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Combat Team News and Updates
ZOS_RichLambert
Game Director
I wanted to let everyone know that Eric Wrobel is no longer with the company. We appreciate his efforts over the years on ESO and wish him well in his future endeavors.
Going forward, we will be restructuring the team to encapsulate both PVE and PVP teams, with Brian Wheeler taking over as Lead Combat Designer. Brian has years of experience in MMOs and combat – on both Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online, he was heavily involved in class balance in both PVE and PVP. I know the team is in good hands and look forward to seeing what the future brings for that team.
PS - Bashing or trolling will NOT be tolerated at all in this thread. You have been warned…
Going forward, we will be restructuring the team to encapsulate both PVE and PVP teams, with Brian Wheeler taking over as Lead Combat Designer. Brian has years of experience in MMOs and combat – on both Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online, he was heavily involved in class balance in both PVE and PVP. I know the team is in good hands and look forward to seeing what the future brings for that team.
PS - Bashing or trolling will NOT be tolerated at all in this thread. You have been warned…
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Peekachu99✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I wish him well in his endeavours! And may the new team find great success, too,11 -
GandTheImpalerClass RepresentativeI wish Wrobel the best of luck and success in the future and am grateful for the time he gave to us all. I am also excited to see what Brian brings to the table.Edited by GandTheImpaler on January 17, 2019 8:15PM16 -
CrazYDunm3r✭✭✭✭Well, I look forward to how this will turn out. If you listen to your players, I think the bashing will be minimal
Good luck YouTube
Triggered Tryhards18 -
Scarpion✭✭✭Good luck Brian, sad to see Wrobel leave, he was amazing for this game as is the rest of the team.SDk & MSorc.9 -
Teeba_Shei✭✭✭✭✭
✭Sad to see ERic go! Hopefully Wheeler can bring something to the pvp side of things and keep cyrodiil alive.Edited by Teeba_Shei on January 17, 2019 8:17PM4 -
Turelus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Whoa, That wasn't expected.
All the best to Wrobel. He was a great laugh and I will forever remember him as the guy who did a combat roll off the ESO Live set.
Will be interested to see what Wheeler has planned for the coming changes.Edited by Turelus on January 17, 2019 8:24PM@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
"Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."21 -
ConstanKar✭✭✭Ave Wheeler. I hope this year brings even larger horns to the Wood elf race. We need a headbutt skill for the Wood elf race yoo.
Edited by ConstanKar on January 17, 2019 8:19PMBest leecher EU
The one and only Älg
Nikel belongs to the Pact!3 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Welcome @ZOS_BrianWheeler to the Gauntlet! XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
PC NA/EU: @Elsonso
PSN NA/EU: @ElsonsoJannus
Total in-game hours: 11321
X/Twitter: ElsonsoJannus5 -
MalcolM24✭✭✭✭Thanks for letting us know
And good luck to both Wrobel & WheelerPvP Guides & Builds
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MalcolM_channel
Discord: https://discord.gg/7HnADaReTP
Builds: https://eso-pvp-builds.com4 -
DjMuscleboy02✭✭✭✭✭Wish Eric the best moving forward and looking forward to the changes Brian will bring in the future.Brodor - PC NA - ESO's only pure bodybuilding guild
Hodor, but stronger1 -
KingKobra✭✭✭Good luck to all.PC-NA-ADMag DK / Mag Den / Stam NB / Mag Sorc / Stam Sorc / Mag Plar (Healer) / Stam DK (Tank) / Mag NB2 -
Titansteele✭✭✭✭✭Best of luck Stiffler, you will be missedGuild Leader of The Twelve Knights, AD PVE, PVP and Trading Guild on the EU Mega Server
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger"11 -
Ertosi✭✭✭✭✭
✭With this recent change, are the upcoming racial passives going to be reviewed in depth?
What's most concerning is some of the changes made that remove the effectiveness of some of the most icon TES racial builds:
Removing bonus damage to fire removes the heart from the Dunmer. For ESO specifically, this combined with the lower of max stat has effectively hamstrung Dunmer Firemages and Dumner MagDKs, leaving Altmer as the much more effective choice.
Removing bonus to sneak and damage from stealth from the Bosmer remove one of their most iconic abilities as stealthy little forest elves. And to make it worse for them these are replaced with a bonus to speed after a dodge roll which is redundant as most use a bow anyways which already has that ability. Edit: And which was replaced with bonuses to detection, which is only useful to PvP and worthless in all other aspects of the game; most would argue its worthless in PvP as well. Please at the very least switch this back to straight up stealth.
These are just the two most obvious hits to classic TES identity to races, but they're the most important as these two races appear to be left behind in the dust compared to how the other races are weathering the changes.Edited by Ertosi on January 17, 2019 8:28PMPC NA @Ertosi♠♦ My Team ♥♣
Goan – Jabsplar [Grand Master Crafter, Master Angler, Tamriel Hero, Explorer]
Dru – Stamplar
Tickles – Healplar
Dixie – Magplar
Figs – Stamblade Sneakthief [Master Thief]
Sir Price – Stamblade Bow Ganker [Daedric Lord Slayer]
Maya – Stamblade Speedster
Ahmed – Magblade Bomber
Balzar – StamSorc Blitzer
Winnie – PetSorc Thunder Mage
Tanks – StamDK Tank
Mona – MagDK Fire Mage
Dawn – HPDK
Bearly – Stamden Tank
Ivana – Magden Ice Mage☠ CP 950+ ☠
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✄ Grand Master Crafter
No new crafting or game systems for 2019? "Season of the Dragon" would be better named "The Year of no New Major Features"
https://i.imgur.com/TPscgS9.jpg to see major features of the last few years compared.
https://i.imgur.com/X8qY0gP.jpg to see a detailed comparison of this year's Q1 to the last two Q1s.
https://i.imgur.com/4z71cK8.jpg to see a detailed comparison of each years' first two quarters combined.
https://i.imgur.com/jrHe5h8.jpg to see a projected comparison of the full years and what 2019's Q4 will need to catch up.
Unsubbed January 15th, 2019 due to the lack of any new substantial features shown to be coming in 2019.42 -
Dottzgaming✭✭✭✭✭Glad to see Brian getting a more influential role. Excited for his plans for the game!9 -
boggo✭✭✭All the best Eric. Always enjoyed to see you on ESO live. You seem to be a guy of good humor.Edited by boggo on January 17, 2019 8:42PM2 -
code65536✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭So... who's going to be the new PvP lead? Or will Wheeler be wearing two hats?Edited by code65536 on January 17, 2019 8:29PMNightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
Dungeons and Trials:Personal best scores:- Dragonstar Arena: 46817 (NA)
- Maelstrom Arena: 600526 (NA)
- Blackrose Prison: 99274 (EU) (Unchained)
- Maw of Lorkhaj: 165227 (EU)
- Halls of Fabrication: 220708 (NA) (Tick-Tock Tormentor #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12)
- Asylum Sanctorium: 114957 (NA) (Immortal Redeemer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10)
- Cloudrest: 131256 (NA) (Gryphon Heart #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Sunspire: 250866 (EU) (Godslayer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Kyne's Aegis: 235841 (EU) (Dawnbringer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
Dungeon trifectas:- Mountain God and Leave No Bone Unbroken
- Apex Predator and Pure Lunacy
- Depths Defier and Relentless Raider
- Defanged the Devourer and Nature's Wrath
- In Defiance of Death and No Rest for the Wicked
- Bane of Thorns and True Genius
- Ardent Bibliophile and Subterranean Smasher
- Battlespire's Best and Bastion Breaker
- Zero Regrets and Land, Air, and Sea Supremacy
- Fist of Tava and Invader's Bane
- Curator's Champion (Valinna) and Temporal Tempest
- Unshakeable Fervor and Lighting the Embers
Extended Journal Add-Ons: Item Set Browser ― Loot Log ― Character Knowledge ― Collectibles Tracker ― RaidificatorPC/Console Add-Ons: Combat Alerts ― Group Buff PanelsOther Add-Ons: Deconstruction Junk Marker ― Purge Tracker ― Asylum Status Panel ― Smart Looter ― Improved Companion Rapport Information9 -
Checkmath✭✭✭✭✭
✭I wish all luck to Eric Wrobel in his future adventures, hope you will do great.
Also a big welcome to Brian Wheeler, I hope we can work together as a great team soon.1 -
Davor✭✭✭✭✭
✭While I don't know who these people are and they definitely don't know who I am, I do wish them both the best of luck and hope all goes well for them.Not my quote but I love this saying
"I would pay It for support. But since they choosed we are just numbers and not customers, i dont mind if game and zos goes to oblivion"4 -
Rex-Umbra✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Good luck Wrobel always felt he wasn't treated fairly by the community. Hope him the best. Brian Wheeler is a a star hope they unleash him to make Cyrodiil great again.Xbox GT: Rex Umbrah
GM of IMPERIUM since 2015.8 -
ScruffyWhiskers✭✭✭✭✭Yes. I wish Wrobel well. Hopefully this is what he wanted. He had a tough and often thankless job. I bet he has a skin of plate steel by now. It will serve him well. I know from personal experience how mean the game playing mob can be. I think I might have even grabbed a pitchfork myself once or twice.
I think the hurricane should be renamed Wrobel's Gift or something like that.12 -
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✭✭@ZOS_RichLambert can we get updates as to who will be a part of the corresponding PvP and PvE teams or atleast the leads? Will be constructive to know who we should delegate to as such.5 -
1mirg✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »Brian Wheeler taking over as Lead Combat Designer. Brian has years of experience in MMOs and combat – on both Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online, he was heavily involved in class balance in both PVE and PVP
I'm just gonna come out and say this:
I played both of those games and I loathed the combat in them as I found them too stiff. So, having list those games does not make this feel like it's in "good hands" in my point of view. But I'll just keep silent and watch how things play out under his leadership in combat design.
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