Early Discussion: What's next for Skyrim?

scorpius2k1

Greymoor
Haafingar (Solitude)
Hjaalmarch (Morthal)

Unfinished
The Pale (Dawnstar)
Winterhold
Whiterun Hold
Markarth
Solstheim (listed since it was in TES:V)

With Greymoor, we have two "zones" of Skyrim, Haafingar & Hjaalmarch but we still have 4 other areas that are unfinished for Skyrim. Any predictions what the DLC's for Skyrim will be? Will we see 2 DLC's for the year of Skyrim?

My guess is Dawnstar/Winterhold (Northern areas) for DLC...it makes sense with the Vampires and College of Winterhold. With that said, one thing that caught my curiosity is the current Southwestern path in the Greymoor zone that is blocked by a gate, you can see a long winding path. Quite interested to see where this whole Skyrim area is, and will we ever see ALL of it filled in? I would love to see 1,000 steps and High Hrothgar too in some shape or form.

Thoughts?

Maxx7410

Nothing no more expansions repair what it can be repaired and let the game die with some dignity

TropicsDelight

I kind of hope we get both Whiterun and Winterhold in the DLC as those were both iconic Skyrim locals but that would be a bigger release than Greymoor so that might be asking a little much.

I wonder if they are planning on doing multiple Skyrim expansions? If so they could do Winterhold and the pale as a DLC and follow that with a Whiterun and Markarth area expansion and finish things up with a Solthseim DLC.

Josira

Hopefully A rework of the vampire skill tr-wait what do you mean they already did that?
Why does it look like it was made back in beta art and animation wise?

YandereGirlfriend

Didn't they already say that Markarth/Reach was the DLC area?

So that leaves greater Whiterun and northern Skyrim (plus Solstheim) as the only areas left.

I could see them doing it in two years after next year's Chapter somewhere in greater Cyrodiil.

barney2525

Hopefully .... NOTHING

Its been an hour and a half and Still working on the Repair needed to make the patch run.

Can't wait to see how long the Queue is going to be

At this point I don't even want to see the next event added - even tho I want to finish my indrik

IMHO

MartiniDaniels

2021 - Skyrim: Winterhold&Pale
2022 - Skyrim: Whiterun&High Hrotgar
2023 - Skyrim: Reach
2024 - Skyrim: Falkreath
2025 - Skyrim: Solstheim
2026 - Skyrim: Remake of Eastmarch...

Goldie

scorpius2k1 wrote: »

Greymoor
Haafingar (Solitude)
Hjaalmarch (Morthal)

Unfinished
The Pale (Dawnstar)
Winterhold
Whiterun Hold
Markarth
Solstheim (listed since it was in TES:V)

With Greymoor, we have two "zones" of Skyrim, Haafingar & Hjaalmarch but we still have 4 other areas that are unfinished for Skyrim. Any predictions what the DLC's for Skyrim will be? Will we see 2 DLC's for the year of Skyrim?

My guess is Dawnstar/Winterhold (Northern areas) for DLC...it makes sense with the Vampires and College of Winterhold. With that said, one thing that caught my curiosity is the current Southwestern path in the Greymoor zone that is blocked by a gate, you can see a long winding path. Quite interested to see where this whole Skyrim area is, and will we ever see ALL of it filled in? I would love to see 1,000 steps and High Hrothgar too in some shape or form.

Thoughts?

Hopefully some better thought out quest lines and rewards. Waitmoor was over hyped and pretty lackluster.

Supreme_Atromancer

The Reach is pretty much confirmed to feature in this year's q4.

Whiterun Hold, with its expansive tundra and The Throat of the World would make for a decent sized chapter, which may include Lake Illinalta and Falkreath region (though arguably the latter was covered by the release of Falkreath "Hold").

The Sea of Ghosts coastal strip, featuring Dawnstar and Winterhold would fit a q4. DLC-sized offering, if you exclude the mountains and anything south of it, which is the way that ZOS does it anyway.

Taleof2Cities

Supreme_Atromancer wrote: »

The Reach is pretty much confirmed to feature in this year's q4.

^This.^

ZOS already confirmed The Reach for Q4 overland DLC, @scorpius2k1 ...

LeonAkando

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Supreme_Atromancer wrote: »

The Reach is pretty much confirmed to feature in this year's q4.

^This.^

ZOS already confirmed The Reach for Q4 overland DLC, @scorpius2k1 ...

Where is this confirmation?

James-Wayne

LeonAkando wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Supreme_Atromancer wrote: »

The Reach is pretty much confirmed to feature in this year's q4.

^This.^

ZOS already confirmed The Reach for Q4 overland DLC, @scorpius2k1 ...

Where is this confirmation?

It was mentioned on ESO Live in January during opening announcement.

Central Skyrim (Pale/Whiterun/Winterhold) will be another story for another year, we won't see that zone this year.

asuitandtyb14_ESO

It took them a year to remake a fifth of the Skyrim map. You'll be lucky if you see the actual entirety of western skyrim, let alone all of skyrim, in this game's lifetime.

redgreensunset

Markath and The Reach. They said that in January when they announced Greymoor, and the story dlc will be focused on witches. So there's not really anything to discuss.

scorpius2k1

Rethinking this a bit for ESO's timeline, Markarth area (The Reach) does seem like the next DLC area. So that, in theory, would leave the other 3 areas, Whiterun Hold/The Pale/Winterhold as another chapter/dlc (year release)? I wonder if we are going to see the Skyrim progress into a 2-year story. There is also an entrance to Blackreach in Eastmarch you can get to, even prior to Greymoor's release. That seemingly makes Blackreach a LOT bigger than just the Western part of Skyrim yeah?

BXR_Lonestar

I don't think the timeline is right, but it would definitely be fun to play in the area of Winterhold before the town/city collapsed into the ocean. I always wondered what the place was like before the collapse, and this game could give us a taste of that, even if it was through some kind of flashback (i.e., replaying through someone's memories) or though a time rift through something related to the Psijic mages.

Either way, playing through the Winterhold area pre-collapse would definitely be intriguing for me.

craybest

weird that they didnt decide to include everything, same goes for what I guess would be central elsweyr, why leave them out? i don't think we'll see another dlc in the future with those zones, wouldn't it be better to just have it whole?

Dark_Lord_Kuro

scorpius2k1 wrote: »

Greymoor
Haafingar (Solitude)
Hjaalmarch (Morthal)

Unfinished
The Pale (Dawnstar)
Winterhold
Whiterun Hold
Markarth
Solstheim (listed since it was in TES:V)

With Greymoor, we have two "zones" of Skyrim, Haafingar & Hjaalmarch but we still have 4 other areas that are unfinished for Skyrim. Any predictions what the DLC's for Skyrim will be? Will we see 2 DLC's for the year of Skyrim?

My guess is Dawnstar/Winterhold (Northern areas) for DLC...it makes sense with the Vampires and College of Winterhold. With that said, one thing that caught my curiosity is the current Southwestern path in the Greymoor zone that is blocked by a gate, you can see a long winding path. Quite interested to see where this whole Skyrim area is, and will we ever see ALL of it filled in? I would love to see 1,000 steps and High Hrothgar too in some shape or form.

Thoughts?

My guess is markarth as 2020 q4 dlc zone because durring the greymoor reveal they said that if we liked the reach we would like the q4 dlc this could also be a reach invasion of somewhereelse

Then eventually whiterun+the pale as chapter and winterhold as dlc this could also be the otherway around with whiterun as dlc and the pale and winterhold as chapter

Solsteim as zone dlc with bleakrock restoration as dlc preview

scorpius2k1

Dark_Lord_Kuro wrote: »

scorpius2k1 wrote: »

Greymoor
Haafingar (Solitude)
Hjaalmarch (Morthal)

Unfinished
The Pale (Dawnstar)
Winterhold
Whiterun Hold
Markarth
Solstheim (listed since it was in TES:V)

With Greymoor, we have two "zones" of Skyrim, Haafingar & Hjaalmarch but we still have 4 other areas that are unfinished for Skyrim. Any predictions what the DLC's for Skyrim will be? Will we see 2 DLC's for the year of Skyrim?

My guess is Dawnstar/Winterhold (Northern areas) for DLC...it makes sense with the Vampires and College of Winterhold. With that said, one thing that caught my curiosity is the current Southwestern path in the Greymoor zone that is blocked by a gate, you can see a long winding path. Quite interested to see where this whole Skyrim area is, and will we ever see ALL of it filled in? I would love to see 1,000 steps and High Hrothgar too in some shape or form.

Thoughts?

My guess is markarth as 2020 q4 dlc zone because durring the greymoor reveal they said that if we liked the reach we would like the q4 dlc this could also be a reach invasion of somewhereelse

Then eventually whiterun+the pale as chapter and winterhold as dlc this could also be the otherway around with whiterun as dlc and the pale and winterhold as chapter

Solsteim as zone dlc with bleakrock restoration as dlc preview

That would be awesome, I like your angle on this and it makes a lot of sense too.

TonyRockaroni

I'm honestly disappointed that it seems like we aren't getting Winterhold this year. I've been waiting eight and a half years now to see what Winterhold was like before the Great Collapse. ESO is the perfect time to make that happen. But with them having gone back to Skyrim this year, I feel like they're not going to go right back there afterwards. Meaning it's going to probably be at least two more years before we FINALLY see Winterhold before the Great Collapse if the Q4 DLC really is just The Reach.

YstradClud

Looks like Elder Scrolls 6 will be returning to High Rock so Zenimax can stay in Skyrim for as long as they want for all I care.

redgreensunset

BXR_Lonestar wrote: »

I don't think the timeline is right, but it would definitely be fun to play in the area of Winterhold before the town/city collapsed into the ocean. I always wondered what the place was like before the collapse, and this game could give us a taste of that, even if it was through some kind of flashback (i.e., replaying through someone's memories) or though a time rift through something related to the Psijic mages.

Either way, playing through the Winterhold area pre-collapse would definitely be intriguing for me.

The College of Winterhold seems to date back to at least First Era so it (and the city it was named after) should definitely be around in the Second Era. So we should be able to go there. Unfortunately the place on the map where Winterhold should be is in the map and it isn't. Guess we could have a fun questline with "finding" Winterhold in an expansion.
Maybe one of Rajhin's Shadows made off with it same as Falinesti?

Hurbster

The Reach/Markarth area looks quite small to be a DLC. I hope half the DLC won't be in a cave.

ArchMikem

No. Im excited for Greymoor but theres no need to have the entire game redone in ESO. I dont want to give any more fuel to the Skyrim 2 memers. Theres still tons of other lands in Tamriel we've never been to.

AVaelham

I'm sure we'll get Winterhold, The Pale and Whiterun at some point, Tamriel Unlimited means full Skyrim included. I'm lowkey happy they are not included with this Chapter because it means they will feature a different story than vampires, perhaps something related to the Greybeards and the College. As for when that will happen, it remains to be seen. They never do the same race two years in a row.

TheShadowScout

I reckon the signs are pretty certain for a "Reach" DLC in fall/winter. Both announcement, and the in-game lore... the vampire alliance with the reach witches, and the ashen lords desire to revive the full grey host... that will be the story we will conclude then.

Next year? i espext them to go somewhere... completely different. Maybe hammerfell for a look at what the redguards have been up to? Perhaps also imperial remnant regions, like, say a "Nibenay" expansion and a "Colovia" DLC?
Possibly one in 2012, and the other in 2022?

And after those... well, there are still regions left in morrowind, say a expansion from Tear to Necrom, and a "Velothi Highlands" DLC? And in Murkmire, lots of swamp left to do stories in, possibly also with neighborijng Blackwood... and then, back to Skyrim for more frozen waste fun, likely the Pale, Winterhold and Whiterun, two as an expansion, one as DLC, possibly with even more blackreach?

And of course, they can always pull a year where all the regions are off-tamriel, like oblivion planes, or wherever falinesti disappeared to...

And then... there are the surroundings ofg tamriel, I could see a expansion dealing with the three isles bezween tameiel and akavir, the story behind the last invasion and a questline to forestall the next... there is also the possibility of a "high seas" expansion featuring whatever the Maormer are planning next, or the sloads over in thras... and finally, there are the ruins of sunken yokuda or frozen atmore to think about.

More then enough expansion fun for a decade, i daresay!

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

How about a snow performance pack where PVP batteries don't freeze up and lag.

AuraKoimizu

Would really love to see Winterhold in it's full glory before the collapse.

JD2013

The Reach will be Q4.

Then a cycle of Skyrim set DLC will come round again in a few years.

Ratzkifal

We pretty much know that Q4 is going to be the Reach. It also makes sense because there is actually some TESV lore about Blackreach being below the Reach too (the Aetherium quest line in Dawnguard alludes to that).

Falkreath Hold probably doesn't work well anymore because the city of Falkreath is a dungeon and it's going to be interesting at least how they are going to put a city in a zone that is also then under siege etc.
Geographically Falkreath would fit in well with Whiterun, but politically it could also be part of a Colovian Highlands expansion as Falkreath was part of the Colovian estates for a while and has always had closer ties to the empire than the rest of Skyrim.

Winterhold could be part of a Nord+Dunmer themed expansion, since Winterhold has always had a big Dunmer population according to TESV dialogue. Naturally Solstheim makes sense in a story like that but I am hoping we also see the city of Blacklight and the eastern side of the Velothi mountains. It would also make sense to give Jorunn some spotlight, since bringing back the stars of the game seems to be a trend now (Abnur, Lyris, Cadwell, Sai).

Regarding the Pale, there is this weird mobile game from the pre-smartphone area about Dawnstar and the "ice tribes". It's not exactly clear what the ice tribes are, but seeing how ZOS takes inspiration from games even as early as Arena, it's not out of the question that they will pick up this idea and give us some lore on what the ice tribes actually are.
Also Dawnstar seems to have been very different from the other cities and holds of Skyrim in the past. Most Nords allied themselves with Tiber Septim immediately when they learned that he was Dragonborn, but the city of Danstrar (Dawnstar) resisted. So something about Dawnstar must be different.
Also the Pale is rather boring without Blackreach since there isn't a whole lot of things in the area so it would either be paired with another hold for a chapter or become the Q4 DLC, or get some extra islands or daedric realms to make up for it. Or they just take us to Blackreach again.

Whiterun alone is already the size of a chapter, but it's also rather empty. High Hrothgar makes sense to include there because you can look down at the entire zone from up there, which would be cool. Whiterun doesn't have a whole lot of caves and the zone is so open that you can get anywhere pretty much immediately. It would be like Reaper's March without the central rock formation separating the zone or Wrothgar without the verticality. They would need to figure something out to make Whiterun more appealing, possibly by making the dungeons and delves even more indepth or adding a Blackreach zone beneath it as well.

starlizard70ub17_ESO

Since I'm guessing here, I think Winterhold has a good chance at being the next DLC. First, it has the Mage's College (and town before it was half blown up). So you have a ready made story quest area there. There's a large, possible group or trial dungeon just south of Winterhold. (I forget it's name off hand.) There's some areas in the territory that are related to vampires due to Skyrim's Dawnguard. I also remember that there's a Dwemmer artifact in the northeast, a ways east and north of Winterhold on the coast.

So there's a lot of story lines and side quests to be found in Winterhold. And I've heard many people over the years wonder if we'd ever get to see the Mage's College and town before the "incident" My reasoning is this: if they were ever going to do a Winterhold DLC, this year would be the time.