Welcome to the revamped Elder Scrolls Online forums!

Sharee

Font is too small. Otherwise i like.

Kragorn

Dev Tracker's still missing a language filter, so it's still far less useful than it could/should be in being a place to EASILY see new 'green' posts.

Why implement a forum-wide language selection and then proceed to ignore it in the one place it probably matters most?

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

[*] Note: Language selection will not apply to the Developer Tracker, as doing so would prevent the tracker from updating immediately.

So implement a filter into the query that generates the Dev Tracker index when we go to the page?

OR, at the very least put a flag in the icon column so we can easily spot posts we know we won't be able to read without having to visually scan a sea of green text on white.

Leijona

One question:

With the changes, why haven't you included a guild recruitment forum for PS4 and one for Xbox One?

It is only four months to go and you could have saved yourselfes and us another downtime. Because sooner or later you will have to include them anyway.

Kragorn

Where's the 'Mark Read' button?

derpsticks

Just noticed that there also seems to be two instances of the post edited text. Also, some discussion titles are too long and get cut off, same with some usernames.

Another thing worth mentioning is all of the blank space to the left and right of a post (under the user name/profile pic on the left and under the post number and time of post on the right). Consider moving the actual content down about an inch and then stretch it out so it fills this unused space. That or place the insightful/agree/awesome/quote/report buttons beneath the username and profile pic and make them always visible. I like to use the non-mobile version of the forum on my phone and hovering over something to click a button does not work well.

Is it just me or do profile pics seem bigger and out of proportion to the username/stars?

Your username along with the buttons to its right at the top of the page should be right aligned so they are next to the search box.

Quoted text should be in a box with a different background color or be bounded by a second bar to the right of the text. The color of quoted text is even harder to read than the regular text.

The events and contests forum seems like overkill.

The "other locales" and "campaigns" forum seems to be where you send threads to die. Campaigns should be consolidated into "alliance war" and "other locales" is comprised of six threads (most of which discuss yet to be released content) that should be placed in three different forums.

Guild recruitment seems like it should be under the community section. PTS doesn't seem like a good fit under community.

Clicking the hide button under the gear icon of a forum does not hide the forum initially. You have to select the followed categories button before it goes away.

Each forum on the categories pages should have a number of posts shown in its box. It would be easier to see if there is a new "news" or "developer discussion" post without having to actually go to those forums.

The entire PVP section could be placed into the game play section. Is PVP not game play? I understand why a PVP combat and skills section was made but I think it should be rolled into the other combat and skills forum. While there are different aspects to PVP it would be best to hold all combat and skill discussions in one place because changes to and information about skills is generally valid in both PVE and PVP.

The NPC guilds section should mention the undaunted in its description.

There is no forum for dungeons/trials/end game except for the adventure zones forum. I would suggest changing the adventure zone forum to either an endgame/trials/dungeons/veteran content forum and moving it to the gameplay section.

Consolidate the three faction forums.

I'll try and think of a few more things later.

Night-claw

I maybe the only one but i generally don't like the new look atm. I may get used to it.. it was alot easy to click in to dev trackers and see what you guys replied to players don't like who it click click click etc
text is abit to small or i just have bad eyesight
the thread in different section need to be spaced out more it's look squished together
(more feedback to come when i explore more)

Rosveen

KBKB wrote: »

I don't like it ;( change scares me

I'm normally terrified of change and I'm loving this one. Shows how awful the forum was before if I don't miss it at all.

There needs to be a way to change font size, it's tiny. Move username under the avatar and make that column thinner, it will be more efficient (swaths of blank space are so wasteful). Speaking of avatars, I know it isn't related to design and all, but is there any chance we could finally upload our own? Now that they're more prominent, it's even more annoying that I can't recognize people at a glance but instead see 20 identical Redguards.

Aerieth

Yay! New forum layout is looking good. No better time to get back in the game.

knaveofengland

looks ok to me, I will say the more PRO-ACTIVE you are the less posts you will get , give players a voice and they will use it

would also say with the non constructive posts please delete them .

forums should be for helping the game where there are ***-ups and not general rant and raves.

forum main page this one looks ok nice first page layout easy to see every thing

Kragorn

Was work done on our request to be able see useful and informative 'green' posts separately from moderation comments which don't really add value to a discussion thread for someone simply looking for 'official' comments on subjects of substance?

Rosveen

You know, about that font size, I found a temporary solution. Considering that the sides of the page are just blank columns, I zoomed in the entire page. 110% looks just right to me. I don't think that's how it's supposed to work, but that's all I've got for now, so...

Rodario

The only change I like is the language filter. Honestly, whose idea was it to have three language subforums for each subforum in the old version anyway?

I don't really care about most visual changes (font, colors, size of elements), though I do prefer the look and feel of the old version.

What I really dislike though, is that elements such as number of replies, number of views, reaction buttons, etc. have been moved to the right edge.

This is mostly due to me browsing this forum almost exclusively on my phone. Now I have to scroll to the right to see/use those elements, whereas in the old version they were always onscreen.

I know there is a mobile version, but I highly dislike its minimalist design and mobile data volume is of no concern to me.

Navaya

Looks neat and tidy, I like it.

Rosveen

How can I tell in which threads I posted before?

edit: "Post edited" message is doubled, as you can see in this very post - or the OP: https://imgur.com/tp8ApOD.png

Rodario

One change I would still like to see is for us to get notifications when people quote a comment of ours, as quoting is basically replying in most cases. I know that's what @name is for, but not everyone always uses that when replying to someone.

Esha76

Overall it is a vast improvement.

I would have liked to have seen Dev tracker languages separated. Perhaps in the manner the guild recruitment threads are separated. That has made scanning those posts so much easier.

I would have preferred to see the discussion/poll/question icons still have different colors for quick scanning.

Just my minor observations thus far.

Carter_DC

Nice revamp, still i miss the lol button (whatever ppl went on doing with it)
and the new layout lacks a button to enlarge the font. I still can ctrl + "+" but this enlarges everything...

I also like the author column being displayed, at last.
New layout is overall pleasant. GG guys !

Majic

I also miss the LOL button, but the new layout is a vast improvement and quite snazzy.

Nicely done.

newtinmpls

The text is smaller and more difficult to read. I'm also not seeing an option to go to "participated".

MornaBaine

The Ignore function should make it so that not only do you not see the posts of those you ignore but, once ignored, they should not be able to see your posts either. Most social media does this via a block function and I know it was suggested here as well.

Otherwise, the new layout is very nice though it does seem smaller than before.

Merlin13KAGL

How about a settings option under our accounts that applies different styles/layouts?

This could be done easily with CSS and would allow individual users to select the 'skin/contrast/font size, etc that best suits their personal preference.

The text box and background being almost identical makes it harder on the eyes if you already have a bright screen, imo.

You could limit choices to a handful of templates, so nothing gets too different than what your design team wishes the forum to look like, but this would give users more options to make a more visually pleasing display.

Would also like the option to Left Justify a bit more - making the posts more centered by having the overall block shifted left a bit more. Again, personal preference

#RadioButtonsAreYourFriend

EDIT:

• Swap Save Draft and Post Comment back. Center choice for the primary action feels intuitive.
• Add a boxed EDIT button for your own posts near Quote/Report vice the iconish gear in the upper right (which blends a bit too much)
• Make the BUY NOW button a little less blue. (They're already here, they're already halfway to checkout.)

tengri

Well, looks ok for the most part.
However, moving the poster's name besides the image was totally unnecessary..
Now about 1/4th of every post is wasted by displaying a huge empty box around a user's name/logo.

Enodoc

Comments:

• Please increase the default font size.
• The all-green mod text is a bit garish; the majority of the text should be the same colour as normal text, just with the name in green as before.
• It took me ages to find Participated Discussions. Please consider moving it out of the Account Options dropdown.
  • On that note: please consider adding a drop-down-triangle to those four buttons; I didn't realise they were dropdowns at all.

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

Language Selection

• Note: Language selection will not apply to the Developer Tracker, as doing so would prevent the tracker from updating immediately.

• I would rather have the Dev Tracker filtered and not updating immediately, than not filtered. This is the thing that really needed language filtering more than anything else.

Developer Tracker

• This has been fully redone to improve readability. Developer posts added to the tracker are in a single column, and post content is truncated with a sneak peak visible in the tracker itself. Click on the sneak peak to be brought to the full post.

• Is there any possibility of the Dev Tracker sneak peek being longer, or just showing the whole post? It was good to be able to read all the dev posts in one page without having to click into the different threads. With this filtered by language it would also be more manageable.

Jennifur_Vultee

Ugh...why change the look of the forums? It was fine just the way it was, this new look is giving me eye strain. I totally hate the new changes. If Zenimax wanted fewer people to use the forums it'll work in my case, I probably won't stop by near as often now.

The font is too small and I don't like the color scheme..the whole look screams generic low budget forums where before it had some style. An option to use the "classic" style of the previous forum would be nice.

Kuro1n

I don't mind the old or the new forum but font is as others have said too small... also it is a lot harder to browse while on phone which is something I've started doing quite a bit recently.

Santus

Everything is for the better...
Especially the language distinction. It was very frustrating having to scroll through the same things written in different languages.
Good Job

Cogo

What is this? Change?! I don't like change!

Audigy

Jennifur_Vultee wrote: »

Ugh...why change the look of the forums? It was fine just the way it was, this new look is giving me eye strain. I totally hate the new changes. If Zenimax wanted fewer people to use the forums it'll work in my case, I probably won't stop by near as often now.

The font is too small and I don't like the color scheme..the whole look screams generic low budget forums where before it had some style. An option to use the "classic" style of the previous forum would be nice.

Its all a matter of personal "skill & health".

For my eyes the new font and layout is a lot better, I can clearly read everything 2 meters away from my screen. In past I could read things as well, but it hurt my eyes over time and the letters were blurry due the poor color / background & contrast setting.


Maybe ZO can add some options so that those who suffer now can adjust the forum to their liking. I am however happy about the change.

Cogo

Uberkull

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

Agree and Awesome should be there for everyone, we'll check and see why they aren't displaying for you.

Have truce this forum on a Ipad or Safari browser? You have to 'touch' the forum users name to see the Quote, Insightful, Agree, Awesome, Report options for a post.

A little getting use to, but not bad.