ESO DEVELOPERS SUPPORT THREAD! =D

Chili_Pepper
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Understand, no studio developing such large-scale projects can maintain the development path of the game they envision, or we as players envision. There will always be commercial directors, investors, sales plans, profit projections, cost-cutting plans, and so-called optimization managers. The developer is enslaved by this bureaucratic machine. 99% of such projects are created with the goal of making a profit. Profit is the most important thing. And then all our desires come second.
Not a single employee of a development studio has the right to say this, or they'll lose their job. But that's true.
They're trying their best. But believe me, they're not having it easy. Management from above carries out "optimization," cutting staff, deadlines, setting impossible goals, and cutting truly great creative work to make changes that promise a quick buck. This situation is ubiquitous in all industries.
You simply can't be a developer and systematically develop your game based on player feedback. Not in games of this scale. All the criticism on the forum is mostly well-reasoned and to the point, I don't dispute that. You just have to understand that things aren't as simple as we'd like them to be.

So lets just support the developers, EXACTLY the team. We're constantly grumbling about something or other. It's important to understand that this is a good thing. It would be bad if we didn't care. So thank you to the regular rank-and-file developers at the studio for your patience. It's hard to be under such stress. I know what I'm talking about. We're with you.


Sorry for my english, its not my native language
Edited by ZOS_Hadeostry on November 13, 2025 9:18PM
  • Renato90085
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    i still support the dev,i still waiting next year will be good or bad for keep my 5th year eso+ and buy pass
    But I cancomplaint about the fact that the game is currently almost unplayable for me, right?
    if i stop complaint the game,just mean i give up this and didn't care this anymore
  • Chili_Pepper
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    We're constantly grumbling about something or other. It's important to understand that this is a good thing. It would be bad if we didn't care.

  • MISTFORMBZZZ
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    Everyone of us is here in the forums because we care for the game and want it to do well.
    That does not mean we need to agree with all the directions it takes.
  • lostineternity
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII
  • MISTFORMBZZZ
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII

    Never forget..
  • karthrag_inak
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII

    Why, because some dev's wife is understandably upset that her husband (the dev) gets a lot of abuse?
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  • loosej
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    I think some people are confused about the meaning of the word "developer". A lot of that confusion is caused by the fact that zos labels everyone working on the project a developer. Even community managers get a "dev" label here on the forums (not trying to offend anyone, Kevin for example is an amazing CM).

    OP is using the word "developer" correctly. They're the people doing the actual work, the people we never hear about, the names we don't know. They're the ones working against impossible deadlines, fixing the problems management creates during their brainstorm sessions as best as they can.

    Personally I've tried to always clarify that whatever discontent I shared here on the forums was aimed at the decision-making layer of the company, and I see a lot of others doing the same thing. And I totally agree that the people who are actually doing the work deserve a lot more praise than they get. But I doubt this message will get through the red tape and actually reach them.
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  • GeneralGrundmann
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    Yes, developers that do the actual work.

    Not the decision makers aka "the management".
  • Blood_again
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    My nickname is Blood_again, and I support the developers too
    (choir: hello blood_again)
    Guys, we feel your pain about working with all that legacy code.
    You are real heroes who keep it alive despite everything. Keep it up!
  • SummersetCitizen
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    Devs at this studio fail upward into higher roles.

    I am not grateful for their stagnated, lazy approach to the game.

    The only team right now worth their weight is marketing for selling the turd sandwich of “Seasons of the Worm Cult” as something much grander than it is.
  • SneaK
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII

    Why, because some dev's wife is understandably upset that her husband (the dev) gets a lot of abuse?

    ZOS should have never let that happen, combat design specifically in PvP has been an issue for a long long time and this is the sentiment ZOS forward faces with, it’s absurd and hasn’t changed for a long time. Wrobel was a mess but at least he tried (in many wrong ways), currently there is no comms about even trying and this video shows why, they don’t have any “sympathy” towards that part of their community because they refuse to look inward. When it comes to balance and PvP, they have no respect for that entire community, so the players have no reason to show respect to them.
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  • AngryPenguin
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII

    Why, because some dev's wife is understandably upset that her husband (the dev) gets a lot of abuse?

    She wouldn't have responded the way she did if the person and the parrot sitting next to her didn't share her opinion. That's the problem. Well, that and everything we see in game supports the belief that PvP is not something ZOS likes supporting.
  • redlink1979
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    Thanks to all of you involved in the game development
    ON-misc-Development_Team.jpg

    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Development_Team
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  • Rohamad_Ali
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    Maybe we should hold everyone to account together. It's a big team and when they win they all enjoy the success. Should be the same when they fail. Time to grow up and stop pretending they are different.
  • lostineternity
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    I lost a huge part of respect towards eso developers years ago, after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSDxjJ15YII

    Why, because some dev's wife is understandably upset that her husband (the dev) gets a lot of abuse?

    Please explain me how the question about pvp zone was an abuse and why do you think thank mocking a part of you playerbase is considered normal behavior?
    Edited by lostineternity on November 13, 2025 7:29PM
  • ZOS_Hadeostry
    Hi All,

    While the intention of the thread is great, we have noticed some of the comments are either targeting an employee or disparaging of the Development Team. So we are going to close the thread down for now.
    Edited by ZOS_Hadeostry on November 13, 2025 9:25PM
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