Music System - Any chance of this in the future?

darbiirue

I feel like ESO could really benefit from a musical instrument system (outside of emotes) similar to Lord of the Rings Online and (most recently) Final Fantasy XIV, which has implemented a full musical system where you can play instruments in-game using midi files (or actually playing the instrument via your keyboard). It would be great to have this from a roleplay standpoint, or just to show off creativity in-game.

In LotRO it really brings the community together. People flock to different towns where guilds have established themselves and will do full-on concerts for other players. It's extremely entertaining. In fact, some people have created real-life bands based on the music that they've created in the game.

I wonder if this is something that could be considered for a future DLC or expansion pack?

Syldras

Technical questions aside: As long as the music played has a certain quality, it would be interesting. But I think, this might be a problem... Imagine a dozen of players with no musical talent play their "songs" near the crafting stations or in a bank...

Ratzkifal

I'd like to see the music system of Sea of Thieves be implemented here. It's basically this:
When a player starts playing an instrument, every other player pulling out any instrument near them will join in on the same song the first player is currently playing. The more people are playing the more grand the music becomes.

darbiirue

Syldras wrote: »

Technical questions aside: As long as the music played has a certain quality, it would be interesting. But I think, this might be a problem... Imagine a dozen of players with no musical talent play their "songs" near the crafting stations or in a bank...

I'd highly recommend checking out LotRO as a great example. There are plenty of YouTube videos that show how it works. The files can be added to a music folder outside of the game and then referenced in-game.

The option to play manually with the keyboard, I can't remember if that was available in LotRO but I know that it is in FFXIV.

Both systems have worked wonderfully in my experience, and I've come across a rare few that were terrible.

Both games of course have the option to turn off player-made music if you're not particularly happy with what you're hearing.

Ratzkifal wrote: »

I'd like to see the music system of Sea of Thieves be implemented here. It's basically this:
When a player starts playing an instrument, every other player pulling out any instrument near them will join in on the same song the first player is currently playing. The more people are playing the more grand the music becomes.

I've never played Sea of Thieves, but I would love to see this too, but I'd prefer it to be optional than forced.

Ratzkifal

darbiirue wrote: »

Ratzkifal wrote: »

I'd like to see the music system of Sea of Thieves be implemented here. It's basically this:
When a player starts playing an instrument, every other player pulling out any instrument near them will join in on the same song the first player is currently playing. The more people are playing the more grand the music becomes.

I've never played Sea of Thieves, but I would love to see this too, but I'd prefer it to be optional than forced.

They could make it for group members only.