Kind of disappointed Northern & Southern Elsies aren't connected on the map

maboleth

I know mountains run in the middle, but my OCD would like to see the map populated with content, without any "holes" between zones. And I doubt we'll ever have another zone that will fill the middle part of Elsweyr, too narrow, too thin.

Can we at least cross N to S and vice versa with some tunnel or dungeon that connects them? I didn't yet see the zone.

Gravord

maboleth wrote: »

I know mountains run in the middle, but my OCD would like to see the map populated with content, without any "holes" between zones. And I doubt we'll ever have another zone that will fill the middle part of Elsweyr, too narrow, too thin.

Can we at least cross N to S and vice versa with some tunnel or dungeon that connects them? I didn't yet see the zone.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/495356/southern-elseweyr-map-need-to-be-fixed#latest

Gnome_Saiyan

Central Elsweyr may be a DLC down the road...

SilverIce58

They won't give us the Tenmar Forest and Torval bc how would they let us see the Mane when a third of us chose Shazah, a third chose Khali, and a much larger third haven't done the Lunar Champion quests. So any quests about the Mane would have to be locked behind doing all of Reaper's March. Beyond that tho, they're probably saving it for later for whatever reason.

maboleth

There's no way they could squeeze any zone/content on that gap in the future. Not to mention that they certainly won't return to Elsweyr anytime soon.

It could be fine with just saying - there are mountains there, but those two are connected. This way it's totally illogical and looks ugly on the map.

ArchMikem

...did you just call them "Elsies"?

maboleth

Yeah, kind of cute (unlike the map grrr). :-)

Tryxus

It's not just mountains tho: the cities of Corinthe and Torval are supposed to be there

zaria

SilverIce58 wrote: »

They won't give us the Tenmar Forest and Torval bc how would they let us see the Mane when a third of us chose Shazah, a third chose Khali, and a much larger third haven't done the Lunar Champion quests. So any quests about the Mane would have to be locked behind doing all of Reaper's March. Beyond that tho, they're probably saving it for later for whatever reason.

This is handled in Elsweyr chapter, there Tharn and some others addresses who is the current Mane dependent on your options. No reason for us to se the Mane in any way as she might be away.
Most would simply address her as the Mane. And yes its an he if you has not done Reaper March main quest.
Still its an large city and they are pretty hard to do.

Ysbriel

Not only that but to make the end of a chapter a separate DLC... not quite right

maboleth

Tryxus wrote: »

It's not just mountains tho: the cities of Corinthe and Torval are supposed to be there

Alright, that's the answer why map feels and looks awkward. It was a compromise for them, to leave out those cities as too big/time intensive, but also to not to "betray" the lore. So that was the solution.

SosRuvaak

only kind of disappointed??
im really disappointed.

its an eyesore.

Mitrenga

Yeah, map makers has no knowledge of monetization methods.

ProfessorKittyhawk

SilverIce58 wrote: »

They won't give us the Tenmar Forest and Torval bc how would they let us see the Mane when a third of us chose Shazah, a third chose Khali, and a much larger third haven't done the Lunar Champion quests. So any quests about the Mane would have to be locked behind doing all of Reaper's March. Beyond that tho, they're probably saving it for later for whatever reason.

If they haven't completed Reaper's March, the original Mane would still be in power one would think.

Katahdin

Agree

Vanos444

A middle Catwhere will be there....

p00tx

Don't worry, you'll be able to purchase the connective map section in a later Crown Store transaction which will include 10 non-combat pets, all identical except for their remarkably similar skins, as well as 4000 Crown Refreshing Drinks. Enjoy!

Tommy_The_Gun

Gnome_Saiyan wrote: »

Central Elsweyr may be a DLC down the road...

Because cats & dragons is the only thing this game lacks...

(Seriously, Enough is enough, right? Khajiit is one of my favourite race in eso, but after an entire year of them being in the spotlight of the attention I am kinda fed-up... at least for now...)

Danikat

I'm frustated by it, because Torval and the area of the Tenmar forest near Valenwood is the bit of Elsweyr I really want to see. It's great after all these years to finally have Elseweyr in a game* and so frustrating that the bit I really want to see is still missing and now unlikely to come any time soon, if ever.

(Although it does solve the problem of my khajiit who said she'd never go home doing the Elseweyr and Dragonhold content - because she's still avoiding the area she's from.)

More generally I often wonder about the bits of the map in between locations which are missing, like the bit of Morrowind east of The Rift and the area between Alik'r and Hews Bane (although that might be big enough for a DLC). I hope eventually they're going to fill in the entire map, but I'm concerned that the little pieces which are missing will make that difficult.

*Yes I know both were in Arena but I don't count that for two reasons. Firstly I never played it, but more importantly I think apart from locations that only appeared as 2D pixel art the appearence of locations was much more constrained by the technology than in later games and so not really representative of what the writers and developers had in mind. (Like the fact that every town, no matter how it's described in the game, is flat with square block buildings.)

ArchMikem

Tommy_The_Gun wrote: »

Gnome_Saiyan wrote: »

Central Elsweyr may be a DLC down the road...

Because cats & dragons is the only thing this game lacks...

(Seriously, Enough is enough, right? Khajiit is one of my favourite race in eso, but after an entire year of them being in the spotlight of the attention I am kinda fed-up... at least for now...)

That's traitor talk.

Khajiit prior to Elsweyr, have never been in the spotlight short of being the punchline of many thievery and slavery jokes. It's insane that now they've been given the attention they deserve, people are getting sick of them. If an entire Elder Scrolls game featured Elsweyr as the main landscape and 98% of the NPC's were Khajiit I'd be in heaven.