Last quarter of the year PVP surprise to look forward to, any word on that or hint?

ksbrugh

Just wondering if anybody has heard anything through the eso Vine about that last quarter PVP thing they talked about on the Dev live stream a while back.

Auberon1983

Unfortunately I have not, and I've been trying to "google fu" results on it. I haven't read through the entire Reddit AMA yet, so I'm not too sure about that one.

I'm definitely interested. PvP needs some serious love

ksbrugh

Auberon1983 wrote: »

Unfortunately I have not, and I've been trying to "google fu" results on it. I haven't read through the entire Reddit AMA yet, so I'm not too sure about that one.

I'm definitely interested. PvP needs some serious love

It's about time they should be teasing us about it right now. You kno,w enjoy gold road but we're still hard at work on our yearly plan and here's another little tease. Lol dreaming right I know

Firstmep

I've heard rumors about some potential bg changes being datamined from pts, but that's about it.

ksbrugh

Firstmep wrote: »

I've heard rumors about some potential bg changes being datamined from pts, but that's about it.

I hope something. WOW got a new PVP zone this year and New World releases on consoles with a new PVP zone added to its game which is included on PC as well. I know I know hold out both hands and wish in one and

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see which one fills up faster. Lol

moderatelyfatman

ksbrugh wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody has heard anything through the eso Vine about that last quarter PVP thing they talked about on the Dev live stream a while back.

We're getting a brand new deck for Tales of Tribute!

Paulytnz

I could see a mini Battle Royale, aka as Fortnite - where in the end there can only be one! aka as Highlander.

But that might be asking for too much.

Veryamedliel

If it is a surprise, there will be no thread on it.
If it leaked, there would be a thread on it.
Have you seen a thread on (unconfirmed) upcoming PVP additions? I haven't. There's your answer.

Thormar

Last quarter of the year PVP...., any word on that or hint?

Basically:

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Brian Wheeler, Lead Combat & PvP Designer:
We'll have information about PVP as we approach that release window this year, but info will be coming for sure!

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Questions and answers from the recent reddit AUA.
Since PvP falls under Brian Wheeler's domain, of the staff members participating in that AUA, he's the only one who had 'anything' to say about PvP and Q4. Rich Lambert could have dropped a hint or two but it seems it was decided BW would be the one doing that. And going by his three responses (which were his only contributions to the AUA) he didn't give anything away.
If you'd rather read Brian Wheeler's responses straight from reddit here is a link to his profile:
https://www.reddit.com/user/ZOS_BrianWheeler/

Question: Would be nice to get at least some info on the PVP update now that the chapter is about to release.
Brian Wheeler, Lead Combat & PvP Designer:
We'll have information about PVP as we approach that release window this year, but info will be coming for sure!

Question:

Do you plan on making PvP sets more easily available in the future? Right now, they cannot be farmed in the way other sets can, because almost all drop sources are not curated but entirely random. With over 40 sets in Cyrodiil that are not included in Rewards of the Worthy, getting specific pieces of these sets can be incredibly difficult and comes down to sheer luck. And that really sucks....

It is possible to drop Jewelry from Dark Anchors and Feet & Waist pieces from Delve bosses (both of which are curated) so why is there no way to actively farm the other pieces? Why do we have to resort to cassettes that are not curated? Frankly, it feels like an oversight to me. And it gets even worse for Imperial City sets, because there is _no_ way of farming them other than the random drops from cassettes. I had high hopes when I read that Trove Scamps drop IC set pieces, but it turns out that these drops aren't curated either, so it's not even worth it to hunt them.

I'm currently trying to complete my set collection and Cyrodiil and the Imperial City are by far the biggest road blocks to that goal. And it feels kind of unfair to PvP players too... because it seems like they don't benefit at all from the curated drops. They're missing a whole QoL feature. Why is that? I'm aware that 99% of PvP sourced sets aren't meta and most people don't care about them, but the idea behind them was originally to provide sets primarily used in PvP, so my point still stands.

BW:
A few updates ago (Update 39) there were changes to sourcing in Cyrodiil where a pass was done to make gear more easily attainable outside of specific pieces. This also included a pass on Delve drops, Merchant containers, and Daily quests from towns. We also try to keep updating PVP sets on the regular now at least twice a year for RFTW, and rotate out old sets to purchasable. There are discussions on going about itemization and PVP (and curation), and when those result in patch notes and changes, we'll post them for sure!

Question:
Can we expect to see an updated (or removal) to the 'allowed sets' on the Non CP Cyrodiil campaign with the extra item sets coming along with Update 42?
BW:
/nosetap and noted....

Tra_Lalan

Curated drops for BG style pages would be nice

BXR_Lonestar

ksbrugh wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody has heard anything through the eso Vine about that last quarter PVP thing they talked about on the Dev live stream a while back.

The surprise is that server performance will be worse than ever. Wait, that wouldn't be a surprise

Perhaps they will truly be fixing their servers so we don't experience massive lag, frame rate drop, and other major performance issues during large-scale combat.

Seraphayel

They teased a new PvP mode / feature, so anything battleground related won’t make the cut. Changes to battlegrounds are still battlegrounds and nothing really new. Something like a 10v10 battleground with just two factions would be something new though (e.g. something that messes with the recent formula of battlegrounds would be a new mode).

Photosniper89

My thoughts/hopes/dreams for Q4 PvP.

1) I desperately hope "PvP" is relating to Cyro directly and not BGs, Dueling, or some new smaller scale PvP system. The overwhelming majority of people mean Cyro when they are talking about PvP so I really hope they aren't unintentionally setting expectations higher only for the cyro crowd to be let down.

2) Performance - Everyone knows Cyro performance has been terrible for many years. It would be refreshing if the "system" was some kind of back end networking or code refactoring that would solve the skill casting issues that have been plaguing PvP for many many years. ZOS has also gone on the record and said they won't be adding any new content until these issues were fixed so fingers crossed they have something in place to fix it.

3) Content - Assuming the above two are true it would be awesome to see a whole new map rework. The fighting in Cyro is without a doubt the best PvP of any MMO - and there isn't a close second. There is a reason why so many people who complain about the performance are still playing some 7+ years later - when it works ESO PvP is the greatest PvP experience I have ever... well experienced. Give us some new sieging mechanics (what if you could construct a ladder or something and jump over a keep wall (there would obviously need to be some time to construct penalty or something or else you'd have 100 ladders going right over the walls and no one would siege), catapults of people (YEET), more destruction to keeps/towers, etc - full send on the siege aspect of the game and destruction - it's what makes this game so flipping good.

I think the community is desperately craving ZOS to bite the bullet and sink resources into PvP and completely rework it. If ZOS could fix the issue they could see a mass increase in player base and more $ coming back to the game. The only problem is I think most of the devs that would be responsible for making those kind of changes are already being shifted to ES6 so it's highly unlikely that something like this would happen. I think a good compromise would be to just get the current PvP content into a playable (and acceptable) state to where they could remove the player cap - those massive fights were the most fun I've had in 5 years in this game.