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As a casual ESO player I feel game running in slow motion.
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asuitandtyb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?2 -
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✭Every game's gotta be action, huh? 'bout time that good ol' market crash comes back round and diversifies things againIf you quote someone, and intend for them to see what you have said, be sure to Mention them with @[insert name].1 -
Kneighbors✭✭✭✭✭Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Something that confuses me : "can't cc break - no resources" for CC break you use Stamina.
You also mention Licht Set to deal with Magicka issues.
How have you built your character?
I can't really tell you I'm struggling with the game. I was raised on some really some hard competition game like CS where you are just about to break your monitor due to frustration sometimes.
Many people here suggest L2P and stop struggling. But I'm not struggling. There's a thin line between struggling and having fun, so right now after latest major patch I'm exactly at that no-struggle & no-fun line.
About resources I like mag tanks builds so I'm using both resource bars.0 -
asuitandtyb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Kneighbors wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Something that confuses me : "can't cc break - no resources" for CC break you use Stamina.
You also mention Licht Set to deal with Magicka issues.
How have you built your character?
I can't really tell you I'm struggling with the game. I was raised on some really some hard competition game like CS where you are just about to break your monitor due to frustration sometimes.
Many people here suggest L2P and stop struggling. But I'm not struggling. There's a thin line between struggling and having fun, so right now after latest major patch I'm exactly at that no-struggle & no-fun line.
About resources I like mag tanks builds so I'm using both resource bars.
I get you bro, you're not alone.0 -
Slack✭✭✭✭✭asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?
Well I don't know what he is using but running a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?
Ofc there is plenty of players that can make it work very well, but they wouldn't open such a thread.
If you permanently handicap yourself, then don't wonder why can't compete, or think about, what you in particular, are doing wrong.Edited by Slack on June 25, 2017 2:35PMPC EU
Betty Breeze - Magwarden
Hunts S'hitblades - Stamplar
Aschavi - Magplar0 -
OrphanHelgen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭When Im below 30% max stam in vhof, I use molten instead of caltrops.
You can time your heavy attacks followed up by a skill, and block right after, resulting in two skills plus blocking the attack in 1 second. I do this on the rakkath stomp for example.
In vhof, most of the resource drain is magicka and not stamina.
It is a bit difficult, but far from impossible to counter your problem.PC, EU server, Ebonheart Pact
Finally a reason not to play League of Legends1 -
asuitandtyb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?
Well I don't know what he is using but running a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?
Ofc there is plenty of players that can make it work, but they wouldn't open such a thread.
If you permanently handicap yourself, then don't wonder why can't compete, or think about, what you in particular, are doing wrong.
Well, no I don't think "a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages", sorry. Nords can use magic as well, in fact they have an entire college for it. Perhaps you are inferring that other races get a greater advantage to magicka than Nords, therefore simply not having the advantage of say an Altmer means you are at a disadvantage? If so, I can see you point, but if you simply mean that Nords should be disadvantaged for using magicka, I disagree.3 -
Slack✭✭✭✭✭asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?
Well I don't know what he is using but running a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?
Ofc there is plenty of players that can make it work, but they wouldn't open such a thread.
If you permanently handicap yourself, then don't wonder why can't compete, or think about, what you in particular, are doing wrong.
.... but if you simply mean that Nords should be disadvantaged for using magicka, I disagree.
No idea how you come to that assumption.
Nowhere did I say anything like that.
As youve mentioned races like altmer get an advantage with magicka
Nords have no such thing.
Therefore Nords are in a disadvantage compared to other classes when it comes to Magicka usage.
But since OP talks about using Stam and Magicka for tanking / healing, it has nothing to do with it anywayPC EU
Betty Breeze - Magwarden
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Aschavi - Magplar0 -
asuitandtyb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?
Well I don't know what he is using but running a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?
Ofc there is plenty of players that can make it work, but they wouldn't open such a thread.
If you permanently handicap yourself, then don't wonder why can't compete, or think about, what you in particular, are doing wrong.
.... but if you simply mean that Nords should be disadvantaged for using magicka, I disagree.
No idea how you come to that assumption.
Nowhere did I say anything like that.
As youve mentioned races like altmer get an advantage with magicka
Nords have no such thing.
Therefore Nords are in a disadvantage compared to other classes when it comes to Magicka usage.
But since OP talks about using Stam and Magicka for tanking / healing, it has nothing to do with it anyway
Yesssssss, I mentioned it, because I was trying to sound out your logic. Y You said "a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?". Well what disadvantages, in what way, in comparison to what? You did not mention it, which was the entire point of my reply. You realize how vague "disadvantage" is without context right?0 -
Slack✭✭✭✭✭asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »asuitandtyb14_ESO wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Shouldn't the "proper race" be whichever one he likes the best? Wouldn't that be more fun?
Well I don't know what he is using but running a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?
Ofc there is plenty of players that can make it work, but they wouldn't open such a thread.
If you permanently handicap yourself, then don't wonder why can't compete, or think about, what you in particular, are doing wrong.
.... but if you simply mean that Nords should be disadvantaged for using magicka, I disagree.
No idea how you come to that assumption.
Nowhere did I say anything like that.
As youve mentioned races like altmer get an advantage with magicka
Nords have no such thing.
Therefore Nords are in a disadvantage compared to other classes when it comes to Magicka usage.
But since OP talks about using Stam and Magicka for tanking / healing, it has nothing to do with it anyway
Yesssssss, I mentioned it, because I was trying to sound out your logic. Y You said "a Nord sorcerer obviously would have some disadvantages in it don't you think?". Well what disadvantages, in what way, in comparison to what? You did not mention it, which was the entire point of my reply. You realize how vague "disadvantage" is without context right?
My bad. I always expect people to know basic things (racial passives in this case), and I think it's not too hard to combine that knowledge with some common sense and come to a logical conclusion.
Might be a bit naive when talking on game forums but hope is there, that one doesn't have to type every little obvious detail, to make it understandable.
Edited by Slack on June 25, 2017 3:02PMPC EU
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Hunts S'hitblades - Stamplar
Aschavi - Magplar0 -
kongkim✭✭✭✭✭Get some more regen then. its not that hard. It cost you some damage. But you can't have it all.Edited by kongkim on June 25, 2017 3:36PM0 -
Doctordarkspawn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Kneighbors wrote: »Well you can craft very good sets like Julianos and mix it with something like moondancer or BSW.
You also completely forgot necropotence for some reason.
And every class has some ability to return resources. Use that ability, put points into tenacity and 1 or 2 heavy attacks now and then should be enough. If you still struggle, use a proper race and Magicka stealing poisons or 1 or maybe Regen glyphs.
There is plenty of options
Something that confuses me : "can't cc break - no resources" for CC break you use Stamina.
You also mention Licht Set to deal with Magicka issues.
How have you built your character?
I can't really tell you I'm struggling with the game. I was raised on some really some hard competition game like CS where you are just about to break your monitor due to frustration sometimes.
Many people here suggest L2P and stop struggling. But I'm not struggling. There's a thin line between struggling and having fun, so right now after latest major patch I'm exactly at that no-struggle & no-fun line.
About resources I like mag tanks builds so I'm using both resource bars.
This precisely.
Since my forum escapades I've largely 'adapted' and dont have sustain issues anymore. The problem? I lost alot of Stam as a magtank, and the tank nerfs mean that sucks even so.
No matter how you slice it, what they did with various facets of sustain, isn't fun. They slowed the game down, and people wanted a fast paced game.Edited by Doctordarkspawn on June 25, 2017 3:29PM0 -
Bringer✭✭✭As stam, the only difference i have now is instead of light attack weaving my spammable 4 times every rotation cycle, i heavy attack weave my spammable 2 times every rotation cycle.
Thats pretty much it.
Oh, and i use dubious throne instead of blue food.
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TazESO✭✭✭Smh at the folks who supposedly left the game yet continue to post on the forums why and all the things wrong with it in their opinion, almost like they are trying to convince themselves and others they were right about QQ and leaving.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that's perfectly ok. Including those that disagree with you.
I made a few changes and am fine, still having a great time.
For others, they don't like it and that is ok....just leave.
Bottom line: like the game? Play it. Don't like it? Don't play.
But for the love of all that is holy please stop trying to belittle others for liking it. You won't convince them, and they won't convince you. Waste of time.
anyway, just my thoughts.
Btw: I will lol at your flames on this, don't expect a response.
Have a fantastic day!2 -
Doctordarkspawn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Smh at the folks who supposedly left the game yet continue to post on the forums why and all the things wrong with it in their opinion, almost like they are trying to convince themselves and others they were right about QQ and leaving.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that's perfectly ok. Including those that disagree with you.
I made a few changes and am fine, still having a great time.
For others, they don't like it and that is ok....just leave.
Bottom line: like the game? Play it. Don't like it? Don't play.
But for the love of all that is holy please stop trying to belittle others for liking it. You won't convince them, and they won't convince you. Waste of time.
anyway, just my thoughts.
Btw: I will lol at your flames on this, don't expect a response.
Have a fantastic day!
@TazESO
Why yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion. And I am entitled to disagree. And I am also entitled to engage those people in conversation, as they are entitled to the choice of whether or not to respond.
Your not your brothers keeper. People can take care of themselves. No flames, just a simple statement. Let people defend themselves.1 -
Betsararie✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yep, they made their game vastly less fun to play. Seems counterintuitive, doesn't it?
Only ZOS knows why these ridiculous changes were allowed to go live, but it simply gives off the aura that they don't know what is good or bad for their game. Making the game less fun, helps who?Edited by Betsararie on June 25, 2017 4:02PM5 -
kuro-dono✭✭✭✭so much nonsense. mechanic wise game is still as fun as ever. those who complain are those who want stuff to just melt and clear dungeons in 15min time instead of 20min time as they in some god knows why obsessed rush to clear everything and then claim "I WAS FIRST!"Edited by kuro-dono on June 25, 2017 5:05PM1
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Waffennacht✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Seeing as I played FPS since Turok and Golden Eye, I find them INSANELY boring.
Hey look no scope head shot!
Hey look headshot!
Hey headshot!
Hey I win AGAIN...
Put the cursor on the head asap. That is FPS, and that is all1 -
ohaphazardo✭✭✭OK
This is VERY simple.
How do ZENIMAX make most of their money?
Through subs.
Us paying for time in the game.
Therefore, it is in their best interest to slow us down as much as they possible can.
They are brilliant at it.
Here is a list of just a few ways they steal your subs back from you.
1) 10 sec log out.
2) Non searchable brokers
3) Searching for WW motifs, scroll through thousands of BS and C motifs as well
4) Stumble points (NPCs, scenery etc) every fraction of a second you waste, multiplied by the 7 million of us that play is cash in their bank.
5) Topography - Skyrim was bad (wanna get to that quest icon - spend 20 minutes running around hillsides to get to it mofos) ESO is worse, the enemy I fear most in Tamriel (after the two hat brokers) is the FLICKING terrain. It causes me more grief than any of their wimpy mobs.
6) That cloud around your feet. Hundreds of mobs slow you rather than, say, killing you, just to waste your time.
7) I could list hundreds of more examples from every aspect of the game, but that would just be Wasting Your Time. That is what ESO do, not me.3 -
Doctordarkspawn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ohaphazardo wrote: »OK
This is VERY simple.
How do ZENIMAX make most of their money?
Through subs.
Us paying for time in the game.
Therefore, it is in their best interest to slow us down as much as they possible can.
They are brilliant at it.
Here is a list of just a few ways they steal your subs back from you.
1) 10 sec log out.
2) Non searchable brokers
3) Searching for WW motifs, scroll through thousands of BS and C motifs as well
4) Stumble points (NPCs, scenery etc) every fraction of a second you waste, multiplied by the 7 million of us that play is cash in their bank.
5) Topography - Skyrim was bad (wanna get to that quest icon - spend 20 minutes running around hillsides to get to it mofos) ESO is worse, the enemy I fear most in Tamriel (after the two hat brokers) is the FLICKING terrain. It causes me more grief than any of their wimpy mobs.
6) That cloud around your feet. Hundreds of mobs slow you rather than, say, killing you, just to waste your time.
7) I could list hundreds of more examples from every aspect of the game, but that would just be Wasting Your Time. That is what ESO do, not me.
This would work if people were not leaving in droves due to the balance changes.0 -
Toc de Malsvi✭✭✭✭✭
✭From my experience the changes really hit the lower casual players the most. My home guild is a very casual guild that would occasionally do non vet trials, we have 4-5 players that could do vet trials with a progression guild but no players that are really elite. The same 4-5 players are the only ones to have beaten VMA and VDSA.
Prior to Morrowwind we had worked to take the best players in our guild and attempted to recruit more players towards the goal of completing a vet trial. While we had been able to beat 1-2 vet trial bosses we had never been able to complete a whole vet trial. With the changes our 4-5 top players have had to make changes to adapt and are slightly below our previous performances but still roughly outputting the same production. However the other players appear to have dropped significantly in performance, of no fault of their own outside of simply not having the time to put in to learn the game better.
While resource changes were understandably made to make resource choices significant, this did not raise the floor, it actually lowered the floor and widened the gap between the good players and the not so good players. Champion Point scaling I can attest did help with raising the floor but the sustain changes to champion points nullified the effect of the changes to champion point scaling.
As a long time experienced, but not elite, player I am having a great time in PVP because I understand the game fairly well and that understanding gives me an advantage over groups of players who do not. Poisons are still toxic but I can kill players and take on groups of inexperienced players much better because I know how to sustain and when to block/dodge better than most. My guild as a whole though is not handling the changes as well.
As far as players leaving the game, we have lost some significant players but it is not as if our guild is dead. The same players that left this time, left before/after thieves guild and came back with One Tamriel/Homestead. We have all but abandoned trials even normal trials, although there is interest by a few it is hard to imagine filling up a 12 man trial right now.
TL/DR: Morrowind changes hurt the casuals and widened the gap between the good and bad. While the changes are better from a mechanics and strategy standpoint, they don't encourage new players. The game isn't dead but that doesn't mean the expansion didn't hurt the overall player base.Legendary Archer of ValenwoodBosmer Dragon Knight Archer. XBox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Nightblade Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Sorcerer Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Warden Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Templar's are evil..1 -
Toc de Malsvi✭✭✭✭✭
✭so much nonsense. mechanic wise game is still as fun as ever. those who complain are those who want stuff to just melt and clear dungeons in 15min time instead of 20min time as they in some god knows why obsessed rush to clear everything and then claim "I WAS FIRST!"
The change in time to complete is much larger with casual pugs. Sure with my core group of players its not significant, sometimes no change at all. But with a casual pug what was a 30-40 min slug fest, is now basically me soloing everything for an hour and a half because I can't rez fast enough and their dps is almost non existent.Legendary Archer of ValenwoodBosmer Dragon Knight Archer. XBox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Nightblade Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Sorcerer Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Bosmer Warden Archer. Xbox One. (Flawless Conqueror Bow/Bow)Templar's are evil..0 -
Axoinus✭✭✭✭✭I honestly don't get this. What you call slow motion, I would call 'difficulty'. Or maybe 'challenge'.
Maybe you would prefer finger flick mobile run games? Those are more fast paced.
OP - I mean this constructively with no ill intent, but eventually you will be complaining about the content being too easy. Make a note of that.0 -
Huyen✭✭✭✭✭
✭Kneighbors wrote: »The_Red_Viper wrote: »Oh my, another one of these threads. Go find a good build online and you will notice you actually have more resource management then before with the right build.
I am playing as support class mostly, heals and tanks. I also like to deal damage, not only resource management. I want action, I want fun. And I don't want 5 builds from youtube that are only viable in the game.
PvE magicka sets limited to:
Moondancer
Infallible aether
BSW
Scathing mage
Lich
Want to deal damage? Got to wear one of them. Don't like? Go make your 6k dps you scrub. Too bad there are like 100 garbage magicka sets left.
Other sets (even crafted ones) are just as good for a casual player. Stop trying to get everyone into your so called "meta" builds, wich only the top 1% actually manage to get in the right traits!Huyen Shadowpaw, dedicated nightblade tank - PS4 (Retired)
Huyen Swiftpaw, nightblade dps - PC EU (Retired)
Huyen Lightpaw, templar healer - PC EU (Retired)
Huyen Swiftpaw, necromancer dps - PC EU (Retired)
Huyen Swiftpaw, dragonknight (no defined role yet)
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Dyride✭✭✭✭✭The OP being a tank makes a lot of sense for why they are airing these complaints. DPS and healer roles are not effected nearly as much by the cost reduction changes, not to mention changes to block cost.
Zos has done very little to increase the necessity of tanks to complete content while also making it harder to play as a tank.
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Chadak✭✭✭✭✭I'm not liking the sustain changes at all, but ZOS couldn't care less what I think, so I've murdered my damage, don't bother with as much group PvE stuff as I used to and have migrated over to farming/merchanting instead.
Adapt or die? More like 'alter your entire playstyle or be permanently plagued with low-grade frustration'.
Is it the end of the world? No. Its like having a sliver in my shoe that stabs me whenever I walk at my customary pace, however.
Did it, in any way, make the game more fun for me? Nope. Looks like a permanent fun reduction now matter how I look at it.3 -
Doctordarkspawn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I honestly don't get this. What you call slow motion, I would call 'difficulty'. Or maybe 'challenge'.
Maybe you would prefer finger flick mobile run games? Those are more fast paced.
OP - I mean this constructively with no ill intent, but eventually you will be complaining about the content being too easy. Make a note of that.
@Axonius
No you dont. That's extremely clear, no you dont.
And you dont know he'll be complaining about difficulty and in no way is that a illegitimate complaint, as difficulty is subjective.
Stop hiding behind faux friendliness and either find something constructive to say, IE, arguements for or against, or stay out. Insinuating people are casual, and not even having the guts to say it outright, is pathetic.Edited by Doctordarkspawn on June 25, 2017 9:20PM3 -
Kneighbors✭✭✭✭✭I honestly don't get this. What you call slow motion, I would call 'difficulty'. Or maybe 'challenge'.
Maybe you would prefer finger flick mobile run games? Those are more fast paced.
OP - I mean this constructively with no ill intent, but eventually you will be complaining about the content being too easy. Make a note of that.
Sorry to say that but your comment is simply ridiculous. I have 7 630cp characters, probably made every dungeon over 100 times, do you think I felt "challenged" when they slowed down the game? Yea I was like "WOWOWOW lets see this is really challenging, I now have to pass this dungeon in a slow motion, it's like they took 300cp from me cooooooooooooooooooool wow"
Seriously man..3 -
Betsararie✭✭✭✭✭
✭I honestly don't get this. What you call slow motion, I would call 'difficulty'. Or maybe 'challenge'.
Maybe you would prefer finger flick mobile run games? Those are more fast paced.
OP - I mean this constructively with no ill intent, but eventually you will be complaining about the content being too easy. Make a note of that.
lol'd hard bro
Players want difficulty stemming from quality content, not a crippled combat system3 -
Waffennacht✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Doctordarkspawn wrote: »ohaphazardo wrote: »OK
This is VERY simple.
How do ZENIMAX make most of their money?
Through subs.
Us paying for time in the game.
Therefore, it is in their best interest to slow us down as much as they possible can.
They are brilliant at it.
Here is a list of just a few ways they steal your subs back from you.
1) 10 sec log out.
2) Non searchable brokers
3) Searching for WW motifs, scroll through thousands of BS and C motifs as well
4) Stumble points (NPCs, scenery etc) every fraction of a second you waste, multiplied by the 7 million of us that play is cash in their bank.
5) Topography - Skyrim was bad (wanna get to that quest icon - spend 20 minutes running around hillsides to get to it mofos) ESO is worse, the enemy I fear most in Tamriel (after the two hat brokers) is the FLICKING terrain. It causes me more grief than any of their wimpy mobs.
6) That cloud around your feet. Hundreds of mobs slow you rather than, say, killing you, just to waste your time.
7) I could list hundreds of more examples from every aspect of the game, but that would just be Wasting Your Time. That is what ESO do, not me.
This would work if people were not leaving in droves due to the balance changes.
Thing is, I have read now many articles from different sources all stating this game has now a higher population playing than ever before. And now can be ranked as one of the more successful MMOs right now. I've also read indirect evidence that would support these claims as well.0