Hexos wrote: »

I am excited about PS4 release but i know i will miss my addons.(Skyshards, Adv filters, LootDrop, Lorebooks, Reasearch assistant)
I have even started weening myself of them on PC to prepare for console. So I plan to use some of my tracking addons like Lore books and Skyshards
to help me find these things on console. But it will be a pain to continually run over to my PC.

Soooo i thought...Iphone/Ipad app!!! Imagine an App on your phone that had an interactive map with all the skyshards/lorebooks on it.
You could keep this handy while questing on console to keep track of where these things are and ones you've picked up already.

I would really love ZoS to develop a companion app someday akin to the Destiny one, but I know that may not come for a long time...if ever.

How bout it? Anyone out there started working on mobile apps yet?

You do realize there are websites that already have that information, and you can access them from your device?

Not doable, ask zos.

Apps work easier on phones than Websites.

Also, the last 2 or 3 games Ive bought for PS4 had apps for them at launch. (Destiny, Dying Light, Evolve)
Destiny even had some 3rd party apps that folks made to track public events.

I realize there are limitations and i may be comparing apples to oranges here, but i was just making a suggestion.

Cool!

For starters...Interative maps for phone/tablet that show you where skyshards, lore books are on map and let you track the ones you have aquired.


I realize it would require you tapping on the items as you get them in game but thats easier than a pen and notebook!

Well, apps without any relation to your in-game data can be made just like websites, who knows, maybe someone will want to make them.

TBH a dedicated app won't suffice.

I'm a programmer and I recently got the idea to develop such an app. But it won't be a great hit. Let me explain why:

First of all there is a need to update and insert the content: You need the maps for skyshards and books (and so on), plus you have to proof their locations, because misinformation would kill the app. This is an immense amount of time! Just imagine how long it takes to proof ONE zone of books, shards, and so on.

Then again these information need to be up-to-date. A MMO is also a massive-changing game, which means that locations of spawns/books/shards/*** may alter in any patch and you have to update it. This means that you ...

1. ... have to be informed about changes.
2. ... proof these changes again and update it.

This again is an immense amount of time-consuming things.

Then again you can't really make profit out of it. In the first term this sounds corrupt, but even a developer needs something to eat. Sure a dev can provide a free app - but why should a dev put time into something that doesn't give him back anything?
For simple in-app advertisment, this app won't grow big enough to get the costs covered.
Pledges like "send gold to @Trollwut for naked pics" won't get heard.
And you can't even make it an 2$ app, because then nobody would use it, as you get ALL the information in it on the interwebs for free. The app would just be more comfortable, but you as a customer won't get much in response.

TL;DR For one developer this would be too much to work. You need an active group on it to be up-to-date and those guys want to be rewarded, too.

I would like to try to develop such an "All-in-one app" for ESO. But you have to convince me that my work won't be in vain.

Oh also, people are already developing apps. Theres a timer apps for keeping track of reasearch time.

A buddy of mine found one thats cost a buck that he likes.

I think the ability to use a device as a map to show locations of objects such as books and sky shards is a waste of time the app needs to be a part of the players profile show his different characters and allow the person to alter their character and alts like the destiny app and wow apps but also have the ability to link you with other people in your guilds so you can chat and post and receive mail throug it

For example if you have dungeon runs or a big pvp night planned but you need to make some changes to time or whatever you cod just mail them from your phone from anywhere Nd they would get a notification saying something like you have mail lol and you could open the app and you would know of the changes

There are many other things that could be added as well but things like guild communication and ability to change your load out on the fly are big pluses

The "Our ESO Map" on the UESP Wiki is going to be your new best friend.

An iOS app for The Elder Scrolls Online would be just awesome. Not just for console users but to everyone. Such companions if properly implemented and useful are a boost and major plus in any modern gaming community. ESO could definitely benefit from such a project.