Man, it’s wild to think this game is turning 12 years old.

Last year I wrote an open letter about being a player since the ESO beta, about how disappointed I was with the direction the game was taking and all that. Now, I’d like to write another letter. A thank you.

ZOS, ESO is a game that changed my life. I met so many people I love, but I also lived through so many stories I love. I must have over fifteen thousand hours in this game, and I don’t regret a single one of them. Thank you so much for making Tamriel evolve. Truly.

I’d also like to congratulate the team: it really feels like all the feedback I gave is being addressed. The new unmarked quests coming in, more engaging puzzle systems, optional difficulty, a more dynamic release model, an adventure that isn’t stuck in a simple pattern. I genuinely appreciate the work you’ve been doing.

A lot of people ask me, “why do you translate ESO into Portuguese for free, when it’s over 10 million words and so exhausting?”

Because I love this game. I love this world. And the shift in communication and direction you’ve taken this year reminded me of that.

And yeah, this is a lighter post, no criticism or hate. Just this: thank you for these 12 years, ZOS.

Bit of feedback regarding the Vigor Skill Styles, I really like the ground projections, but am finding the sun & moon that float above your head to be too much.

It’s reminding me of the Heart we just fought to have removed over Dragonknight’s head when using Dragon Blood and likewise I would appreciate if those two symbols would be looked at…

SilverBride wrote: »

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/690378/expiration-for-tome-points-and-tome-point-caches/p1

I know this thread exists, I intentionally created a new one. The one you mentioned is mostly about discussing the expiration. My thread is for:
1. Warning people very clearly not to open all Tome Caches at once, because we already know they will expire
2. Providing the Support answer to show what ZOS are planning to do to resolve the issue and help the players, which is essentially NOTHING.

Yeah. This part of the system is much worse than the old endeavors where we all got the same points based on what we actually wanted to play. Disappointed they listened to the people that were like "aN aReNa ShOuLd Be WoRtH MoRe." Like I get it, arenas are harder than picking a flower. But, maybe I didn't feel like doing one this week. Now, I feel like I have to because otherwise I'm just cheating myself out of a lot of points. And that's if I'm even lucky enough to get the arena option in the first place. I'm permanently screwed out of like 500 points because it wouldn't stop giving me IC districts and that challenge is literally broken. I cannot complete it even though I captured multiple districts and that's a known bug. I'm also out of rerolls. Thanks for giving me a bugged weekly 5 times in a row ZOS!

For me the premium rewards are worth the 13 quid it costs to upgrade, especially since that's only once per quarter. The bonus reward this time didn't seem worth it to me.

Also, the good news is that the upgrade purchased once applied to both the EU and NA servers, as I play on both.

@ZOS_Kevin My ticket is 260404-000025

Many players are only now realizing that Tome Points expire at the end of each season, and the problem is that this was never clearly communicated when opening Tome caches. If players had known max 2k points are carried over, many of us would have never opened the cache all at once.

Because this wasn’t stated at the time the caches were opened, players made decisions with incomplete information that should’ve been provided by the game. Losing those points now feels less like a seasonal reset and more like a penalty for something that was never explained.

This kind of surprise expiration risks damaging player trust and discouraging engagement with the seasonal system going forward. A lot of players enjoy planning and saving for future rewards, and discovering that those resources silently expire creates frustration rather than motivation to keep playing.

Please consider some form of resolution for players who lost Tome Points due to this lack of communication—whether that’s a one-time restoration, conversion, or grace period. At the very least, clearer messaging in-game would prevent this situation in future seasons.

We appreciate the work that goes into maintaining the game, but transparency on systems like this is critical to maintaining a healthy and trusting player base.

I think if this is the case, do you really need and want absolutely everything? I reviewed the items and I'm really only interested in a fraction of what is in there.

5 to 7 hour playtimes is NOT casual, or even possible for many of us on weekdays. So I guess the incentive is to buy the pass and buy everything whenever you want outside the season. Or...just pick and choose what you really want.

I used to go after every cosmetic they put in events and it dawned on me...why? I haven't used 90% of it even once.

I did find it interesting that OP seems to indicate needing to play too much, and with the same system the 2nd poster doesn't want to play at all. It's such a bizarre system impacting people in very different ways.

I just don't want to lose 20,000 tome points because I opened all mine as there was an option in the UI to open them all with no warning that I would lose them at the end of the season. Would have been nice to know that or some warning. That's after buying what I want already.

I never imagined a scenario something I paid for via 12 month sub would disappear at the end of the season. I could see that for stuff I slowly accumulated during the season via gameplay. Not via my purchase.

I haven't even had a chance to play the game normally yet due to work but who knows how many more points I will accrue that will utterly be meaningless.

So hard to want to play more at this point.