{"id":6196,"date":"2016-04-21T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2016-06-24T14:29:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:29:42","slug":"eso-veteran-rank-system-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2016\/04\/21\/eso-veteran-rank-system-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Veteran Rank system… removed! (Next patch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Playing Space Engineers, I decide to tab out and look at the ESO forum, and noticed a thread that caught my eye. It was this<\/a> thread about “Are you happy about VR ranks removed?”… “Wait, WHAT?! The Veteran rank system is GONE?! :O”
\nI haven’t checked ingame. Getting ready to. But wow. No more VR16. Max level is now Level 50. I…WOW!! So. many. questions!!
\n-How does this effect scaled content {Orsinium\/Thieves Guild)?
\n-How does this effect Cadwell’s Silver\/Gold?
\n-How does this effect our existing Veteran gear?<\/p>\n

Anyway, it seems ZoS has decided to go the same route as Guild Wars 2’s DLC. As in, no more leveling. You will empower your character via Champion Points. Yet I can only feel sorry for all the people that hit VR16, only to lose it and get taken back to Level 50…it’s like all the work they did was for nothing.
\nBut…WHY did they do this? Ever since I managed to complete the Orsinium DLC, I’ve been OK with the Veteran rank system. Now it seems Level 50 is the last time I would ever need to gear up.<\/p>\n

I’m just… on one side, I’m happy. But on the other, it feels like that pointless feeling is returning. I feel the Veteran system was a way to promote player progression. It had a purpose. With it gone, it will start to feel a bit grindy. Because all you’ll get is Champion points. There would be no real sense of progression. It’ll be like you just defeated the final boss of a single player game, and this is the freeplay mode.<\/p>\n

I pray ZoS will add alternate means to player progression. Because right now, it feels like there’s a hole in my character’s heart. A hole that was filled up by the Veteran rank system.
\nYet you also have to look at it this way. All the VR16’s out there, are still playing. Why? They’re already max level. Their progression is over. Maybe it’s PvP in Cyrodiil, or doing Vet dungeons.<\/p>\n

.
\nEDIT: So I jumped the gun. Went ingame. Noticed no patch was required. So, how did they remove it if there’s no patch?
\nSure enough, I was still VR2 on my DK. Logged in with no problems. Still showing as a VR2. I asked in my guild, and they said “It’ll happen in the next patch”.<\/p>\n

So, it appears to now be crunch time to get to VR16, to accumulate as many Champion points as possible. And I hear the Champion Points will be what fully controls your char once hitting Level 50.
\nAs to if Cadwell’s Silver\/Gold will still be a viable option, it won’t be affected by this. Makes sense if you think about it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the next patch brings the 4th DLC to ESO; Dark Brotherhood. So they’re going to be a thing. Unknown when said patch will be released. Could be by the end of the month, or even next month.
\nThough I can just imagine what will break in the next patch. Some of my most critical used addons will probably break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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