Hello from the Lead Gameplay Designer

ak_pvp

Welcome @ZOS_RobGarrett

Are you the one we scapegoat and grumble at when angry?

pzschrek

@ZOS_RobGarrett can you tell the team to PLEASE stop kicking Wrobel’s ass in duels, and let him into your groups as dps. We all know he mains NB. I don’t care how bad he is, please let him win so he stops favoring them.

ezio45

Welcome to the forums @ZOS_RobGarrett

If you ever need a ps4 na ad viv guild hmu ;D

please dont nerf sorc, ty

Selthia

Welcome aboard!

resdayn00

Welcome!

Nice to meet you, love the enthusiasm. Keep it going! Prepare for a looooot of salt here on the forums though. I mostly see it as “that loud minority” so to say. But I would definitely love to hear more about the motivation/train of thought behind some of the features! I think it leads to better reaction, more usable feedback and better overall communication, eventually a healthier game and community.

Cheers!

LadyLethalla

Welcome Rob

Universe

Welcome grand overseer @ZOS_RobGarrett

I wish you the best of luck in leading/overseeing the gameplay design teams
This is a great responsibility, but like Lord Sheogorath once said :

"It's swept the Fringe. That's not good. See if you can't hold them off there. Because, if you can't, everyone is going to die. No pressure."

So no pressure!

geonsocal

and howdy rob...welcome aboard sir...

hope to see you out there in cyro (ps4/na/vivec)...what are you - like cp 100 or something, in which case - i really hope i see you out there

runagate

Welcome to the forums. I can't think of anything that will bring more goodwill than this type of communication. Thank you and kudos.

Hammy01

Welcome aboard @ZOS_RobGarrett !!

I think I am most thrilled that you are actively playing on console. I am hopeful that by now you have experienced some of our major pain points (ie - poor guild trader ui, etc). I hope that you will be able give us console players some much needed QOL and stability improvements!!

Do you pvp at all and if so do you like BG's or Cyrodiil? I for one love Cyrodiil but I really think it needs some new life breathed into it (ie - new and exciting objectives for groups of all sizes).

Shantu

Welcome to the forums. I hope your participation is as candid as your post...and that you've brought along a tough skin.

mateosalvaje

Welcome! Don't let the rabid beasties bite you

Peekachu99

Thanks for chiming in. My question: are there any plans to work on UI features, social features (group finding interface) and other much needed tools? Especially on console (which you’re now on), the lack of functionality is crippling.

Elsonso

Hey, Rob, welcome to the forums. Always glad to see the devs stop by. New perspectives are always interesting, and I look forward to seeing what direction you lead. (Hopefully, some of that will be in the direction of much needed UI improvements... like in the guild store... hint hint )

DanteYoda

Now this is what i like to see.. Developers actually coming and posting on their own forums, for good or bad customers like to have an avenue where we can see our ideas and complaints heard..

ESO is a great game but for every good aspect there are multiple bad aspects lately. I do hope you weather the forums well as this is the way to get trust and communication about your game and hopefully some serious overhauls and fixes.

Thanks for writing to us and please take most of our anger with a grain of salt, but not our grievances.


Thanks very much.

Finviuswe

Hello. Pls revert all the Wolfhunter nerfs they were all bad.

BlueViolet

Welcome!
I hope you stick around, and don't fade into the "never communicating" background due to being savaged on the forums at any point.
The community is very passionate about the game and sometimes come on a bit strong, but no one would be here if they didn't truly love the game.

DanteYoda wrote: »

Thanks for writing to us and please take most of our anger with a grain of salt, but not our grievances.

Yes, this

JJBoomer

Welcome! I hope you enjoy your time here! My only advice would be to grow a very thick skin. the ESO forum community can be often, very hateful and unreasonably demanding and even times berating towards the developers and the people behind the scenes. But they are not representative of the player base as whole.

I hope you bring good things to the game!

VilniusNastavnik

Salvas_Aren wrote: »

Don't listen to nerf calls, fix the broken staff HAs and have fun!

Yeah.. no. Some of us rely on the Staff HAs to Maximise our DPS as we cant weave with unstable ping. Maybe focus on fixing the servers and then we can talk about the Staff HAs.

Doctordarkspawn

This can only be a good thing, Mr. Garret. By helping us understand, we can help contribute to balance in a constructive way, rather than just calling for nerfs.

Here's to you. Hopefully this becomes a constructive relationship. And even if it does not, thank you for trying.

Davor

Welcome and congratulations on your job position. I really like what you have done here, introducing yourself and say you will be part of the community. One of my complaints is about the quietness of Zenimax. This has addressed one of my complaints. For that I thank you.

Looking forward to see your leadership/work into the game and love to hear/read what you have planned.

Davor

madchuska83

You've taken a large risk coming here.

Goratesque

@ZOS_RobGarrett Welcome to ESO Forums Mr. Garrett! ZOS is one of the most passionate and friendly game developer studio as far as I see.

I know you have a lot of things to do but couldn't resist myself to say that "Guild Trader" system maybe offers one of the most important and worst gaming experience in ESO. They are few -- doesn't matter how many of them, there will be more people and guilds, always -- and their prices getting out of the hand. Blind bidding and everything else is like a Crazy King battleground for a decent guildmaster who cannot afford millions of golds per week. I know A LOT of experienced people either guildmaster or not who quit playing because of this system.

Good luck on your journey!

Edit: Here's my humble suggestion that may save a lot of time from you: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/5341460#Comment_5341460

Poncho28

Thanks for posting and clearing the air on "Management Intent".

If I may, please fix PvP before you do anything else. Large scale battles wreck client connections (or state) and the Cyrodiil faithful have put up for it since Beta.

Stop releasing fury little animals, 2 dungeon DLCs, or retro Flame Crates. Do hard stuff, not easy. Get everyone at ZOS to roll up their sleeves and figure out how to keep me and others from crashing out of Cyrodiil.

Thanks, and welcome aboard.

Aesthier

Good to have you here!

Wifeaggro13

Wish you luck sir glad to see new blood. Hoping to see some new ideas and systems implemented

Reverb

ZOS_RobGarrett wrote: »

And, of course, @ZOS_RichLambert oversees "all the things".

Except pants

Recremen

Glad to see another highly-experienced person join the team, welcome!

Tiara_Ra

Hi Rob, welcome!

Lake

Which department is in charge of the performance fixes?

On the forums, only one green staff member has ever commented on performance / technical fixes and that's @ZOS_AlexTardif .

Surely it's not just one poor guy.