ZOS why didnt you take the opportunity of campaigns ending to reduce the number of campaigns

galiumb16_ESO · June 2014

While I appreciate it might take till 1.3 to get in the campaign changes you want, I fail to see why the overall number of campaigns in the current system was not significantly reduced given the opportunity?

kirnmalidus · June 2014

Seriously, wtf?

Kajoh_Americano · June 2014

I agree.

Now considering what we get for 3 months is only 42k, I don't see the point in such long campaigns. Not much point in chasing emperor there either as they usually tend to alternate between the same 1 or 2 people so personally I think I will take a small break from the game until the new campaigns are released.

c0rp · June 2014

Makes no sense why they left 8 empty campaigns.

fallensbane_ESO · June 2014

Because they really don't have any idea of what they are doing atm. They constantly push everything to one large patch and then everything breaks. Instead of small more controlled patches where less stuff breaks.

Shaun98ca2 · June 2014

fallensbane_ESO wrote: »

Because they really don't have any idea of what they are doing atm. They constantly push everything to one large patch and then everything breaks. Instead of small more controlled patches where less stuff breaks.

People complain about the small patches. "You didn't fix this" "You didn't fix that". BLAH BLAH BLAH

Its a uphill battle with the masses beating them back down, they're angry and want the world to know.

galiumb16_ESO · June 2014

Seems like this is a prefect situation to test the number of servers for when the roll out the new ones in 1.3. Reduce them now, observe and then you can make a more intelligent decision when 1.3 hits.

I am not sure I can last another 3 months forced to play on one server that lags more often than not.

jnjapexb14_ESO · June 2014

The moment they remove campaigns will be the moment they acknowledge the game is not doing so well. It will be better for PR when they introduce the new shorter campaigns so they can say they really haven't closed down anything and the game is fine.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoythe PvP - Well not currently as I get 2 FPS, but they have lost a LOT of customers.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2014

Well, once everyone gets homed over to Hopesfire, then there'll be 2 campaigns that are busy, not just one -- the one being Wabbajack.

Zershar_Vemod · June 2014

Not sure why they wouldn't want to get rid of most of the campaigns...though then again that would prove that PvP has been nearing death for awhile now I guess..

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2014

Also, too, I feel Bloodthorn is a good choice to be 'downsized'.

Duskwolf · June 2014

The problem with the dead campaigns is that they are used to:

1. Farm emperorship. We now have several guilds on Wabbajack that consist of 20+ former emperors each, all farmed from other campaigns.
2. Farm keep/scroll buffs. People will home a dead campaign that is all one color, then come to Wabba with all those amazing buffs for an unfair advantage.

Zenimax should make it so you only get home campaign buffs, as well as emperor / former emperor buffs, in your home campaign and in pve, not in a guest campaign.

Jaxom · June 2014

Duskwolf wrote: »

The problem with the dead campaigns is that they are used to:

Zenimax should make it so you only get home campaign buffs, as well as emperor / former emperor buffs, in your home campaign and in pve, not in a guest campaign.

THIS. Pretty simple and straightforward.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2014

If they made it so that scroll/keep buffs only affected players in the campaign they were in (regardless of guest/home status -- i.e., if Wabbajack has all three defensive scrolls, eveyone in the campaign currently gets the bonus), then you'd see a lot more people staying home to fight.

As it should be.

galiumb16_ESO · June 2014

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Also, too, I feel Bloodthorn is a good choice to be 'downsized'.

AB and BT need to talk to one another and decide to all join one or the other. Recruit some more red and you have a balanced server. Why so many people stay on AB yellow or BT blue is beyond comprehension for me.

galiumb16_ESO · June 2014

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

If they made it so that scroll/keep buffs only affected players in the campaign they were in (regardless of guest/home status -- i.e., if Wabbajack has all three defensive scrolls, eveyone in the campaign currently gets the bonus), then you'd see a lot more people staying home to fight.

As it should be.

I agree with this.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2014

galiumb16_ESO wrote: »

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Also, too, I feel Bloodthorn is a good choice to be 'downsized'.

AB and BT need to talk to one another and decide to all join one or the other. Recruit some more red and you have a balanced server. Why so many people stay on AB yellow or BT blue is beyond comprehension for me.

A bunch of gutless wonders who want the easy win, not a real fight or challenge. These are the same people who call in guild alliances and lock the server should an additional bar of enemy pop show up or a few keeps get taken. It's ridiculous.

They can have each other and their dead wastelands.

kirnmalidus · June 2014

Duskwolf wrote: »

The problem with the dead campaigns is that they are used to:

1. Farm emperorship. We now have several guilds on Wabbajack that consist of 20+ former emperors each, all farmed from other campaigns.
2. Farm keep/scroll buffs. People will home a dead campaign that is all one color, then come to Wabba with all those amazing buffs for an unfair advantage.

Zenimax should make it so you only get home campaign buffs, as well as emperor / former emperor buffs, in your home campaign and in pve, not in a guest campaign.

You left out doing the Cyrodiil PvE. I personally guested into a low-pop AD dominated campaign to do most of the PvE stuff in Cyrodiil.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2014

kirnmalidus wrote: »

Duskwolf wrote: »

The problem with the dead campaigns is that they are used to:

1. Farm emperorship. We now have several guilds on Wabbajack that consist of 20+ former emperors each, all farmed from other campaigns.
2. Farm keep/scroll buffs. People will home a dead campaign that is all one color, then come to Wabba with all those amazing buffs for an unfair advantage.

Zenimax should make it so you only get home campaign buffs, as well as emperor / former emperor buffs, in your home campaign and in pve, not in a guest campaign.

You left out doing the Cyrodiil PvE. I personally guested into a low-pop AD dominated campaign to do most of the PvE stuff in Cyrodiil.

Unfortunately, being able to pve safely in Cyrodiil is not actually an intended benefit. It's only possible due to all the dead servers. The quests should be dangerous (due to the possibility of players), but rewarding (higher XP/Cash payouts).

chimneyswift_ESO · June 2014

Yes, I would GREATLY like an answer to this as well...No reason for them to keep so many open and to say they will be reducing it, not specify a date, and then roll out the SAME campaigns again each with a new 90 day cycle on them. Kinda disappointed on this one.