twisttop138 wrote: »

There should 100% be challenging content for people that can't or don't want to do vet. It's the newest dlc dungeon and we're in the era where dps are doing crazy numbers.

Um. You realize that the power creep isn't free, right? ZOS didn't press a button to magically make everyone's attacks do X% more damage. You have to do things to claim that power. You need to subclass. You need to update your gear. You need to make sure you have a proper build. If you don't do any of that, if you are still running a pureclass mag NB with False God and Mother's Sorrow like it's 2019, then you will still be doing damage like it's 2019 and there's been absolutely zero power creep for you (actually, there's been a slight power nerf).

The people who are "doing crazy numbers" are keeping up with the meta. They're reading build guides, updating their gear, playing around with subclassing, and... wait, are you sure that these are people who "can't or don't want to do vet"? Because people who do that don't belong in normals in the first place.

You have no idea what kind of people normal content is actually supposed to target. They're people who play casually, who don't update their builds, and who put skills on because it sounds nice, not because they read a guide. Or maybe they're experienced players, but leveling a character with a RND, so that character doesn't yet have a proper gear and skills. Or maybe a new player who hasn't collected the gear and is still wearing a mish-mash of stuff that they found and who doesn't know that this specific dungeon is newer and harder than the others they've seen.

If people want a challenge, that's why vet and vet HM exists.

For the record, I'm the kind of person who only does DLC dungeons on vet HM. Normals (and even regular vet) are not intended for me, so why would I want to have normal difficulty jacked out of the comfort zone for people that normals are actually intended for?

twisttop138 wrote: »

You can make the argument that it's harder than other dlc dungeons, sure. Agreed. But there is no reason to nerf it.

I dunno, "out of line with expectations" sounds like a good reason to me.



(I do want to clarify, though, that I don't completely fault ZOS for the poor balance of normal Naj. The kinds of people who test new DLC dungeons on PTS are probably not the kind of people who the normal mode is intended for, so I feel like normal doesn't get much testing and feedback as a result. Personally, all the feedback that I gave during PTS was for vet HM and I never set foot in normal until well after the live release.)

I havent played pvp in forever specifically because of how messed up GH is...so I am actually very much looking forward to the new server. Maybe I will pop into pvp again.

L_Nici wrote: »

Its not just that they disable Grey Host in that week once more, but also with Update 50 and the big PvP reward system, the first 30!!!! ranks are basically Vengeance only rewards. They keep forcing it onto us, they do not listen, that the majority of PvP players do not want Vengeance. Its just PvE people liking it, because then they can just jump in, change nothing and be good at it.
When Vengeance PvE rules for Trifecta btw? I don't want to change my build for that and I expect to be able to do it with absolutely no effort, thank you.

Oh no, we wouldn't want a balanced playing field. Like every other pvp mode in other pvp games ever. That would be awwwful.

Kartalin wrote: »

During its last appearance on PCNA, Vengeance suffered the same issue that plagued and ultimately defeated no proc PVP: As soon as the populations reach a certain level of imbalance, it becomes impossible to play against massive numbers as an underdog.

Yeah during my playtests the limited build options forces the entire camp into a numbers game. Whoever has the higher pop in one area wins - which isn't fun.

A zerg fest just stinks.

I know theres a big anti-flap sentiment on the forums but… as a flap enthusiast (provided they’re not clipping… which can be a problem), I wish more things had back flaps too. Just the front looks incredibly awkward. Would be nice if we ever get a tasset toggle to be able to add back flaps on styles missing them, not just turn them all off.

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Why do you enjoy Damage Sponges? having to hit an enemy 100 times is not engaging combat, I get the enemies dealing more damage to you so you have to dodge attacks and move around but why do we do less damage to them? why not make all fights as realistic as can be and make it so being stabbed once = death regardless of if you're the player or an NPC.

For many of us it's not about wanting damage sponges. It's about the big evils that are built up over entire stories falling over when light attacked a couple of times with absolutely no threat or danger at all.

For the entire base game, and the first few DLCs you'd spend 40 hours exploring an area, getting the vibe, listening to all the stories, then sneezing on the end boss to kill him while he posed no threat at all.

It's too far in the other direction. It's to easy. There's no stakes to anything. When every single story feels like it could be done by Bill the cabbage farmer, then what's the point?