Personally I think it'd be a mistake to launch 1.6 so early. It is a monumental patch, there are monumental issues and concerns, and it is equally difficult to address them all. I don't expect small things like the funny wall textures inside the winery east of Belkarth or the bugged apple baskets south of town to get fixed off the bat, but rather more attention should be given class balancing.

It does not sit well with me that more and more abilities are getting outright nerfed rather than bringing some skills up to par to others with wider utility. This business with homogenizing buffs under the same categories, heroism etc, increased potion cooldowns, reduced consumable utility. This is looking less like a Elder Scrolls game and more like a MMO. And yes it is a Elder Scrolls MMO but what should've been the defining characteristic of it was that it was a MMO played AS an Elder Scrolls game, not a MMO with Elder Scrolls skin.

There's alot of things that should be rethought before live. Whether or not they'll be given attention or changes will be made is up to the developers of course, but having put up with being told "bring the player not the class" then having the dev turn around and roll out mass homogenization, I don't want to see ESO go the same road. Stay true to the "Play how you want" philosophy.

Based on the cadence, it appears as though 'NA' will not see another PTS release before 1.6 goes live.

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