The Elder Scrolls Online

[Senji]

Yeah definitely not asking for everyone to be able to get emperor, only that more people actually have a chance to get it. The current system allows it to pretty much cycle through a select few people, who are only going to get it back even easier due to the unique skill line that they'll have.

I understand the desire for hardcore content, and I'm fine with things being restrictive in who can obtain them. Hardcore players get things first, that's cool and I like it. They don't however get things and then retain them forever. The casual playerbase eventually gets access to things, even if it takes a while. There's a very big difference between "If you work hard enough you can obtain this" and "No matter how hard you work you will never obtain this".

Imagine if you will, that the very first time Twintania is downed each week that turn 5 is locked out to the rest of the playerbase until the following week. The most hardcore will always get it right away, and then nobody else can have it until next time. Only next time, those same people get it again, and once again it's locked out. Rinse, repeat, etc. That's the current emperor system. Only instead of it being a group effort and everyone being rewarded, it's just one guy.

Imagine if you will, the server keeps track of everyones Twintania kill time and awards each member of the fastest raid a special permanent Twintania crown and temporary mount. Scoreboard resets each sunday at a set time. That's more in line with the current emperor system.

Sarcasm couldn't have been more obvious, but I fully expect the hardcore guilds and players to be the fastest twin kills and to be the only ones to have their names on the captured forts, while less hardcore/casuals will still always be able to bandwagon and participate in the content.

The only thing to add to the Emperor thing is that the group as whole gets bonuses, but the Emperor gets the largest bonus and the abilities.

Or so something I read says.

Yeah the special skills are mainly auras for everyone like increase siege weapon damage and strengthen walls, but casuals freak out like it's the opposing emperor that is causing their failness in pvp.

[Kiarax]

The only issue I'd really see with it is if having the Emperor buffs created a snowball effect. You're already #1, now you have an advantage over others trying to catch up to you causing you to snowball ahead even further and never lose the title. Either way if your Emperor is that dedicated to holding the title, chances are he's doing your side a favour anyway, doesn't really seem like something to be bitching about if the skills are as subtle as Senji is implying.

[Bombur]

If anyone is curious these are the Emperor's skill lines, once you become an emperor you will always have these skill lines.



Domination
While Emperor: +100% ability duration.
Former Emperor: +2% ability duration.

Authority
While Emperor: +200% Ultimate gains.
Former Emperor: +4% Ultimate gains.

Monarch
While Emperor: +300% health, magicka, and stamina combat regeneration.
Former Emperor: +6% health, magicka, and stamina combat regeneration.

Tactician
While Emperor: +400% siege weapon damage (keeps only).
Former Emperor: +8% siege weapon damage (keeps only).

Emperor
+100% health, magicka, and stamina regeneration while in campaign.


source

http://eldersouls.com/elder-scrolls-online/skills

[Siya]

On the fence about preordering it. Mainly as a timer killer for Wildstar but will play it as long as it holds my interest. GMG has Imp. Edition for 64 and normal for 48.... Kinda wanna get the Imp. one but dunno if I wanna spend the extra $$$.

[Tokitoki]

If anyone is curious these are the Emperor's skill lines, once you become an emperor you will always have these skill lines.

Monarch
While Emperor: +300% health, magicka, and stamina combat regeneration.
Former Emperor: +6% health, magicka, and stamina combat regeneration.

Emperor
+100% health, magicka, and stamina regeneration while in campaign.


source

http://eldersouls.com/elder-scrolls-online/skills

The regeneration is pretty crazy, but I'm glad to see that if you lose the Emperor status you lose almost the entire strength of the buff.

[Korialstrasz]

Beta this weekend for those who care.

It's patch 0.18 too, which means a small mountain of fixes and other adjustments that we didn't have in previous beta versions. This means collision detection, Imperials, optional starter islands, faster low level exp (slower high level exp), harder mobs etc.

Patch 0.18 for those with access to the beta forums. I'd copy pasta but they're huge.

[Zetanio]

I'm gonna try it, no plans this weekend.

[Meresgi]

Did patch .18 make the models less ugly? I MIGHT look at it over the weekend, but that means installing the giant fuck download all over again..ugh.

[Zetanio]

I don't know about that but the patch notes look somewhat promising.

[Kelenae]

Did patch .18 make the models less ugly? I MIGHT look at it over the weekend, but that means installing the giant fuck download all over again..ugh.

No. This is how the game is going to look like. Kinda too late to change now.

[Korialstrasz]

I'm sure somebody will push out a mod of some sort very quickly once the game is released, assuming they allow for things that change the visuals of armor and the like.

[Zetanio]

Yeah. .dat swaps kinda shit.

I'm gonna play a little bit today. The guild should still be around if any of you boners want in.

I'll be streaming twitch.tv/zetanio at some point on Friday once IEM is done.

[Meresgi]

So was reading that the ESO shop will sell mounts? And that people are kind of pissy about it because of how mounts are somewhat difficult to obtain in game?

[Prothescar]

wow I've never seen an MMO cash shop that sold mounts before. this is so new and unexpected I could almost shit

[Zetanio]

The new areas aren't bad. The improvements are noticeable but the game is still pretty meh.

[Meresgi]

wow I've never seen an MMO cash shop that sold mounts before. this is so new and unexpected I could almost shit

ESO shop will sell mounts

pissy about it because of how mounts are somewhat difficult to obtain

I've never seen anyone not fully read what was said either. Unless you think mounts were ever hard to obtain in WoW or TERA lol

[Kiarax]

I only hope they sell some horse armour in the cash shop.

[Meresgi]

Oh can you customize them like the bardings in ffxiv? That's pretty cool.

[Prothescar]

I've never seen anyone not fully read what was said either. Unless you think mounts were ever hard to obtain in WoW or TERA lol

they're the same difficulty in either game, the only difference being ESO doesn't hand you one for free by doing the "learn how to hotbar a mount" quest. was harder to get a mount in RIFT than here, tbh. i got my horse within a couple of hours in last weekend's beta.

[Senji]

You buy a horse from a npc, like most games.

Can feed for temp stat boosts, also give them saddlebags and armor.