Grade this patch

Dawnblade

EvilAutoTech

Haven't played it yet but when I read about it on the forums I hear Elmer Fudd singing, in the tune of Ride of the Valkyries:

Kil da mages, kill da mages, kill da mages, hahahaha.

Sang

F

Big fat F

I'm really not enjoying the game anymore either in pvp or pve, perhaps it's time to unsub and take another break for a few updates/years/whatever.

iiYuki

F

F -

Murkmire is nice though it doesn't make up for the multitude of problems this patch has brought.
-Bugs that range from annoying to game breaking in everywhere from Housing, world bosses, dungeons, animations, combat the list goes on and ZO$ refuses to fix them outside of pre-planned patches. Meaning that we will be enduring this a minimum of a week most likely 2+.
-MagSorcs have been killed along with shields and with no respec or shared progress its either; restart, quit or grin and bear it.
-PvP is unplayable.
-ZO$ still refuse to split PvE and PvP changes.
-More sets introduced that are DOA or become BIS by miles.

Yamakaziing

F

F

This is no patch. It’s a sad sad sad maneuver.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

C

I generally like the content but there isn't much to the story line or quests. Performance seems to have gone downhill. It wouldn't hurt ZOS to forgo a content release and clean up the various bugs and performance issues in both PvE and PvP. I think a large majority of the player base would applaud this.

oXI_Viper_IXo

Alinhbo_Tyaka wrote: »

It wouldn't hurt ZOS to forgo a content release and clean up the various bugs and performance issues in both PvE and PvP. I think a large majority of the player base would applaud this.

I agree, although unfortunately we've been barking up that tree for years to no avail.

Kikazaru

F

Murkire itself is nice but... but... everything else is a utter disaster. All of our feedback has fallen on deaf ears with the amount of imbalances and bugs that made it through live.

_Ahala_

F

Fail

preevious

SosRuvaak wrote: »

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preevious wrote: »

Grollok76 wrote: »

Glurin wrote: »

SosRuvaak wrote: »

General consensus seems to say Zenimax got a failing grade.

Nope.

At this moment, 166 pass v.s. 164 fail.

Yeah, about 70% D and F combined really screams "satisfied customers". I am sure they are celebrating this resounding success.

Except that the vast majority of players don't answer this kind of "insightful poll".
The discontent are a minority .. but the discontent are also the most vocal, and tend to plague the forums with a huge amount of posts, all on the same few subjects.

You know .. yes, the meta change, yes sets AND skills go bis and fall out of grace. This is a living MMO. If nothing change, it'll die out, so embrace the changes. If you don't want to change your build with every update, then, accept that your build will be good, but not optimal .. many players play this way without raging.

I don't know if they celebrate, probably not, but they give it the imprtance it deserve : none.

You didn't vote tho

And I suppose that, in your mind, it void my points.
I didn't vote because I haven't done enough or murkmire to be able to give a sound criticism already.
I'm amazed that so many people are able to pass a fair and unbiased judgment, already.
So far, I kinda like it.

Even if I am a pet sorc who relies (relied) heavily on hardened ward for durability.
Yes, things change, as I said .. won't stop me from enjoying the game.

seventaru

BretonMage wrote: »

Really bad. I don't care about the bugs, but the magicka nerfs mean I can no longer play the way I like. I don't see how this game can pass for entertainment anymore.

You should care about bugs. For all the monetizing they do, the absolute least they can do is not release EVERY patch ridden with bugs. It's totally unacceptable. This game is seriously starting to resemble Neverwinter in terms of quality and that is not good at all.

veil_

F

F

Have never felt this bad since i started in '15
Nerfs that dont make sense coupled with *insane* ideas regarding combat and an overperforming CP point system
Still, a buy to play game, with pay to play dlc's, a sub model, buy to play "chapters" and lootboxes.

yeah its enough for me now

Lylith

F

i quite like murkmire along with its quests, dailys, and characters.

the rest of the update, though...

redspecter23

C

I give it a C. There were some positives (templar sustain, dk melee range), mostly overshadowed by some huge negatives (shields, speed) as well as at least a few WTF changes like the warden heal. I can't give it an F due to the existence of some good changes, but ZOS really should have been aware of the backlash they would get from shields and what were they thinking with enchants?

Burtan

A

A for Ass

DanteYoda

F

fierackas wrote: »

My Stamdens bear is now a rug in Pariah's Pinnacle.

My Frost Magden has had one of her fun skills taken away to be replaced with a useless clunky stun that will never be used.

My Petsorc is only getting logged in to do daily writs, likewise my Magsorc.

I haven't even bothered exploring the new content because I'm not finding the game fun at the moment.

^this only i'm not even bothering with writs..

SosRuvaak

F

preevious wrote: »

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SosRuvaak wrote: »

preevious wrote: »

Grollok76 wrote: »

Glurin wrote: »

SosRuvaak wrote: »

General consensus seems to say Zenimax got a failing grade.

Nope.

At this moment, 166 pass v.s. 164 fail.

Yeah, about 70% D and F combined really screams "satisfied customers". I am sure they are celebrating this resounding success.

Except that the vast majority of players don't answer this kind of "insightful poll".
The discontent are a minority .. but the discontent are also the most vocal, and tend to plague the forums with a huge amount of posts, all on the same few subjects.

You know .. yes, the meta change, yes sets AND skills go bis and fall out of grace. This is a living MMO. If nothing change, it'll die out, so embrace the changes. If you don't want to change your build with every update, then, accept that your build will be good, but not optimal .. many players play this way without raging.

I don't know if they celebrate, probably not, but they give it the imprtance it deserve : none.

You didn't vote tho

And I suppose that, in your mind, it void my points.
I didn't vote because I haven't done enough or murkmire to be able to give a sound criticism already.
I'm amazed that so many people are able to pass a fair and unbiased judgment, already.
So far, I kinda like it.

Even if I am a pet sorc who relies (relied) heavily on hardened ward for durability.
Yes, things change, as I said .. won't stop me from enjoying the game.

but you dont have any lag, or bugs with tons of basic abilities that interrupt the fun of the game? like, the bosses not spawning or the lack of content in the zone?

the quests themselves are pretty good, detailed fairly well but theres what, 20 of them and a bunch of dailies?
i cant even get my crafting writs from the zone and theres soo many other dailies.

MakoFore

F

getting worse and worse cos wobbles is still behind the wheel. just being honest and saying what we all know

PapaWeeb

F

I give it a 'frost staff tanking' out of 10

ScardyFox

F

Dawnblade wrote: »

So fitting...

Katahdin

D

The new map is an A+

I haven't done the story yet to grade that but the characters I've seen so far get a B+

Additional sustain nerfs get a resounding F. I am struggling to improve my DPS for end game content and you just made it worse

How they handled the swift nerf also gets a resounding F. Major expedition was not the problem, swift jewlery in PvP was. My character now feels like he is walking in mud

Breaking crafting stations in houses, I'll give that a D-

Zer0oo

F

ezio45

F

Bold business move ruining the game during broktober and no cash november O.o not sure what zos what hoping to accomplish here but im sure rdr2 appreciates the added business


Starting to wonder if some of zos share holders also have stock in rockstar

Lord_Draevan

D

I was questing in Murkmire and only 2 hours in I came across quest-breaking bugs for 3 different quests: 2 for me and 1 for a group on the same quest as me that I thankfully didn't get.
One involving Xukas not appearing (Missing in Murkmire main quest), one about Dradeiva being un-interactable (The Lost Legion side quest), and one about Krona and Ree-Nakal not spawning (Empty Nest side quest). Can't speak for the PvP side yet, but PvE is pretty buggy so far.

Maryal

There is a difference between the Merk (the pve zone, quests, delves, dungeon, etc.) vs. all the other changes made to the game. You can tell by reading over the comments in this thread (as well as other similar threads) that people are not in sync about what they are responding to ... some responses are about Merk while other responses are about 'all the other changes' (i.e., not related to 'Merk'). It would be nice if questions posed in threads such as these were more clear or specific -- IMO it would make reading over the responses more impactful. Just saying.

Gargath

A

Some bugs but generally ok, I love the new double dual wield changes. Hope it will stay in pvp .

Malyck

F

Dawnblade wrote: »

Nailed it. This patch should have never gone live. If something this bad was released where I work, people would lose their jobs. I think this team needs some fresh blood, and definitely some better direction.

Gandrhulf_Harbard

The truth is that for the amount of money Zeni threw into this anything less than a B is an abject failure.

You can throw out a C and call it a success if you are a small software house, with a handful of staff.

If you are Zeni then a C is just as bad as an F.


All The Best

Girl_Number8

F

I expected them to take me out to a nice restaurant before f****** me~!!

ScardyFox

F

Girl_Number8 wrote: »

I expected them to take me out to a nice restaurant before f****** me~!!