Who knew we would need
differential equations
to understand this?

Problematic start
Rampant confusion now, but
Optimism reigns.

Rough Season Zero
All systems need debugging
Season One will shine?

Very confusing
Read a lot, watched videos
Now I understand

Not bad in theory
But in actual practice
Needs a lot of work.

I think I like tomes.
But how will it all turn out?
I must wait and see.

Honestly, premium rewards are not that "premium". I feel like it is not worth

Like with 2026's pass, I did it while holding my nose.

It really felt a bit icky to buy it since I'm not really happy with ESO's current model of "play alone together" and how they're cutting the things I like (Dungeons, new Classes) to focus on honestly what is ESO's weakest point (the writing). Plus, this whole "we're reducing FOMO and we will not add any content that is gone after the Season ends" is totally false when pretty well every big thing they announced in the reveal except Crimson Veldt is going to delete itself like the Wall did. The Night Market? Gone after 7 weeks, but at least it returns for another period before going away again. The High Seas ships and Underwater stuff? That's an event, not a permanent zone, so that's gonna be gone after that's over.
It's like the Wall all over again: Sure it was fun, but why spend the dev time to make something that's going to be deleted when that time could be used to make something that's not going to cease to exist after a few weeks?

But I bought it for one thing specifically: the Personality. It looks so good and I know exactly which character I need it for, but I'm still praying they're gonna fix it.
We told them on PTS that the permanent prop weapon clipping was an issue, and they changed it by... removing the unique sneak animation? Uhh...

I get that replacing the prop weapon with the character's equipped 2H is "beyond the scope," but as a premium Personality, they really should have someone from the art team sit down and get that to work. If they did that, even if it was just for that Personality and just with a 2H equipped on the active bar, that Personality would be a 15/10.
At least it is still possible to use the emote weapon replacement trick so somewhat see what it would look like in a perfect world. But it does only make me want the character to be able to walk like that always.

I couldn't resist mainly for one thing - Witcher vibes are strong in this one:



...But also for many more good things the game itself provides Even after some nerfs and changes I dislike, the amount of fun is huge
Just today I've returned to one old place I haven't visited in years... Some cute khajiit NPCs were placed so nicely, that my khajiit had to join as well. Her fancy outfit didn't match her fierce look, which was hilarious:



Also, if Charles who had one really heart-warming interaction with me today sees this post maybe, thank you

p.s.
I took these on PTS, in case someone wants to know how Premium+ bonus costume dyes. My favorite combo doesn't really work with permanent blue gems:




Much better color combo:
I wish gems were 4th dye channel

This only means I will never upgrade the next tomes to Premium ever again. This first one was a mistake, maybe mine, maybe ZOS. But I will remember it.

So many shinies.
Which ones do I want to buy?
Gimme everything!