Has season gear been scrapped? Will RNG dependence on decent gear forever be a thing?

Teiji

Hello, I'm looking for information relating to my question(s);

Has 'season gear' been scrapped? [Season gear was announced in Quakecon 2014]

Will RNG rolls always be the only way to acquire decent non-crafted gear? [You can buy decent gear with Alliance Points, kill a monster for a RNG, clear a dungeon for an item that provides a RNG roll]

Any and all definitive information will be very much appreciated, thank you very much everyone!

Weberda

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

Drazhar14

I really hope they don't start adding "seasonal" tiered gear. That would be the nail in the coffin for me. I'd prefer horizontal progression, with new armor styles and set bonuses.

Weberda wrote: »

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

I see what you did there.

Frawr

Drazhar14 wrote: »

I really hope they don't start adding "seasonal" tiered gear. That would be the nail in the coffin for me. I'd prefer horizontal progression, with new armor styles and set bonuses.

Weberda wrote: »

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

I see what you did there.

I think that it would be difficult to implement such armour because there are so few variables in the game. It would be cool though.

idk

Drazhar14 wrote: »

I really hope they don't start adding "seasonal" tiered gear. That would be the nail in the coffin for me. I'd prefer horizontal progression, with new armor styles and set bonuses.

Weberda wrote: »

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

I see what you did there.

They have mentjoned it however we are already extremely op. There is nothing challenging in the game so more powerful gear isn't good for the game until they increase the challenge to match. Upward progression of gear is normal but it is to match the upward challenge being added to the game.

traigusb14_ESO2

Pretty sure it isn't showing up until VR levels go. That's the way they've always talked about it.

I want to see how they do scaling after VR is gone, the gear would be based on whatever they do then I would think.

Since the new PVE zones are supposed to scale /w level, there should be a difference between lvl 50 with 30 CP and level 50 with 350 CP or it would just be too easy. Even more so with gear.

Teiji

traigusb14_ESO2 wrote: »

Pretty sure it isn't showing up until VR levels go. That's the way they've always talked about it.

I want to see how they do scaling after VR is gone, the gear would be based on whatever they do then I would think.

Since the new PVE zones are supposed to scale /w level, there should be a difference between lvl 50 with 30 CP and level 50 with 350 CP or it would just be too easy. Even more so with gear.

Thank you for taking the time to construct a concise and informative reply. Thanks.

I'm curious if Quakecon will provide any information at all, all I found was what seemed to be a teaser of a trailer which showed some, I'd presume new Doom footage.

Sausage

I dont know exactly what Season Gears are but if they are gears what last like a couple month then become obsolote I would like that, then when they become obsolete everyone including new players have a good chance to get the next season gears, basically they eliminate the need to jump from another gear to another gear for new and those who havent gotten the last gear sets, theres only one set and thats it.

I hope they stick with RNG, lucky ones get them from dungeon or wherever, and if they rmove BoP, unlucky ones buy the stuff from players, including casuals and new players. Sure top players are gonna be pissed off, if someone start to sell hard earned gears to new players though, but does Season Gears too.

Septimus_Magna

@Teiji In episode of ESO Live from a while back (think it was 15 or 16) I remember Gina mentioning they will add (around 20) new gear sets in the next major content update.

They didnt say anything about seasonal gear so I dont think its coming in the next update but your guess is as good as mine..

Teiji

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

@Teiji In episode of ESO Live from a while back (think it was 15 or 16) I remember Gina mentioning they will add (around 20) new gear sets in the next major content update.

They didnt say anything about seasonal gear so I dont think its coming in the next update but your guess is as good as mine..

Thank you very much for the reminder!

I say reminder but I can't recall this as it's been a while since I tuned in to the show. Excited to see if any look unique.

Samadhi

Seeing this topic since they first announced it always instantly sets my mind along the thought process that seasonal gears are already implemented, but they just have not revealed it because we have not caught on.
They talked about progressively making gears more accessible such that when the next instance of seasonal gears comes out the old ones are readily available.

What if the Imperial Daedric gears from the Imperial City are being designed to be the next big thing and require replacing the Undaunted gears in order to wear a full set, and at that time they decide to implement some sort of Undaunted token system to make the older less desirable gears suddenly readily available.

Hope that after Imperial Daedric we end up with tin foil hats so Akatosh can stop beaming me my own brand of conspiracy theories though.

Used to joke around that Nightblade was taking so long to get the skills fixed because ZOS was planning to make them really OP at the onset of Justice content so that the archetypal thief/assassin class was all pimped out for new players.

Wifeaggro13

Drazhar14 wrote: »

I really hope they don't start adding "seasonal" tiered gear. That would be the nail in the coffin for me. I'd prefer horizontal progression, with new armor styles and set bonuses.

Weberda wrote: »

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

I see what you did there.

he is not talking about seasonal gear. ESO was defining the tiers of gear by season. as they were taking out VR ranks gear power would be determined by its season . not winter spring summer . Like a seasoned player meaning the harder VR gear would be of a higher season/power lvl. Anyone around here even follow the game anyomre lol. i have not played in months but i remember the devs spinning their tale of game enhancements to keep the PC players paying for the console development.

Tankqull

hopefully seasoned gear is the worst possible carrot.

Svartiloghin713

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Drazhar14 wrote: »

I really hope they don't start adding "seasonal" tiered gear. That would be the nail in the coffin for me. I'd prefer horizontal progression, with new armor styles and set bonuses.

Weberda wrote: »

Seasonal gear will be in the Crown Store. The summer lineup will include Argonian style swimwear and Nordic style shorts.

I see what you did there.

They have mentjoned it however we are already extremely op. There is nothing challenging in the game so more powerful gear isn't good for the game until they increase the challenge to match. Upward progression of gear is normal but it is to match the upward challenge being added to the game.

Im sure the pvp seasonal gear would be bought via Alliance points instead of crown points