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[Grits]

You know, I suppose theoretically even those of us who are in different factions could meet peacefully in Cyrodiil, we’d just have to be very careful of friendly fire if a PvE situation came up.

[hazmick]

Back on Xbox, Haa-Rei took part in a few large battles for keeps and resources. He also did a ton of quests, and made himself a set of Night's Silence gear so he could move around stealthily and freely. It was fun, but having to look over your shoulder all the time for groups of other players gets really boring.

[mALX]

You know, I suppose theoretically even those of us who are in different factions could meet peacefully in Cyrodiil, we’d just have to be very careful of friendly fire if a PvE situation came up.

Yes, I actually have gone skyshard hunting with a Player from the Aldmeri, we just both had to watch out for enemies like anyone would down there.

The thing to do in Cyrodiil is to stick to rougher and woodsier terrain, stay away from the roads as much as possible. Give the enemy Keeps a wide berth; and sneak whenever possible.

Listen carefully for running footsteps and horse hoofs = those are always players (and is why I don't ride in Cyrodiil and sneak everywhere while there: so enemies aren't alerted to me being there).

I changed the Audio in settings to make footsteps louder and turned the music way down; that way I hear the enemy coming before they have a chance to see me most of the time.

Also: Make sure your settings are set up to show enemy flags over their head so you can watch the colors of any Players out there. You will see a little colored insignia over their heads, but all you need to see is the color to know what faction they are with. (Red = Ebonheart, Yellow = Aldmeri, Blue = Daggerfall)

If a group of other Alliance players attacks, try to run and jump into water = slaughterfish will kill you and you will resurrect in your home base, which is a safe zone. That way they don't get the kill on you. (all the water in Cyrodiil is loaded with slaughterfish).

If just one Player attacks, you can do the same thing - unless you think you can take them, then give it a shot. That is how I got the 8 kills. I actually got 9 kills, but on the last one another player killed me before I could loot the body, so = not sure if it counts as a kill or not since I didn't get the stones.

Cyrodiil itself isn't bad at all; the Imperial City is a different story though. Cyrodiil is worse on the weekends or nights when the war rages and Players are fighting for the Keeps. Usually in the daytime it is pretty quiet in Cyrodiil.







This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 2 2017, 12:13 AM

[monkeyemoness]

The Homestead Imperial styles terminology confuses me. What are they calling the Gold Coast style these days? It looked like that’s what they used in the pre-furnished Colovian houses, not matching the house style at all. At least they have named the areas in the Nibenese pack description. That should help clear things up. I have seen people calling the Gold Coast style Nibenese. Or maybe the Homestead houses are going to be called Nibenese now? Time will tell I suppose.

Specifically, Anvil's building style is Nibenese while Kvatch is Colovian. A very bizarre choice considering that not only is the Gold Coast Colovian, but Oblivion's buildings are explicitly said to be Redguard-inspired. I guess they just didn't want to bother modeling new buildings so they used what looked closest to Anvil's Oblivion buildings.

Even with this effort, I doubt Oblivion's damage to the Imperial's cultural identity will ever be reversed. :/

[mALX]

Back on Xbox, Haa-Rei took part in a few large battles for keeps and resources. He also did a ton of quests, and made himself a set of Night's Silence gear so he could move around stealthily and freely. It was fun, but having to look over your shoulder all the time for groups of other players gets really boring.

I haven't taken part in any Alliance related stuff yet, but would like to one day. Mostly I just wanted the skyshards and skill points; and I got a few achievements, lol.

[mALX]

You know, I suppose theoretically even those of us who are in different factions could meet peacefully in Cyrodiil, we’d just have to be very careful of friendly fire if a PvE situation came up.

Okay, I asked about this just the other night when a group of us were going Telvar farming; and I ended up having to bring Calia (my bank mule) because they were all AD characters and Misa is EP - this does not work any more since One Tamriel, because one person's area effects will not see the other as an ally; but an enemy. You may be fighting an environmental enemy, but your weapons will also be damaging your friends from other factions that you are fighting beside.

So this is no longer possible.







This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 2 2017, 08:05 PM

[mALX]

The Megaserver just went down at 4 am EST!!!!!!


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hazmick]

The update is now live. Here are the patch notes.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Awww, dammit. This patch is taking forever to download. Eating into Khajiit's pre-work game time!

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Feb 6 2017, 07:15 PM

[Acadian]

Heh, it was a pretty hefty patch all right. I'm in the game and it all seems to be working.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Mira just got an Ebony Flask room... and the game CTD'd upon entering it. Lol

[mALX]

Well, my game ran fine till I turned the add-ons back on (the game shut them off for being out of date). Then suddenly the game was lagging like crazy and then crashed. So I may need to shut my add-ons off till they are updated.



** I was pleasantly surprised how affordable the houses were furnished via the Crown Store !!!






This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 6 2017, 09:46 PM

[mALX]

The update is now live. Here are the patch notes.

By the way, thank you for posting these!!!

[Grits]

I read that Wardens will be able to direct their bear Ultimate to attack a specific target by heavy attacking the target. That got Lildereth’s attention! I’m pretty excited about this class.

[monkeyemoness]

I'm slightly disappointed to learn the Frost line is tank-oriented. I mean I guess it's fodder for an alternate universe Eolan that studied under the Viridian Sentinel instead of the Knights of Saint Pelin, but it changes things for the character I had planned. :T

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I read that Wardens will be able to direct their bear Ultimate to attack a specific target by heavy attacking the target. That got Lildereth’s attention! I’m pretty excited about this class.

Khajiit can hardly wait!

[Acadian]

Sorcs can direct their clannfears / twilights (quite handy) so I would certainly hope the warden can direct their critter(s).

Monkey, I'm with you on the ice staff. I would prefer it to be all about crowd control - freezing, shattering, heavy snaring. Of course I'm influenced by playing 'Frostmaiden' sorcs and amazons from Diablo II back in the day. . . .

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Oh ma gaah! You can have a Cliffracer-ish thing as an animal companion!

[Arcry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVdzUBwA4-k...eature=youtu.be


I can't freckin waaait~

[Acadian]

Thanks for sharing, Arcy and great to see you!

Are you on PC NA by chance? We have 6 of us here at Chorrol with our own little guild there. Hoping to bring our numbers up to 10 so we can get one of those guild banks to more easily share things among ourselves.