gladen5rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Wifeaggro13 wrote: »

90% of the game is solo ..... really? your upset because your maxed chr has nothing to do by itself. arent you sick to death of running around by yourself? you do realize what the Two MM's in MMO stand for?

MMO means Massive Multiplayer Online. Where does it say, "Massive Multiplayer Must Be Grouped Online?" Massive Mulitplayer Online simply means, multiple people can play online in the same game world.

Massively Multiplayer Online...I made the same mistake a few weeks ago However I agree with what you're saying

gladen5rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Wifeaggro13 wrote: »

90% of the game is solo ..... really? your upset because your maxed chr has nothing to do by itself. arent you sick to death of running around by yourself? you do realize what the Two MM's in MMO stand for?

MMO means Massive Multiplayer Online. Where does it say, "Massive Multiplayer Must Be Grouped Online?" Massive Mulitplayer Online simply means, multiple people can play online in the same game world.

Very few MMO's force players to group in open world. Most have solo players running around their worlds killing mobs to get to those shinies, materials, chests and other assorted goodies. None that I have ever played forced grouping in the outside world. This is what Dungeons were for.

@Wifeaggro13‌ The MM stands for Massive Multiplayer. Means that there are a lot of people playing, and everyone's preferences are different.

What does RPG stand for? Role Playing Game. How do you role play a character if there's no background story to your character? Have you seen MMORPG without quests and solo gameplay?

What happens if all the buddies are busy or tired? Do I sit in the game to wait for a group to show up? Or do I spend some alone time doing stuff I love and actually playing the game??

Notice that MMO is an adjective to RPG? Do you realise that prior to having that adjective it was mostly solo content? Are you saying adding adjective changes the game's elements?

So an "Old Man" is not a "Man"? A "gamer girl" is not a "girl"? Wow. You sure know how to *** people off..

Edit:
Oh, and this is a franchise that transitioned from RPG to MMORPG. It's core targets are players from both genres, extending to console players that are used to solo content. Making a comfort zone for Tamriel's veterans and lore lovers, at the same time introducing the Divines to the MMO players, telling them that they can have the elements of MMO with brilliant aspects of RPG such as quality voice acting, well composed music and quest lines with legitimate stories.

Killing thirty bears that gives you 18/20 skins for your quests doesn't happen here. Here you are probably instructed to collect 10 skins based on some twisted worm cult banishing reason, and you get 2-3 fine pieces per bear. Love it, embrace it (:

I need to ask again, what the heck is wrong with heavy armor?! I wear it all the time as a tank! Protects me well, not to mention how little damage I take when I manage to block!

Lets just wait and see eh? Still stuff to do, fixes, balances.

My big hope with the justice system is that players can sign up as city guards, as a mission, and hunt down criminals to throw them in jail!

Prob not gonna happen, but one can dream :-)

I been trolling Reddit tonight while the EU servers where down. ESO having a "ask us anything" regarding voice over there. Outstanding!

I kinda just wish.....the interview was made here too.....

Um, maybe if we are a bit more direct in critism and bug feedback, as they are on Reddit?

By now, most of us, must have understood that ESO is not even competing with WoW. So lets stop expecting High end raids like WoW has.

When I reach v12, and died a million times before clearing some of the events and encounters in Craglorn.....and I do intend to spend time in Cyrodiil......if they at least keep the campagns longer so you get a reason to go back there.

I already decided my new char is a Kajiit. Nightblade most likely, but I want a dual wield frontal, NONE hiding, rogue type, attacker. Sort of a monk with an Orc mindset.

I know...that wount work and I get killed. "This one want to try it anyway" ;-)

gladen5rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Wifeaggro13 wrote: »

90% of the game is solo ..... really? your upset because your maxed chr has nothing to do by itself. arent you sick to death of running around by yourself? you do realize what the Two MM's in MMO stand for?

MMO means Massive Multiplayer Online. Where does it say, "Massive Multiplayer Must Be Grouped Online?" Massive Mulitplayer Online simply means, multiple people can play online in the same game world.

Very few MMO's force players to group in open world. Most have solo players running around their worlds killing mobs to get to those shinies, materials, chests and other assorted goodies. None that I have ever played forced grouping in the outside world. This is what Dungeons were for.

A CHALLENGER IS NEAR

LonePirate wrote: »

While I am glad some fixes and love are being shown for Nightblades in 1.2.x, the actual content update part of the patch is a complete insult to players. Adding a new veteran dungeon is the absolute bare minimum that could be done to include new content in the patch. All the devs need to do is take an existing dungeon, turn on the Veteran flag and populate it with existing NPC creations, perhaps giving them new names, a new paint job, a new size and maybe a new ability in their new VR level. Voila! You now have a veteran dungeon. I just watched that 1.2 Crypt of Hearts video and it is an insult to players that this is the new content we are receiving with this patch. It really is the least work they could do to consider this patch a content update and I expect them to play this card again in future updates because it is so cheap and easy.

Besides, didn't we just receive a dozen or so veteran group dungeons and delves with the 1.1 patch? Were people really clamoring for another group dungeon even though a growing number of players is exhausting the solo/duo content with each passing day? This question is rhetorical because I already know the answer but does ZOS actually listen to its players and subscribers?

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They hear you loud and clear.

This (more grouping encouragement ) is exactly what they mean, want and plan to continue.

Doesn't mean there is no soloing, just that there is and will be content that was designed/meant to be more easily accomplished while in groups. They have been on target with this feature continually from all the pre launch promo's and interviews through current game play and this is it. We players knew it was quest-centric and in later levels, watch-yer-buddy's-back content/grouping up before we bought TESO and subbed.

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts with us. Some updates will have a large amount of new content or systems, others will focus more on fixes and improvements. Update 1.2 is the latter; it focuses more on fixes and improvements than new content, especially compared to the Craglorn update. That will not always be the case.

We will have at least one more set of patch notes to add to 1.2 before it goes live next week. We are also working on a status update on other game content and systems (such as our plans for stamina/weapon ability builds, Templars, and Heavy and Medium armor) that we hope to share with you this week.

Templar love! That makes me happy.

Heavy and medium armor, stamina builds, woo-hoo!

Worstluck wrote: »

There was a Reddit AUA released today and they at least acknowledged that there is no other content besides group content being released and that we will have to wait if we want anything else to do at endgame besides trials, pvp or some group dungeons.

So essentially, what I got out of that, is that if I want more to do besides trials, group dungeons, Cyrodiil, or roll another alt, I'm going to have to play something else. Unsub and wait it out I guess

People need to accept that this game is aimed at retaining only a sub-set of customers beyond L50. It's no use expecting what they do not intend to deliver. Once you finish the faction story it becomes pretty much an old-fashioned combat grinder with group focused end game.

And there's nothing wrong with that. It's not a criticism even if it's not for me. That's their vision and they are sticking to it. If you don't enjoy a game that is heavily focused on quite challenging combat then enjoy the very fine story telling from 1-50 for as long as you can and then move on.

That's what I'll be doing. I'll have got my money's worth and will just move on to another game that offers more breadth and variety of gameplay having very much enjoyed ESO.

If things change someone will mention it on the internet I expect.

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

it focuses more on fixes [...] We will have at least one more set of patch notes to add to 1.2 before it goes live next week.

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom‌ please tell me that the group fixes are finally making it in! Us PvP players have been weathering it since launch. Last night after the 10th or 11th group DC due to a large group I saw the majority of 2 guilds rage quit.

PvP players have a harder skin when it comes to bugs, I think that that skin may finally be wearing thin. It's killing us (quite literally, actually, it has a knack for catching us before a fight) and we really need to just hear something about it. Pretty please.

To re-iterate, it's two (possibly related) issues.

1. Main issue: Large groups have become "unstable" since 2-3 patches ago. 1-2 members will DC occasionally, after ~1hr the more members will start DCing and eventually it quickly cascades to the whole group.
2. Main issue: Large groups have always (possibly not in beta, but certainly during early access) crashed if members are in different zones. Different zones can mean maps or even people in a dungeon (e.g. a group in Cyrodiil with a member in one of the Cyrodiil dungeons).
3. Sometimes members will DC the group no matter where they are. We had a player crash a group no less than 5 times last night even though he was in Cyrodiil.
4. Similarly, some members will always crash the very instant they join the group. This was me last night, one specific group was instantly crashing me (I suspect a player in the group was causing it). Everyone else in the group was fine. I'm not the only one in my guild to experience this - it seems to randomly select a victim.
5. I usually (80%) DC when I am in any type of group near a large fight. When I am solo this is not a problem (meaning it's not my internet connection or something environmental).

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

We will have at least one more set of patch notes to add to 1.2 before it goes live next week. We are also working on a status update on other game content and systems (such as our plans for stamina/weapon ability builds, Templars, and Heavy and Medium armor) that we hope to share with you this week.

WOOT, cant wait

New content = new players
Fix existing content = retain existing players.

I'm glad they are doing the latter this time round

crislevin wrote: »

another new content, another zero for solo players.

if this is how future goes, this game's solo players, will be out of content and out of reason to sub.

LonePirate wrote: »

Exactly! That is my entire reason for creating this thread. Where is the solo content? The last update was filled with tons and tons of group dungeons and content. The game needed the content and I am glad it was added.

We did NOT need more group content with this upcoming content update. We needed more solo/duo content.

Oh, come on. At the beginning people want solo instances, questing and other zones open for others to play in group. You got more group content and now you want solo stuff... They will add some solo stuff and people will cry again and want group instances, because someone rolled *** build for it's class and can finish it.

PLEASE STOP...

Worstluck wrote: »

Nah Tripp3r, you aren't the only one who feels that way. There just isn't a whole lot to do once you've completed the stories.

In hindsight, I wish that I played this game a lot less over the past couple months and just took it slow. I should have treated this game like a game I play on the side, which is unfortunate if you ask me.

Well...did you get all your skyshards? Did you get all your lorebooks? Clear every world boss? Get all your crafting to 50? Get your (hahaha) fishing achievements? Get your other achievements? Make me a set of legendary V12 light armor?

If you said no to any of the above, well sir, you have work to do!

Happy gaming!!!

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts with us. Some updates will have a large amount of new content or systems, others will focus more on fixes and improvements. Update 1.2 is the latter; it focuses more on fixes and improvements than new content, especially compared to the Craglorn update. That will not always be the case.

We will have at least one more set of patch notes to add to 1.2 before it goes live next week. We are also working on a status update on other game content and systems (such as our plans for stamina/weapon ability builds, Templars, and Heavy and Medium armor) that we hope to share with you this week.

YES!!!!!

this imo is literally one of, if not the biggest issue with the game right now

Cogo wrote: »

Sigh. When they release new content, of course they have fixes as well.

Dont believe me? Its a direct quote from Jessica, and also common practice in all MMO.

Regarding dungeons, there have been several statements lately from different Zenimax personell just to focus on this.

Is anyone here actually reading what Zenimax is releasing, or just look what other people post here?

I refuse to believe I am some kind of smarter person then others. The info about statements from Zenimax, is not hard to find.

And again, I have never seen any bigger MMO, give this much detailed info about their future plans as ESO.

Why the heck do you think I seam to "defend" Zenimax? I dont! I simply tell the truth, among so many rumors.

Actually it sounds more like they release new content and only then they gonna start fixing stamina builds and templars. They have PLANS not solution. It's more likely gonna take 1-2 months to see some changes.

If I hadn't played ESO from beta I would be as optimistic as you. When I saw same bugs(many of them reported myself), broken quests, class imbalance from beta in released game all my optimism were gone...