It really was fun. We chatted the whole time and even took a short break to tour a couple of our houses.

I just wanted to show that it is possible to have a good pug experience.

Since so many of my longer term gaming pals have moved on from ESO (sad face) I often run PUG trials and dungeons. I can’t be bothered with Vet these days but most of my Norm PUG experiences have been pretty damn good!

When it’s working (hehehe) the group finder is actually a really useful tool.

I have had many good runs, also plenty more than bad runs. It's been a while since I spent time on dungeons, but I met many fantastic people to friend and talk to sometimes, or do content with. I've also met people who did stuff I thought was wrong or stupid, and most of those are happy with receiving advice (or accommodate me), if I go about it nicely and if they are newer players, helping out also goes a long way to make someone feel welcome, and as a bonus I get to know so many different people and find out that I can easily share a sense of humor with people from everywhere.

First run today had a real tank, but the other dps was fake tank and aggroed the bosses so real tank left. I was feeling bad for them.

Next run was an a group with at least 100 cp each but at least one seemed to be doing the quest. Real tank, real healer, tank was waiting for those who were doing quest. I took off my Ring of the Pale Order, which I always slot for randoms, and let the healer do their job.

It was a nice run, wish they could all be like that. Thanks to you all if you’re reading this.

I guess the spirit of this thing is to remind us that in spite of complaints making up the majority of the forum, that does not mean the majority of the playtime is spent feeling down about the various issues (although sometimes that will be the case). The reason we complain is that we care enough to wish for changes and improvements.
But with dungeon runs there's a new thread about fake roles regularly - mind you, fake roles can absolutely present a problem - and though it is a real issue sometimes, it still doesn't happen more than the good experiences in runs - so thanks for also taking initiative to talk about the truly awesome experiences.
I have so mamy of those in eso through meeting fantastic people. I am not always in a good place (mostly since my house burned down, and other disasters like a long illness and loved people suddenly dying). But those great experiences that often arise because of people, I share with really funny, genuine or nice people and they are extra important because they remind me of how good people actually can be, and how good I can be, and it just warms and gives much needed hope.

Recent wrote: »

I've seen you often on the forums 'Silver Bride' and I now get to tell you how much I love your forum name. I noticed one of your comments on what you do each day as a veteran player and woah you do very similar activities to myself. Twins lol. I love this comment you left here cos it has heart...this is what I love about eso. Every now and then you meet a group of random players that you click with and bond with and even make friends with.

Keep being awesome 🥰💖

As someone who has received a lot of negativity towards my posts I am completely blown away by your response. I don't know what to say except "Thanks, I needed that."

Ilumia wrote: »

I guess the spirit of this thing is to remind us that in spite of complaints making up the majority of the forum, that does not mean the majority of the playtime is spent feeling down about the various issues (although sometimes that will be the case). The reason we complain is that we care enough to wish for changes and improvements.
But with dungeon runs there's a new thread about fake roles regularly - mind you, fake roles can absolutely present a problem - and though it is a real issue sometimes, it still doesn't happen more than the good experiences in runs - so thanks for also taking initiative to talk about the truly awesome experiences.
I have so mamy of those in eso through meeting fantastic people. I am not always in a good place (mostly since my house burned down, and other disasters like a long illness and loved people suddenly dying). But those great experiences that often arise because of people, I share with really funny, genuine or nice people and they are extra important because they remind me of how good people actually can be, and how good I can be, and it just warms and gives much needed hope.

I agree.
Forum is also meant for bringing up issues, like fake roles, which is a real problem, one that is persistent and very annoying indeed.
So there’s nothing wrong with coming here to complain.
It becomes a problem when players only ever post about negative experiences with either the game or the devs. That projects a picture of a game broken beyond hope which simply isn’t true.
We should have more courage to share our great experiences here as well, to encourage newcomers and to break this vicious circle of negativity.

It's highly uncommon for me to have a bad experience in pug groups. Maybe one in twenty turns out bad because of a bad apple for me.

Lucasl402 wrote: »

aetherix8 wrote: »

Ilumia wrote: »

I guess the spirit of this thing is to remind us that in spite of complaints making up the majority of the forum, that does not mean the majority of the playtime is spent feeling down about the various issues (although sometimes that will be the case). The reason we complain is that we care enough to wish for changes and improvements.
But with dungeon runs there's a new thread about fake roles regularly - mind you, fake roles can absolutely present a problem - and though it is a real issue sometimes, it still doesn't happen more than the good experiences in runs - so thanks for also taking initiative to talk about the truly awesome experiences.
I have so mamy of those in eso through meeting fantastic people. I am not always in a good place (mostly since my house burned down, and other disasters like a long illness and loved people suddenly dying). But those great experiences that often arise because of people, I share with really funny, genuine or nice people and they are extra important because they remind me of how good people actually can be, and how good I can be, and it just warms and gives much needed hope.

I agree.
Forum is also meant for bringing up issues, like fake roles, which is a real problem, one that is persistent and very annoying indeed.
So there’s nothing wrong with coming here to complain.
It becomes a problem when players only ever post about negative experiences with either the game or the devs. That projects a picture of a game broken beyond hope which simply isn’t true.
We should have more courage to share our great experiences here as well, to encourage newcomers and to break this vicious circle of negativity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZoVO8ZyyQ

Very accurate depiction of the relationship between ZOS and its playerbase x)