PTS Patch Notes v2.3.1

zyk

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Bfish22090 wrote: »

no changes to any of the balance issues that were modified in the original update?
looks like the changes we got last week will be here to stay until it goes live

We'll be making some balance changes to abilities in the next incremental (next week) to address some feedback we've seen, and plan on making a forum thread about it in the next day or so you loop you guys in.

@ZOS_GinaBruno
@Wrobel
@ZOS_BrianWheeler

It's funny for me to watch ESO Live shows because you describe a successful, healthy game. This contrasts greatly with the opinions of all those who I play ESO with.

From my POV as a PVP player, ZOS is on thin ice. You are entering SOE-never-give-that-company-another-cent territory. Most people I know only continue to play because of the friendships they've made while playing this broken mess. However, this can only last for so long. And yes, PVE players, PVP is a broken mess much of the time.

Significant changes have been made to the dynamics of Cloak on PTS because of the incredible upgrades to the Magelight line. At the rate ZOS implements change, if these changes go live, we can look forward to a significantly gimped NB class for months. At least from the POV of PVP Cloak builds.

I hope ZOS has some very good explanations about why Cloak gameplay is being so significantly changed and information about what defensive buffs the NB class will see if we cannot rely on cloak as a defensive ability. Not that it has ever been completely reliable -- it has always had counters. It does not need the trivial and bountiful counter provided by Magelight.

You should have the data to know that many enthusiasts are one-class players. We may have alts, but spend 99% of our time on one character. If you ruin the one character we enjoy playing do not expect us to continue playing for the months it takes ZOS to sort out balance issues.

MissBizz

Makkir wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno

Are you allowed to disclose if the new alliance motifs should be dropping from Cyrodiil treasure maps as well? Have done a little over 20 on PTS and no motifs.

@Makkir I found something that may interest you...

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2680047/#Comment_2680047

I opened 50 treasure chests in Cyrodiil with a VR 16 character with the Treasure Hunter passive and found only 2 set items, both VR 15 and from Orsinium sets (and I also found 2 chapters for the new Aldmeri Dominion crafting style).

Not sure if those were treasure map chests but maybe trying asking that person?

Elsonso

lolo_01b16_ESO wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

KNOWN ISSUES
General

• /bug is still not functioning, and we encourage you to continue using this thread to submit your bug reports. Don’t forget to check out this thread as well, stickied at the top of this forum, which links to all the official feedback discussion threads.

Does this mean everything I reported via /bug so far wasn't read by anyone?

I wrote up one bug report on PTS before I heard that /bug was broken and it did not appear on the support website under the tickets that I have opened. My guess is that no one gets those.

Khivas_Carrick

Still waiting on the day Templars can do real DPS that actually competes with other classes as both Magicka and Stamina.

Good thing I ain't holding my breath.

Wolfster

Yesterday's version of the 64bit Mac client ran beautifully (30+ fps), today's is running at an average of 5 fps. Altering graphics settings is having no effect - same on minimum and maximum settings.

2.4Ghz i7 (quad core)
8Gb memory
GeForce GT 650M 1024Mb

Joy_Division

Zheg wrote: »

Joy_Division wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Bfish22090 wrote: »

no changes to any of the balance issues that were modified in the original update?
looks like the changes we got last week will be here to stay until it goes live

We'll be making some balance changes to abilities in the next incremental (next week) to address some feedback we've seen, and plan on making a forum thread about it in the next day or so you loop you guys in.

Looking forward to them.

So you've decided to play your sorc and ditch your Templar eh? XD

The things I want addressed are not things I think they can code in a week or two, sadly. I'm always willing to be pleasantly surprised though.

Nah, I'll still do the templar thing, if only to lob oil catapults on the Chalman breech when you try to capture it

I do agree with you the things I'd like to see most aren't going to be coded in a week or two, but one can hope some interesting things that can be done will get addressed.

Pangnirtung

Wolfster wrote: »

Yesterday's version of the 64bit Mac client ran beautifully (30+ fps), today's is running at an average of 5 fps. Altering graphics settings is having no effect - same on minimum and maximum settings.

2.4Ghz i7 (quad core)
8Gb memory
GeForce GT 650M 1024Mb

I gotta agree here. Something is wrong w/how Mac clients run on the PTS.

3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB

My FPS sucketh huge on the PTS.

I know or hope that it isn't yet optimized for the Mac yet but it doesn't look promising.

anitajoneb17_ESO

@ZOS_GinaBruno :

Just wanted to let you know that I run the 64bit client flawless on Win7. (visual C+ 2010).
Not even 1 crash or anything. No issues.
Maybe it's a placebo effect but it all feels more stable, quicker and overall more fluid (less stuttering, no FPS drops).

Recremen

Soris wrote: »

There are more notes for quests than the actual gameplay. This is test server dudes, we are here to test combat, pvp, ballance etc. Not those stupid quests.

Okay but imagine they didn't acknowledge it at all, it would be launch all over again with scores of people coming out of the woodwork talking about how it should be fixed already. I think mentioning it in the petch nuts is just fine.

WebBull

Anyone else find it funny that /bug is bugged..............

Forestd16b14_ESO

@ZOS_GinaBruno Here's a question. Were is the change to meteor to make it reflectable ? Is there gonna be 1 more patch before TG goes live or what ?

Elsonso

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno Here's a question. Were is the change to meteor to make it reflectable ? Is there gonna be 1 more patch before TG goes live or what ?

This is what they have to say on that...

Meteor: This was the only Ultimate that you were previously able to reflect, so this change was simply bringing it in line with all other Ultimates. We also plan on making a slight reduction to the snare on the Ice Comet morph.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/246537/gameplay-updates-and-q-a-with-eric-wrobel

Enodoc

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Thieves Guild Reputation
We updated the way Thieves Guild reputation has been calculated for this patch.

I hope this also means progression is now one story quest per rank so it matches progression of the other guilds.

Forestd16b14_ESO

lordrichter wrote: »

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno Here's a question. Were is the change to meteor to make it reflectable ? Is there gonna be 1 more patch before TG goes live or what ?

This is what they have to say on that...

Meteor: This was the only Ultimate that you were previously able to reflect, so this change was simply bringing it in line with all other Ultimates. We also plan on making a slight reduction to the snare on the Ice Comet morph.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/246537/gameplay-updates-and-q-a-with-eric-wrobel

So they honestly think a small reduction to it's snare is gonna fix every thing ?

@ZOS_GinaBruno make meteor reflectable again.

If you guys are serious about this ridiculous change then Meteor needs to be a ground base planted AoE like standers or nova or negate and not a homing "I win" missile.

And don't even say block their are plenty of skills that can drop block and all a player has to do is cast it while the meteor is falling and if the player does manage to get a block off they're still taking the DOT and snare.

LaerothKeykalyn

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Bfish22090 wrote: »

no changes to any of the balance issues that were modified in the original update?
looks like the changes we got last week will be here to stay until it goes live

We'll be making some balance changes to abilities in the next incremental (next week) to address some feedback we've seen, and plan on making a forum thread about it in the next day or so you loop you guys in.

quest-that which was lost -don't work

Jaronking

Can you please keep vicious death as it was.The set did not need to be fix it was perfect.Why ZOS always "fixing"things that are fine as is.

Also can we finally get more Physical ultimate?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Ffolks

Had no idea /bug was not functioning...

Well one of the more annoying bugs I've encountered thus far has been the lack of the "slice" sound on the NB Surprise Attacks skill. It just whooshes, when in combat I can't audibly tell if the ability went off or not, really important in both pvp and pve, especially maelstrom arena.

It's difficult to play my NB without it.

LaerothKeykalyn

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Fetaro wrote: »

64 bits insta-crash on Windows here too.

Try downloading the latest Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package and see if that helps. You can find it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632

Where statue Nocturnal?

timidobserver

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

timidobserver wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno When attempting the new Trial on veteran, members of my group are constantly crashing. Every single person crashes at least 3-10 times per hour. Are you guys aware of this issue? Was anything done about that in this patch?

Yes, we're very much aware. We implemented a potential fix in this patch, though since we were unable to reproduce any of the crashes internally in the first place, don't want to promise that it's actually fixed. We'd love to hear from you (or anyone that previously had issues with the crashing) if you still find it to be an issue with this patch.

@ZOS_GinaBruno
The crashing was greatly improved for most members in our group, but it kind of mutated. Before the patch today, people were randomly crashing all throughout the play session 1 by 1. Tonight, people only crashed simultaneously in clumps. Just about every crash was 4 or more people going offline at the same moment, but that didn't happen very often. Maybe 3-4 times over 4 hours.

I don't know if it helps, but one time a massive group crash was triggered by Repentance(Templar skill.) One of our members used repentance and 1/3 of the group crashed simultaneously.

Thraben

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH



Sorcerer

• Daedric Summoning
  • Summon Unstable Familiar: The pets summoned from this ability and its morphs can no longer be dismissed by holding down the button. The pet can now be dismissed by removing the buff from your Active Effects window.
  • Summon Winged Twilight: The pets summoned from this ability and its morphs can no longer be dismissed by holding down the button. The pet can now be dismissed by removing the buff from your Active Effects window.

I already died twice in the Maelstrom- Arena because of this. The "Hold-Botton" - solution was better.
I guess it was made for console players, then?
Please give them a better chance of controlling their pets by changing the

"daedric curse" skill so that if you press the botton twice within its duration, the pets are forced to attack the cursed target.


That would make life for conjurers MUCH easier.

deleted008293

Since the TG reached on PTS the performance of the game was far worse than before. I've got from 50-100% less fps and not just in the new zone but everywhere! And I'm not alone.

PCSpecs: FX4100, 8gb, gtx660, win8.1 x64, eso.exe, drivers 353.62, no mods. Also around Abah's landing LOD bug seems to hit even harder and longer than ever. (playing with high textures)

Any statement regarding this issue?

edit nvm: looks like you know about this particular issue.

Chapmaaaan

@ZOS_GinaBruno could you let me know if there will ever be a fix to the masters bow? when it has any amount of charged enchantment it does not allow you to use vigor whilst hidden/dark cloaked. it just pulls you straight out.. which it does not do whilst having any other weapon equipped. I have been trying to get this bug reported for months but no one is really taking any notice

cdobratz

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH
[*]Vicious Death: Fixed an issue where this item set’s damage proc did not follow standard area of effect damage guidelines, and was doing full damage to all targets hit.

Almost afraid to ask, but does that mean that AOE caps are sticking around with the TG incremental?

Aquanova

@ZOS_GinaBruno will the 64 bit client launch automatically when the patch goes live or will we still need to do it manually?

Thanks in advance

anitajoneb17_ESO

Aquanova wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno will the 64 bit client launch automatically when the patch goes live or will we still need to do it manually?

Thanks in advance

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

NEW FEATURES / UPDATES / BIG CHANGES

64-bit Client for PC
The 64-bit Windows client is now available!

• This will fix a large number of crash issues, as well as improve memory usage.
• The 32-bit version of the game will continue to be maintained for the PC client, and will be launched for you automatically if your OS is not capable of running the 64-bit version of the game.
• If you want to use the 64-bit client, you will need to manually launch the executable file (ESO64.exe) from your PTS install directory.
  • When Thieves Guild goes live, we will update the launcher so the correct version will be launched automatically.

L2Read ?

Aquanova

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Aquanova wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno will the 64 bit client launch automatically when the patch goes live or will we still need to do it manually?

Thanks in advance

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

NEW FEATURES / UPDATES / BIG CHANGES

64-bit Client for PC
The 64-bit Windows client is now available!

• This will fix a large number of crash issues, as well as improve memory usage.
• The 32-bit version of the game will continue to be maintained for the PC client, and will be launched for you automatically if your OS is not capable of running the 64-bit version of the game.
• If you want to use the 64-bit client, you will need to manually launch the executable file (ESO64.exe) from your PTS install directory.
  • When Thieves Guild goes live, we will update the launcher so the correct version will be launched automatically.

L2Read ?

Thanks ***

TheHsN

About DK:

They really got very powerfull...i guess little bit over even...Their flame and DOT dameges got very much power and self heal as well...

Meteor: I guess this ability should be dodgeable or reflectable , one of them should be now it will cuz to much lag .. everybody will spam that...

Nightblade: Cloak is the SKILL that which makes NB is NB...but now it is really useless as i tested at PTS...when u cloak out dot are hitting suddenly very very very badly u even cant control ur character... it is really not fun at all...if u wanna use purge it is almost 6K magicka...sooo it is bad choice...what we should be stay in cloakkk till all dots go away then hit one and go again in cloak COME ON:)....

By the way : i have DK . NB and SORC so i just talk for all of them...

thank you...

rich.magab14a_ESO

im on windows 8 and the 64 bit client does not launch at all.

Geforce 780ti
I have 2 cpus: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620@2.00GHZ(6 core procs)
32 gigs of ram
win 8.1 pro

TX12001rwb17_ESO

Love Wizard wrote: »

Thanks. A question for you combat people at zenimax, is it intended that magelight is supposed to break the invisiblity granted from Clouding Swarm?

That shouldn't actually happen, granted im sure your actually not so much as turning invisible as you are shapeshifitng into the bats that fly around, it would explain why even your allies can't see you when you use it.

CP5

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Love Wizard wrote: »

Thanks. A question for you combat people at zenimax, is it intended that magelight is supposed to break the invisiblity granted from Clouding Swarm?

That shouldn't actually happen, granted im sure your actually not so much as turning invisible as you are shapeshifitng into the bats that fly around, it would explain why even your allies can't see you when you use it.

Clouding Swarm gives invisibility, you turn into a swarm of bats just as much as devouring swarm.