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Re: Nightblade Tanks
Damage Shields and tanking do not go together. Lets say you are blocking an incoming hit that is 100,000 damage raw, and you have maximum mitigation in doing so, which is around 97.5%.
You therefore take 2,500 damage.
Now lets say you throw up a 15,000 damage shield. On the same hit, the 100,000 becomes 85,000 and at 97.5% mitigation you take 2,125 damage.
A difference of 375 damage is meaningless given the self-healing and healer over-healing that goes on. It just doesn't matter.
That said, you want a taunt and damage shield - that's what the one handed weapon skill line is for.
You therefore take 2,500 damage.
Now lets say you throw up a 15,000 damage shield. On the same hit, the 100,000 becomes 85,000 and at 97.5% mitigation you take 2,125 damage.
A difference of 375 damage is meaningless given the self-healing and healer over-healing that goes on. It just doesn't matter.
That said, you want a taunt and damage shield - that's what the one handed weapon skill line is for.
Re: Nightblade Tanks
Does damage shield even make sense on tanks? Last time I tanked (pretty long ago), shields received damage before the reduction by block, and disappeared immediately in vet trials. Which seems quite useless for their mana cost.
Replacing the second "trap" morph of the fear with an aoe taunt sounds like an interesting idea.
Replacing the second "trap" morph of the fear with an aoe taunt sounds like an interesting idea.
Re: Anyone find the new DK visual design utterly DOMINATES the visual field in every group fight now?
I am okay that DK are the visual starchilds of ESO now.
But the visuals will probably be toned down anyway, older refreshs will be adjusted with the newer ones, and it will be a better world for everyone.
Fingers crossed.
But the visuals will probably be toned down anyway, older refreshs will be adjusted with the newer ones, and it will be a better world for everyone.
Fingers crossed.
Re: Night Market - Week One Notes
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Such people likely enjoy doing this type of content because the rewards for the dungeons and trials are not good.
That's true of all content in the game, including zones. But look how angry people got that there is no new zone even though zones empty out a couple weeks after release without new rewards being added. That's the reason they stagger zone rewards.
It's not because zones are unsuccessful or that people didn't enjoy doing them. Zones have already been confirmed as the single most popular content in the game years ago. It is because people have finished them and there's not much reason to immediately replay things you have been playing for a couple weeks, even if you enjoyed yourself.
We have numbers that COULD be inflated because of the way getting Keys seems to work. Like I said before, it's possible people aren't doing certain content because that's what they WANT to be doing, it's because they HAVE to in order to do the Dungeons/Trials. We have no way of knowing how much of that Favor is gotten because of that, and we have no idea if engagement would fall off at all if the Keys were one-time obtained or able to stack. Even ZOS' data can't tell them WHY people are doing certain content, just that it's being done.
Such people likely enjoy doing this type of content because the rewards for the dungeons and trials are not good.
We can't judge something's success from just a few weeks of it being introduced. Most everything is a success at first. But that doesn't necessarily mean it'll maintain that momentum. We won't have a really accurate picture of how successful it really is until closer to the end of the first run.
That's true of all content in the game, including zones. But look how angry people got that there is no new zone even though zones empty out a couple weeks after release without new rewards being added. That's the reason they stagger zone rewards.
It's not because zones are unsuccessful or that people didn't enjoy doing them. Zones have already been confirmed as the single most popular content in the game years ago. It is because people have finished them and there's not much reason to immediately replay things you have been playing for a couple weeks, even if you enjoyed yourself.
Re: Update 50 PTS – Week 4 Summary
@Arunei - it goes without saying but the Salvation set is equally in a sorry state:
-horrible, non-keystone bonuses for either PvE DPS or your standard PvP build
-a measly 150 wep and spell damage ONLY while transformed (this compared to MANY other ‘specialized’ sets that receive anywhere from 400-600 wep and spell)
-a reduction that I believe only focuses on the initial transformation or at least becomes a moot point after you throw on a whole set providing nothing truly meaningful to fulfill role-based duties
-horrible, non-keystone bonuses for either PvE DPS or your standard PvP build
-a measly 150 wep and spell damage ONLY while transformed (this compared to MANY other ‘specialized’ sets that receive anywhere from 400-600 wep and spell)
-a reduction that I believe only focuses on the initial transformation or at least becomes a moot point after you throw on a whole set providing nothing truly meaningful to fulfill role-based duties
Wuuffyy
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Night Market - the REAL issue with grouping
TL;DR: group leaders should be visible on the Night Market map in real-time.
I've seen a lot of discussion around about the group-heavy nature of the Night Market. The solo-player camp has been frustrated with the difficulty and feels alienated and locked out of doing the content, and the group-player camp has generally been dismissive of those concerns due to their familiarity with the grouping aspect of the game.
I am an endgame raider, with all of the Trials trifecta achievements; I'm no stranger to the concept of grouping up to get things done. Running around the Night Market in an organized group is by and far my favourite way to approach the content. However, running in organized groups requires scheduling and being rostered in already-established raiding Discord servers, and so when I want to tackle the content in any off-time when there aren't any groups scheduled in my servers, I have no choice but to turn to the in-game Group Finder.
And oh boy, are Group Finder groups a dice roll. Any time that I join one of those, problems arise. Look, I am not expecting levels of play anywhere even close to what I am used to in organized groups, but when I join in with fake tanks who wipe the group by not taunting bosses or damage-dealers who completely ignore basic mechanics (many of which are just recycled from early base-game dungeons), it leaves me with an experience that is barely better than solo play. I then leave the group and look for another, rinse and repeat.
My gripe isn't with bad players; they are an inherent truth to any online game, and I'm always down to help. My issue is that there's no other way to play. Outside of groups, the Night Market feels empty. Any and all groups in any instance I join in seem to be the only one running through the zone. I understand that ZOS has addressed feedback about instance population in their recent Night Market - Week One Notes, but right now the Night Market zone is just missing that signature hustle-and-bustle intrinsic to public dungeons and even the Imperial City.
Thus, my thesis: solo players don't actually dislike grouping up with other players; it's just that the Night Market is not providing a way for them to play without interacting with the Group Finder gamble.
If we want to capture that "signature hustle-and-bustle" for the Night Market, solo players need a way to jump into the action without having to navigate the Group Finder. They need a way to play that retains their player agency without having to commit to a group, all while still contributing to group efforts throughout the zone.
The simplest solution, of course, is to increase the instance size, but since that might bring other balancing issues down the road, I would like to propose another solution: make group leaders visible on the map in real-time.
By making group leaders (and by extension, groups) visible on the map, we solve the "empty zone" issue without needing to increase instances sizes, and would allow for that awesome "zerg" feeling we can find in less-restricted zones. Being able to see the pulse of the zone at a glance transforms the map into a live tool for multiplayer action, allowing players to identify exactly where a district has momentum. This would also allow for any "solo-player" to contribute to group efforts by simply gravitating towards the action, knowing they aren't alone in a district. It would replace that blind Group Finder gamble with the confidence of seeing players already in motion, allowing players to contribute to district objectives without the frustration of feeling like they're the only ones in the instance.
The Night Market doesn't need a change in difficulty; it needs a change in accessibility. If we are provided with the map tools to find the action organically, we can get back to actually playing the game together without being at each other's throats about "this is a group zone just group up". By making active groups visible to everyone in the zone, the Night Market can finally become the bustling, high-energy hub an actual night market is meant to be.
I've seen a lot of discussion around about the group-heavy nature of the Night Market. The solo-player camp has been frustrated with the difficulty and feels alienated and locked out of doing the content, and the group-player camp has generally been dismissive of those concerns due to their familiarity with the grouping aspect of the game.
I am an endgame raider, with all of the Trials trifecta achievements; I'm no stranger to the concept of grouping up to get things done. Running around the Night Market in an organized group is by and far my favourite way to approach the content. However, running in organized groups requires scheduling and being rostered in already-established raiding Discord servers, and so when I want to tackle the content in any off-time when there aren't any groups scheduled in my servers, I have no choice but to turn to the in-game Group Finder.
And oh boy, are Group Finder groups a dice roll. Any time that I join one of those, problems arise. Look, I am not expecting levels of play anywhere even close to what I am used to in organized groups, but when I join in with fake tanks who wipe the group by not taunting bosses or damage-dealers who completely ignore basic mechanics (many of which are just recycled from early base-game dungeons), it leaves me with an experience that is barely better than solo play. I then leave the group and look for another, rinse and repeat.
My gripe isn't with bad players; they are an inherent truth to any online game, and I'm always down to help. My issue is that there's no other way to play. Outside of groups, the Night Market feels empty. Any and all groups in any instance I join in seem to be the only one running through the zone. I understand that ZOS has addressed feedback about instance population in their recent Night Market - Week One Notes, but right now the Night Market zone is just missing that signature hustle-and-bustle intrinsic to public dungeons and even the Imperial City.
Thus, my thesis: solo players don't actually dislike grouping up with other players; it's just that the Night Market is not providing a way for them to play without interacting with the Group Finder gamble.
If we want to capture that "signature hustle-and-bustle" for the Night Market, solo players need a way to jump into the action without having to navigate the Group Finder. They need a way to play that retains their player agency without having to commit to a group, all while still contributing to group efforts throughout the zone.
The simplest solution, of course, is to increase the instance size, but since that might bring other balancing issues down the road, I would like to propose another solution: make group leaders visible on the map in real-time.
By making group leaders (and by extension, groups) visible on the map, we solve the "empty zone" issue without needing to increase instances sizes, and would allow for that awesome "zerg" feeling we can find in less-restricted zones. Being able to see the pulse of the zone at a glance transforms the map into a live tool for multiplayer action, allowing players to identify exactly where a district has momentum. This would also allow for any "solo-player" to contribute to group efforts by simply gravitating towards the action, knowing they aren't alone in a district. It would replace that blind Group Finder gamble with the confidence of seeing players already in motion, allowing players to contribute to district objectives without the frustration of feeling like they're the only ones in the instance.
The Night Market doesn't need a change in difficulty; it needs a change in accessibility. If we are provided with the map tools to find the action organically, we can get back to actually playing the game together without being at each other's throats about "this is a group zone just group up". By making active groups visible to everyone in the zone, the Night Market can finally become the bustling, high-energy hub an actual night market is meant to be.
Re: Next new content?
TheSherryOnTop wrote: »I'm also interested in the new PvP zone they plan to implement, but I really want a Maormer character.
Would require alot of rewriting dialogue in the summerset isles zones
Re: Next new content?
I want to see new Companions. Those don't really fall under the "Assistants" category, though.
I also want to see new systems. But, again, those don't cleanly fit within the "Minigames" category.
I also want to see new systems. But, again, those don't cleanly fit within the "Minigames" category.
