PTS Patch Notes v2.5.4

ZOS_GinaBruno

OVERVIEW
The Elder Scrolls Online v2.5.4 is our last incremental patch on the PTS. In this update, you’ll find some small fixes in the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild DLC game packs, plus a number of fixes for general gameplay. The size of this patch is approximately 145MB.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

• DLC Game Packs
  • Dark Brotherhood
  • Thieves Guild
• Base Game Patch

ZOS_GinaBruno

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, DARK BROTHERHOOD DLC GAME PACK

Combat & Gameplay
Dark Brotherhood

• Shadowy Supplier: The tooltip for this ability now lists where you can find the NPC that provides the beneficial items.

Crafting & Economy
General

• Fixed an issue where the Order of the Hour style was incorrectly named the "Akatosh" style. Though the Order of the Hour is closely associated with Akatosh, the style is not directly wrought by his hand.
• Updated the chapters of the Minotaur style to have their correct text. They now contain the writings of Nonus Caprenius, Temporarily Unaffiliated Scholar of Imperial Antiquities.
  • Note: These are not yet localized in the German and French game clients.

Exploration & Itemization
Achievements

• Added achievements for learning all chapters of the Order of the Hour, Minotaur, and Dark Brotherhood styles.

Quests & Zones
Gold Coast

• Sergus, a worker doing manual labor, is no longer classified as a Commoner and is instead listed as a Laborer.

ZOS_GinaBruno

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, THIEVES GUILD DLC GAME PACK

Art & Animation
Figure

• Thieves Guild Medium Helmets will now display correctly on Argonian and Khajiit faces.

Dungeons & Group Content
Maw of Lorkhaj Trial

• S'kinrai and Vashai will once again properly explain the nature of their existence when they are first approached.

Exploration & Itemization
Achievements

• Added an achievement for learning all chapters of the dro-m’Athra style.

ZOS_GinaBruno

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.
• Updated the racial descriptions on the Character Creation screen to reflect the recent changes to racial passives.

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

Armor

• Heavy Armor
  • Rapid Mending: Fixed an issue where this passive ability’s Heavy Attack resource restore bonus was applying even when you did not have 5 pieces of Heavy Armor equipped.

Guild

• Fighters Guild
  • Ring of Preservation (Circle of Protection morph): Fixed an issue where this morph was increasing the cost of Roll Dodge rather than decreasing it.

Alliance War

• Support
  • Battle Resurrection: Fixed an issue where this passive was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Racial

• Khajiit
  • Cutpurse: Fixed an issue where this passive’s pickpocket bonus was not stacking with the Light Fingers passive pickpocket bonus.
• Nord
  • Reveler: Fixed an issue where this passive’s drink bonus was not stacking with the Gourmand passive drink bonus.
• Redguard
  • Wayfarer: Fixed an issue where this passive’s food bonus was not stacking with the Connoisseur passive food bonus.

Crown Store & ESO Plus
General

• The hood from Naryu’s Assassin’s Armor Costume will now properly conform to Argonian and Khajiit faces.

Style Parlor

• Added a depth of field effect to the background for the Race Change and Appearance Change screens.

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials

• Sanctum Ophidia
  • Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

Exploration & Itemization
Achievements

• An Unsparing Harvest: Updated the text for the second requirement of this achievement to “Plunder Skull Fanatic” to match the name of the associated achievement.

Item Sets

• Imperial Physique: Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Quests & Zones
Grahtwood

• Unsafe Haven: The quest item to allow you to eavesdrop on NPCs will no longer function oddly (such as allowing you to eavesdrop on the recently deceased).

Shadowfen

• Fangs of Sithis: Barvyn will now properly respawn if you die to him, and later run back through the space to reach him.

rhapsodious

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.

ayy

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials

• Sanctum Ophidia
  • Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

So this is no longer a DPS race provided you have >4 people up at any given time? Good. She's unnecessarily hard because of all the stuff going on in addition to having to deal with pins.

TheHsN

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.
• Updated the racial descriptions on the Character Creation screen to reflect the recent changes to racial passives.

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

Armor

• Heavy Armor
  • Rapid Mending: Fixed an issue where this passive ability’s Heavy Attack resource restore bonus was applying even when you did not have 5 pieces of Heavy Armor equipped.

Guild

• Fighters Guild
  • Ring of Preservation (Circle of Protection morph): Fixed an issue where this morph was increasing the cost of Roll Dodge rather than decreasing it.

Alliance War

• Support
  • Battle Resurrection: Fixed an issue where this passive was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Racial

• Khajiit
  • Cutpurse: Fixed an issue where this passive’s pickpocket bonus was not stacking with the Light Fingers passive pickpocket bonus.
• Nord
  • Reveler: Fixed an issue where this passive’s drink bonus was not stacking with the Gourmand passive drink bonus.
• Redguard
  • Wayfarer: Fixed an issue where this passive’s food bonus was not stacking with the Connoisseur passive food bonus.

Crown Store & ESO Plus
General

• The hood from Naryu’s Assassin’s Armor Costume will now properly conform to Argonian and Khajiit faces.

Style Parlor

• Added a depth of field effect to the background for the Race Change and Appearance Change screens.

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials

• Sanctum Ophidia
  • Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

Exploration & Itemization
Achievements

• An Unsparing Harvest: Updated the text for the second requirement of this achievement to “Plunder Skull Fanatic” to match the name of the associated achievement.

Item Sets

• Imperial Physique: Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Quests & Zones
Grahtwood

• Unsafe Haven: The quest item to allow you to eavesdrop on NPCs will no longer function oddly (such as allowing you to eavesdrop on the recently deceased).

Shadowfen

• Fangs of Sithis: Barvyn will now properly respawn if you die to him, and later run back through the space to reach him.

WHY.... do you ask our feedbacks if you are not even listen and care what we test on PTS...or why u even bother to crate PTS

TheHsN

WHY.... do you ask our feedbacks if you are not even listen and care what we test on PTS...or why u even bother to crate PTS

luen79rwb17_ESO

Can't wait for U11 to go live!

Erock25

@ZOS_GinaBruno I really wish devs would comment on how everyone hates the bound armaments new visual. Please fix before sending to live.

Jar_Ek

There will be alot of disappointed folk wrt the racial passive changes...

NBrookus

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

Oh happy day.

Liofa

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials
Sanctum Ophidia
Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

ZOS being ZOS again . Normal mode is giving the purple jewelry already . Why do you nerf the hard content ? Our group at first time , we wiped at Ozara for 3-4 hours . Not even talking about the other times . You know for what ? All because of the very little difference between purple and gold jewelry . You should be awarding progressive players for their effort . Casual players can still use purple jewelry . That is the point of playing a MMORPG . You need to give everything you got to get the best . There was no need to nerf hard content . I don't even know why I am still bothering about this , you guys nerfed vCoA while it was being done solo ...

Note : I don't mean any offense to casual players . It just doesn't feel so nice when you spend hours to take down a boss and that boss gets a huge nerf .

Ghost-Shot

TheHsN wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.
• Updated the racial descriptions on the Character Creation screen to reflect the recent changes to racial passives.

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

Armor

• Heavy Armor
  • Rapid Mending: Fixed an issue where this passive ability’s Heavy Attack resource restore bonus was applying even when you did not have 5 pieces of Heavy Armor equipped.

Guild

• Fighters Guild
  • Ring of Preservation (Circle of Protection morph): Fixed an issue where this morph was increasing the cost of Roll Dodge rather than decreasing it.

Alliance War

• Support
  • Battle Resurrection: Fixed an issue where this passive was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Racial

• Khajiit
  • Cutpurse: Fixed an issue where this passive’s pickpocket bonus was not stacking with the Light Fingers passive pickpocket bonus.
• Nord
  • Reveler: Fixed an issue where this passive’s drink bonus was not stacking with the Gourmand passive drink bonus.
• Redguard
  • Wayfarer: Fixed an issue where this passive’s food bonus was not stacking with the Connoisseur passive food bonus.

Crown Store & ESO Plus
General

• The hood from Naryu’s Assassin’s Armor Costume will now properly conform to Argonian and Khajiit faces.

Style Parlor

• Added a depth of field effect to the background for the Race Change and Appearance Change screens.

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials

• Sanctum Ophidia
  • Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

Exploration & Itemization
Achievements

• An Unsparing Harvest: Updated the text for the second requirement of this achievement to “Plunder Skull Fanatic” to match the name of the associated achievement.

Item Sets

• Imperial Physique: Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was functioning inside the Imperial City Prison and White-Gold Tower dungeons.

Quests & Zones
Grahtwood

• Unsafe Haven: The quest item to allow you to eavesdrop on NPCs will no longer function oddly (such as allowing you to eavesdrop on the recently deceased).

Shadowfen

• Fangs of Sithis: Barvyn will now properly respawn if you die to him, and later run back through the space to reach him.

WHY.... do you ask our feedbacks if you are not even listen and care what we test on PTS...or why u even bother to crate PTS

Care to elaborate?

Kendaric

Still no toggle for that ugly block visual and other VFX in 3rd person mode. Seriously, it detracts from immersion and it's not needed...

silvereyes

Looks like still no fix for the "ESO has stopped working, Windows is looking for a resolution..." bug when you quit ESO.

TheSpaceWhale

No revert on boring new Achievement names? RIP Mazzatomb, we hardly knew thee.

Shadesofkin

Really glad to hear about the minor slayer and ageis buff, but sort of shocked you're choosing to nerf Ozara's pin mechanic. It's not like it's hard.

code65536

Any update on Training, Prosperous and Impenetrable in the loot tables?

dagonbeer

Erock25 wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno I really wish devs would comment on how everyone hates the bound armaments new visual. Please fix before sending to live.

Better yet, just make the bonuses apply when on bar (ala magelight/Evil Hunter.) I hate accidentally disabling Bound Armor if bar switch doesn't fire. It's not a skill that needs a visual. No one's going to fight you differently in PvP just because you have a couple more thousand stam, ~4% more mitigation and a slightly boosted heavy attack.

hedna123b14_ESO

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.
  

I just had my first tears of joy in this mmo.

Vythri

It would be nice if they would also fix Bombard's broken animation that never fires in the direction you're aiming, and instead fires in the direction your character is facing.

Taonnor

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

Hmm is this a direct reaction on this thread? -> bombard-root-theres-not-a-thread-about-it

If yes, you listen to us!? Iam shocked.

Great fix, thank you.

ManDraKE

BOMBARD FIX HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Edziu

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Weapon

• Bow
  • Bombard (Arrow Spray morph): This morph no longer applies its immobilize effect to targets that are already snared.

damn you nobs....I almost never see people used it without zerg siege keep or to def keep. I used it only to def keeps and it working good...I have no only one time stopped groups who trying go into keep when they was outnumbered.......I just stoping then under oil....when they killed me because not enoug heal etc..I saw a moment later how this zerg comming to keep and without bombard with oil they pretty easy got keep. If they was good zerg this bombard also not doing to much to stop them.
Now it will be just useless morph for me...because inside keeps are caltrops 24/7 so no more root from bombard to def thanks.


EDIT
dont know what a problem was with it outside defending keeps....but reading this pathc notes...I just se it is some nerfed, not fixed

Cinbri

@Wrobel please make Minor Slayer and Aegis to affect pvp. With revamp of old sets they all, including trial sets, will become very strong for pvp, unlike sets from MoL.

Shadesofkin

Cinbri wrote: »

@Wrobel please make Minor Slayer and Aegis to affect pvp. With revamp of old sets they all, including trial sets, will become very strong for pvp, unlike sets from MoL.

Good lord, no.

East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

Vaoh

There are some great changes here.

Bombard change ---> Very Good

Battle Resurrection and Imperial Physique no longer functioning in vWGT & vICP ----> Very good

"Akatosh" motif renamed to "Order of the Hour" ---> Sure

Other stuff ---> Cool

Lord_Eomer

Cinbri wrote: »

@Wrobel please make Minor Slayer and Aegis to affect pvp. With revamp of old sets they all, including trial sets, will become very strong for pvp, unlike sets from MoL.

It should never affect on pvp, minor slayer gear is not everyone have and even on trials it should be limited to bosses only.

timidobserver

Awesome patch. I can pvp again now. I went from PvPing almost everyday to PvPing maybe once every two weeks with the bombard meta.

Bisenberger96

rhapsodious wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS, BASE GAME PATCH

Combat & Gameplay
General

• The Minor Slayer and Minor Aegis buff categories now apply their bonuses to all monsters in Trials and Dungeons, instead of only on Boss monsters.

ayy

Dungeons & Group Content
Trials

• Sanctum Ophidia
  • Ozara will no longer cast Trapping Bolt on more than four player characters.

So this is no longer a DPS race provided you have >4 people up at any given time? Good. She's unnecessarily hard because of all the stuff going on in addition to having to deal with pins.

My question is if this change only applies to normal SO, as the title doesn't say 'Veteran Sanctum Ophidia." @ZOS_GinaBruno

Shadesofkin

Lord_Dexter wrote: »

Cinbri wrote: »

@Wrobel please make Minor Slayer and Aegis to affect pvp. With revamp of old sets they all, including trial sets, will become very strong for pvp, unlike sets from MoL.

... minor slayer gear is not everyone has and even on trials it should be limited to bosses only.

Well that's patently absurd. It's too weak to only influence damage on bosses, and the choice to make it work on all mobs is an indirect answer to concerns posted by @Gilliamtherogue who (while I don't entirely agree) made some excellent points on the level of increased difficulty of the mobs as well as bosses. This makes the gear useful in providing fun and long content without the grind the mobs in Vet Maw, Vet Sanctum, and soon to be Hel Ra and Archive have become.