smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Scroll up some, another poster answered your questions previously,
Also you answered why we were upset for yourself.
It was fun. So much fun.
Nocturnalis wrote: »smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Scroll up some, another poster answered your questions previously,
Also you answered why we were upset for yourself.
It was fun. So much fun.
Sorry, I just see "because... vampires". Yes, i get that it would seem fun, but that doesn't answer the question of weapon/ skill swap to quickly get useful combat stats back...
Nocturnalis wrote: »Sorry, I just see "because... vampires". Yes, i get that it would seem fun, but that doesn't answer the question of weapon/ skill swap to quickly get useful combat stats back...
So yea, I don't run fast anymore. I never used night silence as my main PvP gear, I only used it for travel. I definitely outran most players who were on horses, including 75%. I'm a vamp, night silence, concealed weapon, movespeed potion and retreating maneuver. 1.4 basically destroyed the movespeed bonus as I'm a vampire so I don't even use it anymore, guess it saves me the hassle of using wykkyd outfitter to swap sets out of combat. Still a bummer, running around fast was fun.
smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Scroll up some, another poster answered your questions previously,
Also you answered why we were upset for yourself.
It was fun. So much fun.
Sorry, I just see "because... vampires". Yes, i get that it would seem fun, but that doesn't answer the question of weapon/ skill swap to quickly get useful combat stats back...
so you're just not going to scroll up and read the post that directly addressed that?
Also, I never mentioned justification because of vampirism. I suspect you didn't actually read my post.
Nocturnalis wrote: »smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Scroll up some, another poster answered your questions previously,
Also you answered why we were upset for yourself.
It was fun. So much fun.
Sorry, I just see "because... vampires". Yes, i get that it would seem fun, but that doesn't answer the question of weapon/ skill swap to quickly get useful combat stats back...
so you're just not going to scroll up and read the post that directly addressed that?
Also, I never mentioned justification because of vampirism. I suspect you didn't actually read my post.
I just see your post about Twilight and reaction to the horse diary. I have looked through the thread twice. Not trying to be difficult, might have a technical snag - reading the forums on an iPad.
s7732425ub17_ESO wrote: »Lmao..all the data in the world doesnt make sneaking at ridiculous speeds acceptable.
Your numbers show that vamps could not sneak faster than the fastest horse in the game leveled up with +Speed every time WHILE it is sprinting. That doesnt mean that sneaking at NEARLY the speed of the fastest horse in the game makes it ok...
This topic is a dead horse (haha). Move on to more important things that are RUINING the game. Thanks.
Exactly. I really wish people would stop talking about this.
The facts are that you can stealth at the speed of a full sprint horse sprinting. Just think about this. You are crouching on the ground and moving at the same speed as a race horse. Are you people insane?
Kalann_Pander wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Sorry, I just see "because... vampires". Yes, i get that it would seem fun, but that doesn't answer the question of weapon/ skill swap to quickly get useful combat stats back...
Yes, you could weapon-swap, but not armor-swap, so you'd keep the Night's Silence set anyway.
It doesn't make logical sense that when sneaking and apparently attempting to be silent you move faster than someone running. I have yet to see a ring of silence anywhere in game.
For me it was the one thing that made it actually feel as if I was playing a vampire. Vampires are just NOT done all that well in this game. We get over the top truly hideous Nosferatu looks within 30 minutes of feeding...that not a single NPC ever notices. Nope, not even other vampires are aware of the fact that we are vampires. Gone are the townies givin' us the stink eye and muttering about not liking OUR eyes, everybody is happy to do business with us even though we look like we're something out of their worst nightmares and about to tear their hearts out. And have you ever SEEN the animation for feeding? Your vampire sneaks up behind someone and, FROM A FEW FEET AWAY, sucks this freaking ridiculous giant streaming gout of blood out of them. Oh and this doesn't hurt them at all, it just stuns them. But then, of course, you HAVE to kill them because you've just initiated combat and it would NEVER occur to anyone to run the freaking hell AWAY from you. Let's see what else to vampires have going for them? Oh yeah, they can turn into mist! Of course, for reasons completely beyond my comprehension, they have to YELL at the top of their lungs every single time they do so. Yeah, THAT'S stealthy and TOTALLY what a vampire that has just dissolved into MIST would do! Oh and though our vampires are supposedly stronger at night they live in a world where the days are 6 hours long...and only TWO of those hours are nighttime. Gee, that's great. Let's see...what else? Oh well we have a cool drain spell that's pretty much exactly like the feeding thing except it actually causes damage. And then there's bat swarm, the only thing for vampires they actually managed to make look pretty cool.Nocturnalis wrote: »I don't get this... I am an atloholic that is slowly trudging his alts up the leveling ranks, so I don't have much experience in this matter other than seeing a few people zip around steathing in Cyrodiil.
I see that the "for" people state it has no combat usefulness, my question is: say you are speeding up to someone, wearing your night's silence set, vamp, concealed weapon - all that jazz... is it possible to swap your gear/ skillset (if needed) with an addon in a split second? In order to get the jump on someone with you back at full combat capability? Or is there a delay/ is this not possible to do?
Also why are people are people so pationate about this, yet they also say it is so gimped at the same time? If it is slower than horses than why not ride your horse instead? Is it just that you can be stealthed to avoid being jumped when you are travelling? - why avoid pvp?
This speed sounds fun, but also ridiculous. I am on the fence regarding it.
Thank you for the education, if anyone replies.
Truly? Sneaking is what it is for that reason, remove the negatives and you remove the need for application. I could understand the implementation if it followed a logical progression, but it does not. You simply can't take advantage of something that would come from slow and stealthy movement and ignore those requirements simply because they interfere with a desire to move fast.
I have a NB, and it makes no sense to need to sneak if by definition I'm buffed to NOT need to sneak. Then all I have to do is avoid eye contact with a target, and frankly, the game doesn't really do a good job of that at all. I should not be able to sneak up on someone in broad daylight unless I'm coming from the rear and making no sound.
Why is it so hard for people to understand logical argumentation? Oh wait, it's a FORUM. My bad.
Heck, if you want to get downright annoying, I could also claim that in a game where vampires have the ability to turn invis and move fast while stealthed, the Mages and Fighter guilds would have magicked up a response for that, and it should be available in game to anyone that is a member of said guilds to use against Vamps for that very reason, and if it's not there, then the game is failing by allowing ONE group of players to game with impunity.
The scales have to be balanced, if THIS then THAT. Otherwise the contest is never even. And then what's the point of playing? Success needs to be achievable in parity for both sides. There should be a counter for all abilities in game.
Why is it so hard for people to understand logical argumentation?
MornaBaine wrote: »No, we are vampires. As such we are SUPPOSED to be preternaturally fast. And as our BEING preternaturally fast did not in any way wreck anyone else's gameplay there was ZERO excuse to do this.
smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Why don't you explain how it is OP?
MornaBaine wrote: »No, we are vampires. As such we are SUPPOSED to be preternaturally fast. And as our BEING preternaturally fast did not in any way wreck anyone else's gameplay there was ZERO excuse to do this.
First, ES vampires aren't preternaturally fast. A bit fater (in some versions) but not ridiculously faster. That said, they already have a short term ability that gives them a 45% across the board speed buff. Elusive mist. Heck, they could also change the passive to a 10% across the board (well, not when mounted) speed buff. Which would far more closely align with simply being "faster". And not the "ridiculously faster when and only when in stealth". That said, Vampires also (in ES) become ridiculously weak in daylight. Why should they have any of the benefits when they are still missing their most significant downside?smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Why don't you explain how it is OP?
Easier time attacking from stealth due to less time for enemy detection.
Faster transportation far cheaper *and* w/o having to worry about hostiles as much. Faster questing. Faster harvesting. Faster tactical movement prior to combat.
How can you possibly think it *isn't* OP? There's a reason horses are expensive, speed, even out of combat speed, is useful.
Aoife32001 wrote: »MornaBaine wrote: »No, we are vampires. As such we are SUPPOSED to be preternaturally fast. And as our BEING preternaturally fast did not in any way wreck anyone else's gameplay there was ZERO excuse to do this.
First, ES vampires aren't preternaturally fast. A bit fater (in some versions) but not ridiculously faster. That said, they already have a short term ability that gives them a 45% across the board speed buff. Elusive mist. Heck, they could also change the passive to a 10% across the board (well, not when mounted) speed buff. Which would far more closely align with simply being "faster". And not the "ridiculously faster when and only when in stealth". That said, Vampires also (in ES) become ridiculously weak in daylight. Why should they have any of the benefits when they are still missing their most significant downside?smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »Why don't you explain how it is OP?
Easier time attacking from stealth due to less time for enemy detection.
Faster transportation far cheaper *and* w/o having to worry about hostiles as much. Faster questing. Faster harvesting. Faster tactical movement prior to combat.
How can you possibly think it *isn't* OP? There's a reason horses are expensive, speed, even out of combat speed, is useful.
First of all, as GnatB and numerous others have pointed out, Elder Scrolls vampires are not particularly noted for being "preternaturally fast". Even in "real-world" vampire lore and legend, vampires aren't typically noted for being exceptionally fast, in the admittedly limited amount of reading I've done (mostly from Eastern European lore). Now, they are super fast in... Hollywood and Twilight, but I couldn't give two ***** about what pop culture has to say about vampires. The only vampire lore that concerns ESO is Elder Scrolls lore.
Now, if you want to bring "real life" lore into it, guess what else vampires are known for? They're known to be unable to resist obsessively counting every single grain of rice they come across. Corpses suspected of possibly becoming vampiric were buried with bags of rice just to keep them busy and in the grave at night. Villagers would sprinkle rice around house entrances. So (and I would not be opposed to this ), if you're so determined to bring "real world" lore into this, maybe my character should be able to throw a bag of rice at your vamp as he goes by at mach 2, and then do him in while he stops to obsessively count each grain.
smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »So yea, I don't run fast anymore. I never used night silence as my main PvP gear, I only used it for travel. I definitely outran most players who were on horses, including 75%. I'm a vamp, night silence, concealed weapon, movespeed potion and retreating maneuver. 1.4 basically destroyed the movespeed bonus as I'm a vampire so I don't even use it anymore, guess it saves me the hassle of using wykkyd outfitter to swap sets out of combat. Still a bummer, running around fast was fun.
No you didn't. I know because I tested it. Also, like I said, there's an entire post clearing this up with numbers to back it up.
smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »So yea, I don't run fast anymore. I never used night silence as my main PvP gear, I only used it for travel. I definitely outran most players who were on horses, including 75%. I'm a vamp, night silence, concealed weapon, movespeed potion and retreating maneuver. 1.4 basically destroyed the movespeed bonus as I'm a vampire so I don't even use it anymore, guess it saves me the hassle of using wykkyd outfitter to swap sets out of combat. Still a bummer, running around fast was fun.
No you didn't. I know because I tested it. Also, like I said, there's an entire post clearing this up with numbers to back it up.
Argue you all you want bro, but I did. Maybe it was a bug, but honestly it doesn't matter anymore.