the bears plague
NeKryXe
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i'm enjoying very much to play with my new warden character, but... every time i enter in a big city or in some house, filled with bears in every corner, it feels weird and funny but also, somehow, disappointing 
...i know, i know... this is not a problem to the gameplay, but it's a new weirdo Tamriel even for the weirdness standards of Nirn 
well... it might be solved if we could pick a different animal to combat with, the cities would start to look more like zoos, but at least the bears plague would be solved.
i wouldn't mind to get a small wild cat to be more discreet than the huge bear :P
anyone else feels the same?
...i know, i know... this is not a problem to the gameplay, but it's a new weirdo Tamriel even for the weirdness standards of Nirn well... it might be solved if we could pick a different animal to combat with, the cities would start to look more like zoos, but at least the bears plague would be solved.
i wouldn't mind to get a small wild cat to be more discreet than the huge bear :P
anyone else feels the same?
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Coggage✭✭✭✭I never use Idiot Bear, because it seldom turns up to actually fight anything, being so often stuck on a bit of scenery or just standing there watching. 4
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Tryxus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ppl are never too old for teddy bears"Stand strong, stay true and shelter all."
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Rohamad_Ali✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I just pretend there's a Warden convention in town or its Bring your Bear to work Day .21 -
Deadfinger6✭✭✭Saw someone with gamer tag "Who-Bears-Wins",. Kinda like them now. But there's an awful lot of *** in the woods1 -
ADarklore✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Funny, this is how I used to feel about seeing SORC pets everywhere. It was like, "isn't Daedra supposed to be our enemy, and yet everyone has one as a pet" go figure.CP: 2130 ** ESO+ ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
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SameMeteor26✭✭✭Omg don't get me started with dolmens. All you see are bears. It's an ocean of bears everywhere with the occasional head of a high elf sticking out. The dolems become so laggy due to the hundreds of bears everywhere. It's too much IMO. I hate to sound like a whinner (cuz there's so many in this game) it's just that they make the game even MORE laggy than it already is.5 -
NeKryXe✭✭✭✭✭
✭Funny, this is how I used to feel about seeing SORC pets everywhere. It was like, "isn't Daedra supposed to be our enemy, and yet everyone has one as a pet" go figure.
yes... i thought about that too, a long time ago. but somehow, maybe i got lucky, but i never saw such a plague so intrusive as the bears plague. maybe it's because the bears are bigger or because they usually last longer activated... probably both 0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Just grin and bear it.
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Keep_Door✭✭✭✭✭I hve been playing warden since early release and i ditched the bear after the first two days. Its just not reliable and the burst from dawnbreaker is just better, at least for pvp.
Dont worry i feel like everyone is going to soon realize the bear is more of a gimmick then anything else.1 -
T1y4hoon✭✭✭Think of Zenimax Employees as zookeepers.
Why are there bears everywhere? Not enough zookeepers.1 -
BlackSparrow✭✭✭✭✭
✭Funny, this is how I used to feel about seeing SORC pets everywhere. It was like, "isn't Daedra supposed to be our enemy, and yet everyone has one as a pet" go figure.
yes... i thought about that too, a long time ago. but somehow, maybe i got lucky, but i never saw such a plague so intrusive as the bears plague. maybe it's because the bears are bigger or because they usually last longer activated... probably both
Most sorcs I know keep their pets up indefinitely, and the bear isn't much bigger than the Clannfear. In actuality, you probably notice them less because a) you're used to them, and b) sorc pet builds aren't as common as they were early on.
Right now, Wardens are at a very high ratio, because everyone's leveling one... and one of the most attractive aspects (at least, the one touted in the promos) was the bear... which the Warden meta already seems to be steering away from.
So give it a month. Wardens will be less common as players level them up and then go back to their usualy playstyles, and the bear build in particular is likely to be used mostly by roleplayers and people who just think it's cool. You'll also likely notice them less, just as you don't really notice the sorc pets now.Living vicariously through my characters.
My Girls:"If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"
Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"
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CaptainBeerDude✭✭✭✭✭Yep. My warden is now lvl 16. Going to start experimenting with the other ultis to see how they go. Super useful for a low level buff caster though.0
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1mirg✭✭✭✭✭I don't mind our new bear overlords. But I do find it troubling that they tend to block npcs or items on the ground when they stand over them. It makes questing abit difficult when there are like 2+ wardens around that area your questing in.
Though it would be neat if the wardens could summon something other than a bear. That I have to agree with.┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴┤ ⅽ[ː̠̈ː̠̈ː̠̈] ͌ ├┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴┬┴1 -
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✭✭This is a beary, big problem.
All bear puns aside, I do agree with the idea that we should have different animals to choose from. I saw this one dunmer npc summon a Kwama Worker as his "bear pet", so if he can do it, why can't we?PC - NACP 1125
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Keldheir✭✭✭✭I'm playing a warden myself but I don't use that damn bear. Not just because it's near to useless (when it finally reaches the enemy I usually already killed them). But also because they are always in the way. Yesterday I tried to talk to the banker lady in the Alik'r but couldn't because a bear was standing inside of her. All I could see was Feral Guardian and there would be no option to interact with that lady until the warden and their pet left. Damn annoying.PC EU0 -
Lyrander✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »I just pretend there's a Warden convention in town or its Bring your Bear to work Day .
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✭✭✭✭✭This was expected and not at all surprising. Once people learned you could have a permanently summoned pet ultimate with the Warden, everyone knew the game would be FULL of them come launch. Just have to wait it out for the "ooh and ahh" of the new class to wear out, not to mention all the new players that picked this game up just for Morrowind to eventually get bored and quit. Then it'll be business as usual.
Funnily enough, I think I'm the only Warden in ESO that's using Sleet Storm for my Ultimate, instead of the Bear.CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
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tinythinker✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭This was expected and not at all surprising. Once people learned you could have a permanently summoned pet ultimate with the Warden, everyone knew the game would be FULL of them come launch. Just have to wait it out for the "ooh and ahh" of the new class to wear out, not to mention all the new players that picked this game up just for Morrowind to eventually get bored and quit. Then it'll be business as usual.
Funnily enough, I think I'm the only Warden in ESO that's using Sleet Storm for my Ultimate, instead of the Bear.
Nope. Didn't care for the bear in closed beta, using northern storm and healing thicket on live.❤Experienced, new, returner?❤ Help keep ESO's community strong ᕙ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ᕗ -- share what you love about the game, offer constructive feedback, and make friends.ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
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✭Now they need to nerf Bear ultimate even more so no one except some hardcore RPers will ever use it. 0 -
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✭It's weird to see bear heads sticking out through walls lol..my immersion is breaking.0 -
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✭tinythinker wrote: »This was expected and not at all surprising. Once people learned you could have a permanently summoned pet ultimate with the Warden, everyone knew the game would be FULL of them come launch. Just have to wait it out for the "ooh and ahh" of the new class to wear out, not to mention all the new players that picked this game up just for Morrowind to eventually get bored and quit. Then it'll be business as usual.
Funnily enough, I think I'm the only Warden in ESO that's using Sleet Storm for my Ultimate, instead of the Bear.
Nope. Didn't care for the bear in closed beta, using northern storm and healing thicket on live.
Ditto. One of my Wardens is ice-focused, so the ice ulti is her go-to.
...My other Warden uses the bear. XDLiving vicariously through my characters.
My Girls:"If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"
Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"
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CaptainBeerDude✭✭✭✭✭This was expected and not at all surprising. Once people learned you could have a permanently summoned pet ultimate with the Warden, everyone knew the game would be FULL of them come launch. Just have to wait it out for the "ooh and ahh" of the new class to wear out, not to mention all the new players that picked this game up just for Morrowind to eventually get bored and quit. Then it'll be business as usual.
Funnily enough, I think I'm the only Warden in ESO that's using Sleet Storm for my Ultimate, instead of the Bear.
Nope. Just stopped using the bear. Might switch back to it when fully levelled for some damage if I go full healtard/tanktard.0
