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I finally reached 10k faction points. I see no reason to enter the NM ever again
>>2504781I never entered it at all
GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 25
What champion armor does the dragonknight use on the character creation screen? Every source seems to say it's the ivory brigade set but that doesn't have the fur around the top and the shoulders are too high
>>2506527from your pic I recognize the chest part being 'Ebonsteel Knight' and the shoulder one is 'Thane of Falkreath'
the new overland "difficulty" is stupid as fuck. the time you waste with this shit would be better off farming easier stuff faster. this is such a dumb thing to focus on and 95% of this player base won't even do it
>>2506658no idea why there are so many players looking forward to taking more time to beat enemies
>>2506555Ah thank you so much anon! I guess I just overlooked it
>vengeance and veterancy in 2 weeksI can't wait to get back into the PiV community
Only blatant fanservice can save this game, no, the whole franchise.
Found a type of merchant that sells a bunch of blue skill styles for DKhttps://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Stylemasters
>>2508518did you forget that this franchise belongs to microsoft now?
>>2509076So, fanart via Bing AI?
>dk gets a rework and is now overpowered as shit>class masteries are going to make dk even more bullshitfuck this
>>2510328I'm playing a DK character right now and it feels the same way it was before the rework
>>2510400then you are just awful, nigga
>>2510328The pts changes are locked in and not only did it not get stronger, some things have actually been nerfed. Its not going to be the default top dps anymore. As of right now with u50 its actually being seen as more of a support option than anything. I'd hardly call that overpowered.
>>2511621How's necro on PTS?
and why the fuck did they make shields scale off max health. who is running this ship these days because they are even fucking dumber than before>>2511621you get major protection and major berserk when using your ulti. that's absolutely nuts. it has that passive that buffs landslide by 100% damage plus gives you healing increase which is just short of major vitality that stacks with major vitality. it's fucking obscene you won't even need to build damage sets or sustain on dk
and if magsorc even gets a fraction of the buffs dk has gotten the bitch tears will never end. WHY THE FUCK DID THEY NERF MY MAGE'S WRATH YOU FUCKING NIGGERS. HOW IS IT ANY DIFFERENT THAN TEMPLAR BEAM AND NIGHTBLADE EXECUTE? FUCK YOU, YOU RUINED MY CLASS
Sometimes, when khajiit and argonian girls are checking some menu or editing their outfit, I position my camera in such an angle that allows me to focus on their asses or look at their panties if they are wearing skirts.
>>2510328nah fuck you, magdk has been shit for 9 years. i deserve this for my loyal waiting.
>>2512237One of the stronger specs currently. at least stamcro is.Its st is strong, but its cleave is fucking crazy on pts. Both necro and nightblade are looking pretty spicy for u50.
>>2512416that ability is uselessat 20% health the enemy is already dead, no need for a execute
>>2513350you're not a magsorc player. it was useful because the entirety of magsorc was to set up combos. you drop haunting curse, whittle them down, geta frags proc, throw on wrath, streak in, curse goes off on second tick, hit with frags and another cast of your spammable, wrath finishes the job
but honestly i think i'm done with this game. subtrashing ruined the game, but what's worse is the light attack nerf. you don't even need to weave anymore to dps and one bar heavy attack builds are viable because 90% of eso's players are disabled subhumans. the game simply isn't fun anymore, all the skill, all the stuff that made it interesting is gone. what a joke
how do i make a pure necro healer
>>2514332you mean a healer that uses only necro abilities? that's not practical
>>2513758How is your gameplay experience made worse by other players having more options? They kick you out of trifectas?
>>2515206He's complaining about the devs nerfing his options though
>>2514393that doesnt matter
>>2513758I could understand if this was a PvP complaint but it literally makes no difference if the random pug can now hit higher dps, if anything it's an improvement.
my characters tits are too big and look retarded in redoran motif
>>2515206>PvEtroon never been one shot by a subclassing faggot >"why do YOU care that unbounded faggotry exists?"
>>2516193Yes it doesResto staff skills on average are way more effective at healing than class abilities. Not using those skills make your build suboptimal
>>2515206He's mad he is not as special as he thinks he is
>>2517104I have rank ~30 toons in every alliance, shit PvP balance and broken gank builds are not something brought on by subclassing. Either way, you've got 10 days before pure NB and pure Sorc are 1tapping you again like you prefer, if you happen to be one of those types assmad that you can't bring your troll tank or latest broken mythic to Vengeance.
>>2518543It existed before subclassing but subclassing made it one thousand times worse and narrowed the meta
>>2506454Ask him if the rent is free
>>2514332You can, by using:>WeaponsHealing staff>SkillsUnnerving Boneyardevery Living Death + Ult, excluding Expunge>SetsOakensoul RingSaxhleel ChampionSpell Power Cure + x1 boss pieceor x4 Crafty Alfiq + Symphony of Blades
>>2519591samefag here, forgot that the Ult is Glacial Colossus, instead of Renewing Animation. As you apply Major Vulnerability your allies also get Major Force due to Saxhleel Champion's set effect.
>>2519591>Oakensoulbased
>read a Morrowind fanfic set in Elsweyr>suddenly want to play the Elsweyr stories now
why can you make a 40k health, 38k resistances, 20k spell pen, 9000 weapon damage character with 2.3k stamina recovery and 2k magicka recovery? why is this allowed? oh and you're a stage 3 vampire. you are literally a cuck if you're playing anything else
>>2521476Don't forget to use your Balorgh and Pariah boosted stats as though they were on all the time.
>>2521576uses none of that and still achieves those numbers
>>2513758see you next week
Is niggmarket leaving next week? I haven't tried the fomo yet.
>tfw haven't played this in yearsI randomly thought about this game the other day and remembered the joy I felt posting in the generals in the summer playing the newly released Elsweyr chapter. The game, and this general, felt alive and fun and it's sad to see both are dying. Every now and then I get the urge to jump in but it always passes. Thank you for reading my blogpost and enjoy gaming frens.
>>2522488i remember this webbum from many years ago on /vg/. this game has gotten so bad, the dumbest diversity hire morons are now working on it. it's impressive how stupid these people are. i just recently came back a month ago and am just about to stop again, probably for good. the game is such a mess you wouldn't believe the details if i told you
>>2522509I made it when this general was very active on /vg/ and I bought the Amaya Lake Lodge and was showing off my Guar collection to everyone. It was fun then, the hype for future content was fun and the game still felt fresh. Last I checked it's just on the most pathetic form of life support now >the game is such a mess you wouldn't believe the details if i told youtell me
>>2522521capped the damage on light attacks so you no longer need to weave to do good dps yet somehow dps has inflated to an insane 170k at the high end. you have this beam attack on the new arcanist class that does 250k damage per cast and it's a beam, no weaving, you just sit there and drool over your keyboard. then they added the ability to combine skill lines from other classes at the expense of one of your skill lines and this has completely ruined pve and pvp. it's not hyperbole when i say that every class plays the exact same in optimal pve now and it's even worse in pvp. in pve every "class" is this aesthetically disgusting build of beam spam, laying down traps and using a two handed sword for the charge ability. it's so gross. they added a fucking card game no one cares about, they added a roguelite game mode no one cares about with the most obscene grind in the game, we're talking literally over 100 hours of grind here. then they got rid of daily logins and instead added a battlepass. they reworked dragon knight as the first in a plan to rework all classes to fix a problem they created with sub classing being overpowered and now dks are ruining pvp. this is the old tanky dps meta x100, no exaggeration here. you would have to look up how insane dk's abilities and skills are yourself, it's too much to go over here
>>2522585grim and depressing. It truly feels they're just doing anything now with zero money
>gifted the game to a friend since the game is on discountStarting to regret it a bit because the game is shit and it's not getting better. And I might have to babysit him considering this is his first mmo. Oh well at least I wont be so lonely playing and I wont hear him talking about trying WoW or FF14.
>>2522411read the OP nigga
i cant get my dk past 50k
I can't get my dick up.
>>2523911neither can I but that won't stop tards here from claiming that DK is the best dps class after the rework
The difficulty curve in this game is absurd. Any normal monster group poses no challenge when you're even decently well geared. But when you try to fight a world boss you get oneshot by convoluted mechanics, thus recquiring you to use completely different and expensive builds instead. No, I won't group up. I can't stand the subhuman playerbase.
>>2524285World bosses are just basic gear checks, if you have a mildly good build you'll be able to solo them, also, most "oneshots" are blockable or dodgeable so at that point it's a skill issue.If you don't wanna group up in a fucking MMO then that's a you problem.t. autist.
>>2513758>>2522585whatever this dumbass complains about is what makes the game even tolerable. go boast about your dps to your homosexuals guild mates. solo play is all that matters to me.>>2524340no, don't want to group up just because the developers decided that a you're not allowed to clear content without a party. besides, i was talking about the difficulty curve, not whining about bosses being too hard. i just did the queen's consort in morrowind and upon fighting wuyuvus i couldn't do anything. this had nothing to do with my skill as a player or coming in ill-prepared. being faced with an impossible task (bashing the enemy while you're stunned and and losing hp) during an ordinary fight is poor game design. it wasn't like the screen flashed before fighting it or like in other mmos where it's clear what enemy type you can tackle alone.
it's funny how dead this game is on a friday night. ran into my first pulse ganker in battlegrounds, total subhuman, couldn't figure out left from right, but it didn't stop him from instantly deleting me
Do brittle and major brittle count toward crit cap or these are count as extra damage done to the target?
>>2525560Yeah, they need all of their fingers broken off
No crown crates for June?Dead game...
>>2526905The new crate for U50 is on ESO Model Viewer, I imagine it drops early June and gets a separate article.I don't know why they're so stingy about rerunning crates but it looks like the new crate gets to sit in the clown store alone for a few weeks. The June 18th Golden Pursuits should have crown crate rewards though
>>2519591>>2519610Not that anon, but I'm gonna grab that build.
I decided to download Elder Scrolls Online & give it another chance tonight, took like 6 hours to download and patch. Made it through rooster island after doing all the objectives, it was okay i didn't skip the dialogue that was the best part! combat was sort of boring. Random high level escorting his friend ran up & gave me 100,000 Gold very useful.hopefully don't have to get too high a level for Night Market season 1 activityWhat action bar addon is a must have for new player, one that's always showing would be great it currently only appears during combat. Also be nice to have two rows
>>2528271you can enable your action bar to always show in the settings, i forget specifically where. you probably should start with the action duration mod which shows the time on your skills. i would disable pop ups on that mod
>>2526905they usually publish on the last day of the monthhttps://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69923
What was even the point of increasing the trasmute crystal limit from 500 to 1500?
>>2530555More stockpiling.
>>2519591>>2520102>1 bar healerWhy tho? It's the only role that needs a variety of purely situational skills and has no rotation aside from keeping up buffs
sorc? news?
Really, really want to like this game. Two weeks in, but goddamn the combat is so fucking bad.The environments and zone/faction stories are cool, the shit with the prophet/molag bal is pretty fucking lame and gay. None of that is really a problem, but goddamn the combat is BAD. Its such a zero friction snooze fest its pretty crazy.
>>2532043Not much they can realistically do about the floatyness at this point, but the newer animations do feel a bit snappier and the snoozefest part is getting fixed in about a week with difficulty options.
>>2532097>the snoozefest part is getting fixed in about a week with difficulty options"fixing" it by turning every enemy into a damage sponge
>>2530870He wanted a pure Necro, so I guess he gave him all in one bar.Oakensoul also packs Minor Mending, though.
>>2532125Yeah, because increased mob damage would be pointless if they still died to a stiff breeze. Player damage is so overkill that they won't even feel that spongy outside vestige.
>mounts can now swim and swim speed increases with mount speed increase>argonian swimming passive now completely useless>argonian's healing passive outdone by any race's 256 damage increasewhy are my liggers so weak? meanwhile nord is so blatantly overpowered with the most insane passives in the game. where's the balance?
>>2534565nord passives are useful mainly for tanks and nothing else
So if I understand well, there will be no more expansions or what? The last one I bought was Blackwood but I never really played enough to experience end game. Is it playable without the latest expansions?
>>2534565anon you know what power you need to get to hunt the nords.
>>2535672The chapter model was replaced with a seasonal one.If you already own an expansion, it will be playable until the day the servers shut down.
>>2535672next year is winterhold, but it's free, and theyre ditching the patterns they usually use to design zones
I wonder how ZoS will handle warden's rework. After seeing what they've done with DK I'm pretty excited for it.
rare male boethiah
>>2535737>>2535747I guess I will be giving it another go, when I played it I mostly treated it as a single player game really, and also made new characters constantly. Gonna try hitting max level and see what awaits there.
>>2536277Warden will be replaced with Cryomancer.Prepare yourself for icy animals and plants
I'm new to this but I saw you can be a werewolf or vampire, is there any reason to do either?
>>2537141werwolf about to be meta
>>2536277I'm guessing animals will get the higher apm kit while frost gets the channel. Maybe they'll give the other trees some tank morphs to make up for frost being split, give plants a self-healing spriggan or strangler pull or something. What I'm really curious about is the skill styles, if they follow DK's example we'll just get Lego neon orange but I'm hoping for more animal swaps. Worst thing about wardens has always been the schizo thematics and styles could easily fix that.>>2537141Werewolf is getting a big rework in the upcoming patch, its looking good. Vamp is trash except for one survivability passive and some meme gank builds, but it might get its own rework next year.
werewolf = furrys
>>2537151Meta how?
>>2537193tell that to hircine
>>2537216He wouldn't dispute it, dude has a whole cast of fursonas.
>>2537151nah, everyone is gonna run oakfather's set eventually and melt the furfags
>>2537141I like the vampire stealth dash passive for skipping mobs in daily delves
>>2537196werewolves are getting a rework for this up coming patch in a week and i guess they're pretty strong on the test server especially with oakensoul which has always been the case and it's probably going to be cancer since there's werewolf pvp guilds that exist that roam around cyrodiil
>>2538910>werewolf pvp guilds that exist that roam around cyrodiilThat sounds fun, I'd be hyped to get attacked by a gang werewolves on my way to an outpost. I wish there were a PvP RP zone that didn't attract AP farmers and meta slaves trying to gank you without even checking what you're up to.
>>2538949Why do you want to RP in a PvP zone specifically? Why are PvE zones inadequate?
>all the population gains of the sale and people already leftlmao it's so over, dead ass game, dumb fuck developers killed their game with subtrashing and ruining weaving. fuck these morons i hope they never find work againi am genuinely appalled and disgusted that a legitimate and highly effective way to play this game is hold m1. that's it, just hold fucking m1. the absolute state
can you receive a vrc+ gift if you're already subscribed?
>>2539552post how you play with "hold m1" anyon
>>2539552>ruining weavingU35 barely nerfed it (and fucked over non-weavers harder) and all they've done since is give people alternatives. The fact that everyone and their mother jumped on those alternatives shows just how unpopular that garbage "mechanic" really is.
mysterious hd cheese stall in the windhelm market
>>2539997game is a ghost town, people really liked that change, huh? you have a vocal minority of disabled retards that liked it
>>2526905only the most braindead goyim buy those
>>2540159U35 was a disaster because it blanket nerfed everyone. Again, weavers were the least affected by that trainwreck. Not saying the game is doing well, but that's because of shit management and content droughts, not because they made animation cancelling less mandatory for good damage.
it's absolutely insane how a dk can mitigate my entire offensive output with just one ability. these developers are so fucking stupid. wings has always been cancer. it was cancer when it reflected projectiles and it's cancer now. it's like giving a sorc 50% reduction to melee damage on hurricane. fuck off
what is the best base faction story?
>>2541600Let's see:EP:Bleakrock-Bal Foyen-Stonefalls - DC attacking usDeshaan - Dunmer attacking usShadowfen - AD attacking usEastmarch - Nords attacking usRift - Worm Cult attacking usDC:Stros m'Kai - Heist-style getting the team togetherBetnikh - Ethics of NecromancyDaggerfall - Forsworn attacking usStormhaven - Vaermina attacking usAlik'r - Necromancers attacking usRivenspire - Breton Vampires attacking usBangkorai - Forsworn attacking us + Worm Cult actually try to deal with your ability to resurrectAD:Khenarthi's Roost - Replace local leaders with Ayrenn loyalistsAuridon - Replace local leaders with Ayrenn loyalistsGrahtwood - Secure King Camoran's powerGreenshade - Replace local leaders with Ayrenn loyalistsMalabal Tor - Replace local leaders with Ayrenn loyalistsReaper's March - Replace local leaders with Ayrenn loyalistsPick your poison.
>>2542043based Ayrennwe need more despotic leaders in the lore
>>2542762Ayrenn's not real, she's an illusory disguise used by King Camoran as a proxy to gain power.
>>2541600Daggerfall Covenant.Unlike other alliances zones, Rivenspire is required for you to understand the lore behind Western Skyrim and Markarth DLCs, and the latter is literally ties to Rivenspire. High Isles DLC also share a link with your Stros M'kai and Betnik zone pirate crew. Alik'r has Prince Azah who will be key to the Solstice DLC story. Not to mention that Darien,the alliance's flagship, will be key to the very Main Story in Coldharbour, Summerset and Solstice.Ebonheart Pact only has the likes of Naryu who appears in several DLCs, having the Dark Brotherhood - Morrowind - Summerset sequence. Aswell as the separate side quests of Rigurt the Brash being an ambassador almost in every DLC.Aldmeri Dominion only has Raz doing Ayrenn's job at the likes of Summerset while only doing side stuff at Elsweyr.Basically, Daggerfall Covenant gets most of the cake lorewise.
>>2543316>Western Skyrim>not Nord DLC
does anyone have any idea how i can rip assets out of this game for the sake of making vrchat worlds
>>2544906there is an addon for thathttps://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1258-EsoExtractData.html#infoI've used in the past to extract texture and sound files. not sure about 3d models
>>2540159truke
>>2543403The only Ebonheart Pact characters featured are King Joeunn at the Prologue and at the end of the storyline, and... Rigurt the Brash. The whole Gray Host story is tied to Verandis once you continue to Markarth to unearth its past.
>>2547628King Jorunn*
>>2543403>not NordIt's even more Reachman and Vampire rather than Nord, to your surprise.
I wish I could buy an argonian IRL
How old was Ayrenn when she disappeared to Tamriel? I want to know if Razum-Dar is a pedophile or an ephebophile.
>>2547732>"Ayrenn was born on the 5th of Second Seed in 2E 555...">"...In 2E 573, amid many signs and portents, she disappeared...">"In truth, Ayrenn had decided to travel through Tamriel, seeking adventure and life lessons that cannot be taught through schools..."She was 18, and I'm sure 18 for elves is not the same as 18 for humans
>>2547814>...In 2E 573, amid many signs and portents, she disappeared...Source? the Valenheart loading screen says 2E 563
>>2547814Not culturally, but its more or less the same biologically. According to Real Barenziah they can take longer to become fertile, and that part probably isn't even true because it was all humans talking out their asses that still got surprised by an "early" pregnancy.
Words can't express my disdain for the morons in daily dungeons who refuse to run to the next boss and instead have to set up camp at every critter they come across.
>>2547933https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ayrenn:_The_Unforeseen_Queen
>>2549026According to https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Ayrenn_%E2%80%93_The_Unforeseen_Queenandhttps://www.imperial-library.info/content/ayrenn-d-the-unforeseen-queenandhttps://youtu.be/Tt0OSPYKIjs?t=210That book says 563. Only UESP says 573.
>>2550867Just checked older versions of the UESP page and the text was changed from 563 to 573 from february 2014 to april 2015If you check the lorebook in the game right now it says 573https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dYZrdbfTr8the devs changed it at one point
>>2549026The book linked does not contain the phrase "amid many signs and portents"
>>2550907In game books are written by characters in the world, and not necessarily true. That sounds even more like she disappeared in 263 and they (the AD) are trying to cover that up.
>>2550918my nigga, a 8 y/o elf is not going to leave her home to explore tamriel
>>2550934Who says it was her choice?
>>2550918>>2550934and no, not even Barenziah did that
>>2550934>Children never run away from home
>>2551031An 8 year old runaway would be (un)lucky to make it out of their town into the woods. Her backstory is stupid enough at 18, ZOS simply botched a date.
>>2551308Alternate theory: she died, they covered it up, and the Ayrenn in the game is an impostor.
>>2551414Why would an impostor risk such an insane cover story? Adventuring in what would mostly be her 20s is plausible enough even with the more outlandish parts like running with Maormer pirates, but starting from 8? Everyone would instantly call bullshit and investigate.
>>2551508The cover story is "I am Ayrenn, the woman you say disappeared. And here are the Eyes of the Queen, the substantial military/spy force under my command, fresh from the massacre at Cormount." The Aldmeri can't publicly denounce her because they don't want to reveal the real Ayrenn is already dead. People did call bullshit and investigate, they're called the Veiled Heritance.
>>2551579Admitting 8yo real Ayrenn electrocuted herself in the bath or something would be an embarrassment, but not to the point they'd roll over and let a blatant fraud steal the throne out from under the other heir they were just about to crown. And the heritance denied her policy, not her identity.>Our leaders now bend knee to a wastrel child. A Queen of cats and midgets. An adventurer given the throne by an accident of blood. A wench more fit for a cup house than a throne room. If there was any room to call her a straight up imposter they absolutely would've.
>>2551632More likely died of the Knahaten Flu, it was quite ferocious that year. And the embarrassment would be about lying for years about what happened, more than that she had died.
>>2551673Still nowhere near bad enough to boot the legitimate heir for a known fake. Hell, coming clean and stopping the coup would probably get them pardoned by Naemon, if only for his own optics.
>>2551723Maybe. Altmer are kind of weird about saving face and adhering to protocol.
>>2551815True, but the whole theory is way too convoluted. Ayrenn's death was covered up, then an impostor shows up with a story that makes no sense for her age, which no one exposes for fear of the first lie being uncovered, and this is all to explain one mismatched date in a loading screen.Ayrenn being a Camoranbot or KINMUNE would be hilarious but this ain't the smoking gun, just a typo.
>>2551865There are other reasons the 273 date makes no sense. The same text states that they are expected to study Altmeri Regal Praxis and Ceremoniarchy for 3,555 days (ie, nearly 10 years) before ascending to the throne. But Naemon starts in 275 and is done by 280. Not enough time. Realistically ZOS realized sending an 8 year old on adventures through Tamriel was suspicious and kludged the dates along, but they did a poor job of making it all match up.TL;DR - Raz is a pedo.
>>2551990>Raz groomed lil Ayrenn>Therris bounced a barely boobed Barenziah on his barbs>Argonians unleashed a plagueDres did nothing wrong.
>>2551990>>2552063Raz is the Beria of the Aldmeri Dominion.
So, with the upcoming overland difficulties tiers, would it be better to wear heavy armor with some dps stats (Order's Wrath) OR medium sets with defensive stats (Hexos)
>>2552259Most solo builds don't resort to heavy or tank sets. Pale order, mitigation skills and self heals should cover most things, then you can use health enchants or start splitting attributes if you really need it.
>forums getting spammed by some indonesian scammertop lel this game deserves nothing less
>>2551508I have a feeling that the Ayrenn that came out of the Orrery ain't the real one anymore. Unlike her brother that came out an Ogrim, the Daedra who took her form has succesfuly copied her appearance.
>>2547676SameInstead I have to just stand and look at the sexy argonian girls wearing skimpy clothes
I saw the soul magic stuff is unlocked with story preogression, is there anything else important behind it that I should rush to do? I've been just queuing for dungeons and barely doing any of that, first time playing.
>>2554315No, nothing important or useful in the soul magic skill line
>>2554315you get a bunch of skill points
>>2554315Just few passives and its scribing skills.
>>2554315If you do PVP, Shatter Soul is important against Invisibility players like Nightblade, as its final detonation is also triggered if they go stealth.
>>2552663Makes sense, ZOS wavebanned all the XBOX bot accounts right after getting created, before even starting to bot.
well?
AI ass guild
>>2557744
Is the way you level werewolf changing in the updates, or is it still kills in werewolf form?
Let's welcome all the new players from GW2.
>>2562050did something happen to that game?also, refugees are NOT welcome
>>2562053They're abandoning it in favor of Highguard 2.
Awful decade to be an ES fan
>>2562194Don't be silly, in just a few hours Todd will strut onstage and reveal both TESVI and ESO2!
>>2562194two decades. skyrim was trash
>>2562763Not sure which one was shitier.... Skyrim... or the OG oblivion with those silly graphics
>>2562763Skyrim is a masterpiece. It's the kind of game we get only once a centuryBe grateful for living in the same time period as Todd howard
hecking elder scrolls content my bois
tomorrow i will drink the tears of pvp faggots as i shove my crystal fragments directly up their ass>>2562928oblivion could be fixed with mods, the shitty stealth, enemy scaling that put everyone in daedric armor. fundamentally there wasn't much wrong with oblivion, you could even disable the quest markers since quests were descriptive enough. faction quests were actually meaty and like games within games, totally unlike skyrimjob where you became guild master after five quests, all of which involved going into a duergar tomb>>2563188the first time i played skyrim i thought my game was bugged. i joined the companions and after literally three quests, one of which involved beating up a drink guy with my fists, they invite me into the super secret werewolf inner circle. i was convinced my game got broken somehow it was so jarring. i didn't know then, but that was basically the entire summary of skyrim and how much of a shallow game it really waswhere's glarthir, where's gaenor? i rest my case. zero soul
Do you guys think we'll ever get new cgi cinematic trailers?
>>2563226I used to think like you and label Skyrim as being bare bones but then I took the truth pill. No amount of carefully scripted and longwinded quests will ever compare to the freedom of merely adventuring on your own, interacting with the world and forging your character's 'story' through mere gameplay. And truly, if you've consumed plenty of books/movies/games no story presented by hired writers will ever feel new or exciting. I satisfy my cravings for good stories by reading books instead.
>>2564266but skyrim is worse than morrowind in that regard and worse than oblivion. just admit skyrim was babby's first bethesda game. the game objectively sucks
>>2564459skyrim and oblivion are perfectly playable games from the get go while morrowind is such a turd that no amount of mods can save it.
>>2564523Bro literally put points in the weapon you're using and make some restore potions.There's also a modlist that basically turns it into oblivion lite in terms of mechanics and makes the game look gorgeous if you're into that.
>>2547732>>2547814>>2547933Are you talking when she was a "kid adventurer" or after that?
Why is the server offline?
>>2565392Update 50
>>2565723It can't be thatwe still have like 2 weeks of NM left
>>2565808It is. They usually try not to overlap events with maintenance/patches, but NM is an exception because its so damn long.
Can't those fuckers be even 15 minutes early
>>2566896Small indian devs pls understand saar According to Kevin they're opening the servers "now", which was 20 minutes ago so either something just went horribly wrong or it'll be up any minute.
The difficulty slider thing is now in the game.So where are all the tards that kept asking for this?
>>2567312Still drafting their copes about how much more engaging the game is with spongier shit mobs
You don't even get extra XP for completing a dolmengenuine useless "feature"
vengeance blows and highlights how bad the balance in this game actually is. sorc fucking sucks so much cock. fixing pvp is so simple just remove cp, it's that easy, it's what actual good pvpers have been saying for years, just remove cp
>>2567416yep, only forumtards asked for this trash
While i could pick out applicable masteries for the other classes, after 20 minutes I still don't understand what Zos wants Necromancers to do.
>>2567629No one does. Necro is the most mismanaged class in this game's history
i asked for thisand i like it
they got rid of no cheese pizza cyrodiil and replaced it with vengeance bro what the fuck
>>2567416AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>2567416>You don't even get extra XP for completing a dolmen
>>2567629>>2567680I feel the same about the sorcerer. Still not sure what he's supposed to do and I'm still trying to warp my head about how a stamina sorcerer was supposed to work ,,lore wise"
>>2566836How long does it take to finish the night market stuff?Last minute fomo player here.
>>2569647picking all passives and using non-sorcerer skills, that's how i do it. no other class gives such big benefits to non-class builds.
>Can only pick 2 out of the 5 class masteriesI don't see why anyone would choose this over subclasses
>>2572038some of them are pretty strong, but subtrashing still dominates unless you're a DicksucKer
I'm tired of being weak in PvP, bros... how to get strong? I can go any class to boost my chances. I will spend every resource I have to make it happen. Please help me...
>>2570039you can experience everything in the night market under a week
>>2572659you have to learn how to manage your buffs, not blocking or doing anything to prevent resource gain when the game ticks, use line of sight to evade. no matter what my class is except stamsorc i like putting x3 swift on my jewelry. movement speed is such a great stat in this game and will keep you alive more than any amount of armor will. right now oakfather's is a strong set and can be front barred, i would run that with a defensive back bar in heavy armor 5-1-1, probably as a dk. i know corrosive armor is a thing, but good players are running corrosive detection mod and will block through or it or steak away, i do. i'd run death dealer's fete as a mythic or maybe malacath's for more damage if you want to opt out of running running major savagery which would free up a bar slot and a potion slot. freeing up a potion slot is is recommended since you want to be chugging armor pots which are totally overpowered, they restore health and give untyped 5280 armor and spell resistance that stacks with everything. run bloodspawn or marselok for your monster helm set
>coffer>box>satchel>backpack>bundle>rucksack>gift>case>parcel>crate>bottle>vessel>pouch>sack>pack>shipment>fucker token>shitter's proof>merit of assHow do I sort items by type?
Is it me or the Beam build is the most comfy dps build to play currently. It's just that good at everything, just simply spam it to kill hordes of enemies or damage a big baddie.
>>2575965it's for disabled subhumans. that type of game play should require a test before it unlocks and only become available if you have cerebral palsy
What skills should a werewolf slot for when they aren't wolfing?
>>2576221just use your normal class abilities???>>2575965arcanist is the only class you need, everything else is bloat
The difficulty increase is just for the overworld, and not instanced dungeons right?
>>2576998Correctand to add to that the bonus XP and gold only apply to enemies and absolutely nothing else
so how is the update
>>2576221You can be anything, even a magicka build since werewolf skills barely cost stamina.
>>2577647game is still shit, hybridization still ruined the game as well as subtrashing. nothing has changed, dk is still overpowered and ruling pvp. i honestly don't know why you'd ever play pve in this game it's so brain dead now
>>2576221As warden I just use a bloodthirst deep fissure build if I ever run out of werewolf and need to rebuild it.Whatever works for your stats and gear to keep you alive long enough to get back to WW is fine.
>>2567312>80% reduced damage>aka 5 times as long to kill an enemy>only get 2 times as much experienceat least make it even, this is a loss even before taking the difference in speed doing quests and shit into account
>>2578004the whole point is to waste your timethat feature was put in the game with masochist players in mind
>>2576221Any particularly long lasting buffs you can activate before you wolf?
i waited over 10 years for magDK to be good and i finally have it. no one is taking this away from me. fuck you.
>>2578460first of all mag and stam doesn't exist anymore. second of all, when it did, magdk had patches where it shined. elf bane meta with zaan, grothdar awhile back. right now dk isn't "good," it's overpowered. honestly though with the new masteries it seems they are giving everyone infinite sustain and i don't have a problem with this. i still remember the morrowind update that gutted sustain and made a bunch of people quit
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/306130/view/689760079867544671Apparently, hybridization did not go far enough in update 35
Downloading the game for the first time after buying it on sale like a year agoWhat am i in for? I usually gravitate towards sneaky/crit builds in these games, and a khajiit nightblade seems to be right up my alley with the race passives and skills. Is that a good combo for solo pve? Anything i should know starting out?
>>2583431>We added more alchemy ingredients.<naturally, we still have no plans on ever expanding inventory or bank spaceFuck these people. Fuck these developers. They should all kill themselves.
>>2584000werewolf is new power house anon. Become the wolf, join the pack and hunt everyone!may hircine guide your hunts with claws and fangs.
>>2584000This game is a mmorpg first and an elder scrolls game seconddon't bother farming equipment until you're cp160
Worlo is more shit than ever before so I'm thinking of taking the ESOpillI have all major dlcs and bought some zone packs with crowns when they were on big discountsHad a necromancer tank that came in clutch with the resurrection in groups but later made an arcanist for the 1 bar build as maintaining debuffs wasn't very fun. Is that still a thing with the ring? Only did the dominion and pact zones and got to the start of Morrowind.How easy is it to get a group going for the raids? How prepared do I need to be? Is it true older ones can be done solo?
I want to play my Warden with the new Challenge Difficulty so bad but I know the rework is coming soon.Wish they were batched together.
im so tiny
>>2588065No, Lyris is a half-giant
I have too many alts. Do you just complete the stories on one character? Trying to decide what to play.
>2 years since I last played TESO outside of a quick visit to check subclassing (what a mistake that was) >check twitch>3/4 of the PC streamers play on controller i.e. they're console transfers and the OG PC players all leftholy shit this game is really dead, no wonder this general rots hereoh and necromancer is still not fixed while DK is top dog... once again from what I understand lmao
>>2589342>BUT I GET TO MAKE MY ROLE PLAY BUILD FUCK THE META CHOOSING BETWEEN MAG AND STAM IS AN UNNECESSARY MENTAL BURDEN FOR ME AND I'M GLAD THEY GOT RID OF ITi think i figured out what their plan is. they consider the competent people acceptable losses since they were already milked dry and the shit eating retards that post on reddit and the forums will suck a shit log directly from zos' ass and say thank you no matter what they do so they are concentrating and doubling down on the goyim pay pigs who for once in their life can actually do dps by pressing one button waow!
Post your HUDs and addons plsI'm looking for inspiration/change. Currently using Bandit.
So who here has lore for their Main. Tell us about them. Post art if you have it and want to.
>>2589674zos is full of incompetent people and have no idea what they're doing
Started a couple weeks ago, finally got around to crafting once I figured out the easy way to level them, made a couple purple quality items and feel pretty good. Already having fun with werewolf though.
>>2589941Why bloat your game with useless addons when the default UI is perfectly serviceable?
Is vampire a meme? I want to become the ultimate nightblade edgelord
>>2592504Whenever my addons go outdated and I have to see the stupid quest journal and all othe other menus being needlessly small and bloated with sub menus i am thankful for having PerfectPixel.
>>2594003you know there is a UI scaling option, right?
>>2593506Vampire is old and bad, it's going to eventually get a rework that will make it possibly as good as werewolf is now.
>>2592504Because they're not useless and the default UI looks like shit. Those Skyrim gradients look fucking terrible.
>first time playing in probably 2 years>play a little bit to get back in the feel of things>decide to do a random normal>three sub 50's in darkshade 2, all of them using a sword and shieldis the playerbase somehow getting more retarded or is there some meta breakthrough i'm not understanding?
>>2596460surprised that the playerbase is retarded? this has always been the case
>>2596460I've been playing for a couple weeks and have yet to have a single bad dungeon. Normally I just get into groups with people at 2000+ champion who breeze through it and make it boring. Worst that happened is moon hunter keep kept teleporting us to the middle boss as an "encounter in progress" and we just had to leave, but that had nothing to do with the players.
>>2596460Either they're wearing s&b for passive skill gain while running damage skills, or they're just new. A lot of new players doing dumb shit aren't necessarily retarded, the game is terrible at teaching and expects everyone to use third party guides from day 1.
It's not even really white it's got some gold/piss reflective color on it.
>>2594158sheesh guess it shows how long I haven't played this game back when I use to play vampire was meta and fotmWas also super easy gold selling your bite when it was off cooldown
>>2593506vampire is only good in pvp for the damage reduction on low health, but they also have fire vulnerability and dks are now the meta class in pvp and they shit out fire damage so good luck with that one
>dumb fuck controller nigger dominating everyone in battlegrounds with cancer werewolf signet marselok buildthis game is so fucking stupid
>>2597618>pvpyou deserve this
>>2597618I wonder if people will ever get tired of bitching about this over the next year and a half. They're bringing everything up to a new power ceiling, every single rework is going to see a surge of people jumping on the new toys and trouncing everything that hasn't caught up yet.>omg dk is op game ruined>omg now wolf is op game ruined [you are here]>AAAH JIUB HELP CLIFF RACERS ARE RUINING THE GAME>wtf sorc pets are op more like afk online>jesus christ the jesus beams are op>vampires are broken its so over the game is twilight now>reeee nightblades are backstabbing everyone remove stealth NOW!>necros are so bad literally no one is playing them, now I have to fight harder classes GAME RUINED!!!!!>THE GREEN BEAMS ARE BACK DEAD GAME DEAD GAMEAnd then the game will be kinda balanced, except for Necros.
>>2597690signet status builds however are overpowered and the worst meta this game has ever had. 45k health faggots deleting people shouldn't be allowed
I think I'm done with the Night market
I've been using Isoobel as a healer companion, is something else better?
I am skipping the night market and missing out on the FOMO.
I love stealin'...I love takin' things...
>>2600339you're not missing anything important
Someone said they have been account banned for "racism" after they called an all Chinese raid group a "china group".Has the AI chat moderation bot gotten that bad lately?
>>2601504'AI chat moderation' LMAOStop believing in dumb conspiracy theories
>>2601504That could just be bugmen mass reporting him for a perceived insult. Did he give any more context, like the full statement or whether it was a public message?
What's actually next for this game? It seems like nothing is reversing the downward trend of the population. The old type of content updates (like new dungeons and what not) isn't really having an impact. The new experimental stuff (difficulty options, class reworks, vengeance, or subclass) didn't have a lasting effect. There's a real chance of the peak population dropping below 10k players on steam in 2027. Maybe even 2026 depending what else gets released in the next 6 months. The three big things coming up is the whole puzzle room sages vault content, "naval" content (not sure what that will look like), world events, new story, and new trial. If season one doesn't pull in better numbers than 2025, I'm going to be very worried for this game. Especially with these layoffs incoming at Microsoft Xbox/gaming.
>>2601880The new leadership has a good vision, but MS probably doomed them by firing the entire Blackbird staff instead of shoving at least some back into ESO. It should not take two years to update six classes, and while its nice that they're trying to be more creative with smaller content, the fact that they NEED to asset flip their old shit is extremely bad. The lack of manpower is keeping existing players stuck in an unpleasant meta and stopping them from making anything interesting or bombastic enough to bring new people in.A potential silver lining is that Asha supposedly wants to push the ES brand more, so *maybe* ZOS will get some much needed support. That or she'll toss a meteor at this outdated dinosaur and put someone to work on ESO2.
>>2601504You should know to never talk in game chats these days unless it's to give crucial info, main reason roleplayers don't exist anymore is probably because they got banned or warned.
>>2601880>What's actually next for this game?We already knew from the reveal that 2026 wouldn't have any meaningful content. The resources for this year are going mostly towards QoL improvements
>>2601969>Asha This retard jeet that lives for AI and AI only will do nothing to help anything she remembers exists.
Pardon me, /tesog/. Is this game worth playing solo? I'm not really a fan of MMOs in the traditional sense, but an RPG might be up my alley. I doubt it'd be SW:TOR tier, but still.
>>2602215Yeah, its possible and probably more likely that ZOS gets more layoffs with the delusional expectation that AI will make up for it. Its also not impossible that she aborts some games and tells their studios to do elder scrolls instead, whether that means mobile trash, asset work for ESO, or actual new games. Restructuring will be a euphemism for mass layoffs in many cases (rip south of midnight devs lmao) but it can legitimately mean reassigning people from DOA bullshit to more profitable projects.If they do get layoffs its actually over, fuckers won't even be able to produce crownslop at that point.
>>2602571Its one of the most solo friendly mmos, none of the story quests require groups and even most dungeons and world bosses are soloable once you know what you're doing. Whether its worth it depends on how desperate you are for a TES fix.
>>2602977>how desperate you are for a TES fixAre you saying it's not a good TES game? Confused on that.
>>2603014ESO is a mmorpg game first and an Elder scrolls game second
>>2602571It is still MMORPGish in mechanics. But its soloable.
>>2603014I mean it loses a lot of appeal if you don't particularly care about Tamriel as a setting. As a TES game it should be good enough to tide you over til VI, but if you just want "an rpg" there are better options.
>>2602571Yeah, but most of the endgame stuff is group content outside of PvP, you can PUG the former if you're not completely averse to playing with others.
Hot take: Weapon skill lines should be removed and spun into their own classes. 2H/S&B into a warrior, dw/bow into a ranger, staves into a mage with no daedra baggage.>but I want to use X skills with my Y!You could subclass and have an effective kit for it, instead of a bunch of underpowered and soon to be redundant gap fillers.>but arena setsCould be changed to proc off other conditions.
all i do these days is play battlegrounds and role play with the other khajiit in northern elsweyr when i'm not in the battleground
do i only get class set drops from infinite archive for the class i take there, or am i just unlucky
>>2604839Yes, the drops are for the class you're playing with. After you acquired everything for said class, it starts dropping random stuff from other classes
>>2604852tyvm
>Sleep Bazaar is over>Reward is 3.5K Gold, some banners, a monster head and a monster shoulder piece.
>>2607211What do you want from the Night Market should it return?
>>2607551a mounta collectable furnishinga mementoseals
>>2607551>should it returnIts already confirmed for at least 3 runs. First thing they need to fix is drops, base game gear from an event tuned for vet players was retarded. After that>tone down trash mobs (or rework the side quests so they don't involve straying from the PUG herd into rapidly respawning rape squads)>rework some boss mechs (mainly the werewolf) to be less tedious>more collectables>Melandir stumpjobs
What's next for ESO now that the Night market is gone?
>>2608644U51 preview stream tomorrow, and a challenge difficulty GP. 23rd will be a dev stream about the stuff in S1 (might see the warden rework?), and the zeal event starts on the 24th.
>>2607551I don't want it to return
Stream delayed to the 23rd because someone got sick apparently.
>>2611296So hard to just talk to a webcam at home better eelay it. No one else could read the notes I guess
will you be attending?
>>2614260I'll be doing the exact same thing I did the last 3 times they did thisIgnore it
>>2614260Oh wow who would have thought the Pride event would be in AD territory
Completed this in 20 minutesAll I had to do was beat the kvatch arena twice (with other players) and follow a group in Na-totambu while on the vestige difficulty
Finished the new golden pursuit in like half an hour.
>>2614993There wasn't much thought put into it, just damage sponging it with no actual reward.Maybe if you could get increased quest rewards if you kept it higher from start to finish or something.
>>2614993Try running a dps companion, they're actually useful now since it doesn't affect them.
>>2614864You and everyone else.>>2616469No, they aren'tthey still die 20 seconds into the battle
>>2611296I imagine that is not the real reason. The people at zenimax are afraid of what is happening to xbox right now
>>2619803If you feed them to dragons, sure. Haven't had any issues with trash mobs so far.>>2619933I'm sure they're scared shitless but I don't see why that would delay one minor stream for only a few days, unless the "illness" was an anxiety attack because Sharma sharted at them over a zoom call. If they suddenly cancel the 23rd too it'll be panic time, but until then it probably was just someone eating a bad lunch and not having a replacement ready on short notice.
>>2620039Now that I think about it, there's an even funnier explanation. The steam time was given in BST instead of the usual NA time zones, so the dev(s) were probably in Europe. Now that MS is taking a microscope to its financials they might've noticed ZOS using brief streams as an excuse to vacation and ordered their asses back on a plane.
these developers are worthless dick heads and don't deserve a single time. there's the most insane bug going on for months with under 50 battlegrounds where players under 40 have all their resources reduced by 2/3, susain down to 200 on all stats, resistances down to 1000 each, weapon damage down to 500 with 0 penetration. you literally get one shot and can't do any damage. fuck these stupid fucking people
>>2620536you had me until>pvpno one cares faggot, especially since it's not max level, just level up
>>2621508nobody cares about pve you dumb shitter
>>2622063no one cares about pve in a game that's mostly pve, that's hilarious, you enjoying vengeance?pvp faggots are delusional as always, thanks for mini-gaming
>>2622091pve is a fucking joke, shitter. dps through the roof, don't need to weave anymore, heavy attack builds, fucking beams. you're a joke amd it has always been a pvp game made by daoc developers
>>2622121whatever you say pvpfag go sit in the corner with a game mode that doesn't even function below max level
>>2622128it is whatever i say, at least you know your place
Pve and pvp are both fucked up because ZOS catered to niche audiences that built up around major flaws any other game would've patched out ages ago. Most people don't want to master a goofy looking animation bug or spend hours upon hours learning how to deal with seemingly unkillable players.
>>2622772you can't whine about animation canceling, which looks fine anyway and not complain about how jarring it is that your weapons disappear every time you use class skills. that shit is the mos aesthetically offensive thing they have ever done and it's intentional
>>2622834>which looks fine anywaylol>and not complain about how jarring it is that your weapons disappearI mean, now that you bring it up I will. That does look bad and they should've spent some of that crate money hiring better animators, but it doesn't impact gameplay like weaving does.
are you guys liking the werewolf changes? i think it looks nice
>>2626260They're so bullshit overpowered its giving me Bloodmoon flashbacks. I love it. Seriously though, its encouraging to see something the old team neglected for so long get the same treatment as DKs, shows that it wasn't just class favoritism and we can expect similar from the reworks to come.
>>2626670I hope the warden rework adds more permanent pet options than just the bear.Also something to do other than deep fissure shalks
>>2627901It'd be great if we could use any animal like WoW hunters, but unless the bear doesn't count toward the player animation limit they're limited to bear reskins or swapping it for a more versatile option like a wolf.
>>2594048The default UI is bloated and confined to a small box where you have to make multiple clicks. It's not make for computers. The addon fixes that nonsense.
>>2506658It comes to combat satisfaction. As the default content was just so pitifully easy that it just wasn't satisfying to do anything. The bad players won't care because things are already difficult for them. But for those what are looking for a bit more of a challenge, they can adjust as needed. But I agree, right now the problem is rewards. Its hard to really reward players because they don't want to split players into different instances. Which I think is the right call to keep the world feeling alive. But you can't be like "oh defeat this world boss on top tier difficulty and get a reward" because lower difficulty players can just carry you. All that being said, I think they should split delves into different instances dependent on difficulty. And then use that to reward players with titles or unique cosmetics. Along those same lines, unique titles/cosmetics for doing story in the higher tier difficulties, while disallowing different difficulty tier players from sharing story instances. >>2578014It was put to appeal to the "singleplayer" or "parallel play" focused players. Which make up a majority of this games revenue (compared to "endgame" players) as they're the ones buying the loot crates, housing, etc. ESO is in a very similar position that SWTOR is. I would not be surprised that when TES6 releases in 2028, we'll see like a 50% drop in players in ESO on release week. That plus Gw3 launching is going to be a HUGE strain on ESO.
what sets people are using for werewolf builds?
>>2632321Savage werewolf or Aerie's cry I'd you're warden is one
>leader goes offline for 2 seconds>someone else gets crown>new leader is afk or illiterate>group falls apartWhen the fuck will they fix the group finder
I wish they'd add a way to swap your class completely, subclassing is alright I guess but with class mastery it feels like most are great single class still.
i wish this game would die and these stupid faggot developers would never find work again
>>2634764holy based
After 2 hours of waiting in queue for Grey Host, I see one AD zerg and lag out. What fun.
>>2634764This but for TES6 and Bethesda
I wish Turkey was ip-banned.
>>2636287What's wrong with them? I only ever have issues with slavs
>HUD editingNice.
No wonder these updates suck, it's all women.
Swapped my templar healer back to one class to get the single class buff. I'm glad they did this, I would even do more choices in the future.Haven't played much recently. I enjoyed trials and group dungeons and the like, any new ones? Can we marry companions or Naryu yet?
>>2638045I would prefer they keep ESO companions from trying to finger your ass like SWTOR ones do.
Did they announce anything?
>>2638045>any new ones?We're getting a Hunting Grounds trial later this year. No new dungeons announced yet.>Can we marry companions or Naryu yet?Only Darien's romance is implemented so far. Also a lot of flirt options with various npcs that don't go anywhere. Naryu is probably next.>>2638160Just a few qol things and elaborating on things they announced earlier. PTS got pushed back to the end of the month so the warden rework apparently wasn't ready to show off.
>>2638160Not really much.Companions will be able to wear helmets on update 52They showed all the new 4 alchemy reagents, pretty cringe ways to get them, one is from imperial city sewers, one of from treasure maps, one is from chopping wood in cold areas or killing undead in cold areas and the last one is from solo dungeonsSpeaking of solo dungeons they'll have unique monster sets and also drop gold companion gearThere's was also fully customizable and moveable UIThen they spent the rest of the stream talking about the Nowhere Vault (formerly Sage's Vault) and it'll be a no-combat purely puzzle/jump/stealth content, it's semi-roguelike and the rewards are not very clear yet but they did mention skyshards, cosmetics and a new mythic item with a lot of hidden secrets for extra rewards
Since when are items inside the Daggerfall Docks ships (The Lydia and The Hotspur) not marked as stolen?
>>2638682>the warden rework apparently wasn't ready to show offcan't even imagine how they will go by fixing that class
>>2640212Safe bet their numbers will get crazy like DK and WW, after that its just a matter of cleaning up their jumbled thematics in the visual refresh. The latter could be part of why they wanted extra time, they may want to ship it with more skill styles instead of repeating the backlash they saw with DK.
>>2640634I hope it's good. I like the idea of warden but it feels pretty weak outside of shulks
i think it is high time for end of service and the sunset of the elder scrolls ip!!! just a thought
>>2641233What, so they can focus on Fallout? Todd has already been doing that and letting the IP rot for over a decade.
>>2641299just seething because my download speed right now is dog and i have growing update 50 fomo. but i could be incidentally right
>>2641533Could be if VI turns out bad enough.
event
Do any of you use companions? Which one and what do you have them do?
>>2642200I see myself using tank companions more than anything elsethey don't instantly die and can keep enemies from damaging youZerith and Isobel do really well in this role
>>2642200I use Isobel/Zerith as tanks, Sharp as a healer, and Ember/Mirri as dps (only for vestige, they hit like pool noodles normally). The rest are benched, Bastian is good for HA builds but I'm not using any, Azandar is annoying so he only got leveled for his passive, and Tanlorin is easily the worst character in the franchise.
sex with tanlorin
erm can i go to winterhold yet, what is the content rn
>>2645336Next content drop is July 8, with the new thieves' guild quests, sage's vault, and world events. Sometime after that we'll get the warden rework, high seas events, and new trial.Winterhold is next year.
>>2645406o-oh
Glad the impresario now sell style pages from previous instances of the event
Is half the server werewolves now?I'm seeing these fuckers everywhere
>>2647987Half of server is always new thing.
>>2647987I'm new and was playing a lot of werewolf, but now that I'm out questing like a retard I can't really play it since I will open a door and get a 2k fine and 6 guards on my ass.But yeah it's strong and pretty easy apparently.
Anyone knows if zenitrans fixed that shity game launcher?? I've been trying to launch it on steam for weeks and no workaround seems to work. And it's the custom launcher as well from the official website
>>2649626>zenitranswhat
>>2649626Launches fine for me, never had a problem with it.
>>2649707I envy you anon. For me it dosen't launch at all after hitting the big ,,play" button. It literally does nothing. The whole launcher simply dissappears
Waiting for the warden remake, even to see a preview, makes me regret choosing it as my main character.Kinda wish I stuck with DK or templar.
>>2650335Could be worse, at least you aren't a necro main.
Does sorcerer get fun (dps) later? I am getting tired of mashing dark crystals
I've been thinking about coming back, is it still impossible to play group content without queuing for 30minutes+?
It really sucks that you can't play as the evil faction. I want to side with mannimarco
>>2651719tank queue is faster compared to the other roles>>2651414you will continue casting those crystals
>>2651736Dark Brotherhood and Aldmeri Dominion are evil
>>2651736I wish we got more evil options, but the way the devs were scoffing at the idea of more DB content a few streams ago makes me doubt we'll see any.
>>2651795I always thought dark brotherhood were neutral, they arent the ones killing people they are like the hands not the brain ordering it. Maybe they are though and I'm more thinking morag tong. They should let us be morag tong
>>2653318>dark brotherhood>neutralDid you think all the child murdering soul sacrificing death cult stuff was a bit?
>>2654069they murder everyone EQUALLYno discrimination
>>2654069They seemed like nice enough folk in oblivion what can I say
>>2654069They are equal opportunity murderers
>>2654091>>2654108Sorry HR ladies, indiscriminate murder is still evil. Also they definitely do tons of hate crimes both in their free time and on jobs, we just don't see it in games because Bethesda doesn't want to be in the news over a contract lynching quest.
>>2647987I had a gigachad werewolf tank that stupid Naj Rajcajsheed dungeon. He never died and revived me during the second boss where the turkish healer was once again lying dead on the ground.
>>2654091This is your mind on DEI
I'm coming back to the game after a long while. Will my crown purchases carry over if I delete my character?Well housing. I used Crowns to buy a fully furnished castle.
>>2655135Houses are account wide, only stuff in the character's inventory will be lost.
>>2655163Alright thanks
>>2655013Is that gear score or is he really level 2595 ( I am new)
>>2655267Champion level
>>2655267After a char hits level 50, continuing to level gets you account-wide champion points that you can invest for stat boosts and little perks. Max is 3600 but you get enough points to cover everything way, way before that. The only milestone that really matters is cp160, that's when gear drops stop scaling.
>mindlessly spam my staff attacks in a city>hits a civilian and I get a bountylmao I forgot that "friendly fire" was on in this
Time for my sorcerer.
>>2655423ya gotta turn it offit's retarded
>>2622772I played at launch and quit for a long time so every time I revisit I think about earning emperor (but never bother doing it) I imagine trying to earn it today would be a massive headache.
What does tab targeting do in this game? Is it meant for healing? My skills still target whatever enemy is in front of the one I've actually highlighted
>>2656096there is no 'tab targeting' in this gamewhen you highlight an enemy, it shows up for the whole group. It's more of a tool to sinalize the group which enemy you think the group should focus on
>>2656096It should make your single target skills prioritize them. If its catching another enemy you're either not close enough or using aoe.>>2656113There is, "cycle preferred enemy target". Default is tab on kb or holding right stick on controller, it highlights the target in a brighter white. It just doesn't get taught in the tutorial or most videos so a hilarious amount of players have no idea it exists until someone explains in the middle of a vet trial.
I'd prefer elder scrolls 6 but this game still has its moments with the dialogue and quests so far
>>2508935Thanks anon I didn't know these existed. I will get these when I finish leveling my shield bash DK imperial in DC.
>>2658397Who is this?
>>2658609some DB assassin you meet in narsis I think
Just fought a lycan that we couldnt even damage in battle grounds named lycan-timmie. Was he just "smurfing" to beat on low levels somehow? I expected better gear and higher levels to matter of course but even with all 8 people sitting at the top of our spawn shooting him he lost like 5% of his hp max. While essentially one-shotting us. What the fuck is that
>>2658665Nah it's just werewolves being broken.
>>2658665There's three things going on there.>werewolf buffs go AWOOO>pvp skill curve is a cliff, seeing crowds of people struggle to kill one skilled player has been a common sight for years>recent bg bug that nerfs lower levels instead of scaling them up
Maintenance time :(
every single khajiit should be slaughtered
Every Khajiit should be hugged and cared for
>>2658665sadly smurfing has been an issue since launch, originally was maxing out skills/shards with superior crafted gear in lowbie cyrodil, then it turned into having a ton of champion points but playing in lowbie cyrodil.
I wonder if we'll be able to pin completed achievements so I can have "Kill 100 Khajiits: 100/100" on my screen at all hours
Why does every maintenance patch take 8+ hours?Especially with how frequent the maintenance schedule is, I cannot believe that in over a decade nobody has brought this up to management as being a big fucking problem.
I would like to play the video game now
>during today's update maintenance, we encountered a technical issue with turning on the servers>we forgot they need electricity, and we already pawned all the copper wiring in the walls for crack money>We expect the extended downtime to last approximately 12 more hours and anticipate extending the downtime at least two more times>fuck you and your patience as we jerk off instead of resolving this issue
>>2659934Old ass spaghetti code and bare minimum staff. A good team of programmers could probably get in there and streamline things, but between Firor basically embezzling resources into his pet project and now Xbox shrinkage, expanding the ESO team hasn't been an option even if management knows they desperately need it.On a brighter note, SPS got fucked.>Shattered Path Signet: This set's damage done with status effects now only applies to monsters. Reduced the maximum damage bonus from 170% to 133%, and reduced the Ultimate required to reach the cap to 133, down from 170. Reduced the cooldown for applying Status Effects when at the maximum Ultimate threshold to 2 seconds at 133 Ultimate, down from 4s at 170.
>>2659934small indie studioplease understand
>>2660518I only PVE, so it's a slight buff and nerf, glad they didn't butcher it because of PVP fags.Blizzard would've nerfed it into uselessness for everything.
>>2660988Old ZOS would've done the same. Shame it took years and mass layoffs to get those dipshits replaced.
Guess what this guy was playing
>>2662420vampire
>>2662420Heavy attack oakensorc
I wasted all day yesterday farming sets for a build using the now dead mythic>>2662420Has to be a Dragonknight
>>2662420Capture the Relic
>>2663032>>2662832>>2662630>>2662490
>>2662420You guys are stupid, it's obviously necromancer
>>2663276correctmannimarco himself joined that battlegrounds match and scored 42 kills
>>2664281Grim, PvErs win all their 1v1s against him
>want to upgrade?>fuck you pay more
Reminder to not collect daily login rewards if you don't need the tome points, they stack up and you can cash in with the next tome.
>>2664720I wonder if they'll step it up for the next tome at all. Most of that shit looked like they had an intern finish up models from some cut year 1 crate.
>>2664720if I just started the battle pass today will I be able to finish it in time before it ends?
>>2665938The free tier? No, tasks refresh too slowly. If you buy one of the premium tiers there won't be a time limit from what I understand.
>>2665938No, but the tome is permanent if you buy it. Though I still can't find a clear answer on whether that means paying preserves the entire thing, or only the premium tier stuff while the free tier disappears for everyone no matter what. If its the latter, I expect all those cosmetics will still come back sooner or later, likely in the bazaar.
>>2665986>>2666057fugghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgOCaqgzpmM
Well that seems pretty easy.
Are there any motifs or style pages that resemble caving gear?
>>2666583>treasure hunter personality (gives you a torch)>high rock spellsword jerkin (only non-costume option with a backpack)>gold road dragoon helmet (closest thing to a hardhat I found at a glance)You might be waiting awhile for the personality since it ran earlier this year, the other two are style pages from the current event that you can get for dirt cheap at guild traders.
Lightning staff heavy attack is so much stronger than bow or 2h, makes me sad.
>>2666813Yeah, having every HA build effectively locked to a single weapon subtype sucks.
>>2662420battlegrounds are a funny place
poast fashun
>>2671442of course it would help if i attached the image kek
>>2671442
The next tome.
>>2672106just as uninteresting as the first one
>>2672106The only decent thing about s0's was the skill styles, seems the same here. Also good lord why is this corgi so detailed? If I get this thing its going on a bed made of those super low res fox pelts.
>another easy skip2 passes down, 2 more to goZoS is going to have to try much harder if they want my $15. at this rate they're going to get less money out of me this year than they would have by selling another full priced expansion
>>2672106Apparently the chicken is a direct upgrade from Pirharri the Smuggler in that it can launder items as well as fence them. It's only on the paid tier though.
>>2672759What do you prefer, catgirl or cock?
Where is the content?
>>2674959new content drops on the 8th
>>2602571its really only a solo game, as nobody seems to chat in it
>>2676459You used to see more, but overmoderation has made people rightfully wary of using the ingame chat.
>>2676547I tested this with a friend of mine 3 months ago, we typed heinous things to each other in whispers and neither of us got in trouble
>>2676764Its possible the supposed victims of AI moderation were leaving out details that earned a ban, or it was only used briefly. Whether its real or not, plenty of people believe it and ZOS's reputation was so shit at that point no one really believed their denial.
>>2677030I still believe it was real but I don't think it was hitting people in whispers without reports.but if you were cussing in global chat, say, or party chat you most likely got in trouble.
>>2504561>1 month agoholy grimmyi should finish the game before microjeet axes it, finish as in do the quests since some are genuinely interesting
>>2677097development is definitely slowing downzos doesn't have enough people to make the same amount of content they did in 2017-2022
>>2677109cause nobody is gonna keep playing this when real elder scrolls dropsit's so shit they delayed it so long for ESO which is only like half way to an MMO, they just didnt want to put effort into making a real elder scrolls game for some reason
>>2677097Whales are still buying crates and they've already downsized so much they can't even do proper expansions anymore, so ironically this is probably one of the most profitable games MS has left and won't shut down until they're ready to carve up Xbox as a whole. I'd give it at least two more years if things continue as-is, after that profits are gonna drop as they lose players to the anemic content and TES6.>>2677155>it's so shit they delayed it so long for ESO6 got pushed back because Todd wanted to make a space game, ESO had nothing to do with it.
>>2677178why did you have to remind me starfield existed what a shit game
>>2677155TES6 is not coming out. That game is vaporwave>>2677178>>2677193Based ToddGot his dream space game and made microslop pay for it
>>2677226Nah, its only got another year or two of development barring another global crisis. Starfield's DLC was a joke and it took two years for an even smaller one, so its likely most of the studio pivoted into working on 6 right after launch. 4-5 years is the norm and we're 3.5 in.Now whether its good or not is a different question, but its not vaporware.
>>2677226>TES6 is not coming outIt's coming out, and it will mark the death of Bethesda, it will be so horrendously bad. ME:Andromeda bad, probably worse.
>>2677382I'm cautiously optimistic since Nesmith isn't involved. Todd and Emil have problems, but that fucker was the one that really pushed for stripping out rpg elements and dumbing down the lore.
>>2677416>Todd and Emil have problemsUnderstatement of the god damn centuryTES6 is cooked but just give the expansions and TES7 to Zenimax Online. They're far more capable of delivering a quality standalone TES title than Softworks is.
>>2679677I mean, no one is denying that zenimax is more competent at this point. It's just that they don't have the manpower to maintain their own game, much less make new ones
>>2679677You've been huffing too many video essays. Modern ZOS is somewhat better at balancing but they're absolute shit on the story front. Look at what they've been putting out lately, the goofy trailers that could be confused for SIMS dlc, le funny cheese god, the rainbow chicken, or Tanlorin. Give those people control of a standalone title and you wouldn't get Andromeda, you'd get Veilguard.Starfield's biggest flaws (the boring setting and 1000 empty planets) won't apply to 6 and Nesmith's absence will mean less push to "streamline" everything in sight. Won't be the second coming of Morrowind, but it'll probably be okay. Mod scene will be absolutely fucked though, I doubt they'll go so far as not releasing a public CK but I wouldn't be surprised if it has locked features. They're already doing that with documentation.
>>2680022Their marketing is tonally disconnected from TESO's actual content for sure but to their credit, look at the actual game. They constantly lean into the 'weird' of Elder Scrolls instead of pretending it's just some light fantasy Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings 3rd Age spin-off.
>>2680022I think the quests are pretty interesting they're just stuck in an mmo format so they dont hit as hard
>>2680367Only the first thing I listed isn't in the actual game. I'm not saying the entire thing is bad and agree that it does a better job highlighting the weird bits than Todd, but the last few years and especially post-layoffs have not been encouraging. People that write trash like Tanlorin tend to have a negative influence on the overall tone given time, and I'm worried we're starting to see that in things like the trailers or chicken.Could also be fine if they're kept on a tight leash, but we'll see in the content to come.
I haven't touched my arcanist character in a whileIs Forest wraith + Deadly strike still a good combo for this class?
Graphic mods for console peasants WHEN?
>>2681875Nothing particularly wrong with it, you might want to replace deadly IF you're using the velothi mythic. The IA set got a big buff and dmg% interactions got nerfed so stacking deadly/ansuul/tideborn/velothi is less effective.
I'm so sick of this dungeon
>Season ends in: 3d 16h
Is nightblade more fun than sorcerer I wanted to roleplay a telvanni mage but spamming dark crystal doesnt feel telvanni
>>2683927Yes, though it may not fit the theme either, magblade gets some drain spells but its still very knifey. Best class for a pure mage feel is arcanist.
>>2684145I might have to bite the bullet and pay for arcanist I've seen some of those cthulhu spells in battlegrounds they're pretty neat
>>2684260Worth noting that sorc is next in line for a big rework after Warden, should be near the end of the year. If you don't want to spend you can stick with your sorc and have it ready when the buffs hit, hopefully with a playstyle that fits better. I had the same problem you did, wanted a wizard and got some janky crystal bullshit, so here's hoping they make them more daedra focused.
>>2671894Are tits that big modded? How skimp is vanilla gear in this game?
>>2685675You can't mod eso like the single player games.
>>2685679Those are some impressive mammaries then!
>>2685675If your heart desires big females, you have to channel your inner pic rel
>>2685715i want to FUCK that catgirl. is there an erp scene in this game?
>>2685720No. ERP scene died due to AI chat moderation
>>2685726youre joking right
>>2685732Well, I have not seen a single piece of evidence that confirms AI chat moderation being real to this day, but the rumor was enough for ERPers to quit
>>2685763Shame. I'm sick of Final Fantasy
>>2685732Also I forgot to add to my previous post that zenimax never denied it
>>2685769They did deny that AI was carrying out bans, but the wording was suspiciously specific. Its probably true that AI isn't autonomously detecting AND banning people, but they (and every other game company nowadays) almost certainly do have one reviewing chat and flagging certain things for human/jeet review which may have caught some ERP sessions by accident.
>>2685675Set your body type 100% large on the triangle, max chest slider, min stomach/waist/shoulder sliders.
Has the combat overhaul stuff changed how horrible and floaty the combat feels in this game? It's the main reason why I couldn't ever get into ESO because the combat is so mind numbingly boring.
>>2686732why you people keep describing the combat as "floaty"?. What does that even mean?
>>2687004it's a buzzword when someone doesn't like the combat but can't describe why, because they're retarded
>>2686286How common do you come across characters with tits this large in the wild?
>>2687004>>2687008It means no sense of weight, attacks feel like they have zero impact, retard'bros.
>>2687040You mean lack of rumble on a controller when you attack an enemy? I don't play on a controller so I don't know if rumble works with this game
>>2687040give an example of an mmo with "sense of weight" or combat that isn't "floaty"
>>2687082BDO
>>2687094oh you play korean slop
>>2687106No, it's just that combat is one of the few things BDO does right. You asked for an example and I gave it to you. There's a reason why the horrible combat of ESO is like the #1 complaint that people have against playing it.
I think the floatyness comes down to most of ESO's skills being instant cast with no cooldowns. When you have to commit to an animation, cast time, or cooldown its balanced out with higher damage and feels more impactful, but when its all instant damage values are homogenized at a low point and every build plays more or less the same. This creates a disconnect where it doesn't *feel* like you're in a fight carving up enemies with a sword or blasting them with magic, it feels like playing a piano (especially with weaving) while damage just kinda happens slowly in the background.Some people find high apm fun in itself and enjoy the combat just fine, but it seems like most people don't and either ditch the game entirely or gravitate to lower apm HA/oaken/beam playstyles that give more bang per input.
>>2687594The fact they have a difficulty setting but all it does is change the stats instead of enemy behavior is my complaint. Like youre basically just wasting more time by adding arbitrary tankiness to the enemies. More dodgeable attacks, enemy dodging your attacks, aggression and flanking behavior, that would be better than just scaling stats like a lazy ape
shut the fuck up about combat and talk about TITSdoes this game have good slutmog
>>2687637A lot of enemies do have mechs that were unseen or irrelevant before the number tweaks, but I agree that more of that would be great. The unfortunate reality is that zos doesn't have the manpower to do an overhaul of that scale in a timely manner, and between the game's age and console limits it may not be possible even if they did. Look at how they're struggling to fit more animations or all the compromises to make Cyrodil stable, I'm not sure it could handle more complex AI. They should've moved on to ESO2 years ago.>>2687769Its got a decent selection of skimpy outfits and they've been adding a lot more recently, but the body models are very outdated. I don't know what possesses them to keep giving all these outfits sandals when we still have early WoW-tier bootfeet.
>>2687804It is absurd they had an entire tropical island chapter and no swimsuits added.
>>2687769Not really this game took away 1 chest plate piece that had cleavage out of dozens that you can choose to use btw, because one mentally one man pretending to be a woman cried about it during a reddit AMA with the lead artist.
>>2688312That was years ago, they're too desperate for money to listen to the prudes anymore. The new crates all have slutty outfits and none have been censored despite the usual "people" continuing to bitch about them.
>>2688312Many of the original armor pieces are just texture replacers, so they're quite figure-hugging.
>guy on a twink sorc build with 30 kills and 1 death>decide to just repeatedly stun him over and over so he cant have fun>ends up dying like 7 times and only gets 10 more killsI hope he was seething kek
I list intricate jewelry for double the market price and it sells instantlyShould I raise the price?
half of the eso team got laid off todayterrible decision for basically one of the only consistently (massively btw) profitable properties in the xbox stable. Probably kneecaps any of the plans shown off before this point.
>>>>/v/742709568big rip.
>>2690662crashing this gameWITH NO SURVIVORS
so what's next most likely? maintenance mode for a year and shutdown?I'm not ready to say goodbye to my characters
>last chunk of ESO story content before maintenance mode will be Sheogorath being an unfunny dude cheese lmao retardGrim
>>2690662from the forums, at a minimum the following are gone:ZOSCommunity Manager Gina BrunoLead Dungeon Director Mike FinniganWriter Designer Andrew Siañez-De La OWriter Designer Julianna ComstockSenior Writer Designer Jeff GrubbProject Art Director Marc HudginsSenior Concept Artist Christina CornettSenior Animator Ami DeLulloAnimator Evan Van BiertSenior Tools Engineer Robert BaileyQA Tester Page BransonProducer Ethan KoltzEnvironmental Artist Brandon RushAssociate Sound Designer Andrew JordanSenior Sound Designer Daniel CostelloAssociate Sound Designer Sebastian TheodoroQA Tester Trevor BreamDevOps Engineer William NovakRealtime FX Artist Jacob WynnSenior VFX Artist Anelise MizeLead Designer Ed StarkSenior Encounter Designer Morgan GoinEncounter Designer Erinn FecteauSenior Encounter Designer James AudetTools Product Owner Sydney ThibeaultBethesdaCommunity Manager Jessica ClarkGame Designer Simon PréfontaineGRC Engineer Wayne Saunders
I feel way more down about this than I should. The job losses are bad obviously but I've played ESO since it released, been with me for a decade alongside Destiny 2. Now Destiny 2 is raped and killed and ESO is getting bled out until it just turns into a battlepass storefront. Feels like my teenage memories just got double tapped within a month. >>2690835I suspect maintenance mode, with a shut down only being down years down the line, like really far down the line. There's no private server support so when/if ESO goes, it'll be gone for good.
>>2690835I could see them limping along for a few more years exclusively on crateslop and housing, but its pretty much dead as far as real content. They were already scraping the bottom of the barrel with shit like Night Market.
it's unironically over
Damn even Gina got the boot
well at least foids and fags got to fuck darien before the end
So, no more class refreshes?
>>2690662>half of the eso team>only 25% of the ESO team from 2020 remains
>>2691315Still happening, allegedly.
How long has this been there?
>>2691493Since u50, its part of s1.
/tesg/ made fun of me and bullied me for playing eso
The remaining devs should slip and "accidentally *wink wink*" release the server files to the community.
>>2693414normal people don't have server racks laying around capable of hosting game sessions with hundreds of players
>>2693450You say that like private servers have never been done before. Might not match the official capacity, but there's probably a good few people that could run smaller servers if they had the code. The real problem would be C&Ds.I wonder if Sharma would be open to pulling a CoH and just handing out licenses to run them. Blizz got super aggressive with private servers because they're in direct competition with Classic, but if MS doesn't see ESO as worth maintaining or replacing there wouldn't be much harm in it, and she does like to farm easy pr.
>>2693397deserved desu
>only Dragonchads got a class refresh before maintenace mode
Which zone has the most player housing?
>>2694651Blackwood, 6 player houses in total(Pilgrim's Rest Inn; Water's Edge; Pantherfang Chapel; Sweetwater Cascades; Theater of the Ancestors; Willowpond Haven)
>>2694440I'm quite sure warden will still get a refresh eventually
I'm supposed to feel bad for the people who brought us>hybrydization>subclassing>$40 spec swap>tranny companion>every expansion having less content than the last while also having worse writing>complete lack of improvement of fundamental and technical aspects of the gameplay, like netcode, or the enemy attacks not desyncing from their animations, for 10+ years>greediest triple dip monetization in an online game on this side of the Pacific Ocean???
>>2696626exactly lmao
>>2696259Warden got delayed but should be done enough for even the cripple team to finish soon, and they've already claimed the refreshes aren't cancelled. I expect they might aim for a smaller scope with the rest, simple number tweaks instead of full overhauls. Or maybe they'll be dumb enough to just stretch the roadmap to 4+ years. If I was them I'd be operating under the assumption that round 2 of layoffs next year will completely halt development. They should cancel all the stupid mini events and just focus 100% on the refreshes and Winterhold to cap the game off with the closest thing to a final chapter they can manage.
>>2696626Dont forget god awful gameplay in 90% of the classes where you brainlessly mash a button. >dark crystal sorcerer gameplayholy shit it's bad it's a miracle the game lasted this long honestly
>>2662420azureblight viper any class
>>2696626You say this now, but wait for microshit to replace everyone fired with indians.
>>2697107>bollywood shenanigans in Esroniet>romanceable Nord companion with big bobs>new endgame activity: selfies with dwemer trains>mud pie festival eventThe future is bright saar!
>>2697107oh boy, can't wait for AI hallucinated lore
>>2697174Eh, I'd take mechaKirkbride hallucinations over another Tanlorin or generic cult plot.
>>2697107It cannot get worse, the only options are the game gets better or they shut it down.
the event is going to end in a few hoursgrab your last trade bars
>X rewards were automatically claimed:I skipped them for a reason you inept IDIOTS
>>2698609>leftover tome points get turned into 100 gold eachI did not know that, I stopped collecting them like a month ago. Probably for the best.
>>2697202you're going to get ai hallucination of generic cult plot and gay elf sex because they trained this shit on mountains of dogshit fantasy romance novels. I bet that before the end of the decade it adds a noun from warcraft that nobody checked before jeetgpt pushed it to prod.
>>2698609I thought it only did that for currency items when you were above 2000 points. The points above 2k were getting converted to gold anyway, and I'm pretty sure that the ap/tel var/writ voucher/trade bars/etc rewards are all a higher value than 10 gold per point
>>2698758Personally I'd prefer some gold to the outfit styles.
>>2698744>mountains of dogshit fantasy romance novelsIsn't it mostly BDSM and monsterfucking? Damn, that really would be like mechaKirkbride.
>>2698609Why? only 2000 points carry over to the next tomethere is no benefit to hoarding more than 2k points
when do these shitty dynamic encounters start?Been hanging out at the start of the auridon one for half an hour now and it got boring as fuck 29.5 minutes ago. And if I don't wait it'll never get done because the odds of me passing by at the right time are astronomical
>>2699310The excess did get converted into gold, not a ton but better than unwanted styles. And holy shit this tome is terrible. They clearly put zero effort into this compared to crates.
>sit and wait for half an hour or so (won't tell you when it starts teehee try not to fall asleep) to interact with the most brain dead content of all time>do this thirty times and then never again because the rewards are total dogshitfriggin epic, whoever designed this shit either has such open and intense contempt for the players or is an actual single digit IQ homunculus incapable of considering even the most immediate consequence of game design.
Shouldn't my new tome start on page 2? Why did it start on page 8?
>get bored of waiting around for the events>go do the new quest line>have to queue up and wait in line to open the door because nobody at ZOS considered what would happen if more than a single person had the same questwhy the fuck do I play this game
>>2699507
>furries get two skins, one at 5 events and one for 10>vamps only get one for 10This better come with a giant spiked cock and let me convert people Lamae style for this much effort. Oh my god, just did a second event and found out the rocks aren't even guaranteed so it probably takes way more than 10. We need more layoffs.
>SWTOR dead>ESO about to die>LOTRO marches on
Where do I need to go to start the new questline?
>july 2025basically everyone on blackbird got fired (300 people)>july 2026pic relhalf my ass there must be a dozen people in a shoe closet left
>>2700014Hang on, 300~ people and the best they could do is 2 reworks and a handful of asset flip activities spaced over months? We were already getting 12 people in a closet's worth of work, the fuck were all these people doing?
BRAVO ZENIMAX
>>2700233https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqB1uoDTdKM
post fat khajit knockers
Noob here. Just bought ESO. I like to have a decent enough grasp on lore before I start a game so I don't look like an idiot noob (which I probably am)What do I need to know? What should I read. Total beginner here.
>>2700454play the game normallyif you ever come across something you don't understand, search for it on UESP
>>2700454What race are you playing? I could tell you a bit about them.
>>2697537The only way for the game to get better at this point is for zenimax to separate from microsoft entirely.I knew this shit would happen eventually. Microsoft LOVES killing game studios. They want to become an IP shovelware company so bad.
>>2700490Khajit.I hope I get a hot elf wife.
>>2700454The game doesn't expect you to be an expert and gives you plenty of "What is [incredibly basic knowledge]?" options, but the super short version: The empire based in the center of the continent has recently gone to shit thanks a cult of necromancers starting a demon invasion. The surrounding races/nations have organized into three competing alliances each hoping to resolve the crisis, conquer the fallen empire's capital, and establish themselves as the new dominant power.Your character fell for a catfishing scam, got sacrificed by the cult's leader, and had his/her soul tossed directly into hell where the tutorial begins.Also, the first npc you meet is a half-giant. You (probably) did not accidentally make your character a midget, she's just fucking huge.
>>2700542You're in luck! Altmer noble are known to keep a beast or two in their stable, especially ones with 'peculiar' equipment.
>>2700542The Telvanni were right.
>>2700542post her
>>2700542If you're being serious, eso has very little in the way of romance. You can only marry another player, they only recently started adding flirt options for npcs and only one of them (a dude) actually goes anywhere.
>>2700548>Also, the first npc you meet is a half-giant.Just how I like them. I just presumed her to be super tall because different race.Thank you for basic summary. I don't know how much I needed to know about my race and all that stuff.>>2700554It's a start.>>2700586I'm playing a male cat.>>2700608>You can only marry another playerThat is what I meant. I am hoping to score an elf wife player character. Bonus points if she's female IRL and we get to meet up to discover I am a 5'10 hairy lion-man of sorts and she is a tall, elfish woman who is ready to start a family.
>>2700670>male khajit
>>2700678male khajiit can be cool!
so they are not going to give the oldest zones a facelift like the start zones?
>>2701111We will be lucky if they can finish all class refreshes before closing down the servers
What is Edwane the Hawk's accent?
>>2701111Any plans for that got shelved a while ago, I don't think they've talked about it since before Nick took over. Definitely not happening now.
is there any downside/upside to playing on steam vs standalone?
>>2701342no, both have the same functionality
Ithelia killed ESO
Player count is low at this hourIf you haven't gone through the gate yet, now is your chance >>2700233
>>2686732Mildly. The animations and effects are a bit better on greatsword and much better on Dragon Knight. The rest of the combat feels as shitty as ever.>>2687113BDO masks a lot of its flaws with visual effects. The enemies are essentially just punching bags that check your gear. Their attacks are incredibly poorly telegraphed. BDO does combat key input and flashiness right but it completely and utterly fails in doing anything meaningful with it. MMOs like TERA and RaiderZ did action combat gameplay right by letting player skill prevail over stats and rotations. Whether it be blocking or dodging everything, or being able to complete challenge runs without armor - you'll see none of that in any modern popular "action" MMO. GW2, ESO; BDO are all failures in that regard.>>2687594No, that's not true. The lack of cooldowns is one positive aspect about it. The floatiness comes from the disconnect between what you're doing and what's going on the screen. Homing missiles, 'melee' hits that don't visually connect, and poorly disguised tab targeting like those rogue NPCs that do the longwinded animation are the game's worst offenders. Then there's also the bad animations and effects. You don't feel this level of comical wonkiness in actual TES. ESO does not deliver the 'Skyrim but online' experience.
>>2690914>Community Manager Gina BrunoGood riddance.
>>2701443even better, go to the elemental grove place in reaper's march
>>2671894QWEEN
>>2690914That is a horrendous list of roles to cut. This game is fucked. It will be in maintenance mode at best.t. New player, gamedev
>>2701958My guess is that Sharma plans to maximize her izzat and replace all the expensive americans with literal jeet outsourcing.
Here's the full list.ESO is 100% dead. It's over.https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/695703/huge-layoffs-at-zenimax-a-lot-of-eso-devs-impacted
According to IGN some insider Bethesda guy said Jeetsoft wants to transfer remaining ZOS devs to work on TES 6 and ESO might get shut down sooner than expected.
>>2702164fug
are you going to rewrite the headcanon lore of your TES characters if ESO gets killed?I imagine some of you had ESO and mainline chars connected
>>2702164I believe you but that's insane, outside of maybe some of the lore guys and concept artists who they could've just leased over at any time they wanted there's basically no benefit to pilfering devs from this project (that was still performing before they ripped it apart mind you, especially compared to all the other jeetsoft projects that are just financial black holes) vs hiring/training people to work on tes6.
>>2702271assuming that tes6 gets some of the settlement building that fo4/saarfield had I'll probably build a mausoleum for my eso main
>>2702296The only way a large transfer would kinda make sense is if they really are planning an online mode that would be competing with ESO. More likely the "remaining devs" will be a tiny number after the second round of layoffs.Current team will prepare for maintenance mode, then get shredded next year again, then a handful of server people will keep the game up for a year or so while a handful of content people go over to BGS to make barrel textures or something and get fired when that's done.
how much does your race matter in this game ? the racial abilities seem quite potent compared to other mmos. are breton/altmer melee dps/tanks still viable, or do do you have to play magicka builds? same for redguard/orc/khajit magicka etc
>>2702572There's about 5% at most performance difference between the best and worst race for a given role, it doesn't matter unless you're doing super sweaty scorepush runs.
where is the ERP hub of this game?
>>2702869time to flip those burgers
>>2702939oh yeah I'll make it make sense Rich. *kills him and uses his juices to cool my gaymen pc as I noclip inside my lizard followers giant green windhelm sized tits and ohhhh OHHHH FUCK IM CUMMIN IM CUMMIN HARD OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH*
is we still getting winterhyold
>>2702966Yeah but the Skyrim version. Turns out the great collapse only took out like 2 storage sheds behind the college.
>>2702966nowe're getting sheogorath's lol cheese xD antics as the last piece of story content before jeets shut the game down
>>2701811wowhow this even came to be?
>>2702007>Studio Game Director Rich LambertGlad he didn't escape this since he was not on the ESO team anymore
>>2702164>kill the game that makes constant millions of profit per moth to gamble it on new mainline slop that will not make back its costs for at least a yearYep, sounds like something they would do.
>>2703178He wasn't on any team since ZOS doesn't even have other games. They knew they had to take him off ESO but were too chummy to actually fire him so he got "promoted" into a cushy fake job.
>>2702744you have to join a guild for that
eso is healing
eso is dead and we killed it
eso is tanking
ithelia will restore our blessed summerset elsweyr timeline
it's ending
Wasting time and money on online games was a mistake
>>2703599don't say that...
how many hours do you have in eso?
>>2703659622 on my main char~1300 in totalIn Skyrim I have 1801 so Todd still won
>>270365913.5k :3
They should re-release it as a singleplayer game - The Elder Scrolls Offline
>>2703659Just a few hours
>>2703755thats 1.54 years
>>2703767Its a fun thought but realistically its going to die and rot in a vault same as Legends and Blades.
when you die you will say I wish I spent more than 1.54 years on that game whose name I have now forgotten
>>2703826ESO can survive long enough for SKG to save it
gina...
>>2703852Skg laws wouldn't be retroactive, they were never going to save ESO or any current game.
>>2703908By ' retroactive' don't they mean games that have already shut down?There is still some hope for ESO
>>2703767How would you do trials? No limit to equippable mythics? Bots?
>>2703984No, it means anything already released. There's basically no chance of legislation that forces companies to spend millions renovating existing projects or release proprietary code that the public would need to maintain them, SKG is purely focused on making them design future games with better eos plans.You would unironically have a better chance convincing Elon that it'd be funny to buy and release all of ZOS's files when Asha starts selling off Xbox assets. SKG can't and MS won't do anything to preserve it themselves.
emulating eso on my xbox 360 under a bridge in 2028
To be honest, I don't even feel like logging in anymore. I only did daily dungeons so that i could slowly level my CP while completing the skill point quests, getting transmutation crystals, and occasionally researching traits. I see no point in doing any of that if the game's about to die. I'll run through the quests if I'm in the mood to actually play the game but I'm not super interested in the whole dedicated MMO grind in a game with an uncertain future.
>>2704279What was the end goal of the grind?
>>2704279Yeah, I'm waiting for the new roadmap to see just how crippled they are. If its somehow not that bad, great, no harm in a little break.
Going into crippling debt to make eso private servers so the homies with 15k hours can live
>>2702007It would seem Fallout 76 is being hit harder than ESO.
>>2704825frick those guys
>>2704825Imagine if instead of making FO76, they made TES6 during that dev cycle.
dead general for a dead game
>>2705518imagine if your mother and father never met
>had nearly a full week to evaluate the layoff's impact>still no statement on what's getting cancelled or not>not even a date for a future statement if they somehow need more than a week to figure it outEmbarrassing.
>>2706566How do you even proceed with half the people gone?
>>2706566it's over brotime to uninstall and move on
>>2706663Hard to say what they can still do because no one outside zos knows how the work was distributed. I'd want them to hyperfocus on getting the class refreshes done even it means shelving other things so the inevitable maintenance mode at least has a passable meta, but that's assuming the devs working on those things have applicable skills.
we are being sent to mirrormoor
>>2706762It's only over when the servers shut down
eso is a dead man walking
I think the new TG questline is ok
In order to offset the layoffs, they should get rid of AD.
>>2708343AD alone must be half of the revenue of this game
>>2708404I suspect it's propped up by khajiit being in AD without Any Race, Any Alliance.
>>2708589Also the elves. AD was practically rigged for max pop, it got the furries and the two most conventionally attractive races.
>>2703767It's taken them months and 500 people to release single player versions of just 2 old dungeons
Elder scrolls 6 soon no wonder they are canceling it
>>2708829Nah. If the game were close to completion, the layoffs would not have happened
>>2708848>>2708851Soon was the wrong word, but maintenance mode from here on makes sense because new content is for player retention but if they're gonna switch to ES6 new content wont work anyway.
>>2708829Its still a good year or three away, hasn't even had a real trailer, and only a portion of players would fully abandon it for 6. They're risking a lot of money winding it down this early. But it would make a lot more sense if they plan to attach an online mode, GTA style. A new eso with mainline gameplay would 100% fucking murder this one.Interestingly, Skyrim's recent paid mods have had a lot of eso content. That could've been practice for bringing even more forward into 6. Would also explain all the fired artists, they don't need new designs when they have ten years worth sitting right here.
>>2708879I could definitely see them adding a weird type of co-op or "visit friends base" thing. But it's bethesda and they're lazy incompetent morons so who knows. I do think starfield lit a fire under their asses and maybe they learned they cant just make the same shitty game from 2011 to print money
>>2708879>hasn't even had a real trailerBecause they don't have ANYTHING yetI'm certain Todd doesn't even know which province the game will be on
I'm still waiting for your apology after life itself proved me right when I spent years saying this game was on maintenance mode
>>2709299>i said something for years and it might be happening now so you better apologizeNo, faggot.
update from zos: they still plan to make new content but it's going to take a while because they have to reorganize the studio
>>2709369are they going "reorganize" in 6 months again when the next planned wave of layoffs hits?
>>2708924Retarded take. Starfield came out nearly three years ago, 6 could very well be a turd baking in development hell but the idea that they've done nothing is insane. If any company found out a developer defrauded them for tens if not hundreds of millions, and they'd certainly know by now, the backlash wouldn't be a handful of firings and Obsidian getting another spinoff. Todd would get sued into poverty, BGS would be dissolved, and every single person there would probably go on an industry blacklist.
>>2709552They spend the last 3 years making Starfield content
>>2709653Anon you fucking moron. You fool.
>>2709653SS was the most barebones expansion they've ever done and TA was so small they just handed it out for free if you already had SS. No way that stuff was a full studio effort.
Where ERP?
>>2709735What about the free lanes update?Bethesda made a huge deal out of it in april
>>2709835lol
Which faction is the best choice for Cyrodil?
>>2709835The huge deal was more about cruise mode than the content. FL was basically one new town with a few sidequests and a bunch of small space encounters, most of which consist of finding a derelict and reading journals. Personally I enjoyed it way more than dealing with the retarded snek baptists or halfbaked space nazis, but it was still tiny.
>>2709872doesn't matter. pvp is retarded and all three factions are retarded
does eso allow me to be fat naked khajiit who lives in a cave in the wilderness on skooma
>>2710485You can be fat and drink skooma and probably make a house look like a cave in the middle of nowhere.
>>2710510There's no drinkable skooma, only some pipe furnishings.
>>2710661like that one guy irl who baked a cake with crack instead of flour
>>2711081That stuff is more like weed brownies, regular moon sugar is way less potent than skooma.
Is it possible to make a good looking fem redguard?
>>2711203yes
Inventory management in this game w/o ESO+ is miserable
>>2711203Try moving the triangle closer to angular.
>dead thread>past bump limit>warningseethe
Fellas what outfit is this?
>>2711241>>2711203And try moving the skin tone more to white
>>2711310what is she holding
>>2711310Covenant Scout. God I hope the layoff caught whoever is responsible for putting those stupid crotch flaps and giant tassets on everything.
Is this mythic any good?
>>2711487Only for pickpocket farming. Invis is an outdated gimmick since anyone can subclass shadow.
>>2711240it is still miserable with ESO+. with more space, you just delay the inevitable.
>>2711759Really? I was thinking of getting it just for the craft bag alone
>>2711928>Really?no
Supposedly the cuts have put zos back to the same size as when they made Summerset, and we can expect the new roadmap in "a few weeks" after they finish reorganizing. So not quite the imminent shutdown situation people assumed, and maybe the absurdly slow development really was because of bloat, but that could just be bullshitting to squeeze out the last drops of cash before they admit next year will have one rework and half a delve.
how do i turn off expansion/dlc quests i want to play the game in chronological order but keep getting random quests i dont wanna do yet put in my path
>>2712471check you jornal every time you pick a quest and discard the ones categorized as 'prologue'
>do the questline for the high elf queen>be dork elf>dialogue doesnt have her acknowledge that im not in her factionoversight or that lazy?
>>2713606Base game zones are all written under the assumption that you're in that zone's faction. At launch they were much more restrictive, you couldn't play their quests or even explore their zones until finishing your own and starting Cadwell's Silver/Gold, which has Meridia do some daedric fuckery to anonymize you so you don't get stabbed on sight or strung up for treason against your actual faction.
need minimap and quest tracking addon pls
>>2713769You can open the map by pressing 'M'Pressing 'J' opens the quest journal
>>2713769https://www.esoui.com/addons.php
>>2713899any recommendations?
cant stop eating moon sugar and lying around in pedestrianised areas sunning my anus
>>2714045Screenshot modeLazy writ crafterAuto Recharge/Repair
>>2714045I just use the bandit ui
>>2712301shill
>>2709339Get raped by a troop of liggers then
>>2712316They're not even the same people. What got fired wasn't just some chunk of disposable staff that was hired at a later point.More are bound to be fired. Now they need to restructure and work with what they got, only to repeat that after the next layoff.
>>2714561don’t threaten me with a good time anon
>>2714499sorry you're retarded
Don't be an idiot like me. Read the freerunner quest before assuming it is bugged
new rogue house has about 4 paintings worth 4m on the market currently
We, at Bethesda, are proud to announce Favors! You, who fought gods, demons & empires, we are offering a new type of epic quests for you!So in this one, you have to pick salmon and feed stray cats!...Employing menopausal cat ladies in the videogame industry is the reason MS is firing everyone. Good job, Bethesda
>>2716015Are you not entertained?please be entertained
How do you make a mistake like this. It should be Dro-m'Athra, like it is on all the other ones you fight outside of the new Thieves Guild quests. Surely the name should be attached to the asset?
>>2716145The more I see of s1 the more I believe they need even more layoffs. This shit is like a halfassed Skyrim mod, someone needs to actually go to the studio and do a performance evaluation.
>>2716228at least no one is paying full price for this questline
I can't fucking stand these "muh crafting bag" spastics. Absolutely NOBODY "needs" to craft anything. You can completely avoid all things related to crafting if all you want to do is play the fucking game at your own fucking pace. Auto-delete and auto-sell crafting materials with addons. Stop hoarding all the trash they're throwing at you with the sole goal of selling you the inventory space solution in their clown store.>muh efficiency>muh gold>muh trading>muh muh muhSTFUHave you actually seen "dedicated" ESO players? I took a look at the players that showed up at the ESO Tavern 2026 and they're often obese, covered in tattoos and worship consumerism. Absolute subhuman trash like every other "professional gamer". THESE are the "people" who want you to buy ESO+ and keep logging in everyday for FOMO dailies to "support le devs". Nothing will wake up faster to that truh than seeing such individuals.
hope ESO still exists in 2 or 3 years. how does LOTRO do it? they must have a small team. i'm assuming SWTOR is similar bit with a little more manpower
>>2716497"Dead MMOs" are great for the singleplayer experience.
>>2711487Fully upgraded, it might have some legs in pvp. As long as you can keep damage going it's like a combination of Death Dealers Fete and Roksa the Warped sets.
>>2717840How do you upgrade it?
>>2716497Thankfully ESO doesnt require many players for their quests
is it time to log in
>>2718615not anymore
>>2718633did they add anything since werewolf
>>2718667Yes. A new thieves guild questline
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