[Alacrity] Q&A Time: For The Community!!

Dyvith

Hi all!

I'm not very active on these forums, but I'm going to copy and paste a thread that is currently going on at the ESO subreddit. We're fostering some awesome conversation and we welcome anyone to come and partake! Below is a link as well as the initial post.

Thanks so much everyone!

Dyvith


http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/27vlu5/alacrity_qa_time_for_the_community/


With the release of Craglorn becoming old news, I figured now would be a great time to sit down and collectively ( as a community ), answer any questions that you might have, whether it be about class balance, PvE, PvP, itemization, whatever. While I don't purport to be the master of any of these, I've devoted a ton of time and energy into this game and I think that I may be able to help others by sharing some of my knowledge. In addition, I encourage and request other "endgame" players to please respond with their thoughts as well.

For those who have no idea who we are or what Alacrity is all about, we currently are a hardcore PvP/PvE guild. This is what we've accomplished. We hold the fastest time worldwide for both Hel Ra Citadel and Aetherian Archives, as well as the world fastest time for both of those trials after the recent nerfs. We currently have a roster of over ten former emperors from over four different campaigns and our roster consists of players with the most Alliance Points gained lifetime for the Aldmeri Dominion on the North American Megaserver. We stream regularly and you can google either our Hel Ra or Aetherian Archive videos for specific tips on how to best complete these trials. In addition, please reference my guide on PvP Healing/ Supporting and Tripwyr's guide on Sorcerer DPS.

Again, we're here to answer any and all questions you have about ESO. If you're not a current member and are thinking abhor subscribing, or if you're a vet looking to hone your gear and build, any questions are welcome. Our goal is to continue to morph this subreddit into a font of knowledge and information.

Also, the intention of this post is not to appear Elitist. Just the opposite. It's occurred to me that in the past, some of my posts may have come across this way, and for that I apologize. Our intention is and always has been to spread our understand of ESO to everyone that wants to learn more.

Sincerely

Dyvith,
Guild Leader of Alacrity

Mablung

This sounds like a guild recruitment thread and as such it is in the wrong forum.

Dyvith

It's not guild recruitment at all. It's spreading information and giving people a venue to ask questions they may have pertaining to high end PvP and PvE l

kaosodin

Right on brother. Game only gets better when we recruit / retain good people who want to be here.

Ive played many mmos over the years. And when I started this one..... it was different, definantly a learning curve.

Things would have been sooooooo much easier if I knew some one approachable I could say, hey brother, how do i, and where do I.

daneyulebub17_ESO

Mablung wrote: »

This sounds like a guild recruitment thread and as such it is in the wrong forum.

Huh? Just because a guild is offering to answer questions, doesn't make it a recruitment thread.

Viblo

This thread should be the new player questions forum.

Mablung

Dyvith wrote: »

It's not guild recruitment at all. It's spreading information and giving people a venue to ask questions they may have pertaining to high end PvP and PvE l

My mistake.

It is an elitist post and disclaiming it as such does not remove the fact that it is. There are player help forums for this type of topic. Coming here to the general forums and announcing your in game guild accomplishments is self serving at best, elitist at worst. World first this. World best that. In this game? High end PvP and PvE? Wow.

Dyvith

If you're not interested in participating, then don't. Other people have been very interested in what we have to say. I included our accolades so that people understood that we weren't simply speaking out of our asses, not to brag about it. Have you ever heard of an elitist guild that was literally willing to answer any questions asked?
Hardly.

Our intention is simple: to share what we've learned with anyone who is interested. Those that aren't aren't obligated to participate.

Mablung

Good luck with participation. Might want to spam the starter zones that you and your guild are available for questions. Might find some takers there since there are so many new and uninformed players to the game.

mumok

I for one think it is great that your guild has accomplished so much. Thank you for being willing to share what you have learned.

Dyvith

Thank you. At the end of the day, we just want to do whatever is needed for the maximum amount of people to enjoy this game to the fullest.

Mablung

mumok wrote: »

I for one think it is great that your guild has accomplished so much. Thank you for being willing to share what you have learned.

Oh indeed it is fantastic . Reddit and youtube are there for this kind of sharing however. Do not forget that they live stream on Twitch as well so there is that. But these forums are for negativity and deconstructing morale. Not questions. Those never get answered.

Osu

Dyvith, I think we killed each other a few times in Hopesfire, or maybe it was just you killing me. Not here to bicker and argue about who killed who. Anyway, judging from the makeup of the players in your pvp zergs, Alacrity only seems to run DKs and Sorcs. Care to share an opinion about what needs to be done to restore class balance in AvA?

Dyvith

A large part of that is what we have access to. About twenty five percent of our core just refilled NBs. We had one DK and three Sorcs reroll. I think Templars could use a little love , but even then, I personally think class balance isn't the problem, it's stamina vs magicka builds

Mablung

Osu wrote: »

Dyvith, I think we killed each other a few times in Hopesfire, or maybe it was just you killing me. Not here to bicker and argue about who killed who. Anyway, judging from the makeup of the players in your pvp zergs, Alacrity only seems to run DKs and Sorcs. Care to share an opinion about what needs to be done to restore class balance in AvA?

That is right. Get your first time posters from your guild or reddit here to pump up the thread. Hilarious.

magickats242cub18_ESO

Ok I'll bite.

As holders of the fastest time world-wide, did you see yourselves having to bench certain class/skill lines due to under performance, and if so, do you have any advice for the Devs on how to make those class/skills competitive and in line with the current cookie cutter builds?

Dyvith

We benched everyone that was using dual wielding, bow, and 2hander. We've already been in touch with ZOS

Mablung

Dyvith wrote: »

We benched everyone that was using dual wielding, bow, and 2hander. We've already been in touch with ZOS

Case closed. If you were not elitist and were up for a challenge then you would find a way to work those playing how they want into groups.

Oh and do not forget the self importance part, 'We've already been in touch with ZOS.' LOL!

mumok

I just hit 47 and have been in Coldharbour for a short time. I am more of a PvE person and I was wondering where you would suggest XPing through the veteran ranks? I solo a lot, not because I don't enjoy grouping but mostly because it doesn't seem to come naturally in this game(yet). I'm a crafter so I like to xp where I get the most drops for my time there. Any suggestions?

Dyvith

I'm confused as to why you're continuing to troll this post. Clearly you're not interested in anything I have to say, so why ruin it for others? As far as being elitist goes, yes, we push top times, however there is a gigantic difference between doing whatever it takes to push top times and being "elitist."

infraction2008b16_ESO

Too much guild plug in an opinion thread IMO.

Mablung

Dyvith wrote: »

I'm confused as to why you're continuing to troll this post. Clearly you're not interested in anything I have to say, so why ruin it for others? As far as being elitist goes, yes, we push top times, however there is a gigantic difference between doing whatever it takes to push top times and being "elitist."

No there is no difference and you continue to demonstrate that with your posts here. You used the term benched as well as stated how important you and your guild are by letting us all know you have the situation under control by contacting ZOS.

I will not sit here and read your threads as you pat yourself on the back, looking for affirmation from groupies or whatever it is you call twitch follower over your in game accomplishments and self importance.

If you genuinely want to help people then create guides, youtube videos, etc. Coming onto a forum and announcing yourself as the best guild at A,B,C is nauseating and offers no help to the community. Help if that is what you want to do without the resume. Your guilds accomplishments will speak for themself if you are truly helping.

magickats242cub18_ESO

I don't believe they are being "elitists". As @Dyvith said, they do what they can to push for the top scores. It is however, a good indicator as to how imbalanced are the classes, and it is up to Zen to address the issue and figure out a way to make all builds viable and competitive when it comes to these types of dungeons.

Seeing how it's gonna take some time to balance and tweek the skill lines and classes, I would really like a reduction in price or maybe an overhaul on the re-spec system that is currently in game. Gives people the ability to adjust their play style if they do decide to be competitive, without the huge gold penalty.

Dyvith

I don't really know what to tell you. You're completely ignoring my reasoning as to why I posted what I did. The fact that you still think that we're here to pat ourselves on the back is both frustrating and rude. We've released videos of both AA and Hel Ra. We've posted guides on DPS, PvP, and more. Your post comes across as needlessly angry. Perhaps there is something else that I'm misunderstanding, because you've been overly aggressive since I've posted this for literally no reason.

Mablung

I am not angry. If you truly wanted to help people then posting links to what you have created and stating you and yours are available for help/questions would be one thing.

That is not what you did. You came here stating what you have accomplished as being the top/best which is really subjective since we all are aware of the imbalances and exploitable problems with craglorn. Also, answering a question with certain terminology reflects your perception of yourself if not your guilds as being above everyone else.

Like I said, post helpful links, videos, etc. Leave out the resume if you truly want to be helpful. If those things are important to people asking for help, they will ask about them.

Xexpo

@Dyvith Can you explain your guilds process in gaining so many Emperors and excellent PvE times?

mumok

Dyvith, Here is a post that I saw a while back that best describes arguing in a forum.

"Sturmwaffel wrote: » Arguing on a forum is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at it (or how right you are), the pigeon is just going to crap on the board and strut around like it won."

Don't wast your energy just answer the constructive post... Like mine. See above.

Heishi

I'm not sure why all the rage here. They list accomplishments to establish credibility. I don't know about others, but I'm not going to trust any jackass with a superman "I'm here to save you" thread. The rage about using the guild name is ridiculous too. In a media age where you have advertisements in your advertisements like a "yo dawg" meme. There are ads all over the google site. Football fields, baseball fields, this list goes on with people shoving their stuff in your face, but someone say they are from a guild trying to help and we break out the torches and pitchforks.

At any rate I don't think I have any questions. Just wanted to share.

Heishi

mumok wrote: »

Dyvith, Here is a post that I saw a while back that best describes arguing in a forum.

"Sturmwaffel wrote: » Arguing on a forum is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at it (or how right you are), the pigeon is just going to crap on the board and strut around like it won."

Don't wast your energy just answer the constructive post... Like mine. See above.

wow.. I like that XD

mumok

Mablung

Go lap his backside on Reddit. Same thread there where he is arguing about builds and viability. It reads much like I interpret it. He is right and you wrong because he has accomplished A B C.

This game has more sheep than any other I have ever been apart of.