Post-QuakeCon Q&A Thread (7/31)

timidobserver

Eric why is your balance methodology designed around making PVP take priority over PVE. For example, Radiant Destruction is vital to Magicka Templar PvE dps and it is not over performing in PvE, yet you did not hesitate to nerf it into the ground for the sake of PvP.

LunaRae

Question #3
What thought process went into modifying the Argonian racial to warrant a 2% increase when drinking a potion? Can you share some of your logic and reasoning for why you feel Argonian racial's are on-par with other races, such as Imperials who get +10% max health and +12% max stamina.

Question #4
From playing several hours of Imperial City, specifically district and sewer PvP combat, it really doesn't feel like there is a balance right now between different play styles. Damage, healing and shields have taken a big hit from the Battle Spirit buff, yet all other stats remain mostly untouched, making them seem significantly more valuable. Can you share some thoughts on how you feel the Cyrodiil battle spirit buff is working in relation to PvP and other stats, such as regen or reduce cost builds, and if you intend to make any significant changes in a PTS patch in the near future?

Question #5
Imperial City mobs (speaking within the districts and sewers) play a significant role in PvP combat, too much in my opinion. There are essentially no places to fight (that I've seen) where it would be standard PvP with no NPC interaction. When you designed the districts and sewers what role did you see NPC mobs playing in terms of PvP combat - did you envision they were harmless and easy to ignore, or perhaps something players had to always be wary of? I'm thinking Molag Bal's forces needs to be hit with the Battle Spirit debuff (jokes)

KriHavok

Will the Imperial City ever evolve over time with updates in ESO? Or will it be static and new content will take priority over current DLC updates?

connor_worlineub17_ESO

Is the Emperor going to be able to enter the Imperial City and use his abilities? It's be awesome if so. it also keep reason to be outside of the main City in Cyrodiil too.

connor_worlineub17_ESO

Cherryblossom wrote: »

As you have ruled out an Auction House, are you going to look at how trading works in the game and improve the current system.

The Current system allows for Large established Trade Guilds to monopolize the market, this excludes the majority of the player base from actually trading. In recent polls on the forum, show that only a small percentage are happy with the current system (I would suggest that most are in large trading guilds!), so the community is crying out for a change.

This has always been a hot topic since launch, which goes to show the feeling regarding this one issue.

Personally I would prefer the Auction House, but as this has been ruled out, I would like to see the opportunity to post my wares at any of the Guild traders, so the guild in control get the commission but I'm still able to sell things I find. (As I can't currently unless I belong to one of the big guilds.)

I'm in favor of the guild stores because it adds soo much more immersion than an auction house. But your idea of guild traders letting non-members trade in the store is a good Idea. It'd satisfy both worlds

DEATHquidox

When will we be seeing dueling or even dueling to the point that we can do 2v2 and 3v3 right there with friends and stuff i think that would be cool and when will we see spell crafting?

DEATHquidox

Ffastyl wrote: »

For the upcoming controller support, will it be able to identify last gen and third party controllers? I have yet to muster the cash to purchase a PS4 so a PS3 controller is my only option. While there are third party softwares for converting PS3 controller input to other formats, I would prefer not having to finnick with external software to get the ideal controller experience.

The ps4 controler is i mean like vet 1 to a vet 14 difference id say blowing the extra 60$ is the best 60$ you will ever spend on a ps4 controler

DEATHquidox

Thymos wrote: »

Is there going to be a limit to how many players can be online in each zone of the Imperial City content? If so, and that limit is reached, how are you going to handle the popularity of it?

They have stated that the cap amount of players in imp city will count twards the cyrodiil population cap of the entire campaign itself.

Better explaining: (just an example) if they pop. Cap. Is 2000 players and 300 are in imp city only 1700 can be outside the imp city. So the population cap still goes to the people in the campaign.

Sorry if i couldnt explain this well

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Will the new crafting materials (Colossus Ingots and so on) be required for Writs or are those going to continue to cap out with Voidstone/Shadowhide/etc.?

Forcebuster

I have a question regarding weapon enchants: the one that increases weapon damage or spell damage on your weapons, currently those buffs that come from these enchants don't stack with the buffs that come from sets for example: ravager proc and the weapon enchant proc cancel each other, and they can't be active together at the same time making these weapon damage enchants useless is this intended?

Dissentinel

What's the deal with Spellcrafting? Is it still going to be a thing? We haven't heard anything substantial about it since the QuakeCon panel last year.

Asrien

I'm curious about whether it's been brought to your attention that a large number of players face frequent connection issues and crashes since the 2.0.14 update, because I haven't seen much mention of it here on the forum nor have I been able to report it via the game's tech support section (which crashes or fails to load when I try). I understand why you might not feel it's worth mentioning with the frequent patching, but the last patch made the game surprisingly unstable, and I'm concerned that it might remain this way or get worse on the next one. Are efforts being taken to make sure the game doesn't become less stable with patches leading up to and including the Imperial City update? This is a pretty big concern for a player who already experiences an almost constant PING of around 200 (Australia woo).

exiledtyrant

1. Fire and lightning magic is far more prevalent in ESO than ice magic. Outside of the few options available using the destruction staff line one would be hard pressed to develop a character that utilizes ice magic at all. Why is that?

BigMac_Smiley

Will console get text chat?

Sord

Why didn't the Night Blade Shadow Cloak (and morphs) get a penalty for casting/using consistently or multiple times in a row like streak, dodge roll, block, etc? Are you planning on adding a penalty to Cloak to balance this power to be more inline with the rest?

Dedhed

So, we've seen a couple special horse and senche mounts and it looks like there's another cool lookin' horse on the way. We got a neato Guar comin' any time soon?

Sord

After a week of testing and seeing people do pvp in the Imperial City what is your take on how the Battle Spirit Buff has effected pvp and are you planning on changing the Battle Spirit Buff to reflect what you have been noticing and players have been saying? If so what kind of changes can we expect to see to the PTS in the near future if any?

Enodoc

I realise of course that anything datamined is subject to change, and I was wondering if you could comment on the following:

• The scrapping of the "district control" idea, including the associated delve-style trips into pockets of Coldharbour to claim a district
• The reduction in the number of quest-based achievements from 8 (main quest, each district, and sewers) to 1 (main quest), implying a reduction in the number of quests in IC overall

Thanks!

AMZxArchMage

All I really want is better cosmetics you know like faces, bodies, hair, and nature

Gidorick

I'm excited for this Q&A! Who else is excited for this Q&A?

tpanisiakb16_ESO

Are there any plans to recant on the 0 stamina blocking change and perhaps reach a middle ground instead? This change seems far to debilitating to PvE tanks unless they're running with perfectly conditioned groups (Templar shards + resto master staff, etc, DPS greater than 12K, etc.). This many days into the PTS and it's clear on the forums and otherwise it's not fully embraced by the average tank. Even a few reports and discussions from leaderboarded tanks suggest the change is far too damning for average players.

RDMyers65b14_ESO

By some chance is there a video of the Q&A as I missed it and would like to watch it.

Storm_knight22

RDMyers65b14_ESO wrote: »

By some chance is there a video of the Q&A as I missed it and would like to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TYydCQcNQc

I got my camel question answered but still nothing about Spellcrafting or alchemy improvements....

Psychobunni

Psychobunni wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Will the addition of native controller support disable the ability to use 3rd party programs? Or can PC players disable it and continue to use their chosen software/layout/UI ?

^Anyone know if that was answered without watching the whole video?

VilhelmValhalla4

I hope they talk about what is coming for the Justice System eventually. Also, when are those datamined motifs coming to the game (Akaviri, Yokudan, Mage's Guild robes)?

MotokoKusanagi34

Oh, my question wasn't answered. What a pity!

Artheiron

Answering same champion system related questions over and over... why zos why? :P

Well I asked many questions you picked and answered the question related underwater , making fun of the way I asked the question and that was hilarious NO we can't do it. you said. With capital letters. That's fine.

In PTS server, me and my hardcore pvp'er friends tested the imperial city prison dungeon. We stopped hurting the last boss and jumped in portals he made, for no reason, laughing. Oh god, that was great.

Reconsider these stuff like housing, diving, climbing, moving objects, mount improvements, etc.. or anything that would improve world interaction in future please. I still believe these details can bring eso experience to a whole new level. After fixing the current problems of course.

Thymos

Is there a text transcript of the questions they answered... I just haven't had the time to watch this yet.

Gidorick

I kind of think they need an "Immersion" team @Artheiron.

Artheiron

@Gidorick
Keep losing friends. I fear we'll see the "underwater" before they actually make it.