VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »There is an Alliance War skill XP scroll you can purchase in the Crown Store to help you get back the Rapids that was taken away from you faster.
ZOS will profit from the misfortune of others.
Only facts.
Um, don't the War Tortes do the same thing, in game? It'll be a bit of a grind for the recipes, but once players start making them, you should be able to buy them in game for about the same result.
I mean, I won't deny that ZOS is the master of "create a problem, sell the solution," but at least try to include all the facts.
Yes, that's the caveat, so they can say you can get these scrolls without paying for them.
However, to make these recipes, you must pay with tel var (500,000) that can only be earned in a PvP zone. You get at least 12 tel var for killing a monster, for perspective.
You also need to complete town quests in a PvP zone for components, and you will be killed by players while doing so.
You also need to find components in the wild, that are as rare as Aetherial Ciphers, while avoiding being killed by players.
Bottom line is, you will get Alliance Rank 5 much faster by just PvPing. Or..... you can pay for scrolls in the Crown Store.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the war tortes can be sold by players who know the recipes, right?
It seems set up to give PVPers who earm the recipes something to sell to PVEers who just want the War Tortes to earn the skill lines faster.
And at that point, we're looking at the equivalent of research scrolls or exp potions: not as good as the crown store ones, but definitely available in game.
Sometimes as Freud says, "a cigar is just a cigar". I doubt this is was a marketing decision. I suspect it was made in response to those pushing for Vigor to be more accessible and an assumption was made that Rapids was not used very often. And to be honest, for high level characters, it probably is not part of their tool kit in part because of past nerfs. But to get to high level, especially in Cyrodiil, it does have an important function.
Be careful.
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JoeCapricorn wrote: »Be careful.
Anything you say that’s not complimentary towards ZOS is considered “bashing” and will result in deleted posts, warning copypasta, and closed threads.
Jaraal, please take a moment to calm down. I understand you are angry. I have been angry about this for the past couple months.
VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »There is an Alliance War skill XP scroll you can purchase in the Crown Store to help you get back the Rapids that was taken away from you faster.
ZOS will profit from the misfortune of others.
Only facts.
Um, don't the War Tortes do the same thing, in game? It'll be a bit of a grind for the recipes, but once players start making them, you should be able to buy them in game for about the same result.
I mean, I won't deny that ZOS is the master of "create a problem, sell the solution," but at least try to include all the facts.
Yes, that's the caveat, so they can say you can get these scrolls without paying for them.
However, to make these recipes, you must pay with tel var (500,000) that can only be earned in a PvP zone. You get at least 12 tel var for killing a monster, for perspective.
You also need to complete town quests in a PvP zone for components, and you will be killed by players while doing so.
You also need to find components in the wild, that are as rare as Aetherial Ciphers, while avoiding being killed by players.
Bottom line is, you will get Alliance Rank 5 much faster by just PvPing. Or..... you can pay for scrolls in the Crown Store.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the war tortes can be sold by players who know the recipes, right?
It seems set up to give PVPers who earm the recipes something to sell to PVEers who just want the War Tortes to earn the skill lines faster.
And at that point, we're looking at the equivalent of research scrolls or exp potions: not as good as the crown store ones, but definitely available in game.
There's no mention of what components are bound and which are tradable in the patch notes, and I'm not about to spend months farming on test to find out. But I have enough tel var in the bank to buy the recipe for you, I think four or five million gold would be minimum payment for my time. And if I happen to find a green glowing book that's as rare as an Aetherial Cipher, but only drops in one very dangerous zone, I think ten million will be a fair starting point.
In fact, I may just send my speedy and stealthy PvE farmers in to make me some coin. Which really sucks for PvPers, because there may be 100 other farmers filling up the population caps that should be reserved for folks who actually want to PvP. Also, I have Alliance Rank 10 and may just go in and farm easy AP by farming the farmers.
Time will tell.
Sometimes as Freud says, "a cigar is just a cigar". I doubt this is was a marketing decision. I suspect it was made in response to those pushing for Vigor to be more accessible and an assumption was made that Rapids was not used very often. And to be honest, for high level characters, it probably is not part of their tool kit in part because of past nerfs. But to get to high level, especially in Cyrodiil, it does have an important function.
VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »There is an Alliance War skill XP scroll you can purchase in the Crown Store to help you get back the Rapids that was taken away from you faster.
ZOS will profit from the misfortune of others.
Only facts.
Um, don't the War Tortes do the same thing, in game? It'll be a bit of a grind for the recipes, but once players start making them, you should be able to buy them in game for about the same result.
I mean, I won't deny that ZOS is the master of "create a problem, sell the solution," but at least try to include all the facts.
Yes, that's the caveat, so they can say you can get these scrolls without paying for them.
However, to make these recipes, you must pay with tel var (500,000) that can only be earned in a PvP zone. You get at least 12 tel var for killing a monster, for perspective.
You also need to complete town quests in a PvP zone for components, and you will be killed by players while doing so.
You also need to find components in the wild, that are as rare as Aetherial Ciphers, while avoiding being killed by players.
Bottom line is, you will get Alliance Rank 5 much faster by just PvPing. Or..... you can pay for scrolls in the Crown Store.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the war tortes can be sold by players who know the recipes, right?
It seems set up to give PVPers who earm the recipes something to sell to PVEers who just want the War Tortes to earn the skill lines faster.
And at that point, we're looking at the equivalent of research scrolls or exp potions: not as good as the crown store ones, but definitely available in game.
There's no mention of what components are bound and which are tradable in the patch notes, and I'm not about to spend months farming on test to find out. But I have enough tel var in the bank to buy the recipe for you, I think four or five million gold would be minimum payment for my time. And if I happen to find a green glowing book that's as rare as an Aetherial Cipher, but only drops in one very dangerous zone, I think ten million will be a fair starting point.
In fact, I may just send my speedy and stealthy PvE farmers in to make me some coin. Which really sucks for PvPers, because there may be 100 other farmers filling up the population caps that should be reserved for folks who actually want to PvP. Also, I have Alliance Rank 10 and may just go in and farm easy AP by farming the farmers.
Time will tell.
Not sure what point you are making, unless you also think that the exp scrolls vs higher level exp pots are outrageous too. I mean, I farm a lot and my sole Aetheric Cipher is from an event, but I can still buy the exp pots. Rarity of the recipe doesn't equal inaccessibility of the food.
As long as the war tortes aren't account bound (and I can't think of a crafted consumable that is), they'll be sold. And they'll be priced according to the market which must also account for the simple fact that PVE players have options. If a PVPer is charging exorbitant prices, they can either A) just do without for the couple extra hours it takes to get to rank 5 or B.) Pay less gold to have the scrolls gifted to them. (Incidentally, we see that this is the same as exp and research scrolls.) Rarity alone doesn't lead to sky-high prices when there are other options.
I don't have the PTS anymore, or I'd double-check whether war tortes are bound on a template character.
VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »VaranisArano wrote: »There is an Alliance War skill XP scroll you can purchase in the Crown Store to help you get back the Rapids that was taken away from you faster.
ZOS will profit from the misfortune of others.
Only facts.
Um, don't the War Tortes do the same thing, in game? It'll be a bit of a grind for the recipes, but once players start making them, you should be able to buy them in game for about the same result.
I mean, I won't deny that ZOS is the master of "create a problem, sell the solution," but at least try to include all the facts.
Yes, that's the caveat, so they can say you can get these scrolls without paying for them.
However, to make these recipes, you must pay with tel var (500,000) that can only be earned in a PvP zone. You get at least 12 tel var for killing a monster, for perspective.
You also need to complete town quests in a PvP zone for components, and you will be killed by players while doing so.
You also need to find components in the wild, that are as rare as Aetherial Ciphers, while avoiding being killed by players.
Bottom line is, you will get Alliance Rank 5 much faster by just PvPing. Or..... you can pay for scrolls in the Crown Store.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the war tortes can be sold by players who know the recipes, right?
It seems set up to give PVPers who earm the recipes something to sell to PVEers who just want the War Tortes to earn the skill lines faster.
And at that point, we're looking at the equivalent of research scrolls or exp potions: not as good as the crown store ones, but definitely available in game.
There's no mention of what components are bound and which are tradable in the patch notes, and I'm not about to spend months farming on test to find out. But I have enough tel var in the bank to buy the recipe for you, I think four or five million gold would be minimum payment for my time. And if I happen to find a green glowing book that's as rare as an Aetherial Cipher, but only drops in one very dangerous zone, I think ten million will be a fair starting point.
In fact, I may just send my speedy and stealthy PvE farmers in to make me some coin. Which really sucks for PvPers, because there may be 100 other farmers filling up the population caps that should be reserved for folks who actually want to PvP. Also, I have Alliance Rank 10 and may just go in and farm easy AP by farming the farmers.
Time will tell.
Not sure what point you are making, unless you also think that the exp scrolls vs higher level exp pots are outrageous too. I mean, I farm a lot and my sole Aetheric Cipher is from an event, but I can still buy the exp pots. Rarity of the recipe doesn't equal inaccessibility of the food.
As long as the war tortes aren't account bound (and I can't think of a crafted consumable that is), they'll be sold. And they'll be priced according to the market which must also account for the simple fact that PVE players have options. If a PVPer is charging exorbitant prices, they can either A) just do without for the couple extra hours it takes to get to rank 5 or B.) Pay less gold to have the scrolls gifted to them. (Incidentally, we see that this is the same as exp and research scrolls.) Rarity alone doesn't lead to sky-high prices when there are other options.
I don't have the PTS anymore, or I'd double-check whether war tortes are bound on a template character.
Yes, it will be so much easier to buy them from the Crown Store than from players sourced methods.
I would like to start playing this game again, having Rapids back will make that happen.
Until then, I am playing other games in my library.
Sometimes as Freud says, "a cigar is just a cigar". I doubt this is was a marketing decision. I suspect it was made in response to those pushing for Vigor to be more accessible and an assumption was made that Rapids was not used very often. And to be honest, for high level characters, it probably is not part of their tool kit in part because of past nerfs. But to get to high level, especially in Cyrodiil, it does have an important function.
getting rapids as 2nd spell from the skill line will take like 2 hours of your total playtime. I am sure you dedicate more hours to more irrelevant activities such as waiting in queues. But i don't see you all being so vocal about the queues or whatever any other problem that needs to be fixed, no, you all shout now to your spell to need a bit more time to get. As you farm for mages guilds, so you can farm some battlegrounds to get your spell.
getting rapids as 2nd spell from the skill line will take like 2 hours of your total playtime.
I am sure you dedicate more hours to more irrelevant activities such as waiting in queues. But i don't see you all being so vocal about the queues or whatever any other problem that needs to be fixed, no, you all shout now to your spell to need a bit more time to get. As you farm for mages guilds, so you can farm some battlegrounds to get your spell.
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Then explain why the Vigor/Rapids swap happened the way it did, so people aren't forced to draw their own conclusions, and potentially set themselves up to have their post be deleted. Because we all have a point, here. Things happened the way they did, little to no information was given on why it happened the way it did, and we all drew the logical conclusion from that, and yet somehow that's considered to be spreading a conspiracy or misinformation, when there's no information to misinterpret to begin with.
All this does is drive people towards second guessing when they go to hit that Post Reply button, out of fear that their post, which shouldn't even be breaking the terms to begin with (again, because there's no information to misinterpret to begin with), is going to get deleted, and their forum account slapped with a warning. Come out and say something officially, so that people aren't forced to draw their own conclusions.
Double Edit: Screw it, sticking with my gut here. For the record, I originally edited my post to remove it, just in case it got deleted. If it does, you've just proved my point right. This shouldn't be the way that a game forum, that the developers supposedly use to gather feedback, should be run. People shouldn't have to second guess when they hit that Post Reply button, asking themselves "is this open to interpretation so much that it might get removed?"
Sometimes as Freud says, "a cigar is just a cigar". I doubt this is was a marketing decision. I suspect it was made in response to those pushing for Vigor to be more accessible and an assumption was made that Rapids was not used very often. And to be honest, for high level characters, it probably is not part of their tool kit in part because of past nerfs. But to get to high level, especially in Cyrodiil, it does have an important function.
They stated in a live feed that they were aware that this would be controversial before they implemented it. And that information was presented in a thread that’s no longer available for comment.
Only facts.
Sometimes as Freud says, "a cigar is just a cigar". I doubt this is was a marketing decision. I suspect it was made in response to those pushing for Vigor to be more accessible and an assumption was made that Rapids was not used very often. And to be honest, for high level characters, it probably is not part of their tool kit in part because of past nerfs. But to get to high level, especially in Cyrodiil, it does have an important function.
They stated in a live feed that they were aware that this would be controversial before they implemented it. And that information was presented in a thread that’s no longer available for comment.
Only facts.
That does not mean the tread was closed because Zos had previously said that the change would be controversial. In reality, it is highly doubtful the thread was closed because someone quoted Zos. It works best to keep facts in context.
getting rapids as 2nd spell from the skill line will take like 2 hours of your total playtime.
getting rapids as 2nd spell from the skill line will take like 2 hours of your total playtime.
Then why make any changes at all? It was so easy to get vigor. Just 2 hours.
Then why that lazy stam players where crying that they don't have self-heal? It was so easy to get vigor. Just 2 hours.
When players are saying that getting vigor was so very easy that any noob can get it in several hours it makes Rapid-Vigor explanation even more st... even less reasonable.