Maryal wrote: »

You should have been in Cyrodiil before IC came out. You don't know what real OP is .. if you did, you would realize that NBs are not OP. Annoying? Yes. Challenging? Yes. Require you to be alert and on guard? Yes. Smash you like a bug if you become lax, inattentive, or over-confident? Probably.

The game provides little content that helps prepare players to face real challenges. Many of the changes in the game from One Tamriel forward dummied down what little challenging pve content there was .. Craiglorn was dummied down, Dungeons were dummied down, etc. (I'm not talking about vet hard-mode content). Then there was the whole proc set explosion ... all you had to do was wear it, it didn't require you to 'think.' Then there was the explosion of zergs in pvp ... something that resulted in a more 'mechanical' way of approaching pvp.

So now we have a large part of our pvp player base unprepared for meaningful pvp. They don't want to invest the energy or the time it takes to figure out how they (as individuals) can overcome whatever challenge is before them (which includes much trial and error), nor do they wish to invest the time it takes to hone their own skills, reaction time, etc. They want someone else to provide a simple one-size-fits-all answer, and if that doesn't work right away they opt for an even simpler solution: cry 'OP' and 'nerf' ad nauseam.