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Re: AD vs EP vs DC (Overland Toggle)
Necrotech_Master wrote: »i highly doubt it would work well, considering theres like 30ish zones in the game, and cyro itself is barely filling up 1 campaign
and if 90%+ of people never enable it, there wouldnt be many people to fight, wouldnt be more different than just dueling
New World had the perfect version of this with Marauders, Covenant, and Syndicate.
That game has a huge map too, and how it worked was that you would coordinate with your alliance via Alliance Chat to go to specific Outposts, or in ESO it could be Points of Interest, and your progress worked towards a PvP Battle Pass where in ESO, we already have AP incentive as a tool.
The whole map of Tamriel would not see PvP 24/7, as players would funnel to where their Alliance or Guilds were targeting, and good engagements usually lasted anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. As a player simply leveling my character through the MSQ, I’d often run into warzones outside of Objectives and it was the coolest thing IMO.
I could actually see a near 1-1 replication of their flagging system as quite successful in ESO.
New World also sank without trace immediately on launch. If you're going to suggest cannibalising systems from other games at least choose games that enough people liked to make them a viable product in the market.
Coordinating in chat to fight at points of interest is what happens in Cyrodiil. If that's the experience you desire good news, you can have it right now!
Re: Is there a way to hide threads so we don't see them?
ZOS_Hadeostry wrote: »Greetings,
I wanted to take some time clearing up some of the things said in this thread, as many are confused about forum moderation.
When threads/post(s) get moderated, it's due to the thread/post(s) were found to be against the Community Rules . Repeated violations can cause an account to be banned from posting. When threads get closed, there should be a message, by staff, stating why the thread was closed.
The main concern is there doesn't seem to be consistency in how the rules are applied.
The other big concern is things happen behind the scenes and we're never told why. Like this thread here.
If you guys are being told by the CMs or leadership to curtail certain topics, then it's only fair we know what those topics are and why it's so sensitive.
ZOS_Hadeostry wrote: »If someone wants to appeal or need clarification about an action on the forums, they can do this here
How often are appeals successful and is it another moderator reviewing it?
ZOS_Hadeostry wrote: »If you have feedback or have a specific question about moderation or those Community Rules, please email us at community@elderscrollsonline.com.
I've messaged moderators directly and have never once heard back. And I'm not the only one. Because of that, I can't imagine many people trust the process you're sharing. Maybe that's something that can be discussed here.
Fundamentally, general rules and broad issues with moderation need to be publicly discussed because they're something we all deal with. Over the years, we've tried to have multiple discussions as a community about how moderation impacts us. Those conversations are cut short over the slightest violations even though most people are being civil. And rather than you guys joining those conversations, we're just given links and reminders to be on our best behavior. I don't think that's what people are asking for here.
Ultimately, people are asking for things to change and for moderators to be more consistent, personable, and transparent. I would hope you guys are willing to make adjustments based on our feedback as your customers.
Destai
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Re: Warden class refresh: please don't make warden just an Ice Wizard!
They should just turn Warden into a jailer. 🙃
Well, stamwarden has been in dps jail for nearly 4 years so it looks like you've already gotten your wish!
Re: Warden class refresh: please don't make warden just an Ice Wizard!
CalamityCat wrote: »My main is a warden. I hate the frost stuff, I think the bleed damage makes a lot more sense in a class with animal companions and the green balance skill line. Or poison. Animals can cause bleeding/poison damage, as can tough and thorny plants. Working from those two lines I think the whole aesthetic would still be amazing. Or even water instead of the ice, as that makes sense alongside animals and plants, but has the potential for some really fun effects or skills.
Frost always felt out of place. Ice kills most plants and probably would the flowers and other plants you summon. It also makes animals migrate or hibernate. I guess they just didn't know where to put ice so here it went.
Re: Official Discussion Thread for "ESO Dev Updates—February 2026"
Hi @ZOS_Kevin
I wanted to give my feedback on the new class mastery system that was teased in the Dev Updates stream, I’d really appreciate it if you can pass this perspective on to the combat design team. It’s awesome how the team has been so open to feedback recently.
Overall, I think this is an exciting new feature coming to the game, and I like the looks of it a lot. But I think it needs a few tweaks to not feel unfair to players who want to make use of the subclassing system as well.
Firstly, I understand that for some players, class identity is very important. But to me, I love the subclassing system because ESO only has 7 classes, and there’s no single class that I resonate with perfectly. As such, ESO’s subclassing system gives me more of an opportunity to make combinations that allow me to enjoy the play style I want. For example, my main is a Templar, as she’s a devout follower of the Tribunal. However, when I was trying out the U49 PTS I swapped Dawn’s Wrath for DK’s Draconic Power to represent her natural connection to the element of fire as a Dunmer, and I really enjoyed that combination. Another poster in this forum said they have a Nord Arcanist, but they take Warden’s Winter’s Embrace because they want their Nord to have frost powers too. I would love to play around with the Class Mastery passives when they come out, but it seems that players like us are going to be punished by the new system for taking a single skill line to complement our character. In my case, both Draconic Power and Dawn’s Wrath give the passive 10% weapon/spell damage, so game mechanics wise I’m basically just sacrificing my 2 Class Mastery passives to get a bit of fun and flavour from fiery spell effects. It feels a little unfair.
How I would like the new Class Mastery system to be adapted to fix this issue is to make this system available to all players regardless of subclassing, but make it more effective the more skill lines you keep from your base class. Rather than making it so you can choose 2 passives if you are pureclassed and none if you subclass, I would prefer if perhaps there was a tiered approach where you could choose 3 passives if you have 3 skill lines from your base class, 2 if you have 2, and 1 if you have 1. I feel that something like that would ensure pure classes get the most benefit from this system, but would still allow players dipping into subclassing to get something out of it too, without becoming overpowered.
It seems like a lot of these passives are going to be tailored to specific skill lines, such as how Templar’s Hold The Line mastery passive is linked to the Restoring Light skill line. As a result, players using subclassing would already have their class mastery options limited. For example, someone like me with 2 out of 3 Templar skill lines would still get access to select from some of the Templar Class Mastery Passives, but would miss out on any skills linked to Dawn’s Wrath, since I’ve swapped that skill line out with subclassing.
Additionally, some of the skills shown in the preview like Implosion and Recursive Flame were not tied to a certain subclass. Depending on how the balancing of this system is determined to work out, they could be choices that anyone of that base class could select regardless of which skill lines they retain, or skills that are considered “capstone” skills that you can only select if you are pureclassed.
Those are my thoughts, I hope that you’ll consider this so that it doesn’t feel like people are being punished for not playing as a pure class and can enjoy the versatility and flavour of subclassing while still being able to get some use out of this new system.
I wanted to give my feedback on the new class mastery system that was teased in the Dev Updates stream, I’d really appreciate it if you can pass this perspective on to the combat design team. It’s awesome how the team has been so open to feedback recently.
Overall, I think this is an exciting new feature coming to the game, and I like the looks of it a lot. But I think it needs a few tweaks to not feel unfair to players who want to make use of the subclassing system as well.
Firstly, I understand that for some players, class identity is very important. But to me, I love the subclassing system because ESO only has 7 classes, and there’s no single class that I resonate with perfectly. As such, ESO’s subclassing system gives me more of an opportunity to make combinations that allow me to enjoy the play style I want. For example, my main is a Templar, as she’s a devout follower of the Tribunal. However, when I was trying out the U49 PTS I swapped Dawn’s Wrath for DK’s Draconic Power to represent her natural connection to the element of fire as a Dunmer, and I really enjoyed that combination. Another poster in this forum said they have a Nord Arcanist, but they take Warden’s Winter’s Embrace because they want their Nord to have frost powers too. I would love to play around with the Class Mastery passives when they come out, but it seems that players like us are going to be punished by the new system for taking a single skill line to complement our character. In my case, both Draconic Power and Dawn’s Wrath give the passive 10% weapon/spell damage, so game mechanics wise I’m basically just sacrificing my 2 Class Mastery passives to get a bit of fun and flavour from fiery spell effects. It feels a little unfair.
How I would like the new Class Mastery system to be adapted to fix this issue is to make this system available to all players regardless of subclassing, but make it more effective the more skill lines you keep from your base class. Rather than making it so you can choose 2 passives if you are pureclassed and none if you subclass, I would prefer if perhaps there was a tiered approach where you could choose 3 passives if you have 3 skill lines from your base class, 2 if you have 2, and 1 if you have 1. I feel that something like that would ensure pure classes get the most benefit from this system, but would still allow players dipping into subclassing to get something out of it too, without becoming overpowered.
It seems like a lot of these passives are going to be tailored to specific skill lines, such as how Templar’s Hold The Line mastery passive is linked to the Restoring Light skill line. As a result, players using subclassing would already have their class mastery options limited. For example, someone like me with 2 out of 3 Templar skill lines would still get access to select from some of the Templar Class Mastery Passives, but would miss out on any skills linked to Dawn’s Wrath, since I’ve swapped that skill line out with subclassing.
Additionally, some of the skills shown in the preview like Implosion and Recursive Flame were not tied to a certain subclass. Depending on how the balancing of this system is determined to work out, they could be choices that anyone of that base class could select regardless of which skill lines they retain, or skills that are considered “capstone” skills that you can only select if you are pureclassed.
Those are my thoughts, I hope that you’ll consider this so that it doesn’t feel like people are being punished for not playing as a pure class and can enjoy the versatility and flavour of subclassing while still being able to get some use out of this new system.
Re: Warden class refresh: please don't make warden just an Ice Wizard!
If they take away the animal/nature theme and make warden purely a frost wizard I'd delete my warden because I'd have no reason to keep her around.
I don't care that much about the intricate details of builds and skill balance, I'll adjust to whatever they do in that respect. For me this is a role-play character, she's a warden because it's the nearest I could get to a Wyress. A frost wizard is an entirely different kind of character so I'd have no use for my warden any more. Maybe I'd take one of the skill lines on my sorcerer, since it would be a better fit for him, but that's about it.
I don't care that much about the intricate details of builds and skill balance, I'll adjust to whatever they do in that respect. For me this is a role-play character, she's a warden because it's the nearest I could get to a Wyress. A frost wizard is an entirely different kind of character so I'd have no use for my warden any more. Maybe I'd take one of the skill lines on my sorcerer, since it would be a better fit for him, but that's about it.
Danikat
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Re: Next New Class?
I want the ability to change my Class entirely first. Whether that's by a Class Change Token, or by removing the restrictions on Subclassing and Class Sets + Scribing Class Masteries, switching our base Class when we select three skill lines of the same other Class.
We are getting Class Mastery passives in the near future, so we're given incentive to use 3 skill lines of the same Class. Hopefully no one will object to the ability to change our base Class now that pureclassing will be meta.
I don't want to delete/replace my main character if a Class I actually like comes along. I want to change their base Class to that new Class. It's discouraging enough that my build isn't as optimized as it could be because I'm locked out of certain Class Sets, but now I might be locked out of Class Mastery passives as well, especially if the potential new Classes we get are a better fit for the build I'm going for.
We are getting Class Mastery passives in the near future, so we're given incentive to use 3 skill lines of the same Class. Hopefully no one will object to the ability to change our base Class now that pureclassing will be meta.
I don't want to delete/replace my main character if a Class I actually like comes along. I want to change their base Class to that new Class. It's discouraging enough that my build isn't as optimized as it could be because I'm locked out of certain Class Sets, but now I might be locked out of Class Mastery passives as well, especially if the potential new Classes we get are a better fit for the build I'm going for.
Re: AD vs EP vs DC (Overland Toggle)
No, thank you. Dueling within city limits is annoying. Let's keep special effects galore to dungeons and boss fights during events.
Re: Regarding Subclassing
IMO you have ruined PVP by implementing sublcassing. It's great and alot of fun in PVE
It's not like there was much left to ruin ... 🧐
Re: Regarding Subclassing
"20 top competitive options" someone is failing to admit reality about eso seriously no front but that's just not true, a look into any pvp streamed Gameplay for only 10 minutes showcases everyone running the same 3 combinations since these are the only competitive ones. Its rly sad to see the same exact person going into every possible post to just try to make ppl believe on what he wants the game to be like. Op is totally right subclassing destroyed all the competitive environments with ranked systems in this game and subclassing should be turned off definitely in any pvp environment or any of these ranked environments at all.
Bubosh
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