Update 6 - When will we see it?

Neizir

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Champion System (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

Gorthax

hopefully NOT until it is polished and well tested (2 months on pts)

Gythral

In 4 weeks time, 6 months before it's complete... Like most other things here...

Gorthax

^ exactly this

Gorthax

they also have to ignore all the bugs and broken stuff people report before they push it all live as well

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

What changes are they making to provisioning?

Neizir

cgipervert wrote: »

What changes are they making to provisioning?

@cgipervert Features are detailed here:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/119265/provisioning-revamp/p1

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Awesome...thank you!

Pallmor

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?

NO! NO! NO! It will just break a bunch of stuff--and all to add a bunch of garbage that won't apply to me anyway.

I hope it doesn't show up for another year, after 6 months or more on the PTS.

Bloodfang

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Phase 3 of the Veteran Rank overhaul (Unconfirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

We are likely to see most of these things. However I expect it to take 6-8 weeks before they push it live.

We are looking somewhere between 15-29th December.

Enodoc

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Phase 3 of the Veteran Rank overhaul (Unconfirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

My thoughts:

• Imperial City - Hopefully Not sure how likely that is given the ones that are confirmed already, but it would be the only new content, and you don't mention anything else new.
• Veteran Overhaul Phase 3 - Unlikely, it took them a long time between Phases 1 and 2. Unless....
• ...the overhaul of skills and abilities is the Phase 3 of the above.
• Overhaul of Provisioning - Nice was wondering when that was coming.
• Changes to stamina-based builds - probably, if they are overhauling skills and abilities (above) this is a likely result.
• World interactivity - Possibly, but may be less likely if they do all of the above.
• PvP changes - Maybe; if Imperial City is there they'll probably go together.

That's probably enough to be getting on with, and wraps up most of the things that were expected in the Soon™ department. Fingers crossed for Imperial City

btw, where did you get info on the confirmed ones?

Gythral

I'd guess at live 16/17th Dec or 2nd week in Jan...
I can't see them wanting to return to 200k+ /bugs on the 26th or the Jan 2nd...

Neizir

Enodoc wrote: »

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Phase 3 of the Veteran Rank overhaul (Unconfirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

My thoughts:

• Imperial City - Hopefully Not sure how likely that is given the ones that are confirmed already, but it would be the only new content, and you don't mention anything else new.
• Veteran Overhaul Phase 3 - Unlikely, it took them a long time between Phases 1 and 2. Unless....
• ...the overhaul of skills and abilities is the Phase 3 of the above.
• Overhaul of Provisioning - Nice was wondering when that was coming.
• Changes to stamina-based builds - probably, if they are overhauling skills and abilities (above) this is a likely result.
• World interactivity - Possibly, but may be less likely if they do all of the above.
• PvP changes - Maybe; if Imperial City is there they'll probably go together.

That's probably enough to be getting on with, and wraps up most of the things that were expected in the Soon™ department. Fingers crossed for Imperial City

btw, where did you get info on the confirmed ones?

@Enodoc There was some info in Episode 4 of ESO Live way back in October. At one point a developer (I think it was Paul Sage or Eric Wrobel) stated that the Provisioning Overhaul was coming in Update 6 along with the ability changes.

Btw the overhaul of skills and abilities isn't the same as Phase 3 of the Veteran Overhaul (Which is the Champion System). They are alot of changes coming to abilities and class balance tweaks in general plus there's going to be new abilities like Magicka Bomb (Confirmed), which leads me to believe that the Imperial City is coming in Update 6 as well.

Tanis-Stormbinder

Would nice to see something official posted soon.

ers101284b14_ESO

Might see something tomorrow. Might have to wait until after Thanksgiving.

eventide03b14a_ESO

Those are all awesome things to look forward to. I think the time table is something like this:

• 4 weeks from now update 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.1- Fix bugs from 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.2- Fix the same bugs that were not actually fixed in 1.6.1
• 2 days later, update 1.6.3- Fix more bugs from 1.6 that were missed in 1.6.1
• 2 weeks later, update 1.6.4- Fix the bugs introduced in 1.6.3

**Edit: Six months later Server gains sentience and overthrows it's human creators.

lecarcajou_ESO

I just hope it'll stabilize the game so these constant crashes will stop—before that happens, I can't even think of the details.

Gyudan

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Those are all awesome things to look forward to. I think the time table is something like this:

• 4 weeks from now update 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.1- Fix bugs from 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.2- Fix the same bugs that were not actually fixed in 1.6.1
• 2 days later, update 1.6.3- Fix more bugs from 1.6 that were missed in 1.6.1
• 2 weeks later, update 1.6.4- Fix the bugs introduced in 1.6.3

**Edit: Six months later Server gains sentience and overthrows it's human creators.

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday and the release of an old version of the next update 3 days later.
That being said and apart from balance issues I'm quite happy with the state of the game in PVE right now.

LonePirate

We will likely hear something about Update 6 during Friday's ESO Live show.

Audigy

I don't think the patch will come around X-mas, no company would ever do that. Its just unprofessional as nobody would be around to fix any bugs and they always happen.

Early January, second week is my guess.

As for the content,

well the justice system was already in testing at 1.5 so 1.6 should have it. As for the rest I don't know, Imperial city is doubtful or I must have missed the announcement.

eventide03b14a_ESO

Gyudan wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Those are all awesome things to look forward to. I think the time table is something like this:

• 4 weeks from now update 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.1- Fix bugs from 1.6
• 1 week later, update 1.6.2- Fix the same bugs that were not actually fixed in 1.6.1
• 2 days later, update 1.6.3- Fix more bugs from 1.6 that were missed in 1.6.1
• 2 weeks later, update 1.6.4- Fix the bugs introduced in 1.6.3

**Edit: Six months later Server gains sentience and overthrows it's human creators.

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday and the release of an old version of the next update 3 days later.
That being said and apart from balance issues I'm quite happy with the state of the game in PVE right now.

It's a good thing you don't PvP.

Palidon

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Phase 3 of the Veteran Rank overhaul (Unconfirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

Obviously you are not paying much attention and are just in a hurry for another update that will just bring in more bugs and issues. First of all not all the bugs and issues have been fixed or ironed out for that matter. Many issues from previous updates and patches are still left unattended as are many created by update 5. ZOS needs to put the skids on any future updates until they have fixed all the issues and bugs still in existence. Update 6 needs to go thru an extensive testing phase before it is released. The way ZOS has tested all the previous updates is totally unacceptable. The bugs and issues history of all their previous update releases has proven that.

PSLAnimal

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

Gyudan

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

Sorry, autocorrect when english isn't the phone's language is really unpractical. I hope you got the point despite that error

Enodoc

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

If it had only been the NA server that broke, it would have indeed been occidental

Audigy wrote: »

well the justice system was already in testing at 1.5 so 1.6 should have it. As for the rest I don't know, Imperial city is doubtful or I must have missed the announcement.

That bit of the Justice System turning up was of course a mistake. There's a lot more of the assets for Imperial City already in the data files than assets for Justice System:

For Justice System:

• The bounty part of the UI

For Imperial City:

• 10 map icons
• 20 Loading screens
• In-game "hooks" (the sewer entrances)

Audigy

Enodoc wrote: »

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

If it had only been the NA server that broke, it would have indeed been occidental

Audigy wrote: »

well the justice system was already in testing at 1.5 so 1.6 should have it. As for the rest I don't know, Imperial city is doubtful or I must have missed the announcement.

That bit of the Justice System turning up was of course a mistake. There's a lot more of the assets for Imperial City already in the data files than assets for Justice System:

For Justice System:

• The bounty part of the UI

For Imperial City:

• 10 map icons
• 20 Loading screens
• In-game "hooks" (the sewer entrances)

Thanks for pointing this out

Guess we need to wait a bit longer then for the justice system

Could you maybe elaborate a bit about what the Imperial city does? Is this a trial dungeon or something like Craglorn? What can we do there?

I am sorry if this might be a stupid question but I am not that up to date in regards of the current statements by ZO officials and the Imperial City is something I cant really "imagine" right now as for what its purpose will be.

Thank you!

zaria

Neizir wrote: »

cgipervert wrote: »

What changes are they making to provisioning?

@cgipervert Features are detailed here:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/119265/provisioning-revamp/p1

Nice, once I killed a guar and got a guar egg, for some absurd reason it was so weird I linked it.

And yes the picking up soulgems and other stuff sounds like its linked to justice system.

Neizir

Audigy wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

If it had only been the NA server that broke, it would have indeed been occidental

Audigy wrote: »

well the justice system was already in testing at 1.5 so 1.6 should have it. As for the rest I don't know, Imperial city is doubtful or I must have missed the announcement.

That bit of the Justice System turning up was of course a mistake. There's a lot more of the assets for Imperial City already in the data files than assets for Justice System:

For Justice System:

• The bounty part of the UI

For Imperial City:

• 10 map icons
• 20 Loading screens
• In-game "hooks" (the sewer entrances)

Thanks for pointing this out

Guess we need to wait a bit longer then for the justice system

Could you maybe elaborate a bit about what the Imperial city does? Is this a trial dungeon or something like Craglorn? What can we do there?

I am sorry if this might be a stupid question but I am not that up to date in regards of the current statements by ZO officials and the Imperial City is something I cant really "imagine" right now as for what its purpose will be.

Thank you!

@Audigy‌

It's basically just an extension of Cyrodiil for players who like either PvE mixed in with their PvP or some more close-quarters PvP combat. There are 6 districts that you're able to capture, each containing PvE objectives and quests, and of course other players.

You gain access to the Imperial City if you control your 6 home keeps (No, not the ones around the city that give you emperor, but your 6 home keeps.). This means that not every faction necessarily has access to the city, but the population of the imperial city is shared with Cyrodiil, making home defense a little more important.

There are special crafting stations in the city that give access to the new Xivkyn armor set. It is unknown what stats and bonuses will be on the set, but it will certainly be quite powerful.

There is a massive area called the Sewers that is the size of probably several group dungeons. It's very oriented around PvE quests, but players will be around at all times. Each faction enters the city through the sewers and each have a safe zone.

Audigy

Neizir wrote: »

Audigy wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

If it had only been the NA server that broke, it would have indeed been occidental

Audigy wrote: »

well the justice system was already in testing at 1.5 so 1.6 should have it. As for the rest I don't know, Imperial city is doubtful or I must have missed the announcement.

That bit of the Justice System turning up was of course a mistake. There's a lot more of the assets for Imperial City already in the data files than assets for Justice System:

For Justice System:

• The bounty part of the UI

For Imperial City:

• 10 map icons
• 20 Loading screens
• In-game "hooks" (the sewer entrances)

Thanks for pointing this out

Guess we need to wait a bit longer then for the justice system

Could you maybe elaborate a bit about what the Imperial city does? Is this a trial dungeon or something like Craglorn? What can we do there?

I am sorry if this might be a stupid question but I am not that up to date in regards of the current statements by ZO officials and the Imperial City is something I cant really "imagine" right now as for what its purpose will be.

Thank you!

@Audigy‌

It's basically just an extension of Cyrodiil for players who like either PvE mixed in with their PvP or some more close-quarters PvP combat. There are 6 districts that you're able to capture, each containing PvE objectives and quests, and of course other players.

You gain access to the Imperial City if you control your 6 home keeps (No, not the ones around the city that give you emperor, but your 6 home keeps.). This means that not every faction necessarily has access to the city, but the population of the imperial city is shared with Cyrodiil, making home defense a little more important.

There are special crafting stations in the city that give access to the new Xivkyn armor set. It is unknown what stats and bonuses will be on the set, but it will certainly be quite powerful.

There is a massive area called the Sewers that is the size of probably several group dungeons. It's very oriented around PvE quests, but players will be around at all times. Each faction enters the city through the sewers and each have a safe zone.

Thank you very much for the explanation, sounds like a nice addition to the game.

PSLAnimal

Gyudan wrote: »

PSLAnimal wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

You forgot the occidental release of an unfinished update on a sunday...

Occidental? What, they only released it in the West?

Sorry, autocorrect when english isn't the phone's language is really unpractical. I hope you got the point despite that error

I did, and mea culpa for my not including a smiley for indicating it was gentle teasing.

brandon.2023b14_ESO

Neizir wrote: »

It's been 3 weeks since the relase of Update 5. Now with the bugs mostly fixed and issues ironed out, when can we expect to see Update 6 on the PTS, and what will the update contain?
This is what I think we'll see, along with some confirmed features:

• Imperial City (Unconfirmed)
• Phase 3 of the Veteran Rank overhaul (Unconfirmed)
• Overhaul of combat, skills and abilities. (Confirmed)
• Overhaul of Provisioning (Confirmed)
• Changes to stamina-based builds (Confirmed?)
• Increased world interactivity e.g you can now pick up soul gems and money piles. (Unconfirmed for 6, but it's coming.)
• PvP Changes

Basically, it seems that Update 6 is potentially a massive overhaul of the entire game.

I can't say when we would see it on pts but every major patch has gone live 4-6 weeks after the prior one. I'm almost positive its only been two weeks of update 5 so far but then again working 6 days a week and barely having time to play you lose track easily.

Anywho, like I said they get to push the next big patch every 4-6 weeks so if not by this weekend then prolly by next week or so we should see it on pts. They do on average 2-3 weeks of testing the next patch before pushing it. And then hotfix everything they didn't fix during the pts build.I'd love to see the majority of that stuff in update 6 though and revamp to provisioning is what I'm looking forward to. Loot that makes sense according to what container you looted it from, and redone recipes. Can't wait!!