No assistants in the tutorial?

PapaJester · February 2022

But why, tho?
If someone has one, and wants to use it in the tutorial for whatever reason, why not allow it?
Like, who was in the meeting saying, "bAnKeR oP, pLz nErF"? Players in the tutorial are level 1, if they use their banker to transfer some starter gear to their new toon, so what? Was the goal to discourage people starting alts from actually doing the tutorial? Was it impacting performance or something?
I dunno, just seems pointless, and takes value away from something purchased with real-world money (albeiit, not much).

Necrotech_Master · February 2022

i think it was more related to the deconstruction assistant specifically (i think there were some bugs related to that with starter equipment in the tutorials)

skyrimfantasy · February 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

i think it was more related to the deconstruction assistant specifically (i think there were some bugs related to that with starter equipment in the tutorials)

if that is indeed the case, why can't they add the explanation to the notes? i understand they don't want to write a book, but a little explanation on some of this stuff would clear up the intent and unrest in the players left to wonder why

PapaJester · February 2022

lol what an elegant solution.
I mean, yeah, I guess that would prevent bugs popping up with their new assistant. But I think the point about maybe just putting an explanation in the notes is a fair one.

And if that is the reason, then their solution is just silly. Don't get me wrong, I generally don't care what they do for the tutorial. I will rarely, if ever, find myself in there. It's an absurd response to forbid all assistants if the reason is bugs caused by just the newest of them. But I *am* morbidly curious what drastic, game-breaking bug or imbalance was behind the decision.

heaven13 · February 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

i think it was more related to the deconstruction assistant specifically (i think there were some bugs related to that with starter equipment in the tutorials)

Sounds like the typical approach. Find a bug, smash bug with a hammer and shatter the entire window, rather than just using a flyswatter.

Necrotech_Master · February 2022

PapaJester wrote: »

lol what an elegant solution.
I mean, yeah, I guess that would prevent bugs popping up with their new assistant. But I think the point about maybe just putting an explanation in the notes is a fair one.

And if that is the reason, then their solution is just silly. Don't get me wrong, I generally don't care what they do for the tutorial. I will rarely, if ever, find myself in there. It's an absurd response to forbid all assistants if the reason is bugs caused by just the newest of them. But I *am* morbidly curious what drastic, game-breaking bug or imbalance was behind the decision.

i think this post in the bug thread for the assistant is probably why they did it

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7513517/#Comment_7513517

i can maybe see the case for that, but i also agree its like sledgehammer to tiny nail when trying to solve the problem since its only the deconstruction assistant that is the problem, not necessarily the banker or merchant