Post-QuakeCon Q&A Thread (7/31)

Rosveen

Are you raising the level cap again with Orsinium?

Adryssa_Joneley

Will you ever implement a way to earn Crowns via game play? LOTRO had a system that encouraged people to play and do extra content and achievements in return for Turbine Points. Will ESO have a means to earn them in future? Whether through achievements, unlocks, questing, completing all quests in per zone etc. It would be a nice way for those of us who can't afford to buy Crowns. It will allow those to earn them, even if they are only 25 Crowns for completing an entire questing zone for example. Its not a lot but it would be an awesome way to earn it without needing to spend cash. Just a thought.

Adryssa_Joneley

Will we get more character slots in future? If not..... then....

Is it possible to purchase an additional account under the same email address? If you wanted say 3 accounts, you would need 3 email addresses? Just wondering.

SantieClaws

This one would also like to know about the possibility of extra character slots.

I have so many alts I want to make but I like the eight I have already and don't want to kill any more of them off
(my bosmer already laid down her existence for one of my orcs - hope the ouze is kind to you Nommie)

Rosveen

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

This one would also like to know about the possibility of extra character slots.

I have so many alts I want to make but I like the eight I have already and don't want to kill any more of them off
(my bosmer already laid down her existence for one of my orcs - hope the ouze is kind to you Nommie)

What did she do to get into a purgatory for oathbreakers?

Garethjolnir

Hi, I would like to know if we will ever see in-game cloaks/capes as individual items that can be equipped?

SantieClaws

Rosveen wrote: »

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

This one would also like to know about the possibility of extra character slots.

I have so many alts I want to make but I like the eight I have already and don't want to kill any more of them off
(my bosmer already laid down her existence for one of my orcs - hope the ouze is kind to you Nommie)

What did she do to get into a purgatory for oathbreakers?

She tried to eat one of my khajiit - with a side salad.

Elsonso

Question: Can you please talk about plans (expectations, hopes, desires) related to Orsinium, which has been suggested will be out in 2015? I know this is after Imperial City and that Imperial City is the focus, but all I am asking for is 30 seconds.

@ZOS_GinaBruno ... as an aside, can you update the first comment in this thread to tell when the QuakeCon Q&A will be? I know I saw it somewhere, but I can't remember where.

ZOS_GinaBruno

lordrichter wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno ... as an aside, can you update the first comment in this thread to tell when the QuakeCon Q&A will be? I know I saw it somewhere, but I can't remember where.

Ah, good call. I'll do that now.

HeroOfNone

Are there plans to release a veteran version for each dungeon? What time frame (6 monthes, a year, etc.) can we expect some?

We've raised the Veteran Rank to 16, do you foresee a max cap in raising it before the Veteran Rank system is removed/converted?

Any chance for some enhanced sounds, music, and effects animation in combat in the future? Some of the new tutorial looked nice and semi brutal, while a lot of the rest of the game seems less theatrical at times.

Are there any plans with the upcoming imperial city update to upgrade the lag switch exploits we've seen the past few months? Certain players have been intentionally lagging their connection to burst damage folks with little effort at this point.

What are the priorities on player suggested ideas like player housing, small scale pvp arenas, barber shops, etc.? Is there any way we can get better voice our desire for these so they can become more important?

Can we add in more skill modifiers to the trial leaderboards? As we've found recently it's all about the fastest time, which is pretty poor.

Can you describe the build setups you use to test content?

Are dome of tje new dungeons going to rely more on mechanics than Damage? Some of the challenge modes seem built to use the top DPS builds (16k - 20k builds) and not average build (6k-10k builds).

Will we see further optimization in items etc and builds so magicka and stamina builds will become closer in DPS potential with ghe right build?

Given the changes to block, will there be additional stamina granting abilities like templar shards? Few other classes can grant this type of ability and it seems to make them a required class to run.


Thank you

Ourorboros

The 'next major update' includes two new motifs, one of which is limited to IC. Level caps are also being raised to VR16. How are these changes going to affect crafted equipment specifications? Will these new motifs and their mats be used to craft VR15-16 items? Will Monumental glyphs have the same value from VR14 to VR16, or will there be some scaling the way potions now scale?

Hamfast

As this is supposed to be about the imperial city, how hard will it be for those of us that enjoy the PvE play, and have no desire to participate in the PvP play at all to get to the imperial city for the PvE content?

Will any of the PvE content in the Imperial city be able to be soloed?

Will the Q&A be at the Bar outside the auditorium after the panel discussion on Friday in the Hilton Anatole in Dallas?

Will those of us that have chosen to keep our vampire affliction ever get to see a cosmetic update so at stage 1 we look like we did before we were bitten? Will the stage times ever be extended? (This is for @MornaBaine )

BigMac_Smiley

Will console get text?

Adryssa_Joneley

Any chance that we can have it so that you can purchase cosmetic armor pieces for your mounts in future? I would love for my fiery dark steed to be equipped with say a Daedric style of armor, that will also be dyeable. It will also make our mounts look more personalised. Make these cosmetic armor for mounts available as achievement rewards, made available at the stables, and even on Crown Store as well if you like etc. Perhaps make it that if you want a Altmer style, they will only be available in respective zones for that alliance, and so fourth.

Also with Character Costumes, will we ever see a personalised means of creating our own cosmetic appearances? I've found some nice looking boots with no stats that would look perfect, but i can't keep that look without sacrificing my actual armor values. So, if there were say a template where it looks just like our Character Sheet but for cosmetic, allow players to equip armor and then have a SAVE feature. Once saved, it adds it to your cosmetic Collections. (Allow those saved costumes to be modified at any time). Perhaps even add a sub-directory and call it Customized Armor Appearance, and allow us to have certain amount of slots, and perhaps even make purchasing additional slots through in-game vendor via gold, or even in Crown-Store. Perhaps as a default, allow us at least 7 free slots for adding our own customized armor, and then maybe charge like 250-500 Crowns per slot after that. Allow us the freedom to design how we want to look, and allow us to have control of dying those armor pieces too.

One last thing, will there be a feature to allow us to dye cosmetic items either earned or bought from Crown Store?

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MotokoKusanagi34

The one thing which always defined an Elder Scrolls game and the respective playable province, was the splendid musical work by Jeremy Soule, in my opinion.
What do you guys think about creating individual atmospherical soundtrack for each alliance? It would help further differentiating the provinces and make each region feel like a new experience!

While you're at it, adding Oblivions soundtrack in Cyrodiil, Skyrims in Skrim etc. is surely something fans would welcome.

Flaminir

When the Imperial City is released:
Will the population caps be increased for existing cyrodiil campaigns?

AND

Will there be extra temporary campaigns added as you did at console launch to cope with the extra demand at launch?

On EU at the minute there is already a 30-60 minute queue to get into Cyrodiil at all peak times..... with Imperial city everybody will want access & there needs to be extra provision made for this....

A 'We'll wait & monitor the situation' position is unlikely to yield good results/feedback... a pro-active response may be the best solution.

Also... with the stamina regen change when blocking, Tanks are going to need their healer to help with giving them stamina... at the minute the only class that has these skills are Templars.... so with the existing skill set this is a nail in the coffin for any healer who isn't a templar.....

Are there any plans to change skills in the other classes so they have a way to provide stamina for group members to help with this?

Strider_Roshin

I'd like more info on those new crafting sets; especially the one(s) that benefit DPS stamina users :-)

Soulshine

During guild summit last year, and later in subsequent Q&As with Sage and Konkle when they were still here, we received answeres in the affirmative that there was interest in seeing true raids in ESO of the more traditional type.

Yet to date, we do not have this.

CoA is yet another fire dodge fest for 4 people and the awaited SO recycles very tired mechanics which have all been seen in other small instances.

Loot and itemization for PvE end game is in need of quite an overhaul and still no update on the now year ago presented Season Gear, even in the face of the new cap increase.

Are we going to to see a true raid in ESO this year?

WhiteCoatSyndrome

What happens with Tel Var stone allocation if you are NOT in a group but share a kill? For example, I go off to solo a Boss, then halfway through the fight another player jumps in to help. Do we both get the full allocation of stones? Do we each get half? Is it split depending on who did the most damage?

Aerius_Sygale

Why have an achievement for completing 1500 quests when there is nowhere close to that many quests to do, where even after added quest lines several times over there still wouldn't be enough? I want the Indomitable Violet dye, it really is frustrating when that which I see and want is not even close to achievable yet, and may never be, might you consider reworking the "Indomitable" mark to land at the 1000 milestone? Wouldn't that be high enough...?

Djeriko

@ZOS_GinaBruno
"Is anyone in the dev team going to take a look at the bugs that come with the Redguard heavy armor? The floating/clipping heavy girdle, the mislabeled dye areas on the greaves, and the fact that the dye areas are minimal on the helmet and greaves anyways are just a few of the problems. Those problems have been around since the new Redguard and Orc armors were released and it has not been fixed. I know you noticed it because every time you show any of your news stories with someone wearing all heavy Redguard armor, you chose to have it wearing some other belt or none at all. Stop ignoring the problem please."

"Also I want to control the exact color of the jewels/crystals that are on the Redguard heavy armor, the random color it picks sucks. Don't you think it would be logical for it to be part of the area that the tertiary (3rd) dye colors? Several months now, I've mentioned this in-game reports and forum posts."

^Sent this former post many, many times. Still not fixed. Even your new Imperial City preview shows the Redguard heavy armor glitching and clipping into itself. *sigh* Well at least I plan to get my glass motif if it comes to the crown store. Hopefully it won't be glitching up like my Redguard armor has been. Since I'm obviously not getting Redguard armor fixed any time soon, glass armor is my only salvation.

And lastly, SHIELD DYES!

Storm_knight22

When will alchemy be completed (applies poison),will we see mob dropped reagents? (Fire salts, ectoplasm minotaur horn etc)

Any update on spellcrating?

Can I get a camel mount?

GaldorP

Regarding IC:

What can we buy with Tel Var stones and how much will it cost?

Will there be new item sets that drop only in the Imperial City group dungeons?

Are City of Ash and the White-Gold Tower/The Imperial City Prison going to be part of the Undaunted pledge system?

Will the Alliance Rank requirement for skills like Vigor be lowered in the Imperial City update?

How many skyshards are hidden in the Imperial City?

Is there a safe way to reach the new set crafting locations within the Imperial City or do you have to venture through PvEvP territory to get there?

Classics:

Are there any plans of improving the group forming tool?

Are there any plans of adding something like an ingame guild database to ESO? Such a database where guilds could present themselves with a short text and maybe add the name of the person to contact for people who would like to join would certainly make it easier for guild masters and officers to recruit new members

Are there any plans of improving the guild trader auction system so large trading guilds with 500 active veteran players aren't at risk of not having any guild trader for a full week when they are outbid? Could you also change the time at which auctions end, please? I know several guild masters that have to stay up until 3 am every Monday night/early Tuesday morning and their guild still might be left without a trader if they're unlucky

Can we expect any new skill lines to be added to the game in the near future?

Regarding Craglorn

What happened to the Hunter with a horse, a raven, and a wolf companion who was at the small camp near the river north of Belkarth? Where did he go? :O Are there any plans of adding a wolf or a raven pet to the crown store in the near future?

(I'm not a native speaker of English so I apologize for anything that sounds really weird or wrong to the ears of an English-speaking person )

Incarnatus

Player housing? I find it holds an entire additional dimension to any mmorpg. I feel ESO is heads and tails above all other games BUT housing is where it is sadly lacking.

GoofyWhiteKiid

I know this has been mentioned a couple times before and I know that I'm certainly one of many that has this question but....

After giving one of the biggest "hints" at the Dark Brotherhood during one of your E3 trailers, you have to give us some more information about it. At least a little. You're driving us crazy! Give us something like, when can we have to expect it? How is the skill line going to be set up? Is it going to be like that mages skill line where instead of finding lorebooks to level up, you need to complete different assassination?

It's driving us crazy that we know it exists, but we don't know anything about it.

So of all the things I want to know about upcoming ESO events, I hope you are able to at least tell me just a bit more about the Dark Brotherhood.

Thanks

rowanwatkins3

Hi! Are there any plans to help improve a more scarcity of magic to the player. I would personally love to see an option which would make the effects of other magicka users less powerful etc., this could be a great addition to come with spell crafting.

rowanwatkins3

Hi! One more question! Is there a chance we can see more light armor that looks similar to the college robes in Skyrim and robes in oblivion which do not have a particular motif behind it? Thanks for reading!

shugg

Is there any plans to make hybrid builds that want to use both pools, stam and magic viable?

Also will we be seeing necromancer coming in with spell crafting or a skill line, there are alot of cool visuals out there such as grasping dead hand spells and bone giants that would be so cool to have as spells or ultimates.

Thanks for a great game loving it on the console.

Necrosis

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO

1) When will the announcements from last year's Quake con be available in game such as justice system (player guards), spell crafting and jewellery crafting?

2) is there a plan for new high skill level content outside of a endlessly repeatable time trial system. I miss the old once a week type raids and the challenge you can bring with them. (Not being able to kill a boss because it's so tough is a good thing ^^). If so when?

3) Any PvP updates for groups (battleground style). Don't really want to go ganking in imperial city for my pvp. Also will we ever see the return of forward camps? Game hasn't been the same since their removal.