Did you hear there's a mini event on?

jad11mumbler · March 2023

I think an event is happening.

No but real talk, maybe a popup on almost every character relog isn't needed?

phaneub17_ESO · March 2023

I'm not seeing that, some tutorials however have turned themselves on when the option is absolutely turned off.

Grizzbeorn · March 2023

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

I'm not seeing that, some tutorials however have turned themselves on when the option is absolutely turned off.

Yep. I have Tutorials turned off, but I got one when I used a lockpick right after the patch on Monday.
But, that has been the only time, so far.

SeaGtGruff · March 2023

jad11mumbler wrote: »

I think an event is happening.

No but real talk, maybe a popup on almost every character relog isn't needed?

Why do you think they call it "Chaos Ball"?

MaleAmazon · March 2023

It´s great. Now I know not to queue for BGs this weekend.

The_Titan_Tim · March 2023

MaleAmazon wrote: »

It´s great. Now I know not to queue for BGs this weekend.

Right, it’s going to be all Healers and PvE tanks, these weekend “events” are such a missed opportunity.

Instead of cycling standard modes, there should be unique weekend variants that actually mix things up, rather than make players skip whole weekends of Battlegrounds when it’s anything other than Deathmatch.

Diatonic · March 2023

Each to their own. I did a few BGs today specifically BECAUSE it was chaosball.

Kisakee · March 2023

The_Titan_Tim wrote: »

MaleAmazon wrote: »

It´s great. Now I know not to queue for BGs this weekend.

Right, it’s going to be all Healers and PvE tanks, these weekend “events” are such a missed opportunity.

Instead of cycling standard modes, there should be unique weekend variants that actually mix things up, rather than make players skip whole weekends of Battlegrounds when it’s anything other than Deathmatch.

There are actually people enjoying the different game modes, not everyone wants to mindlessly hack and slash everything in sight.

robwolf666 · March 2023

Hard to miss it really, not that I do PvP or group events... ever. I wish we could opt out of alerts for those particular events.

Danikat · March 2023

I haven't had it on every character. I got it once on the character select screen when I first logged in after it started, and then I think it's on the login reward window but I only see that the first time I log in each day and I don't really look at it.

I do think it's funny that when there's an event on we get a massive banner across the character select screen which we have to clear to do anything else. But then I was one of the people who used to say events were too easy to miss when they first started running them, because there used to be no notification in the game itself. You had to check the news on the main site and remember the start date or see something on their social media. (Or spot the quest starter in the crown store.)

I imagine someone thought they were doing enough to tell players about it, got annoyed at people saying they didn't know and decided to make absolutely sure no one could possibly miss the announcement.

Androrix · March 2023

I don't mind because the art is pretty awesome!!!

The new splash screens are great too!

The_Titan_Tim · March 2023

Kisakee wrote: »

The_Titan_Tim wrote: »

MaleAmazon wrote: »

It´s great. Now I know not to queue for BGs this weekend.

Right, it’s going to be all Healers and PvE tanks, these weekend “events” are such a missed opportunity.

Instead of cycling standard modes, there should be unique weekend variants that actually mix things up, rather than make players skip whole weekends of Battlegrounds when it’s anything other than Deathmatch.

There are actually people enjoying the different game modes, not everyone wants to mindlessly hack and slash everything in sight.

Tanks kill obj. They don’t protect players or kill players. They head into BGs and just sit on objectives and there’s nothing you can do in this meta to take them out.

You could have 4 people attacking them and yield no results. This game doesn’t have sufficient counters to blockcasting. At least in Deathmatch you can ignore them.

Sorcerers and Nightblades get actively punished in Obj as their best abilities are completely locked out when holding the Chaosball, a Relic, and don’t synergize with Flag games. You can’t get the guaranteed critical from your Shadowy Disguise, or your stun and damage from Streak. The abilities get greyed out completely.

There are way fewer players queuing into Battleground weekends during obj weekends than regularly during the week, and not even a third compared to when it’s Deathmatch. Yet my original comment flew over your head…

I don’t want an only Deathmatch weekend, even though the majority of players would be happier with it.

Look at other games in the past that have had successful weekend playlists.

One such example was Halo 3. During the weekends on that game, you’d see game modes like Team Snipers, Shotguns, Swords, Griffball, Infection, and Fiesta.

ALL of which providing double XP.

If you were around for those times, and into FPS games, you would have seen how successful those playlists were, and how much excitement they created… it’s not exciting to get the same game modes that are accessible during the regular week, and when you have trolls killing Obj or your class isn’t supported, it’s a stay away order.

ZOS_Icy · March 2023

Greetings,

After further review we have decided to move this thread to a category we think is more appropriate for this topic.

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OBJnoob · March 2023

Well. I like the Bg weekends, and I'm glad to hear some people are enjoying Chaosball. My only complaint is that they last 4 days. 2 full days would be sufficient I think. I don't much want to play any one thing for 4 days.

tincanman · March 2023

+25% ap isn't a whole lot of inducement.