CP Gear Cap Increase, Do You Want It?

Defilted

Other, explain.

If they increase the gear cap, they increase it.

Oh know! I will have another excuse to play the game I really like to play... Terrible news!

luen79rwb17_ESO

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Oh hell no. This is totally pointless in ESO's sandbox-ish design, mobs don't even have levels now.

Raising CP gear cap would only mean a virtual increase of power that could also be done via the CP base stats, insert more crafing materials and a huge base of angry players that would have lost all their hard earned gear.

Asardes

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Longevity of the game does not increase by forcing people to grind for the same gear or upgrade materials, it increases by making new content and also revamping/fixing old content. If they did the former it would kill the game in a few weeks, with no way to recover.

DeadlyRecluse

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

TBH they are doing a pretty good job forcing/incentivizing regearing most patches already. I don't see any call for an arbitrary increase to force it.

I'd rather they finally reduce the cost of CP160 gear back down into the standard system (costing 1 more mat piece than cp150, rather than 10x).

Teridaxus

Yes, increase the gear cap!

I just want to witness the *** storm.

POps75p

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

hundreds of thousands of gold down the drain lmao no thanks

count me out of this game forever if this happens, the constant nerf's are more than killing from the constant regrinding.

NO NO and MO NO

kojou

Other, explain.

I would rather they just did away with gear tied to CP 10-160... Make us all level 50 + CP <whatever CP you are>. Once you get to CP 160 you never need gear that is lower ranked again anyway, because as soon as your next character gets to level 50 they advance to CP 160.

The problem with this type of change though is there would be a lot of other things that are level based that would have to change with it... Obviously it was a pretty complicated change already to make "One Tamriel", so having CP work as a place holder instead of Veteran Ranks was the easiest solution at the time.

Hopefully they will start phasing out CP level (the Veteran Rank placeholder) oriented features instead of piling on more levels... at least that is the direction I would like the game to take.

Dasovaruilos

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

ztyhurstub17_ESO wrote: »

I would rather they just did away with gear tied to CP 10-160... Make us all level 50 + CP <whatever CP you are>. Once you get to CP 160 you never need gear that is lower ranked again anyway, because as soon as your next character gets to level 50 they advance to CP 160.

The problem with this type of change though is there would be a lot of other things that are level based that would have to change with it... Obviously it was a pretty complicated change already to make "One Tamriel", so having CP work as a place holder instead of Veteran Ranks was the easiest solution at the time.

Hopefully they will start phasing out CP level (the Veteran Rank placeholder) oriented features instead of piling on more levels... at least that is the direction I would like the game to take.

That is actually not a bad concept...

CP 10-150 is actually a huge BLACK HOLE in this game... Getting recipes, mats or anything scaled for those leves is a huge pain. I still can't find some purple recipes.

Mats for those levels simply do not sell at all either.

rotaugen454

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

These polls are usually started by people trolling for angry reactions.

Subversus

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Tucker3711 wrote: »

Why not?

Your parents beat you as a child didn't they?

THEDKEXPERIENCE

I really can't wait for ...

CP170 gear that costs 15 amazium ingots each

and

CP180 gear that costs 1500 amazium ingots each.


Of course each amazinum ingot will cost 100,000 gold at launch, only be farmable in the Imperial City and be 0.4% better than CP160 gear.

Malamar1229

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

I would like to see Zos explore original and creative ways to progress players other than another gear level increase like every other mmo. People like progression to get a feeling of accomplishment but honestly I feel the exact opposite when all my vma weapons and gold cp160 gear becomes worthless.

Malamar1229

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Cously wrote: »

All gear, no cap, no level. It adapts to your level/cp. Crafting Materials simplified to mere Ingot, Hide, Cloth, Wood. That will eliminate any concerns about upping the cap, trading gear with low level pugs during dungeons, and gives consistency to the node change of allowing only materials for your crafting level. Crafting progression remains tied to improvement on refining and tempering, traits and motifs. That will make much simpler to convert everything to anything, sell and trade.

That also makes for a boring crafting system. Don't forget there are players out there who enjoy being a crafter and merchant.

starlizard70ub17_ESO

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

I think ESO would lose a lot of players if they increased the gear cap, The grind to reasonably good 160 cp gear is tough enough (nearly threw my monitor out the window a few times lol, , and the grind to get the elite gear the max/minners want is insane. To tell these guys they have to grind elite gold gear again for a new cp level, it'd be game suicide. Might as well turn off the servers right after the cp gear increase announcement.

(note, I don't even grind for the high end gear, I just use the stuff I can make or pick up off the dungeon bosses, etc. And I don't think I'd bother with another gear grind. I'd just play less and less until I stopped at some point with a new cp gear increase.)

Karmanorway

Yes, increase the gear cap!

I would like that, but give us a crafting option to upgrade current 160 gear to whatevers the cap is, so we dont need to farm the same stuff again. Or, add new gear with the new cp cap..

Mondini

C O N F I R M E D

Unfadingsilence

Yes, increase the gear cap!

JinMori wrote: »

Only if they give us a way to increase our gear from 160 to whanever, without having to discard the current gear.

That would be nice just like using gold mats to make armor and weapon legendary, it would be nice to be able to get mats that lvl gears as well but still keep a cap limit on it since I'm sure people would cry about others having lvl 1000+ gear and so on

MilwaukeeScott

Yes, increase the gear cap!

In an ESO Live quite sometime time ago, Armor/Weapon levels were discussed.

They said a level rise was coming but not until after 1Tam.

How long ago was that?

I expect a level change before the end of the year.

Yubarius

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

If they increase gear cap without a way to upgrade 160 gear to the new max I will no joke delete everything I own

Wreuntzylla

WhitePawPrints wrote: »

Tucker3711 wrote: »

Why not?

Increasing CP limit would likely be a nail in the coffin for most players, so new content would have to be a very good incentive to keep them around.

A mass exodus. I'll be moses.

About the only thing besides P2W that wil get me to move on. #altaholicsanonymous

Heroeric1337

Yes, increase the gear cap!

Only so the Temper value increases

starkerealm

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

I feel like I've already posted in this thread... but... because there wouldn't be any actual increase to our power. A gear cap increase would only serve to weaken existing characters and gear, forcing us to regrind for no actual benefit.

If you'd asked be before One Tamriel, when that would have meant an actual upgrade in power, yeah, maybe. But now? No, it would just invalidate our gear for no real benefit.

That said, the option for 160 weapons that weren't vibrant red? Yeah, I could get behind that.

MLGProPlayer

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Malamar1229 wrote: »

I would like to see Zos explore original and creative ways to progress players other than another gear level increase like every other mmo. People like progression to get a feeling of accomplishment but honestly I feel the exact opposite when all my vma weapons and gold cp160 gear becomes worthless.

Progression via a gear cap increase doesn't result in a feeling of accomplishment in ESO because you don't become stronger. Mobs just scale to the new gear cap, so your relative power/resistance is identical to what it was at CP160.

MLGProPlayer

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

luen79rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Raising CP gear cap would only mean a virtual increase of power that could also be done via the CP base stats, insert more crafing materials and a huge base of angry players that would have lost all their hard earned gear.

There is no increase in power at all because all mobs scale to the gear cap. Your relative power will be identical to what it was at CP 160.

The only way you can experience a power increase in ESO via a gear cap increase is if the next zone they release is a higher level than previous zones (i.e. Clockwork City is a CP 200 zone while the rest of the game stays at CP 160).

Basically, ZOS would need to abandon One Tamriel in order to increase the gear cap. Considering that One Tamriel was responsible for tripling the player base, I find that unlikely.

MLGProPlayer

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

MilwaukeeScott wrote: »

In an ESO Live quite sometime time ago, Armor/Weapon levels were discussed.

They said a level rise was coming but not until after 1Tam.

How long ago was that?

I expect a level change before the end of the year.

That statement was made before One Tamriel became the single most successful change they ever made to the game. The player base tripled in Novemeber of last year and has remained steady since.

They probably only intended for One Tamriel to affect the base game at the time, with new zones still being released at a higher level (which is the only way a gear cap increase would work). I'm sure they shelved the idea after they saw how successful OT was.

Morgul667

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

As mentioned OT just makes gear level irrelevant. Upping it would only make people farm for no gain. Useless, pointless and annoying, that would make a lot of players angry. Not worth it.

They want us to grind ? New sets ? New crafting materials ? Jewelry crafting ? many things could be used.

houjo2000b16_ESO

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

Due to One Tamriel- if it increased to say, CP 200- it means you would become 40 CP weaker overnight to everything. The moment you do a system like that, you kinda make new gear levels the devil. It represents a brutal grind to get to where you were before.

Not to mention... even more materials to contend with? No thanks.

ZiRM

No, I would like to stay with CP 160.

No, Too many people have worked too hard on Gear grinding to have it all become worthless.

Yarlenzey

Other, explain.

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Clearly in the case of gear CP level increase it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out it is likely coming at some point. Zos has already stated as much just a few months ago, but did not enlighten us as to when.

It's actually impossible to raise the gear cap in One Tamriel. The new gear cap would be statistically identical to the old gear cap.

The only way they could raise the cap is if the next zone they released was a CP 200 (or whatever the new cap would be) zone, while the rest of the game was still CP 160. But they won't do that due to how successful OT has been.

I'll Bite. Where exactly did Giles write that?

Blacksmoke

Yes, increase the gear cap!

With the upcoming trait change systems I say yes IF mob levels increase as well otherwise it just makes the allready too easy content even easier