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The (Possible) Future of ESO
Zinaal_Kriid
Soul Shriven
As we all know, ESO is an MMORPG, and such games tend to be.. well, massive. So massive, in fact, that they can often span several years, and even decades with constant updates, DLC, and new content. Ex: World Of Warcraft, RuneScape and Wizard 101 (Sort of..) We also know how much Bethesda loves to retcon and contradict their own lore, so even though it seems like it may never happen, and some people even hope that it doesn't, we will most likely make our way all the way to Akavir in ESO (After they finish Tamriel of course). I for one hope that ESO survives long enough to run out of space on the mainland and get to some of the more.. undiscovered areas of Nirn. I've made some (Incredibly crude) concept art (Using GIMP..) of what ESO may look like in the future. I know that many of the places we haven't been to yet haven't actually been shown on any maps before, so I used the all too famous "Complete Map of Nirn" made by lebiro, this is not my image so credit to him for his artist vision of the landmasses of Nirn (I've included his image as well). I basically ripped the continents off of his image in GIMP and recolored them, it's pretty bad but I'm proud of it lol. I've added Thras, Roscrea, Atmora, Yokuda, Pyandonea, Esronjet (Which is actually Esroniet, typo lol..), Cathnoquey, Ynslea and Akavir. And I'll now explain my reasoning behind each one (Sorry if this is a lengthy post!).
Yokuda: As any experienced fan will know, the island-continent of Yokuda was sunk into the ocean and the inhabitants fled to Tamriel and eventually became the Redguards. Now, some would say that Yokuda sank, just as legend tells.. I have a different theory. The left handed elves were always at odds with the Yokudans, many, many wars were fought between the two races. The left handed elves must have been naturally magical, being elves and all, and so I believe they used some sort of magic to temporarily sink the island to drive the Yokudans out, so they could have the island all for themselves. If there's any time to reveal the island not being sunk, it's in ESO. Also I've seen a few images from the coast of Summerset (Or maybe it was from Glenumbra or Betnikh) of an island structure that has been speculated to be Yokuda, so who knows.
Thras: I believe Thras is a potential place we could be going due to the events of the Summerset chapter, now obviously it wouldn't be anything like the other places we've been before since it's literally all hostile territory, but maybe the story could be a military campaign against the Sload? Of every place on this list it's definitely the least likely.
Roscrea: Roscrea is one of those places where we are most definitely going. It's close by, it's interesting, and it's territory of the empire (Or it was at least), and might even be settled or partially settled.
Atmora: This is an opportunity for another Craglorn type zone, a harsh wasteland and there have been multiple expeditions there so we know it isn't completely abandoned (Or at least we could go there on an expedition of our own and help some visionary found a new settlement there) idk, some real creative freedom there.
Esroniet, Ynslea and Cathnoquey: These three islands are right between Tamriel and Akavir and if we do go to Akavir, we have to make a pit stop somewhere right? After all, there is a major port settlement located on Esroniet, i can totally see these islands, even if we don't go to Akavir. Maybe a smuggling DLC, where you go with some traders and it turns out they're actually pirates and you end up at the islands? Something like that, this isn't a request or recommendation post, it's just speculation/conjecture/hopes for the future of the game.
Akavir: As I said before, Bethesda love to retcon, with a place like Akavir we are almost destined to go there, most of the places on my list are almost certain destinations because they will run out of places in Tamriel eventually so I can't wait to meet the four races of Akavir!
Aldmeris: I didn't add Aldmeris because it still isn't really known whether or not the place actually existed, I hope it did but it seems like it could go either way based on the info we have. We just don't know yet. But if it is real, it would be cool to see (Assuming its still around..).
Again, sorry for such a long post but I wanted to express my thoughts and this place seemed appropriate. Share your thought or rebuttals to my words, I'm really interested to hear if I sound crazy or not
And I hope this same thing hasn't already been talked about in these forums lol
Edit: Upon closer examination, I have realized that Ynslea, Esroniet, Cathnoquey and Roscrea weren't settled until Era 3.. so.. facepalm.. But hey, Bethesda loves their retcons..
Edit2: I'm having issues trying to add the images I made, but I can't see that it would be very hard to imagine how it would look? Giga facepalm
Yokuda: As any experienced fan will know, the island-continent of Yokuda was sunk into the ocean and the inhabitants fled to Tamriel and eventually became the Redguards. Now, some would say that Yokuda sank, just as legend tells.. I have a different theory. The left handed elves were always at odds with the Yokudans, many, many wars were fought between the two races. The left handed elves must have been naturally magical, being elves and all, and so I believe they used some sort of magic to temporarily sink the island to drive the Yokudans out, so they could have the island all for themselves. If there's any time to reveal the island not being sunk, it's in ESO. Also I've seen a few images from the coast of Summerset (Or maybe it was from Glenumbra or Betnikh) of an island structure that has been speculated to be Yokuda, so who knows.
Thras: I believe Thras is a potential place we could be going due to the events of the Summerset chapter, now obviously it wouldn't be anything like the other places we've been before since it's literally all hostile territory, but maybe the story could be a military campaign against the Sload? Of every place on this list it's definitely the least likely.
Roscrea: Roscrea is one of those places where we are most definitely going. It's close by, it's interesting, and it's territory of the empire (Or it was at least), and might even be settled or partially settled.
Atmora: This is an opportunity for another Craglorn type zone, a harsh wasteland and there have been multiple expeditions there so we know it isn't completely abandoned (Or at least we could go there on an expedition of our own and help some visionary found a new settlement there) idk, some real creative freedom there.
Esroniet, Ynslea and Cathnoquey: These three islands are right between Tamriel and Akavir and if we do go to Akavir, we have to make a pit stop somewhere right? After all, there is a major port settlement located on Esroniet, i can totally see these islands, even if we don't go to Akavir. Maybe a smuggling DLC, where you go with some traders and it turns out they're actually pirates and you end up at the islands? Something like that, this isn't a request or recommendation post, it's just speculation/conjecture/hopes for the future of the game.
Akavir: As I said before, Bethesda love to retcon, with a place like Akavir we are almost destined to go there, most of the places on my list are almost certain destinations because they will run out of places in Tamriel eventually so I can't wait to meet the four races of Akavir!
Aldmeris: I didn't add Aldmeris because it still isn't really known whether or not the place actually existed, I hope it did but it seems like it could go either way based on the info we have. We just don't know yet. But if it is real, it would be cool to see (Assuming its still around..).
Again, sorry for such a long post but I wanted to express my thoughts and this place seemed appropriate. Share your thought or rebuttals to my words, I'm really interested to hear if I sound crazy or not
And I hope this same thing hasn't already been talked about in these forums lolEdit: Upon closer examination, I have realized that Ynslea, Esroniet, Cathnoquey and Roscrea weren't settled until Era 3.. so.. facepalm.. But hey, Bethesda loves their retcons..
Edit2: I'm having issues trying to add the images I made, but I can't see that it would be very hard to imagine how it would look? Giga facepalm
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lelink88✭✭✭We will travel to Akavir at ESO2. I don't think Zo$ want to detroy Elder Scroll franchise as Blz did to WoW. So Eso will focus on Tamriel , and ESO2 will have all Nirm0
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Zinaal_KriidSoul ShrivenWe will travel to Akavir at ESO2. I don't think Zo$ want to detroy Elder Scroll franchise as Blz did to WoW. So Eso will focus on Tamriel , and ESO2 will have all Nirm
I see how it may make sense to not make the game too big but having a sequel would be the worst possible thing in my mind. Imagine after they are done adding to the game (in like 5 years, when you've finally done literally everything there is to do in ESO) and then playing ESO2.. and having to start back at square one and having a whole new set of stuff to do in Tamriel, it'd be like playing ESO all over again, and it would no doubt have even more stuff to do than the first game. And after you've finally finished Tamriel (Again) you move on to Akavir.. too much for a completionist's heart like mine to handle0