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Addon features that should be in base game
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I’ve been playing ESO since early release, and am generally pretty happy with the game’s functionality overall, but there’s still some basic features missing from the base game that I have to install addons to get, the two biggest being Multicraft (obviously for crafting multiple items) and Advanced Filters (for much easier inventory management). The fact that these two basic features haven’t yet been incorporated into the base game to me shows a lack of respect for the player base on ZOS’ part, since obviously console players don’t have this option. What are some other QoL features that should be built into the base game?
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✭✭✭✭✭Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.14 -
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✭✭redspecter23 wrote: »Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.
Absolutely. Not sure why they chose not to have it.
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✭✭A proper search function for the guild store would be great. I honestly don't know how I'm supposed to find anything without add-ons.EU/PC (GER) - Healermain since 2014 - 50305 Achievement Points - Youtube (PvE Healing Guides, Builds & Gameplay)5 -
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✭✭✭✭✭redspecter23 wrote: »Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.
That's funny because I absolutely do not miss having a mini-map. There are games where I sort of look at them, like Diablo III when running Grifts, or BDO to keep an eye out for quest objectives.
But in ESO I find I can orient myself pretty well via landmarks and looking at the big map if I really need to.
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Well, we had one. Then they removed it... Add-on took over.redspecter23 wrote: »Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.
What was the reason for it again? I forgot.
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- Advance Filters (Adds more subfilters to the basic inventory options.)
- Achievement Tracker (Gives you the ability to pin achievement progress to the UI)
- Dye Station Achievement Links (Lets you pop up achievement progress from the outfit station interface, without exiting.)
- Multi-quest Tracker (Not, exactly as offered in addons, but the ability to pin additional quests to the UI.)
- Vampire's Woe (Prevent accidentally feeding on a vampire.)
- No Accidental Stealing (A lockout to prevent a character from accidentally stealing random mise en scene items.) (Not going to happen, but I'll still hold it up as a good idea for everyone who doesn't want to play a thief.)
- Quality Sort (Sort's items by their color. Gold -> Purple -> Blue -> Green -> White -> Gray.)
- Urich's Skill Point Finder (Adds a window that tracks your earned skill points. Probably better as a new window in the journal, that unlocks as you progress through the game.)
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✭✭✭✭✭in addition to the ones already mentioned.
Iakoni bar/gear changer. seriously, being able to save your gear sets and bar sets with one click instead of give or take 2 dozen - saves a LOT of time.
minimap yes (I think they didn't want to add one, cause immersion or something like that?)
pchat. I shouldn't have to use an addon, just to save guild chat colors across my characters. and yet... here we are
port to friend. limiting home visiting to primary only is.. why? if a person choses to open up their house ANY house for visiting - we should be able to visit it, regardless of whether its primary or not.
Votan's improved outfit station. undo button to go back a single step instead of full reset and ability to save outfit presets should be baseline.
Essential housing tools. seriously.dirty worthless casual.
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✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »redspecter23 wrote: »Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.
Absolutely. Not sure why they chose not to have it.
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✭✭notimetocare wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »redspecter23 wrote: »Minimap. I still can't understand how any modern game can just not have the option for it. Boggles my mind.
Absolutely. Not sure why they chose not to have it.
They went for the same map option as all TES games
Not trying to be snarky here but so what? Well, I guess so that TES folk feel more at home.
First add-on I got was a map. Oddly, I can get turned around in-game but never in RL. Oh well, think it was a mistake but easily rectified.
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1) Keyword search for guild stores. Virtually unusable as it is. Or, a separate category under motifs, either to select legs, chest, etc. or filter by stylename. To many styles to choose from though, so just the former.
Heck, go even simpler and just have a known/unknown switch. Basically turn off "already in library" so only the "use to add to library" remains.
2) Sky shards and lorebooks. Goes hand in hand. If they want to not make it so easy, make it so that ones discovered on one character show up on the map of other characters.
Honestly, I'm just keeping it super simple and not to wish-listy. The two above should be fairly easy to do on consoles specifically, but for PC as well.
There's tons more I'm jealous of PC having add ons for. Crafting nodes were nice to have on PC, but the map tended to get way to cluttered for me1 -
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✭✭amazing that we were able to play the game through pre-release without any of this....0 -
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The API was exposed so that addons could be created. I, for one, don't mind the simple base UI because I love to use addons to create my own custom UI.
We have lots of addons to choose from to make our own unique UI for our gametime.
I'd rather see it stay that way.1 -
Juju_beans wrote: »The API was exposed so that addons could be created. I, for one, don't mind the simple base UI because I love to use addons to create my own custom UI.
We have lots of addons to choose from to make our own unique UI for our gametime.
I'd rather see it stay that way.
On PC absolutely. People seem to forget there are more than just PC users. Consoles aren't going to get add ons ever most likely, so flipping the proverbial switch to turn on simple things like skyshards and lorebooks seems a no-brainer.
Still not having it 4 years in is starting to feel like console players aren't part of the family.1 -
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✭✭✭✭Juju_beans wrote: »The API was exposed so that addons could be created. I, for one, don't mind the simple base UI because I love to use addons to create my own custom UI.
We have lots of addons to choose from to make our own unique UI for our gametime.
I'd rather see it stay that way.
Ok but that doesn’t do any good for console players who’ve suffering with the awful base UI for years. I haven’t stuck any addons onto the PTS and I can barely read my resource values in their default size and font0 -
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✭✭✭More user friendly store, color sliders, multi craft, trait buddy, extended quick bars, hell a built in UI customizer would be fantastic.
With this game you had the same approach Beth and ZM always use in games. Let the modders finish the game.Edited by Jade1986 on April 25, 2018 9:09PM0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭mike_skleinub17_ESO wrote: »Juju_beans wrote: »The API was exposed so that addons could be created. I, for one, don't mind the simple base UI because I love to use addons to create my own custom UI.
We have lots of addons to choose from to make our own unique UI for our gametime.
I'd rather see it stay that way.
On PC absolutely. People seem to forget there are more than just PC users. Consoles aren't going to get add ons ever most likely, so flipping the proverbial switch to turn on simple things like skyshards and lorebooks seems a no-brainer.
Still not having it 4 years in is starting to feel like console players aren't part of the family.
This is the reason that the game shouldn't be designed bare bones with the ability for the community to create addons to fill in the gaps. At least not exclusively. A console release was always on the table and I don't think there was ever a time when addons were going to go along with it. The base game should include many of the features listed here, even if they are optional and can be toggled off, because console players are losing functionality that many other games provide just because PC players have a patchwork solution.1 -
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as a base, several others but not having to wade through quicksand to buy and sell is a priority
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✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »amazing that we were able to play the game through pre-release without any of this....
you mean that time when you could only trade with people within your guild only? when you didn't have any way to track buffs and debuffs. and those are just 2 off the top of my head that were eventually added to the base game.
there is NOTHING wrong with adding quality of life improvements.dirty worthless casual.
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I've also wondered why we have an outfit station for playing dress up, but not something super useful like a load out option.
Being able to from a healer loudout to a damage loadout would be soooo useful for going from dungeons to overland content.
Even neverwinter recently added that option0 -
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✭✭✭Combat metrics and guild store search function would probably be my top two. I'd also like an improved buff tracker.BawKinTackWarDs PS4/NA0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »amazing that we were able to play the game through pre-release without any of this....
you mean that time when you could only trade with people within your guild only? when you didn't have any way to track buffs and debuffs. and those are just 2 off the top of my head that were eventually added to the base game.
there is NOTHING wrong with adding quality of life improvements.
So long as they are optional, with a toggle. One person's quality of life improvement may be an absolute curse to someone else.
Personally I'm fine with the default UI, and always have been since PC launch. No addons used, and no performance issues ever experienced. But if others want them incorporated into the default UI and they don't impact on server performance then that's fine, so long as they're optional.0 -
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✭mike_skleinub17_ESO wrote: »Juju_beans wrote: »The API was exposed so that addons could be created. I, for one, don't mind the simple base UI because I love to use addons to create my own custom UI.
We have lots of addons to choose from to make our own unique UI for our gametime.
I'd rather see it stay that way.
On PC absolutely. People seem to forget there are more than just PC users. Consoles aren't going to get add ons ever most likely, so flipping the proverbial switch to turn on simple things like skyshards and lorebooks seems a no-brainer.
Still not having it 4 years in is starting to feel like console players aren't part of the family.
I feel for you console players. Inventory/guild store use is so tedious without addons. I doubt I’d still be playing if I was on console.0 -
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