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Does CP ruin BwB for new players?

Digerati
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Is Blackwater Blade a viable PvP option for genuine new players, or do some massively overpowered twinks ruin the fun?
Please choose the option that you find most true.
Edited by Digerati on November 21, 2015 9:45PM

Does CP ruin BwB for new players? 119 votes

I have no Champion Points myself and I have no problem with them being included in BwB.
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graveyard88demustacio 2 votes
I have no Champion Points myself and Blackwater Blade is less enjoyable due to inclusion of Champion Points.
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RomoVlakmirMastery404BabeestorGorFlipd 5 votes
I have Champion Points and I want them to remain in Blackwater Blade.
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I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
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  • Artis
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    Do they work on top of battle leveling or with the base stats? In the latter case, battle leveling simply removes the effect of most of CP, no?
  • Digerati
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Artemis wrote: »
    Do they work on top of battle leveling or with the base stats? In the latter case, battle leveling simply removes the effect of most of CP, no?

    I created a nightblade a few weeks ago to play with my new player friends. I was seeing crits at up to 15k+ while grinding with my friends in cyrodiil while they were unable to break 10k. We were the same level wearing the exact same gear (crafted to match). CP definitely takes effect in BwB.
  • Snowgoons
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Veteran rank related stuff should not be in non veteran campaigns it makes absolutely no sense.. Really is a no brainer no idea what ZOS was thinking. Id go as far as linking the champion points to the character that earned them but since everyone wants easy mode everything these days can't do that....

    This is how that topic went down at a ZOS meeting:

    ZOS 1: Hey guys um... Just took half a second to think about this....Let's let people come into a non veteran campaign and make their characters overpowered with champion points!

    ZOS 2: Sounds like a balanced good suggestion.

    ZOS 3: WELL THEN ITS SETTLED! :wink:
    Edited by Snowgoons on November 21, 2015 10:04PM
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  • Digerati
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    I don't think we'll see any difference in this poll than we saw in previous polls...

    CP in BwB is stupid. I brought in 7 new players. 3 still play. My friends all left because of the retardedness of CP in BwB.

    This poll isn't to prove a point but rather continue the steady drumbeat of demands to remove CP from BwB.

    It needs to be a priority.

    Right now, BwB isn't a playground for new players. It's a place where new players are shuffled into to be completely demolished by high CP twinks.

    ZOS has taken disappointing design decisions throughout the production of ESO... This one is the one that's bothered me the most.
    Addendum: I would feel better about their bad design decisions if it were simply a disagreement. In this case, and most others, ZOS knows fully the way things ought to be. Laziness, shortsightedness, or incompetence is what drives these decisions. ZOS, I implore you, the developers, to do things right. Put your foot down to deadlines, insist on doing things the right way, and when the deadlines only allow for lazy or half - baked implementation, miss that damned deadline. Your game could be around forever, it's time to start acting like it.
    Edited by Digerati on November 21, 2015 10:42PM
  • JamilaRaj
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    The noob campaign is utter garbage anyway due to accumulated damage from changes made to the game in last 6-9 months (changes brought about with DLCs were especially deadly). The campaign deteriorates so rapidly that even if CPs were removed tomorrow, it would be totally irrelevant, because for every glacially slow step in the right direction ZOS manages to make several back and to the side.

    /lurk

    -- ZOS_RichLambert on Champion points in the non vet, July 16th, 2015
  • Jura23
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    I have Champion Points and I want them to remain in Blackwater Blade.
    No, but complaining about them does.
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  • lolo_01b16_ESO
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Damn, accidently voted when I wanted to see the results :/
    My opinion is not part of the aswer possibilites, so I state it here:

    Cp is not the main reason why new players on bwb as if they didn't stand a chance against experienced players. Gear and knowledge about the game are a much greater advantage. Even before cp were added to the game I was able to win fights on bwb against much greater numbers of enemies.

    I'd prefer to leave bwb as it is for experienced players to level their characters and add a new campaign where you can't enter if you ever had a character with an alliance rank higher than 10 (number can be discussed).
  • RAGUNAnoOne
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    @Alucardo care to show that image of that NB move to show what CPs can do?
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  • Alucardo
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    @Alucardo care to show that image of that NB move to show what CPs can do?

    The damage is real

    kC2EJvK.jpg
  • Korah_Eaglecry
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    Snowgoons wrote: »
    Veteran rank related stuff should not be in non veteran campaigns it makes absolutely no sense.. Really is a no brainer no idea what ZOS was thinking. Id go as far as linking the champion points to the character that earned them but since everyone wants easy mode everything these days can't do that....

    This is how that topic went down at a ZOS meeting:

    ZOS 1: Hey guys um... Just took half a second to think about this....Let's let people come into a non veteran campaign and make their characters overpowered with champion points!

    ZOS 2: Sounds like a balanced good suggestion.

    ZOS 3: WELL THEN ITS SETTLED! :wink:

    Yeah because people are totally wanting to avoid that rather simple grind to 500 CP per character. Theyre just lazy. /s
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    Alucardo wrote: »
    @Alucardo care to show that image of that NB move to show what CPs can do?

    The damage is real

    kC2EJvK.jpg

    Did you lag out and get kicked off the server for dying twice in one attack?
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  • Digerati
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    ban CP from BwB so we at least have one campaign that's not ruined by CP.
  • mtwiggz
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    I have Champion Points and I want them to remain in Blackwater Blade.
    Really doesn't make a difference to me, wish there was more options.

    A lot of people reroll characters to take part in BwB. If Champion Points were removed from BwB the next step would be to remove veteran PvPers from BwB to make it more fair. The list will go on until the only people left in BwB are fresh new characters running around light and heavy attacking each other.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    @Alucardo care to show that image of that NB move to show what CPs can do?

    The damage is real

    kC2EJvK.jpg

    What in the absolute hell is this? 35k Teleport Strike? I feel as though the Photoshop is strong with this one.
    Edited by mtwiggz on November 22, 2015 3:13AM
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    mtwiggz wrote: »
    What in the absolute hell is this? 35k Teleport Strike? I feel as though the Photoshop is strong with this one.
    Hah, nah it's real, but it was actually from a sewer boss in IC
  • mtwiggz
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    I have Champion Points and I want them to remain in Blackwater Blade.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    mtwiggz wrote: »
    What in the absolute hell is this? 35k Teleport Strike? I feel as though the Photoshop is strong with this one.
    Hah, nah it's real, but it was actually from a sewer boss in IC

    Well that is very misleading.
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    mtwiggz wrote: »
    Well that is very misleading.
    That was the point. Though being an honest person I couldn't continue with the charades any longer
  • mtwiggz
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    I have Champion Points and I want them to remain in Blackwater Blade.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    mtwiggz wrote: »
    Well that is very misleading.
    That was the point. Though being an honest person I couldn't continue with the charades any longer

    Realistically anyone that has spent any decent amount of time in PvP would know that wasn't realistic, especially in BwB. Was a good attempted troll though. I'm sure many players saw it, or will see it, and automatically call for NB nerfs.
  • AFrostWolf
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    I think they need to go. I'd rather the game be balanced with everyone on equal footing and leave it up to skill. Remove all doubt. CP is the extra block/dodge roll/slight damage ect that can make a difference between living and dying. Now if only they will do something about gear...
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    AFrostWolf wrote: »
    Now if only they will do something about gear...
    What's the problem with gear? Unlike vet campaigns we don't have that huge gap between normal stuff and VR16 stuff. Everybody has the opportunity of obtaining the exact same gear on BwB.
    If you can't craft it, get somebody to craft it for you.
  • Artjuh90
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    AFrostWolf wrote: »
    Now if only they will do something about gear...
    What's the problem with gear? Unlike vet campaigns we don't have that huge gap between normal stuff and VR16 stuff. Everybody has the opportunity of obtaining the exact same gear on BwB.
    If you can't craft it, get somebody to craft it for you.

    new players vs older.
    this is an area where the newer community could learn more about pvp and how to play it.
    by adding cp here there will be even a bigger gap here then in the vet campains
  • AFrostWolf
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    AFrostWolf wrote: »
    Now if only they will do something about gear...
    What's the problem with gear? Unlike vet campaigns we don't have that huge gap between normal stuff and VR16 stuff. Everybody has the opportunity of obtaining the exact same gear on BwB.
    If you can't craft it, get somebody to craft it for you.

    Well, even if you take 2 evenly matched players it feels like gear makes a huge difference now that they made it part of battle leveling. Before the recent patch my gear didn't matter as much and even using my level set gear in blue quality was enough. Now it's not like that and I'm dying so much faster than before unless I'm using purple quality with decent traits. I can't afford to make a new set and upgrade it every few levels to stay equal. I actually enjoyed using my level 10 training armor and weps.

    Edited by AFrostWolf on November 22, 2015 6:02AM
  • Flipd
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    I have no Champion Points myself and Blackwater Blade is less enjoyable due to inclusion of Champion Points.
    we see 1 nb running towards us with bunch of healers behind him.

    we get 1shotted

    rip
  • Sausage
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    You just need to grind some CPs, not that is hard grind, we dont have enough population to create multiple Campaigns with different CP-requirements. Btw, we suggested pure cosmetic endgame progression for Zen at PC launch but they wanted to go with VRs, CPs and gear advantages. This is exactly the reason why I think CP-progression should be always short-term.

    Maybe if they transformed Cyrodil into stand-alone F2P game, we could have enough players to create campaigns with different CP-requirements, but currently its way too risky, PS4 EU we have one good Campaign and when it dies, its all over.
    Edited by Sausage on November 22, 2015 5:39AM
  • Artjuh90
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Sausage wrote: »
    You just need to grind some CPs, not that is hard grind, we dont have enough population to create multiple Campaigns with different CP-requirements. Btw, we suggested pure cosmetic endgame progression for Zen at PC launch but they wanted to go with VRs, CPs and gear advantages. This is exactly the reason why I think CP-progression should be always short-term.

    Maybe if they transformed Cyrodil into stand-alone F2P game, we could have enough players to create campaigns with different CP-requirements, but currently its way too risky, PS4 EU we have one good Campaign and when it dies, its all over.

    i think this wouldn't be a bad idia.
    the problem will arise when the servers are to empty but they can star with like a three layer campain somthing like 0-150 campain 151-300 and a 301+ campain. I'm just trowing numbers ofc ZOS has way more data to tweek these servers to make decent size servers
  • Alucardo
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    AFrostWolf wrote: »
    I can't afford to make a jew set and upgrade it every few levels to stay equal.
    I think we should keep religion out of this
  • Darlgon
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    In PVE, it does not matter. A new player is not trying to get thru content for the fifth time. So, the CP on a low level is fine for an experienced player. Tho, frankly, an experienced player SHOULD not NEED them, as he already knows how to play and what will happen.

    In PVP.. those CP give a veteran an OVERWHELMING advantage vs someone who cant even earn CP.
    Edited by Darlgon on November 22, 2015 5:49AM
    Power level to CP160 in a week:
    Where is the end game? You just played it.
    Why don't I have 300+ skill points? Because you skipped content along the way.
    Where is new content? Sigh.
  • AFrostWolf
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    Alucardo wrote: »
    AFrostWolf wrote: »
    I can't afford to make a jew set and upgrade it every few levels to stay equal.
    I think we should keep religion out of this

    Was on my phone at work, typo corrected lol. sorry. @Alucardo
  • RAGUNAnoOne
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    I have Champion Points and I think that they should be removed from Blackwater Blade.
    mtwiggz wrote: »
    Alucardo wrote: »
    mtwiggz wrote: »
    Well that is very misleading.
    That was the point. Though being an honest person I couldn't continue with the charades any longer

    Realistically anyone that has spent any decent amount of time in PvP would know that wasn't realistic, especially in BwB. Was a good attempted troll though. I'm sure many players saw it, or will see it, and automatically call for NB nerfs.

    and they don't do this already?
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  • Sausage
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    Artjuh90 wrote: »
    Sausage wrote: »
    You just need to grind some CPs, not that is hard grind, we dont have enough population to create multiple Campaigns with different CP-requirements. Btw, we suggested pure cosmetic endgame progression for Zen at PC launch but they wanted to go with VRs, CPs and gear advantages. This is exactly the reason why I think CP-progression should be always short-term.

    Maybe if they transformed Cyrodil into stand-alone F2P game, we could have enough players to create campaigns with different CP-requirements, but currently its way too risky, PS4 EU we have one good Campaign and when it dies, its all over.

    i think this wouldn't be a bad idia.
    the problem will arise when the servers are to empty but they can star with like a three layer campain somthing like 0-150 campain 151-300 and a 301+ campain. I'm just trowing numbers ofc ZOS has way more data to tweek these servers to make decent size servers

    Instead of removing CPs, I think they should let new players earn CPs even if they are low levels, so basically after lvl 10 when you can first go to Cyrodil, you start earning CPs. Zen themselves wanted to go with advantages/progression, so why on Earth to remove it. If new players earned CPs, they wouldnt leave so easily.
    Edited by Sausage on November 22, 2015 5:05PM
  • Alucardo
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    Sausage wrote: »
    Instead of removing CPs, I think they should let new players earn CPs even if they are low levels, so basically after lvl 10 when you can first go to Cyrodil, you start earning CPs. Zen themselves wanted to go with advantages/progression, so why on Earth to remove it. If new players earned CPs, they wouldnt leave so easily.

    Not really an option unfortunately. By the sounds of it, Veteran ranks will get replaced with essentially CPs. You'll need a certain amount of CPs to wear gear for its required champion level. This means, a low level could potentially be walking around like a hero.
    Edited by Alucardo on November 22, 2015 5:18PM
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