Blackreach is Back. What happened?

JohnRingo · June 20

So... Blackreach is back. What happened? Just a few weeks ago the ZOS messaging seemed clear, consolidate Cyrodiil around Grey Host and the new permanent Vengeance campaign. Now Blackreach has reappeared, which raises some interesting questions. Did Vengeance fail to attract the population ZOS expected? Is Blackreach being used for Grey Host overflow and queue issues? Before Update 50, a number of players argued that Grey Host, Blackreach, and Vengeance should coexist rather than eliminating Blackreach entirely. If Blackreach is truly returning as a standard Grey Host ruleset campaign, I can't help but wonder whether this is an early sign that player demand for traditional Cyro is stronger than expected (read: Vengeance fail). Curious what everyone else thinks. Do you see Blackreach as a temporary experiment, a Grey Host overflow campaign, or something else entirely?

Turtle_Bot · June 20

I can't find the source, but I do recall that ZOS stated they would keep an eye on the campaign populations, queue times, etc. and potentially bring back a secondary non-vengeance campaign.

There's been a lot of threads created about the queue times to get into GH since U50 launched, so it doesn't surprise me that BR is back.

My guess is BR is going to be the default "overflow" campaign for non-vengeance PvPers, at least until the new mid-sized mode ZOS is developing is released, then BR may be disabled again to see if that mode is enough for the GH overflow.

Nordstern · June 20

Everybody knew that Vengeance would fail and ZOS clearly communicated that they will closely monitor queues and act accordingly. So it's no surprise that they brought Blackreach back, even tho im positively surprised it was so fast. Well done.