Official Discussion Thread for "Creative Director’s Letter: That’s a Wrap on 2018!"

Brandanus

thanks to devs, writers(!) (and producers, too...) for the great game, moving quests, the endless content and the fun events!
only one request from my side - if you plan for another "collectors edition", please bring back the quality of Imperial and Morrowind and consider public holidays when doing release maintenance.
merry christmas, also to the bestest community!

Kitty_Quietly

Another great year! Thanks for all the hard work that goes into keeping this game going.

Tandor wrote: »

It was certainly more of a "Wrap on 2018" than a "Look ahead to 2019" letter, and as such was pretty pointless I thought.

Perhaps, or maybe there is so much to look forward to in 2019 that a separate letter is needed. At five years in, they may have something really big that’s been in development for quite some time.

I agree that I was hoping to see a “look ahead” thing too. The suspense is wild! Wish there was at least a small tease. Could have picked any race and just said they are going to be awesome in the new year. Oh well, only a couple weeks until a new year.

redlink1979

I'm sure we will have a new chapter released in 2019 along with a few more dlc. Looking forward to it with expectation.

SirAxen

Thanks for the hard work. I look forward to what 2019 brings to the table in this wonderful universe.

Lumsdenml

Would love to see Vamps get a makeover like WW did this year... Just saying....

mateosalvaje

These end of year missives always make my mouth curve upward and my eyes leak 😂

mateosalvaje

Thanks for another great year!

MyNameIsElias

@ZOS_GinaBruno Will Matt Firor still post his annual letter?

Synthwavius

Bruh that news is like no news. I was hoping to see something about racial passives at least.

Elsonso

Synthwavius wrote: »

Bruh that news is like no news. I was hoping to see something about racial passives at least.

That is coming from the Lead Gameplay Designer, probably next year, at this point.

wenchmore420b14_ESO

No news is good news????...lol...
Actually, call me nostalgic.....But,
I really miss the days when they actually TOLD us what they are planning, discuss new content, etc. They would do videos, ESO-Live would have Matt, Rich, (Paul in the day), there would be interviews by streamers and YouTube game sites.
@ZOS_MattFiror , will we ever see such "Road Ahead" like we used to see??? Videos, informative articles, special ESO-Live episodes, etc?

For those who are new, here are a couple of examples of what the "Road Ahead " used to entail in spoilers...
Just my 2 drakes, and my opinion, but I find less and less reason to get excited about expecting new news....

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/25107
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkeMacg-b0&t=177s

Darkmage1337

wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

No news is good news????...lol...
Actually, call me nostalgic.....But,
I really miss the days when they actually TOLD us what they are planning, discuss new content, etc. They would do videos, ESO-Live would have Matt, Rich, (Paul in the day), there would be interviews by streamers and YouTube game sites.
@ZOS_MattFiror , will we ever see such "Road Ahead" like we used to see??? Videos, informative articles, special ESO-Live episodes, etc?

For those who are new, here are a couple of examples of what the "Road Ahead " used to entail in spoilers...
Just my 2 drakes, and my opinion, but I find less and less reason to get excited about expecting new news....

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/25107
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkeMacg-b0&t=177s

I miss this, too.

SirAxen

wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

No news is good news????...lol...
Actually, call me nostalgic.....But,
I really miss the days when they actually TOLD us what they are planning, discuss new content, etc. They would do videos, ESO-Live would have Matt, Rich, (Paul in the day), there would be interviews by streamers and YouTube game sites.
@ZOS_MattFiror , will we ever see such "Road Ahead" like we used to see??? Videos, informative articles, special ESO-Live episodes, etc?

For those who are new, here are a couple of examples of what the "Road Ahead " used to entail in spoilers...
Just my 2 drakes, and my opinion, but I find less and less reason to get excited about expecting new news....

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/25107
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkeMacg-b0&t=177s

All of that was also before we had a set release schedule. Now, we know there is a major update every quarter with a chapter in Q2.

gepe87

Last year we had outlines about dlc for Q1

joaaocaampos

Turelus wrote: »

Dragon Bones feels older, that was really this year? Excited to see what's being planned for next year.

Still dreaming one day I'll have that necromancer class.

@Turelus Necromancer class? NO, HELL NO!

No more Classes, but Skill Lines.
No more Races, but Skins.

That is, Necromancer skill line please!

MyKillv2.0

Synthwavius wrote: »

Bruh that news is like no news. I was hoping to see something about racial passives at least.

Your favorite race will get nerfed....

But that's ok, because your favorite streamer will tell you what to play and you will either a)purchase a race change token to mirror what <insert favorite streamer> tells you is most OP b)grind a new toon to be the best mid-max race

ArchMikem

Maryal wrote: »

So, does this mean we will finally get dragons?!

You got your Dragon....it's Skeleton anyway.

sunwalkyr

joaaocaampos wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

Dragon Bones feels older, that was really this year? Excited to see what's being planned for next year.

Still dreaming one day I'll have that necromancer class.

@Turelus Necromancer class? NO, HELL NO!

No more Classes, but Skill Lines.
No more Races, but Skins.

That is, Necromancer skill line please!

I'd be happy with either, but I'd prefer class. And regardless, it has to be treated as universally anathema as lore has it (insert justice system on use in cities). I would like to see a Briarheart skill tree, that could be interesting.

Morgul667

Still performance is an alltime low

MornaBaine

Tandor wrote: »

It was certainly more of a "Wrap on 2018" than a "Look ahead to 2019" letter, and as such was pretty pointless I thought.

This right here. What happened to The Road Ahead? I am really hoping to see better business practices regarding the crown store and houses I really want to buy... no behemoths I will not be able to decorate fully but with the max amount of players allowed. Of course improved item counts and player caps are my personal Holy Grail for next year, as well as my darned day/night toggle! And please, Breton DLC. ZONE DLC, not dungeons!

Elsonso

MornaBaine wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

It was certainly more of a "Wrap on 2018" than a "Look ahead to 2019" letter, and as such was pretty pointless I thought.

This right here. What happened to The Road Ahead? I am really hoping to see better business practices regarding the crown store and houses I really want to buy... no behemoths I will not be able to decorate fully but with the max amount of players allowed. Of course improved item counts and player caps are my personal Holy Grail for next year, as well as my darned day/night toggle! And please, Breton DLC. ZONE DLC, not dungeons!

Guess no Road Ahead before the end of the year. The last one was in December 2017, so I guess we don't get one in 2018. My guess is that Firor is not paying as much attention to ESO while Game 2 production is getting started. Maybe he can scrape together a few minutes in January to do one.

Vanthras79

Such a tease Rich.

Elsonso

Ok, @ZOS_RichLambert ... it is officially "early next year". Time to cough up details!

MornaBaine

lordrichter wrote: »

Ok, @ZOS_RichLambert ... it is officially "early next year". Time to cough up details!

Here's hoping we get SOMETHING today. AT LEAST January's Showcase.

SantieClaws

All there …

Just a press of a button away - or maybe automatically scheduled already.

Slowly they sip the coffee, go through the uneaten bits of the advent calendars, all wishing they were still safely far away in blanket town.

"Soon" a voice whispers. "Sooooon".

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

valeriiya

Just wanted to share this gem with everyone:

https://twitter.com/SlashLurk/status/1078689605862547461

I'm glad he's taking the time to eyeroll at people on Twitter and remain silent here on real issues. Looking forward to another year of silence on performance issues while the Crown Store gets full focus.

Morgul667

valeriiya wrote: »

Just wanted to share this gem with everyone:

https://twitter.com/SlashLurk/status/1078689605862547461

I'm glad he's taking the time to eyeroll at people on Twitter and remain silent here on real issues. Looking forward to another year of silence on performance issues while the Crown Store gets full focus.

That is just sad

Let s seat here and avoid the real issue while congratulating ourselves