Tamriel is getting crowded - where else can an aspiring warrior go?

Caroloces

I've often wondered while playing this game what a player might do when all of the zones (regions, provinces) of Tamriel are played out. How can the devs add content 1, 2, or 3 years down the road when Tamriel has been fully explored, and all possible quest lines are complete?

Well, in my attempts to get better at TES lore, I've discovered something I never knew before even though I've played all TES games since Morrowind. Tamriel isn't the only continent in the world of Nirn! There are 5 other continents on NIrn!!! Now, this has pretty cool implications because one might hope that ZOS has teams quietly working in the background to develop these continents into playable areas fully equipped with dynamic quests and riveting exploration. Yeah, I know what you're thinking - Pipe Dream! They need to fix Tamriel first. But hey, one can always dream that this game will continue to grow and become really awesome, fulfilling its promise of a great TES universe!

- With that said, I discovered the following info on a great website dedicated to TES lore: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/15282-elder-scrolls-lore-faq/#entry2972606

Akavir - home to a wide variety of demon and beast races, many of whom have designs on Tamriel. This large continent is east of Tamriel.

Atmora - harsh and frozen homeland of Atmoran humans, the persisting ancestors of both Nords and Cyrodiils. This land lies to the north of Tamriel.

Pyandonea - home of the Maormer or Tropical Elves. This is a land far to the south of the Summurset Isles, the most southern territory of Tamriel.

Thras - domain of the Sload race. Sometimes described as 'the coral kingdoms', this land is said to have risen out of the Abecean sea between Tamriel and Yokuda. History records that this land was razed by the All Flags Navy of Tamriel, in retribution for the Thrassian Plague unleashed by Sload in 1E2200. Whether it continues to exist in the Third Era is disputed.

Yokuda - continent from which the Redguard race originated. It was somewhere west of Tamriel before the Redguard apparently destroyed most of it during the First Era, although traces of the continent still appear on maps dating from the end of the Second Era.

Shunravi

There are the other continents, there are Daedric realms (they could even expand Coldharbor, and Vaermina's realm has the potential for nearly limitless solo/group content that is user generated.)

They have a lot of room to work with. I just hope they don't mess it up.

Varicite

I don't see why they can't just add higher level content to existing zones.

Y'know, MMOs used to have actual diversity in their zones before it became the "cool" thing to just make everything an on-rails experience.

There is nothing that says that Glenumbra has to be lv5-20 content only. They could pretty easily add delves, or new sections that are accessible to higher level players.

There's no reason that just because there is low level content in a zone currently, that it has to be "used up" and never revisited once you've passed through the first time.

Nestor

They have only "zoned" about half the map as it stands now

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131127180729/elderscrolls/images/f/f9/Elder_Scrolls_Online_Interactive_Tamriel_Map.png

There are plenty of places to expand content into.

Shunravi

Varicite wrote: »

I don't see why they can't just add higher level content to existing zones.

Y'know, MMOs used to have actual diversity in their zones before it became the "cool" thing to just make everything an on-rails experience.

There is nothing that says that Glenumbra has to be lv5-20 content only. They could pretty easily add delves, or new sections that are accessible to higher level players.

There's no reason that just because there is low level content in a zone currently, that it has to be "used up" and never revisited once you've passed through the first time.

Good point. Ofc, I consider that to still be part of what the op said in the first paragraph... Though, it would likely extend his stated deadline by a few years.

Nestor wrote: »

They have only "zoned" about half the map as it stands now

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131127180729/elderscrolls/images/f/f9/Elder_Scrolls_Online_Interactive_Tamriel_Map.png

There are plenty of places to expand content into.

That's exactly what he is saying. What happens after that?

Gythral

Each of the Aedra & Daedra (Gods/demons) have their own realms (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Planes_of_Oblivion & see other places http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Places)

So there's a lot of room for adding things both on and off Nirn as well as just in Tamriel, as there is little to stop us getting caught up in the schemes of Gods and Daedric Princes!!!

Braidas

Nestor wrote: »

They have only "zoned" about half the map as it stands now

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131127180729/elderscrolls/images/f/f9/Elder_Scrolls_Online_Interactive_Tamriel_Map.png

There are plenty of places to expand content into.

Ya rlly it's gonna take them long enough to fill the map as it is....in 20 years if the game is still going maybe we'll have to have this discussion lol

eNumbra

Shunravi wrote: »

That's exactly what he is saying. What happens after that?

Akavir, Summerset, Atmora, Yokuda and various other islands across Nirn. Plus: The Deadlands, The Shivering Ilses, The Ashpit, The Realm of Boethia, The Colored Rooms, Apocrypha, The Hunting Grounds, Moonshadow, The Pits, Clavicus Vile's Realm, Sanguine's Realm, Quagmire and Evergloam.

Some of these already have minor parts in ESO, all of them could be expanded into actual zones.

Nestor

Shunravi wrote: »

That's exactly what he is saying. What happens after that?

They spent about 4 years fleshing out the maps that we are playing on now, so it's gonna take some time to fill out the rest.

I just wanted to go back to Vvardenfell in this game, so even though there is not much there, I still want to go antagonize some cliff racers. Although we won't have the Levitate effect in spell making. (In Morrowind if you created a spell with Levitate 1 point for 1 second and fired it at a Cliff Racer, they would go splat on the ground. It was great fun)