When looking through forum posts it seems as if a large section of this community doesn't like to practice to get better. People asks for nerfs to skills and classes they get beat by, nerfs to content they cannot clear, and nerfs to grinding for gear (increased transmutation crystals). Most of the time the problem isn't the skills, classes, content, or ways to obtain gear...most of the time the problem is you. Before you try to clear vet content or become competitive in PVP you should have the rotation of the class you are using down to muscle memory. To do this you would need to spend time on a training dummy..most don't do this and they progress a lot slower than those that do. You should also be familiar with the mechanics of the dungeons (which you learn on normal mode of those dungeons) and the abilities of classes you are fighting against in PVP (you have to level up those classes and learn what they can do). You should also understand real world attributes translate into the game and separate good players from great players. People who have faster reflexes, reaction times, better perception of time, and memory are going to be better than everyone with all other things considered equal (time playing the game, gear, understanding of mechanics, etc). We are not created equal and this seems lost to many that frequent these forums.
That does not mean you can not be a good player, you can. You have to practice a lot though. Hours at a time on a training dummy, researching gear combinations, researching how different abilities affect different enemies, designing rotations to see what fits your play style. Most people won't do this and will say they have a life and don't have the time for it. That's fine, it will just take you a lot longer to do things above-average players are capable of doing, if ever. This game takes a lot of time and effort to be good at that's true in the real and digital world. If you don't want to practice why do you complain about others that do who can do things better than you? It's terrible to see so many cries for nerfs to my opposition.
These forums have been asking for a nerf to cloak so long. We have detec potions. It is a skill to potion switch quickly. When a night blade attacks you dodge roll, heal, heal, detec potion, snare, rotation, ulti-dump, execute. They are so squishy and fun to beat why ask to nerf them. These forums have also been asking for a nerf to shields for so long also, Why? When you see a sorc, snare them continuously and apply pressure (could be bleeds, fire damg dots, poison dam, etc), and move behind them (always try to circle around them)after applying pressure and snaring they will run out of stamina while snared..shields go down..rotation, ulti dump, execute. In PVE the constant begging for nerfs to shields affected every LA magic class that uses annulment by adding a cast time that has since been reverted but the point remains, asking for nerfs is not the answer more often than not.
Seeing people complain about lack of access to transmute crystals confuses me. There are other options like running the dungeon over and over until your desired piece drops, it's just that so many people demanding instant gratification with minimal effort is appalling. Don't get me wrong it is nice to have transmute crystals but before them we grinded dungeons and put in effort to get gear in the traits we wanted..change is nice but acting like other options to get gear don't exist is lazy. Again "I don't have time to run a dungeon over and over I have a 1.life 2. family 3. something else", fine, just be okay with getting your gear at a later time when your schedule allows and accept that some people have time to do what's required and those people will have better gear than you.
To everyone saying they feel punished for missing daily login rewards, you all are real pieces of work. They are free daily login rewards. If you don't log in you don't receive the award, if you don't meet the criteria to obtain end of the month rewards you don't deserve end of the month rewards. Nobody should have to tell you this since you understand but you think that if you whine about enough that you'll get it with even less effort than having to login..which is where we are gonna close this out. This all comes down to effort. If you don't wanna put in the work, put aside your ego to learn, and do what needs to be done to progress in this game then understand your position and accept that it is a reflection of your effort. Instant gratification doesn't get you anywhere. Quit whining and work for it, if you don't want to that's fine too just don't expect to clear the same content as people who practice and beat people who train.
Sincerely,
An average ESO player