Every single Solo Random BG is a deathmatch

maboleth · November 2021

AS title says it. It's beyond annoying. I'm quitting BGs until this is solved.

Fhritz · November 2021

Even if it's annoying, it's not that bad. I mean, DM is a mode like any other, even if this "bug" is solved you'll still play some DM in random queue sometimes

maboleth · November 2021

Random? Yes. But not every time. I haven't played a single non-DM match in a BG for a very, very, long time.

definitelygee · November 2021

maboleth wrote: »

Random? Yes. But not every time. I haven't played a single non-DM match in a BG for a very, very, long time.

Looking through the patch notes, i believe this is an intended feature from a few patches ago

vgabor · November 2021

There should be two queue, one DM queue and one random non-DM queue.

Amottica · November 2021

Fhritz wrote: »

Even if it's annoying, it's not that bad. I mean, DM is a mode like any other, even if this "bug" is solved you'll still play some DM in random queue sometimes

Playing DM some because you queued for a random vs every or near every queue pop for a random is a DM are very different. One is expected the other shows an inherent flaw in the system.

So yes, it is bad. Those that heavily prefer DMs would be complaining if they were getting stuck in objective BGs if they did not have a choice, Since they do have a choice, unlike anyone else, I doubt many see a problem.

vgabor wrote: »

There should be two queue, one DM queue and one random non-DM queue.

This except the DM queue should not draw from those queueing for a random. There is nothing wrong with a random queue getting DM from, time to time.

The problem is that with the solo queue it only takes one player queueing for a DM to pull 11 random queued players into a DM. That is wrong on any level.

Magio_ · November 2021

Amottica wrote: »

Those that heavily prefer DMs would be complaining if they were getting stuck in objective BGs if they did not have a choice, Since they do have a choice, unlike anyone else, I doubt many see a problem.

This you?

Wolf_Eye · November 2021

If they have effectively removed the objective BGs from the game by making it impossible to queue for anything other than DM (even when you queue for random), then they need to automatically give us all the achievements and goodies (dyes, titles, style pages, etc) associated with those objective BGs. As well as access to the exclusive furnishings for those objective BGs.

AVaelham · November 2021

Yeah I keep getting only Deathmatch in every single Solo Random BG as well. I don't really mind DM but I would really like to play other game modes as well.

ealdwin · November 2021

Bug or not, this is annoying as ****.

When a queue is advertised as a "Random" queue, I fully expect it to produce each BG type with relative equal frequency over an aggregate period of time. Instead, it's all DMs.

It's clearly broken. Fix it.

auz · November 2021

Amottica wrote: »

Fhritz wrote: »

Even if it's annoying, it's not that bad. I mean, DM is a mode like any other, even if this "bug" is solved you'll still play some DM in random queue sometimes

Playing DM some because you queued for a random vs every or near every queue pop for a random is a DM are very different. One is expected the other shows an inherent flaw in the system.

So yes, it is bad. Those that heavily prefer DMs would be complaining if they were getting stuck in objective BGs if they did not have a choice, Since they do have a choice, unlike anyone else, I doubt many see a problem.

vgabor wrote: »

There should be two queue, one DM queue and one random non-DM queue.

This except the DM queue should not draw from those queueing for a random. There is nothing wrong with a random queue getting DM from, time to time.

The problem is that with the solo queue it only takes one player queueing for a DM to pull 11 random queued players into a DM. That is wrong on any level.

We had 2 years of random only and DM being extremely rare. Did you forget?

maboleth · November 2021

Can anyone test if this was fixed in the latest patch? No patch note about this though... sadly.

Fhritz · November 2021

maboleth wrote: »

Can anyone test if this was fixed in the latest patch? No patch note about this though... sadly.

Got a relic for my first match, seems promising. And the leaderboard are full

maboleth · December 2021

Thank you @ZOS_GinaBruno for providing me variety of matches in Solo Random.

Not a single one non DM match. A 100% DM matches.

Working as intended (C).

Ch3mical_92 · December 2021

I totally agree, 95% of all battlegrounds are Deathmath only. As an achievementhunter I still need few achievements from other gamemodes and it was already a pain to wait for the "Only-DM-testingphase" to finally end. Now I COULD do those achievements, but due to nearly no other gamemodes this these achievements are more theory than really doable (since they are a good challenge on their own even with enough chaosball-matches).
I have 97% of all achievements, so there is not much left to do, but due to this current BG-situation those BG-achievements are now a grind like no other. And I have grinded A LOT in ESO, but BG's now really demotivate me.
I absolutely hate it the way it is like now.

Fix BG's or adapt the achievements to those new rules.

Wolf_Eye · December 2021

Ch3mical_92 wrote: »

I totally agree, 95% of all battlegrounds are Deathmath only. As an achievementhunter I still need few achievements from other gamemodes and it was already a pain to wait for the "Only-DM-testingphase" to finally end. Now I COULD do those achievements, but due to nearly no other gamemodes this these achievements are more theory than really doable (since they are a good challenge on their own even with enough chaosball-matches).
I have 97% of all achievements, so there is not much left to do, but due to this current BG-situation those BG-achievements are now a grind like no other. And I have grinded A LOT in ESO, but BG's now really demotivate me.
I absolutely hate it the way it is like now.

Fix BG's or adapt the achievements to those new rules.

I agree, I have achievements I wanted to complete from the other gamemodes as well. Not going to play through a million DMs just in the hopes of getting something other than DM, which IN TURN is just in the hopes of getting some tiny tiny progress on the achievement bar. It's like an achievement stuck inside the achievement of not getting a DM. Stormlord's Purple is now a color no one can feasibly get before the game closes, and it was such a nice purple too.

If they won't make it easier to get a non DM mode, then they need to change the way the achievements work.

maboleth · December 2021

Luckily, I'm not hunting down any achievements, just wanted to play any game except DM, which was, for weeks (!) the only game we could play in BG.

And I have no probs with something going bad, but ZOS is like - hey, there's no problem, it's working. It's ignoring the issue entirely. I wrote the original post at the beginning of November.

It is. Not. Working. But hey, vote with your wallet, right? You have peculiar ways of alienating your veteran players that supported the game for years. There won't be no SUBS or Crowns from me, which you can check out and see it's no bluffing.