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Re: Why is there a timer at the end of a dungeon?
Agreed! I have often wished for this. It used to be much worse, however -- the timer used to be only a few seconds and there would not even be time to turn in the quest often, if everyone else immediately left.
On a related note, I would also like the option to opt out of getting immediately pulled to a boss as soon as the speed runner arrives at it. I often get pulled away from a chest I am opening, loot I am collecting, or trash mobs I am fighting. I am glad the option for the pull exists (so you can still get credit for the last boss even when there is a speed runner) but it should not be obligatory.
On a related note, I would also like the option to opt out of getting immediately pulled to a boss as soon as the speed runner arrives at it. I often get pulled away from a chest I am opening, loot I am collecting, or trash mobs I am fighting. I am glad the option for the pull exists (so you can still get credit for the last boss even when there is a speed runner) but it should not be obligatory.
Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Crown Store Showcase—April 2026"
@ZOS_Kevin Is the price change for this costume pack intended? Because it used to be 700/560 Crowns.
Re: Is Mesh network PvP the future of cyrodil
MincMincMinc wrote: »As we saw in the livestreams zos is designing a one keep campaign. Where we have three spawn zones surrounding a single keep with a river going around it. There are bridges for bridge fights, and outside the river are resource nodes to contest. We know to solve the pvp lag issues they are simply reducing the player population again to account for the ballooning game code.
The real question is whether zos is going to take this mini keep campaign and go further with it. Theoretically they could distribute the playerbase across multiple mini zones each controlled by their own server to distribute the lag. Imagine if we took cyrodil and made a hex grid across the map. Then every hex was its own server where you could run between and swap to. Thus they could cut down the lag of a server in half or more depending how many keep fights are going on. If they were really smart they would probably disband the 3 faction concept and find ways to prevent massive singularity events where everyone in the campaign winds up at a single keep.
Ive been wondering about this for a while. But not on such a large scale. Like they said they cant give us large scale pvp with minimal lag and no changes to what we have access to. But i dont expect large scale combat with minimal lag. I just want to be able to have a 5 player fight at allessia and not be impacted by the massive zerg fight at chalmen. And i dont see why they cant give us that at least. Some form of lag during massive fights is expected, at least if you have any experience in large scale fights in any mmo. Maybe not always esos notorious, and abysmal, ability delay. But extreme FPS drops can be bad as well.
But i was thinking maybe they could split cyro into parts, with like a load screen in separating both halves. But thats just a thought, regardless i feel like they should be able to, at least, give us better performance away from massive fights in cyrodiil.
Lagzee
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Re: Werewolves should exceed Movement Speed Cap
I have over 7K hours into the game and play mostly for werewolf too, so this ain't a 'lack of experience' thing.
Folks gotta understand that the model is bigger now, we're not a tiny little ratdog running around anymore, thank goodness. We're a big beast, but that speed may FEEL slower as a result. Maybe a passive isn't working, there's already a combat one that doesn't. BUT I don't think werewolf needs to be as fast as a mount, that has varying balance issues that people aren't thinking about.
Folks gotta understand that the model is bigger now, we're not a tiny little ratdog running around anymore, thank goodness. We're a big beast, but that speed may FEEL slower as a result. Maybe a passive isn't working, there's already a combat one that doesn't. BUT I don't think werewolf needs to be as fast as a mount, that has varying balance issues that people aren't thinking about.
coop500
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for New Item Sets
The point was made in SkinnyCheeks' stream that it would be a good idea to also change the underwhelming 2-4 piece bonuses for common trial support DD sets so that wearing them feels like less of a personal penalty/being "in jail".
A quick list would include:
Martial Knowledge -> change 2-piece bonus of Max Mag (to Weapon Damage?)
Elemental Catalyst -> change 2- and 4-piece bonuses of Max Mag (to Crit Chance?)
Z'ens -> change 2-piece bonus of Mag Regen and 4-piece bonus of Max Mag (to Weapon Damage?)
As an aside, the trend of going back and changing the bonuses on old sets is SUCH a huge W for the game and its positive momentum. It is one of those relatively small things that really makes it feel as though the current team "gets it" and is attentively listening to pain points and responding.
A quick list would include:
Martial Knowledge -> change 2-piece bonus of Max Mag (to Weapon Damage?)
Elemental Catalyst -> change 2- and 4-piece bonuses of Max Mag (to Crit Chance?)
Z'ens -> change 2-piece bonus of Mag Regen and 4-piece bonus of Max Mag (to Weapon Damage?)
As an aside, the trend of going back and changing the bonuses on old sets is SUCH a huge W for the game and its positive momentum. It is one of those relatively small things that really makes it feel as though the current team "gets it" and is attentively listening to pain points and responding.
Re: Engulfing Dragonfire
Are engulfing set ups running talons it’s a 5 second dot so might allow to make up some ground to whip set ups?
Yes, pretty sure the Hyper build I used did. Breath parsed well on a stationary dummy, but in content, the melee aspect/range of breath was quite limited for me. Still probably stronger than heavy attacks but arcanist beams were more comfortable. I have also played arc more, so that is probably part of it.
Breath builds are getting zos'd from multiple directions. Welcome to the heavy attack enjoyers struggle.
Re: Can we please have some "down time"?
The OP has a point.
This isn’t just “people overthinking it” — it’s a real, well-understood design strategy used in games and apps.
What’s happening is a mix of a few known psychological effects:
The Zeigarnik Effect — unfinished tasks stick in your mind and create a sense of tension until they’re completed
Loss Aversion — the feeling of missing out is stronger than the reward of gaining something
FOMO — time-limited tasks create pressure even if you don’t really care about the reward
When you stack systems like long grinds + limited-time pursuits + unclear or bugged tracking, you end up with multiple “open loops” sitting in the background.
Even if you consciously think:
“I don’t care about this”
your brain still registers:
“this is unfinished”
And that creates a low-level pressure to go and clear it.
So telling people to “just ignore it” or “snap out of it” misses the point — this is exactly how these systems are designed to work. They rely on normal human behaviour, not lack of willpower.
The result isn’t motivation — it’s fatigue.
You stop choosing what you want to do, and start clearing things just to make the noise go away.
That’s why people are asking for downtime — not less content, just space to actually play on their own terms again.
This isn’t just “people overthinking it” — it’s a real, well-understood design strategy used in games and apps.
What’s happening is a mix of a few known psychological effects:
The Zeigarnik Effect — unfinished tasks stick in your mind and create a sense of tension until they’re completed
Loss Aversion — the feeling of missing out is stronger than the reward of gaining something
FOMO — time-limited tasks create pressure even if you don’t really care about the reward
When you stack systems like long grinds + limited-time pursuits + unclear or bugged tracking, you end up with multiple “open loops” sitting in the background.
Even if you consciously think:
“I don’t care about this”
your brain still registers:
“this is unfinished”
And that creates a low-level pressure to go and clear it.
So telling people to “just ignore it” or “snap out of it” misses the point — this is exactly how these systems are designed to work. They rely on normal human behaviour, not lack of willpower.
The result isn’t motivation — it’s fatigue.
You stop choosing what you want to do, and start clearing things just to make the noise go away.
That’s why people are asking for downtime — not less content, just space to actually play on their own terms again.
Taarente
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Bloodroot forge - Hand Wrought Victory Achievement bugged
4 times we did this on vet last night. noone touched the synergy's noone even synergiesed on a skill, lets alone the crucible or cauldron - achievement never popped for any of us.
server : xbox EU
server : xbox EU
MJallday
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for New Item Sets
Set is fully backbarable, buff scales dynamically.
so you will slot funnel health and soul tether backbar? /facepalmAh yes, and while I am at it, cost reduction is a very effective sustain tool.
What cost are you going to reduce on back bar, siphoning attacks that cost health? You get ZERO sustain from this set.Set is cool now. Can stay this way. Don't do anything drastic. After 2.5 years you might now actually have found a good, fair and thematically fitting design for this set.
You are not going to use this set because there are a gazillion better sets to run, you know it, i know it. You whole goal is to make sure the set remains irrelevant.
I'm done with this dicussion, this set may drain my ultimate but you are draining my IQ with this discussion.
This is completely besides the point. I merely pointed out the functionality can pretty much come close to ET, by granting an even more controlled trigger for a %-damage buff. Your response to that was that it wasn't comparable, because ET is backbar-able, but so is the new damage buff on Soulcleaver. You can double-bar or single-bar it, whichever serves the purpose of your build best. Whether as a back-bar heal-set with carry-over damage buff, or a front-bar only offense, or a double-barred body set (as mostly on live).t.
- you suggest its comparable to ET
- i explain is not because ET is backbareable, provides a strong sustain buff on top of the damage
- you reply soulclever is backbareable too
- i explain why it doesnt make sense backbar
- "thats besides the point"
/facepalm
Let it go, you can't pull two arguments that make sense or dont contradict each other.
Nightblade's burst heal is in the siphoning skill line, so casting Healthy Offering while soul cleaver is back barred is going to do the following
- Heal you for 15% more at a 15% cost reduction
- Give you Major Vitality
- Drain 1 Ultimate
- Give you X% Damage done for 12 seconds
That lets the set be back barred.
Of course the set will be more effective double barred. I double bar this set on live and it makes swallow soul deal the same amount of damage as concealed weapon which opens up the the possibility of being able to play a ranged magblade. The change to this set is a good one and I'm hoping it makes it to live because it's going to make range magblade more viable to play. Double barring this set may seem like a disadvantage because it makes you squishy, but you can use range for survivability, as well as swallow soul healing for a good amount per hit.
The build isn't 2 button proc cheese meta that you see duelers using on PTS currently, but it's definitely an effective build that does good damage and will be even more effective now with the changes. The majority of people you see in cyrodiil and BGs don't know how to react when they're getting hit by what's effectively concealed weapon at ranged along with impale to finish them when they're trying to run.
Estin
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Re: Why Soloed Dungeons are forbidden in the new Golden Pursuit??
SilverBride wrote: »Pushing and forcing players into groups is just going to push them away.
it works, too.
my playtime on eso has dropped from hours to minutes almost overnight.
working as intended?
So...the existence of optional tasks for cosmetics made you lose interest in whatever you were just spending hours on just yesterday? Seems odd.
not at all, it's been cumulative.
after twelve years, this latest 'feature' tipped it, though.
Lylith
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