The Gold Road Chapter – which includes the Scribing system – and Update 42 is now available to test on the PTS! You can read the latest patch notes here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/656454/
What happened to the ESO population in the last week?
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Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo✭✭✭✭✭
✭We still play every day, and for the last few months, not a SINGLE day has gone by, in which we didn't encounter grouping bugs.
From the super hard to fix stuck in a group that you can't leave nor queue up with and the can't invite anyone bug, who thankfully are less common. To the showing up in a group that you were in before, but have already left and are no longer in... to the queue up for a dungeon bug, and get left behind with some or all people in your group showing offline in the group (but not in the guild tool). At least those issues can be fixed by a relative quick log out and back in or a travel to player.
But that a game that has been around for this long, can't even do grouping properly, tells you everything you need to know about the state of the game and it's developers.
I can only guess that they just don't care... the money keeps flowing in anyways.
Until it doesn't... and good luck trying to repair your reputation then.
Well they are certainly working on a new game at ZOS. They posted up many new job positions on their website recently for senior positions if I am correct.
https://glitched.online/zenimax-online-studios-working-on-new-open-world-ip-with-challenging-combat-and-fun-vehicle-gameplay/
So perhaps ESO has been put on the back burner, it's a shame. This happens when you sell a company..new titles have to come out fast and my guess is schedule got pushed forward for this new release.2 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Dalsinthus wrote: »There are some unfair comments in this thread. To say that the Devs are not trying to address PVP problems is not correct. Look at the upcoming patch and all the pvp centered changes and sets. I don't really agree with fixing problems like ball groups via sets, but at least they are trying. Fengrush had an epic multi-hour video on the patch notes where he went over this in detail that is worth a watch.
"Pvp centered changes". You mean things like increasing mitigation? How is that helping when a majority of the community said it was a bad idea? Adding new sets don't address nor benefit pvp at all.
We cried out for changes in IC, so they threw some flags in there for us to fight over. We wanted changes in Cyrodiil so they threw some flags in the town for us to fight over. They do the bare minimum and then call it a day. What we really want, and I think I speak for most of us, is for the performance to be addressed. It's embarrassing the game has played for so bad for so long. Balance, new features, etc can all wait, we don't care. We just want the game to be playable while doing the one thing we enjoy in ESO. It's not much to ask for in an MMO to have responsive performance. Other MMOs I've played offered that, why can't ESO?
They've got a great game hidden under a pile of garbage. It's been 7 years, and it performs worse than it did 3 years ago. I wish they'd just be honest and say "We don't care. We only care about housing and roleplayers now". I wouldn't even be mad to be honest, because at least we'd have the answer we knew along.
Hell, Undo has been broken since the day it was released. What's that now, 3 years?? They don't fix the main bugs we have problems with. They just sweep them under the carpet and ignore it until we finally admit defeat.
I don't know how you could defend them when the game is in such a state. I really don't, but hey, that's your prerogative.22 -
mickeyx✭✭✭✭I’ve noticed that Cyrodiil and IC are absolute ghost towns. Even with the current event going on, the Steam numbers are showing less players. Hardly anybody is online on my friends list or in guilds and battlegrounds seem dead. Have the past two years of lackluster chapters started affecting the player population?
Everyone I know is playing New World or waiting for its release. My entire friend list is empty. Guilds are losing players. I have been trying to complete the western Skyrim map but it's impossible to find even a small group to complete harrowstorms. Only dragon event feels a bit populated everything else seems dead. But i am sure this is just temporary. People are enjoying outside in the summer season and once people will get bored of New World they will come back. NW doesn't have lot of content to keep them engaged beyond the first month.Edited by mickeyx on July 30, 2021 7:21PM8 -
LiteEmUp✭✭✭
well to me it seems that the steam population looks normal lol...though i havent been to cyrodiil after MYM, so i can't say whats it like these days lol...NA PC Character list as of 2021Nord Dragonknight - Lady Anneke | Main toon | Stamina DPS Build | PVE-focused | 2H+Bow+DOT specialist | Main Crafter | Former Master Antiquarian
Dunmer Templar - Elrond of Riivendell | Magicka DPS Build | PVE- focused | Javs+Mystic Orb+ Debuff Specialist | Healer-role alt configuration
Argonian Warden - Heals-No-Teammates | Magicka DPS Build | Main-Healer Alt | PVE-focused | Mystic Orb + Animals Specialist | Healer-role alt configuration | Master Antiquarian
Dunmer Warden - Imperatore Furiosa | Stamina DPS Build | Main-Healer Alt | PVE-focused | 2H + Animals Specialist
Nord Dragonknight - Lenneth the Valkyrie | Health Tank Build | PVE-focused | 1H+ Destro staff configuration
Altmer Necromancer - Lord Voldemorth | Magicka DPS Build | PVE- focused | Blastbones+Skulls Specialist | Healer-role alt configuration
Altmer Sorcerer - Galadriel of Lothlorienn | Magicka DPS Build | PVE-focused | Pulse+Orb Specialist
Khajiit Nightblade - Katnip Everdeenn | Magicka DPS Build | PVP-focused | Bomber Specialist
Khajiit Nightblade - Catniss Everdeene | Stamina DPS Build | PVP-focused | Bow+2H specialist
Orc Necromancer - Lord Shang-Tsung | Stamina DPS Build | PVP-focused | 2H+Blastbones specialist
Orc Sorcerer - Geralt of Rievia | Stamina DPS Build | PVP-focused | 2H specialist
Breton Dragonknight - Lady Scabbia | Magicka DPS Build | PVE-focused | Pulse+Orb specialist
Imperial Templar - LiteEmUp | Stamina DPS Build | PVP-focused | 2H+Jabs specialist0 -
Vhozek✭✭✭✭✭
✭New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴.2 -
Marcus_Aurelius✭✭✭✭✭NW is a very different game, I don't think it's a threat to ESO.
Lore is almost non existent, PvE is barely present. Solo players have little to do.
If you like gathering/crafting that is pretty good and PvP could get very good.
Tried a 50v50 siege with an organized group and that was the must fun in PvP I had in years.4 -
Casdha✭✭✭✭✭
✭Personally, I'm on my annual re-watch of Supernatural and I'm on Season 14 now.
As far as this game goes, once I've missed enough days to miss that daily I might like to get then I just give up and log in the next month to see If I need to put any effort in to daily log-ins.
As far as the future of this game goes I hope another MMO does pulls away the die hard MMO folks, maybe then I won't have to relearn how to play the game and respec my characters every year when I come back for the New chapter, just because someone is gripping about how over powered the current META is. I think there are enough of us folks who pay annual ESO+ and buy content to keep this game going a while, especially if new content is all they are focused on.
IMHO I'm their favorite type of player (well maybe second favorite), the ones who pay annual fees but only use 3 to 4 months of server time. (favorite would be those that do the same thing but could care less about new content and buy a bunch of extra crowns to boot, for new skins and whatnot)
Proud member of the Psijic Order - The first wave - The 0.016%2 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭well to me it seems that the steam population looks normal lol...though i havent been to cyrodiil after MYM, so i can't say whats it like these days lol...
that 11.42% drop is probably pvp players, so if you don't pvp often you probably wouldn't notice. If you do pvp, it hits you pretty bad
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tripp✭✭✭New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.
It'd dead on arrival. Nobody's talking about it. There's nothing to do. Big name streamers are literally paid to play and say positive things about it, followed by them dropping it completely and returning to the game that made them relevant. Twitch view statistics speak for themselves. It's a literal flatline with 2 incredibly brief viewership spikes per day at most.
Like I said previously, people always go back to the MMO they invested the most time into, unless it has become completely unsalvageable. Usually it means WoW. For many players it's XIV. Here it's ESO. Those who are sincerely considering dropping it for NW (because it has better PVP or something? No idea, nobody ever cared to elaborate.) never liked the game in the first place. [snip]
[edited to remove baiting comments]Edited by ZOS_Ragnar on July 30, 2021 12:28PMbig, green, buff, but surprisingly not the Hulk5 -
Parasaurolophus✭✭✭✭✭
✭I can also confirm the general decline in the population in the eso over the past months. Lately, it has become more and more difficult to trade. I am a member of TTM, which is known as the top trading EU guild. Previously, all junk like green and blue furniture recipes, treasure maps, old motifs, and more, sold pretty quickly. Now I have to literally throw them out in order to free up slots in the trade guild.
It became very difficult to find people even for 6 keys. Every evening I spam in the chat "LFM 3dd`s for 6 keys" and as a rule there is only silence in response.
Still the same deserted Blackwood. Newbies cannot find help for killing bosses.PC/EU6 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.
It'd dead on arrival. Nobody's talking about it. There's nothing to do. Big name streamers are literally paid to play and say positive things about it, followed by them dropping it completely and returning to the game that made them relevant. Twitch view statistics speak for themselves. It's a literal flatline with 2 incredibly brief viewership spikes per day at most.
Like I said previously, people always go back to the MMO they invested the most time into, unless it has become completely unsalvageable. Usually it means WoW. For many players it's XIV. Here it's ESO. Those who are sincerely considering dropping it for NW (because it has better PVP or something? No idea, nobody ever cared to elaborate.) never liked the game in the first place. [snip]
[edited to remove baiting comments]
People are talking about it. We're talking about it right now. It's not just big name streamers playing it either.. twitch has exploded with NW content. I'm not saying it's a better game or anything, but you can't deny it hasn't made serious headlines.
The general consensus I get from ESO PvPers who played NW is, the crafting and pvp scenarios are great, but the combat is lacking. They don't enjoy the animation locking, ie: you swing your sword and you have to commit to it. ESO shines because of its animation cancelling, an accident that ended up making thousands of pvpers fall in love with the game.
I've spoken to quite a few people who are trying out the NW beta. A lot of them don't actually want to continue playing NW and have refunded the game, but they also don't want to return to ESO because of performance problems.
New World or any other MMO won't kill ESO. ZOS will kill ESO.
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Agenericname✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.
It'd dead on arrival. Nobody's talking about it. There's nothing to do. Big name streamers are literally paid to play and say positive things about it, followed by them dropping it completely and returning to the game that made them relevant. Twitch view statistics speak for themselves. It's a literal flatline with 2 incredibly brief viewership spikes per day at most.
Like I said previously, people always go back to the MMO they invested the most time into, unless it has become completely unsalvageable. Usually it means WoW. For many players it's XIV. Here it's ESO. Those who are sincerely considering dropping it for NW (because it has better PVP or something? No idea, nobody ever cared to elaborate.) never liked the game in the first place. [snip]
[edited to remove baiting comments]
People are talking about it. We're talking about it right now. It's not just big name streamers playing it either.. twitch has exploded with NW content. I'm not saying it's a better game or anything, but you can't deny it hasn't made serious headlines.
The general consensus I get from ESO PvPers who played NW is, the crafting and pvp scenarios are great, but the combat is lacking. They don't enjoy the animation locking, ie: you swing your sword and you have to commit to it. ESO shines because of its animation cancelling, an accident that ended up making thousands of pvpers fall in love with the game.
I've spoken to quite a few people who are trying out the NW beta. A lot of them don't actually want to continue playing NW and have refunded the game, but they also don't want to return to ESO because of performance problems.
New World or any other MMO won't kill ESO. ZOS will kill ESO.
Now you've spoken to another on. Thats where Ive been.
I feel like that assessment is pretty spot on. Parts of it are fantastic, but they missed their mark on combat. Its a big company though and they have the means to make drastic changes quickly if they want to, time will tell. There's a good bit of feedback on it and they will at least acknowledge that they receive and consider it. I feel like thats pretty important.
I do prefer ESO's combat, but Cyrodiil is in such bad shape at times unfortunately. If it weren't, I doubt this conversation would be happening.
I have no idea about stream viewership. I dont watch streams anywhere.
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Enemy-of-Coldharbour✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I was in Cyrodiil last night and it was packed. Most campaigns were locked up. I'm not seeing any issues on my end.
Edited by Enemy-of-Coldharbour on July 30, 2021 4:34PMSilivren (Silly) Thalionwen | Altmer Templar | Magicka | 9-Trait Master Crafter/Jeweler | Master Angler | PVE Main - Killed by U35
Jahsul at-Sahan | Redguard Sorcerer | Stamina | Werewolf - Free Bites | PVP Main
Derrok Gunnolf | Redguard Dragonknight | Stamina | Werewolf - Free Bites
Liliana Littleleaf | 9-Trait Grand Master Crafter/Jeweler (non-combat)
Amber Emberheart | Breton Dragonknight | Stamina | Master Angler
Vlos Anon | Dunmer Nightblade | Magicka | Vampire - Free Bites
Kalina Valos | Dunmer Warden | Magicka | Vampire - Free Bites
Swiftpaws-Moonshadow | Khajiit Nightblade | Stamina
Morgul Vardar | Altmer Necromancer | Magicka
Tithin Geil | Altmer Sorceress | Magicka
Dhryk | Imperial Dragonknight | Stamina
Guild Master - ESO Traders Union
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Fhritz✭✭✭✭✭??? didn't see any changes, and even more new players sometimes. Keep in mind that a lot of players during summer goes on vacation or anything, we'll talk again in 1-2 months .I'm a single character man.
Stamblade. Khajiit. Mostly pvp.
And...that's it.1 -
Greasytengu✭✭✭✭✭Agenericname wrote: »New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.
It'd dead on arrival. Nobody's talking about it. There's nothing to do. Big name streamers are literally paid to play and say positive things about it, followed by them dropping it completely and returning to the game that made them relevant. Twitch view statistics speak for themselves. It's a literal flatline with 2 incredibly brief viewership spikes per day at most.
Like I said previously, people always go back to the MMO they invested the most time into, unless it has become completely unsalvageable. Usually it means WoW. For many players it's XIV. Here it's ESO. Those who are sincerely considering dropping it for NW (because it has better PVP or something? No idea, nobody ever cared to elaborate.) never liked the game in the first place. [snip]
[edited to remove baiting comments]
People are talking about it. We're talking about it right now. It's not just big name streamers playing it either.. twitch has exploded with NW content. I'm not saying it's a better game or anything, but you can't deny it hasn't made serious headlines.
The general consensus I get from ESO PvPers who played NW is, the crafting and pvp scenarios are great, but the combat is lacking. They don't enjoy the animation locking, ie: you swing your sword and you have to commit to it. ESO shines because of its animation cancelling, an accident that ended up making thousands of pvpers fall in love with the game.
I've spoken to quite a few people who are trying out the NW beta. A lot of them don't actually want to continue playing NW and have refunded the game, but they also don't want to return to ESO because of performance problems.
New World or any other MMO won't kill ESO. ZOS will kill ESO.
Now you've spoken to another on. Thats where Ive been.
I feel like that assessment is pretty spot on. Parts of it are fantastic, but they missed their mark on combat. Its a big company though and they have the means to make drastic changes quickly if they want to, time will tell. There's a good bit of feedback on it and they will at least acknowledge that they receive and consider it. I feel like thats pretty important.
I do prefer ESO's combat, but Cyrodiil is in such bad shape at times unfortunately. If it weren't, I doubt this conversation would be happening.
I have no idea about stream viewership. I dont watch streams anywhere.
I think it comes down to whether you want to play a game you love that doesn't work, or a game you can tolerate that works well.
I don't want to quit ESO, but the performance is getting to the point where I can't justify playing anymore. I want this game to work, I want it to be more than a walking sim with some weak enemies scattered around." I nEeD HeAlInG!!! "4 -
nightstrike✭✭✭✭✭If cyro lag increases when there are many players on, and it's too laggy to play, then how are there simultaneously not enough people in there?
"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded" ~yogi bera...Warning: This signature is tiny!2 -
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✭New world, so people went on ti check if that game might be as poorly balanced as ESOAwake, but at what cost0 -
Woodenplank✭✭✭✭I've tried a range of different MMOs over the years, and somehow ESO is the only one that has me coming back every time I quit. Somehow, while ESO's combat is far from perfect, other MMOs just feel... clunky (?) by comparison.
Yes, the lag in Cyrodiil can be terrible, but sadly I don't think ZOS sees enough of an incentive to invest in fixing it.
They do release some new sets/updates now and then, and the no-proc experiment certainly shows some effort towards improving performance.
But at the end of the day, I don't think PVP performance has been a top priority since beta.
Does PVP performance make people buy houses? New quest zones? Costumes, non-combat pets, furnishings, etc.?
Hardly.
I enjoy PVP immensely (though I also like running Trials and vet Dungeons), but somehow I don't think performance will ever get "fixed" - ZOS is spending its development budget elsewhere.
P.s. Excuse the thread derailment. This was supposed to be about population. But again; Elsweyr event, New World beta, vacation, actually going outside and enjoying the sunshine (!?), has probably done a lot to drain the Cyrodiil campaigns. I see plenty of activity elsewhere, however. Even dungeon finding as DD has been fairly quick.Edited by Woodenplank on July 30, 2021 7:07PMI think it is central to ESO's well-being to critique the developers when they change the game (or fail to change something).
But the negativity can be exhausting, so I vow to post 50/50 negativity and appreciation.1 -
gamma71✭✭✭✭I pvp everyday in cyro or used to but the bomber B's got old quick this last patch so whatever got 3 five stars already. Actually enjoying the pve part of the game somewhat. But ya both my main pvp guilds have seen a dramatic decrease in people playing.2
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Jaraal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭alanmatillab16_ESO wrote: »lol since when has Imperial City and Cyrodiil been representative of the player population of ESO as a whole instead of just pvpers? Take a look in Craglorn, Vulkhel Guard, Elswyr and Skyrim. Come back when those areas are devoid of players and you might have a point.
With this reasoning, where there may have been 10 instances full of 100 players in Craglorn a year ago, and there could only be 2 instances of 100 players today, and how would you know if there were more or less players playing at any given time? Cyrodiil has a leaderboard and is limited to one instance. It's a much better barometer of player involvement, especially considering that there's hardly ever a queue there now, even in prime time.
RIP Bosmer Nation. 4/4/14 - 2/25/19.4 -
Kalik_Gold✭✭✭✭✭
✭Make a NEW open world PvP map (not zoning like IC), without all the lag, and new objectives.
Pan-Elsywer event: Wish they would make the central Elsywer zone as a PvP area. (Similar to IC, but with no zoning, in sewers and districts). Corinthe would be the main city, would be spectacular using the geographic region of the other 2 zones North and South Elsywer. The new zone would be something similar to Imperial City, without the old Molag Bal theme, and no loading screens ( too many in districts, and sewers), and less packed in density than Cyrodiil .
The city in Central Elyswer, Corinthe can still be affected by the Knahaten Flu. Similar to Orcrest and the poor areas of Senchal. Due to the Flu it is a no mans land and a mercenary area (PvP). The Flu theme could add into the lack of NPCs and the overall esthetic and them of the zone. The landscape is beautiful in Elyswer and IMO would be a fun place to PvP at...
It would wrap up the third zone of Elyswer, and not leave a weird gap in the map.
The fight for Corinthe PvP area and maps below:
Edited by Kalik_Gold on August 16, 2021 3:02PMMain: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade
Leveling...
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
__________________________Backstories:_________________________
Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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✭✭✭✭✭I've certainly been playing less. I'm busy with work, but I'm also getting kind of burnt out on ESO. I'm fed up with nerfs and low-drop-rate RNG grinds; I'm not sure I'm up for putting up with either anymore. I'm also perplexed with weird balance decisions like buffing the range of Vicious Death by a preposterous amount.
So I've been logging in to kill dragons and logging right back out the last week. Maybe I can get my enthusiasm back by playing less for a bit. We'll see."A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle6 -
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✭Marcus_Aurelius wrote: »If you like gathering/crafting that is pretty good and PvP could get very good.
Tried a 50v50 siege with an organized group and that was the must fun in PvP I had in years.
That's all I do in ESO crafting and PvP... I PvE only to get items for PvP.Main: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade
Leveling...
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
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Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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✭alanmatillab16_ESO wrote: »I’ve noticed that Cyrodiil and IC are absolute ghost towns. Even with the current event going on, the Steam numbers are showing less players. Hardly anybody is online on my friends list or in guilds and battlegrounds seem dead. Have the past two years of lackluster chapters started affecting the player population?
lol since when has Imperial City and Cyrodiil been representative of the player population of ESO as a whole instead of just pvpers? Take a look in Craglorn, Vulkhel Guard, Elswyr and Skyrim. Come back when those areas are devoid of players and you might have a point.
OP is literally talking about pvp, and you jumped to conclusions on thinking the OP meant the entire population including pve?5 -
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✭Twitch Viewership right now
New World - 84.8k viewers
World of Warcraft - 37k viewers
ESO - 6.5k viewers (1k less than Old School Runescape lmao)
Make pvp more exciting and less laggy. Let's get those numbers up. The game was popping when the likes of Sypher and Fengrush were streaming pvp. You know, before you turned the game into unicorns, rainbows and housing simulator.
There's nothing about the mainstream appeal of this game that lends itself to streaming/Twitch. I hope they don't do anything to boost that (beyond improving performance) as they will only end up ruining the rest of the game. All the WoW numbers have in effect "an extra nought" on them and always have done, while New World is the latest shiny new thing and is aimed solely at the PvP market with the odd late concession to PvE groupers, so it's classic streaming/Twitch material for now, at the height of its pre-launch hype, and how long that lasts will be interesting to see.
Yeah, it's so surprising that a PvP game is attracting attention, hype, and views in the MMO space...maybe if ZOS actually focused a bit on PvP, ESO could do similarly well.
ESO's doing fine after 7 years, let's see how well NW is doing after 7 months.
I don't doubt for a moment that ESO's PvP needs some improvements, not least in performance, but from what I've read about it including on their official forums I do doubt that New World is the solution for frustrated ESO PvPers. Any new MMO title attracts attention, hype and views before it launches, the question is whether over a significant period of time it also attracts and retains paying customers.
Eso is doing fine in what way? Performance is trash, build diversity is trash, meta shifting every other patch is trash, nerfing skills,passives, buffing and nerfing useless skills makes zero sense. The ONLY good thing eso is doing is updating the crown store and catering to the pve on content, and now even pve are saying the content is stale and too easy.4 -
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✭I’ve noticed that Cyrodiil and IC are absolute ghost towns. Even with the current event going on, the Steam numbers are showing less players. Hardly anybody is online on my friends list or in guilds and battlegrounds seem dead. Have the past two years of lackluster chapters started affecting the player population?
Everyone I know is playing New World or waiting for its release. My entire friend list is empty. Guilds are losing players. I have been trying to complete the western Skyrim map but it's impossible to find even a small group to complete harrowstorms. Only dragon event feels a bit populated everything else seems dead. But i am sure this is just temporary. People are enjoying outside in the summer season and once people will get bored of New World they will come back. NW doesn't have lot of content to keep them engaged beyond the first month.
How can you assume new world has no type of content? The map we got to play in beta literally was only 10%. Meaning they have tons of extra things to be added. And I guarantee you they know how eso has been mistreating its playerbase and definitely doesn't want to fall in that same category.4 -
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✭New World Beta lmao.
That game is like ESO 3. It's good.
It'd dead on arrival. Nobody's talking about it. There's nothing to do. Big name streamers are literally paid to play and say positive things about it, followed by them dropping it completely and returning to the game that made them relevant. Twitch view statistics speak for themselves. It's a literal flatline with 2 incredibly brief viewership spikes per day at most.
Like I said previously, people always go back to the MMO they invested the most time into, unless it has become completely unsalvageable. Usually it means WoW. For many players it's XIV. Here it's ESO. Those who are sincerely considering dropping it for NW (because it has better PVP or something? No idea, nobody ever cared to elaborate.) never liked the game in the first place. [snip]
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Eso has severe performance issues nobody will waste their time streaming a game with constant performance issues, it will play with your mental, I love how you're saying New world is dead on arrival, when it hasn't released yet, way to hate on something that hasn't had its full release. Eso has had 7 years to get it together, they failed and the constant decline has continued!5 -
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✭Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »I was in Cyrodiil last night and it was packed. Most campaigns were locked up. I'm not seeing any issues on my end.
That was probably "Last Night" what server are you on? And platform. Unfortunately one night doesn't make up for numerous days of low pop.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭alanmatillab16_ESO wrote: »I’ve noticed that Cyrodiil and IC are absolute ghost towns. Even with the current event going on, the Steam numbers are showing less players. Hardly anybody is online on my friends list or in guilds and battlegrounds seem dead. Have the past two years of lackluster chapters started affecting the player population?
lol since when has Imperial City and Cyrodiil been representative of the player population of ESO as a whole instead of just pvpers? Take a look in Craglorn, Vulkhel Guard, Elswyr and Skyrim. Come back when those areas are devoid of players and you might have a point.
OP is literally talking about pvp, and you jumped to conclusions on thinking the OP meant the entire population including pve?
Had the title been about the PvP population rather than the ESO population then probably a lot of posters would have responded differently, or not at all.0
