Playstation: NA and EU (Gray Host) - This Must Be The Place...

geonsocal

NA grey host with 1 day left:
EP - 102.4k
AD - 84.5k
DC - 82.2k

geonsocal

AD finished the campaign with over 100k points on the EU server, they're on a roll right now - can't wait to fight them...looking forward to the beginning of the new campaign there...

things seem to have been as they are over on the NA server for the last few months...truth is - i lose track of those kinda things these days...usually just focused on staying alive, executing rotations and speeding around the map to collect AP...

i may not try to play all 17 toons this campaign, just focus on a few, got my magblades (NA and EU) back to a point where i can do a little brawling without dying, them and a few others are best to play when the map is more populated...during more small scale action i like going with more tanky toons...

thinking of creating a near copy of my stam nercomancer for the NA server...i only have necromancers on the EU server right now...i also haven't collected the free small chest you get for getting a character to level 18 on the NA server...speed level him and once he hits level 50 put him in as much cheese as possible

he's gonna be a chunky, balding, bearded, old dunmer, nobody'll be able to tell though, he'll either be wearing skeleton or xivkyn polys...i'll keep his name the same as the EU toon: Deadman...

actually, my EU stam necromancer isn't really that cheesy at all, he's a SnB/bow in juggernaut, spriggans and sellixtrex...my next stam necro though is gonna have a 2 hander so he can just hack and slash at folks, put him in all medium and try to pump up his damage and execute ability as much as possible...maybe level him in forgotten crypts along with my NA companions and his fighter's guild skills...dawnbreaker is just such a valuable tool for finishing folks off in pvp...

i think this upcoming campaign i'll mostly focus on finishing the hero of wrothgar on both servers and starting fighting toon number 18 (number 11 on the NA server)...

geonsocal

jumped on the EU gray host map today hoping to start collecting those new sets - no soup for me yet, maintenance is actually tomorrow morning for the ps4/5...

here are the new sets once again:
Dark Convergence - light armor
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage
(5 items) Casting abilities that leave an effect on the ground will create an area that applies a 30% snare and pulls enemies every 2 seconds after a 1 second delay, and stun them for 1 second. After 4 seconds, the area deals 1092 Magic Damage to all enemies in the area, and 2185 Magic Damage to enemies within 3 meters of the center, increasing by 10% for each target. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.

Plaguebreak - medium armor
(2 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon Damage and Spell Damage
(5 items) Dealing direct damage to an enemy turns them into a Plague Carrier for 10 seconds, dealing 2068 Disease Damage over the duration. If the plague is removed early, it explodes, infecting enemies within 8 meters of the carrier dealing 2075 Disease Damage. The explosion deals an additional 10% damage per enemy hit. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds and scales off of the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.

Hrothgar's Chill - heavy armor
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 1487 Armor
(4 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(5 items) Stunning or Immobilizing your enemy causes them to burst with frost magic, applying the Chilled status effect and dealing 26% of their total Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance as Frost Damage to themselves and enemies within 8 meters of them. This effect can occur once every 7 seconds

despite the different armor weights, none of these sets are really tank, mag, stam, or heal focused - just disruptive and or damaging mostly...

geonsocal

oh, while i was on - got into this epic (and losing) battle at roebeck, all three alliances - ugh, the lag was soooooo terrible...

just kept dying over and over again...by the first indication of incoming damage, i was already on my way to being dead (was playing a stam warden who wears mostly medium)...

the stam warden is naturally tanky, but, that's only if you get a chance to use your skills

so frustrating, just no time to pop a potion (health draught) or hit my defense ultimate (healing thicket)...

it was a gankers paradise out there, lag is really bad, but, it's even worse when you get hit from stealth first...much better to be the one attacking first when there's heavy lag...

i started trying to play more away from the primary battles...did run in to a name a haven't seen for a while, this AD player called ryeful (?), something like that...

they were tearing folks up with their werewolf inside of ash, it was cool to see, heck they got me at least three times in a fairly short period of time...i've fought against them before (they were emp at the time) and remembered how good they were- which made me wanna go fight them even more

seriously, there's nothing more fun than fighting against really good players...i understand my place in the game - i've been pvping in eso for six years now, and i understand the basic mechanics and build theory - but, i am no where near top tier, i switch builds way too often, plus i don't do much dueling except as it happens in cyro...

that doesn't mean i don't like to fight some of the better players on the map though...

it's funny, i don't usually partake in zerging players down - however, there are just some folks that it takes at least a few of you to kill them - and, when it's one of those better players i recognize (not just some exceptional AP farmer or unkillable tank), i'm gonna make sure i'm around for when they finally do drop, so i can dance away on their toon, or enjoy sipping from a chalice, as they lay there dead...

geonsocal

picked up a few pieces on the EU server, fighting over on the NA server now (just got an epic plaguebreak ring - yay )

saw the Ballcap banner flying proudly over ash...

Peacatcher

Day 2 and i still havent actually seen a dark convergence yet. Ive seen one Hrothgar on my death recap but it was from a farming group that i accidentally got caught in the crosshairs of, so i would have died anyway.

Also havent seen anyone complaining about the new sets yet, i think people are still just trying to get hold of them.

Stamina NBs still seem ridiculously strong, 7k surprise attacks through block etc. Doesnt feel too different to last patch yet really.

geonsocal

hey @Peacatcher

Peacatcher wrote: »

Day 2 and i still havent actually seen a dark convergence yet. Ive seen one Hrothgar on my death recap but it was from a farming group that i accidentally got caught in the crosshairs of, so i would have died anyway.

Also havent seen anyone complaining about the new sets yet, i think people are still just trying to get hold of them.

Stamina NBs still seem ridiculously strong, 7k surprise attacks through block etc. Doesnt feel too different to last patch yet really.

i've seen the dark convergence procs on several death recaps both on EU and NA - oh well...people seem to be using it with volcanic rune...

it's so weird how different builds can play so differently patch to patch...

grey host zone chat is pretty alive at the moment, everybody's either selling or showing off their new gear pieces...

geonsocal

almost forgot to mention:
Emotes
The "Wargame Trebuchet" can be obtained by earning the "Siege Specialist" achievement.

it looks way awesome, can't wait to use it more on dead players laying around on the ground

also - yay, more pvp events!!!
In preparation for a renaming of this event next year, you will note that a number of help references, achievement names/descriptions, collectible names/descriptions, and items/item descriptions have been updated accordingly. The new event name will be Whitestrake’s Mayhem, retaining its connection to Pelinal Whitestrake but reworked in context so that it can run multiple times per year.

Peacatcher

Yeah ive started seeing dark convergence today, doesnt seem too crazy really. Still havent got many of the new pieces yet.

Weird thing i noticed, on one of my under 50 characters ive opened about 20 rewards boxes since the patch and havent had a single new set piece. But my max level characters seem to get more new pieces than the old sets.

geonsocal

hmmmm, that is a bit weird...

i'm in no real rush...i'll just stick all the new sets in a chest until i figure out how to deploy them amongst my different toons...

how many under 50 characters do you have? how many total toons do you have?

Peacatcher

Yeah the sets will be so common in a few weeks

I only have one under 50 at the moment and just because it had been a while since i levelled anyone. I have 11 on EU and 6 on NA at the moment on my main account (and another 10-15 across other accounts because i love starting fresh with crafting, set collections, materials etc). Playing a lot of magic warden currently and loving frost staffs!

I do want to try Hrothgar on my heavy attack stam DK which uses a lightning staff and a few trap skills. Currently got way of fire, undaunted infiltrator and sellistrix. Its unusual but a super fun build and a bit of extra damage from the new set would work quite well hopefully.

geonsocal

dang man, just logged on to my stam dk - ugh, they changed the deadly strike set...son of gun, this was my only toon wearing it, but - that's kind of annoying...

had this stam dk set up in deadly, seventh, and sellistrex, bloodthirsty on a couple of jewels...

oh well, guess it was time to change things up, need to go search and see what sets buff poison damage, or find some different build angle all together...

geonsocal

hey @Peacatcher ...I hear you on those frost staves...anything to slow folks up or snare them is great...

I like your stam dk build, that's a way cool combo...

i remember years ago you would get punished for having hybrids...thankfully we have a lot more variety in gear we can use to adjust our builds to make them both successful and fun in pvp...

geonsocal

searched around on the web, not all sites have updated information - goodness knows zos scrambles this stuff up a lot...the reason i'm leaving it here is because for some reason i thought the chilled status effect snared, it doesn't, who knows why i thought it did...

so, not sure how accurate this is at the moment, but, here we go:
Burning
The Burning status can be applied by dealing Fire Damage to a character. When you apply burning status effect on an enemy, they take fire damage over time based on your Max Magicka and Spell damage. Burning effect lasts 4 seconds and ticks every 2 seconds.

Chilled
The Chilled status can be applied by dealing Frost Damage to a character. Chilled enemy suffers from Minor Maim debuff for 4 seconds, reducing their damage by 5%. If you also have an ice staff equipped, this will apply Minor Brittle.

Concussed
The Concussed status can be applied by dealing Shock Damage to a character. Concussed enemy suffers from Minor Vulnerability debuff for 4 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.

Poisoned
The Poisoned status can be applied by dealing Poison Damage to a character. When you apply poisoned status effect on an enemy, they take poison damage over time based on your Max Stamina and Weapon damage. Poisoned effect lasts 6 seconds and ticks every 2 seconds.

Diseased
The Diseased status can be applied by dealing Disease Damage to a character. A diseased enemy suffers from Minor Defile debuff for 4 seconds, decreasing their healing received by 8%.

Hemorrhaging
The Hemorrhaging status can be applied by dealing Bleed Damage to a character. A hemorrhaging enemy suffers from Minor Mangle debuff for 4 seconds, reducing their maximum health by 10%.

Sundered
The Sundered status can be applied by dealing Physical Damage to a character. A sundered enemy suffers from Minor Breach debuff for 4 seconds, decreasing their physical and spell resistance by 2974.

Overcharged
The Overcharged status can be applied by dealing Magic Damage to a character. An overcharged enemy suffers from Minor Magickasteal debuff for 4 seconds, which restores 168 magicka per second to players dealing damage to them.

geonsocal

here are all the buffs/de-buffs:

geonsocal

19 days to go and - where in the heck did all these EP players come from!!! on both servers!!!


EU:
EP - 37.8k
DC - 31.1k
AD - 25.9k

NA:
EP - 36.9k
DC - 31 0k
AD - 28.6k

geonsocal

ugh, I've seen it happen, and now it's happened to me, got rooted, snared (what ever the heck it's called ) couldn't roll dodge away from that evil purple glowing ball and got sucked from the top floor of the front door gate (where I was happily pouring flaming oil on some uninvited guests at brindle), to outside the front door, dead...

geonsocal

so, while facing some overwhelming numbers at times lately, if i come upon a seriously "lost" alliance battle, or if i'm able to slink away from a lost cause - i've taken to having some fun on my mount and riding around large groups of enemies to see if i can get folks to chase me...i haven't been caught yet, i know it's coming

you gotta watch for the terrain and know how much ranged dots you and your mount can take - but, as long as you keep an eye on your range and don't run in to any rocks, trees, and a million other things in the way - you can mess with folks...

at times i'll lay on the ground a while to see where people might be headed, i'm fortunate folks react fairly well to my corpse on the ground...i've never been a bagger - but, i've focused on taunting people in pvp for years now...

geonsocal

ugh, still a ways away from collecting all the pieces...also farming leeching plate in imperial city prison on both servers...seems like a fun set to proc dark convergence...

prices are still around 20k plus for hrothgar and dark convergence and 10k plus for plaguebreak at guild traders...

I'll probably wait another week or two before I just buy what I need...

geonsocal

it's funny to think how some of us die-hard cyrodiil players think about eso and builds and whatnot all throughout the day - even at work, maybe mostly at work

you know what - if you are reading these words now - that probably means you

anyways - fair warning everyone - tonight i go shopping, i imagine i'll probably hit 15 or so different guild trader locations on each server - when i go to play this weekend - i wanna have those new sets equipped...

thankfully, i've got a ton of geodes, so, just gonna fill out the sticker books on all three sets and re-create them to gear up the toons i play - good chance, out of the 17 toons i have - pretty much all of them will have some combination of these new sets equipped the next time they play...

the challenge will be with collecting the jewelry and staves...the staves i'm just gonna have to hope some remote guild trader somewhere has it cheap, and, it may just be a lot cheaper purchasing zircon platings (for upgrading superior jewels to epic jewelry) than trying to buy epic hrothgar or darc convergence jewels...

geonsocal

finished shopping friday night, spent close to a million gold between the two servers...most of that for the jewelry...

patience isn't exactly one of my best traits

it'll take a while to figure out how to proc dark convergence on different builds...

used it on my magicka necromancer and was using:
unstable wall of elements
bone totem
boneyard

right now getting ready to take my NA magblade in to grey host, gonna see how time freeze and volcanic rune work out for me...

can't wait to outfit a stam toon to use caltrops...

I was really disappointed to see sellixtrex didn't proc dark convergence...

haven't tried leeching plate yet - anyone know what sets will proc dark convergence?

Ballcap

Yesterday I was killed by someone spamming dizzying swing and it was refreshing to die from something other than Dark Convergence.

geonsocal

too funny @Ballcap ...forget just not standing in stupid (red), you have to constantly watch out for thos purple glowing balls...it's easy to roll away from one right in to another...

finally farmed enough pieces of leeching plate to see if it'll proc dark convergence...

geonsocal

oh man, for such a "smart" guy, I seem to do plenty of foolish things - finally farmed all that leeching plate stuff, try it on, no dark convergence proc...

re-read the item description for the millionth time, and finally notice:

(5 items) Casting abilities that leave an effect on the ground will create an area that applies a 30% snare and pulls enemies every 2 seconds after a 1 second delay, and stun them for 1 second.

okay, I get it now hrothgar can be procced from a set, but dark convergence can only be procced by an ability...

okay, maybe not my sharpest moment

NordSwordnBoard

119k health necro Emperor lmfao

FtP!

Ballcap

You know the phrase, out of the frying pan and into the fire. Now it's out of the Dark Convergence and into the Dark Convergence. There is no escape, there is only Dark Convergence.

Front line attacking? That's a Dark Convergence.
Standing back and healing? That's a Dark Convergence.
Up on the wall using siege weapons? You better believe that's a Dark Convergence.

That's a paddlin

geonsocal

you are most certainly right about that...

it seems though that I do not mind dark convergence if I myself am playing a toon using dark convergence

wazzz56

I wonder if this is the eldest ongoing thread on the forums? Hope you're all well..sadly my interest in the game is rapidly dwindling.....dark conv. zergs aren't helping lol

Syrusthevirus187

Anyone who isn't a roleplayer is losing interest

Rhaegar75

How’s the population level since new world launched? My connection is down and I can’t check myself if there has been an impact