Dueling Mat: Crown Store Item - U50 PTS Concern

rhythmsuji · June 6

Greetings! Tagging @ZOS_Kevin in hopes to get this relayed.
As some players have already reported this a while back such as @Icy , and I wanted to potentially aid in getting eyes on it since I don't think it has been formally acknowledged from what ive seen.

The Bug: Duel Mats are no longer invisible when flipped upside down while decorating with them in player homes.

Primary Concern: There is a growing concern about the crown store Dueling Mats in the housing community, as over time it has become very staple in many builds for an entirely different purpose than dueling or anything combat related. The mats $ value increased greatly when it was discovered to be completely invisible when flipped and thus created a glass/invisible floor scenario and expanded a ton of build opportunities to all of our creative players. This pack being equal to 4,000-5,000 crowns of $30-$40 per pack.

Some homes completely depend on this feature of the mats, and many players spent quite a bit of money loading crowns to buy a set or many sets.

We will soon see if this is purely a PTS bug, but I am concerned it will actually go live with this change and we can have avoidable upset amongst the housing community. And potentially some demands for refunds if the item they purchased no longer has the features they purchased the pack for.

It would be fantastic if we could get confirmation that this is on the teams radar, or even better yet that it is resolved or will not be a problem when the patch goes live.

Thank you for your time!

-ESO Feanor

Icy · June 6

Thank you for boosting this!!

Icy · June 6

This is the post with bug report details as well @ZOS_Kevin ^_^

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8477716#Comment_8477716

Xenagreen53 · June 6

Could there be an item which intentionally creates an invisible floor? Or maybe even a multi sized pack for different needs to replace these mats, and then an acceptance of refund support tickets for these duel mats?

Gabriel_H · June 8

rhythmsuji wrote: »

The Bug: Duel Mats are no longer invisible when flipped upside down while decorating with them in player homes.

I get your overall point, but to flag this as a bug isn't going to get anywhere because it isn't a bug, it's a bug fix.

There are many items I'd like to see ZOS add to housing, such as landscape pieces that are as big as something like the Skull antiquity from the NM (it would save an awful lot of item space), or a pair of portals to allow for teleportation through the house, more see-through windows/glass or indeed invisible paths that can be walked on.

Sythen88411 · June 8

How about making the dueling mat work for what its intended for as well. If you go to high off the ground all skills go under and knock backs and charm set the person under the mat as well.

rhythmsuji · June 8

Gabriel_H wrote: »

rhythmsuji wrote: »

The Bug: Duel Mats are no longer invisible when flipped upside down while decorating with them in player homes.

I get your overall point, but to flag this as a bug isn't going to get anywhere because it isn't a bug, it's a bug fix.

There are many items I'd like to see ZOS add to housing, such as landscape pieces that are as big as something like the Skull antiquity from the NM (it would save an awful lot of item space), or a pair of portals to allow for teleportation through the house, more see-through windows/glass or indeed invisible paths that can be walked on.

If it was intentional I could definitely see that, but the unfortunate thing there is how many years it worked like this and is a cash shop item. This is partially in hopes to help many of the housing community who I know use it for very cool builds, but also to avoid very avoidable bad PR for selling cash shop items and then later changing them in ways which devalue them.

I would like this, and things you requested. This should probably be an easy thing to revert though and should not take much resources, just want to make sure they were aware.

rhythmsuji · June 8

Sythen88411 wrote: »

How about making the dueling mat work for what its intended for as well. If you go to high off the ground all skills go under and knock backs and charm set the person under the mat as well.

Agreed, it should not be buggy. Though I will say, that tends to happen with any surface which is not the "native land" in the house. It might be a much larger coding issue to resolve, or could even not be possible in the system due to how they built it. But I am not sure.