People being willing to work unpaid and on their offtime to gather information needed to improve the game experience should be appluaded.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »People being willing to work unpaid and on their offtime to gather information needed to improve the game experience should be appluaded.
No. Absolutely not. Such people should have more experienced people that care for them explain why placing work above their own needs will cause them serious harm in the long run. It is not laudable to work longer hours for free (and in many cases, it may even violate federal law).
Such efforts, wrongly seen as dedication by the uninformed is not sustainable and diminishes the quality of work for the company and the quality of life for the individual.
Any company that actually cares for its workers would absolutely find this to be counter-productive and prohibit it's people from doing it.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »People being willing to work unpaid and on their offtime to gather information needed to improve the game experience should be appluaded.
No. Absolutely not. Such people should have more experienced people that care for them explain why placing work above their own needs will cause them serious harm in the long run. It is not laudable to work longer hours for free (and in many cases, it may even violate federal law).
Such efforts, wrongly seen as dedication by the uninformed is not sustainable and diminishes the quality of work for the company and the quality of life for the individual.
Any company that actually cares for its workers would absolutely find this to be counter-productive and prohibit it's people from doing it.
I can personally vouch that he operated on me on his dining room table last week. And so far no bill... so at least once I guess.BadgerRider1 wrote: »
I think only Jessica can decide what is a good balance for herself. None of us are her mommy... I think.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »
I can personally vouch that he operated on me on his dining room table last week. And so far no bill... so at least once I guess.BadgerRider1 wrote: »
jdroebuckb16_ESO wrote: »For my sins I've read every post on this thread. Even the TLDR ones that had walls of text critting my eyes for 3000hp instagib.
It's a fascinating debate. My summarised conclusions:
5. Templars (my class) are still woefully underpowered.
jdroebuckb16_ESO wrote: »For my sins I've read every post on this thread. Even the TLDR ones that had walls of text critting my eyes for 3000hp instagib.
It's a fascinating debate. My summarised conclusions:
1. ER seem a decent guild doing their best for the game, albeit with some members a little aloof and arrogant in their posting ways.
2. The fact a dev safeguarded a guild name does worry me, that shouldn't happen, regardless of how trolling the other guildmaster was. Unless there is a reserve feature for all, its always been a name reserve race for all games.
3. Perception is more important than reality. Therefore the fact this debate exists shows something is wrong somewhere.
4. The root cause of the issue is a lack of communication by ZOS, such that its bred a feeling of inequality. This needs addressing soon.
5. Templars (my class) are still woefully underpowered.
I'm sure my feedback will fade away amongst the myriad of angry tirades but it's taken with no bias against either side.
Either way, we have some philosophical differences. Nothing new there. Almost everyone in my circle of family/friends can't handle 18hr workdays. Not everyone should be able to really. But those of us who can and do... do.
On topic though - I fail to see how needing to balance the game, and spending some off time gathering additional feedback is a horrible thing. Hell, I'd love to save lives at home. Relaxing at my desk, while partaking of my favorite beer and a steak. That would be awesome!
Make it so number one!
The more i read these forums the more i really wish that the forums would automatically post info of in game characters of all the people who post so we could see all these whiners and how much they actually accomplished in the game and if their opinions are even deserving to be listened to.
jdroebuckb16_ESO wrote: »For my sins I've read every post on this thread. Even the TLDR ones that had walls of text critting my eyes for 3000hp instagib.
It's a fascinating debate. My summarised conclusions:
5. Templars (my class) are still woefully underpowered.
I respect your ninja skills.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »Either way, we have some philosophical differences. Nothing new there. Almost everyone in my circle of family/friends can't handle 18hr workdays. Not everyone should be able to really. But those of us who can and do... do.
On topic though - I fail to see how needing to balance the game, and spending some off time gathering additional feedback is a horrible thing. Hell, I'd love to save lives at home. Relaxing at my desk, while partaking of my favorite beer and a steak. That would be awesome!
Make it so number one!
Philosophical differences aside, I do appreciate and thank you for the work that you do. You help save lives, and that is laudable in anyone's book! Thank you!
My aside to Jessica was after my comments on what I wanted community managers to do and was meant to be a cautionary word from a very experienced person from the corporate world.
I admire dedication to work, and balancing the game, fixing broken things is surely important to those who come here to find some measure of relaxed recreation, but I don't want to see her (or anyone) caught up, to the point of personal detriment, in doing so.
You are so very correct in stating that most of us can't/shouldn't do the 18 hour days....but sometimes it is necessary (Police/military/medical)......I just don't see community manager of a game as being one of those positions.
I am adding @ZOS_JessicaFolsom
to this post since I DO represent a part of the ESO playerbase who are playing ESO and understood what type of game it is.
Sadly I think the reason why the DEVS looks elsewhere then these forums for feedback is that "we" very seldom neither supply accurate nor ESO game feedback.
What you find as complaints on ESO forums are whiners that wants to make ESO into WoW or another personal favorite game of the user, who has only suggestions about making characters or skills more powerful. Total fantasies about "how ESO should be".
NOTHNG like "Good work on balancing"
"We can see the improvements, but what about this X?"
And this community sadly isn't worth mentioning how few actually are PLAYING the game. Some have rushed to highest level, missed the whole game and whines, then hopefully quits.
The rest makes up complaint after complaint about things Zenimax never said anything about being in game. Simply put, most forum users on these ESO forums have their own little idea what eso "should" be, instead of understanding what TYPE of MMO it is.
Of course the DEVS can not take us seriously if we complain that for example EVE online should stop making ships and play on a planet instead........totally different game!
I am sorry, but ESO was built years before any of you here even started to dream up complaint after complaint. You do not have a leg to stand on if you claim ESO needs this and that feature from YOUR personal view, to make everything easy to survive. NO THEY DONT!
EVEN when the mods communicates so well, which I've never seen in any MMO before, "we" answer with more nagging. ESO provides a complete list of WHAT TO COME IN A FUTURE PATCH. Every MMO releases the patch when its done, not before.
Zenimax is giving us loads of information, and how do we respond?
"what numbers are there...to little info...why isn't my skill buffed, why cant you take away all the classes. You nerfed one vastly overpowered skill so I quit!"
Complete and utter useless information for Zenimax to even start to base improvements on.
And please compare Zenimax to most other MMOs when it comes to show what the short - medium and long term plan is.
NOT even the giant WoW does that. They release SOME info about the next upcoming expansion, which in EVERY case has changed one way or the other.
STILL, Zenimax is here, monitoring ours forums and scans for actual helpful feedback, which is someone who got through the flamers who love to post negative thing, and outright took the information, acted on it and BOM, Fix/effect. There already are several examples where Zenimax have taken our feedback and improved both the forums and the game with it.
It probebly takes 10 more people to get any useful feedback from us here, then communicating with guilds or other sites that states their feedback in a way where Zenimax can decide if this is needed and add it to their work.
If you would talk about ANY favoritism, then its the users on these forums, where 90% never really have any interest in playing ESO, but want a skyrim with WoW, or some RP FPS game?!?!?!
I am glad that Zenimax seeks information whereever they can get it, so they work on the "right" path.
For the few of you who have logged into ESO this week, and are not blind, then you have noticed an vast increase in players, all over Tamriel, EXCEPT in Graglorn, because the players who do enjoy ESO, PLAYS the game.....they dont grind it, half-cheat by following google maps and get to high level IN A WEEK!!!!
Of course the first end game isn't fully done already. It will be under the coming month when more and more REAL ESO players reaching higher levels.
When we as ESO community on ESOs own forums starts to act like players who do feedback bugs/suggestions etc, and dont get a sudden memory loss about ALL the good work Zenimax have done with the game already. THEN we will get more attention......
Zenimax have shown us a plan, they sticking to it, ONLY to change priority if a major problem occurs. Like Cyrodiil lag, which they are working on.
If we do a search among the most common word on these forums among the same 50 or so users, it will come up with 2 words. Unsub and FTP.
I hope Zenimax keeps this very good communication to us players who wants a working game and who wants to help. Most of us have sent in several bug reports and reported ever single Bot/goldfarmer spam there was.
Which BTW, are almost gone from ESO. How can that be.....the game is active with players? The battle Zenimax doing against goldsellers and the fact that the ESO TYPE of player is NOT a goldbuyer. We LIKE to earn things in game. We ENJOY playing the game and finding that skyshard. No way we would pay someone else for that??!?!
IF you have any interest in improving ESO as the game it IS, then stop the constant bickering among eachother, come up with what is not working....NOT WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD NOT BE OR BE IN THE GAME.
ESO have a great potential to become a long term, very enjoyable MMO, but as Zenimax have stated themselves, they need us to help them on the right path.
My own list what needs to work:
- Cyrodiil lag problem
- Connection problem for players
- Education in what ESO is and that its NOT dangerous to ask someone to group up!
- Keep to their plan, with flexible time when to add what.
- Fixes of bugs - never ends for any MMO
- Balancing - Never ends for ANY MMO with some sort of PvP in it.
Most important, GIVE THEM A BREAK AND LET THEM WORK!
Best regards
Cogo - Kurnn Hatemachine of the guild Nephilim in service of the Ebonheart Pact
Phantorang wrote: »
Please NERF this Wall of Text.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »Phantorang wrote: »
Please NERF this Wall of Text.
LOL....I agree! But, as an aside, quoting the wall in it's entirety probably isn't helping matters.
The more i read these forums the more i really wish that the forums would automatically post info of in game characters of all the people who post so we could see all these whiners and how much they actually accomplished in the game and if their opinions are even deserving to be listened to.
There is a reason for a legal drinking age and for voting and for getting a drives licence and so on. Some lvl 10 posing about how pvp is not balanced or w/e and plz nerf everything! Should be laughed at not listened to!
In several other games i was able to search and find in game accounts of the most vocal people on forums and wasn't surprised when i discovered that over half of them didn't even play the game. The only reason they even had a game account was just so they can sit on forums and rage all day about pretty much anything while constantly refreshing the page as if this was FB and they were checking responses on their new status change.
Anyways, all that being said, Zos does try to talk to everyone i mean i can actually think of about 5 guilds just of the top of my head and only about 2 could be counted as elite or w/e. But yes some players are more knowledgeable than others and they do ask those players and those guilds about some complicated things.
Here is an example
Zos - "Hey guys have you seen that perma invisibility bug that is often caused by the invis bats swarm morph and do you know by chance exactly what triggers it?"
Guild "yes we have this one player who uses that morph lets ask him"
player "blah blah is whats causing it i'm pretty sure, i have tested it extensively"
Zos "ok we'll check it out"
And that's about how it goes, and nobody comes into guild voice chat to give out some secret info. As far as game mechanics go - some of us spend countless hours testing different skills and weapon sets and w/e to figure things out and yes we will know more about that stuff than other people because we took our time to find out.
BadgerRider1 wrote: »The more i read these forums the more i really wish that the forums would automatically post info of in game characters of all the people who post so we could see all these whiners and how much they actually accomplished in the game and if their opinions are even deserving to be listened to.
So, you are suggesting that you have to have accomplished a lot in this game in order to be listened to?
What do you mean by accomplished? What is a lot?
What if I am a master craftsman of all crafts but never have completed a trial?
What if I have played every class up to 50 but have never done pvp?
What if I am tops of pvp but have never done a quest over level 10 or a public dungeon?
What if I've never figured out a spec or rotation on my own, but just "read it somewhere"?
What if I'm part of the top trials team or achieved a worlds first, but had my guildies tell me how to spec/play?
What if?
You! Are what's wrong with this game!
They have been saying that since the first state of the game address, it's still not happening.Stonesthrow wrote: »Jess says they are going to work at communicating with the community more in the coming weeks, give her the benefit of the doubt.
andreas.rudroffb16_ESO wrote: »leave ER alone, they have done a great job for both Zeni and the Community and invested alot of UNPAID time in testing....
blame Zeni ....
ER made so much suggestions that would improve the game, but none/near to non was realised
I do not think anyone here is blaming ER, at least that is not what I have gathered. I completely agree that the fault lies solely with ZOS.
As in real life you wouldn't ask a guy at a McDonnalds drive though for legal advise. In game you should also know what sort of game related credentials people have when they post about in game issues.