Needed to have a poll option for reserving judgement till I actually see it when it drops. I'm not really excited for it as the video was too short and did not show near enough to make a good call.

AScarlato wrote: »

I also really liked Zerith and he was great to be around. Sharp as well.

I am presently trying to level Tanlorin but they are so grating to me. I haven't used Azander yet so I may drop them for him and see how that goes.

It baffles me how Zerith-var and Tanlorin were released at the exact same time. There is such a massive gap in overall quality between the two. Zerith-var despite not being the best companion in any statistical sense absolutely has some of the best writing character story and lines of any ESO NPC. Tanlorin... man I tried but she is just so annoying .

BretonMage wrote: »

If we feel our sensibilities stung by senseless slaughter, it's because it's natural for people with functioning empathy to feel for the suffering of others, and often even when we know the others aren't real.

"Functioning empathy" - this is either coming from a very emotionally loaded position or from a dangerous moral high ground.
Empathy can absolutely present itself in an unhealthy, exaggerated measure.
What you described and the weight with which you are taking it indicates you may be on the far side where considering making a step back wouldn't hurt, infact it would be very much advised.
Keep control of your empathy, and set limits: fighting to change something legit for others because you are suffering for dead pixels should be one, unless those are on your newly purchased expensive TV.

Glad Arunei has already argued for my same viewpoint so I don't need to add more.

EDIT: btw, I completed the challenge in the first hour - my lovely chub loons

Rishikesa108 wrote: »

1,000 kills for the seasonal challenge in three designated areas. In dungeons/delves, mobs don't count, but in the overland, all you need to do is kill a harmless little animal with a light attack (they have 1 hp) to boost your score.
Does that seem fair to you?
I obviously refrain from this senseless hunt for squirrels, deer, or the cute little Nixads, but I'm outraged by the obscene spectacle of thousands of players mercilessly crushing everything that moves. It disgusts me.
But what was the need for that?
This game often stands out for protecting certain minorities, and I'm pleased. Why not protect the sensibilities of those who oppose the killing of innocent little animals?
What demonstration of skill or strength is firing a light attack at a hare or a heron?
I hope ZOS reconsiders, and along with the promised fix to the zone dungeons/delves, that ZOS does not continue to encourage this needless slaughter.

On the other hand i'm kind of disappointed by the absence of satisfactory blood splatter. I'm enjoying the penguins little squeeks and the fact they run away but the gore element leve a lot to be desired.

I miss the times in Skirim when we had the wabbajack and could turn everything into a critter. Good times.
We need the introduction of an appropriate butcher costume too. Maybe next season?



This said if you impose real world morals on a videogame you should censor all Elder scrolls content.
All combat is murder.
Sheogorath should be muted.
Weapons are disturbing so we should replace them with flowers.

We already have the problem you can't literally criticize anything on the forums or they will replace the term "critique" with the term "bashing" with doesn't even really exist to have an excuse to censor.

ESO is rated as an adult game because of its contents and moral being subjective means everyone has his own. Satisfying everyone sensibilities mean progressively censoring all.

A game is a game real life is real life.
Killing innocent critters in real life for fun is an abomination and the very definition of stupidity but in a game is fun and should even make you laugh.
The same is true for Sheogorath or murdering bandits.

If you want revenge for the critters try playing "Poppy Playtime".

tomofhyrule wrote: »

We know that the only permanent content we're getting in 2026 is a single trial and two stories, one of which features the most divisive character in the franchise's history. Everything else is set to evaporate once its respective event is done, and the other things that could draw people in are not dropping in 2026 at all.

They probably didn't expect the backlash or players leaving that actually like new zones or questing. In the reveal stream there was barely any mention of a zone of new stories. Yet one or two days later ZOS starting suddenly putting a very heavy focus on "zones are still coming/we love to tell new stories". Every stream they had since then says multiple times "new zone/new stories coming". This is bizarre since a new zone is probably at least 1 year away. They are probably scared that people who are just here for zones/dungeons/quests are going to play other games for a whole game and never coming back.

As for storytelling; what annoyed me most the last chapters is that the quests are basically:
- Talk for 10 minutes what we are going to do
- Do 3 minutes of gameplay and exploration
- Hey, let's halt everything, even though the world is ending, and let's discuss what we already talked about for the past 10 minutes and what we just did in the previous room.
- Interesting boss fight with new mechanics in a very epic cool looking room or arena that lasts 35 seconds
- Oh no, there is more to the plot. Let's discuss for 10 minutes how we feel about it and group up with the rest of our merry band for this expansion and talk 10 minutes more with every member.
- Repeat this 3 times...the end

I wish they did chapters and main quests like they do dungeons and trials where the story happens during gameplay with NPC's tagging along and assisting me, doing dialog during fights and make quests way longer and more action oriented instead of an audio podcast. The tech is clearly there for years, why never use it...

I don't think trolls are native to Cyrodiil.

Define trolling. Let's start there.

I really am a fan of the size increase on the new new design, however, I genuinely think the rest of it is an ugly design.

The more cohesive fur color to skin color thing is good. And the amount of floof is fine, but the mullet and the face being less canine-like really bothers me. Can the devs tweak it so that it doesn't look like a hyena?

All the new werewolf reminds me of is a Gnoll from Baldurs Gate 3. At least make the face more canine-like. Plenty of people had already mentioned how to do that a couple months back during the feedback to the original new look, and it seems to have been completely ignored besides the ears(which don't really matter much in terms of helping it not look like a Gnoll)

Edit: what can help alleviate the hyena look is giving proper fur proportions. Wolves have manes, and jowl tufts. Maybe instead of the werewolf having the modern undercut *** mullet you could tone that down a bit and add the wolf mane/jowl tufts. That would alleviate a lot of the hyena vibes but I'd also recommend it's a snout/mouth problem as well as the ridiculous looking ears.

Only if they don't add them to Treasure Maps that have more layers of RNG than the biggest onion does.

Jesh and I had some fun with our accounts for Jester's Fest




That's right, 4 clowns