Zeni staff who actually play the game

StackonClown · March 2017

Hi @ZOS_RichLambert,

In another closed thread, you made a long and interesting update as the final update of the thread.
One of the comments was:

'When I play PVE content, I actually spend most of my time solo either farming materials/gear, questing or in VMA. '

Can I ask:

Is this part of your job, or do you play at home outside of work time?
Have you ever noticed the botting that goes on ingame?
Have you ever noticed *possible* cheating or exploiting?

Thanks!

Enslaved · March 2017

I bet they are all templars.

FloppyTouch · March 2017

You would think after working on this game and dealing with all the issues the last thing he would want to do is play in his free time. If he does that's true passion for what you do and help create

ZiRM · March 2017

They play WoW.

pjwb16_ESO · March 2017

I bet they're all Stamina Sorcerers

FloppyTouch · March 2017

I bet they are all StamNB

Turelus · March 2017

Pretty sure they play outside of work unless it's for work purposes.

They probably do notice the bots, but as it seems ZOS doesn't have to a direct GM team at their offices what can they do? Pass it off to the outsourced support and GM team which seems to do nothing.

Again as always this is my personal view of how ZOS functions from what I've experienced the last years, I have no insider knowledge.

Publius_Scipio · March 2017

I bet they all have SyperPK autographs

FloppyTouch · March 2017

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

I bet they all have SyperPK autographs

<.< I want one

SantieClaws · March 2017

There was twitch broadcast where some of the devs played as their own characters yes when testing out the Hammerdeath Arena.

Khajiit herself may briefly make an appearance also yes.

This one she thinks this is the right video.

The duelling starts at about 27 minutes in this one she seems to recall.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Turelus · March 2017

Thanks Santie, will watch when I am home tonight.

Interesting though if that's their live server characters used. Generally in an MMO developers are under some kind of rule to keep their player accounts secret to avoid abuse or conflicts of interest.

I know ZOS doesn't work like many traditional companies (and have hear rumours some devs are even members of PvE progression guilds) but it still seems odd to me.

The last MMO I played if the wider community found out the name of their player characters they were actually forced to delete those characters and make new ones.

SantieClaws · March 2017

Turelus wrote: »

Thanks Santie, will watch when I am home tonight.

Interesting though if that's their live server characters used. Generally in an MMO developers are under some kind of rule to keep their player accounts secret to avoid abuse or conflicts of interest.

I know ZOS doesn't work like many traditional companies (and have hear rumours some devs are even members of PvE progression guilds) but it still seems odd to me.

The last MMO I played if the wider community found out the name of their player characters they were actually forced to delete those characters and make new ones.

Flicking through the duelling starts nearer to the 43 minute mark yes.

It was an entertaining evening though yes.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

raidentenshu_ESO · March 2017

I find it hard to believe that any of the ZOS staffs, especially @ZOS_RichLambert actually plays their own games.

Had they actually played the game on a PUBLIC server that the rest of us are on they would of control the overwhelming bot issues that are either gathering up materials, or farming for XP in Dolmens.

ZOS are habitual liars if they say they play ESO on a public server

Oh and I can't believe ZOS is actually proud of introducing dueling in PvE zones into this game like if it was such a big accomplishment. It was not. I aint gonna waste my time watching that hour worth of video on dueling. Seems like a waste of time. I rather spend that time trying to find a random normal on the group finder.

Turelus · March 2017

raidentenshu_ESO wrote: »

I find it hard to believe that any of the ZOS staffs, especially ZOS_RichLambert actually plays their own games.

Had they actually played the game on a PUBLIC server that the rest of us are on they would of control the overwhelming bot issues that are either gathering up materials, or farming for XP in Dolmens.

ZOS are habitual liars if they say they play ESO on a public server

Oh and I can't believe ZOS is actually proud of introducing dueling in PvE zones into this game like if it was such a big accomplishment. It was not. I aint gonna waste my time watching that hour worth of video on dueling. Seems like a waste of time. I rather spend that time trying to find a random normal on the group finder.

Again as I said, does ZOS actually have control over this? Does Rich Lambert have the ability to access a GM account and go ban bots, or does ZOS have it's entire security/GM department elsewhere.

We know very little about that side of ZOS as they don't talk about it.