State of the Game Address

Klarick

Aenra wrote: »

@ZOS_MattFiror‌

Please know that those of us that have been around for a bit know and can relate to your issues. We will -still- be here, subbed, posterior to this launch month.

Please also know that our previous gaming experiences (while the cause of plenty a shout in these forums) are also a goldpile. IF taken advantage of. We support you. We remain. Give us a Bug subthread, give us a Feedback subthread. We will use it.

Thank you for the non formal, non self-entitled tone of your letter. It is much appreciated

Exactly this. Not everyone is new to the MMO genre, as most of these posters seem to be.

Great game by the way!

Dirtybyrd

Keep up the Good Work!! I love it so far, and I am glad to kno that you all are working on bugs, bots and them damn spammers! lol... ESO got my $15 per mth. We all need to remember! The game has only been live a month, We have to work with them so that they can know what we are wanting and going thur.

Eire_Raven

Hi Matt, thanks for the update. Know you guys/gals are working hard and while I'd certainly like things fixed sooner than later, I'm not about to give you crap for doing your best. This is my first MMO and I came to it due to my love of TES. I'm very pleased so far and can't wait to see what the game looks like in a few months when most of these issues are locked down. And thanks for making it so easy to report players like gold spammers - I take 30 seconds and do my part to kick these fools out.

grizzbi

Thanks for this much needed feedback. It's a little bit more detailed than usually and it's a great move.

Now about the cancel animation exploits. Here is my feedback. I'd like to be sure that this is not overlooked because it's something many of us would like to be addressed (please have a look at the relative post in english customer help section with more than 8K views and 160+ comments):

There are different animations during combat

There's an animation before a skill connects to the target, even for instant skills.
There's an animation after the damage is done: it's the time the attacker needs to take to recover from the move to be back, able to do something else.

How they can be cancelled

You can do instant damage by cancelling the first animation (for all the instant abilities, which all have an animation by default). You can also probably "optimize" any skill by cancelling the second animation to be back on foot immediately. And If you cancel the first animation(for instant abilities), in fact, you cancel both, logically.

The exploits

If you do it manually, you may have some results. But when used with macro, it can become even worst. For different reason, more and more people have direct access to macro tools. There are even topics in this forum about it. People just share their scripts. It's as simple as a copy/paste. This needs to be corrected before people have to use it to gain an unfair advantage over those who don't. And the combat definitely needs to keep its animations to stay interesting and visually pleasant.

A possible solution

For the first one, the casting/Loading animation:

- Damage should never be applied before it connects visually. It means that instant abilities should not really be instant but instead very short.
- You should be able to "reset" a skill before it connects with a block or a higher priority skill. But then the damage should not be applied.

For the second one, the "recovery animation":

- You should never be allowed to cancel this animation even with a higher priority skill. That's a cooldown. And it's necessary. Depending on the skill, this cooldown may vary. And It should match the visual animation length so people can learn to use it.

There's no easy solution. But I think it's a logical one.

I hope it can help to make this game (even) better.

Cameryn

I'd really like the banking system fixed.

I like the provisioning crafting skill. On my main it's maxed out and I try to keep our guild bank organized with crafting materials. Unfortunately, due to the fact that things don't autostack, and you can't combine them in the bank, you have to take things out to combine them and put them back in the guild bank. 500 slots may seem like a lot, but not to an active guild.

The problem? The fact that you can only do a few items at a time. "Waiting on last transaction" nonsense is killing me.

You guys really need to fix this. Autostacking, without any bugs or exploits, should be a no-brainer.

TheGrandAlliance

Any statement in regards to the "Imperial Edition lockout" and the failure of customer service to respond?....

kirnmalidus

KerinKor wrote: »

Not disheartening at all, I have no 'latency' problems playing from Europe and I much prefer the servers being local to ZOS until the current set of problems is sorted out.

The servers aren't currently "local to ZOS" per se, I'm pretty sure they are using the Amazon cloud platform to host the megaservers.

Carde

@Milanna‌

Except in this case your "supplies" are paying customers that are going to click unsubscribe.

Azzuria

keondre.branchcub18_ESO wrote: »

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Can you add a '***' forum button that also adds the account to the in-game ignore list?

Other than that, thanks for the update and keep up the good work! I've noticed incremental improvements in game play and stability over the past few weeks and look forward increased playability and content.

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codyyoungnub18_ESO

Azzuria wrote: »

keondre.branchcub18_ESO wrote: »

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Can you add a '***' forum button that also adds the account to the in-game ignore list?

Other than that, thanks for the update and keep up the good work! I've noticed incremental improvements in game play and stability over the past few weeks and look forward increased playability and content.

I wish.


P.S. Loving the game, keep your vision.

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Majic

The Vision Thing

ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »

We’re working on fixing problems, we’re combatting black market gold farmers, and we have a hefty new patch coming shortly. ESO is already an awesome game, and it will only get better from here. Thanks for your patience and support, and I’ll see you in Tamriel.

Thanks for a refreshing, informative, no-bull report. Communication has been a big problem, so please keep this up and make it a habit for the rest of the staff.

I know there are plenty of problems to solve and that you have your work cut out for you, but ambitious goals and a willingness to take risks have always been a hallmark of this franchise and have always paid off.

As long as you stay true to your vision, the game embodies it and your deeds match your words, I'll be a customer.

Impress me.

Milanna

Carde wrote: »

@Milanna‌

Except in this case your "supplies" are paying customers that are going to click unsubscribe.

Witty, but no. The supplies are the loot.
You can relax though. I was not serious, and I don´t see this being implemented anytime soon. Do you?

Grageeky

ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »

As it’s now two and a half weeks since we officially launched on April 4, I think it’s a good time to bring everyone up to date on The Elder Scrolls Online service...

Thank you Matt! Excellent communications to the community and accolades to ZOS for making the best game ever!

Carde

Milanna wrote: »

Carde wrote: »

@Milanna‌

Except in this case your "supplies" are paying customers that are going to click unsubscribe.

Witty, but no. The supplies are the loot.
You can relax though. I was not serious, and I don´t see this being implemented anytime soon. Do you?

Wasn't trying to be witty, just my honest assessment of the situation.

And to answer your question: Yes, potentially.

jvargas150_ESO

Fix ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES ASAP,

Why does a sword and shield do more damage then a 2hander?!! How did this get past BETA?!! This alone makes me want to quit...

Before you say anything on the this topic or that I am wrong do a lil research or try it out your self by calculating the DPS difference between the two..

mhmfrogub17_ESO

It's been two weeks since I put in a ticket about my back slots being reset. I lost 20 slots (from 80 back to 60). The ticket number was 140410-002103, I have yet to get my slots back or the money to purchase them again. Needless to say, this is pissing me off.

According to this topic the bank bug was fixed but I don't see it and it affected more than just a few people.

Raventiger_sb

I too would like to add my thanks for this game. I've really enjoyed this game, and I'm glad to see ZOS working on sorting out the launch issues.

Ryskim

Currently I am loving the game. Yes the RMT is a problem and yes I hate them too. Make the drops from dungeon bosses untradeable and unsellable and problem solved.

Other than that I am still looking for playable Necromancy. It's the only thing I hugely miss from this Elder Scrolls game. I want to be a necromancer and join the Bloodthorns and do missions for Angof the Gravesinger. I would fall in love forever with this game if I could do that.

Lunachik

Thanks for all you do to continue making the game even better! I can only imagine what you're up against, esp dealing w/gold farmers, bots and trolls, oh my! Stay strong!

helgekhb16_ESO

finally thanks for the update on what ZOS been doing about this huge problem

RingobloodtheOld

really need to fix key-action-bar response time. You hit a button and nothing happens, How do you expect ppl to do trials with this problem, you go cast a heal but nothing happens very upsetting.

sublime_608_ESO

Any word on The PS4 beta!

Zephyr

I wish they would give us an additional month free, the first month is designed to show the player the promise the game has. I am a Vet rank 5, top 50 on Auriel's Bow leaderboards, I will be around a long time, but all of my real life friends don't as much as want to pick the game up any more and it is highly depressing. They said after the 30 days they are done, I really wish ZoS would see that and give us a chance to see what they are really capable of.

meaghs

ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »

First and foremost, please know that we are doing everything we can to combat the gold spammers and bots – especially ones that “camp” dungeon bosses...

These camping bosses are game breaking for dungeon delvers. They really do ruin the game and need to be fixed soon or you will likely loose many PVE players.

Jonnymorrow

Would love to see world pvp. Although it will never happen. Too many PvEers would rage quit if their Boring PvE was interrupted.

About time we heard from ZoS it's only been 2 and a bit weeks of crap for you to come and talk to the community. You need a presence on these forums a lot more.

Mansome

I am glad you are doing something about the bots early on. Its kind of to the point now where I cant get dungeon achievements due to them killing the boss faster than I can blink

jeradlub17_ESO

Why can't we post questions for the developers on here? I have a few questions I'd like to know if you plan to address. I mean make our own threads not just comment on a post of a topic of your choice.

jeradlub17_ESO

What I really want to know is when does ESO intend to address the broken game mechanics combos existing in pvp where we have v10 DK vamps casting claws which you can't break out of then spamming an OP's bat sawrm life drain that reduces people to zero health almost immediately and makes them capable of wiping entire groups? Those roots must be breakable like everyone else's root and the spammability of the vamp lifedrain needs to go away. Heck it is supposed to be a curse for god's sake not /godmode button.

Lande91

When will the Eurpena servers be Moved to europe?

ZiRM

A much needed Official word on the state of the game. Merci!