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Still bugged group play?
Kuinn
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Is the group play still bugged, not able to see your friend when doing quests etc? I was planning on resubbing and starting a new char with a friend, but can we play together? Or just solo with shared chatroom? At launch I just soloed so all was well but I remember the huge raging about not being able to quest together.
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I believe phasing is still an issue with grouping. I wanted to pass on what I do with my real life friends I play with in ESO and other MMOs.
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Except that it was never a bug, simply a bad design choice.
Lets say my friend does a generic 3-quest chain in the world, then we group up later and I begin the same chain, will we be able to see each others?
Will we be able to see each others if we are exactly at the same step of a quest at all times? I recall some people complaining that they cant see eachothers even if they are on the same step of the quest.
I'm just trying to figure out if there's any way to play the game with a friend and be able to progress as a group most of the time. I believe there's some quests though where you have to solo no matter what?
Like I said even at release it was never a problem. If on the same part of a quest and not a solo instance you could join with your party. Only people that didn't know how, were crying bug.
As for joining on different part of quest I can't answer since I don't play anymore and don't know if they ever worked that out.
They indicated that they were going to implement a change whereby if a group of people were in a "group instance" they would all be on the same section of the person who was on the earliest part of the quest.
Whether or not they have implemented this yet is not known to me as I have been doing my own thing.
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The answer is yes to your question, group play is still buggy and poorly designed. You need to be on the same part of the quest with some of the same decision branches to be effectively grouped together. Craglorn, the new content is a mix of one time only quests that you need to be on the same part of, and repeatable quests that you can restart and join up with.
They have made a few changes, but they are mostly cosmetic, such as
Labeling instances as group or solo
Nerfing veteran content to reduce the need to group to complete it
The game is fun, but they swing and miss more than they hit with game designs outside the MMO norm.
Guess we'll just download some free to play crap and check back later this year. I tried to browse the patch notes but didnt find anything suggesting the grouping is smooth now.
It's kinda funny, when I was soloing at launch I though "oh give the game a break, it's really fun" but now that I'm aiming to start a group venture, I get frustrated just trying to find out if the game is even playable (crazy thing you have to dig patch notes trying to figure out if you can group up in a mmorpg for the leveling).
I am so surprised you think that.
Mega Servers are here to stay, they may find a work round for the grouping issues, but rant all you like the industry is not going to give up mega servers. They are cheaper, that magic word is all that counts, expect them in every new MMO by 2016.