Cross Faction Trials (Bug?)
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MissBizz
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Alright, so I never read if cross-faction trials were a for sure go in this patch, so I decided to test it out!
I jumped on my DC character and invited an EP character to the group. I went to AA and went inside, he then ported to me! Voila! We could see each other and could both kill NPC's - great!
The bug part. I can target him. When you mouseover he has a yellow glow. I am able to target him and start a skill (I used hard cast crystal frags) where I would follow through with the animation but obviously just the projectile wouldn't go off.
I imagine in a trial where there a 12 players and it can get quit hectic, it would be very bothersome to accidentally be targeting your group members instead of an NPC.
Is this a bug? Or was cross-faction trials not even supposed to be a thing yet?
With the same characters.. I ported to a dungeon and he ported to me. We are NOT target-able inside a group dungeon.
Also saw that we are unable to heal the opposite faction group member. SO I'm guessing we aren't supposed to be doing cross faction trials?
I jumped on my DC character and invited an EP character to the group. I went to AA and went inside, he then ported to me! Voila! We could see each other and could both kill NPC's - great!
The bug part. I can target him. When you mouseover he has a yellow glow. I am able to target him and start a skill (I used hard cast crystal frags) where I would follow through with the animation but obviously just the projectile wouldn't go off.
I imagine in a trial where there a 12 players and it can get quit hectic, it would be very bothersome to accidentally be targeting your group members instead of an NPC.
Is this a bug? Or was cross-faction trials not even supposed to be a thing yet?
With the same characters.. I ported to a dungeon and he ported to me. We are NOT target-able inside a group dungeon.
Also saw that we are unable to heal the opposite faction group member. SO I'm guessing we aren't supposed to be doing cross faction trials?
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Kyoma✭✭✭This is definitely not intended as ZOS has specifically stated cross-faction grouping would only be possible for 4-man instances. It sounds like what someone described about Hew's Bane/Abah's Landing, being able to see someone from the other alliance but they had the yellow outline and such. Probably related and definitely a bug/unintended behaviour.Will I be able to forget all the wounds that pierce my flesh?
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✭✭✭✭✭My friends and I had already tried cross-faction DSA on the live server back when Orsinium was released. We used the Group Finder to group us together for a dungeon, and instead of doing that dungeon, we all went to DSA instead.- Members of other factions appeared as neutral "enemies". Their health bar was red, but they had a yellow outline around them.
- We could not damage each other. But we also could not heal or buff each other.
- Our ground AOEs appeared with hostile red outlines to members of the other faction, even though they did not actually damage them.
Anyway, we had completed DSA with a cross-faction group, the mechanics and everything worked as expected, and we all were able to get the loot. The main downside was the lack of cross-faction healing, so each side needed to be self-sustainable.
On the PTS, when doing MoL, we noticed that our entire group appeared as AD, even though we're a DC guild and all of our characters are DC. My character sheet while in MoL had its lion replaced by an eagle, my group members' PvP insignias appeared yellow instead of blue, and all the DK banners had yellow eagles instead of blue lions. This is the exact same behavior that we see when we do cross-faction grouping for the regular group dungeons.
So I decided to run some tests...- If I enter MoL solo, I am of the correct faction (DC). If, after entering MoL, I invite a cross-faction member, and they join me in MoL, we will appear as neutral enemies (same behavior as the cross-faction DSA described above).
- If I group up before entering MoL, every member of the group is converted to the AD faction. This includes cross-faction members.
- Cross-faction MoL, on a first glance, appears to work perfectly. I.e., we can heal/buff each other, and we don't appear as neutral enemies.
- This does not seem to work for the older trials such as DSA.
Edited by code65536 on February 8, 2016 10:53AMNightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
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I just witnessed this as well, the trials are currently allowing cross faction
Please don't let this be a thing. This ruins competition very badly... IF this is a thing please don't allow trial scores to be placed on leaderboards#MOREORBS0 -
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✭✭✭✭I'd like to see cross-faction Trials. I have guildies I'd like to run them with but they're DC and I'm AD.#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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RoamingRiverElk✭✭✭✭✭I'd love to see crossfaction trials too.Dalris Aalr - Magicka (Stamina) DK | Dalfish - Magicka Sorc | Dal Aalr - Magicka Warden | Dalrish - Mag/Stam NB | Irana Aalr - PvE Templar1 -
ZOS_FinnDungeon, Encounter
& Monster LeadHey Folks,
Cross-faction Trials are not currently implemented. We’d suggest you avoid setting up a group that way until we message it's ready and available. That said, as you can see, some of that back end work has been done but it is still in internal testing at the moment.
Thanks for the feedback!
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✭✭✭✭✭Hey Folks,
Cross-faction Trials are not currently implemented. We’d suggest you avoid setting up a group that way until we message it's ready and available. That said, as you can see, some of that back end work has been done but it is still in internal testing at the moment.
Thanks for the feedback!
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