[Datamine] Q4 Crafting Motifs/Outfit Styles

Cactus_Back

Here's a partial preview of the models of three Crafting Motifs/Outfit Styles (Ancestral Akaviri, Ancestral Barbaric and Ancestral Breton) and two Costumes (Dark Passions Regalia and Subterrane Excavator) that might be coming to ESO later this year with Darkstorm DLC.

Be sure to check out this post for pictures and more details.

And, as usual, keep in mind that these models were found in the game files and these Styles are not officially confirmed. As such, they might change significantly on release or might never be released at all.

I'll wrap up the Stonethorn datamine series next week with a preview of a certain type of items from the previously datamined Potentate Crown Crates. I won't totally spoil what they are now but let's just say those items are probably the main reason for most people to buy crates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dLPQEbwF6A

Teridax941

Thanks mate for this, looking forward to the next one!

Fischblut

Thank you very much that you continue the dataminig

Ancestral Barbaric female light... Finally, no bra to ruin the display of body art and skins on torso! Let's hope it stays this way

I won't totally spoil what they are now but let's just say those items are probably the main reason for most people to buy crates

I understand, I am patient...
Based on pitctures and video of radiant mount models, Sovngard crates don't look good for me... Thus I'm very curious about mounts in Potentate crates.

Iccotak

I get that they want player participation but I still would have preferred if they just updated the Base Game motifs instead of adding the higher quality set as a separate set...

noblecron

I can see why they don't want to update the old stuff. The last time they did a lot of folk weren't happy with the changes to the Redguard outfit. Looking forward to these new outfits

Cactus_Back

Fischblut wrote: »

Ancestral Barbaric female light... Finally, no bra to ruin the display of body art and skins on torso! Let's hope it stays this way

Haha, I just couldn't find the corresponding chest piece. Guess it's not in the files yet. But who knows, maybe ZOS will leave it this way

ArchMikem

Fischblut wrote: »

Thank you very much that you continue the dataminig

Ancestral Barbaric female light... Finally, no bra to ruin the display of body art and skins on torso! Let's hope it stays this way

There's no way that's the complete model, ZOS would never allow bare chested Females in-game no matter how much we want them to be.

RemanCyrodiil_I

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Aptonoth

Need more character slots before I care about cosmetics again. Also what about the potential crates is exciting? Are they different in some way?

tomofhyrule

Aww, I was really hoping that the datamined hawk skull would end up being a new Reachman motif style, preferably a bare-chested barbarian thing. It'd be fun to have a style that looked like Skyrim's Forsworn. Still disappointed that the male version of the Timbercrow Wanderer outfit wears a sports bra...
(Come on ZOS, fix that at least!)

I'm interested to see about the new crate stuff. The Sovngarde crates look gorgeous, which is something I haven't felt about a crate set in a while. It's a bit painful looking at the last set of datamines since even the body markings look great. Really excited about that shield outfit style (RIP my wallet)

EDIT: Trying to think of what new types of items will be in crates. We've had hairstyles, furniture, and personalities...all of which are terrible in crates and should be buyable as normal. Oh Shor, don't tell me they're gonna do something like hiding Leads in crates now...

EDIT2: Yeah, I'm still thinking about this. Quick question about the icon for the Ancestral Barbaric style - why does it have such a different style? I think that's been datamined as "Wayward Guardian" or something of the sort, based on another dataminer...
But mainly since every 'ancestral' style so far has been similar to the base: Corundum -> Etched Corundum, Manganese -> Etched Manganese, Adamantite -> Etched Adamantite. Now I could believe that the other icons are Etched Molybdenum and (I think another dataminer saw the name as Burnished Goldscale) instead of Molybdenum and Goldscale, but this new hawk skull looking thing has nothing to do with Bronze. Did they change the style mat completely for this one? Or is this the icon for a different style and there's an Etched Bronze we haven't seen yet?

MistyRonin

They all look really interesting. Can't wait for an official confirmation.

SjornParadox52

Cactus_Back wrote: »

Here's a partial preview of the models of three Crafting Motifs/Outfit Styles (Ancestral Akaviri, Ancestral Barbaric and Ancestral Breton) and two Costumes (Dark Passions Regalia and Subterrane Excavator) that might be coming to ESO later this year with Darkstorm DLC.

Be sure to check out this post for pictures and more details.

And, as usual, keep in mind that these models were found in the game files and these Styles are not officially confirmed. As such, they might change significantly on release or might never be released at all.

I'll wrap up the Stonethorn datamine series next week with a preview of a certain type of items from the previously datamined Potentate Crown Crates. I won't totally spoil what they are now but let's just say those items are probably the main reason for most people to buy crates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dLPQEbwF6A

At last! Ancestral breton!! thanks for this information mate!

Cactus_Back

tomofhyrule wrote: »

EDIT2: Yeah, I'm still thinking about this. Quick question about the icon for the Ancestral Barbaric style - why does it have such a different style? I think that's been datamined as "Wayward Guardian" or something of the sort, based on another dataminer...
But mainly since every 'ancestral' style so far has been similar to the base: Corundum -> Etched Corundum, Manganese -> Etched Manganese, Adamantite -> Etched Adamantite. Now I could believe that the other icons are Etched Molybdenum and (I think another dataminer saw the name as Burnished Goldscale) instead of Molybdenum and Goldscale, but this new hawk skull looking thing has nothing to do with Bronze. Did they change the style mat completely for this one? Or is this the icon for a different style and there's an Etched Bronze we haven't seen yet?

Yes, everything you're saying is correct. The icon files are literally named like this:

burnishedgoldscale
wayward_guardian
ancestral_breton

Since we don't have any official information on these styles at the moment, all we can do is speculate based on the appearance of the items. It just seems reasonable to me to assume that the "wayward_guardian" style material might have something to do with the Ancestral Barbaric style because of the obvious use of bones in the Ancestral Barbaric items and because I haven't found any other models that would seem to fit the "wayward_guardian" style.

But yeah, these are just my speculations and it's totally possible that they will add a different style material for the Ancestral Barbaric style later and introduce another style that makes use of the "wayward_guardian" style material.

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Ancestral Breton? Yeeeeesss! My favourite base game motif shall be updated!

tomofhyrule

Cactus_Back wrote: »

tomofhyrule wrote: »

EDIT2: Yeah, I'm still thinking about this. Quick question about the icon for the Ancestral Barbaric style - why does it have such a different style? I think that's been datamined as "Wayward Guardian" or something of the sort, based on another dataminer...
But mainly since every 'ancestral' style so far has been similar to the base: Corundum -> Etched Corundum, Manganese -> Etched Manganese, Adamantite -> Etched Adamantite. Now I could believe that the other icons are Etched Molybdenum and (I think another dataminer saw the name as Burnished Goldscale) instead of Molybdenum and Goldscale, but this new hawk skull looking thing has nothing to do with Bronze. Did they change the style mat completely for this one? Or is this the icon for a different style and there's an Etched Bronze we haven't seen yet?

Yes, everything you're saying is correct. The icon files are literally named like this:

burnishedgoldscale
wayward_guardian
ancestral_breton

Since we don't have any official information on these styles at the moment, all we can do is speculate based on the appearance of the items. It just seems reasonable to me to assume that the "wayward_guardian" style material might have something to do with the Ancestral Barbaric style because of the obvious use of bones in the Ancestral Barbaric items and because I haven't found any other models that would seem to fit the "wayward_guardian" style.

But yeah, these are just my speculations and it's totally possible that they will add a different style material for the Ancestral Barbaric style later and introduce another style that makes use of the "wayward_guardian" style material.

Oh, that's very interesting. I wasn't expecting anything with the Barbaric style, but I do agree it's in need of an update. I'm really excited to see what all is coming up.

Thank you for all of the info!

Internet_Mask

Interesting seems like we'll get updated versions of more than just the basic racial motifs. Hopefully Order of the Hour and Ebony motifs are slated to be part of the updated motifs.

baltic1284

Im not a big fan of the ancestral armor if they just redo the available armor into better versions then i would be a fan but there is no point on wasting time and effort on what can be done for regular armor and put what you save towards fixing the game.

MajThorax

I see flaps. I am not interested.

Anony_Mouse

cant wait to see the Ancestral Wood Elf style

Dark_Lord_Kuro

baltic1284 wrote: »

Im not a big fan of the ancestral armor if they just redo the available armor into better versions then i would be a fan but there is no point on wasting time and effort on what can be done for regular armor and put what you save towards fixing the game.

There was a lot of backlash when they updated the reguard style a few years back
Also im pretty sure the guys who work on motif arent doing annything related to performance as they are artist not programer

SpiderKnight

Ancestral outlaw, ancestral fang lair, ancestral thieves guild... I bet there'll even be an ancestral hollowjack motif for the ancestral witches festival this year. 🙄

ImmortalElf13

Count Verandis Ravenwatch in new armour is a bit telling too

Teridax941

SpiderKnight wrote: »

Ancestral outlaw, ancestral fang lair, ancestral thieves guild... I bet there'll even be an ancestral hollowjack motif for the ancestral witches festival this year. 🙄

You're not too far off, the Grave Dancer weapon motifs are listed to be a prize during the festival (according to the PTS)

Anhedonie

Ouch, these look pretty terrible.

MaisonNaevius

I have this feeling that with the "ancestral styles" we don't really have any new styles related to the regions to come.

The ancestor barbaric style will therefore be used for the most part by the reachmens in the Reach. I thought we would have other new reachmens styles.

As I imagine that for an Imperial year, the Imperial Legion will adopt the "ancestor imperial" style and not a new style (I was thinking of something very close and similar to the armor of the legionnaires in the cinematics trailers).

It remains to be seen how far the ancestral styles will be presented. I was thinking of the ten basic races. But I think we can also include the other starting styles.

After ... let's be honest. The basic barbaric and akaviri style was horrible. Whether it's the barbaric's big hideous collar or the akaviri style textures.

It remains to be seen if this will be improved.

Arunei

Blah, I was hoping for more Ancestral versions of the playable race Motifs, and sure we got Breton, but...what about Dunmer, Bosmer, and the others? I'd have thought we could at least get 'updated' versions of the actual race Motifs before we started getting ones for other styles.

big_ear_midget

hi, can we please have screenshots of each, please? I'm at work and can't get on youtube.

tomofhyrule

Maki2859 wrote: »

I have this feeling that with the "ancestral styles" we don't really have any new styles related to the regions to come.

The ancestor barbaric style will therefore be used for the most part by the reachmens in the Reach. I thought we would have other new reachmens styles.

As I imagine that for an Imperial year, the Imperial Legion will adopt the "ancestor imperial" style and not a new style (I was thinking of something very close and similar to the armor of the legionnaires in the cinematics trailers).

It remains to be seen how far the ancestral styles will be presented. I was thinking of the ten basic races. But I think we can also include the other starting styles.

After ... let's be honest. The basic barbaric and akaviri style was horrible. Whether it's the barbaric's big hideous collar or the akaviri style textures.

It remains to be seen if this will be improved.

I wouldn't be surprised if there are Ancestral motifs coming for the earliest styles. They're definitely low-res compared to the rest.

I think pretty well everything Glass and later (motif 16, from update 7, Aug '15) is pretty detailed and is unlikely to be redone. But definitely the base motifs 1-14 are ripe for a remake. Granted some exceptions like Akaviri (18), but that was in game before being craftable, and will obviously be getting a remake based on the datamines.

The only one I don't know about is Dwemer (15). It was added in update 5, but the detail isn't as off as others. Still, the Refabricated style from HoF does already look a lot like an updated Dwemer.

I am a bit annoyed after seeing the textures of the original Redguard since those looked so much better than the current, so I hope an Ancestral Redguard goes back to those. The old original Orc style though...yeah, the new version is better.

What will be interesting to see is when/where these will be available. Will we find e.g. Ancestral Argonian in Murkmire? Or will that become a Shadowfen treasure map drop? Also considering that the last Q4 DLC came with 3 motifs: Dragonhold (available at release), Shield of Senchal (overworld drop, released later), and New Moon Priest (released much later). The datamines for Reach DLC pulled up three style mats: a Dwemer-looking gyro thing, the hawk skull, and some mysterious black wispy thing. Now we could also say that the Elsweyr Chapter released with three motifs as well: Anequina (at release), Pellitine (from world events, overland drops then released later), and Sunspire (form trial, released later). Greymoor dropped with three in the same status: Blackreach Vanguard, Greymoor, and Sea Giant. But it also gave three Ancestral motifs as a bonus.

So will the Ancestral Barbaric/Akaviri/Breton be bonus motifs? If so, what do we have coming with the Reach? I could believe that the Reachmen would be wearing Ancestral Barbaric the same way that Solitude guards are wearing Ancestral Nord... but if that Wayward Guardian is not the style mat for Ancestral Barbaric, then is it something else?

Cactus_Back

big_ear_midget wrote: »

hi, can we please have screenshots of each, please? I'm at work and can't get on youtube.

The OP has a link to the post with screenshots.

scorpius2k1

So basically, ESO themed "ninja" styles? Not for me, but definitely cool.

Side note: Better looking helmets would be nice, recent ones are better than prior. I don't know what it is but so many helmets in ESO just look absolutely ridiculous/silly, imho, of course. Please PLEASE another QOL feature, can where eyes are supposed to show in helmet styles NOT block out our skin? For example, the mind shriven skin would look amazing if we could see those glowing blue eyes through many of the helmet styles that are just blacked out eyes instead.

CMDR_Un1k0rn

scorpius2k1 wrote: »

So basically, ESO themed "ninja" styles? Not for me, but definitely cool.

Side note: Better looking helmets would be nice, recent ones are better than prior. I don't know what it is but so many helmets in ESO just look absolutely ridiculous/silly, imho, of course. Please PLEASE another QOL feature, can where eyes are supposed to show in helmet styles NOT block out our skin? For example, the mind shriven skin would look amazing if we could see those glowing blue eyes through many of the helmet styles that are just blacked out eyes instead.

Bruh Akaviri style has been in the game since forever. XD