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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Hi ZOS,
Stop doing this, the majority of your PvP base does not want this washed game mode. We don’t want to contribute anything to your “testing” because we are against it. Frankly, it’s a waste of time. With all the good that’s being done recently in the studio this is the remaining outlier of a team clinging to one last bad decision. It feels like we’re just being reminded to stay skeptical of the PvP dev team’s vacuum decision making philosophy.
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Can we test PvE Vengeance on April 20th too?
Basically, your best option is to participate as early as it goes live, and spam dmg aoes en masse.
If all PvPers and their grannies show up and help testing whether the cap of 6 will or will not melt down the servers, we might be done with that test in a couple of days.
Boycotts are pointless now, Vengeance will go live, so if you want to have GH back faster then help test this change.
Not to mention that this test is perhaps the most important - in a megazerg environment such as Vengeance we need bombing more than ever, and a cap of 3 on dmg aoe is ridiculous beyond belief.
Yeah well, its Vengeance, just one of many things missing, that would make it anything else than a numbers game.
It doesn’t change the fact that high participation may shorten the test and GH might be back much faster than in one week.
It's not a test and participation rates will change nothing. ZOS is already ignoring the vast majority of the feedback regarding vengeance.
LPapirius
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Who exactly is logging in for lag, ball groups, proc sets, and one shots? Not me.It's not a viable alternative to the normal live GH the PvP community logs in to play.
I'm hearing they are moving forward with GH and Vengeance as the only two campaigns. I think this is a sound move, we are long overdue to condense the queue.
Queue last night was 130. You are a very small minority of PvP players that like vengeance...which won't bring back the days before people knew who the toxic ones were to be avoided.
LPapirius
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Vengeance is what sours people on vengeance. It's not a viable alternative to the normal live GH the PvP community logs in to play. ZOS told us for years "They're working on it", so that's what they should have done and be doing going forward. Not this vengeance abomination and betrayal.
LPapirius
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Re: [Gold Coast Bazaar] Skill Styles Preview Thread
Blue Extended Ritual/Ritual of Retribution (I didn't notice any visual differences between those two morphs):
I love the ambient light from this skill!
Orange Budding Seeds:
Orange Corrupting Pollen (I saw no difference except for a bit different colors on flowers, in this morph they look more aggressive
):
Orange Expansive Frost Cloak:
Orange Ice Fortress:
I love the ambient light from this skill!
Orange Budding Seeds:
Orange Corrupting Pollen (I saw no difference except for a bit different colors on flowers, in this morph they look more aggressive
):Orange Expansive Frost Cloak:
Orange Ice Fortress:
Re: I'm tired of soloing all the time.
Honestly, OP the best thing I can suggest is actually to join a guild. But not an existing one. Your own. And recruit people that are available when you can play.
Re: I simply love Zerith Var and how far they went with his voice acting!
I also really liked Zerith and he was great to be around. Sharp as well.
I am presently trying to level Tanlorin but they are so grating to me. I haven't used Azander yet so I may drop them for him and see how that goes.
It baffles me how Zerith-var and Tanlorin were released at the exact same time. There is such a massive gap in overall quality between the two. Zerith-var despite not being the best companion in any statistical sense absolutely has some of the best writing character story and lines of any ESO NPC. Tanlorin... man I tried but she is just so annoying .
I actually think Zerith-var's story is one of the best side quests in the entire franchise and not just ESO.
Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Tamriel Tomes Season Zero Developer Update"
"Roll-Over Cap
As the end of a Season transitions to the start of a new one, a maximum of 2,000 Tome Points roll over to the next Tamriel Tome. These Tome Points are available immediately and provide a head start into the new Season."
I was under the impression that, unlike the event tickets that had a limit of 12 tickets, this new currency did not have a limit. But now we hear only 2000 points carry forward to the next season... that items will be auto-purchased with anything beyond that 2000 point limit, regardless if we want them or not.
Why can't I hold on to the points until I see something I want if nothing for that season fits?
And it's worse than that. If you are not paying for premium, then it you have to acquire 20,000 Tomes to unlock items on the last pages. But even if you buy every free item, it will still only cost 15,990 Tomes. With rolling over the extra 2,000 Tomes, that will mean, unless we want to pay to unlock premium, we have to earn an additional 2,010 Tomes that we will never be able to use or keep if there are things on the last page we want.
Why is the rollover cap not equal to the amount of Tomes needed to unlock the last page minus the number of Tomes need to buy everything? In this season, we should be able to rollover at least 4,010 Tomes. Or at least make one of the items with unlimited purchases, like the one for gold, so we don't have to earn something we can never use.
Re: Oh how I wish we still had Chapters
I miss the chapters, too. I'm currently trying to give the new system a chance and find my way around it, and it's not that everything is bad, but I really liked the old system and wish we could just return to it, or at least something similar.
I liked the predictability of knowing what we'll get and getting the big new zone to explore, with its own stories and activities.
The writing in newer chapters did indeed get weaker, with the notable exceptions that were excellent as always. I personally found it going back on the upswing in Solstice. I liked the main quest better again, with more interactivity and choice and feeling somewhat more serious again too, and there were the excellent side quests (I think many of us here have the same favourites, Corelanya, Zerith and so on
). Some parts landed...less well, granted.
But the biggest appeals of the Elder Scrolls universe to me have always been the world and the stories, with its particular storywriting style, as was already said above. The judgment-free mix of very alien cultures and the memorable characters that come from these cultures and interact with the world in their own ways, and it can lead to serious philosophical stories or those with an absurd humour.
In my eyes what we needed was simply a re-focus on the core writing style of the franchise and maybe a return to stricter editorial standards. You don't have to overturn the whole system for that. There was still good writing in the game, that's the thing, it's not broken, it just needs to be given the focus it deserves.
I liked the predictability of knowing what we'll get and getting the big new zone to explore, with its own stories and activities.
The writing in newer chapters did indeed get weaker, with the notable exceptions that were excellent as always. I personally found it going back on the upswing in Solstice. I liked the main quest better again, with more interactivity and choice and feeling somewhat more serious again too, and there were the excellent side quests (I think many of us here have the same favourites, Corelanya, Zerith and so on
). Some parts landed...less well, granted.But the biggest appeals of the Elder Scrolls universe to me have always been the world and the stories, with its particular storywriting style, as was already said above. The judgment-free mix of very alien cultures and the memorable characters that come from these cultures and interact with the world in their own ways, and it can lead to serious philosophical stories or those with an absurd humour.
In my eyes what we needed was simply a re-focus on the core writing style of the franchise and maybe a return to stricter editorial standards. You don't have to overturn the whole system for that. There was still good writing in the game, that's the thing, it's not broken, it just needs to be given the focus it deserves.
Sadras
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Re: Oh how I wish we still had Chapters
I'm really trying to stay optimistic. I do think some of the new features they are introducing are interesting, and I'm waiting to see how Winterhold will pan out. However, I also can't help but miss the large chapter releases. I know a lot of people complained about them being formulaic, but I like knowing what to expect with regards to the kind of content I'm getting. I liked pieces together clues about the new zone and looking forward to the big summer release.
I'm not a fan of the timed events/zones. I like to take my time and sometimes don't get to new content for years because I'm busy doing other things in the game. I don't want to feel pressured to constantly leave my current stories to check out the new content before it disappears.
I'm glad a lot of people who were unhappy with chapters seem to be excited about the changes, and morale seems a little better overall. I still have some reservations, personally.
I'm not a fan of the timed events/zones. I like to take my time and sometimes don't get to new content for years because I'm busy doing other things in the game. I don't want to feel pressured to constantly leave my current stories to check out the new content before it disappears.
I'm glad a lot of people who were unhappy with chapters seem to be excited about the changes, and morale seems a little better overall. I still have some reservations, personally.
Kallykat
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