems. I asked them one time, "But have you died?" The only time he died was when he kept nagging and I had to stop and switch from controller to a keyboard to type that out.

Should have said "I'm ROJO."

Orbital78 wrote: »

I see people specifically say no oakensouls or heavy attack builds in higher end discords or group finders, when it really shouldn't be an issue for that content.

Yeah, and it's weird that people still think heavy attack build = Oakensoul build.

I get close to a normal DD dps with a Rakkhat heavy attack build -- not quite there, but close. At the same time tankier, better sustain and survivability, and have plenty of time to look around and not just parse. So yeah, especially the survivability with only a minor loss of dps is a good selling point.

Oakensoul, however, has its places but I don't think I would ever take that to any highest level content. Those who need or prefer an easier playstyle where you don't need to care about bar swapping or keeping buffs up, it is excellent. But people should stop the extreme polarisation of the issue. It's not the best thing since sliced bread, and it's not the worst thing ever. It's pretty good for what it can do, and not completely bad in higher content either. There are better options, but unless you are going for a fully optimised group, it's enough in most cases.

Orbital78 wrote: »

At the end of the day, I think oakensoul is fine where it is. I think destruction stave passives, empower, and Rakkhat's voidmantle may need some buffs.

Yeah, at least sources of empower if nothing else.

You could use Wield Soul with empower script, NB ... um... the wrong morph of the one you use to proc Rush of Agony in PVP but unused in PVE, or that three area Necro attack that no one uses, but those are imo waste of slot space in PVE. Wield Soul would be the only reasonable from those three but even then you would want to use something else instead of empower, like crit, weapon damage, recovery or resolve.

Currently the only viable methods of gaining empower, besides Oakensoul, are any mages guild skill, Solar Barrage and the unused morph of the Igneous Weapons. Whatever that was called. Molten Weapons, or something.

If you don't have DK or Templar skill lines, you need a mages guild skill and there aren't that many useful ones. So it's pretty much Ulfsild's Contingency or Degen, but since Mages empower lasts for only 10 seconds, you need to recast them before they end. Half of the cast goes to waste.

And since lightning staff heavies are 2.2 second channel, you can fit 4 of them in that 10 second window. So every 4th cast has to be the Mages Guild skill just for the buff. (So, every 8.8 seconds.) With Grave Lord blastbones is so strong that it is worth to have it every 3rd cast, but to have every 4th cast just for this buff is a bit annoying.

Hang on, my crafter/survey map collector/treasure map digger/scying (which uses the Rakkhat HA build) is a Templar. Why do I use Ulfsild and not Solar Barrage? I think I need to tweak the build a bit.

Some features sound nice on paper, but I'll need more concrete information, and this wasn't enough to reignite the excitement or bring me on board with the new game model. I'm still wondering about the future of the game.
I do like that stories and quests got featured at last, I'm mildly curious about the rumours feature, and anything sea- or naval-based has at least my interest. It's just still very little new for this year for my playstyle.

The actually interesting part for me was the short hint about next year - with a big caveat. I would love to see Winterhold, I would love to have a game experience that's closer to Skyrim (or any of the classic TES games) again, and I've been wanting more zones and exploration and immersion for a long time. But this being labelled as a particular new type of zone made me more sceptical than I was before this announcement. I realise the powers-that-be don't want to share much yet, but if you have got any further information at all that you can share on what this kind of zone will be, that would be very appreciated.
As for my part, I really want a classic ESO zone with a map and its own quests, with a main quest and side quests, solo PVE content. No forced grouping, no forced PVP, no time limits or seasonal-only availability, etc. I'm really willing to give this a chance, but Winterhold will be the make-or-break for me, and I'd like any info on whether to get my hopes up. So if you could nag someone for more (and hopefully reassuring) info, that'd be great.

If Winterhold was something to truly look forward to, and a return to form, that would also be an incentive to invest some time in the game this year and check on some of the seasonal activities this year. I could consider this year as something equivalent to a slow patch season in other games. But I'd like to know the direction this is heading.

Heya! Just coming back here now that we've shared a little more about this during yesterday's ESO Seasons Direct. In case you missed it, we did share the date. We will follow up with more info before this goes live, to explain how everything will work.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Since this is from an Addon and the OP was confused by it just suddenly appearing, then I take it Addons are updated automatically somehow without the user's knowledge/confirmation.

That's hella dangerous.

After today there's 364 days left to make the next April Fools joke. People update their addons with Minion anyway and it does not need to be an update from today. "If" and "date" are perfectly valid things in programming.

If $date == "4/1/2026" then cheesyLocalizations=true

The piece of code can sit inside the addon for any length of time, dormant, waiting. But once the condition is met (ie, date is correct), then it displays the text.

Update
OK, it's approx 2 hours since the end of the stream. I logged out of the game and then out of curiosity, I logged back in again and found the remainder of the crates were in my account. Hopefully, the rest of you who watched the whole stream will discover them all after the delay too!

Erickson9610 wrote: »

eashi wrote: »

Erickson9610 wrote: »

eashi wrote: »

Lycanthrope1997 wrote: »

I didn't want to use ai but I think the werewolves should look something like these here

So where in the lore do WW eyes glow?

The werewolf eyes glow in TES III: Morrowind as well as in TES V: Skyrim Special Edition.

I don't recall that at all. They had some variations in eye color but not glow. Could you be misremembering a mod?
The eye glow in those images looks really clowny. Eye color as a cosmetic is a good idea. It could be based on your character eye color or its own cosmetic (minor adornment).

I was misremembering the Skyrim werewolf (the eyes do not glow, but you do see a reflection of light in the eyes) but the Morrowind werewolf absolutely does have glowing eyes:



The eyes are way brighter than the surrounding fur in the darkness. The eyes are glowing in the dark.

For the record, the Skyrim werewolf's eyes do not glow:

It's hard to tell with Morrowind because the game simply isn't dark enough. You can say the textures are at least bright. Glowing eyes in Skyrim are also used by every undead from Dawnguards changes to Vampires to Skeletons.

Used Openmw (to separate any mods) and Hircine's Ring.

So, did we all just get scammed by a loot box's… oh right, what else could we expect?