Sneak Preview at some PTS U51 Items

ZOS_Kevin · July 31

Hi All. With Update 51 PTS coming next Monday, just wanted to share a few items to look forward to. We'll have full notes (currently 39 pages in a word doc) available on Monday with more details on said items.

Gem of Agility drop rate increased.
Long requested options for Video Effects (VFX) Intensity. Reduce or increase the glow factor!
There will be Battle Spirit adjustments. Looking forward to your feedback here.
Customizable HUD options will be available for testing
As mentioned in Nick's letter, 3-team battlegrounds will return. However, if you are a fan of 2-team, those options will still be in place as well.
New medals have been added to all Battleground types, rewarding players who grant players damage shields, major and minor buffs, and major and minor debuffs.

Hope everyone has a good weekend! Going back to finish patch notes up:

Zallion · July 31

Kevin you’re the GOAT. Thank you

LunaFlora · July 31

Long requested options for Video Effects (VFX) Intensity. Reduce or increase the glow factor!

Thank you so much! ♥
i am very happy that is in update 51 and extra excited for Monday now

Radiate77 · July 31

Big fan of the new medal types! Thanks Kevin.

Flaminir · July 31

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hope everyone has a good weekend! Going back to finish patch notes up:

Ahem... Patch Notes?

Surely you mean....

ApoAlaia · July 31

Flaminir wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hope everyone has a good weekend! Going back to finish patch notes up:

Ahem... Patch Notes?

Surely you mean....

Natch potes?

ApoAlaia · July 31

LunaFlora wrote: »

Long requested options for Video Effects (VFX) Intensity. Reduce or increase the glow factor!

Thank you so much! ♥
i am very happy that is in update 51 and extra excited for Monday now

Thanks Z'en.

Finally, stacking on boss without a welding hood! \o/

Erickson9610 · July 31

Thank you for letting us select either 2-team or 3-team BGs! We'll be able to see all of them more frequently, and I think that's a good thing.

AdonisJorge · July 31

Good things, loved the new medals rewarding other playstyles on BG

React · July 31

Battle spirit adjustments will be interesting, it's something we've been asking for going on years now - definitely one of the easiest ways to separate PVP and PVE balancing. Really glad to see work being done here despite everything else going on. Will definitely get on the PTS next week to test and provide feedback.

Happy to see 3 team coming back - I think that format just works better for how ESO plays. The 3 team maps are undeniably better than the two team maps too - arcane university, mor khazgur, etc. I'm not sure it is a good idea to keep the other formats alongside 4v4v4 though - the game really doesn't seem to have the population to support splitting the queue even further like that. Maybe if it's just 4v4v4 and 8v8, I don't know.

Radiate77 · July 31

React wrote: »

Battle spirit adjustments will be interesting, it's something we've been asking for going on years now - definitely one of the easiest ways to separate PVP and PVE balancing. Really glad to see work being done here despite everything else going on. Will definitely get on the PTS next week to test and provide feedback.

Happy to see 3 team coming back - I think that format just works better for how ESO plays. The 3 team maps are undeniably better than the two team maps too - arcane university, mor khazgur, etc. I'm not sure it is a good idea to keep the other formats alongside 4v4v4 though - the game really doesn't seem to have the population to support splitting the queue even further like that. Maybe if it's just 4v4v4 and 8v8, I don't know.

Just couldn’t help yourself with that edit, could you?

4v4 is incredibly popular on Xbox NA, not sure what the demographic looks like on PC but queues pop in minutes 24/7.

If splitting the population kills 4v4v4 on impact, then it wasn’t popular to begin with, contrary to your opinion piece about what does and does not fit ESO PvP.

Cyrodiil and Imperial City are the least played content in all of ESO, both of which are 3 team, when we last had permanent 3 team BGs on Xbox NA, queue times were up to a half hour and even trials see better engagement yet they require a full 12-man team to coordinate, why is that?

tomofhyrule · July 31

Thank you Kevin! It’s so nice to get some fun hints of what’s to come.

I know the effects toggle will be popular, and I would hope the combat balances can be done with battle spirit to prevent the standard “PvE got nerfed because of PvP” or vice versa.

(I’d also love it if someone could nudge Wheeler to divulge some tasty tidbits to hold us over until we get the next Refresh…)

IncultaWolf · July 31

I remember a dev mentioning reducing movement/sprint speed via battlespirit a while back, I wonder if these changes will include that.

CameraBeardThePirate · July 31

React wrote: »

Battle spirit adjustments will be interesting, it's something we've been asking for going on years now - definitely one of the easiest ways to separate PVP and PVE balancing. Really glad to see work being done here despite everything else going on. Will definitely get on the PTS next week to test and provide feedback.

Happy to see 3 team coming back - I think that format just works better for how ESO plays. The 3 team maps are undeniably better than the two team maps too - arcane university, mor khazgur, etc. I'm not sure it is a good idea to keep the other formats alongside 4v4v4 though - the game really doesn't seem to have the population to support splitting the queue even further like that. Maybe if it's just 4v4v4 and 8v8, I don't know.

If some of the rumors I've heard are true, they *could* be making a combined 6v6v6 and 9v9 queue, then leaving 4v4.

Wuuffyy · July 31

Any idea if we can remove ‘armor pots’ (for example Mudcrab Chitin, Mountain Flower, Bugloss) from the game (or combine the effects and rework to minor/major resolve, etc.)?

I know there are upcoming alchemy changes and I really don’t want unique pots giving 5280 (the old armor value) as a unique buff- at least not in PvP.

AScarlato · July 31

My Awesomes can be bought with cute cat gifs.

Wuuffyy · July 31

AScarlato wrote: »

My Awesomes can be bought with cute cat gifs.

HM will this get me:

Edit: also, thank you for the update! I’m choosing to remain optimistic for the ‘battle spirit changes’

Wuuffyy · July 31

React wrote: »

Battle spirit adjustments will be interesting, it's something we've been asking for going on years now - definitely one of the easiest ways to separate PVP and PVE balancing. Really glad to see work being done here despite everything else going on. Will definitely get on the PTS next week to test and provide feedback.

Happy to see 3 team coming back - I think that format just works better for how ESO plays. The 3 team maps are undeniably better than the two team maps too - arcane university, mor khazgur, etc. I'm not sure it is a good idea to keep the other formats alongside 4v4v4 though - the game really doesn't seem to have the population to support splitting the queue even further like that. Maybe if it's just 4v4v4 and 8v8, I don't know.

I feel like a good mix would be-

4v4s remain (as is now, of course)

4v4v4 permanent except that it’s ‘8v8s weekend’ every other weekend (so alternating weekends).

*despite personally believing that 4v4v4s are the superior type of BGs for me (and despite all the glossed-over flaws of differing variety)-

I believe the monotony (in some capacity) does lead, in part, to a type of queue fallout for this mode. Hence why I am primarily suggesting alternating the two types as mentioned above on a regular occurrence.

All this, should ‘queue issues’ occur with one or both.

AScarlato · 12:16AM

Wuuffyy wrote: »

AScarlato wrote: »

My Awesomes can be bought with cute cat gifs.

HM will this get me:

Edit: also, thank you for the update! I’m choosing to remain optimistic for the ‘battle spirit changes’

Well earned.

elven.were_wolf · 12:31AM

Anything new regarding the drop rates of Heavily played tribute cards and scraps of the spearhead’s colors drop change increasing? As of now the drop chance is so low doing the daily ToT quest on multiple characters daily ;-;

Prionyx · 2:20AM

Battle spirit adjustments? This sounds very promising

SilverBride · 2:37AM

Long requested options for Video Effects (VFX) Intensity. Reduce or increase the glow factor!

Major_Toughness · 9:51AM

I mean 4v4 was DOA and hasn't had any popularity uptake since. The 4v4v4 maps were also way better than any of the 4v4 and 8v8 maps.

Even though objective modes are a snoozefest, 8v8 is a better format for those than 4v4v4.

So there should be a 8v8 objective queue, and 4v4v4 DM queue. No need to segregate further than that.

robwolf666 · 10:08AM

Didn't know @ZOS_Kevin was an Alfiq! 🤔

ZOS_Icy · 10:31AM

Greetings,

We have recently removed some unnecessary off-topic back and forth from this thread. This is a reminder to keep the discussion civil and constructive. Please keep our Community Rules in mind moving forward.

The Elder Scrolls Online Team

CalamityCat · 12:22PM

A huge thanks for the Battlegrounds love, and the VFX options.

This one is impressed you typed 39 pages with no thumbs and such small paws. Bravo!

LalMirchi · 12:41PM

Many Thanks Kevin!

Haenk · 2:12PM

SilverBride wrote: »

Long requested options for Video Effects (VFX) Intensity. Reduce or increase the glow factor!

Certainly one of the most annoying things - running around in a dark dungeon, only to be completely blinded by someone running around with some glowing sprite floating around him.
Next thing I request as an option: Remove or heavily reduce other peoples' visual and audible effects that are not battle-related. This became increasingly annoying over the years, too. If you need a supernova effect to mount your horse, fine. But just keep it to yourself.

CaiWenji · 5:24PM

Yes! I prefer 8v8 but also enjoy the occasional 3 team matches. I was worried 8v8 battlegrounds was going away with Nick's announcement letter. I am so glad that they will both be here simultaneously!