robwolf666 wrote: »

One thing I'm having genuine trouble with, to the point I'm so cheesed off I'm not longer enjoying it, is the final stage of Aramril's Training - where she has herself, 2 crystals and 2 shadow creatures. No matter what I do I can't beat her.

Stupid difficulty, sorry. It's this kind of thing that puts me off content.

The trick to Aramril is to focus the crystals first, minions second, Aramril last. Aramril's normal attacks don't hurt much at all, except her special barrage attack which needs to be interrupted immediately.

What I do, is start the fight with light/heavy attacks to build Ultimate. The moment the first crystal pops, drop Ultimate on the crystal, then immediately bash Aramril because she will be launching her special attack on you as soon as this happens. Once Aramril is interrupted, focus crystal and finish it off as your ultimate is doing it's thing. Focus Aramril until minion spawns. Destroy minion. Focus Aramril until next crystal or minion spawns. Rinse/repeat all the while avoiding tentacles.

And above all, any time Aramril launches her barrage, drop what you're doing and bash/interrupt that barrage. I usually dodge roll right up to her, give her a couple good bashes, then return to where I had left off.

If you focus Aramril while crystals or minions are still alive, you will burn her down and another crystal or minion will spawn. Leaving you with even more to contend with. So keep control of the battlefield by controlling their numbers.

ZOS_Hadeostry wrote: »

I wanted to go ahead and answer some of the questions brought up.

How often are appeals successful and is it another moderator reviewing it?

It is always another member of staff reviewing the appeal, done independent of the staff that did the action.

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.

You can PM us, however that particular moderator might not be working, which is why I recommend to email us community@elderscrollsonline.com.

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.

There have been plenty of these feedback threads, with Kevin even chiming in. We have made changes based on feedback. One specific example I can give is not moving every thread to it's appropriate and correct section, rather than being in General. In regards to multiple discussions, generally these discussions are technically not about the game itself, as it's about moderation. We have allowed these, however they have either gone off topic or went against those Community Rules after multiple in thread warnings by the moderators.


That being said, let's back to the topic that was presented. Is there a way to hide threads so we don't see them?

So, you know, is there?

i imagine it would make most sense to replace Warden's Magic damage morphs with Frost damage, in Animal Companions.
And in Green Balance add Poison and or Bleed morphs.

why would the Stamina morphs decrease instead of increase?

xylena wrote: »

Zodiarkslayer wrote: »

Epic just means heroic and grand in character or scale even, sometimes even just referencing an oral tradition.

Not this context. Describing her personal experience as "epic" is very youth/millenial.

It's also very fantasy coded. How many fantasy stories have had characters motivated by the tales bards would sing of their epic battles? A lot of them.

I do think the OP has a point though, the tank example in Heart's Life comes to mind. I think people probably wouldn't be looking at stuff like "epic," or "clout," sideways if ESO wasn't inserting modern sounding characters in often enough that even the more borderline stuff can feel jarring.

I didn't read all the back-and-forth but here's a few points to consider:

1) Millenial as a generation name refers to people born between the 1980s and the year 2000 - people born in the last millenium who became adults in this one. That means the youngest millenials are turning 26 this year and the oldest are in their 40s. I'm sorry to tell you this, but we are no longer 'the youth'.

2) Some of this sounds like 'the Tiffany Problem'. Words and names which sound more modern than they actually are and therefore appear anachronistic even if they would be entirely appropriate to the time period. This is difficult to avoid because it's entirely subjective, different words will seem out of place to different people. (I've also encountered the opposite - for example someone adamant the name Wendy was from the middle ages, when it was actually invented in the early 1900s for Peter Pan.)

3) Nirn is not Earth and doesn't follow our history or cultural development and no one there would speak any form of English (or French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian etc.) Obviously the game needs to use real-life lanaguges for us to understand it, and the immersion-friendly explaination is that all the dialogue and text is being translated. On that basis it makes sense that it's translated into modern English, because that's what we speak. Using old fashioned terminology would be no closer to what people in Tamriel would actually speak, and it would be inconvenient for the audience.

4) I do agree that the formality and seriousness of the dialogue needs to be appropriate for the situation, but I don't think "they sound like someone today, not someone from 30+ years ago" is the same as objecting to a character not taking the situation seriously.

Thought it was nice. Wish you have the option to hug your companion. Plus wish I had the gift for Miri as well.

Radiate77 wrote: »

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!

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.

Radiate77 wrote: »

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!

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.