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Re: Sick of getting punished for having high battleground MMR
There's unfortunately not enough players for the MMR system to work as intended. I can play on a character that hasn't touched BGs in months and still queue into a match with players I see on a character that does several BGs a day. The population is just too low.
It's unfun, especially in 8v8s, but I've come to accept that BGs is nothing but RNG and you shouldn't get mad when you're up against a team of stacked players with a healer. Those same stacked players who go 20-0 have been and will continue to get into matches where they get the short stick and go 0-10 because they were placed on the less skilled team. It's not worth getting stressed about it. 4v4s can be ruined by a healer, but from my experience, they end up being more stress free because you're not going to get zerged down as much and the team rng is better due to less players per team.
You should try PCNA server for BGs. Community is very healthy and BGs always populated. Big problem is the MMR resets mixing new players and vets constantly every month, and then it takes a whole month to level out again. Monthly resets are way too quick. (Should be once per season, or not at all - we had the same mmr system without resets in 4v4v4 bgs, it still sucked but it was better than this.)
If anyone does play the game mainly for BGs I'd recommend making a character on PCNA. I know the population is kind of stagnant on PCEU and I hear it's way worse on console.
ruskiii
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Re: Zos refuses to do anything about this for 3 months
https://youtu.be/vN6hF3vpkO8?si=lTJ4FWBxXiR6aO-U this has been happening a few times a week for 3 months
Perhaps they read the scroll and it's forbidden knowledge rendered them blind, thus they're wandering around Cyrodil in the dark?
Re: During the Two Handed Rework
Actually, why not allow any weapon ability DOT from the back bar proc the enchantments while on the front bar? To include Lingering Torment from the Scribed weapon abilities?
Abyssal Impact - Azure Blue skill only dyes skill in your own view
I just tried this skill with a friend and he said it looked green. He streamed, and sure enough it just looks like the normal skill. Is this intended?
Re: QoL for crafters
On PC, I use the "Lazy Deconstructor" addon and it selects items according to the rules I set up. Works great!
https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info3449-LazyDeconstructor.html
https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info3449-LazyDeconstructor.html
Aislinna
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Abilities waiting for NPC to move before firing
If the enemy NPC moves to your left when you hit an ability, it waits for the enemy to stop moving before firing the skill. Most often I see this with groups of three enemies, because they will try to spread out around you. But I've also encountered this with single and double enemies, as well.
Re: I hope Winterhold isn't already destroyed
tomofhyrule wrote: »I really hope we see Urag
Out of curiosity, where is it coming from that Urag is over 1000 years old in Skyrim?
Looking at the dialogue from Skyrim, he says “I try and make sure as much knowledge is available as possible. We've been keeping this collection since the Second Era.” Since the preceding line shows he doesn’t use the royal ‘we,’ we know that he is currently tending the library (“I try…”), but saying that the College as a whole (not only himself) has kept the collection for that length (“We have…”). It implies there were several people throughout history who have tended the library.
Even the UESP lore page mentioning that he is that old offers no references beyond assuming that single quote above means he alone is the “we” referred to, and thus he is the only librarian the College has ever had. I have my doubts about that interpretation (UESP is a fansite and is subject to fallacy if fans misinterpret) as it is reasonable to think he is not any older than a standard mage and simply the latest in a line of College loremasters.
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Urag_gro-Shub
Savos Aren does give some dates back to the late Second Era (which is also past ESO’s timeframe), but concedes that it is likely older so the College should exist, but likely be in its infancy. That does lead to a possible series of “go collect some books for us” quests (do I smell the potential for repeatable dailies that send you all over Tamriel?)
from what syldras posted. went ahead and added it to my original quote
I still have my doubts. After all, how many people right now are saying "I've been killing things in Wrothgar for 386 years and I still don't have my Challenge done!" Does that mean that they're 400 years old? Or that ESO is 400 years old? Or that the challenge to do that has existed that long?
...or is it an exaggeration, since we know ESO is only 12 years old and that specific challenge only popped up on monday.
It is entirely possible that that was a misstatement of his, or even an exaggeration. More likely, in fact, since the only characters in the Elder Scrolls series who have extended lifespans have such because of necromancy (see the Telvanni) or vampirism (Serana). If Urag was a Telvanni-esque necromage, why is that not said literally anywhere else?
I do notice some people take a very literal interpretation of every single thing said or written in the game and completely disregard the fact that people could be stretching the truth or outright lying. Todd Howard himself has even come out to say that the lore is not hard and fast and is tainted by how the characters present it.
Re: Why is the Skill Style for Tome-Bearer's Inspiration ORANGE?
So what's the complaint exactly?
That they haven't released the full set of blue arcanist skills yet? They haven't done a full set for any class except for DK so far, and that coincided with its class refresh. So there may be a bit of a wait.
That they released a skill style in an unwanted color? Well, it doesn't have to be claimed or used.
That they released something desirable (to some players) as part of the premium tome? That's kind of the point.
Hopefully the rest of the blue arcanist skills will be made available when their time comes and they will be satisfactory (I'm also looking forward to them).
That they haven't released the full set of blue arcanist skills yet? They haven't done a full set for any class except for DK so far, and that coincided with its class refresh. So there may be a bit of a wait.
That they released a skill style in an unwanted color? Well, it doesn't have to be claimed or used.
That they released something desirable (to some players) as part of the premium tome? That's kind of the point.
Hopefully the rest of the blue arcanist skills will be made available when their time comes and they will be satisfactory (I'm also looking forward to them).
Re: I Owe You All an Apology....
Aren't you the person who is also promoting the one-bar/HA exclusive guild on PC-EU? Feels like there is more to this than just an apology...
Vaqual
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Re: Official Discussion Thread for "Tamriel Tomes Season Zero Developer Update"
Tomes should be a pick-your-own rewards system, and what you're suggesting takes one crack in the system and rips it apart entirely.If the threshold to unlock a page is always higher than the costs of the things on the page, then what's the point of having the cost at all? Why not just make all the things 0-cost?
Really hoping they move away from the autoredemption system and just add a few repeatable things that players can spend their points on. Or have players opt in to the gold exchange early ("I already picked out everything I want, please just give me gold for any extra Tome Points").
I agree that having Tome Points pulling double duty is a bit confusing, but ultimately navigable. If Tome Points were to only have a single role, I think it would be better to go the opposite route. Page progression could be more like "Complete (4) more Weekly Challenges or open a Tome Cache to unlock the next page." And then just have Seasonal Challenges give credit for 2 or 3 weekly challenges.