ESO Live - Ask Us Anything!

altemriel · January 2016

@ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_GinaBruno hi guys, I saw on the last ESO live that my question got answered, about if there will be an option to recraft and armor to a higher level of it will be ever included in the game. the answer was no, as it would not benefit the economy, as people would wear their "favourite" gear the whole time, they would just recraft it to higher level. and do not buy new gear from the crafters.

I must disagree Kai, in case that the recrafting to higher level would cost more mats, than to craft it anew, then it would benefit the economy - people would seek crafters for:
- crafting new gear
- recrafting their old favourite gear to higher level

please see this post - there are very good replies there:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/231613/why-is-there-not-a-possibility-to-improve-the-level-of-a-particular-armor-weapon/p1

Sweatyrabbit · January 2016

altemriel wrote: »

...as people would wear their "favourite" gear the whole time, they would just recraft it to higher level. and do not buy new gear from the crafters.

I must disagree Kai, in case that the recrafting to higher level would cost more mats, than to craft it anew, then it would benefit the economy - people would seek crafters for:
- crafting new gear
- recrafting their old favourite gear to higher level

What?
Why would you spend more mats 'recrafting or amending' your current gear than it would cost to 'craft' the SAME gear, only higher level, in the first place?

I don't understand what you are trying to say?

MrDerrikk · January 2016

Sweatyrabbit wrote: »

altemriel wrote: »

...as people would wear their "favourite" gear the whole time, they would just recraft it to higher level. and do not buy new gear from the crafters.

I must disagree Kai, in case that the recrafting to higher level would cost more mats, than to craft it anew, then it would benefit the economy - people would seek crafters for:
- crafting new gear
- recrafting their old favourite gear to higher level

What?
Why would you spend more mats 'recrafting or amending' your current gear than it would cost to 'craft' the SAME gear, only higher level, in the first place?

I don't understand what you are trying to say?

This would allow outdated sets that lots of people like (Silks of the Sun, Martial Knowledge, even Fjords Legacy) to be viable at max level once more, and would require very good crafters to upgrade them.

iviikeonxbox · January 2016

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_GaryA

When will this be fixed - wall glitching where you can't target the enemy?

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=91DD58FEE0514CA!1668&authkey=!AK1Ec3Y-mF8KjSo&ithint=video%2cmp4

Naslu · January 2016

1. Are new monster sets of the undaunted coming into the game (for dungeons that have non yet i.e. Arx Corinium)?
2. With Orsinium DLC Leaderboards got changed to list up 100 characters instead of 100 teams. Are there plans to revert this back to the old system of listing?
3. Can you give us an overview which future features will be DLC exclusive and which will be included in game basic updates:

Barber Service
Housing
Spellcrafting
Trial(s)
PVP-Arena

4. Whats the current cp average in game? What will be the next cap? When will the current cap of 501 cp be raised?

thx
rgds Naslu

code65536 · January 2016

When will we see vet versions of many of the normal dungeons out there?

Dungeons like Volenfell and Selene's Web have stories that ended unresolved. I would really love to see the vet continuation of these dungeons, as well as revisiting the really interesting scenery and settings of these dungeons.

SantieClaws · January 2016

Are we there yet?

Joseph_Nil · January 2016

Is it possible to access the Alliance Points account wide like Gold etc?

Enodoc · January 2016

Joseph_Nil wrote: »

Is it possible to access the Alliance Points account wide like Gold etc?

@Joseph_Nil No. Alliance Points are essentially a measure of one character's prowess on the battlefield, rather than a currency, and as such, can't be banked.

Joseph_Nil · January 2016

OK, thanks.

SmalltalkJava · January 2016

Will zos ever make it so sorcerer combat pets stealth in pvp zones when the sorcerer does? Please make this fix.

LizardThixvim · January 2016

Hello, I was wondering it was announced today that "The character information window will be updated to show your level, plus your Champion Rating, which is the total number of Champion Points you have accrued", I was wondering if my friend has 800+ champion points, and I have 519 champion points, when we look at each other in game now it says Veteran 16, will in the future Q2 Dark brotherhood update, will it say champion rank 800 for him and 519 for me above our head where the veteran 16 was, or will we both be 501 champion rank as that's the current cap, thank you

Caroloces · January 2016

Since virtual reality technology is in the news quite a bit these days with a special emphasis on gaming, I'm wondering if ZOS has plans, or has even given consideration, to adopting this technology in some form for ESO?

Jake211049 · January 2016

The coming character customization shop mentioned in "the year ahead" mention's changing your characters "appearance"

will this be just surface changes like hair style/color or a fuller re-sculpt allowing changes to character height?

Jake211049 · January 2016

Is a stamina morph of lava whip actually something that is going to come?

knowing one way or another would certainly help a lot of people

SevenKingdoms · January 2016

When can we expect an auction house? Or anything other than the current trade system?

SevenKingdoms · January 2016

When can we expect a way to search for a guild in-game?

SevenKingdoms · January 2016

Are we ever going to be able to display our character's name instead of an account name? On consoles, players' PSN ID is used for everything they do, not just ESO. Also, what about pet names being displayed?

Are there any plans to change the way titles & guilds are displayed? I.e. <title><account/character name><title>, with your guild listed below?

JBsnow404 · January 2016

Will future monster sets have shoulder pieces with both shoulders covered, because my character has been complaining about a cold shoulder. Also it doesn't look good in my opinion to only have 1 shoulder piece

SevenKingdoms · January 2016

Are there any plans to fix the "inspiration" gain during crafting? New characters' levels are far outpacing their crafting skill. The only way to receive "inspiration" is to deconstruct and research items, and the latter only gives a minuscule amount of xp, especially considering the time it takes to complete. You can't even craft yourself a basic set of steel armor before you're well past the levels you'd use it.

Aeladiir · January 2016

I am currently sitting at V5 and don't think I am going to make it to V16 to unlock the badass imperial costume (and probably Mannimarco's armor).

Will we still be able to unlock the VR costumes or will players simply keep the ones they unlock? Will we be able to unlock the costumes with Champion Points?

One more thing: You once mentioned that voice chat is *not* something you're thinking to implement in the PC version. You said the same about the text chat coming on consoles. Since the latter is now about to happen, could this change? Will the PC players eventually get the voice chat?

altemriel · January 2016

Jake211049 wrote: »

The coming character customization shop mentioned in "the year ahead" mention's changing your characters "appearance"

will this be just surface changes like hair style/color or a fuller re-sculpt allowing changes to character height?

good question!!

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober

Enodoc · January 2016

Casts_Many_Storms wrote: »

Hello, I was wondering it was announced today that "The character information window will be updated to show your level, plus your Champion Rating, which is the total number of Champion Points you have accrued", I was wondering if my friend has 800+ champion points, and I have 519 champion points, when we look at each other in game now it says Veteran 16, will in the future Q2 Dark brotherhood update, will it say champion rank 800 for him and 519 for me above our head where the veteran 16 was, or will we both be 501 champion rank as that's the current cap, thank you

Personally I hope it just says "Level 50" and they leave it at that. Champion Rating does not need to be a public-facing number, otherwise you'll end up with all the same nonsense you get now with VRs. It also doesn't mean much to anyone seeing it anyway, as someone may have applied all or none of their CPs into any one of those constellations.

Enodoc · January 2016

@SevenKingdoms

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

When can we expect an auction house? Or anything other than the current trade system?

Likely never, they really like their trading system and say that it's working well.

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

When can we expect a way to search for a guild in-game?

They are working on a "Looking for Guild" system.

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

Are we ever going to be able to display our character's name instead of an account name? On consoles, players' PSN ID is used for everything they do, not just ESO.

Character name instead of PSN ID/XBL GT is in the works.

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

Are there any plans to fix the "inspiration" gain during crafting? New characters' levels are far outpacing their crafting skill. The only way to receive "inspiration" is to deconstruct and research items, and the latter only gives a minuscule amount of xp, especially considering the time it takes to complete. You can't even craft yourself a basic set of steel armor before you're well past the levels you'd use it.

Get yourself certified and do the daily writs. They provide a good amount of inspiration.

altemriel · January 2016

Could you please add a function into the launcher, that would calculate the time of maintenance into my local time?

I am really bad at math, and everytime when I see that there is going to be maintenance, I have trouble to calculate at what time will it start in my time zone. It would be great if in the launcher window (there where is the "Play" button) it will next to the "realm status: online (or offline)" if it will show also the time of start of the maintenance in my time zone.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober

BllyDnsr · January 2016

I'm looking forward to the changes and additions this year! One thing that I was hoping we'd get for Cyrodiil/PvP is the ability to belong to multiple groups or at least have the chat function be able to cross-over to multiple groups. For example, if we have a "General" leading a siege group, they could have a group with just their lieutenants who would create spec ops groups - the lieutenants would belong to their spec ops group AND the General's group to be able to communicate strategy without the noise of area chat. Hoping that made sense outside of my head LOL

Snowstrider · January 2016

Will text chat be on by default on console? Please say yes becouse i think its pretty important people will forget that it exists otherwise.

And will chat bubbles come to console tio?

lonewolf26 · January 2016

Could you address the state of the PvE group trial weekly reward system? It has not sent out rewards consistently since Orsinium was released. There are two things I'm interested in hearing about:

1. Is this being looked into? When can we expect it to be fixed?
2. Getting on the leader board is much more contentious now than it was pre-Orsinium. Would you consider reverting the change that only lets the top 100 individuals get rewards back to the top 100 groups?

jowww97 · January 2016

My question is:

When are u guys going to fix the fighter's guild bug. The same bug that I have for almost 6 months now. The bug that my fighter's guild rank is stuck on rank 9 and it won't level up no matter how many daedras I kill or quests I do. It's the same bug that drives me crazy every damn time I see someone else using while I can't.

silky_soft · January 2016

Can you elaborate why VR removal is Q2 and not Q1?