I'm hoping they are large outdoor zones where there are many encounters tuned to require large groups (or adjusted based on the size of your group.) Someone let slip somewhere that they'd tested them with a 5 man group, but that they could be scaled up to 12. Maybe on Reddit? I don't remember. I'm hoping that deep into the zones there are very difficult encounters that drop some nice loot! Hope they announce some details soon.
Something better than traditional PVE end game boss raids. Until I actually know what Zenimax plans to do differently with their PVE raiding game compared to WoW, hard for me to really envision what these adventure zones are.
I envision them as the TESO version of Timeless Isle, tuned to 12 man groups with trash, smaller encounters, dungeons, rares, and raid bosses etc. However we know next to nothing so my vision could be entirely incorrect.
All great changes, though specifics on buffs and nerfs would be nice. /hint hint
Any class can wear any armor type and use any weapon. If you want to play a sorceror with a 2 handed weapon and heavy armor (which buffs defense) you can. Whether that gimps you compared to a sorceror in light armor (which buffs casting) is a different story.
Great changes! Two of those are things I was really hoping they would add/improve upon. I never thought they'd ever add Collision Detection into the game.
The Imperials don't actually have a liftsteal. All racials are passives, and that lifesteal belongs to the nightblade class. That's just a mix up in ESOHead's database. There are a few other mixups.
I want to see adventure zones as the PvE that keeps MMO old timers happy. Skyrim is an adventure zone, and Skyrim is a very big place. The way I see it, there's room for numerous kinds of content that should focus on a range from one group to six (a full raid group). I'd like to see overland trash for the small groups, but with better loot and xp than typical instance dungeon boss adds. Not quite as hard as bosses. There should be something for each group/raid size that can be found early on, just as a hint of what's further in. Quests are the perfect vehicle for that. Wouldn't want people to try to overland trash and think that's all there is.Grave_sl said:
Please don't make it sound like longer fights are a good thing. I can't remember how many times I tried to get through a raid without falling asleep because the HP pool or the mechanic just took too fucking long. It doesn't have to be a long fight to be an epic fight.
Wow. It is like a patch to my post. Can't complain about that.
ESOHead has done some work to patch up their database. They still have a nightblade skill in the Assault line of the Alliance war (previously it was wrong the other way around).
It shouldn't be anything extreme, at least. I recall reading about some of FoH's raids in PoP. Didn't one run something like 12 hours, with everybody hitting the same buttons over and over? Yeah, that doesn't need to happen. A good 30 minute battle against one of the hardest nasties out there for legendary loot and bragging rights wouldn't be too horrible though -- especially if it keeps people on their toes throughout. There's a big difference between cast -> sneak -> jump -> block -> cast -> block -> etc for 30 minutes with six full groups and something like taunt -> taunt -> taunt -> taunt -> ... for 12 hours. Long battles should only be included if they're fun enough to seem short.
Overall good changes, but they are just now putting Collision Detection into the game? I'm torn, as I like this for the PVP side, but it's not so hot for the PVE stuff, especially dungeon entrances and narrow areas. My bigger concern is this is a pretty big design change this late in the game.
