State of the Game Address

Alphashado

Thanks Mat, keep up the good work. We appreciate it.

Arundo

Thanks again for the update and keep up the good work. Dont let the trolls eat you

The base of the game is great, when things smooth out we have a great game for many years to come.

starr_jhnsnb14_ESO

I just want to say thanks for loving Elder Scrolls as much as some of its fans, it really shows... no matter what negative people want to say.

Tarrin

First:
Thanks ZOS for work, especially artists for light work. It`s very very very cool (but not each lightsource cast dynamic shadows - some sad ). 250/50.

Second:
My ideas how make game better, and more atmospheric:
1. Character stats delevel - for interesting questing with friend in low level locations
2. Limit player amount for public dungeons - 6-10 players. Ability to instance it for 1 player or 2 players group, when questing. Dynamic difficult level depends on amount of players (more players - more monsters and stranger bosses)
3. Alternative "2" - random time boss spawn with big delay (may be hours).
4. Group quest phasing - ability to help group mate with quest, even it`s "flashback". Or quest stage completed for all members in group
5. For zone Craglorn - may be bosses drops crashed armor pieces, wich after dismantling frops crafting sources for unique armor. This plays for need to go in Craglorn + increase craft skills.
6. Increase power attack effects of monsters on 1-50 lvl. Now it`s to easy.

Thanks.

Knootewoot

Thanks for the update.

Is there any information soon about the thievesguild and perhaps a possible jail system?

I recently subbed for 6 months because it is a great game and i have confidence. Also because i make enough money and don't care about 12-20 euro per month.

Abigail

Jonnymorrow wrote: »

Would love to see world ganking because I spent my high school years getting my tidy whities pulled up around my ears and ganking is my perverse way of getting revenge.

vnlouis

Suggestion: PTS patch notes.

Allow us to see whats coming in it's entirety instead of feeding us bits and pieces of the whole picture. Take a page from Blizzards book in this case, they always have ever evolving/constantly updated patch notes on what they are currently testing on the PTS, this way even those who chose not take part in PTS testing get regular updates on the upcoming content's progress.

No need to go in-depth up front just start with the stuff that is nailed down so far and expand on the notes as you go along. This will go along way, IMO, in keeping the masses informed and up to date.

Nefar

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

Iam_Epiphany

Where's the PVP support? We haven't had any updates for our crashing error, nor for the imbalance in overpowered DKs, nor in dealing with the balance in the number of players on servers like Wabbajack.

Lipstickpaddy

REQUEST: Can we please have a Guild Calendar to post upcoming events, similar to what wow has?

Mercutio

I'm wavering on whether to resub or not. Many people are happy with the game as is, I understand that. For me it is a 'quality of life' issue. I am a casual gamer and by necessity have limited play times. During these sessions I am not getting the feeling that I am advancing my character very much if at all.

Some changes I would like to see:

1) More XP from killing monsters.
2) XP rest bonus similar to the mechanic found in other games.
3) Increased bank and bag space. The current limits are frustrating.

It does seem that there are less gold farmers in game. Kudos to your staff for their diligence.

Mansome

haoleflipub17_ESO wrote: »

TGEK wrote: »

This game needs open world pvp.

THIS! FREAKING THIS!^^^^

No absolutely not, the day they get this and if there is no flagging for pvp they will lose 2/3 of the player base. Open pvp just an invitation to ganking. Its the one thing that killed Aion.

Mansome

Ivo wrote: »

Thanks for all the info and hard work. Don't be troubled about forum trolls.
The game is great and can only go better.

I hope you keep the game at decent pace and are not going to rapidly make new content for those who rush to max level within days. Also i sincerly hope you aren't going to nerf the game due to crying in forums that some of the game is too hard. Nerfing Dosha was a bad example of what you shouldn't do. She was perfectly balanced and fun fight.

Keep up the good work fighting cheaters and spammers and bots.

EDIT: oh and don't ever go Free to play with cashshops, the horse we can buy for real money is another bad example and not the way to go.

I agree don't nerf the bosses. If anything just nerf
some of the individual trash critters. I have seen players get taken out by 2 of those scamp things, but easily beat Doshia

Mansome

LonePirate wrote: »

Gold spammers are annoying; but they are not game breaking or progression blocking. I would much rather have the Custimer Service team spend the bulk of their day helping players with legitimate game problems. The priorities of the CS team need to be overhauled as not helping customers does far more harm to the players and the game than rampant gold spammers which are little more than ants at a picnic.

They are progress blocking. If the dungeon boss dies before you can blink you can't complete it and get the achievements.

vonBismarck

Any plans for increasing the character limit from 8? With the limiting bank/slot space even with 8 characters I see uses for it, and for us that play with all characters it's really a pain to atleast free up enough slots for not having to go to bank and do relogs for 10 miutes between every quest. I for one would be perfectly fine with making it an upgrade in the cash-store.

Draxys

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not cap AoE at affecting 6 targets max. PvP will become a numbers game of whoever has the most numbers wins. Remember when you celebrated the fact that a smaller group could take on a bigger group? ("Chalamo" anyone?) No more of that.

Furthermore, this seems like a knee-jerk reaction to fix a few things. I understand that things need fixing, but don't implement blanket changes. Take the time to fix things the right way, individually. That's why we pay for your game.

And please don't mislead us and phrase the line to make it sound like something was broken, it was your intention from the start.

Xaei

In all honesty, if the game has so many problems that the devs are too swamped to fix them, why not just put the game into a testing phase again?

It sounds a bit ridiculous and it will hurt a bit financially, but this is hurting the game's reputation massively.

Dantethief

Well I have played some other MMO's and thi game is pretty viable but consider that, why is everything so complicated, and made harder to use/see than in other games?
Examples:
-Linkin item here needs to be done by holding open chat window, rightclicking instead of mousover+shift
joining/leaving group here needs too be done from menu of grup instead of mouseover your OWN character hp bar....
-ultimate are broken
-Not rly viable standard UI. No focus, no target of my target, no dots, buffs duration. No magicka/stamina bar of target, No tick/regeneration of resources in combat/out of combat numbers. I am so blinded in this game
-Broken dissmounting while in combat
-Boss encounters in dungeons could be more rewarding/harder now its too easy and there is no guaranty drop like in other MMO's
-Add arena/duels ? There are players who like beating each other,test build, and want straight skill battle and pvp!
Easier bags? I feel looting in this game is so..... oldschool as in gothic 1 or 2..... and we have 2014.......
Skill reset cost a bit to much huh?
no chat bubbles while people talking, hard to find out who is talking.

illutian

Wish you guys would update the Meshes on armor...they all look 'tattoed' on; especially the cloth armors that are 'open chest' (Inaderir's [probably mispelled his name] is a good example).

And also, fix the issues where the SEAM between 'calm water' and 'raging water' is clearly visible.

Otherside

Draxys wrote: »

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not cap AoE at affecting 6 targets max. PvP will become a numbers game of whoever has the most numbers wins. Remember when you celebrated the fact that a smaller group could take on a bigger group? ("Chalamo" anyone?) No more of that.

Furthermore, this seems like a knee-jerk reaction to fix a few things. I understand that things need fixing, but don't implement blanket changes. Take the time to fix things the right way, individually. That's why we pay for your game.

And please don't mislead us and phrase the line to make it sound like something was broken, it was your intention from the start.

Heal's seem to have been limitted as well. I get what they're trying to do, make it so that you can't just have one healer to heal all in a group, but given that you can't actually target who you're healing/attacking with AOE, you've gotta hit the key and hope you hit the right people.

It doesn't seem a very good tatic. I like how PVP isn't always won by a gankfest.

Beast_Soul

There needs to be a dedicated roleplaying shard. There is literally -no- in game roleplaying, and it's resulting in this game getting treated like any other MMO. A pretty MMO, but nothing more than run of the mill casual. Without any raids to speak of and no competetive PVE content, roleplaying was the only thing I was looking foreward to, and at the moment, there's none of that, either. So yeah.. please do something about that soon. The low guild cap isn't helping matters any, either. It's difficult to find a guild with more than 100 people on at a time if it isn't a weekend.

At this moment, I'm mostly crossing my fingers that the next real ES game released has multi player compatability, so I can just host a server for dedicated RPers or something.

kasdelfini

I just though of an idea to combat the overwhelming bots in the game.

A double verification check for any new characters created in ESO.

Upon creation of a character user would receive a verification Email with Code to be verified through ESO software or site. If that does not help minimize bots then double verify with an SMS Code to unlock newly created character.

Honestly, I think serious players like myself would have no issues reverifying our information, captchas, entering verification codes. - All so there would be fewer bots.

PS. You could also, cycle reverification of already created characters/accounts...

lotharlocnar_ESO

Nice to see the info structure and that the bots are being looked into.

kasdelfini

lotharlocnar_ESO wrote: »

Nice to see the info structure and that the bots are being looked into.

Thanks @lotharlocnar_ESO, I just thought the issue with bots with should be reiterated.

xentek_ESO

This kind of crap is what happens when you try to please investors by releasing the game instead of waiting until it's solid. I feel like there was huge potential here, but you sold out (literally) and put out a half finished product which is barely of a quality that should be ready for beta, much less production, to the point where many believe you insult the Elder Scrolls IP with this offering.

You are asking a lot of us as players to work through these core level and very basic problems, most of which could have been identified and solved via a proper beta. I hope that your design team has learned from this, and while I don't expect to be playing this game in two months' time, here's to hoping that you can patch this thing before you turn into the next Warhammer.

This game should be a testament to any developer thinking to recoup quick money by releasing a half-baked product.

lajnus86b16_ESO

No words about the boring ways of tanking? no useful abilities for tanking that cost stamina that are worth picking up, they cost to much and tanks(dk especially) with 1hand and shield stamina resources are terrible, and this is not for holding down block 24/7 but doing it once in a while when its needed.


The stamina usage for tanks need to be solved i think you should look at other games how tanks,tank they use offensive abilities to buff the group and themselves in surviability.

Right now its selfbuff yourself with magicka based spells, taunt and taunt and just autohit and block and rince and repeat.

No stamina ability is used by any tanks, its sad that its like this

Thuring

So. My opinions.
Roleplay is dead because there´re no havens for roleplayers. I recall reading about a tool that would phase you with people of a similar profile than yours, given that you can set a profile specifying your personality and goals ingame. I´m missing that as a roleplayer. Too many people just running thru dungeons screaming ***.
AOE should be capped intellignetly. A fixed number is not immersive. The ideal is a collision system that would detect any player inbetween you and the center of the explosion, or healing, thus reducing your amount taken. In the healing matter, maybe a more interesting approach would be fixing a maximum amount of heal to be distributed amongst all the affected allies, with a maximum amount if you don´t meet the minimal 6 allies required. That would make it impossible for one healer to sustain a whole group, but two or some would be able to keep a group´of 15 somewhat healthy.

I may have a million ideas just as anyone out there. So what I´d like to see: an instance to vote and present new ideas for the game FROM PLAYERS. If you´re able to create a platform for voting this ideas players give. A game for players is bound for long term success, as investors don´t really know what keeps a person hooked with a game.

nmmishydohubb14_ESO

All I want to say is that Roleplay is not dead. I've been Roleplaying in this game since launch with my guild. Roleplay is what you make of it and so far Im having a blast with Roleplaying in ESO

txfeinbergsub17_ESO

Thanks for the update. The lack of communication was getting me down. I want to know on a regular basis that the game is progressing in terms of fixes /content / etc. It keeps me happy as a 6 month subscriber.

Sarenia

@ZOS_MattFiror‌

Thank you very much for the earnest and extensive post.

I'm not sure specifically what you ladies and gentleman are doing, but in the past couple of days I've seen not a single bot in low level Aldmeri dungeons. I've also found phasing to be much more balanced, never leaving me with too few, or too many player partners during a quest.