same old stories from battle grounds, the usual missing healers and players, but then i got this, two gold and purple stuff, and it cheered me up, this one is different from the usual emails i would usually get from bg, now if you could consistently boost this feature, then i wouldn't care if I lose because from missing players !!

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

duagloth wrote: »

Katheriah wrote: »

I mainly hope that when ZOS reflects on how the event went, they see that if you hype up something it needs to feel rewarding instead of a chore.

For me it feels like they put a wall to lock me out of the other half of a chapter that I already paid for, while I was actually initally looking forward to the event. And I need to grind fetch quests to get in.

Out of spite they'll probably never do an event again, blaming the player base for not understanding the vision they had.

We are taking all feedback (not out of spite) regarding the event to our teams for review and how to do larger scale events like this better in the future. The goal is to meet player demand for new types of content. This multi-phase event is our first time doing something this complex and there are plenty of learnings we are taking away for the next time.

I’ll admit, I’m one of the players who had no issues with the old Chapter model. I tend to have a “don’t fix what ain’t broke” stance.

While I see that the team wants to try new things, the fact that it came at the expense of predictability was a massive leap backwards for me. We’ve been getting “we have fun things coming, stay tuned!” for over a year at this point, and it’s completely frustrating. There was some comfort in knowing that we could expect certain things on a schedule.
Seriously, there are only two things we know are coming, and even then it’s *eventually* coming some unspecified time in the future: Crossplay (in some nebulous form) and Overland Difficulty (in some nebulous form). We don’t even know that we will ever get anything else like combat balance, new zones, new Classes, or anything of the like.

I also disagree with the idea that this event needs to be enforced on players whether they want it or not. The invaded Delves and Public Dungeons are actively preventing players from doing certain quests or achievements, and the only solution is “well, just wait for an unspecified time until it’s back to normal.” The dailies given on Solstice and Stirk also directly spoil the last quest from Solstice part 1 by revealing a certain character died. Even the reveal of the wall showed off a certain character who came back from the dead. Again.

In the previous model, the Q2 story was not a hard requirement for the Q4 story (so it didn’t need to be spoiled for players who did not have the disposable income to get it on release), and the reveal events showed off how it was connected without directly spoiling it (and they actually revealed things, but that’s a different issue). The Chapter event, while also feeling contrived by filling a random bar, was at least rewarding and didn’t require blocking quest or achievement progress in other zones.
In short, before we felt like we mostly got what we paid for. Now, a lot of players feel like they paid more for less.

The players need a January reveal that will tell us some big things we can expect to see at some point that year if we are expected to pay money for them. It doesn’t need to release immediately, but we can not have another year of “pay us $50 and maybe by the end of the year you’ll know what you paid for and if it was worth it.”

Why are people running into battle in underwear anyway?

I like most of these ideas. It makes the world feel more lived in and realistic.

I'd also like to see more regular townsfolk outside the city walls, more regular clothing, more noble clothing, and more characters traveling the roads between towns. Stuff like Bandari Caravans on the roads, or traveling bards.

MilesTailsProwers wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback here, @MilesTailsProwers. These are really cool. Will share these with the team.

I don't like them because they don't fit what ESO is and are immersion breaking.

But what about this?

What about an instanced game facility players can enter at will that has all those features? This would keep them out of the game world so they don't ruin the atmosphere for those of us that don't want ESO turned cartoony.

This would be great too! Kinda like Darkmoon Faire from World of Warcraft. How about some silly little dimension hosted by Sheogorath with fun activities and minigames!

And then they could be turned into interactable furniture for crown store, so players can add these minigames to their housing as well?

I could live with something like that if it was instanced and not in our towns because that would completely destroy the game for me.

One of my favorite things about ESO has been how realistic it felt compared to other games. At least it did until they introduced loud, bright and flashy mounts and recalls. These things take away from strong players fighting evil and make it feel like a cartoon. So if they consider these ideas I hope they use an instance for them so everyone has a choice about it.

Please make all cats cuddlable.

BretonMage wrote: »

lillybit wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

I prefer flat sandals myself in real life and it makes sense if your character is running around. Heels are immersion breaking.

Why would heels be immersion breaking in a fantasy game that involves horse riding? Heels were originally designed to stop feel slipping on stirrups. They were worn by men long before they were a fashion accessory for women

We're not fighting from horseback here. It's immersion breaking because we're painfully familiar with how hideously uncomfortable heels are; they're almost impossible to run in, and just looking at them reminds us of how silly they are when more comfortable alternatives exist.

I wouldn't be against the occasional reasonably low heel, but yeah, they're pretty silly when you have to run.

Speak for yourself - I can run, cartwheel, cross my leg, and balance my whole body on 4 inch heels and eat, or read or w/e.

Are there really people out there that believe these numbers are tied to something tangible?