Can This Content Creator's Ideas REVIVE This MMO?

[@clickbait9125]

if it was zos it makes sense he published his "ideas" he used in the interviews so if they come to fruition he can get some credit

[@charleycarlat]

I like most of skinny's ideas. One thing I find odd about ESO is that we hear a lot about not getting certain kinds of things because of memory issues. However they can keep adding dozens of unique sets each year...but only seem to care that a fraction of all the sets are used by the player base. I love skinny's idea of targeting all this useless memory and getting some fun use out of it.

[@samuraichicken2315]

Memory issues only occurs when they need an excuse to say no. Otherwise they will remove content to make more space eg ToT, arcanist etc

[@user557899]

Basically, guy applies for a job to do a lot of work at a company that doesn't want to do a lot of work.

[@jarlbalgruuf8375]

Bro watched the whole thing in 15 minutes

[@deswill2737]

@@jarlbalgruuf8375 More like 5 minutes

[@joulevette22]

Only ppl doing all hard work is the art team for the shop lol

[@willinspireus]

TL;DR absolutely. Wish zos could turn things around but it's just been so long I'm doubting we will see a turn around at this point.

[@samwiener]

Ok speaking about the “dread of an upcoming update” here’s my example: Last free eso plus event i grinded for the tarnished nightmare set, golded out some pieces and spent a lot of time and resources like 32-40 dreugh wax with 24 chrome platings and 16 tempering alloys (for different setups). I really like the set because of pve purposes: its a rare set that deals instant direct damage in an area that doesn’t summon shit and also has good 2-4 bonuses. This made me kill basic 31k health enemies within a second and it is awesome. Sure it’s not overpowered and not super optimal for pve but i really liked it. Now because of some (AGAIN!) pvp “balance” they add a 1.3 second delay which just kills the set for me completely. So i spent time and resources just to get scammed and there’s no even upgrade resource compensation from zos. And that’s just an example, this bullshit happens EVERY single update with one set or another. People hate such things bc they feel being scammed. This makes me personally hate those updates and thinking of quitting the game.

[@txchainsaw8907]

To ZOS’ credit (a rare phrase), they would change meta sets like every 3 months. That was a nightmare. It’s better now but stuff is still gonna change from time to time.

[@samuraichicken2315]

The sad thing is that the delay does nothing to reduce its power in PvP.

[@ashmcman]

bro i fuckin feel the PAIN it took me 74 runs to finally get that azureblight battleaxe a few years ago and if yall know, Lair of Maarselok is the WORST dungeon to farm; and the way they’ve “readjusted” sets that came from PAID FOR DLC that makes the set unviable for 50-80% of the content you intended on using it for anyways then turns it into Chutes & Ladders. You climb all the way up jus to take the slide back down. N they do this to SO many dang SETS is what gets me the most🤦‍♂️

[@brianfox771]

Yeah, the 'update dread' is 75% what drove me away from the game 1.5 years ago. I've played on and off for 9-12 month blocks with months to years in between since 2014. The imbalance is intentional and the nerfs are planned. It keeps you running on that hamster wheel; and the longer you run on it, the more likely you're gonna buy a gamble crown crate. They know what they are doing, and ESO isn't going to get better. It wouldn't be profitable for ZOS if they did fix it in the eyes of their customers. Personally, I'd come back if they said "no more updates, no more sets, no more nerfs" and just got out of their own way.

[@manamose5430]

Unless they actually put skinny in charge of something I think it would be a waste of his talent

[@zombiejesus7445]

Yeah, pass. Unless he has history of being in charge of a project WITH a TEAM

[@iBeJulio]

@@zombiejesus7445 yeah skinny gives a lot of valuable info to the community, but he comes off as very pretentious, especially in the forums. I'm sure he went into the interview with a Me vs Them mentality that was palpable to everyone in the interview. As if he came as a savior to fix what the company has done.

[@aretrograde7745]

@@iBeJulio You're making a lot of assumptions and judgments about someone you don't personally know.

[@iBeJulio]

@@aretrograde7745 are you not making a lot of assumptions about me right now?

[@aretrograde7745]

@@iBeJulio No, I am not, I am responding to what you have written. No guess work needed. I am making a statement based on your on words.

[@felixthefearless1886]

Do you think he posted this publicly so they can’t steal his stuff and use it later without giving him credit / $$$?

[@_invinciScribe_24]

If they still his staff later on and not credit him that’s just messed up

[@skinnycheeks]

nah honestly they can use whatever they want from this idc. I just wanted people to see what I've been working on.

[@XiiJWCiiX]

There's not a lot of creativity being expressed period. Most of the stuff ZOS adds to the game, nobody asked for. The stuff they added that we did want or care about is just a reskin of something already in the game. Some things that I would like to see in ESO is: 1. A "crafting bag" for furniture. At least 7 of my homes are just storage facilities for furniture I haven't used yet. 2. A cloak or cape slot. Even if it's cosmetic. 3. A new race. I think we're due for one. 4. A chapter story taking place somewhere else outside of Tamriel or Oblivion. 5. A new weapon type. Pole arms or spears would be cool. 6. Gliders. Not flying mounts but gliders. 7. Tameable combat pets. Kind of like hunters from WoW. It could even be part of a new class. 8 . A new class. Some of these ideas may be impossible or lame but I think we could all agree a crafting bag for furniture would amazing.

[@ysayde1331]

Having been a cog in the dev machine myself, there is very little you can change unless you're right under the director or are the director or whatever the label the studio puts on that position as it varies from place to place. Even going to the studio head and giving a polished presentation means very little and usually gets you some sort of label yourself, which for one studio they kept saying I had a "New York attitude" which ... Im not entirely sure what that meant but I assume its pushy. I only did that once and only in a small studio before I figured out how depressing the industry actually is. All in all I liked his proposed changes. I think it's a good start. ESO sets shouldn't be homogenized because part of the mmo's strength when it was good was that there wasnt a cookie cutter one size fits all gear and skill set up (imo that's no longer true). I really miss the creativity we could have for making sets.

[@Jannah_2k]

No good ideas ever will happen in ESO anymore that would improve the game, because the "problems" Nefas says, are in the "higher ups" (Lead Devs) that will turn down any (even reasonable good) changes and ideas from both player feedback and even from their own Combat team. Their combat team is just used to flip flop change sets, classes and skills every 3 months to create illusion of having updates that bring "new things", when it's only buffs and nerfs. And the Lead Devs want it to be like that, minimal effort for maximum profit. Game is in actual maintenance mode, even last Chapters have been low effort and short and content amount per year is at all time low.

[@dragonriderabens9761]

unless one of the changes involves a massive overhaul to the monetization to drastically reduce it, the suggestions will only be bandaid fixes over a bullet wound

[@kerembulut5947]

i hate that they always use uneven numbers for item stats, like 9.1% crit from the mundus stone. Just say 10%, it's these things that just confuse me as a new player. Just the stats in general in ESO are totally opaque to me. I dont even know what to do with these numbers like ok 568 health ok thanks.

[@_invinciScribe_24]

I feel you i was confused at first when i started long ago 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@cheatermccheat6378]

"Here, have 1200 crit" just give me the fucking %

[@skulpturostone4621]

This game became a pile of burning s--t. But I still watch your videos sometimes. Clean from ESO for about 20 days.

[@frankieluv1479]

After watching his videos my first thought was he dodged a bullet too. I think working on that team would have eventually crushed his soul.

[@bizzzzzzle]

I remember years ago when they hired Gilliamtherogue, I don’t believe it was QA though, more like systems design.

[@aussie-elders]

Gilliam went to the Combat Team when Wrobel left

[@bizzzzzzle]

@@aussie-elders he was my fav content creator, no one does numbers like him

[@fireraid9173]

I really don't like to be so pessimistic over this game's future, I really want it to get better and have a brighter future but it's just not reality. They will never do any kind of overhaul like this, and the fact skinnycheeks wanted to revamp so much to make the game better like that rather than have a marketing scheme in mind is likely why they never took him in. They just don't care, they have no intention on fixing a single problem with the game unless people are so fed up that they pack up and leave, hence ue35. If they lose crown buyers, maybe they'll listen to feedback for a moment to reel those whales back in, but they do not intend to actually prioritize the health of the game over the cash shop, a worse track record than some gacha games.

[@chaoswolf9452]

about the point on standardization, I took a extended break from the game after the block rework, when the check was moved over to the server, I came back to the game with gold road. I was a magblade main, and the dot rework was super weird, and grim focus, but it just seems to me like their is way fewer differences between nightblade and something like sorc, just super odd.

[@paulc5389]

If the interviews involved discussing ideas and he talked about things that would make the game better of course he's not going to get the job when the interviewer is looking for the interviewee to explain how their ideas will get people to spend more money in their online store. The sets in this game are pointless in current form. Most just don't get used by most people and the ones that do are often either a crutch filling in poor class design or just the meta because it produces the best numbers. GW2 handles sets much better. Niche effects could still be kept on monster sets and mythics with body pieces and jewellery just being crafted stat items to allow you to focus on what you want the same way GW2 does it. Weapon sets are a much better example of how to do effect based sets as they add to a skill rather than being some random proc. The decision would then be what monster set do I want to use, what mythic do I want to use, what weapon set do I want to use and what stats do I want to boost. Removing the bloat and making most choices feel more meaningful. Also allow people to buy monster sets and none veteran weapon sets with PvP currency so that people that enjoy PvP but don't enjoy PvE can still get them. The most important thing is missing here though. Veteran overland. The game is too easy making sets totally pointless to most people that don't do PvP or end game content anyway.. you could play overland naked. And whilst instanced content is cool and all the new chapters stories are overland content. I have zero motivation or desire to buy new chapters or dlcs and thus sub because I already know it's going to be too easy thus fixing any of this is irrelevant. The game is still too easy either way. They could even gate veteran characters behind eso plus. Without veteran overland this entire conversation is irrelevant imo. Not to mention rewards for effort not just participation. Sets are meh.. give me cool mounts and stuff for overcoming something. I'm not not playing this game because of the gear and given how easy most of it is and most people only doing overland content I highly doubt most people playing the game are playing it because of the sets either.

[@jesseleeshoemakerjr5461]

After 7 years of playing it's amazing how much stuff goes invisible while in plain sight. I was playing yesterday and considered farming the overland sets on an alt account I made. Then I looked at them and decided not to bother. There are so many bugs in this game that seemingly just get worse or get new bugs to compliment them. So many useless sets that nobody would even consider using. So much wasted space, time, and energy. Zos has no intention to go back and fix these problems, just keep churning out new crap to consume our time grinding to completion.

[@individual116]

I agree with you. Vet overland is desirable!

[@paulc5389]

@@individual116 I absolutely do not get their resistance to do it when they could easily gate it behind ESO plus. Not only would I return but I'd be subbing. They always say they don't want to split the player base population.. but I'm already not playing. I'm already not part of the current population 🤦

[@zombiejesus7445]

21:00 I have been suggesting since 2019 having a trait for +healing, +healing HoT, +Dot damage. So you can specialize more

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

As a smaller creator for ESO, there just hasnt been anything to excite me about making content for the game in years at this point. The archive turned out to be a massive disappointment, and their balance changes since update 35 have been uninspired at best, and boring or bad at worst.

[@Hodador]

I will say, playing from launch that I do enjoy the hybridization of stats and skills from a standpoint of now I have options. For example, as a Templar we had no reliable burst heal on Stamina until this change. Also, with the introduction of Monster Sets, Mythics and 1 pc Bonus Sets (Druids/Trainee), I do feel they should change the 5 pc sets down to 4 pc sets - move the 2pc to 1 pc, etc.

[@newworldforward1842]

I think he should have limited his 3-piece presentation to future sets. Problem is people really hate having their builds f'd up after years and years of work. I really hate how ZOS screws with the class abilities every few months. I wonder how come after 10+ years they haven't figured out the classes yet??? -Just unreal.

[@salinaember9527]

i think reducing non-proc sets to four items, (1 piece item set bonus), for overland, dungeon, pvp, and crafted would be sufficient. allows for three 4 piece sets to be worn without much power creep, or two 4 pieces, monster set, mythic, and one flex spot. race passives could be updated so they can be acquired from mundus stones, based on zone locations. for overland difficulty changes (one of players' biggest concerns), i'd introduce a daily npc that grants a difficulty scroll. when activated, like a veteran dungeon hm scroll, it puts you in a hard mode instance, converting all of overland for you and your group. enemies would hit much harder, with higher health pools. there would also be an additional damage effect in the environment that increases every hour (like scarlet rot, chaos, or madness). other players who activated the scroll would also be in your instance. you'd get increased rewards based on how much you achieve when you turn in the daily.

[@brianfox771]

My solutions to fixing ESO was way better: Uninstalling it from my hard drive and going back to playing single player games. Much happier now.

[@_invinciScribe_24]

Good on you 👍🏾

[@LurnWell]

....But you're still stalking your ex. Here's a solution for that...Really quit from thinking about it, so that you can "really" move on. Til then...Enjoy

[@brianfox771]

@@LurnWell 🤣 A. ESO is a game, not my ex. If you see a video game as being comparable to a girlfriend or boyfriend, you're the one with issues, not me. B. I am free to watch and comment on any gaming video that comes up on my feed/subscriptions regardless to whether I still play it or not. My opinions a insights regarding it are still valid. C. I like to comment on ESO videos the way I do to show others that there are better alternatives in gaming than running on ZOS's cash-grab hamster wheel, and maybe help break the addiction they have to a game where the devs clearly don't care about their player base except for the cash they spend on their gamble crates crown store. Judging by your response, I think I really hit a nerve.

[@dadshirt6681]

@@brianfox771 i think he hit yours lmfao

[@brianfox771]

@@dadshirt6681 Uninstall ESO. Play something else.

[@blipzero]

it is horse armor after horse armor and the devs don't care !

[@merpins]

If they did Skinny Cheek's idea, and implemented it all in one big balance patch here's what would probably happen: 1. A lot of old players that haven't played the game in a long time would come back to the game to check out the changes. Optimistically, 60% would stay (probably closer to 40% but that's still good). 2. Yes, this would cause immediate power creep. A large change like this would result in a spike of power for the players. That's about it. So, it would require more balancing. Oh no, power creep! It'll destroy the game balance! Feh, that's what balancing is for. Just balance it after release. I do not see Zos taking on a balancing pass that would do enough to actually drum up interest from players, and lately, I have not been excited for their changes. They need a big change like this, which makes all sets viable, which makes all races viable, which does more to make the game fun, to actually spark interest in the game again.

[@Rastamunfarion]

If they did it they just need too add 50% more damage from monsters and give them more health.. not too difficult imo

[@merpins]

@@Rastamunfarion I agree. Rather than adjusting the sets downward, they could scale the content upward instead. Either option is difficult, but it might be easier just to give a game-wide buff to enemies rather than individually adjusting each set, once all sets are balanced well like this suggestion.

[@zombiejesus7445]

Imagine having 3 proc sets + a monster proc set all at once.... Proc sets basically kill all the fun in pvp

[@Hulk_smashed]

How non nb mains describe their pvp death 😅

[@Xesh]

Falls on deaf ears, zos has their own agenda. I want to see someone who has a lot of experience handling rebalance changes, but i want it to be fun. If an old player comes back and finds their perfected set has been completely reworked in a way that no longer supports their playstyle, flip a coin on them staying around.

[@AntiSCO]

I have strongly disagreed with Skinny on occasion over the years, but I absolutely stand by the cut of what he is driving at here. I have dreaded almost every patch for the last few years now, particularly as a lifelong theorycrafter. The last couple of expansions I have done very little building and tweaking for that reason alone, half of my 20 toons suck in a variety of new and exciting ways every time the new patch is downloaded! Yay.....

[@pklemming]

You shoukd have done the alpha of evercraft. Most exciting game I have played in a long time. Open alpha was 18-20 Oct. Right now, ESO is a placeholder for the next thing ne and my friends, and it may well ve Evercraft. The alpha release was better than many final releases. So, so polished. As it stands, I no longer believe ESO can be saved. Too much to change and too much code to address.

[@hannahloumen2241]

Zos will rather sell more crown stuff, then doing anything else for the players...

[@newworldforward1842]

Why would they "switch"(something that's completely impossible) to a different engine?

[@Autiserism]

*Generic ZOS response* cant do any of that because of manpower and memory issues. Besides we need to keep as much memory open for the crown store. Plus working to implement player introduction retention and bringing people back would take work efforts away from making crown store items and the revenue it brings

[@chiefexecutive]

ESO was very difficult for me to get into. Maybe cus I’m not too smart but there is a lot I don’t understand still. Idk. Wish it was simpler to build a character.

[@arudiga]

He doesn’t fit the DEI requirements.

[@omensoffate]

Yea if he was black and trans it would have been a hire

[@OkinaNagareboshi]

Yup. Very true. This just needs to happen already

[@samuraichicken2315]

RIP ESO. Hiring skinny was your last, best chance of getting your player base back.

[@aussie-elders]

It sounds like the direction of ESO that ZOS had in mind was different to what Skinny proposed and this is ok, it happens every job where the vision doesnt match.

[@TuudyESO]

Bro re balanced every set 🤯🫠

[@Spider-Bite]

Wasn't there a lot of (upsetting) rebalance changes that happened when they last hired an ESO streamer? Gilliam for those who don't know/remember. I don't think they should be looking at streamers/meta builders for hiring talent.

[@bradandrews777]

It sounds like the company he notes was using him for free labor. I recently cut my ESO time way back. I still like the game, but I hate that ZOS seems to not care one bit about its players. Neither the hard core nor the more casual (if a bit intense) ones like me seem to get heard. Add to that the fact they are including less and less over time, but still charging for new "chapters" like Gold Road. Less for your money and shrinkflation his the ESO! The other component is their diving into the culture wars with their upcoming "non-binary" companion. Other games have failed massively with such actions, yet they are charging on full steam ahead. I have a few months until my ESO+ runs out, though not many, but I do not expect to renew it on either the PC nor PS5. Really sad since I still like the game per se, but these factors harm my enjoyment and I can't even speak on the last in the forums without almost certainly getting a ban.

[@EgaoKage]

I don't see PvP balance concerns being a major hurtle to adopting a system like the one Skinny is proposing. Mainly because ZOS clearly gives no fucks about balance in PvP currently. Personally, I'd love to see combat-oriented racial passives go away. Racial passives should be based on the fun quirks of the various racial cultures across Tamriel, not an aspect in one's build.

[@zenwilds2911]

I got tired of asking ESO to implement what I wanted in the game. 1) Modular castle, cabin, etc parts. (Not just one or two structural pieces without complete roof pieces in that style) 2) empty housing plots with 700 item limit 3) Upgrade character creator. Way better hair textures. I just... gave up. I watch KZbin videos about all MMOs these days. But I'm playing nothing. Waiting for a game that has the things I have, rather than trying to get a company to give me the things I want.

[@zenwilds2911]

ESO will never have the best combat. I liked 3v3 battlegrounds, but they are taking those away. Dungeons were really fun at first, but I've done them. So. Many. Times. ESO housing gives me a reason to play. Endless creativity. But they aren't making the stuff I need to build and decorate enough.

[@ewapiksrandeb3966]

Online gaming seems to get worse these days...

[@cabbagedestroyer1693]

right now it is 2 five sets + 1 monster set, wouldn't this change mean you now could have 3 three sets + 1 monster set + 1 mythic? That means they'd have to rebalance all the content in the entire game, because everyone essentially will be one mythic and full set stronger.

[@ewapiksrandeb3966]

Game would be pretty overpowered at that point and content feels to be much easier for a lot of players even trials. About PvP it will be giving a lot of issues with server lagging and funny part starts over again.

[@luke8401]

Poor guy does hours of interviews and presentations only to be rejected. They're probably saying, as he leaves, why do we need him... when we now have all of his best ideas.

[@CallMeElwis94]

Changing sets to work from 5 to 3 piece per set to activate, would mean the active effects would go from 2 + 1 full monster set or 2 + mythic + 1 monster set piece, to basically 3 + 1 full monster set or 3 + mythic + 1 monster set piece. While for pve it wouldn't be a problem, the balancing issues for the pvp side of things would be a nightmare.

[@poopikins]

He balanced every set in the game, unless he only did PVE. I don't remember, I've only watched the original so far.

[@boyreason9213]

Right. His ideas essentially is to make builds more powerful. Which I don’t mind.

[@saske-nbk]

Eso is becoming boring to watch, just look at twitch viewers compared to other games. I think it's only Xynode that hasn't really branched out yet.

[@jdm8702]

Riding that money train from ZOS' paycheck

[@newworldforward1842]

POE 2 gets my attention at the moment..

[@jonesfps6726]

Why not try it. put in on the pts when an update was launched and let folks try it and see what the response is. Could be a community driven balance so the "prep" work would be done by skinny and the like's and the devs have to "just" implement when received well and its sorta balanced.

[@murderycatdoll1380]

ZOS is incredibly good in "nerfing" the passion with their game the last years... more and more people that really have been compassioned about ESO (including myself) are dying out. Because it is exhausting af.

[@munster1404]

Every one has plenty of ideas regarding their favourite games until they get co-opted or hired by the very people they are criticizing. So far I have heard nary a whimper from erstwhile content creators and ESO gurus like Gilliam the Rogue.

[@_invinciScribe_24]

I watch Skinny’s videos been watching him for awhile. Always has good points love his build videos and that agree with him 💯 in this one it’s a shame he didn’t get the job they losers for doing that. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Eso_lags]

Too much effort for a dev team that does not care about our opinions and will prob do nothing with it. I have put nearly 30k hours into this game. I used to have a lot of passion for it both in and out of game. But its hard to have passion when the dev team clearly has none and is just going through the motions. And its cost the game dearly over the years. The community is dwindling. And the bulk of it are a revolving door of casuals, which is fine but it will not help the community or long term growth. It is what It is. I still log on somewhat frequently but I barely play these days. Hopefully zos changes one day but I don't see it happening. All I see with eso is lost potential. Oh well

[@newworldforward1842]

Just press "shift"... (POE 2)

[@ewapiksrandeb3966]

ESO has a lot of problems zos can't fix on his own.But instead i just have a feeling they follow 1 group from the community at the time. Most of in game sets are completely useless.

[@naplzt4k]

Aside from better coding and servers to fix the lag, the thing they really need to do is rework all the useless sets and give us more build diversity. We also need a counter to everything but at a trade off...if you have high hp then your armor should be low, if you have high dmg your crit should be low and so on

[@jdm8702]

Skinnycheeks got robbed.

[@txchainsaw8907]

I like the idea. ZOS isn’t innovative enough to change anything though.

[@SoulTransient]

The only variety in the game is cosmetic. Build to build its always the same shit, also youre meant to play one way as each category of character there is no flexibility without sacrificing an obviously large amount of stats in your build.

[@jadedj5385]

ZoS needs to make key terms in tooltips bold and a different color. They are obsessed with blinding walls of text. Their presentation is ass from one game to another.

[@HookahOtaku]

ESO is hopeless, the devs dont care, the C level employees even less. More Crown store items, thats all that matters.

[@NotBrye]

I miss the pre mythic era u.u Let's pull the inclusivity and diversity card ♠️♦️

[@Conqyest-ESO]

Nice cut g

[@boyreason9213]

Moving from 5 piece sets to 3 piece sets is not a “New System.” It’s just power creep.

[@Jose-yc6sc]

ESO is just a dying game it’s time to move on guys it’s been real.

[@jesseleeshoemakerjr5461]

Bye

[@poopikins]

It's been dying for awhile. It'll be around for years to come. Idk about player numbers, but the quality has been stagnant at best. I don't see it improving until someone else gets put in charge there.

[@zombiejesus7445]

As long as they learn from the base ESO to the next game

[@omensoffate]

@@jesseleeshoemakerjr5461have fun doing the daily rat race for a chair 😂

[@richardandre6993]

"dealing with rejection" beta male geek

[@CoiledMoons]

I actually disagree with Skinny in a lot of ways - maybe you'll cover this, but: - we already have 3 piece sets to go along with our 5 piece sets; currently, a player can choose between wearing lots of 3pc sets or a couple five-piece sets for more power but less flexibility. trying to reduce all sets to 3pc either should mean reducing their power (nerfing everyone) or is just "having cake and eating it too" (if the power remains the same as a 5pc but it's now 3 because reasons) - The current set variety is actually pretty good; I think currently the stagnancy in ESO feels like people are **too** fixated on gear. The way I build (at least for my tanks) is I make a list of priorities (not in any order here particularly): hit resistance cap, apply major/minor breach, major/minor vuln, major/minor maim, major/minor courage to friends, etc. And then touch as many of those priorities as I can. This means that there's no "best sets" necessarily - people fixate on Turning Tide as a way to apply major vulnerability, and then complain that Necro is a bad class, just as an example. I think part of the fun, challenging bits of ESO come mostly from experimenting with builds - how to hit those priority lists of applied buffs and debuffs, while still doing as much damage as possible. That doesn't MANDATE certain sets; sets are just the "Easiest way to think" about choosing a buff for example. Reducing sets to be "samey" / obvious will just shift the boredom onto "what class has access to what buffs/debuffs" or whatever. I have never seen an update that NOBODY was excited about. Only some people fear updates that change something they find comfy/balance something that's genuinely outperforming - power gaps need to be shrunk, even if it means bringing the overpowered into line (even if that upsets people).

[@DropDrop-kg8br]

Sadly it is just obvious that (roughly) 90% of the sets have a lower power level than the other 10%. What you are doing is a very fun and interactive way to play the game yourself but, if you look at the bigger picture, people have already determined the optimal combo of sets and skills that cover all of the important bufs/debuffs. The idea here is to make the other 90% of sets be more reliable and close to the other sets. Also the idea in the video is to make a build with 3 piece sets the equivalent power level of a current build with 5 piece sets. It only gives more flexibility - its neither "nerfing everyone" or "having cake and eating it too".

[@L0oseG0ose]

The lack of depth and flexibility in the sets means that there are “best” sets. If the crux of your argument is power then more options are not detrimental for players. Why do you think everyone runs both wretched / rallying with oak fathers in PvP? Usually there isn’t much more combinations that are equally as competitive. Set variety with 3 pieces could lead to a curve of indifference where playstyle centrism takes over that set obsession. Therefore, class would actually have weight in how you choose to play as it would no longer be bound to a set standards of sets

[@individual116]

They made 5 piece sets before they made mythic items or 3 piece sets. I’m pretty sure they made them before the 2 piece sets also. Nearly all 5 piece sets are worthless. Making at least some of those

[@andrewmicallef9679]

I'll be honest. Skinnycheeks' ideas are definitely something, good or bad, but their merit is not the point. The point is Zos are well aware of his clout in the community, and how valued he is. If they opted not to onboard him, there must have been one or more reasons. It sucks for him as an individual, but him not being the right fit must have been due to one or more factors. I do not know him personally, but from limited interaction via discord, and based on his approach, and growing frustration with the game, he most likely approached the situation with a savior complex and it ended up being off putting

[@omensoffate]

“Most likely” sure bud

[@deswill2737]

He is indeed wrong about 1 piece for things like 5 piece sets, this is what enchantments and special sets are for

[@boyreason9213]

Everyone complains about the game having 500 sets but only few are viable. Well the devs nerfed them all to the grave because the community won’t stop complaining. Even you Nefas! You played a part in getting Storm master nerfed. That killed a lot of builds. Now everyone complained about Tarnished. It got nerfed, killing even more builds. Y’all are the problem.

[@NefasQS]

Incredibly low IQ comment, try again next time.

[@boyreason9213]

@@NefasQS What’s low IQ about it?

[@BarrierRoto]

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[@joshpalmer7118]

People still play eso? I play ark ascended now

[@Rastamunfarion]

That game is just a regurgitated version of a game thats just as old as eso 🤣

[@YoureCringeDude]

Disliked.

[@travismiller1491]

Ive been screaming for years that they should make monster weapons from dungeons but only can get them from completing the no death, speed run etc and the Monster weapon cannot be used without the monster head and shoulders.