So during prime time hours when the game should be at its best we are plagued with terrible ping. No response from skill inputs and skills lagging behind sometimes multiple seconds. Now I dont want this to be a rant thread for all the things we know are a problem. Those are just some things that sparked an idea to me last night and I would like thoughts and input from ZOS on whether or not this is even able to be done and the PvP community. If this small sacrifice could mean a boost to our Ping and PvP experience why not?

A Simple Yay or Nay can suffice.

I would say the majority of PvP players are always searching for ways to improve performance be it reducing visual quality or changing values in the Usertxt file. Now im no program writer or coder but if there were less things to render/download in PvP would it not further help FPS and Ping rates?

Enter the thought I had. People (myself not included) LOVE to boast PvP ranks. Achieving the 5 Star status and rocking those stars next to your Toon is something to be proud of. For someone like myself not so much, I play a different character every day and basically solo trying for the heart pumping 1vX. How ever I would still be ok with this idea because in theory it would help my experience more achievable with less lag.

So why cant we tie in an armor progression system that is simply tied into our PvP ranks? We start in rags then progress to some beautiful and stunning armor at higher ranks. Make each faction have the same armor look just simply use the three color accents that already distinguish each faction: Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Why do I think this could help? If there were a fixed amount of possible styles and colors that could be pre-loaded as we enter PvP. There would be no additional lag potentially when approaching other players caused by the countless possibilities people can have.

Now this would sacrifice but a potential gain I feel would far out-way the loss of "looks" in PvP. Also think of the potential ZOS could have in creating some amazing top tier (or max rank) armors. Strutting across the battlefield at a 5 Star rank in the most regal looking armor with the purest of colors to strike your foes eyes.

It was a thought, let me know what you think! Hopefully ZOS can chime in on whether or not this is even something that could be done.