What I would love to see for the Dark Brotherhood Release

zerosingularity

This thread is just me putting out there what I would like to see for this next DLC. Some of this may be happening, some may not. If you agree with any of this, please give me a cookie. (Chocolate chip, Peanut Butter, or Sugar cookies only.)

1. Discussions about any proposed changes in skills, passives, races, traits, gears, etc... at least 1 month before going onto the PTS, because once it is there, we know it is just bug fixing only. (Our input aside from bug fixing ends up next to useless.)

2. Right now, melee and ranged dps can hit relatively balanced numbers in dps tests, but melee has much more risk involved, and is harder to keep time on target (due to mobile encounters and less survivability). It is currently in a case of higher risk for next to no reward (aside from build enjoyment). I propose something is done to improve the melee builds, such that either the risk is less, or the reward is greater (prefer less risk). [Sample idea: While a 2H or DW skill is slotted, gain MINOR evasion. This would improve survivability for melee users in PvE, making it easier to keep dpsing the boss while not being too broken. If it is unbalanced in PvP, then just prevent it from working like this IN PvP.]

3. Class STAMINA skills(and some Ults) ALL converted to poison/disease/physical, whichever is more lore friendly. (I wanna use Power Extraction again over Steel Tornado, but I cannot.)

4. Housing for non-Templars. Including guild housing. (Decorative trophies, area rugs, throw pillows, etc...)

5. Upgrade some lesser used crafted 5pc bonuses to be competitive.

Examples:
Torug's Pact - Let it buff MASTER/MAELSTROM enchants too. (Or maybe buff ARMOR enchants by the 30%.)
Spectre's Eye - Great for magicka tanking if buffed, perhaps Major Evasion for 5 seconds(instead of 3) with a 6 second cooldown. Right now no matter what you do this is on live trash compared to Hist Bark.

6. Make health recovery great again. (Complete with hat.)

7. Better PC resource usage. (I think you are working on this already, but I gots to know!)

8. Hardcap on the skill range in PvP. I don't like 45+ meter Special Beam Cannons.

9. Allied Character Sheet Inspection. - A neat feature where you can look passively at an ally to see their stats if you feel you are under-performing in comparison, to help you get an idea where to improve/if you need to improve your build.

10. Smarter loot drops - Better jewelry drop rates on harder content, ESPECIALLY for BoP items. While running multiple times for loot is good, running 100+ times is NOT.

11. In-game mail system for Devs - When big announcements are made, it is nice to see them in-game. However it would also be nice to have a logged message should a person not be logged in or on the forums. (Separate dev mail tab?) This can be used to warn players of a potential exploit, crash, major change, patch, notice of upcoming event, etc...

12. Obligatory:

More Templar Nerfs, because that's what we all want.
More Sorc Buffs, cause they are the weakest class.
More mounts and costumes.


Feel free to post your own game desires, but keep it reasonable, respectful/silly, and as positive as can be.

Update: (Added some new stuff)

13. Approximate timetables for improved pc usage (for DB and beyond). As an example, when can we expect xx DX11/12 feature added, and what kind of performance improvement can we expect?

14. A detailed guide by ZoS with settings recommendations for different PC hardware. UPDATED whenever significant improvements change. Or even better an automated (opt out) version that is better that whatever we currently have. I ask this because while I can figure out good settings myself, many players are playing on specs far higher than what their PC can handle, and this would be a boon to them.

15. Would also love to see the Soul Magic tree buffed, this is from the main quest and it can be made very interesting. Not only that, but the Ult could use some buffing, it is alright in PvP but easily bash-able. In PvE it needs a lot more damage to be a viable alternative for some builds. (Fire and forget Meteors.) Maybe have 1 morph magic and another poison? Or just a non-elemental type not buffed by CP, and then scaled higher.

16. Something that I think would also be nice to have, would be a slight change to how EMP is crowned in PvP. (No flames please!)

We always see the same people topping the leaderboards, and the why of it depends on the player themselves. However when they top the leaderboards by a huge margin, this makes anyone who wants to shoot for EMP much less interested and less likely to play hard and for a fair amount of time. (Good luck competing in AP gains with a 5x EMP who can AP farm like a BEAST.)

My proposal is this, when an EMP is to be crowned, go down the leaderboards to find the first character that has not been EMP before, and compare their AP to rank #1. If rank #1 has 3x or more (value subject to balance, not sure an appropriate value here) AP, they still get EMP, else the new person does.

This way there is more incentive for newer people to PvP for hours and hours, and those at the top of the leaderboards can still get their EMP and enjoy the overwhelming power.

17. More of the great mods used on PC to have a great vanilla option. Minimap, Awesome Guild Store, and Advanced Filters are some of the ones I think of first for this. Having a vanilla version would mean it would be guaranteed to be updated, and the performance hit could be much more easily controlled. We have gotten some of this already with SCT and lootdrop, and it has been great!

Asherons_Call

#1-- you mean let the players have a real voice in development?

Although a novel idea I am unsure if any gaming company has done this. I could be wrong though. If I had the money to run a gaming company id definitely do this. Maybe even run contests and give exclusive prizes to those who submit an idea that makes it live

Danksta

Asherons_Call wrote: »

#1-- you mean let the players have a real voice in development?

Although a novel idea I am unsure if any gaming company has done this. I could be wrong though. If I had the money to run a gaming company id definitely do this. Maybe even run contests and give exclusive prizes to those who submit an idea that makes it live

Battlefield 4 had a PTS and took many ideas and implemented them into the game. Hell, they even created a map based on community input and polls, and get this... IT WAS FREE!!! They had a horrible launch and really for nearly a year after it was subpar. But they really turned it around and ended up being a great game. I really wish ZoS would use their PTS and community input the way DICE (BF4 devs) did, because I think it's the main reason they were able to turn that game around. It's not that I don't enjoy playing, I do, but I just don't see myself playing this game for several years if it continues it's downward spiral.

zerosingularity

Thought I would shamefully self-bump this because it is a decent list of things we as players should have.

badmojo0777b14_ESO

anything that promotes class balance, removes lag, and a necromancer class or skill line

zerosingularity

Something that I think would also be nice to have, would be a slight change to how EMP is crowned in PvP. (No flames please!)

We always see the same people topping the leaderboards, and the why of it depends on the player themselves. However they top the leaderboards by a huge margin, this makes anyone who wants to shoot for EMP much less interested and less likely to play hard and for a fair amount of time. (Good luck competing in AP gains with a 5x EMP who can AP farm like a BEAST.)

My proposal is this, when an EMP is to be crowned, go down the leaderboards to find the first character that has not been EMP before, and compare their AP to rank #1. If rank #1 has 3x or more (value subject to balance, not sure an appropriate value here) AP, they still get EMP, else the new person does.

This way there is more incentive for newer people to PvP for hours and hours, and those at the top of the leaderboards can still get their EMP and enjoy the overwhelming power.

WhitePawPrints

Dueling.

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Dueling.

jamesharv2005ub17_ESO

If we are looking at a June release to live arent we about 30 days from PTS now?

Cryptical

Better stealth-gameplay rewarded. Rewarding better stealth-gameplay.

zerosingularity

Would also love to see the Soul Magic tree buffed, this is from the main quest and it can be made very interesting. Not only that, but the Ult could use some buffing, it is alright in PvP but easily bash-able. In PvE it needs a lot more damage to be a viable alternative for some builds. (Fire and forget Meteors.)

Maybe have 1 morph magic and another poison? Or just a non-elemental type not buffed by CP, and then scaled higher.

EsoRecon

What I want in Dark Brotherhood:

- Barber Shop (race change, features, etc.)
- Dueling
- VR removal
- some pvp content
- Stamina buffs
- Magicka stfu
- a smooth update
- make me happy zos
- PLSSSSSSSSSSSS

mr_wazzabi

Barber shop
Ancient nord motif (stygian set, draugr armour)
An option to get lower level styles for higher level armour (ie rawhide jack style made in rubedo leather)
Vet rank removal
Weapon ultimates
Stamina balance
Removal of 4man requirements of craglorn quests
All content leveled to highest level in the game, including dsa, all trials, ic + vma for future updates

kadar

1. Discussions about any proposed changes in skills, passives, races, traits, gears, etc... at least 1 month before going onto the PTS, because once it is there, we know it is just bug fixing only. (Our input aside from bug fixing ends up next to useless.)

+1. @zerosingularity , you get Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.

1) Cryodiil Lag. This should be on the top of the list for the next major DLC.
2) Relationship between Imperial City and Cyrodiil needs to be addressed. Either connect them in a meaningful way, or sever the connection completely (this would be a waste of a supposedly PVP zone, imo).
3) Update loot rewards. You could have added +50 gold to Undaunted Chests and people would have been happier than adding v14 sets to the loot tables. You could have not ever included them and people would have been happier.

DLC:
1) Barber Shop
2) Name/Race Change. Just think of the Crowns people will spend.
3) VR Rank removal.
4) Weapon Ults.

zerosingularity

Filthy self-bump untill DB is on the PTS.

zerosingularity

Bumping with a small update.

Some of these things are being addressed, but I feel the ones in bold need to be looked at, especially the PvP one.

Kinda lore-breaking when the same few people are emp and keep losing it and getting it back. When you lose emperorship, you generally can't keep getting it back and losing it, your forces will stop following you. Don't get me wrong, these people usually contribute ALOT and deserve recognition, but it is annoying to see the same few people as emp by a large AP margin. Lets change things up and get some new faces in there!