New to Tamrial and try to understand the map

waltercz

Hi

First of all, Im used to WoW, so ESO is a very different experience, but a nice one indeed. I know you cannot compare these two games 1 to 1, but it still takes some time getting used to gameplay, combat system etc. when you are used to "easy" WoW

I made another thread where I asked if it was worth starting, and impressed how many actually answered with polite views.

Started playing last night, and the game is just so wonderful and beautiful.

I'm trying to understand the map, why is there so many empty areas in the map, is that areas that will be covered in future releases ?

Does the world as large enough, I really like large game worlds where you can go exploring.

phaneub17_ESO

It's their way of having us buy DLC after DLC for years to come!!

kenneth.friisb16_ESO

We're in the continent of Tamriel, which is huge. The empty places / areas might be filled out later, Vardenfell / Morrowind will be released in june this year.

But the current zones are very big, you won't run out of explorable areas any time soon. I've been playing since the beta and I haven't seen it all yet

Remag_Div

Here are all the playable areas currently in the game including DLC:



Vvardenfell will be available in June. The rest of the map will most likely be added as Chapters (aka Expansions) once a year.

JamieAubrey

If you mean the yellow parts in this map then, Yes, this is zones for future updates ( i.e north part of the map, most of Skyrim is missing )

notimetocare

waltercz wrote: »

Hi

First of all, Im used to WoW, so ESO is a very different experience, but a nice one indeed. I know you cannot compare these two games 1 to 1, but it still takes some time getting used to gameplay, combat system etc. when you are used to "easy" WoW

I made another thread where I asked if it was worth starting, and impressed how many actually answered with polite views.

Started playing last night, and the game is just so wonderful and beautiful.

I'm trying to understand the map, why is there so many empty areas in the map, is that areas that will be covered in future releases ?

Does the world as large enough, I really like large game worlds where you can go exploring.

Think of it like wow expansiom that are already visible on the map. New zones yet unmade. Only difference is some are small(tg/IC) content and some are large(wrothgar/morrowind(

JasonSilverSpring

The map areas already available are quite large. But, yes, new areas will be added over time. Some will be DLCs and some will be new chapters, essentially expansions that should be yearly starting with the Morrowind chapter this June.

Except for Wrothgar most current DLC map zones are not that large compared to the base game map area.

Ermiq

waltercz wrote: »

Hi

First of all, Im used to WoW, so ESO is a very different experience, but a nice one indeed. I know you cannot compare these two games 1 to 1, but it still takes some time getting used to gameplay, combat system etc. when you are used to "easy" WoW

I made another thread where I asked if it was worth starting, and impressed how many actually answered with polite views.

Started playing last night, and the game is just so wonderful and beautiful.

I'm trying to understand the map, why is there so many empty areas in the map, is that areas that will be covered in future releases ?

Does the world as large enough, I really like large game worlds where you can go exploring.

In example, that big island at nothern-east of Tamriel will be released this summer as an expansion. You'll have to buy it to be able to travel there. Some time earlier there was DLCs that added some new locations, to go there you must have an ESO+ subscription. Also you can buy them forever and play there without subscription. Other empty zones would be added in future as expantions or as DLCs (we hope that ).

What about the world size and exploring, imo, the actually released zones in Tamriel are not so big as I'd expect. They are big enough, no doubt, but I feel the borders around me very often. Every location has it's own main quest line that will guide you through and sometimes it seems like a corridor. Yeah, it's really big and wide corridor with a lot of rooms you can visit, but... in two words: not TES. Howbeit I must admit that exploring in ESO is one of the best exploring in MMO-games. There are so much single-RPG-like quests, a lot of beautiful places, every corner of the map has something interesting or usefull. And for me personally exploring in ESO is way better than WoW.

maltinkilic

Although some parts of the map will be released in time southern regions are off due to a plague at the moment.

lardvader

Danikat

The areas we have are already quite large.

I did one of the quests to unlock a free inn room on a low level character who hadn't been to many zones or unlocked all the wayshrines. So I had to ride from the north east tip of Stonefalls to the south of Shadowfen, which you can see on the map above is just one small part of the game world.

Just galloping across it, not stopping to explore or fight anything unless an enemy pinned me down, and ignoring the time I got lost trying to go around a volcano, it took me about 30 minutes. Actually exploring one section of the map will take several hours at least.

So yes, there is a huge amount of content in the game already. But they are also adding new areas periodically through DLC and expansions. Eventually we will hopefully get access to the entire continent, and areas beyond it.