I think the casual players will be shocked at how radically lower the active player population will become if ZOS keeps heading down the only catering to casuals road they seem to be on right now.

The main part of the game is already easy enough; in fact I've been annoyed by recent changes that make things like crafting and finding skyshards easier.

However vet content could maybe use a redo. I have done it but have little interest in it as increasing the hit points of enemies 10x so that it takes 10x as long just isn't fun to me.

i dont think there should be a pve instance of cyro/IC

cyro is already so massive, unless you are doing stuff in main towns you can get almost anywhere in the zone without even seeing another player in most instances, especially the really low pop campaigns

while IC is a pvp area, majority of the pvp takes place on the surface, not the sewers, and tel var is the only really good "risk vs reward" mechanic in the game to me

for dungeons/trials having less mechanics, im kind of indifferent on that, i wouldnt mind them having less, but the main thing that annoys me about mechanics is poor telegraphs or 1 shots (i dont use a lot of combat addons like codes combat alerts, or trial helpers, and still have completed every trial on vet at least once lol)

the rest of the game i would say is already casual friendly, normal dungeons are also very easy, even most trials on normal are easy enough for pretty casual people

I like the challenge of endgame, but it is not the main and only part of the game for me. I also love the TES universe as it is.
For instance, fishing is not challenging at all. But I like it.
Maybe it could even push me to some aspects of the game I haven't tried yet. Housing, outfits, strict RP... who knows?

I wouldn't mind more soloable dungeons and even trials, but I don't see the need for pve-only Cyrodiil.

Ugh.

Can't we straddle a line here?

You can already get through a ton of content in the game by smacking light attack and throwing in a skill or two.

There's no need to make things 'easier'. Remove all challenge and what's the point?

This from someone who mostly RPs through overland quests and mucks around with housing. But I've done vet dungeons and vet trials, and hard modes in a few.

Someone said something about removing mechanics. Why? I enjoy that variety. I do not need to go into a dungeon and just work down health bars while the mobs stand there and take it like idiots. %)

This is not a point and click adventure. This is not an afk game. 'Keep it simple, stupid' has it's limits when you're trying to keep people playing.

You'll just lose a bunch of people to Elden Ring.

robwolf666 wrote: »

I see a lot of people once again confusing having an easier version of something as replacing what already exists. It doesn't mean that, they would co-exist, so the harder version would still be there for those who like that stuff enough to play.

But we already have easier versions or dngs and raids - it's normal.

As a tank in both Dungeons and Overland, I already take my time to complete content that is set out in front of me. That way, the story-related fights are really worth it, as the really high DPS can take the fun out of the fighting.

I don't care about PVP.

I mean, I already struggle with enthusiasm for the game as it currently is.

robwolf666 wrote: »

I see a lot of people once again confusing having an easier version of something as replacing what already exists. It doesn't mean that, they would co-exist, so the harder version would still be there for those who like that stuff enough to play.

well there is already an "easy" mode for things, thats called normal difficulty lol

now other things like making group content more solo friendly, thats a different ballgame, would it be nice to have completely solo friendly, or even straight up solo instances of all the group content? i dont see why not, but its not something i could see most people using because very likely you wouldnt be able to get any gear from those and thats half the reason to run them

im certainly not a meta end game player, but i can still solo pretty much all content in the game outside of trials (some dungeons with lockdown mechanics need "tricks" to get through solo though)

Yes, I would like to take advantage of everything I'm paying for. DLC dungeons are too hard for me and I get annoyed.

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

now other things like making group content more solo friendly, thats a different ballgame, would it be nice to have completely solo friendly, or even straight up solo instances of all the group content? i dont see why not, but its not something i could see most people using because very likely you wouldnt be able to get any gear from those and thats half the reason to run them

If you can get gear from VMA and even NMA, you should be able to get gear from soloable versions of dungeons and trials. Also, I don't think most people can solo all normal DLC dungeons.

Edit: So I think some normal versions of DLC dungeons could do with a tweak to their difficulty to make them soloable by the average player (have only tried a handful of them, but there were a number I could not manage, eg March of Sacrifices). Soloable versions of trials would be super; again, keep them at a challenging solo level and make them drop gear.