DanielMaxwell wrote: »dwemer_paleologist wrote: »"once Update 6 is released and you have at least one Veteran Rank character, all your characters will receive 30 Champion Points - no more, no less. This will only occur at the onset of Update 6; after this is released, you will gain Champion Points one at a time as designed."
ok she said that if we have atleast ONE character that is vet level then ALL of our characters will get 30 cp. not just the vet ones.
you can only gain champion system XP on a level 50 character
dwemer_paleologist wrote: »DanielMaxwell wrote: »dwemer_paleologist wrote: »"once Update 6 is released and you have at least one Veteran Rank character, all your characters will receive 30 Champion Points - no more, no less. This will only occur at the onset of Update 6; after this is released, you will gain Champion Points one at a time as designed."
ok she said that if we have atleast ONE character that is vet level then ALL of our characters will get 30 cp. not just the vet ones.
you can only gain champion system XP on a level 50 character
this is the part that i am not so sure about, i thought that anytime we gained ANY xp at all it counted towards the champion system, but here you are saying we Must be level 50 in order for that to happen? we cant gain cp's from a level 10, or any character under level 50?
i hope that is not true.
whiteshadow711jppreub18_ESO wrote: »Wolfenbelle wrote: »
ZOS has made none of this clear as far as I know. They are basically reinventing and relaunching their game on the backs of all current players, no matter what level they are at presently. What has been presented so far is not pretty.
And that is another thing, when I was in the Beta, I played the game knowing, my character was going to get wiped, one of the reasons I copied the creation of "Kotaro Atani" to video, so was I could recreate him when the game went live.. and then I did during early access..
(thank god I never deleted that video, I almost did once)
So then I kept the video thinking, what IF?? I don't know... what if something failed and my character got wiped or something, I could recreate him by making an ALT..
Now it's kinda like that all over again, all that XP flushed down the tube, and nothing in return except what everyone who is VR1 is getting, 30 CP, because they are reinventing the game and want people to be at everyone's level ..
Now this is what I have to say, I've been lied to and mislead by ZOS already when it comes to this situation with the XP and it's made me really angry..
But...
I made a new ALT duplicate of my main and I will use him when the Champion system comes online...
but I swear to god and the world at large....
If they do something like this ever again, (wipe us/neuter us and start anew like we are still in a damn Beta again), then I am gone..
Fool me once, shame on me... fool me twice and I am gone.
Well, for beta they had the carrot dangling that the decision of wiping the chars is likely, but not fixed. As a reward you got a monkey, when it should have been a guinea pig.
The problem is that the exp we got is being taken from us without anything to reward it. We don't want to have to grind like crazy to keep up with the guys that are vr1 questing... It isn't fair. We already the questing, we did the leveling, so why are our points being denied to us?
How are your points being denied to you? You have just as much of a chance to get them as a VR1 character. You just have one less option to do so. It doesn't mean those points are gone forever.
Whoever said you needed to "grind like crazy" in order to keep up with them? If the highest character someone has by 1.6 is a VR1, do you really think they're going to be grinding out quests?
Not exactly.
I'm looking at 65 million xp of quests between 5 v14s that I can never earn. There are no other options for me to solo earn those outside of playing pvp (which I do not like to do and also don't know how it compares). Most daily stuff is group content, no new zones will be added for months.
And sure, a casual player may not suddenly grind out quests, but there could be someone just like me that just goes from one character to the next, doing quests and started later than me so is only around v1 when the system hits. They could very easily have the 5 v14s I have a few months after 1.6 launches - I certainly cannot. I only have 2.5 more slots left (one is v5 and half way through content). That's all the xp I can earn from questing. Any other xp I earn will be from waiting around until my friends get on to do group content.
It's b.s. that I'm screwed over by this when a giving me a couple points per vet level wouldn't have put me that far ahead of the 30 a v1 gets. Now, just like undaunted, or crafting achieves, I get to watch new players pass me by while I sit there without as many tools to earn points as they have.
Here's the thing I really don't get at all. How exactly does this advantage the casual? They would need to suddenly start playing massively more than they had been before, while you play massively less, for them to get ahead even slightly. Do you honestly think that's about to happen, or are you just being far too overly dramatic?
You have 5 VR14's you must have a played on all your characters probably in excess of 100days, that's going to be 50+ hours a week on average. In what world will a casual suddenly catch you up, neigh over take you?
Well, if you read what I wrote- I specifically said not casuals, but newer players that play as much as a player like me that just got into the game later.
Then level an alt, so you can quest even more. Yeah, it sucks you aren't getting your exp retroactively applied, but it isn't the same exp that new characters will be getting. It's exp in an entirely different system with different balancing.
We made Rank 14 at Vanilla WOW, it took a long time and a few weeks later everyone and his cat could get the title.
EA made a server move at SWTOR, thousands of players lost their legacy, guild and char names - no compensation ever.
So, I just got a neat little answer from ZoS about this theme. Apparently they are giving everyone 30 points because they want to start leveling the plain field between Vr1 and Vr14. Wanna know why? Because they are planning to strip all the veteran ranks without any consideration to the time and effort you spent going from vr1 to vr14.
And what does that mean? That leveling beyond vr1 is now completely pointless, since whatever progression you do during 1.6 will be nule and void. Isn't that brilliant of them?
They are also sadists... They are stripping us of our earned power and exp layer by later as form of prolonged torture, they are skinning us alive! Maybe they hope to lose less players by doing it little by little.
kelly.medleyb14_ESO wrote: »So, I just got a neat little answer from ZoS about this theme. Apparently they are giving everyone 30 points because they want to start leveling the plain field between Vr1 and Vr14. Wanna know why? Because they are planning to strip all the veteran ranks without any consideration to the time and effort you spent going from vr1 to vr14.
And what does that mean? That leveling beyond vr1 is now completely pointless, since whatever progression you do during 1.6 will be nule and void. Isn't that brilliant of them?
They are also sadists... They are stripping us of our earned power and exp layer by later as form of prolonged torture, they are skinning us alive! Maybe they hope to lose less players by doing it little by little.
To be honest its simply a numbers game, they realize that their game has attracted swarms of super casuals who want everyone to be the same so that is what they are trying to do.
It worked for WoW but unfortunately it will not work for ZoS as they are not as established. The super casuals will soon realize that they still can't do content and are still being destroyed by more skilled players, once they realize this they will leave the game in swarms as will many of the loyal customers they betrayed.
gg.
kelly.medleyb14_ESO wrote: »So, I just got a neat little answer from ZoS about this theme. Apparently they are giving everyone 30 points because they want to start leveling the plain field between Vr1 and Vr14. Wanna know why? Because they are planning to strip all the veteran ranks without any consideration to the time and effort you spent going from vr1 to vr14.
And what does that mean? That leveling beyond vr1 is now completely pointless, since whatever progression you do during 1.6 will be nule and void. Isn't that brilliant of them?
They are also sadists... They are stripping us of our earned power and exp layer by later as form of prolonged torture, they are skinning us alive! Maybe they hope to lose less players by doing it little by little.
To be honest its simply a numbers game, they realize that their game has attracted swarms of super casuals who want everyone to be the same so that is what they are trying to do.
It worked for WoW but unfortunately it will not work for ZoS as they are not as established. The super casuals will soon realize that they still can't do content and are still being destroyed by more skilled players, once they realize this they will leave the game in swarms as will many of the loyal customers they betrayed.
gg.
kelly.medleyb14_ESO wrote: »So, I just got a neat little answer from ZoS about this theme. Apparently they are giving everyone 30 points because they want to start leveling the plain field between Vr1 and Vr14. Wanna know why? Because they are planning to strip all the veteran ranks without any consideration to the time and effort you spent going from vr1 to vr14.
And what does that mean? That leveling beyond vr1 is now completely pointless, since whatever progression you do during 1.6 will be nule and void. Isn't that brilliant of them?
They are also sadists... They are stripping us of our earned power and exp layer by later as form of prolonged torture, they are skinning us alive! Maybe they hope to lose less players by doing it little by little.
To be honest its simply a numbers game, they realize that their game has attracted swarms of super casuals who want everyone to be the same so that is what they are trying to do.
It worked for WoW but unfortunately it will not work for ZoS as they are not as established. The super casuals will soon realize that they still can't do content and are still being destroyed by more skilled players, once they realize this they will leave the game in swarms as will many of the loyal customers they betrayed.
gg.
You are right that they are targeting more casual players.
How much time does a causal play, how much a super casual, care to quantify this new demographic? Super casual? lol.
So, I just got a neat little answer from ZoS about this theme. Apparently they are giving everyone 30 points because they want to start leveling the plain field between Vr1 and Vr14. Wanna know why? Because they are planning to strip all the veteran ranks without any consideration to the time and effort you spent going from vr1 to vr14.
And what does that mean? That leveling beyond vr1 is now completely pointless, since whatever progression you do during 1.6 will be nule and void. Isn't that brilliant of them?
They are also sadists... They are stripping us of our earned power and exp layer by later as form of prolonged torture, they are skinning us alive! Maybe they hope to lose less players by doing it little by little.
LonePirate wrote: »I remain baffled as to why ZOS did not implement a system where you receive X number of Champion Points depending on how much of the 13,000,000 XP needed to reach VR14 which you have earned.
LonePirate wrote: »I remain baffled as to why ZOS did not implement a system where you receive X number of Champion Points depending on how much of the 13,000,000 XP needed to reach VR14 which you have earned.
I've wondered the same thing. You would think that there are, by now, tons and tons of data about character progression and how it relates to content completed between level 0 and v14. So, why is it that with CS implemented, ZoS don't do a conversion? There are basically two answers I can think of:
1) for the conspiracy theorists: they can, but they don't want to. They want people to repeat content to keep them occupied and paying longer.
2) for reasonable people: ZoS aren't actually confident they know how progression will work out under the CS system. Once you go ahead compensate people based on a projection, and it turns out the projection was wrong, then yes, making corrections "on the fly", with everyone spread out in the CP field, will become an absolute nightmare. Rather than merely adjust progression to a more desired rate, you'd actually have to adjust it to re-shape the player separation you created initially.
Thank you for getting in touch with us. My name's Lloyd, and I've just had your help request escalated to me. I can completely understand your frustration, and it's great to see you're so passionate about the game!
We've had a number of contacts regarding this, and please know that we do take all feedback on board. Because of how popular the topic is, our Community team has posted a large clarification thread on the forums. You can find it here: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/143784/champion-system-clarification. I believe the main point you would need to read is point one, where it addresses the power differential between Veteran Ranks remaining in place for phase 3, so that your progression isn't lost.
At this time, we do not have any additional information past what has been posted there. As more becomes available to us, the thread will be updated.
I hope that allays some of your concerns. Please don't hesitate to reply with any questions you may have, and I'll do my best to address them.
Warmest regards,
Lloyd
The Elder Scrolls Online Team
@Lettigall did you reply with a screenshot of your unsub....you should
@Lettigall did you reply with a screenshot of your unsub....you should
LonePirate wrote: »I remain baffled as to why ZOS did not implement a system where you receive X number of Champion Points depending on how much of the 13,000,000 XP needed to reach VR14 which you have earned.
I've wondered the same thing. You would think that there are, by now, tons and tons of data about character progression and how it relates to content completed between level 0 and v14. So, why is it that with CS implemented, ZoS don't do a conversion? There are basically two answers I can think of:
1) for the conspiracy theorists: they can, but they don't want to. They want people to repeat content to keep them occupied and paying longer.
2) for reasonable people: ZoS aren't actually confident they know how progression will work out under the CS system. Once you go ahead compensate people based on a projection, and it turns out the projection was wrong, then yes, making corrections "on the fly", with everyone spread out in the CP field, will become an absolute nightmare. Rather than merely adjust progression to a more desired rate, you'd actually have to adjust it to re-shape the player separation you created initially.
ahstin2001nub18_ESO wrote: »LonePirate wrote: »I remain baffled as to why ZOS did not implement a system where you receive X number of Champion Points depending on how much of the 13,000,000 XP needed to reach VR14 which you have earned.
I've wondered the same thing. You would think that there are, by now, tons and tons of data about character progression and how it relates to content completed between level 0 and v14. So, why is it that with CS implemented, ZoS don't do a conversion? There are basically two answers I can think of:
1) for the conspiracy theorists: they can, but they don't want to. They want people to repeat content to keep them occupied and paying longer.
2) for reasonable people: ZoS aren't actually confident they know how progression will work out under the CS system. Once you go ahead compensate people based on a projection, and it turns out the projection was wrong, then yes, making corrections "on the fly", with everyone spread out in the CP field, will become an absolute nightmare. Rather than merely adjust progression to a more desired rate, you'd actually have to adjust it to re-shape the player separation you created initially.
regarding the bold:
i would just change it to "thought they could, but when they found the cost to make the conversion decided not to, but kept the story to keep subscriptions for a form of paid console testing."
otherwise you i agree. i think the biggest part of this is that they are trying to put a puzzle together before they have even made the puzzle, let alone found all the pieces. they won't win, if that is the case. the CS is FAR from a new concept and there are quite a few ways they SHOULD have done this out there to learn from. on top of that, they should have kept it out until the new solo zone came out in one package. but i too am feeling more and more like a (ex)paying beta tester at this point. i think the only reason they are giving the 30 points, is so that more players have the points for testing the system.
@Lettigall did you reply with a screenshot of your unsub....you should
Hmm great idea, they should see that some players don't simply whine about changes but are upset/angry enough to leave game. Unsubs probably will be best feedback's to show that they can't *** players in the ass without consequences!
Thank you for getting in touch with us. My name's Lloyd, and I've just had your help request escalated to me. I can completely understand your frustration, and it's great to see you're so passionate about the game!
We've had a number of contacts regarding this, and please know that we do take all feedback on board. Because of how popular the topic is, our Community team has posted a large clarification thread on the forums. You can find it here: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/143784/champion-system-clarification. I believe the main point you would need to read is point one, where it addresses the power differential between Veteran Ranks remaining in place for phase 3, so that your progression isn't lost.
At this time, we do not have any additional information past what has been posted there. As more becomes available to us, the thread will be updated.
I hope that allays some of your concerns. Please don't hesitate to reply with any questions you may have, and I'll do my best to address them.
Warmest regards,
Lloyd
The Elder Scrolls Online Team
I read this and next action was to cancel subscription. I didn't do game's content just to be Vr14 with 30CP in phase 3, I did it to be competitive in long run. If ZOS cares only about balancing phase 3, they can balance it without my money...
Thanks for bringing this up. I don't think anyone has talked about this before.