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More FOTM from Sypher

  • Zheg
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    I don't share in the undiluted hatred of him, but he hasn't really done anything to earn fondness either; for the most part I'm apathetic. When he helps promote poor balance ideas, or says something factually incorrect and then you see it parroted by players, that's when it's an issue. That's hardly the majority of the case, in fact the majority of the time I'd say it's the opposite and he's quite correct. But not always, and sometimes those mistakes end up steering the narrative unfortunately.

    As to the streaming, I don't get it, I never will ... I don't understand why people would want to watch someone else play a game they themselves could be playing. I think a small percentage of them (the people that end up donating hundreds/thousands of dollars) are in need of counseling and emotional help, but then again people will pay obscene amounts of money for front seat tickets to bieber.

    Most of the 'crap' being talked about isn't so much that he's using the set, because frankly everyone is. I can't speak for anyone else besides myself, but I don't see the relevance of yet another prox+tether+VD video at this point, I just don't. Particularly if we're now on multiple videos from the same person. Sypher has a great deal of skill, but these bombs/this meta is far from skillful so I'm not sure what the point is. Melting people in < 1 second repairing a wall? In what way is that the skillful 1v1 / 1vX play he's built a reputation on? If I wasn't so adamant about playing my healer this patch I'd be running the same thing because that's what the meta is. But I see little reason to celebrate such a disgustingly broken meta, and any time people do so I feel like it sends all of the wrong signals to ww2.

    Sypher can talk about wanting aoe caps gone as much as he wants, but when you post vids like this and people cheer them on, I can guarantee that wrobel is giggling while sitting at his desk next to an empty juice box thinking "see? this maybe wasn't the best idea but some players really love it and so many are using it, so it's good enough. Now we don't have to put in actual work in balancing the combat system."
  • zyk
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    Sypher wrote: »
    The guilds who end up crowning one of their own as emperor spend a majority of their time bridge and tower farming pugs for emp. Don't be hypocritical.

    I just want to say that this isn't always true. I've been part of two objective focused guilds who have crowned several emps -- if that's my personal experience, there are surely more.
  • Xsorus
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    Zheg wrote: »
    I don't share in the undiluted hatred of him, but he hasn't really done anything to earn fondness either; for the most part I'm apathetic. When he helps promote poor balance ideas, or says something factually incorrect and then you see it parroted by players, that's when it's an issue. That's hardly the majority of the case, in fact the majority of the time I'd say it's the opposite and he's quite correct. But not always, and sometimes those mistakes end up steering the narrative unfortunately.

    As to the streaming, I don't get it, I never will ... I don't understand why people would want to watch someone else play a game they themselves could be playing. I think a small percentage of them (the people that end up donating hundreds/thousands of dollars) are in need of counseling and emotional help, but then again people will pay obscene amounts of money for front seat tickets to bieber.

    Most of the 'crap' being talked about isn't so much that he's using the set, because frankly everyone is. I can't speak for anyone else besides myself, but I don't see the relevance of yet another prox+tether+VD video at this point, I just don't. Particularly if we're now on multiple videos from the same person. Sypher has a great deal of skill, but these bombs/this meta is far from skillful so I'm not sure what the point is. Melting people in < 1 second repairing a wall? In what way is that the skillful 1v1 / 1vX play he's built a reputation on? If I wasn't so adamant about playing my healer this patch I'd be running the same thing because that's what the meta is. But I see little reason to celebrate such a disgustingly broken meta, and any time people do so I feel like it sends all of the wrong signals to ww2.

    Sypher can talk about wanting aoe caps gone as much as he wants, but when you post vids like this and people cheer them on, I can guarantee that wrobel is giggling while sitting at his desk next to an empty juice box thinking "see? this maybe wasn't the best idea but some players really love it and so many are using it, so it's good enough. Now we don't have to put in actual work in balancing the combat system."

    If only Sypher ran with 23 other people... You might like him more *grin*

    Let's all be honest here.. You are one of the reasons pvp has developed into the way it has... You decided to Zerg in a giant ball for quite some time now all while saying "it's just one group" and "the game is designed for large scale battles; I'm just playing with out the mechanics are intended" and you have the Balls to give him crap for using a non bugged set that is a risk to your *** play style that's caused countless damage to this game... Please...

    You had zero problem lagging this game with your play style and creating the bloody mess that is the zergs in this game... But you're upset a Sypher for posting videos of him blowing up zergs... Or maybe you're just upset that people actually enjoy watching him play and find videos of 24 people zerging to be boring and terrible to watch.
  • phillyboy7897
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    I dunno man I've watched the streamers and most of thier ideas are right, I can't think of anything they've said that was flat out bad for the game.

    If anything they'd argue for 1vX or small scale v Zerg to get more love than its warranted. But who doesn't want the thing they are trying to do in the game to be more viable?

    Mostly the point they make on that is skill should overcome raw numbers.

    I can't fault them for that. Numbers and stats must matter more here because it's an MMO.

    Nothing sypher or any streamer has said hurts the game one millionth as much as game-breaking lag.

    In fact the only way they'd care to fix that is if there is enough of an uproar from the playerbase, and these guys are motivating potentially thousands to speak up about that.

  • PrinceFabious
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    Zheg wrote: »
    I don't share in the undiluted hatred of him, but he hasn't really done anything to earn fondness either; for the most part I'm apathetic. When he helps promote poor balance ideas, or says something factually incorrect and then you see it parroted by players, that's when it's an issue. That's hardly the majority of the case, in fact the majority of the time I'd say it's the opposite and he's quite correct. But not always, and sometimes those mistakes end up steering the narrative unfortunately.

    As to the streaming, I don't get it, I never will ... I don't understand why people would want to watch someone else play a game they themselves could be playing. I think a small percentage of them (the people that end up donating hundreds/thousands of dollars) are in need of counseling and emotional help, but then again people will pay obscene amounts of money for front seat tickets to bieber.

    Most of the 'crap' being talked about isn't so much that he's using the set, because frankly everyone is. I can't speak for anyone else besides myself, but I don't see the relevance of yet another prox+tether+VD video at this point, I just don't. Particularly if we're now on multiple videos from the same person. Sypher has a great deal of skill, but these bombs/this meta is far from skillful so I'm not sure what the point is. Melting people in < 1 second repairing a wall? In what way is that the skillful 1v1 / 1vX play he's built a reputation on? If I wasn't so adamant about playing my healer this patch I'd be running the same thing because that's what the meta is. But I see little reason to celebrate such a disgustingly broken meta, and any time people do so I feel like it sends all of the wrong signals to ww2.

    Sypher can talk about wanting aoe caps gone as much as he wants, but when you post vids like this and people cheer them on, I can guarantee that wrobel is giggling while sitting at his desk next to an empty juice box thinking "see? this maybe wasn't the best idea but some players really love it and so many are using it, so it's good enough. Now we don't have to put in actual work in balancing the combat system."

    Even though you are just a zergling that likes to post in the forums, I do agree with this
  • PhatGrimReaper
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    I'm actually intrigued by the thought of @Sypher as Emperor with his current setup. It would be kind entertaining.
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  • PrinceFabious
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    I'm actually intrigued by the thought of @Sypher as Emperor with his current setup. It would be kind entertaining.

    OMFG Pwnd was EMP in Haddy a couple days ago with the same set up. It seemed to be less effective as EMP since he was a bigger target
  • Enraged_Tiki_Torch
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    Xsorus wrote: »

    It wasn't meant to try and break up ball groups just like shield breaker wasn't meant to stop shield stacking; it does however punish stacks of players like its suppose to. It causes that play style to have a risk.

    I see what your saying and somewhat agree. Shield breaker upgraded a counter to people using shields. The effect has always been in the game, "Glyph of Decrease Health". VD is another animal, it is meant to kill people that are too close together. It is not a 17k tooltip damage because it's just meant to be a risk.

    The goal was obviously to get people to spread out, the risk as you say was reason enough to do so.

    Let me explain why VD is such a bad idea and not doing what it is intended to do. When Wheeler went on ESO Live to address the claim that the "Lightning Patch" wasn't the reason for decreased Cyrodiil performance. He proposed another plausible reason that only the stubborn would disagree with. It wasn't the patch but the correlation of players acquiring better gear particularly gear sets that taxed the server and more players balling up.

    My question is simply: Then why did they introduce another gear set that does EXACTLY what they said was causing the server issue to begin with. They wouldn't have put this in the game if it was just a risk they wanted to impose, they clearly took the chance that this would do what they requested before. For people to spread out. An admirable goal with good intentions.

    The oversight is this just made for an even more powerful bomb than anyone had before. The increased damage on Proxy plus the removal of AoE damage cap would of been enough. The decreased damage against fewer plus an additional 17k bomb on top of that makes it desirable for not just small groups or solo gankers but ANY player going against another group of players. Hence why anyone Magicka spec'd is drooling over it right now. Any ability that does that much damage as an AoE is going to be used by 99% of the players.

    Granted when at a clear disadvantage, you'll be able to bomb a Zerg but like most videos I have seen. Mostly against Zergs in AFK mode (which weren't the issue), but active spam casting Zergs. You'll kill a few, the rest will kill you and then revive their fallen allies. Risk? It's laughable. You get to go play horse simulator (your smile will fade as it becomes as old as riding your horse), they carry on in battle after a short chuckle at the suicide bomber(s) they just encountered.

    As more people acquire the set and groups begin bombing each other. The only result is exactly what we had before. A pure numbers game. The group with the most VD explosions wins.
    Edited by Enraged_Tiki_Torch on April 4, 2016 5:42AM
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  • frozywozy
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    Zheg wrote: »
    I don't share in the undiluted hatred of him, but he hasn't really done anything to earn fondness either; for the most part I'm apathetic. When he helps promote poor balance ideas, or says something factually incorrect and then you see it parroted by players, that's when it's an issue. That's hardly the majority of the case, in fact the majority of the time I'd say it's the opposite and he's quite correct. But not always, and sometimes those mistakes end up steering the narrative unfortunately.

    As to the streaming, I don't get it, I never will ... I don't understand why people would want to watch someone else play a game they themselves could be playing. I think a small percentage of them (the people that end up donating hundreds/thousands of dollars) are in need of counseling and emotional help, but then again people will pay obscene amounts of money for front seat tickets to bieber.

    Most of the 'crap' being talked about isn't so much that he's using the set, because frankly everyone is. I can't speak for anyone else besides myself, but I don't see the relevance of yet another prox+tether+VD video at this point, I just don't. Particularly if we're now on multiple videos from the same person. Sypher has a great deal of skill, but these bombs/this meta is far from skillful so I'm not sure what the point is. Melting people in < 1 second repairing a wall? In what way is that the skillful 1v1 / 1vX play he's built a reputation on? If I wasn't so adamant about playing my healer this patch I'd be running the same thing because that's what the meta is. But I see little reason to celebrate such a disgustingly broken meta, and any time people do so I feel like it sends all of the wrong signals to ww2.

    Sypher can talk about wanting aoe caps gone as much as he wants, but when you post vids like this and people cheer them on, I can guarantee that wrobel is giggling while sitting at his desk next to an empty juice box thinking "see? this maybe wasn't the best idea but some players really love it and so many are using it, so it's good enough. Now we don't have to put in actual work in balancing the combat system."

    @Sypher is one of the most important pillar keeping this game alive right now. Without his interraction through Twitch.tv , this game would not have reached the 100 000 copies sold for the past year. Not even close. You have the right to disagree with him or to not enjoy watching other people play a video game, but this is only your opinion and your interests.

    At the end of the day, there are a ton of people who enjoy watching others play the game just to relax and I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums, who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up and who are now complaining about a meta who can actually take care people who are not being careful when balling up.

    I agree that VD hits way too hard and should be scaled down on top of Proximity Det which still hit way too hard on less than 6 players, but I think this is still a way in the right direction.
    Edited by frozywozy on April 4, 2016 6:16AM
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  • PhatGrimReaper
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    ...... I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums and who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up.[/quote]

    It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @frozywozy on this one!
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  • Xsorus
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    Xsorus wrote: »

    It wasn't meant to try and break up ball groups just like shield breaker wasn't meant to stop shield stacking; it does however punish stacks of players like its suppose to. It causes that play style to have a risk.

    I see what your saying and somewhat agree. Shield breaker upgraded a counter to people using shields. The effect has always been in the game, "Glyph of Decrease Health". VD is another animal, it is meant to kill people that are too close together. It is not a 17k tooltip damage because it's just meant to be a risk.

    The goal was obviously to get people to spread out, the risk as you say was reason enough to do so.

    Let me explain why VD is such a bad idea and not doing what it is intended to do. When Wheeler went on ESO Live to address the claim that the "Lightning Patch" wasn't the reason for decreased Cyrodiil performance. He proposed another plausible reason that only the stubborn would disagree with. It wasn't the patch but the correlation of players acquiring better gear particularly gear sets that taxed the server and more players balling up.

    My question is simply: Then why did they introduce another gear set that does EXACTLY what they said was causing the server issue to begin with. They wouldn't have put this in the game if it was just a risk they wanted to impose, they clearly took the chance that this would do what they requested before. For people to spread out. An admirable goal with good intentions.

    The oversight is this just made for an even more powerful bomb than anyone had before. The increased damage on Proxy plus the removal of AoE damage cap would of been enough. The decreased damage against fewer plus an additional 17k bomb on top of that makes it desirable for not just small groups or solo gankers but ANY player going against another group of players. Hence why anyone Magicka spec'd is drooling over it right now. Any ability that does that much damage as an AoE is going to be used by 99% of the players.

    Granted when at a clear disadvantage, you'll be able to bomb a Zerg but like most videos I have seen. Mostly against Zergs in AFK mode (which weren't the issue), but active spam casting Zergs. You'll kill a few, the rest will kill you and then revive their fallen allies. Risk? It's laughable. You get to go play horse simulator (your smile will fade as it becomes as old as riding your horse), they carry on in battle after a short chuckle at the suicide bomber(s) they just encountered.

    As more people acquire the set and groups begin bombing each other. The only result is exactly what we had before. A pure numbers game. The group with the most VD explosions wins.

    There have always been multiple sets in this game with effects; I don't buy gear sets cause lag simply cause if that's the case the amount of lag should of decreased since most of the meta has been shifted to lesser and lesser amounts of sets over time cause they simply outclass others.. For example last patch was mostly hunding rage with agility if stamina and julios with will power for magicka.. Game still lagged like balls in big fights...

    Now why did the lag suddenly start becoming an issue during the lighting patch... Because that is when they decided hey there were a bunch of abilities that didn't have caps and now they should and they told everyone caps existed... Before that a lot of players weren't running in giant zergs stacking up because people thought no caps were in place and no one wanted to die to standard bombs...

    As for why VD is so powerful? Because if it did say 8k damage you wouldn't kill anyone with it... A Zerg ball will simply heal through that damn near instantly... It's gotta do such high damage to be a threat to anyone stacking up.... It's why they increased the damage on shield breaker for example even though every sorc said it would be the death of the class... Because 1k damage was absolutely doing nothing... Hell I'd say 2k does very little as well but force the sorc to retreat from the fight. But still unless VD and prox has teeth you won't be a threat to a group stacked up with multiple Templars healing

    Hell you can go view syphers saved streams.. He fights a group on top of a bridge and remarks the same thing... He stood no chance at killing any of them cause the healing was so extreme he couldn't burst anyone down...


  • Xsorus
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    ...... I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums and who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up.

    It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @frozywozy on this one![/quote]

    I think people want to leave more cause the awful lag than these type of sets... I know the lag had basically forced me into only Pvping in IC on haderus at this point as it's the pvp not lagging
  • failkiwib16_ESO
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    I learned something new today, wow... Sypher made the lag in cyro, let's go get him.

    Group up everyone!! We should go to the bridge between Alessia and Sejanus and kill and stack up there, and await him to come to us. Don't forget your torches and pitchforks.

    Btw. why is anything that gives actual damage in pvp critized into hell. Pvp builds and gear is already so inferior in dps output compared to pve builds and gear, on top of the dmg/healing/shield nerf that is already implemented in pvp + aoe cap...

    If you complain that 1vX have never been this easy before VD, then you have clearly forgotten the good old times of Reflective Scales & Standard of Might spam from Dragonknights, Negate spam from Sorcerers, Meteor spam from Valkyn Skoria set, Invigorating Drain + Batswarm spam from vampires, Camoflaged Hunter + Caltrops spam, Sorcerer that could shieldstack to 95k protection.... Sap Essense OP from Nightblades blablablah Eclipse spam from Templars blabla blaaah

    Vicious Death + Proximity Detonation set is so inferior compared to the list of above mentioned blablablah spam we used to have in ESO.
  • PhatGrimReaper
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    Xsorus wrote: »
    ...... I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums and who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up.

    It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @frozywozy on this one!

    I think people want to leave more cause the awful lag than these type of sets... I know the lag had basically forced me into only Pvping in IC on haderus at this point as it's the pvp not lagging[/quote]

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  • Xsorus
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    Xsorus wrote: »
    ...... I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums and who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up.

    It causes me pain, but I have to agree with @frozywozy on this one!

    I think people want to leave more cause the awful lag than these type of sets... I know the lag had basically forced me into only Pvping in IC on haderus at this point as it's the pvp not lagging

    You think you've got it bad..... I'm PVEing :([/quote]

    This whole next week I'm going to be Pveing to try and get a couple toons up for dark brotherhood patch
    Edited by Xsorus on April 4, 2016 7:06AM
  • kuro-dono
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    Sypher was supposed to be some sort of icon to the n00bs and other similar elites, so using utter cheese makes you look totally BAD.
  • mchermie
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    Dont hate the player, hate the game.
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  • failkiwib16_ESO
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    ...can someone please explain to me what build and gear is equally efficient and obtainable and FOTM, yet not cheese?


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  • phillyboy7897
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    Nothing is as efficient as mag NB VD.
  • Darnathian
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    i wanna see the 50 failed attempts between each of these where he pops into grps that are not afk or lagged to death by the servers
    ToRelax wrote: »
    I don't find these videos particularly interesting... but those comments are awesome. :)

    Ya know it's all fair to dislike Sypher, but is there a legitimate reason? I mean, you're hatin' on a guy who's success has actually sold copies of the game. At what point do you stop and reflect?
    He's just a dude who streams and plays the same game you do. If any emotion at all, you should be happy that he inspires players to get better at PvP (this is indisputable). Is it jealousy? Does his fame bother you?
    Does he send you 'your momma' jokes every time you log on or something? You can block him, ya know.
    If a no-name player posted the same video I doubt there would be as many negative posts.
    I mean...the video is titled 'Free AP' not 'still better than u in 2016 montage'
    Darnathian wrote: »
    yup. and who les the charge on the AP system? oh thats right the OP.

    It was so funny the other day when he tried on day 2 to push emp. Literally the first time i saw him say anythimg in zone about pushing map.
    immediately 3 players responded omg sypher is posting in zone about objectives.
    then he begged Nait to not go ahead of him so he could get emp.
    ya. good luck with that crowning. keep trying to change the game mechanics for selfish reasons
    but hey you make great videos of literally ALL the cheese in the game at the time
    lol. how do followers not see the cheese.
    Where to even start. You know you really are the cream of the crop when it comes to Sypher hate. This post is so illogical I hardly want to respond to it, but what the hell. Let's just start with... your first line. I think you're saying who "led the charge" as in he was #1. I just want to point out that was a great observation. A lot of players don't know where the leaderboards are, but you've already proven you're in the upper echelon of players by pointing this out. Or it could be "led the change" In which case you can thank him.

    "It was funny when he tried to push emp." Well dayum! You're an easy-pleaser! Here's a real knee-slapper for ya. I tried for emp last week too xD xD xD came home from work to be 110K AP down. said, "*** it." You can write that down if you'd like.
    Let's continue...
    "first time i saw him say anything in zone".
    Zone.. zone zone zone. O' beloved zone. If I told you my name, could you tell me you have seen me say anything about pushing the map in chat? I'll give you a hint... no jk I'll let you figure it out ;)

    PSA: YOU NEED 6 MIDDLE KEEPS FOR EMP. I'm still trying to figure why he was trying to push the map too. PM me if you figure it out though.

    This is the real great part that really got me to respond to your. . uh . post.

    "keep trying to change the game mechanics for selfish reasons"

    Sypher 1vX with no AOE caps and dynamic ult; AOE caps implemented and dynamic ult removed; Still 1vX's - now with limited options; You're ridiculing a player who wants to remove AOE caps so he is NOT FORCED into playing this playstyle; You're probably upset with him for going over ZOS and suggesting the game would be better without AOE caps; bash him for playing the meta AOE burst or any meta build and call it cheese; and then you claim it's all for selfish reasons DESPITE ANY FACTS. Is it cheese to stack my attribute points? Is it cheese to wear armor sets? Honestly, where do you draw the line. Do you see the full circle here?

    ah a fanboi. love it.

    i am for aoe cap removal. yes. he led the charge for changing how ap is distributed. and i called him out in that very same thread that it was for him to try to get emp to make more 1 v x threads to get more subscribers. and low and behold 2 months here we are.

    only he took it one step farther. he called a friend of mine a cheater behind his back after he acted cool with him to get him to not pass him on leaderboard.

    i dont hate him or lash out at him. i just call out his bs. you want to 1 v x go ahead. but come and try to take emp which significantly helps raids trying to win the campaign, from people who have fought to try to win, yes ihave a problem with that.

    i am rediculing, as i do to the other streamers, that they joined a mmo that was designed for large scale and been pushing for design changes to suit thier play style bc it gets more followers for 1 v x.

    your post is a fail. i am stating facts. you want to put your blinders on and be a fan boi go right ahead.

  • Darnathian
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    frozywozy wrote: »
    Zheg wrote: »
    I don't share in the undiluted hatred of him, but he hasn't really done anything to earn fondness either; for the most part I'm apathetic. When he helps promote poor balance ideas, or says something factually incorrect and then you see it parroted by players, that's when it's an issue. That's hardly the majority of the case, in fact the majority of the time I'd say it's the opposite and he's quite correct. But not always, and sometimes those mistakes end up steering the narrative unfortunately.

    As to the streaming, I don't get it, I never will ... I don't understand why people would want to watch someone else play a game they themselves could be playing. I think a small percentage of them (the people that end up donating hundreds/thousands of dollars) are in need of counseling and emotional help, but then again people will pay obscene amounts of money for front seat tickets to bieber.

    Most of the 'crap' being talked about isn't so much that he's using the set, because frankly everyone is. I can't speak for anyone else besides myself, but I don't see the relevance of yet another prox+tether+VD video at this point, I just don't. Particularly if we're now on multiple videos from the same person. Sypher has a great deal of skill, but these bombs/this meta is far from skillful so I'm not sure what the point is. Melting people in < 1 second repairing a wall? In what way is that the skillful 1v1 / 1vX play he's built a reputation on? If I wasn't so adamant about playing my healer this patch I'd be running the same thing because that's what the meta is. But I see little reason to celebrate such a disgustingly broken meta, and any time people do so I feel like it sends all of the wrong signals to ww2.

    Sypher can talk about wanting aoe caps gone as much as he wants, but when you post vids like this and people cheer them on, I can guarantee that wrobel is giggling while sitting at his desk next to an empty juice box thinking "see? this maybe wasn't the best idea but some players really love it and so many are using it, so it's good enough. Now we don't have to put in actual work in balancing the combat system."

    @Sypher is one of the most important pillar keeping this game alive right now. Without his interraction through Twitch.tv , this game would not have reached the 100 000 copies sold for the past year. Not even close. You have the right to disagree with him or to not enjoy watching other people play a video game, but this is only your opinion and your interests.

    At the end of the day, there are a ton of people who enjoy watching others play the game just to relax and I would rather encourage people like him than people who threaten to leave for CU or BDO every 2 posts in these forums, who were the main cause of performances problems in the first place zerging it up and who are now complaining about a meta who can actually take care people who are not being careful when balling up.

    I agree that VD hits way too hard and should be scaled down on top of Proximity Det which still hit way too hard on less than 6 players, but I think this is still a way in the right direction.

    what is your proof that he has caused 100k copies to be sold?
  • Darnathian
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    The problem i have with this videos and the otgers like it id why wait till the are repairing? Why? Because the are defensless.

    IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

    If this is the great zerg buster then do it on the flags as they are taking keep. Not after.

    There is zero skill, zero, in stealth bombing players repairing.

    He is a terrific player. But dont get defensive when i speak facts that he does nothing for an alliance.

    Which is fine. but dont jump alliances for the 50th time and try to take emp from someone else that will try to help them win
  • phillyboy7897
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    Indiscriminate mass slaughter does benefit your alliance tho.

    Skill comments aside I believe you are wrong on that point.
  • strikeback1247
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    Darnathian wrote: »
    The problem i have with this videos and the otgers like it id why wait till the are repairing? Why? Because the are defensless.

    IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

    If this is the great zerg buster then do it on the flags as they are taking keep. Not after.

    There is zero skill, zero, in stealth bombing players repairing.

    He is a terrific player. But dont get defensive when i speak facts that he does nothing for an alliance.

    Which is fine. but dont jump alliances for the 50th time and try to take emp from someone else that will try to help them win

    Well, I'm pretty sure that busting zergs anywhere and sending them back to their keeps does help the campaign. Slowing down the enemy helps to prevent them from taking objectives.
    P.A.W.S. - Positively Against Wild Sasquatches - NO TO BIGFOOT!
  • PriorityBalle
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    Usually doesn't say this, but nice video, only because i <3 magicka NB proxy madness rampage GG ***
    Pedin i phith in aníron, a nin ú-cheniathog

  • Avnr
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    Sypher have talent for sure , he post builds, not just mag nb that we all hate b/c pvp is broken
    If it was heavy armor dk movie.... i'm sure no one can flame , thei is real hard



  • Lucky28
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    @Sypher i fought you a couple times this patch. fun fights :)
    Invictus
  • Bfish22090
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    nice man, good work
  • myrrrorb14_ESO
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    That's some entertainment!

    I may have to try this FOTM build!
    Edited by myrrrorb14_ESO on April 4, 2016 12:47PM
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