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Quality of Life
DaisyRay
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@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Kevin and others
I want to start by giving a big thanks to the ZOS team, you all really did your big one this time. I know there are some valid complaints about pvp and healing, but overall this preview of what’s coming has me genuinely excited. I can’t wait to grab the new season pass, and I’m honestly thrilled to see you utilizing more of the community suggestions. If this keeps up, please, take all my money. ;p
That said, there are a few things I wanted to talk about and a couple of things I didn’t see mentioned that I hope we’ll get in the future.
(*) The event zone and night market idea is amazing. Being able to earn rare or unique items based on gameplay is exactly the kind of thing that would push me to do more pve. Right now, I only run pve to farm things for my trader, then I’m right back to pvp. Pve just feels repetitive and doesn’t offer meaningful rewards, so this change is exactly what we need. I’m also excited that pve will be a bit more challenging.
Additionally, I loved the Solstice npcs and how we could respond with different emotions. I really hope you expand on that and let our choices actually affect the outcomes of the quests. That would add so much personality and make the quests feel like a real rpg experience.
I am curious, though, about what will happen with older items that most long‑time players already have. Things like IC style pages could be removed from vendors and redistributed in the world for newer players. Most of us who’ve been around for a year or more already own them. You could replace them with new items or just make the old ones more accessible for new players to get. Just something I’ve been thinking about.
(*) Increasing the furnishing limit was such a great idea. I cannot wait to revisit some of my homes and add more details. I always decorate right up to the limit, and I have ESO+, so the extra space is a huge deal.
But… we still desperately need more storage for furniture. Could the furnishing chest be made unlimited, or could we buy additional space? It’s rough having to use three different houses just to store everything, then running back and forth to grab what I need. The housing community simply does not have enough space. I really hope this is something you consider soon, it would make decorating so much easier and way more efficient.
(*) Speaking of furniture, I love the idea of just making a furniture station so I don't have to run to five different stations to craft what I need. Please please please.
(*) I love that Warden is now free. I honestly forgot it was ever something you had to buy. And the class refreshe look great, especially as someone who still plays a pure sorc most of the time. I wish we didn’t have to wait so long to see the sorc changes, but after seeing the DK updates, I’m extremely excited.
However… will we ever get class change tokens? I would happily pay to change a character’s class instead of deleting and remaking them. Creating new characters is tedious because there’s so much to relearn, and not all of it is fun. The Psijic and Mage's Guild grind is unbelievably annoying, and the other faction skill lines aren’t much better. I love the skill lines, but I hate repeating them on every single character. A class change token would make gaming so much easier. Please and thank you.
(*) Being able to hide tabards and specific armor pieces is perfect. No notes. Everyone knows that fashion and housing are the real endgame.
(And now for the rest of my wishlist.)
* When buying furnishing portfolios with writ vouchers, could we preview what’s inside? There are websites that show them, but it would be so much easier to preview them in‑game.
* Speaking of writs, could you make it so we don’t get plans we already know until we’ve learned them all? I use writs to buy plans for myself and then sell the extras, but constantly getting the same plans that I know over and over is incredibly frustrating and feels like a waste of writs.
* Purple companion gear drops are way too rare. I play 90% solo in pve and almost always have my companions out, but I’ve found maybe 15 purple pieces total since companions were added. Maybe I’m doing the wrong content, but it feels low.
* Could we get the subclass merchant in pvp? It would be great not to leave and sit in a 40‑man queue just to swap skill lines.
* I’ve said this before, but optional bound siege would be amazing. Let players choose whether others can use their siege or not. No idea if it’s possible, but I’d love it.
* Most pvpers don’t care about winning campaigns anymore. We don’t feel motivated, there just aren’t meaningful rewards. A little gold and some transmute stones aren’t enough, and the gold jewelry isn’t tied to winning. If there were better incentives, people would care again. Something like a pvp exclusive crown crate or fragments that build into a mount or house for winning factions. Just some ideas, but rewards like that could make campaign wins matter again.
* Could we get a favorites bar for crafted items? I know some addons have it, but I play without addons in pvp. It would be great to quickly craft my favorite foods, potions, or poisons without roaming through lists or trying to remember recipes.
I’m sure there was more I wanted to add, but it’s slipped my mind for now.
I want to start by giving a big thanks to the ZOS team, you all really did your big one this time. I know there are some valid complaints about pvp and healing, but overall this preview of what’s coming has me genuinely excited. I can’t wait to grab the new season pass, and I’m honestly thrilled to see you utilizing more of the community suggestions. If this keeps up, please, take all my money. ;p
That said, there are a few things I wanted to talk about and a couple of things I didn’t see mentioned that I hope we’ll get in the future.
(*) The event zone and night market idea is amazing. Being able to earn rare or unique items based on gameplay is exactly the kind of thing that would push me to do more pve. Right now, I only run pve to farm things for my trader, then I’m right back to pvp. Pve just feels repetitive and doesn’t offer meaningful rewards, so this change is exactly what we need. I’m also excited that pve will be a bit more challenging.
Additionally, I loved the Solstice npcs and how we could respond with different emotions. I really hope you expand on that and let our choices actually affect the outcomes of the quests. That would add so much personality and make the quests feel like a real rpg experience.
I am curious, though, about what will happen with older items that most long‑time players already have. Things like IC style pages could be removed from vendors and redistributed in the world for newer players. Most of us who’ve been around for a year or more already own them. You could replace them with new items or just make the old ones more accessible for new players to get. Just something I’ve been thinking about.
(*) Increasing the furnishing limit was such a great idea. I cannot wait to revisit some of my homes and add more details. I always decorate right up to the limit, and I have ESO+, so the extra space is a huge deal.
But… we still desperately need more storage for furniture. Could the furnishing chest be made unlimited, or could we buy additional space? It’s rough having to use three different houses just to store everything, then running back and forth to grab what I need. The housing community simply does not have enough space. I really hope this is something you consider soon, it would make decorating so much easier and way more efficient.
(*) Speaking of furniture, I love the idea of just making a furniture station so I don't have to run to five different stations to craft what I need. Please please please.
(*) I love that Warden is now free. I honestly forgot it was ever something you had to buy. And the class refreshe look great, especially as someone who still plays a pure sorc most of the time. I wish we didn’t have to wait so long to see the sorc changes, but after seeing the DK updates, I’m extremely excited.
However… will we ever get class change tokens? I would happily pay to change a character’s class instead of deleting and remaking them. Creating new characters is tedious because there’s so much to relearn, and not all of it is fun. The Psijic and Mage's Guild grind is unbelievably annoying, and the other faction skill lines aren’t much better. I love the skill lines, but I hate repeating them on every single character. A class change token would make gaming so much easier. Please and thank you.
(*) Being able to hide tabards and specific armor pieces is perfect. No notes. Everyone knows that fashion and housing are the real endgame.
(And now for the rest of my wishlist.)
* When buying furnishing portfolios with writ vouchers, could we preview what’s inside? There are websites that show them, but it would be so much easier to preview them in‑game.
* Speaking of writs, could you make it so we don’t get plans we already know until we’ve learned them all? I use writs to buy plans for myself and then sell the extras, but constantly getting the same plans that I know over and over is incredibly frustrating and feels like a waste of writs.
* Purple companion gear drops are way too rare. I play 90% solo in pve and almost always have my companions out, but I’ve found maybe 15 purple pieces total since companions were added. Maybe I’m doing the wrong content, but it feels low.
* Could we get the subclass merchant in pvp? It would be great not to leave and sit in a 40‑man queue just to swap skill lines.
* I’ve said this before, but optional bound siege would be amazing. Let players choose whether others can use their siege or not. No idea if it’s possible, but I’d love it.
* Most pvpers don’t care about winning campaigns anymore. We don’t feel motivated, there just aren’t meaningful rewards. A little gold and some transmute stones aren’t enough, and the gold jewelry isn’t tied to winning. If there were better incentives, people would care again. Something like a pvp exclusive crown crate or fragments that build into a mount or house for winning factions. Just some ideas, but rewards like that could make campaign wins matter again.
* Could we get a favorites bar for crafted items? I know some addons have it, but I play without addons in pvp. It would be great to quickly craft my favorite foods, potions, or poisons without roaming through lists or trying to remember recipes.
I’m sure there was more I wanted to add, but it’s slipped my mind for now.
⭑･ﾟﾟ･*:༅｡.｡༅:*ﾟ:*:✼✿ DaisyRay ✿✼:*ﾟ:༅｡.｡༅:*･ﾟﾟ･⭑
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