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Re: New tome PREMIUM Monster Slayer personality don't use character own greatsword. WHY?
twisttop138 wrote: »I request one but I stead of the sword he has the big fish from the jesters weapon pack.If they can't program Personalities to at least use a generic weapon that matches whatever type you have equipped (a generic sword if you have a Sword, generic dagger for Daggers, etc), then they really should stop making Personalities tied to weapons. Nothing about 'monster hunter' strikes me as a person that only uses a 2H weapon that they also edgily carry on their shoulder at all times.
Don't tempt me with a fun screenshot idea
Re: Expiration for tome points and tome point caches?
allochthons wrote: »@ZOS_GinaBruno did acknowledge this on the Reddit thread I linked above:
We need more than an acknowledgement. We need our tome points restored back to our caches.
Re: 2026 Seasons Forum Chat
agelonestar wrote: »agelonestar wrote: »agelonestar wrote: »Very disappointing.
2025 was a total write-off. It looks like 2026 will be too. Where's a new content? I mean real content, not just some added quests or updated systems? If you're a long term player, there's nothing new here.
What would you like to have seen content wise?
I understand the desire from a studio perspective to move away from a crushing schedule - and I'm not saying the changes being made aren't welcome. That said, let's be honest - most of what we're seeing is a change/upgrade to existing game structures, with a few quests and bit and pieces thrown in.
Where's the new zone to explore? The new architecture? The furnishing that goes with it? The stories? The new characters? What about new classes, new skill lines, new weapons, new races..... anything actually NEW?
When I think about the breadth and scope of what was delivered with - for example - Summerset, versus what came out last year and what appears to be planned for this year, there is just no comparison. There is a distinct lack of new content. Period. But your pricing structure won't reflect that.
So just a few things to follow up on. Thank you for providing your thoughts on some of the content we showed today.
Where's the new zone to explore?
The Night Market is a new event zone to explore and patriciate in. But we also noted that there will be a new zone in Early 2027. In order to make all of the changes and try the event zone, we could not do a full zone this year. But we have one in development, as Jason, Susan , and Nick mentioned.
The stories?
We talked about the new Thieves guild questline, Sheogorath questline, and Rumors. All meant to give story content.
We noted new characters in both the Night Market and Thieves Guild questlines.
What about new classes, new skill lines, new weapons, new races
The team is in the middle of the class refresh, so these are out of scope for time being. Once we get through a good portion of these, we can get back to working on items like this. But they are things we would like to get to in the next few years.
The note on price. Everything you saw today. Everything new, will be free for anyone who owns base game. The Tamriel Tome will have additional cosmetics and currencies if you would like to pay for those on the Premium track.
I appreciate you coming back.
Let's be honest though: if we compare what we got in 2025 (a real low point), or what we're getting in 2026 (apparently even less content than 2026), with Summerset or almost any other Chapter, we're being short-changed by a country mile. This feels like maintenance mode, not an expanding game.
The fact that you're having to reference what's coming in 2027 kind of proves my point - I'm excited for some Skyrim content in 2027, but we're in 2026. And based on what I have seen in the past 18 months, and what you have shared for the next 6-8 months, I'm no longer convinced you'll do Skyrim any justice at all.
I really feel your concern. The stream in January really gut punched me. I'm an unashamed chapter model guy. I loved Summerset, Morrowind, wrothgar. These were golden years. I've since spoken with many people about the games direction. Even Kevin, who was kind enough to respond to scathing criticism of the game. I'll tell you what I've realized.
Over the years, so much was piled on the game world. So many systems added and forgotten. So much that was predictable and unrewarding. I think Zos is trying to thicken the game as it stands. Add multiple systems and content types and gameplay loops that can be added to, reshaped. Yeah, some of the stuff is new ways to interact with old content, but that's needed too. After the mess that was 2025, it was clear that ZOS could not carry on, or ESO, the way it has been. It was clear they couldn't produce chapters like we're used to. The former director created a huge mess, taking money and devs away from ESO for his terrible pet mmo that he waited his whole life to make, what a joke. That screwed us, then Microsoft came in and laid off a bunch of people after shutting down his farce of a project. Thankfully he quit and we have the new team, they exude energy for ESO.
So, for me, they've earned the chance to set ESO on the right path. To shake it up. To try new things and make the old things better. I will miss chapters and everything that came with them. I would say, give this year a shot. What do you have to lose?
Re: 2026 Seasons Forum Chat
agelonestar wrote: »Let's be honest though: if we compare what we got in 2025 (a real low point), or what we're getting in 2026 (apparently even less content than 2026), with Summerset or almost any other Chapter, we're being short-changed by a country mile. This feels like maintenance mode, not an expanding game.
The fact that you're having to reference what's coming in 2027 kind of proves my point - I'm excited for some Skyrim content in 2027, but we're in 2026. And based on what I have seen in the past 18 months, and what you have shared for the next 6-8 months, I'm no longer convinced you'll do Skyrim any justice at all.
Would I love to see something like Vvardenfell or Summerset again? Of course. For me, that absolutely was ESO's pinnacle. But it's not 2018 anymore, things have changed, we've seen how things were going downhill with chapters. I'm sure they're doing what's feasible. Actually the stream surprised me, since it introduced more than I thought we'd get this year.
Syldras
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Re: Can we please get other ways to aquire transmute crystals in pve?
Dear God, yes, please. I used to be able to get a small amount of transmute crystals playing Tales of Tribute against the npcs, but then they stopped dropping completely.
I can accept not being able to get as *many* as players who run dungeons and do other group activities, but could we solo players be able to get *some* without having to group up or go into pvp, please?
Note: Any "This is an mmo, solo players are bad, mkay?" replies will be ignored.
I can accept not being able to get as *many* as players who run dungeons and do other group activities, but could we solo players be able to get *some* without having to group up or go into pvp, please?
Note: Any "This is an mmo, solo players are bad, mkay?" replies will be ignored.
Re: Do not open all of your Tome Caches at once!
There should really be a popup with a warning about this (and a checkbox for "I understand, don't show this warning again") when one attempts to use a cache of tome points.
They really need to think about ways to explain how things work *in game*, as even mentioning it in a stream or an article likely wouldn't be of great help to new players in the future, or casual players who aren't following things closely.
And since this is a roll out of a new system, and there has absolutely been confusion (and bugs), this would be a great time for more of an all-hands-on-deck approach to making things right for players.
It's certainly a bit disheartening to see CS respond in that way after all the talk about improved communication and doing a better job this year. (And, relatedly, to see that the response to bugged challenges is just "re-roll it". No, this isn't on players zos, YOU fix it! When are y'all going to learn?).
They really need to think about ways to explain how things work *in game*, as even mentioning it in a stream or an article likely wouldn't be of great help to new players in the future, or casual players who aren't following things closely.
And since this is a roll out of a new system, and there has absolutely been confusion (and bugs), this would be a great time for more of an all-hands-on-deck approach to making things right for players.
It's certainly a bit disheartening to see CS respond in that way after all the talk about improved communication and doing a better job this year. (And, relatedly, to see that the response to bugged challenges is just "re-roll it". No, this isn't on players zos, YOU fix it! When are y'all going to learn?).
Cannot buy the premium+bonus tome?
So I want to buy the premium+bonus tome, but the ingame button to do so does absolutely nothing. I have payment info on my account, but nothing happens ingame and nothing shows up on my billing history. I've tried disabling all addons, which didn't fix it. I'm on PC-EU and in the UK, and there doesn't seem to be any way of buying the upgrade outside of the game?
Do not open all of your Tome Caches at once!
I want to post this as a warning for other players, especially ESO+ subscribers.
Like many others, I opened all of my Tome Caches and ended up with 24,000 Tome points this season. I had no idea that the points themselves cannot be carried over into another season. As far as I know, this was not clearly mentioned in any official ZOS news post, forum post, or in-game notification.
I only understood what had happened after reading about it on Reddit, which honestly is frustrating. Information this important should not have to come from Reddit instead of official channels.
After realizing my mistake, I submitted a support ticket asking whether some of my Tome points could be converted back into unopened Tome Caches. This was the response I received from Support:
At this point, this update is basically ruined for me. I can already buy EVERYTHING immediately, including low-value items like food, gems, and similar filler rewards, so there is no longer much reason to engage with the weekly challenges.
What feels especially bad is that a loyal ESO+ subscriber can end up with 20,000+ Tome points, only for them to convert into 2,000 points at the end of the season. That does not feel fair, and the lack of clear communication makes it worse.
I am posting this mainly so other players do not make the same mistake:
Do not open all of your Tome Caches at once unless you are absolutely sure you want to spend all those points this season.
ZOS really should provide clear official communication, whether through a news post, forum post, support article, or in-game warning, so players do not accidentally waste the value of their rewards.
Like many others, I opened all of my Tome Caches and ended up with 24,000 Tome points this season. I had no idea that the points themselves cannot be carried over into another season. As far as I know, this was not clearly mentioned in any official ZOS news post, forum post, or in-game notification.
I only understood what had happened after reading about it on Reddit, which honestly is frustrating. Information this important should not have to come from Reddit instead of official channels.
After realizing my mistake, I submitted a support ticket asking whether some of my Tome points could be converted back into unopened Tome Caches. This was the response I received from Support:
Greetings!
Thank you for contacting The Elder Scrolls Online Team. My name is Matias.
I understand you are requesting a restoration of Tome Caches. Unfortunately as these have already been opened we will not be able to process this request.
We know this is not the outcome you were hoping for today and we thank you for your understanding and continued support. Please feel free to reach back out to us if you ever have any other questions, comments, or concerns.
Regards,
Matias
The Elder Scrolls Online Team
At this point, this update is basically ruined for me. I can already buy EVERYTHING immediately, including low-value items like food, gems, and similar filler rewards, so there is no longer much reason to engage with the weekly challenges.
What feels especially bad is that a loyal ESO+ subscriber can end up with 20,000+ Tome points, only for them to convert into 2,000 points at the end of the season. That does not feel fair, and the lack of clear communication makes it worse.
I am posting this mainly so other players do not make the same mistake:
Do not open all of your Tome Caches at once unless you are absolutely sure you want to spend all those points this season.
ZOS really should provide clear official communication, whether through a news post, forum post, support article, or in-game warning, so players do not accidentally waste the value of their rewards.
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Re: New tome PREMIUM Monster Slayer personality don't use character own greatsword. WHY?
They did respond to this on PTS that it was not possible when we brought the issue then.
Fortunately, the emote props (even with Monster Slayer) can still be replaced with the old hide-helm-tap-block trick.
The issue with Monster Slayer though is that you can’t replace the idle.
(Also what happened to the Monster Slayer unique sneak animation we had on PTS?)
Having said that, I absolutely think this is something they should look into, particularly for the Monster Slayer where the prop is permanent and not only used in emotes.ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »[*] Monster Hunter Personality [Feedback]: We have seen your feedback related to the Monster Hunter Personality that is being offered as a reward in the PTS Tamriel Tome, and the desire to have it use your character’s equipped weapon. While we agree that would be great with this Personality and others, it is unfortunately not within scope for us at this time.
Fortunately, the emote props (even with Monster Slayer) can still be replaced with the old hide-helm-tap-block trick.
The issue with Monster Slayer though is that you can’t replace the idle.
(Also what happened to the Monster Slayer unique sneak animation we had on PTS?)
Re: Expiration for tome points and tome point caches?
PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »Where is this 2000 carry over coming from? I have not seen an official post saying this.
Yeah, ditto on that. I reviewed the original article and the PTS Patch notes for the most recent cycle and don't see anything about losing Tome Points at the end of a season. I'm currently revisiting the 2026 reveal stream on YouTube, but it's about 45 minutes without any timestamps (-cough-cough-) and that's the only place I can think of where that tidbit might have been mentioned.
I decided to look at the in game help and 2000 retention/carry over is in the help article. F1 -Tamriel Tomes on PC.