@ZOS_GinaBruno
This might be answered during the stream but I´ll ask here regardless:

Me and a few of the people I play with have concerns about these tests due to the fact what the outcome/consequences of previous tests, mainly referring to the No-proc test that took place a few years ago. Back then it was also presented as a temporary test period that wasn´t meant to become a permanent campaign option. The outcome of that decision caused one of the most popular PvP campaigns on PCEU to become a complete empty campaign/ghost town that no one longer plays.

What me and the group I play with would like to know is if it´s possible to disclose if these tests will ONLY be data collection tests with no plans to actually make this kind of "preset PvP" (or however you´d like to call it) a thing in the future? If it´s not something you guys can answer at this time that´s fine, but it would be kind of a dealbreaker for our group if we wanna participate in this test week or not.

Glad you're taking the time for this livestream, definitely a worthwhile topic to cover given the current discussion surrounding the test. Great to hear that the current test is different than what we'll see on live.

My first concern is obviously the balance within the testing environment, but it sounds like you're planning to cover that to an extent already. So I guess my next question would be what are the timelines for this project? I don't think it's unreasonable that people are skeptical of this whole thing given the history of "performance testing" within ESO, and the lack of results we've seen from previous tests. Players are worried we're going to be dragged along through another year only to be told "we've seen no benefit from these tests/we won't be moving forward with anything as a result of them". Especially if it'd be possible for that development time to be spent elsewhere on PVP, such as reworking IC, adding group/custom dueling, developing a new PVP zone entirely, etc.

I think the livestream cleared up a lot of confusion players had, particularly about how the Vengeance skills aren't meant to be permanent, even if the test goes well. Thanks for the livestream!

Thanks for the pinned topic thread announcing the stream, taking the time to actually do the stream and linking the vod here for those who missed it (got to love time zones).

The stream was very helpful answering many of the questions I had about the tests. I still have some small concerns surrounding balance and a couple of other small things, but as @React noted regarding balance, it sounds like that eventuality has been planned for already.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback! We'll consider doing more livestreams in this type of format in the future

Thanks again for putting the stream together, it was very insightful and I am looking forward to seeing more of these in the future for various different aspects/topics of ESO. It really helps to get an understanding of the goals or intentions of things being done with the game and, for me at least, helps to narrow down the feedback I try to give to hopefully be as relevant as possible.

Not sure how I missed this stream but just catching up.

LOVE this format. Thank you all for taking the time to do this. The insight behind the scenes was awesome.

Really appreciate everyone taking the time to pull this together.