Greetings! Below are the AUA questions and answers from our latest episode on 6/19. Enjoy:


@Zlater - Currently the Khajiit race provides the most inferior racial passives, they are great for a PvP-Centric stamina Nightblade. I think I recall you saying that there might be a couple of changes to come, if not could you please provide a change as soon as you can?
We’ll be buffing a few of the less powerful races with our next major update. Primary focus is Argonian, Khajiit, Nord, and Orc.


@randolphbenoit - I love that you can take or steal rabbits off a wall. Will there be day when we can take fish from drying racks or pick apples from a tree (vs a basket of apples)?
We are always looking at ways to make the world more interactive, and plan to continue doing so indefinitely. Many fish racks in the game already provide fish meat and we’ll look at updating the rest to work the same way. Picking apples from trees is a little trickier, but something we could definitely see doing in the future.


@virus40oz - Is there a way to respec skill points without crowns?
Yes, you can also respec at one of the shrines in Elden Root, Wayrest, or Mournhold by paying gold. The gold cost increases the more skill points you’ve spent. Also note that the experience gained in all your skills isn’t forgotten, so you can continue your progress at any time by spending the skill point again.


@kevlarto_ESO - In the large update that is coming will there be anything to address the insane time to kill in PvP? Anything to stop the one-shot killing which is keeping some of my friends out of PvP?
Yes, great question! We’ve increased the effectiveness of the battle spirit buff so players have more time to react to each other and be able to counter what the other player is doing.


@Nighn_9 - Does the crafted set "Torug's Pact" increase the enchantment effect of the "Master Weapons" that are received from Dragonstar Arena?
This was a bug, which we’ve resolved for the next major update.


@R3DTHR3AT - Are you planning to add more skills in Assault and Support skill lines which will require high alliance war rank? It will add more motivation in PvP I think.
We have some pretty exciting plans to get people motivated to pvp in the next major update……… Also we’d like to continue adding more abilities to the skill lines to support different types of playstyles based on how the PvP metagame is evolving.


Solace of Shadows - Do Khajiit purr? In Morrowind they did but in Morrowind they were also digitigrade (walked like a cat) and didn’t wear shoes. Khajiit in ESOTU are plantigrade (walk like humans). Are they different types of Khajiit?
Rathuni-la Dawnwhisker, Daughter of Azurah, says, “We Khajiiti come in many forms, many ‘furstocks,’ all of them wonderful—and I assure you, under the right circumstances, all of us purr! Purr-haps you haven’t been treating us as sweetly as you should? Try harder, tiger!”


@ThatNeonZebraAgain - Given the differences between their respective input devices in terms of speed and accuracy (ie controller vs keyboard/mouse), how do you all plan to balance PvE difficulty between consoles and PC/Mac? Is it possible to lower or raise content difficulty for one server/platform, and not the other?
In testing we found that with practice, players were able to complete the toughest content in the game with both input methods. It’s not impossible for us to make different difficulty between the platforms, but we can create more content for people if we’re making the same game for everyone. One thing we have talked about for making the content in the game more accessible is adding additional difficulty levels. This way all players can see the cool bosses and story, while the hardcore players are challenged.


@RudeboyTK - How long does an item stay at the buyback item list?
The buyback list contains the 12 last items you sold to a vendor. If you sell a 13th, the oldest will be removed from the buyback list. This is cross-vendor, not vendor specific. The buyback list is never emptied, nor do items on it ever ‘expire’ based on time, and it persists across character loads (log-off, etc). It’s also character-specific – you can’t sell an item on one character and buy it back with another.


@Gidorick - Eastmarch appears to be far too east on the world map. When considering the location of Skuldafn in Eastmarch, it appears that there is a bay directly to the north of Skuldafn. The issue is, Skuldafn doesn't have a bay directly to the north, it has mountains. Is there an explanation for this? Eastmarch seems to be too far east, but also too far north.
Phrastus of Elinhir says, “Our latter-day Nords are not well known for the scholarly attainments, and cartography is not one of their strongpoints. On their maps, sites of great importance—to Nords, that is—are often distorted and exaggerated. So it is with the eerie aerie of Skuldafn, which holds great significance for our superstitious northern brethren. They have never been comfortable with the fact that the Dark Elves hold the west coast of the Inner Sea all the way up to Blacklight; in some cases their maps elide that fact entirely. But it is there nonetheless.”


@macadamia9 - Please give us the ability on consoles to turn off public chat completely. I hate having to stop playing, open the options menu, and manually leave the voice chat channel each time I move to another area.
We are working on UI functionality to make your area chat choice persistent.


@aneova_ESO - Will ESO take advantage of the cross platform capabilities of Windows 10? Will I be able to play with my Xbox One friends while playing on the PC?
We have separate megaservers for PC and Xbox One gamers. This has more to do with first party policies rather than a technical reason. We are currently focused on continued improvements to log-in queues and megaserver capacities. We don’t have plans at this time to allow PC gamers to play on console megaservers.


@randolphbenoit - Is it safe for a human to take a bath in the 'waters' of Oblivion?
Phrastus of Elinhir says, “That depends entirely on where, in the infinite variety of Oblivion, one finds oneself! In Coldharbour, for example, pools of blue fluid are common, but do not mistake it for water: it is Azure Plasm, the chaotic stuff of which Daedra, and their realms, are formed. It’s probably safe to bathe in, but I would hesitate to drink it.”


@Nighn_9 - Will we ever be able to see both of our equipped weapons sheathed on our characters? For example, a 2h sword and bow quiver on my back (similar to skyrim) or a 2h sword and staff on my back and when i unsheathe one, the other remains on my back? Either way i think this would be an awesome idea
We cannot render both weapon sets on the characters simultaneously, and don’t expect to be able to ever do that due to how the textures are composited on the character texture atlas. We are currently working on displaying weapons on your character while mounted though!


@Lykurgis - [From our recent AMA: “We have begun exploring ways to integrate floating combat text and buff/debuffs within HUD in a way that still keeps the spirit of the UI minimal.”] If you make these changes to the Console version, will this also carry over the PC/Mac version? Because having the option to display ACCURATE BUFF/DEBUFF TIMERS are big deal to quite a few players on the PC/Mac side of the ESO world. You already have accurate Buff/Debuff timers (and Target Dummies) available for internal testing. Why not dress them up make them available for players since there is clearly a demand?
This is being explored for the console and PC/Mac version of the game.