Deedleqwerty wrote: »Not everyone will agree, but for me, this has been the worst patch in my six years of play. I've had ESO+ for most of that time, and I've ridden out some rough patches in the past. But I can't can't take anymore.
It's more than the blue screens, game freezes, booted from server, and other errors. Coming along with those miseries were the changes to Cyrodiil. At first, I thought it was only healers who were affected by the changes, but it turns out, most support skills don't work outside a small group of 12. You have Turn Evil? The fear works on the enemy, but the buff doesn't work on the green bar next to you.
I prefer to run solo in Cyrodiil. Because I can't use my right hand, I tend to run only my healer or tank. Now, I can't run my healer solo, and tank's support abilities don't work on the green bars. Add to that the freezes, blue screens, crashes, and other bad stuff, and I can't justify paying US $15 a month for a game that is a near constant source of frustration.
I used to play 12 to 15 hours a day. I'm down now to about four. I know. I was addicted. But ZOS managed to wean me off that addiction with it's weird changes to the game, and a patch riddled with bugs.
Blue screens? Random logouts? Game freezes? Other errors? How come none of these problems affects me? I feel left out.
AcadianPaladin wrote: »On the technical side, my game's performance has been pretty good (PC-NA), even in group dungeons with a group of 4. I'm sorry that others are experiencing significant problems.
Blue screens? Random logouts? Game freezes? Other errors? How come none of these problems affects me? I feel left out.
I'm not getting any of that either. Not in overland, and not in group content. Or rather, nothing beyond some the usual issues that have been going on since... well... basically since I've been playing this game? Some things are smoother than they've been, some things are rougher than they've been. Certainly no major issues.
The one notable issue I've experienced is what I can only describe as lag spikes in dungeon instances. For 1-4 seconds at a time, the action on the screen will just freeze, then fast forward to what it should have been. The patch that dropped today on XBOX didn't fix this problem either. It happens regularly and is quite annoying, but certainly nothing I'd cancel a sub over. Plus, it was bloody hilarious when one of those annoying "gotta go fast!" types careened themselves of a cliff not once, but twice because of it. I laughed. I laughed even harder when they block-walked after their second cliff-careening to force themselves to slow the hell down.
AcadianPaladin wrote: »If I can't help those around me with heals/support, that is a no-go. And I have to believe that with group size limited to 12, groups are going to want serious PvPers, not serious PvEers visiting to farm a bit of AP. As long as support skills are limited to groups, I won't be visiting Cyrodiil at all.
This game is at end of life. Simple as that. They know it but wont say it. Actions speak louder than words and every actions seems to be designed to reduce the player base to make the justification official.
Call it conspiracy if you want but the reality is that no healthy game with an eye towards longevity runs this way.
Just sayin.
Unfadingsilence wrote: »This game is at end of life. Simple as that. They know it but wont say it. Actions speak louder than words and every actions seems to be designed to reduce the player base to make the justification official.
Call it conspiracy if you want but the reality is that no healthy game with an eye towards longevity runs this way.
Just sayin.
The game is far from the end of its life with all the available updates and still filling out the map id honestly say they got another 5+ years and by that time they will probably come out with an ESO 2
Emmagoldman wrote: »Deedleqwerty wrote: »Not everyone will agree, but for me, this has been the worst patch in my six years of play. I've had ESO+ for most of that time, and I've ridden out some rough patches in the past. But I can't can't take anymore.
It's more than the blue screens, game freezes, booted from server, and other errors. Coming along with those miseries were the changes to Cyrodiil. At first, I thought it was only healers who were affected by the changes, but it turns out, most support skills don't work outside a small group of 12. You have Turn Evil? The fear works on the enemy, but the buff doesn't work on the green bar next to you.
I prefer to run solo in Cyrodiil. Because I can't use my right hand, I tend to run only my healer or tank. Now, I can't run my healer solo, and tank's support abilities don't work on the green bars. Add to that the freezes, blue screens, crashes, and other bad stuff, and I can't justify paying US $15 a month for a game that is a near constant source of frustration.
I used to play 12 to 15 hours a day. I'm down now to about four. I know. I was addicted. But ZOS managed to wean me off that addiction with it's weird changes to the game, and a patch riddled with bugs.
Tbh, if you were playing 12-15 hours a day, I think that this is a way to put other thing in perspective and may refocus
Deedleqwerty wrote: »... Because I can't use my right hand, I tend to run only my healer or tank...
Deedleqwerty wrote: »... Because I can't use my right hand, I tend to run only my healer or tank...
What is your setup for playing one handed? I could see using a stick for movement, and maybe a hat switch for camera, but it sounds tricky. Do you use a foot pedal?