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Re: Public Dungeons do not count as "foes" for the new tome challenge? Why?
nwilliams2107b16_ESO wrote: »Seriously, Delves, Group Dungeons, Dungeons, Trials anything you enter from the zone should count. Ludicrous they don’t.
I disagree about anything that drops its own gear sets and doesn't drop the location zone's gear sets-- i.e., group dungeons, trials, and arenas. Delves and public dungeons are a different matter, since they drop the location zone's gear sets and are thus "sub-zones" of the location zone.
Re: Health cost skills changes please?
Keep your eyes peeled for the future Nightblade update, they might just be changing everything.
Kalthea
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Re: When you can't ignore tanks in Cyrodiil
You need a negate, then a medium sized group can burn the tank down
Re: When you can't ignore tanks in Cyrodiil
Debuff them with stuff like defile (the scribing skill wield soul can inflict Major Defile for 10s and can be combined with disease damage for chance at also adding Minor Defile), Snake in the Stars, Jerall Mountains Warchief, and then just apply constant damage. Knight Slayer can be fun, too (especially if you're with friends who are also running it, because then you can start to layer 8% of max health as oblivion damage on a single target).
If debuffs and defile don't work, you may have to combine those with an immobilize and negate.
Sometimes, a well-timed Star Venom/Negate is enough, though.
If debuffs and defile don't work, you may have to combine those with an immobilize and negate.
Sometimes, a well-timed Star Venom/Negate is enough, though.
Re: putting it out there now: night market time limit
But at that rate you're essentially part of the group, NOT playing on your own. Also on the PTS at least the popcap for each instance is only 36, so even if you were just kind of tagging along behind a group and letting them handle most of the stuff so you can get your own done without messing with the mobs, you have to find that group and, like you said, hope they're heading the same way you are. Otherwise that might BE the only group you even run into, depending on how many people are part of it.I assumed their plan was for solo players to tag along behind a group, getting to where they were going in the time between the group clearing enemies and them respawning.
Which doesn't sound fun for anyone, but would technically work if there's enough groups or you get lucky and one is heading in the right direction at the same time you are.
Yeah, we'll just have to see how it is once it hits live. But on the PTS I was not only NOT able to survive more than like 3 seconds, I couldn't even put a tiny dent in the HP of the mobs before I went down. Couldn't reduce it by even a fraction, let alone kill any of them. That's NOT content that most solo players, even experienced ones, can handle. It's like every mob in a trash pack is the same strength as a World Boss or something.It was awful on the PTS. The initial reveal livestream said it was meant to ""encourage"" grouping but was also meant to be for everyone, including experienced solo players. That was NOT the case, grouping was basically required unless you were one of the 1% of players who can parse like 180+k or something. I have an Oakensorc and she doesn't whip out the highest damage but she has solid survivability and does solid DPS. I was getting absolutely annihilated by the first trash pack in literal seconds.The night market (as far as i am aware) will return in autumn, and if the player feedback is positive, it may become permanent addition to the game.
I heard that they apparently claimed they're toning the difficulty down for live. I really hope that's the case and it's more in line with like a Vet Dungeon rather than a HM Trial or something, or else I expect there will NOT be a good reception for it.
Yeah like, nobody's asking for Overland or Normal Faceroll Dungeon difficulty, a vet dungeon difficulty level, at least for the trash enemies seems fair, especially with how instantly they respawn, and how punishing death is and having to spawn up on that platform. This would make it a little less insufferable to have a FOMO grindy mode.
So long as they adjust the difficulty to where it's not "look at something too stern and it dies" but also not "something looks at YOU too sternly and you impode", I imagine it would get a decent amount of activity and they could add new stuff every couple of Seasons to keep it fresh. But if it isn't toned down enough from how it was on the PTS, I don't see it getting enough milage/positive feedback for it to become a permanent thing.
Arunei
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Re: Sorcerer Class Mastery Discussion
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
I am actually looking forward to the sustain because of pvp and my pve tank. This will be very useful and high on my list.
FONT OF POWER
Love this is pure power based. Fits sorcerer very well. Looking forward to this one the most.
IMPLOSION
Interesting concept, though only relevant to DD and execute specific. We do not know how strong this will be but low on my list right now.
EFFICIENT DEFENSE
Sounds more like a buffer/parry system, need to test it. If it works with any sorc skill and not just channeling skills this might be very strong. Though less confident about this one where and when I would use it.
PARALLEL PROTECTION.
Sorc should be masters of shields, and this one fits very well. My only concern is the sorc kit really only has self shielding, so this requires external "help" to make the group utility work.
They need to be useful in PvE/PvP and role based so you cannot please everyone I guess.
In general I love the direction and think the Sorc passive makes sense for the identity but obviously the values are not final and hopefully there will be a dialogue for PTS where feedback that matters will be considered.
I am actually looking forward to the sustain because of pvp and my pve tank. This will be very useful and high on my list.
FONT OF POWER
Love this is pure power based. Fits sorcerer very well. Looking forward to this one the most.
IMPLOSION
Interesting concept, though only relevant to DD and execute specific. We do not know how strong this will be but low on my list right now.
EFFICIENT DEFENSE
Sounds more like a buffer/parry system, need to test it. If it works with any sorc skill and not just channeling skills this might be very strong. Though less confident about this one where and when I would use it.
PARALLEL PROTECTION.
Sorc should be masters of shields, and this one fits very well. My only concern is the sorc kit really only has self shielding, so this requires external "help" to make the group utility work.
They need to be useful in PvE/PvP and role based so you cannot please everyone I guess.
In general I love the direction and think the Sorc passive makes sense for the identity but obviously the values are not final and hopefully there will be a dialogue for PTS where feedback that matters will be considered.
Yudo
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Re: It's time to NERF new DK.
It is perfectly fine where it is. Do not convince ZOS to go back to their reactionary *** they've done in the past that has exhausting negative effects on everyone's future in the game.
No it's not.
They decided to update the classes?
Great idea.
They decided to do it one by one, increasing the feeling of imbalance?
That's their choice, but now they have to live with it.
Would you rather them wait 2 years to do it all at once and keep the previous meta broken for the next two years or would you rather have incremental class domination so that it's a little bit more fresh?
They could perfectly well have improved the class without creating such an imbalance.
Uh no, they couldn't have, because the rest of the classes are underpowered based on the fact they need refreshes, and since Dragonknight came first... That's why the other classes are underpowered. Because they also need refreshes. The solution is to... Continue refreshing the classes, not nerf the dragonknight back to what it was before the refreshes... Because then when the next refresh comes, everyone will complain that the DK is now underpowered, and then they'll have to buff it back up again anyways.
This type of *** should be saved for after all the refreshes, because otherwise it's just going to be a pointless endeavor anyways. You're asking for something that gets essentially overwritten in 5 months bro.
I can't wait to see you complain about Warden in PVP in 5 months. See you then!
Faltasë
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Re: I’m not convinced that these battle passes are a good fit for ESO.
DenverRalphy wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »I'm convinced these are not a good fit for ESO. ESO was about the story, not doing tasks for cosmetics. The day Tomes became active is the day ESO was no longer recognizable as the same game to me.
The tomes system has nothing to do with the content. If you're only or primarily in it for the story, there story is still there. This new 1000 kills in Wrothgar? While so many are complaining about grinding it out, I instead chose to take an alt into Wrothgar and re-do the questline since I haven't done it in a while. I'm enjoying the story, it doesn't feel like a grind, and I'm rapidly carving through the 1000 kills organically. Other weekly passes are getting completed along the way as well. I'm not playing the battlepass, I'm playing the game.
It's what you make of it.
I've never finished wrothgar and a few other zones. I like this cause it's giving me an incentive to do these zones finally. Also, I can grab all my surveys that been piling up and do those as well.
I've also been just exploring and finding quests or lore books I missed as well. Even having a small laugh watching everyone just running around rampid trying to get there count of the 1000 mobs task done.
Re: What happened to Character Stats in Battlegrounds?
U50 Battlegrounds are bugged. I don't believe @ZOS_Kevin or anyone else has commented on it yet, despite numerous posts about the topic. As far as we can tell, level scaling is being disabled in u50 BGs, meaning that if you are a low level (10-25) you'll have much lower stats than someone in the 40-50 range.
The single best way to replace light attack weaving
Since there’s word of reworking combat this year:
I want to preface by saying that animation cancelling started off as an unintended bug that was later embraced. Ever since, ZOS has tried to build around this bug which is more akin to treating the symptom rather than the cause. It’s time we move past light attack weaving especially since more players are going to be coming to ESO as a result of all the great changes to come. Who would not want those new players to know what's going on in combat sooner rather than discovering light attack weaving many eons later?
The single best way to replace light attack weaving would be to introduce a built-in timed input system tied directly to abilities, where each skill creates a short, visible timing window that rewards precise follow-up inputs with bonus damage, faster animations, or resource return. Instead of relying on animation canceling and inserting light attacks between every skill, players would focus on hitting these timing windows to “chain” abilities together efficiently, preserving the high skill ceiling while making the system more intuitive, consistent across different ping conditions, and free from addon dependence. This approach keeps the core idea of rewarding rhythm and mastery but turns it into something intentional and readable, rather than a hidden mechanic that players have to learn indirectly.
I want to preface by saying that animation cancelling started off as an unintended bug that was later embraced. Ever since, ZOS has tried to build around this bug which is more akin to treating the symptom rather than the cause. It’s time we move past light attack weaving especially since more players are going to be coming to ESO as a result of all the great changes to come. Who would not want those new players to know what's going on in combat sooner rather than discovering light attack weaving many eons later?
The single best way to replace light attack weaving would be to introduce a built-in timed input system tied directly to abilities, where each skill creates a short, visible timing window that rewards precise follow-up inputs with bonus damage, faster animations, or resource return. Instead of relying on animation canceling and inserting light attacks between every skill, players would focus on hitting these timing windows to “chain” abilities together efficiently, preserving the high skill ceiling while making the system more intuitive, consistent across different ping conditions, and free from addon dependence. This approach keeps the core idea of rewarding rhythm and mastery but turns it into something intentional and readable, rather than a hidden mechanic that players have to learn indirectly.
Nyseto
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