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Re: Werewolf Update From The Combat Refresh Team
Is there a difference between male and female?
Extremely minor, but yes.
The core (very faint) differences appear to be the following:
Shorter Snout
Longer Tail
Slimmer Stomach
Slightly more fur/hair around the neck.
coop500
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Re: U50 Feedback Thread for New Favors System
What parts of the system worked toward a positive play experience?
It was nice to see something new in 3 of the base game zones.
If any, what suggested improvements do you have for the Favors system, based on your time engaging with the system?
The tasks requested by the favors are just too mundane to be interesting, at least the day one tasks. One was a fetch quest and another was to kill a delve boss. If they build up to something more, that might be ok, but I'd definitely like to see more interesting challenges with more interesting rewards.
Did you have an issues engaging with Favors?
Nope
Please provide any additional feedback for Favors.
While the daily rewards might be appropriate for the tasks, neither are compelling. I was hoping for a system that was worth engaging with for its own sake, but right now this feels like little more than a chore that I'll probably do just long enough to get a capstone reward and then ignore it forever.
It was nice to see something new in 3 of the base game zones.
If any, what suggested improvements do you have for the Favors system, based on your time engaging with the system?
The tasks requested by the favors are just too mundane to be interesting, at least the day one tasks. One was a fetch quest and another was to kill a delve boss. If they build up to something more, that might be ok, but I'd definitely like to see more interesting challenges with more interesting rewards.
Did you have an issues engaging with Favors?
Nope
Please provide any additional feedback for Favors.
While the daily rewards might be appropriate for the tasks, neither are compelling. I was hoping for a system that was worth engaging with for its own sake, but right now this feels like little more than a chore that I'll probably do just long enough to get a capstone reward and then ignore it forever.
Kalam0n
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Re: Sheogorath as a one-dimensional character
I return from my journey with arms full of cheese wheels and at least a few missing marbles.
Every quest mentions cheese. You cannot escape the cheese. That said, the narrative compels me at current.
I do wish that it had less cheese but I think it’s too late to remove most of it.
Every quest mentions cheese. You cannot escape the cheese. That said, the narrative compels me at current.
I do wish that it had less cheese but I think it’s too late to remove most of it.
Soarora
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Re: Tomes weekly challenges too much work
The OP seems to be taking this entirely too seriously. "Optimal" in their view is the old economist bit about there being no bills left on the sidewalk, but as soon as "optimal" enters the conversation, then it stops being entertainment and becomes a business. Are they playing to be entertained or are they playing to accumulate goodies which have no value outside of the game? He who has the most toys when the servers shut down is not the winner.
Re: Tomes weekly challenges too much work
If you're doing a full seven (or six if you don't have Summerset for JC) on 20 characters every day, you're probably getting a decent amount of Surveys. Use those to help with any mat harvesting Challenges you get.
I do agree that a lot of the specific ones (like having to kill specific kinds of Atronach) are more annoying. A lot of the specific ones should be generic (kill X number of Atronachs, kill X WB, do the Group Event in X Public Dungeon, etc), because as it is funneling people into the same limited area makes for VERY frustrating incidents of not getting credit for certain kills, waiting for mobs/bosses to respawn instead of being able to go to different places, and so on.
It also makes it easier to achieve because someone might do a lot of WBs but only in a specific Zone, or they might farm a certain Public Dungeon for things and be able to do the Group Event there. Forcing people into specific areas has never been a popular and ZOS knows this so I don't get why they keep doing it.
Especially since there are generic ones like "Clear a Trial" and you aren't forced into doing specific ones. Why be forced into doing specific WBs or Public Dungeons?
I do agree that a lot of the specific ones (like having to kill specific kinds of Atronach) are more annoying. A lot of the specific ones should be generic (kill X number of Atronachs, kill X WB, do the Group Event in X Public Dungeon, etc), because as it is funneling people into the same limited area makes for VERY frustrating incidents of not getting credit for certain kills, waiting for mobs/bosses to respawn instead of being able to go to different places, and so on.
It also makes it easier to achieve because someone might do a lot of WBs but only in a specific Zone, or they might farm a certain Public Dungeon for things and be able to do the Group Event there. Forcing people into specific areas has never been a popular and ZOS knows this so I don't get why they keep doing it.
Especially since there are generic ones like "Clear a Trial" and you aren't forced into doing specific ones. Why be forced into doing specific WBs or Public Dungeons?
Arunei
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Re: April 20th Vengeance Only..
Necrotech_Master wrote: »Who exactly is logging in for lag, ball groups, proc sets, and one shots? Not me.It's not a viable alternative to the normal live GH the PvP community logs in to play.
I'm hearing they are moving forward with GH and Vengeance as the only two campaigns. I think this is a sound move, we are long overdue to condense the queue.
Queue last night was 130. You are a very small minority of PvP players that like vengeance...which won't bring back the days before people knew who the toxic ones were to be avoided.
this is what makes no sense to me, 120 people is a full poplock of a 2nd campaign, if every single one of those people went to blackreach, it would be poplocked with queue too (assuming all factions had similar queues)
if the queue to grey host is over like 20-30, i sometimes wont even bother queuing for it because why wait in a queue when theres another campaign without a queue
Honestly, I think that the the proliferation of add-ons and other methods to keep you logged into your queue while IRL AFK for long periods of time contribute a lot to this effect.
That is a domain that I really would not mind some developer attention toward.
Re: Two things I want most for Sorcerer 'Rework'
wolfdoggie_ESO wrote: »When you go over Sorcerer stuff please consider:
1. Please remove the transparency effect to Hurricane, I've never liked never being able to see my character ever again in combat. It'd also be nice if Hurricane was actually like a Hurricane with water+lightning effects too, but more than anything I've always wanted to remove the transparency effect. I don't wanna play a ghost.
2. Sorcerer in this game just lacks any actual nuke spells that go "I'm a powerful mage" to anyone. As a Dragon's Dogma enthusiast it's very underwelming. We have a small crystal we hurl at something and it breaks and that's pretty much it for high damage nukes.
Well frags used to be a nuke, but by modern standards its starting to not hold up. If a burst skill doesn't do beyond ult level damage, while giving major buffs, while giving multiple passives it is not good enough. Just go look at merciless for your example.....oh and it can fire 2x or 3x in a row if you want.
Re: U50 Feedback Thread for Class Mastery
RedKynAbyss wrote: »VinnyGambini wrote: »Just tested out pyrebrand DK, and it's absolutely terryfying.
Pyrebrand was nerfed 30%, but new passive increases its dmg by 300%, while also adding additional dot. From my calculations (confirmed by testing) 100% - 30% = 70%. 70% * 300% = 210%. So basically pyrebrand damage is DOUBLED and additional dot is ticking. ALSO new passive stacks are generated by PYREBRAND. So by just LA (not casting any skills!!!) you can get AMAZING dps.
Meanwhile reffering to my previous templar post, aetheric lancer got 4 second longer duration, for better uptime. Comparing to pyrebrand and new passive synergy, I cannot really find words how unfair it looks.
From my todays PVP testing - DK, serpent disdain warden and sorcerer are very strong, while arcanist, nb and templar are absolute garbage. I haven't tested PvE, but I'm quite sure situation is quite similar.
You don’t get all of that power by *just* light attacking. You need to BUILD wildfire stacks FIRST, then you get the powerful DoT. Pyrebrand will be even weaker in PvP now because it is INCREDIBLY easy to stop it from getting stronger by just cleansing any wildfire stacks that are on you. If you don’t have wildfire on you, then Pyrebrand is functionally useless. You’re overreacting to this, quite severely. If you’re fighting a DK, even before their rework or Pyrebrand, or Wildfire, you NEEDED a cleanse or you would get melted. That has always been the answer to fighting a DK in PvP, cleansing their DoTs. Pyrebrand changes with Wildfire have not changed that mentality at all.
So everyone should run Mara's Balm to have a chance against DK dots? Cleanses are rare, weak and otherwise expensive. And Mara has a long cooldown.
There is no cleansing DK dots for any length of time for any normal player.
Dracane
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Re: Sorcerer rework, new class, new systems, house building, and various improvements for ESO
I feel the vision for sorcerer was someone standing on a hill at the side of a battle, raining down lightning, sending curses from afar, sending minor daedra into the fight to do actual fighting- and if someone got close, speeding away out of danger.
So that's fine as a vision, but, absolutely not how fighting in trials or dungeons work, and not how pvp works anymore.
I just feel they need a new vision of what this sorcerer person fights like, how they approach a battle. What is the role of a sorc in a fight? In a war?
Then it's what skills they call upon. Elemental? Conjuring? Dark?
Then it's, what actually those skills need to be doing, in terms of offensive vs defensive, heal vs dd, burst, dots, then buffs and effects etc.
P.s wardens are about green and living, and frost because that is death to plants and wild animals. They do not need lightning, nor does it fit. Nor should you take from sorc the one thing that makes that class worthwhile. May as well delete it, if you take lightning off it.
So that's fine as a vision, but, absolutely not how fighting in trials or dungeons work, and not how pvp works anymore.
I just feel they need a new vision of what this sorcerer person fights like, how they approach a battle. What is the role of a sorc in a fight? In a war?
Then it's what skills they call upon. Elemental? Conjuring? Dark?
Then it's, what actually those skills need to be doing, in terms of offensive vs defensive, heal vs dd, burst, dots, then buffs and effects etc.
P.s wardens are about green and living, and frost because that is death to plants and wild animals. They do not need lightning, nor does it fit. Nor should you take from sorc the one thing that makes that class worthwhile. May as well delete it, if you take lightning off it.
