Let me start off by saying I have given ZOS the benefit of the doubt on most complaints I have read on these forums since I started playing at console release. I do understand that they cant please everybody and this is an MMO and everything I am sure the elitist players are going to refer too in response (L2P, get better gear, etc.) I can also guarantee that I am not the only one who feels that they completely destroyed solo play in favor of the stupidity that is the IC release/patch. I am not making this post to rage quit but simply to point out the situation of players like myself. I do not have the ability to use a mic (due to kids running around the house when awake and the fact I want my kids to stay asleep without waking them up all night with my mic usage) and that forces me into mainly solo play, which I prefer anyways and feel as it should be a valid way to play. IC completely ruins it.

Here we go:

1) Who thought of the bright idea to decrease damage while at the same time kill all healing and stamina regeneration? So it takes more skills to kill somebody, which means more resources used for 1 kill, and at the same time you regenerate less if you decide to block? Not to mention in IC if you actually want to gain a TV stone you have to kill harder mobs, so you are burning resources on that trying to live through those attacks while being jumped mid fight by 2+ enemy players. Even if you manage to take out one of the enemy players, the dead one spawns two blocks away runs over to you and owns you with full resources while your taking forever to attempt to kill his buddy while still avoiding the mobs and playing the resource game. This is exactly what happens. The resource management game is not fun when that is the main thing you have to focus on. Isnt this a game and suppose to be fun?

And yes i know you can group up but should I have to? I do not find it fun to go in a group, get 3 hits in a given battle and pretend I accomplished something. That does not take any degree of skill or knowledge of the game whatsoever. Among other reasons, I play solo for a challenge. Now it is not even possible.THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU LOSE DAM NEAR ALL YOUR TV STONES BECAUSE THEY JUMPED YOU AT HALF HEALTH AND LOW RESOURCES! How is that fun? any progress you may have made towards improving your character gets taken away because of sheer numbers. 80% LOSS IS WAY TOO MUCH.

I played this whole game solo (exceptions being a few trials, DSA, and cyrodil keep raids which actually should require a group since you are taking a friggin castle!) and payed for IC due to the fact that I was extremely happy with the game and wanted more of what I liked, only to be thrown into the BS that is IC. I loved solo PVP and could accept the occasional group surprising me from stealth but IC is absolutely ridiculous. It would be so much better if they had just ADDED IN THE EXPANSION WITHOUT CHANGING THE WHOLE DAM GAME! If you are going to put spawns right around the block why the hell would you raise the TTK and kill resource regen? To give them more time to regroup to jump you AND make you weaker when they return? So we can turn this into Call of Duty: Swords Edition?

2) So you say I need to get better gear? well thats what I have been doing on my own since release and finally get the sets I wanted only for them to be made useless in order to force everyone to buy IC. And I cant get the new sets on my own because of the stupidity that is IC and the horrible planning that went into all the changes. Cant make gold playing anything other than IC because who wants to buy useless crap? And I didnt buy this game to sit at a crafting station and click repeatedly in order to manage in PVP.

3) So I need to adapt? try new skills? switch to heavy armor? Well, that isnt changing a thing. Seems power in this game is based off of the new IC gear (refer to #2) and high CP. And once again, I do not want to play Zergfest 2015. AND NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THEIR WHOLE PLAYSTYLE TO STAY HALFWAY COMPETITIVE BECAUSE SOME IDIOT CHANGED THE WHOLE GAME WHEN THEY ONLY NEEDED A FEW MINOR FIXES.

You can say I need to L2P and Im just whining and MMOs arent for me and all that other ignorant crap. Whatever. I feel as though I did L2P only to be thrown right back into noob status because of horrible game changes. Im not giving up just yet but I am pretty sure no matter what skills I use and gear i wear it wont change only get worse. I know Im just one player in a largely populated game, and would not be missed upon leaving this game. Starting to notice in game that I am not alone though.