I Don't LIke The Night Market Update

TiberiusZolcor · May 8

I am going to go out, and say I dislike the Night Market update a lot because almost all if not all of the Golden Pursuit objectives require gathering a group for the new zone, and fighting mobs that take hits like damage sponges, and hit like diesel trucks in a zone where Zone chat is mostly at zero, and being forced to join a Guild may be your only option of getting help from people.

What I'm really trying to say is I liked it better when there were updates where you can solo Golden Pursuits with some ease at least, and not be completely blocked off by raid strength bosses in the Night Market for example while also be ghosted when calling for help in Zone chat.

I think the devs did this Update to appease the PvPers complaining over Cyrodiil and Imperial City gankers and classes mostly. That's my honest opinion.

spartaxoxo · May 8

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

Gabriel_H · May 8

Only the skirmishes come close to "raid strength". The others are much weaker, and all bosses hit for significanly less than their dungeon/overland counterparts.

Rkindaleft · May 8

Not quite sure why you believe Cyrodiil has anything to do with this? This is a PvE update targeted at people who enjoy group content in PvE (and is even starting to grow in popularity with the casuals/soloists as they realize grouping can sometimes be fun too).

I am not sure why people keep saying there are no groups. Even on console PS/NA there's 15+ listings for Night Market even on weekday evenings and once you join one of them it takes hardly any time at all for it to fill up completely.

spartaxoxo · May 8

Gabriel_H wrote: »

Only the skirmishes come close to "raid strength". The others are much weaker, and all bosses hit for significanly less than their dungeon/overland counterparts.

Nah. Incineration Beetles off the top of my head definitely harder in the market. Or at least feel the way lol

MasterSpatula · May 9

I've had a lot more fun running around in there with two friends than I ever did with a full raid group PUG, mainly because PUGs are full of people with wildly different objectives, and it's not really easy to convince them to wait around while you find some quest objective (especially since the quest objectives are so hard to find that they can take several minutes even though you know you're right on top of them).

That said, getting into a large PUG group hasn't been hard, at least during peak hours, and you can eventually get most everything you want to do done that way.

TiberiusZolcor · May 9

spartaxoxo wrote: »

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

That's an issue for me since I'm a solo player as well as a Guildless player. I would have to send a Whisper to random players in the Night Market just to ask whether they are in a farming group for that kind of content, and that could eventually get tiring after a while.

DenverRalphy · May 9

TiberiusZolcor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

That's an issue for me since I'm a solo player as well as a Guildless player. I would have to send a Whisper to random players in the Night Market just to ask whether they are in a farming group for that kind of content, and that could eventually get tiring after a while.

Or you could just use the Group Finder and pick one with a similar goal. Or start one yourself in group finder if none of the descriptions match what you're looking for. The group finder hasn't seen so much traffic in ESO, ever. Wildly popular right now.

Nemesis7884 · May 9

TiberiusZolcor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

That's an issue for me since I'm a solo player as well as a Guildless player. I would have to send a Whisper to random players in the Night Market just to ask whether they are in a farming group for that kind of content, and that could eventually get tiring after a while.

You will be in a group and have fun with the group finder within 30 seconds.

Ishtarknows · May 9

You can put LFG (looking for group) in the zone chat instead of whispering. Most groups that are not full will invite you along.

katanagirl1 · May 9

I used LFG in the zone at first because I forgot about the group finder. You get picked up sometimes, most of the time people are too busy fighting to check text chat.

Group finder is working very well. Groups fill up fast, unless they have a very vague title. If you put in a highly specific task name they fill quickly.

spartaxoxo · May 9

TiberiusZolcor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

That's an issue for me since I'm a solo player as well as a Guildless player. I would have to send a Whisper to random players in the Night Market just to ask whether they are in a farming group for that kind of content, and that could eventually get tiring after a while.

Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

Trust me. It will change everything for you. You don't need to whisper anyone. You don't need to shout in zone chat. You don't need a guild or large friend group. Just use the group finder. There's tons of players just like you in it. You'll have a group in few minutes at a slow time and within seconds at prime time.

Thormar · May 9

OP, as others have said, GF is your friend.
https://i.ibb.co/vx23KBY2/NM-Group-Finder.jpg

SundarahFr3akinrican · May 9

TiberiusZolcor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

There are no guilds necessary. There's tons of groups in the group finder, it's literally an unprecedented amount of activity for that tool.

To use the group finder go to Open Main Menu> Activity Finder > Group Finder

The reason there's not a lot of people using zone chat is because they are in group chat, either with pickup groups or guild groups.

That's an issue for me since I'm a solo player as well as a Guildless player. I would have to send a Whisper to random players in the Night Market just to ask whether they are in a farming group for that kind of content, and that could eventually get tiring after a while.

Did you read what he said? about using the Group finder? Theres always listings. You dont need a guild or need to whisper.

Silaf · May 9

I'm having a lot of fun.

Finally new content that isen't a reskinned endevor with another name.

Malprave · May 9

Group finder

Treeshka · May 9

I have been running a lot of group finder made groups. It is fun. While i understand this new content does not include entirely solo friendly quests and overland zone but even developers they have said that they are testing new things.

TiberiusZolcor · May 10

I will try this Group Finder mechanic then to see how it works.

SundarahFr3akinrican · May 10

Maybe when going into an event zone, ZOS can direct people to the group finder the first time they enter?

IV_Deity · 2:06AM

TiberiusZolcor wrote: »

I am going to go out, and say I dislike the Night Market update a lot because almost all if not all of the Golden Pursuit objectives require gathering a group for the new zone, and fighting mobs that take hits like damage sponges, and hit like diesel trucks in a zone where Zone chat is mostly at zero, and being forced to join a Guild may be your only option of getting help from people.

What I'm really trying to say is I liked it better when there were updates where you can solo Golden Pursuits with some ease at least, and not be completely blocked off by raid strength bosses in the Night Market for example while also be ghosted when calling for help in Zone chat.

I think the devs did this Update to appease the PvPers complaining over Cyrodiil and Imperial City gankers and classes mostly. That's my honest opinion.

Use the group finder...it's really not that hard. Do you complain about trials? Veteran dungeons? These things take groups to complete.