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Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 1 Summary
I believe the reason Sorc is currently too strong is because "Static Reverberation" provides an additional source of damage, which is also observed in CMX where Static Reverberation accounts for a very high percentage of damage.
Perhaps adding a condition "when dealing direct or shock damage" to Static Reverberation could slightly reduce its trigger frequency. Alternatively, adding a 0.5-second cooldown could be implemented.
However, please don't nerf it too harshly, as this is the only viable tool that Sorc has the potential to compete with other classes before its rework at the end of the year, especially after the developers decided to give Major Berserk to Dragoon.
Perhaps adding a condition "when dealing direct or shock damage" to Static Reverberation could slightly reduce its trigger frequency. Alternatively, adding a 0.5-second cooldown could be implemented.
However, please don't nerf it too harshly, as this is the only viable tool that Sorc has the potential to compete with other classes before its rework at the end of the year, especially after the developers decided to give Major Berserk to Dragoon.
Re: A Question to the devs
i asked Jessica about it in the PTS Update post from January:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8412363#Comment_8412363
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8412363#Comment_8412363
ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »only thing i still want to know, since updates will launch at the same time now,
will PlayStation and Xbox ever get to test on a dedicated testing server too?
That's a great question and one I asked as well when we first heard we were moving toward simultaneous releases on all platforms. While it's something we'd love to extend to our console players someday, it's a bit more complicated than just flipping a switch to allow console players access to the PTS server. As the PTS is built now for PC, it's a separate client download even though it uses the same patcher as the PC EU and NA servers. This would mean splitting our build pipeline further, and asking our console players to download an additional client, which isn't ideal or realistic. There may be additional technical hurdles as well. It's possible this is something we could revisit when crossplay comes online in the future.
thank you Jessica, it is nice to know you asked it as well.
The explanation for *why* it is not currently possible is helpful!
i expected it would not be possible currently, but Crossplay might make it possible.
Though i am looking forward to Crossplay regardless of whether or not PTS gets expanded to Consoles.
Re: Please give us "undershirts" or "camisole" Body Markings in multiple colors
I think there is room in this game for those who wish to show themselves off and also for those who want to cover up.
The thing that really made the costume in question interesting for me is it's one of the few that expose the chest so that male characters can show off their tattoos. Too many of the skimpy costumes were designed for women to be exposed, which then necessitated a bra to cover up a bit, and then they decided "in the interest of equality, we'll also make sure the male is in a bra as well." Look at things like the Timbercrow Wanderer, which could easily have lost the sports bra for male barbarians, or the fact that the male Dibellan dancers in the chapel in Anvil use an unobtainable version of the sirwal without the top.
Meanwhile, there are reasons that players would like to cover up as well. The recent wedding dress is beautiful, but not everyone appreciates the JLo cleavage. The Summerset Gala gown is also the most beautiful dress in game, but not everyone appreciates the midriff. The character I have in that gown is one who would prefer to be more covered up, but there's really no other gown that looks that good.
I'd love to have more options on both sides. Give our barbarian dudes more chest-baring stuff, and give our regal ladies more things that are both feminine and covered. I desperately would like Oblivion's Blue Velvet Dress to come in.
The thing that really made the costume in question interesting for me is it's one of the few that expose the chest so that male characters can show off their tattoos. Too many of the skimpy costumes were designed for women to be exposed, which then necessitated a bra to cover up a bit, and then they decided "in the interest of equality, we'll also make sure the male is in a bra as well." Look at things like the Timbercrow Wanderer, which could easily have lost the sports bra for male barbarians, or the fact that the male Dibellan dancers in the chapel in Anvil use an unobtainable version of the sirwal without the top.
Meanwhile, there are reasons that players would like to cover up as well. The recent wedding dress is beautiful, but not everyone appreciates the JLo cleavage. The Summerset Gala gown is also the most beautiful dress in game, but not everyone appreciates the midriff. The character I have in that gown is one who would prefer to be more covered up, but there's really no other gown that looks that good.
I'd love to have more options on both sides. Give our barbarian dudes more chest-baring stuff, and give our regal ladies more things that are both feminine and covered. I desperately would like Oblivion's Blue Velvet Dress to come in.
Future companions - would integration in story quests make sense?
I think it could be more interesting if future companions are integrated in the story quests - e.g. for example with the upcoming new Thieves Guild story questline and then at the end one of the characters that has been an integral part can become your companion?
The benefit would be that you have a much closer relation ship developed to that specific npc over the quest line which i think makes the companion much more interesting and meaningful...
The disadvantage of course is that this npc is still "around" in that specific area / storyquest... but im not sure how relevant that is since your most likely not going to visit there with the character that has run through it?
The benefit would be that you have a much closer relation ship developed to that specific npc over the quest line which i think makes the companion much more interesting and meaningful...
The disadvantage of course is that this npc is still "around" in that specific area / storyquest... but im not sure how relevant that is since your most likely not going to visit there with the character that has run through it?
Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 1 Summary
I'd like to reiterate concerns about Alliance Lock going forward.
You touched on the idea of Grey Host queues being abnormally long once the other campaigns are removed, but I want to reiterate that for those of us that dislike Vengeance, we are going to lose the ability to play a normal Cyrodiil campaign with friends, and for those of us with many different characters across many different alliances, we now will lose the ability to play normal Cyrodiil on the majority of our characters for a month at a time.
Quite frankly, that's unacceptable and there needs to be some sort of workaround for this.
You touched on the idea of Grey Host queues being abnormally long once the other campaigns are removed, but I want to reiterate that for those of us that dislike Vengeance, we are going to lose the ability to play a normal Cyrodiil campaign with friends, and for those of us with many different characters across many different alliances, we now will lose the ability to play normal Cyrodiil on the majority of our characters for a month at a time.
Quite frankly, that's unacceptable and there needs to be some sort of workaround for this.
Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Combat Refresh: Werewolf
Good idea. First I delete Charm and Rushing Agony. Then I revert the whole server to patch 1.3 but with modern gear drop QOL. Everything solved your welcome.Alchimiste1 wrote: »We should balance everything based on xylena’s performance
Didn't Dk still have 100% reflect Scales back then? I remember 1.6 was when ESO got really good.
Dracane
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Re: Lack of communication regarding Eidetic Memory Books bugs
Hey all! We are actively looking at the places where these issues have been reported, and are hitting the fixes as time allows. You'll see the first round in our U50 PTS patch notes.
We are also considering a systemic solve to make it easier for players to access these post-quest, but that tool hasn't been built yet. I would strongly, strongly recommend that when you encounter these issues in-game that you use /bug. This gives us better info on how to track them down/resolve.
First off, thank you for this reply and the work you've done already for this. I greatly appreciate it. I have a thing to point out and a followup question if that's alright.
For the question, will we see more fixes in u50's later weeks or will future fixes be in u51? While a lot of books got fixed for a lot of people, none of my missing books were in this first round unfortunately.
For the heads up for you and your team: there are a few books that have never had a proper sourcing at all. Letter from Aradros and Letter from the Stirk Fellowship have never been found by any of us in game despite years of looking for the former and people looking for the latter since Solstice dropped. Worm Cult Correspondence similarly was only available for people who did not buy the Season of the Worm Cult Pass during their version of the Writhing Wall side quest and anyone who owned the pass had no chance of obtaining it. These three books have been an annoying edge case because they have all been bugged since their release into the game with little to no hope of collecting them.
Thanks again to you and your team for this. We've waited a very long time for this and it makes me very hopeful I can see my 100% lorebook complete for the first time in years.
Emeratis
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Re: Faction lock
Why not break the QOL issue preventing people from playing with friends and make it so you can sign up for whatever faction you want at the start of a campaign on any character. No real reason to still have characters locked to a specific faction anymore. Monetarily zos probably loses more money to people canceling subs and leaving the game for months on end because of their friends being on different factions......versus how much money they make on alliance change tokens.
I also see benefits to changing the campaign time constraints too. Instead of monthly doing a weekly or biweekly campaign makes more sense. The beginning of the campaigns always brought in way more participation. Not to mention with the above alliance choice system you would make it far easier to change alliances to play with friends. Waiting a week is much more appealing than hoping your friends are online in a month from now to play.
This also keeps the faction diehards happy because it prevents quick swapping of guilds during a campaign.
I also see benefits to changing the campaign time constraints too. Instead of monthly doing a weekly or biweekly campaign makes more sense. The beginning of the campaigns always brought in way more participation. Not to mention with the above alliance choice system you would make it far easier to change alliances to play with friends. Waiting a week is much more appealing than hoping your friends are online in a month from now to play.
This also keeps the faction diehards happy because it prevents quick swapping of guilds during a campaign.
Re: Can we please get any information about Tales of Tribute?
Given the premise that all future content will be free to all players, I think it unlikely ToT will see anything substantial until High Isle becomes base game. What it would take for that to happen I have no idea. Greymoor is becoming free to accommodate next year's skyrim zone, so it woud likely require a catalyst of similar significance.
Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Combat Refresh: Werewolf
Okay that must be why he said "StamSorc can't break 8k dps" because he runs 43k hp 35k armor tank builds that can heal 10k hps but can't threaten the WW. He's skilled enough to adapt, a more offensive strat that aims to win the dps race would probably be more effective. That's good for the game if the meta demands players end fights, not indefinitely turtle and reset.dark_hunterxmg wrote: »Yes that player. It's not a dummy parse. I saw it happen in actual fights.
The WW in question is either Pelican or Strepsel. Not a chance anyone here is killing them, considering they have 10k+ DPS, 40k+ HP, and 30k+ armor.
You need 43k HP to tank that, which means losing damage.
you literally just need to slot Shared Pain and Cutting Defense, I've killed them
Also, Shared Pain and Cutting Defense won't do anything to them either. Both of them use the Conservation of Energy passive for their WW builds and stack 40k+ HP. At that HP level, Blood Magic has a 4.5k tooltip before Focused Mending CP and other healing modifiers. Every ability cast will passively proc a 2k-2.5k non crit Blood Magic heal (Battle Spirit's healing reduction accounted for). Unless your Shared Pain + Cutting Defense can somehow eat through ~2.5k-3k HPS, you're not going to make a dent in their health lol.
Go ask them, I was also on a WW when we fought so this particular point is not proving or disproving WW's strength vs other builds. But it does show that you can adapt your build to counter the insane pressure Relequens and the new WW puts out. Yeah 2.5-3k sounds about right for Shared Pain and Cutting Defense. Its the exact same build I use to counter the Rele Pyrebrand Vate DKs
Wait, so the new WW can not only do 7k+ dps but also tank 7k+ dps with a damage(shared pain) set/sets ?
