Every few months we get very large changes for combat, for sets and other things in the game. I feel like we lose options that we had before, or that were more viable before. As someone that loves this game I want it to succeed and I can't understand why we get these changes every numbered update. The game is getting old and many players want something more stable, we still want the new DLC dungeons and chapters and minor changes that help with balance but nothing this big every single time, because these combat changes are not content, they're just something annoying that we need to learn and it's even more disheartening knowing that even after learning it, it will change again soon.
I would love some more communication right now, everyone is talking about how bad the changes are, how much damage we lost and how 10% health decrease on bosses isn't enough. Why can't we have one single ZOS employee talk about these with us? Like.. honest thoughts on how the community reacted and how they view that reaction. Talking about their future plans.. whatever, just some insight of the situation and some answers as to why this keeps happening every single update. A livestream, a video, some real Q&A that answer more than just some of the questions. A letter from the director, literally any kind of communication but let it be a real one, not a "We're aware and looking into it" kind of communication.
Most of us prefer the game as it was in update 34, not because it's the best version of combat we've had but because we were used to it, we learnt how to play with those rules and now they got changed once again.
Every single one of us is a real person/player/customer, we worry about things and even tho I can imagine how stressful it might be to be in charge of a game this big, it can be easy to put everyone in the same bag as "players that complain about everything, so we're just ignore them" and if that isn't how you (ZOS) think, then you should prove it to us, because we're going to need that kind of trust moving forward.
We as customers feel like we are helpless whenever some update like this gets pushed to the live server, feels like our voice isn't heard and this game is supposed to be for us right? Why can't we get what we ask for? It isn't even content after all, we just wanted the numbers of damage, timers and such to stay as they were, it can't be that hard in my honest opinion.
I've been playing video games for a long time, I'm used to being able to keep older versions of games that I like, a game that doesn't change, this is an MMO, that won't happen and don't expect it to happen because it would be a bad thing for the game, but right now, even tho I love the elder scrolls online, it's starting to feel like it's a pile of sand in my hands, it's slipping through my fingers really fast, and I won't be able to keep it.
I know that most likely this message won't be read by anyone that can do something about it, the forum moderators will probably read it of course, hopefully nothing [snip] worthy, they do their job and I perfectly understand that but that's our reality as players, we keep trying to be heard because we care about it, start worrying when we don't come here anymore, hopefully never happens. Thank you for reading.