ESO Live - Ask Us Anything!

WhiteCoatSyndrome · August 2015

siryoshi17 wrote: »

Got a few questions
I'm in Stonefalls in Ebonheart I practically just started the game. I want to do a bunch of side quests and then venture off into Black Marsh, my favorite province, as it is home of the Argonians, the race I play as. Is it advised to go there or not?

@siryoshi17: Depending on your personal skill level and play style, you might want to level a little first. Shadowfen is level 24-31 for EP-native characters.

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

Thank you Zenimax for listening and scheduling maintenance this week. I hope it becomes weekly to minimize server issues.

I also hope ya'll manage to fix the login latency sometime in the near future that causes things to load so slowly upon login.

Arato · August 2015

I'm going to ask again since it was skipped: Is the Veteran Rank cap going to be raised with Wrothgar?

Cillion3117 · August 2015

Are there any plans to increase the number of character slots?

Dullahan · August 2015

Not really a question but. I think it would be a good idea to get a notification up in the top corner or something when you get a mail. Instead of having to go into the menu to check if you have mail.
Just stating my opinion here

ZOS_JasonLeavey · August 2015

Good afternoon, folks. Below are the "Ask Us Anything" questions and answers from the latest episode of ESO Live from 8/14. Enjoy!

Do you plan a final part of the cinematic trailer? I need to know how the fight against Mannimarco ends. – @BuggeX
Your actions in the Main Story determine that - it’s up to you how the fight against Mannimarco ends!

What are the plans for Alliance Points as a currency going forward? – @TheBull
Going forward, you’ll be able to use Alliance Points in order to buy the teleport stone, called the “Sigil of Imperial Retreat,” from Imperial City. You’ll also be able to get soul gems for a new reduced price, and we’re also planning on adding food and potions that you can acquire.

Can you talk about what you’re doing to improve the Looking For Group system? It’s currently very frustrating to use, especially on consoles. – @Frankie
There are several changes we’ll be rolling out for the LFG system. Not all of these will happen at once but a large focus is on reducing some of the restrictions in place that prevent players from being grouped by the tool. We’ll be releasing additional details in the future on how these changes work.

Will I ever be able to customize my controller to suit my needs? – @J2JMC
We’ve discussed allowing player customization, but there are no plans to support that at this time.

Why are there no NPCs smoking pipes in ESOTU (tobacco or dried herbs)? Is it due not being part of the Elder Scrolls lore? – @randolphbenoit
In TES lore, Cyrodilics smoke tobacco, while the Wood Elves smoke dried bugs. We’ve referred to this in ESO lore books, but there just hasn’t been any reason for it, as yet, to actually appear in-game.

Would it be possible to add the role someone is playing on the character they are logged on with to your friends list? – @JBsnow404
It’s a nice suggestion, and something we’ll consider for future quality of life improvements, but we don’t have any immediate plans.

When can we expect to get a new trial? – @Chufu
A new trial is on the list of things we want to do. We don’t have a firm ETA just yet, though.

Whatever happened to the plan to add an option to turn off the notifications showing guild mates leaderboard rankings. – @Vonovosi
We are working on adding a setting that allows you to turn all guild notifications on or off for a future patch.

Will duel wield characters ever be able to carry the weapons on the back (crossed)? – @Arjun
We don’t have any plans to adjust the current weapon docking positions.

Will there be any updates to the guild trader system? For example a type and search function. – @Geemarc
We don’t have plans for this at this time, but we’d like to incorporate more improvements to the system in the future.

Are there any plans for solo content for those that have finished Caldwell's Gold? – @Sabaticus
Imperial City has soloable content in it, but if you really love the core questing experience as a solo player, Orsinium is for you.

Can you add new icons to the group HUD? During PvP, the crown icon is often used to coordinate huge numbers of people. Could there be an option to add a queen or a bishop or maybe just a few other icons signifying important group members? – @mrskinskull
We like the idea, but we currently don’t have plans to implement different group member icons.

Will we be able to purchase the Imperial City DLC from the store with a credit card transaction? Or will it only be available in the crown store? – @rowanwatkins3
You’ll be able to purchase crowns from the Crown Store or from the official ESOTU website, which can be used to redeem the Imperial City DLC game pack upon release. If you’re playing ESOTU on Xbox One, you can purchase crowns from the Xbox Store, while PlayStation®4 players can purchase crowns from the PlayStation Store. If you’re an active ESO Plus member, you’ll automatically receive the Imperial City DLC game pack upon release, and will have access to that content for as long as you keep your ESO Plus membership.

Zanefold · August 2015

Question, during the last eso live twitch feed there was several posts and questions being asked reguarding text chat being added to console. Someone was nice enough to answer us with the following response:

ZOS_Jessica_Folsom: For those asking about text chat on console, we do see all the requests for it (on our forums, social media channels, reddit, etc.), but we don't have anything new to share about the topic.

So let me ask this because I'm not sure.. it states that you don't have anything new to share.. so what was the last bit of information that was shared about text chat then? Was it that there will not be any text chat for console of was there something else that was mentioned?

Thank you for your time.

TheBull · August 2015

ZOS_JasonLeavey wrote: »

What are the plans for Alliance Points as a currency going forward? – @TheBull
Going forward, you’ll be able to use Alliance Points in order to buy the teleport stone, called the “Sigil of Imperial Retreat,” from Imperial City. You’ll also be able to get soul gems for a new reduced price, and we’re also planning on adding food and potions that you can acquire.

Thanks responding even though the response is very disappointing. Being able to improve you character through AP and make gold brought a lot incentive to keep fighting. On top of that it just felt good to cash in after a night/week of hard fought battles and maybe get something you could use.

I urge you guys to please reconsider and allow v16 gear/box purchases with AP.
@ZOS_RichLambert

MisterJimothy · August 2015

TheBull wrote: »

ZOS_JasonLeavey wrote: »

What are the plans for Alliance Points as a currency going forward? – @TheBull
Going forward, you’ll be able to use Alliance Points in order to buy the teleport stone, called the “Sigil of Imperial Retreat,” from Imperial City. You’ll also be able to get soul gems for a new reduced price, and we’re also planning on adding food and potions that you can acquire.

I urge you guys to please reconsider and allow v16 gear/box purchases with AP.
@ZOS_RichLambert

This has come up before and isn't going to happen, as they've covered.

On the surface, yes, it would be nice. However, you have many folks with tens of millions of AP who will easily get every set in v16 from launch with out breaking a sweat and completely bork the already strange economy of the game by flooding unused pieces into stores and trades for likely obscene amounts of gold. Once they get propagated into the economy, you then remove a significant reward for playing new content to get any special V16 sets, which means you then just don't have to buy IC. Plus, this is an MMO. New levels and new gear are going to happen, and old gear sometimes just has to be left behind.

TheBull · August 2015

MisterJimothy wrote: »

TheBull wrote: »

ZOS_JasonLeavey wrote: »

What are the plans for Alliance Points as a currency going forward? – @TheBull
Going forward, you’ll be able to use Alliance Points in order to buy the teleport stone, called the “Sigil of Imperial Retreat,” from Imperial City. You’ll also be able to get soul gems for a new reduced price, and we’re also planning on adding food and potions that you can acquire.

I urge you guys to please reconsider and allow v16 gear/box purchases with AP.
@ZOS_RichLambert

This has come up before and isn't going to happen, as they've covered.

On the surface, yes, it would be nice. However, you have many folks with tens of millions of AP who will easily get every set in v16 from launch with out breaking a sweat and completely bork the already strange economy of the game by flooding unused pieces into stores and trades for likely obscene amounts of gold. Once they get propagated into the economy, you then remove a significant reward for playing new content to get any special V16 sets, which means you then just don't have to buy IC. Plus, this is an MMO. New levels and new gear are going to happen, and old gear sometimes just has to be left behind.

Your name is not Rich Lambert.

Kupoking · August 2015

When are we going to see the seasonal CP cap mentionnel by e. Wroebel?

When is race change coming in crown store?

siryoshi17 · August 2015

I just started the game and am in Ebonheart on Stonefalls. I joined the Ebonheart Pact and want to go to Black Marsh as I always play as an Argonian and want to see what it looks like. Is it advised or not advised to go there at this time in the game?

SLy_Kyti · August 2015

To sum up the above 8/14 Ask us Anything:
[Post 2631]

No,
A few,
Little,
No plans,
No,
No plans,
Later man,
Much later,
No plans,
No plans!
Later,
No plans,
No.

Such positive information from Devs has my heart fairly palpitating!

[Edited to add post number forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2161600/#Comment_2161600].

niawrathb16_ESO · August 2015

Do the fighters guild abilities additional effects only trigger on enemy players WW when they are in WW form?

Thanks

OmniDevil · August 2015

niawrathb16_ESO wrote: »

Do the fighters guild abilities additional effects only trigger on enemy players WW when they are in WW form?

Thanks

Yep, only when they're in WW form. At least that's what my research has found.

shugg · August 2015

Hi zos

First thanks for answering my question on hybrids last live at zos show. My new question is about the undaunted skill line.
Are there any plans to alter what these cost or how they work, seams to me they dont fit that well such as bone shield, great concept but why cost stam.... Its a shild of magic bone. This would be the perfect tree to have one magic and one stam morph of evey skill. I now this may be a daunting task but i would love to see more done with this skill line and to make each choice a series consideration

Thanks NecrosisSoul

wraith808 · August 2015

SLy_Kyti wrote: »

To sum up the above 8/14 Ask us Anything:
[Post 2631]

No,
A few,
Little,
No plans,
No,
No plans,
Later man,
Much later,
No plans,
No plans!
Later,
No plans,
No.

Such positive information from Devs has my heart fairly palpitating!

[Edited to add post number].

So, what would rather? They didn't answer the questions that don't have the answers you want?

Zanefold · August 2015

Question, during the last eso live twitch feed there was several posts and questions being asked reguarding text chat being added to console. Someone was nice enough to answer us with the following response:

ZOS_Jessica_Folsom: For those asking about text chat on console, we do see all the requests for it (on our forums, social media channels, reddit, etc.), but we don't have anything new to share about the topic.

So let me ask this because I'm not sure.. it states that you don't have anything new to share.. so what was the last bit of information that was shared about text chat then? Was it that there will not be any text chat for console of was there something else that was mentioned?

Thank you for your time.

GuyNamedSean · August 2015

I'm wondering if the DLC over time are going to be introducing questioned related to the other Daedric Princes. Previous Elder Scrolls game had a questline for every single Prince and in this we're lacking that. I don't want to be the personal champion of anyone, I see that could be difficult for lore. But I want a bigger role for religion. Are there any plans to make the other Daedra that are quiet in the game now more important?

mateoz · August 2015

Are there any plans to fix the game server stability that plague the game since launch. I really like your game but crashing every night for every players I know is hurting your player base a lot. Is there any real fix looked at? your IT guys should have already been fired by then if I were the manager.

trex20 · August 2015

I'm wondering about how many dlc do you guys plan to put out a year if not plan to than hope to I guess I'm curious about exactly how often dlc will be released and how long it takes You to create a Zone on average? Please do not sidestep this question even if you cant give an accurate answer give the closest thing please.

Arjun · August 2015

Hi ZOS !

Will we ever get things like live events and world events to make the world of Tamriel even more dynamic + interesting + fun and more alive ? Just to mention some examples of random possible live/world events:

- Large forces of Daedra ( can be any race ) invading random cities attacking it . . . the players in that area will get a call to arms to help protect the city . . . with in the end a big difficult world boss.
-
- A mysterious disease in a certain area/zone affects the strength of the players. Certain stats will be lowered with a certain %.
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- Someone is missing ( insert name ). We need to find him/her or it will have big bad consequences for Tamriel . . .. a worldwide search for this person will start ( without or with timer to make things more tight and tense ). Failing the timer should have consequences.

- The craftsmen of the cities ( insert name ) need a huge amount of harvested materials ( wood/metals/fabric) to make all kind of gear/weaponry to make up for the loss of recent battle or to prepare for coming battle. Let the harvest party begin ( without or with timer to make things even more tense ). Failing the timer should have consequences.

etc etc. Stuff like this will be fun and give people some extra actual and active stuff to do. The time span of these live/world events should not be ( too )short . . .

Just some thoughts !

Arjun

randolphbenoit · August 2015

What direction is planned so far for housing - Personal home, Guild hall or both?

keonimeyer · August 2015

Will the xivkyn motif be available in the crown store much like deer eventually became?

keonimeyer · August 2015

keonimeyer wrote: »

Will the xivkyn motif be available in the crown store much like deer eventually became?

Dwarven*

AshTal · August 2015

Question
1) Why are the Argonian racials so rubbish. In Open beta we were told you knew they sucked and would get a boost before live. 18 months on and Argonians health improve is going from 3 to 6 while the Nords is going from 3 to 9. How is this logical at all why aren't Argonians going upto 9%? Will Argonians get a boost soon and when will they get something which doesn't require a potion to be drunk to activate?

2) Are there any plans to improve Cadwell Gold and Silver. Even the first play through felt forced with stupid dialog, dead NPC's suddenly being alive, constantly being referred to as not having a soul and working against your own faction. On my 4th play through I am skipping dialog watching TV with one eye and just doing it to get to Vet 12.

3) Will we be seeing any Solo content to get from Vet 12 to Vet 16?

NewBlacksmurf · August 2015

With or after the release of IC would it be possible to allow merchants at the crafting stations *also sale the racial pieces like stones required for the purple racial motifs but instead of gold sale them for Tel Var stones.

Just an idea to create value for Tel Var stones for those PvE players who don't care to enter IC
Not motifs but the items required after a motif is obtained.

Apokh · August 2015

WHY is the Option "kick from guild" one of the first options in the context menue on the roster?
Are there plans to put it in the last position? Perhaps you can contact yout "chief menue designer" to fix this

dudenamedchris · August 2015

I for one would like more random situations while wondering around outside cities. Maybe a random daedra pops up to make a deal or a random massive daedra boss comes from the sky sending an army at a city nearby and we have to stop it...something fun...

And dark brotherhood and thieves guild...they should already have been out at launch -.-

Muizer · August 2015

For PvP, would you consider allowing people to sign up with another faction for a session at a time? With the proper precautions/limitations to prevent abuse, the possibility of signing up as a mercenary with another faction could help players regulate population imbalances.