Q&A with Eric Wrobel on ESO Live

ArconSeptim · February 2015

Jitterbug wrote: »

If Stiffler is the only one being interviewed who will he interrupt the whole time? :P

Hahaha thats my friend hahah
Steve Stifler God of Trolls lolol

Lykurgis · February 2015

When will you make Target/Practice Dummies available to us in game?

You said you use them internally and making them available to players would go a long way in helping us playtest ability/item changes for 1.6 and beyond.

As I have mentioned before, Target/Practice Dummies that we could place in game (like siege weapons can be placed now) would also make a great idea for the Crown Store.
/wink

ZOS_GinaBruno · February 2015

Thanks for all the questions, everyone! Looking forward to answering some of these in a few hours.

c0rp · February 2015

Is it possible to give Critical Surge NO COOLDOWN and limit the heal to 6 targets?

Navaya · February 2015

When will the Attack Speed Trait (Weighted) be changed ?

GTech_1 · February 2015

@ZOS_JasonLeavey‌
Thank you for my Senche Mount!

I am *Super* happy about that!

However, I do have a couple of questions, on behalf of myself, my guildies, and my small following of viewers on YouTube:

Would you please elaborate on the reasoning behind terminating the Loyalty program? As it stands, this change doesn't seem to make much sense, since it is a continual source of desire to continue a prolonged subscription. The proverbial carrot on a stick, so to speak.
Other than the 1500 crowns and the 10% bonuses, and considering that no further content releases will be available until after June 9th, are there any current plans to incentivise folks to continue their subscription from March 16th through June 9th?

Thanks again for my Senche Mount, I really look forward to riding it around Tamriel, during my continued subscription

~GTech_1 (https://youtube.com/user/GTech1Gaming)

GTech_1 · February 2015

Here's one for Eric (Mr. Christmas bag

)

Are there any plans to add active abilities to the Legerdemain skill line?
Possible examples:

"Distract": Targeted AoE. For "X" seconds, non-hostile NPCs turn to face the location.
"Toss Blame": Reduce your Heat, and redirect pursuing Guards to an NPC target.
"Scatter Gold": Toss "X" gold to the ground. Nearby NPCs pick up the gold, distracting pursuing Guards for "X" seconds.

Thanks for the Awesome Eric

~GTech_1

Flaminir · February 2015

Putting all other considerations aside, what are your feeling on the new 'ToggleMancer' build for Sorc's from the perspective of interesting gameplay & player skill?

Given the number of toggles reduces this down to just 2 active keys per bar (& even those are already pre-determined by the nature of the build... Daedric pray, ward, entropy, C'Shock)... this is hardly interesting, or skilled gameplay.... and def not what most Sorcs signed up for!

(Assuming that the full pet build to get the DPS includes both Dino, Flappy, & Inner light).

PTS testers don't seem to have come up with a competitive non-pet build for endgame PvE other than this.

Flaminir · February 2015

Why do Sorcerers have NO standard class skills at all which buff / provide utility to other players when in groups?

Every class has them... various group healing skills, igneous weapons, Obsidian shield, funnel health, blazing spear etc etc etc...

Sorcs have nothing they can contribute to the group in any content in the game from our class skills.

Note: I'm not including ulti's in this comment for obvious reasons...

Rev Rielle · February 2015

Glierhuin wrote: »

Rev Rielle wrote: »

Cogo wrote: »

Rev Rielle wrote: »

What is the future of the Veteran Rank system?
Are veteran rank 14 characters here to stay, or will all veteran ranks be balanced back to level 50 at some point in the near future?

Why do you always ask the best questions?

Why would you want to ask the lead combat designer about a system change?

Also they already said that everything regarding the removal of veteran ranks will happen a while after 1.6 hits. Not "in the near future" probably.

Clearly, because;
a) They have unfortunately a history of saying one thing, then doing another, or at least going back on their word,
c) There's been innuendo of late regarding the official information that has been released of late surrounding it, and
b) Why would he not know about such an important change? It's a simple question with a simple answer, and is so fundamental to the game everyone would know about it.

Drazhar14 wrote: »

Rev Rielle wrote: »

What is the future of the Veteran Rank system?
Are veteran rank 14 characters here to stay, or will all veteran ranks be balanced back to level 50 at some point in the near future?

Well they said removing vet ranks would be the final step in the Champion system, so hopefully they keep their promise this time.

Exactly, let's hope. There's been some disturbing suggestions and information eluding to them perhaps keeping the veteran rank system.

phreatophile · February 2015

Navaya wrote: »

When will the Attack Speed Trait (Weighted) be changed ?

^This. The change to haste is an admition that their failure to curb animation cancelling, followed by timed trials that include DPS requirements that you must cancel to achieve, makes any modifier of attack speed obsolete. The weighted trait needs to catch up, or you know... actually accelerate the animation for each attack by 20%.

ZOS_JessicaFolsom · February 2015

Thanks for all the questions, everyone! We'll be answering as many as we can during today's ESO Live show, starting in about 10 minutes. We're closing and unstickying this thread now since the show is starting soon. Everyone is welcome to continue asking questions on the forums, of course!