Agan no PVP content , no smaller scale pvp nothing good bye eso .

Any word for Chat Bubbles yet? /hopeful.

Ah.. What to say about the Champion System...

I understand the concept here, and I think that in some ways it could be a positive thing, but I get the overwhelming impression that this whole idea feels like playing with fire. I think there are so many variables involved with satisfying players and maintaning a challenge and so many changes invovled that... and I don't want to make it sound like I have no faith in Zenimax to implement it properly but... I have a really bad feeling about this.

First and foremost, I want to stress my strong opposition to the concept of removing Veteran points and making VR experience based like 1-50. Zeni has been talking about this for a while (the main concept being Vet content not feeling like you are "forced" to group) but honestly, I think you are making a bad move by taking some people's difficulty complaints and making the game easier because of it. Granted, I have not done extensive resaerch into this, but from what I've seen, it seems like "phase one" of the VR nerf did not really go over too well. I don't see many people saying they love VR content more now. I see a lot of people instead saying that it feels just like 1-50 difficulty and "i'm running through enemies" and "you no longer need food buffs" ect.

In my opinion, 1-50 was very easy and the overwhelming aggrivating factor throughout was that you could not do every quest and maintain a challenge. You leveled way too fast for the content, which led to feeling underchallenged, not recieveing loot from mobs and worst of all, the feeling of rushing through every zone and skipping content as you race against your Exp. meter. I think it would be A LOT wiser to fix those problems about 1-50 instead of doing the opposite and making VR content like them. For me, my only salvation in this game was hitting vet. In DC, I skipped half of Stros Mkai, never went to Betnik, skipped a ton of sidequests, almost every delve and public dungeon, all group dungeons from other alliance zones, half of Alik'r, some of Bangkorai, and I STILL could never shake the race against the experience feeling. I was always underchallenged and I HATE skipping content. It also doesn't help that that the quest markers often remove all realism and immersion by pointing out clues and things you're supposed to find, ect. There's an overwhelming feeling in those instances that the game is intended for toddlers... but that is neither here nor there. Bottom line: There is way too much content in 1-50 for how fast the meter levels. Please do not carry this problem over into Vet now.

Everything else brought up describing the balancing needs of the Champion System (classes, potions, soft caps, player difficulty, changing numbers, ect.) are all problems that are still being addressed and 'fixed' today without the system. I can't help feeling like it is extremely dangerous to implement new questionable variables and throw them into the mix and hope for the best. It also seems like a poor use of time when those things should be tweaked and corrected beforehand. It's like building a house on top or a warped foundation. Please don't get me wrong; There are some things about this Champion System that will most likely be positive and I'm sure a lot of effort is being put into doing it right. All I'm saying, is consider this opinion as I know I speak for many Veteran players when I say, There will always be some players who find situations difficult, but Veteran rank is supposed to be just what it sounds like: for "Veterans." Please do not ruin the best part of this game by making it even REMOTELY seem like levels 51-64. I hope others will say this and you guys reconsider removing Vet points - and if you have to remove them, do it in a different way than it sounds like you have planned. VR has been nerfed enough. Do not make it any easier and do not make it any more like 1-50.


^^All that said, I could totally get behind more ways to level and grow and a new set of points and challenges to add more depth to character growth. Plus I love the look of the constellation board like Skyrim had, but I would throw all that away in an instant if it jeopordizes the difficulty of one more piece of this game!

(Sorry for the long rant everyone.)

@frosth.darkomenb16_ESO‌ Thanks. Lol I hope you wern't either; I was worried about the length. I can only hope that it makes it to the appropriate pairs of eyes in Zenimax and that other players like you back it up like that. Thanks for the comment.

So far, I havn't heard one positive comment in-game on "phase one" of the VR nerf but have heard several negatives. Yet it appears "phase two" is on it's way still with the same outline. Hopefully more people speak up.

@Cogo awesome post. I agree with much of your sentiments.

A good example of people not knowing what they are talking about. Up until recently the EU servers were actually located in NA. ZOS's reasoning for this was that if the servers were physically close to them, they would easily be able to diagnose issues on those servers and we'd quickly see those issues resolved. I was (and still am) in full agreement about that strategy. Moving EU to EU could have been pushed out further.

Players moaned about EU lag. Being a player who lives with lag in MMOs (I ping ~200 to EU, ~400 to NA) I'm pretty familiar with the different forms of lag. I calmly explained that moving EU to EU wouldn't resolve the lag we were experience because it was occurring on the server. My arguments were swiftly refuted on the basis of me not knowing what I was talking about. Moving along, ZOS succumbed to the pressure and made the move.

We are still experiencing lag on EU, if not much more. Turns out the lag was server-side and moving the servers to EU made a negligible difference. Turns out all the bandwaggoners were wrong. Turns out that, now, resolving the lag is going to be more difficult because the ZOS devs are half the way across the world.

Players now indicate that the lag is ZOS's fault.

Players love complaining about stuff, making demands, without realising what those demands actually entail. Be careful what you demand because you might actually get it, and what has now been shown to be very true is:

ZOS knows what they are doing, players know LITERALLY nothing.

I'm going to trust ZOS's better judgement from now on. I'll provide honest-to-god feedback (and yes, get very verbal about their mess ups). As for making demands, that will be what destroys this game and I'm going to avoid it completely.

That being said, I think a major stability patch (at the expense of slipping feature patches by one release) would go a long way to allay the complaints of players - I would even appreciate it. I work in the software industry and I've come to learn that stability is sometimes a very major feature, and far more valuable than other features you might have planned.

The best incentive for people to go on PTS is to send them new SSD hard drives.

Aeula wrote: »

I wanna know more about Wrothgar! When can we expect to see it? What minimum level do we have to be?

Also, with the apparent changes to gear coming, will the VR rank requirements on gear go away? So i don't have to be...say VR12 to do trials? Will my power be the same at VR1 as at VR12?

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Hmm... there will be no published minimum level to 'do trials'. But there will OF COURSE be minimum skills needed to perform for competitive groups. Unless of course ZOS goes in and adjusts the dps bar needed to beat the bosses to proceed inside of the triaIs. In addition...as the Champion point 'perks' get finalized and in game, theres that delicious "Season Gear" for everyone to set goals to get .

The Champion System is going to provide for a way for players to have access to deepening their characters and thats awesome! However, the improvement by gains related to inputting points received by the Champion system will not negate ongoing leveling; it is not going to somehow magically create a total horizontal/sandbox environs. It is reframing/renaming the Vet points experience gained and providing additional impetus/slight rewards for gaining said points, but progression will still very much be in place going forward.

Can't wait for additional details from ZOS on it!

90% od Zeni Dev Teams working on CONTENT is a huge blunder.

Dev Teams should AT LEAST have 50% of them working BROKEN crap -- some of which has been BROKEN since Pre-Release.

I am sick and tired of having a CSR say "Known issue" I.E., the damned NPC bank in Minstral -- there are TONS of others I could list here.

OK, it may not be Veteran content -- but Zenimax should understand that their player base -- not to mention new players -- expect ESO to WORK,without the many unresolved issues.

Get with the reakin' program, Zenimax.

With all the changes coming, champion system etc etra I can see no obvious reason for the Classes in the Game. The one thing that was really special about the Elder Scrolls game was no classes. You Rolled your own to suit your style.