Kagetenchu wrote: »

@ZOS_RichLambert addressed this during either the reveal or an eso live after saying, in affect, that they don't want people basically camping a single game mode to prevent the modes from being packed or empty

That's an absolutely terrible decision, much like the majority of the decisions made by ZOS.

"We understand you guys really like this one game mode, and not the others, so we're going to force you to keep playing the ones you don't like! Enjoy!"

Rustyfish101 wrote: »

Before I begin, quick disclaimer, I'm not a PvP'er by any means and typically can't stand it. The only time you'll ever see me doing anything PvP related is if I need to level the Alliance War skill trees for PvE (Purge, Vigor, Caltrops). However I actually really, really, like Battlegrounds! As long as its not Deathmatch...

Right now we don't have a say in what we get to queue for for Battlegrounds which sucks. I don't enjoy being forced into a Deathmatch against hardcore PvP'ers and getting my butt handed to me. Its no fun for me and likely for them too.

I propose that ZOS does something similar to the dungeon finder (except for the bugs) where you can choose any of the types of Battlegrounds you want, Capture the Relic, Domination, and Deathmatch. Or you can do a grab bag and get bonus AP and a goodie bag, once per day. This way everyone wins!

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom please tell me you have something like this in the works...

I think allowing us to queue for individual BGs will introduce a whole host of problems. Those same hardcore PVPers would congregate in Deathmatch making it impossible to play there without a hardcore pre-made 4 man team. CTF would be completely empty except for Stam Sorcs wearing Cowards Armor. Queue times will be logner after dividing all the queue players by another parameter.

Variety is the spice of life ESO.

Kagetenchu wrote: »

Rich Lambert addressed this during either the reveal or an eso live after saying, in affect, that they don't want people basically camping a single game mode to prevent the modes from being packed or empty

That's disappointing, sounds like we really don't have enough people playing yet.

Hopefully if BG population increases they will add queue for specific game mode, but at the same time, allowing single game mode queue could be a factor resulting in increased population. (More people having fun may keep playing the game mode they like instead of the mode they hate)

In other CTF/team deathmatch games like Team Fortress 2, it's a lot of fun to keep playing a specific mode, even a specific map over and over for hours. This is the best way to improve.

Personally I'd rather play only Team Deathmatch or CTF. The domination mode is not as fun for me, seems like the objective kinda runs counter to the point of the battlegrounds feature (arena for small scale battles).

You can have fun in Domination mode of course when you get into some fights with enemy players, but you sometimes have people on your team who only care about the score. I've had people trying to order everyone on the team to just run away from all battles and ignore enemy players, only worry about flags. OK, so you win the match, but what's the point if you spend the entire time just focused on flags instead of having fun.

If players are not permitted to choose their preferred game mode, after they've been doing this a while, I imagine some may start treating every mode like it's deathmatch and just rack up as many enemy player kills as possible. None of these game modes provide reasonable XP or AP rewards yet, so the main reward is not winning matches but just having fun - which for many of us means getting into exciting battles and killing players.

sigsergv wrote: »

The_Outsider wrote: »

I think allowing us to queue for individual BGs will introduce a whole host of problems. Those same hardcore PVPers would congregate in Deathmatch making it impossible to play there without a hardcore pre-made 4 man team. CTF would be completely empty except for Stam Sorcs wearing Cowards Armor. Queue times will be logner after dividing all the queue players by another parameter.

Variety is the spice of life ESO.

But exactly this is happening right now. IT couldn't be worse than it is now.

How? It's random.

Hardcore 4 man teams can't only play deathmatch. CTF has population. Que times are decent because of the large undivided player pool.

Magdalina wrote: »

The_Outsider wrote: »

Rustyfish101 wrote: »

Before I begin, quick disclaimer, I'm not a PvP'er by any means and typically can't stand it. The only time you'll ever see me doing anything PvP related is if I need to level the Alliance War skill trees for PvE (Purge, Vigor, Caltrops). However I actually really, really, like Battlegrounds! As long as its not Deathmatch...

Right now we don't have a say in what we get to queue for for Battlegrounds which sucks. I don't enjoy being forced into a Deathmatch against hardcore PvP'ers and getting my butt handed to me. Its no fun for me and likely for them too.

I propose that ZOS does something similar to the dungeon finder (except for the bugs) where you can choose any of the types of Battlegrounds you want, Capture the Relic, Domination, and Deathmatch. Or you can do a grab bag and get bonus AP and a goodie bag, once per day. This way everyone wins!

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom please tell me you have something like this in the works...

I think allowing us to queue for individual BGs will introduce a whole host of problems. Those same hardcore PVPers would congregate in Deathmatch making it impossible to play there without a hardcore pre-made 4 man team. CTF would be completely empty except for Stam Sorcs wearing Cowards Armor. Queue times will be logner after dividing all the queue players by another parameter.

Variety is the spice of life ESO.

Variety should imply being able to pick from multiple options, not being forced into options you don't like.

I just wanna (try to) kill people I really don't wanna go after those stupid relics:(

And that's fine. All I'm saying is that there are quite a few problems allowing that change will introduce. That's on top of any problems we can't anticipate (of which there are usually many).

Allowing people to queue for individual BGs types will kill any variety we have. You're exibit A:

I just wanna (try to) kill people I really don't wanna go after those stupid relics

They will, just like they will add CP, give them a month or two, they just wanna test how they work.

They also confirmed both of those ^.