UntouchableHunter wrote: »Let people play what they wana play and stop to make this post with no sense.
VaranisArano wrote: »It would perhaps be better if ZOS extended the silenced zone to the entire respawn platform so players couldn't attack at all, but they haven't done that.
VaranisArano wrote: »It would perhaps be better if ZOS extended the silenced zone to the entire respawn platform so players couldn't attack at all, but they haven't done that.
Better for who? The PvE player trying to get one daily event ticket by doing the Arena daily? I'm not sniping other faction players, I'm sniping the NPC near the Imperial civilians so I can free 12 of them, get my one IC daily finished for my ticket, and leave IC for the day.
When the opposing faction groups sweep through the district, I usually sneak to the center of the platform until they have killed everything and moved on.
Also, my attack range is limited. Anyone can easily move through the district from one side to the other outside of my range.
VaranisArano wrote: »It would perhaps be better if ZOS extended the silenced zone to the entire respawn platform so players couldn't attack at all, but they haven't done that.
Better for who? The PvE player trying to get one daily event ticket by doing the Arena daily? I'm not sniping other faction players, I'm sniping the NPC near the Imperial civilians so I can free 12 of them, get my one IC daily finished for my ticket, and leave IC for the day.
When the opposing faction groups sweep through the district, I usually sneak to the center of the platform until they have killed everything and moved on.
Also, my attack range is limited. Anyone can easily move through the district from one side to the other outside of my range.
DreadDaedroth wrote: »If only dks had their wings...
And what other ESO Event requires you to take much (or any) risk to get event tickets?
New Life Festival? No risk doing the quests needed for an event ticket.
Undaunted Celebration? I have done Fungal Grotto 1 solo to get event tickets on days when I worked and didn't have much free time to wait in queue for a group. Can be quicker than a scouting quest in Cyrodiil, depending upon how far you have to ride on horseback for the scouting quest.
Witches Festival? You can get event tickets by being at a dolmen while other folks clear it, as long as you get one hit on the boss.
And the list goes on ...
VaranisArano wrote: »And what other ESO Event requires you to take much (or any) risk to get event tickets?
New Life Festival? No risk doing the quests needed for an event ticket.
Undaunted Celebration? I have done Fungal Grotto 1 solo to get event tickets on days when I worked and didn't have much free time to wait in queue for a group. Can be quicker than a scouting quest in Cyrodiil, depending upon how far you have to ride on horseback for the scouting quest.
Witches Festival? You can get event tickets by being at a dolmen while other folks clear it, as long as you get one hit on the boss.
And the list goes on ...
You are getting onto me for suggesting that the Devs maybe intended for players to take on more risk than sitting on a platform out of melee range sniping mobs and waiting for enough respawns. Heck, you don't even have to do that. You can do the quest crouched over your base trapdoor and never touch a mob as long as other players take the risk for you.
Really? Even if we just look at the Imperial City dailies, the effort/risk of the Arena District daily is miniscule compared to the rest.
At least Fungal Grotto 1 requires that you actually fight the final boss.
The real crux of your question is "What events "force" players to do content they really dislike?"
And that's personal to every player. I've seen PVE players gripe about the TG/DB events for roleplaying reasons.
Thing is, there's a lot of players who hate PVP, and so for them, any risk whatsoever is too much. They hate that Midyear Mayhem is the PVP event and thus has no way to get all their event tickets without facing the risk of PVP (except for the Arena District). Thus, trying to draw equivalencies between "easy" MYM quests and the much lower risk that a PVEer faces doing PVE content that they like just isn't convincing to anyone on either side.
For some players, anything that risks any PVP is just going to be too much. No amount of PVP risk is acceptable, and any amount of PVP risk makes a simple "go there, come back" PvPvE quest harder for them than a DLC dungeon.
So I guess I understand your defensiveness over the Arena District daily. Its literally the only safe way for players who hate PVP to get their ticket. If ZOS decides its too cheesy and removes it, that option is gone and now you have to jump down and run around to do the Arena daily just like all the other IC dailies.
The way I see it, the "Spawn Camp Arena Daily" method is cheese. I'm not sure if the Devs really intended that to be the only IC daily able to be cheesed that way, but until they say something or change it, its a valid, legitimate way for players to get their ticket in safety.
ZarkingFrued wrote: »Can you go ahead and put an end to that? Dudes just chilling in the spawn point towers hoping to snipe people lol.