BETHESDA/ESO @GAMESCOM 2020 - More about Q4? Next expansion?

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We got 0 news about this here, but now you know! :#

TUNE IN TO OUR GAMESCOM AT HOME STREAM

"Because of the current global situation, gamescom will be a digital event this year, starting with the Opening Night Live produced by Geoff Keighley on August 27, followed by three days of English and German streams and shows. Just because things are a bit different this year, doesn’t mean we aren’t still going to spend gamescom celebrating our amazing communities and our shared passion for games. The German team will host an awesome streaming program featuring many of our titles, with the support of several developers from our studios around the world.
We will kick off the streams on Friday, August 28, at 10:30am EDT at twitch.tv/bethesda_de. Please note that some elements of the stream will be in German, while the developer interviews will be conducted in English and have German translation.
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https://bethesda.net/en/article/4Kt5yMgR8TLFRW2dpyfdDs/tune-in-to-our-gamescom-at-home-stream

There's an exiting dev talk, Saturday! with @ZOS_MattFiror and @ZOS_RichLambert .
Have the schedule:
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“The Second Era? Oh, you mean the BEAM Era. Because apparently every problem could be solved with a giant glowing light shooting at everything.”
  • YandereGirlfriend
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    Why does it seem like the developers only give interviews to German sources (kudos to those sources, btw!).
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    did they ever teased about the new class after Necromancer?
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  • Asdara
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    Why does it seem like the developers only give interviews to German sources (kudos to those sources, btw!).

    i find it really strange that even on the German eso website we don't get news about this, maybe its not that important? but we have the 2 main lead dev (even better than quakecon) yet no news about it and no event? WEIRD
    “The Second Era? Oh, you mean the BEAM Era. Because apparently every problem could be solved with a giant glowing light shooting at everything.”
  • Asdara
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    Wow wrote: »
    did they ever teased about the new class after Necromancer?

    Nothing that i knew about, we got some datamine about potentate crate and cyrodiil related stuff for next expansion, but no new class so far.
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    Asdara wrote: »
    Why does it seem like the developers only give interviews to German sources (kudos to those sources, btw!).

    i find it really strange that even on the German eso website we don't get news about this, maybe its not that important? but we have the 2 main lead dev (even better than quakecon) yet no news about it and no event? WEIRD

    They will probably say that servers are holding up well (even when they don't), Greymoor was a huge success (even when it is rated as the worst eso chapter by many players and sites) and the next dlc will be huge (and by huge they mean new zone, bunch of quests, no new system, no new trial).
    TBH I'm not expecting much from them after the last year
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    Asdara wrote: »
    Wow wrote: »
    did they ever teased about the new class after Necromancer?

    Nothing that i knew about, we got some datamine about potentate crate and cyrodiil related stuff for next expansion, but no new class so far.
    Yes they will not tell about new classes before tease about the next chapter.
    We might get some info out of datamining before this
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    More information that has been datamined here: https://cidhnamine.com/category/datamine/

    :)
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  • NewbieOKS
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    Thanks for sharing ! :)
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  • Syldras
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    Does anyone know on which Twitch channels the streams are shown? The German language stream that just started is on Bethesda_de (which makes sense). Will the English streams be on the international/main channel or also on _de?
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    During Mike's Quakecon interview the questions/answers were in English then translated by the host into German afterwards

    Language is no issue for me. I'm just wondering if all Gamescom content will be on the Bethesda Germany channel? Or will some be on the international channel?

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    I'd like to know when the Skyrim Event will be. :S
  • Gythral
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    More of the same
    (as the last 3 years)...
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  • Syldras
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    The event description says that the German Bethesda team is hosting the whole event and only mentions the German channel, so it's probably on the German stream

    Seems to be mixed. The stream going to start in a moment is on the official channel again, not the German one.

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    The Q4 DLC usually is previewed around mid to end of September. however due to the pandemic things were pushed back, so I'm guessing early PTS October and release for November.
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    interesting that it was the last one.
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    Syldras wrote: »
    Seems to be mixed. The stream going to start in a moment is on the official channel again, not the German one.
    Maybe, but ESO Live is not part of gamescom so I'm not too sure

    My mistake. I have been looking at the program list on some German gaming website instead of the table in the posting above. They somehow mixed it all.
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    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?
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    Cinbri wrote: »
    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?

    Honestly... Unless I missed something: Nothing important so far. That stream this afternoon (my time) was actually more or less just chatting with Pete Hines. And the second one this evening was a run through Castle Thorn. No new information.
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    Syldras wrote: »
    Cinbri wrote: »
    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?

    Honestly... Unless I missed something: Nothing important so far. That stream this afternoon (my time) was actually more or less just chatting with Pete Hines. And the second one this evening was a run through Castle Thorn. No new information.

    i'll focus more on the stream with the devs tomorrow!
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    Cinbri wrote: »
    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?

    This is what I picked up from Gamescom so far...

    Pete Hines says no news on what Bethesda Game Studios is doing. Starfield. Nothing to show. Nothing to market, yet. If they have nothing to show on Starfield, they won't have anything on TES 6.

    The guys from id were talking about the new Doom DLC and mentioned how they make decisions that are in harmony with their community, as if the community were in the room with them during meetings. Paraphrased, of course, but it made me sad. :disappointed:

    Saturday, Rich and Matt will have an interview where I expect that they will talk about nothing except for stuff we already know.

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  • Mettaricana
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    Crit sourcing nerfs is all we getting Q4 since they outed themselves with the elemental catalyst dev notes...
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    Asdara wrote: »
    i'll focus more on the stream with the devs tomorrow!

    Yep. I didn't expect new info from today's streams anyway (had them open on my laptop while doing other things), as they were (correctly) announced as "community chat" resp. dungeon run. I hope there'll be something interesting about the q4 dlc tomorrow, though.
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    Cinbri wrote: »
    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?

    Here is a summary of what I found most interesting from the Matt/Rich interview:
    • Current ping issues are caused by a new issue relating to enemies aggroing to players
    • Difficult to fix as they can't replicate stress on servers on internal servers
    • They have identified some major problems and working on fixes
    • They liked the above/below ground split of Greymoor but found that some people were not aware that Blackreach existed and were missing half the zone
    • Next year's Q2 chapter will likely stick to above-ground, perhaps with most of the Q4 zone DLC then mostly being in a unique setting instead
    • ZOS is working on a next-gen client for the new consoles for next year that will allow next-gen consoles to play ESO natively - this will look/play better than most high-end PCs
    • They regret telling community about spell crafting as it never made the cut
    • Lack of overland PvE difficulty due to balancing - veteran settings for overland/public dungeons were unpopular at launch and were barely used
    • They are starting to do maintenance earlier to avoid opening servers in middle of EU primetime, which caused EU server to become overloaded


    Dang so spellcrafting is off the table for good now, not just “shelved” anymore? That’s disappointing, I’ve been waiting for it since it was announced. Don’t really have any reason to stick around anymore especially with the performance issues
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    Wasn't there mention of Group Queues coming back to Battlegrounds, if so that's a godsend.
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    Main points have already been listed; a few minor things, as I've seen these topics around the forum lately:

    - Pathing system for homes will be extended. The way it's currently is, is just the beginning, just a basic implementation. I think the chances are good that emotes will be added.

    - There are currently no plans for adding more character slots.

    - There will be no underwater content and diving.

    - Champion point system will be heavily revised (or even replaced?) next year. But I think there isn't any more detailed info about that yet?

    Edited by Syldras on August 29, 2020 7:20PM
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    Cinbri wrote: »
    Does anyone can write a recap of news if there was any?

    Here is a summary of what I found most interesting from the Matt/Rich interview:
    • Current ping issues are caused by a new issue relating to enemies aggroing to players
    • Difficult to fix as they can't replicate stress on servers on internal servers
    • They have identified some major problems and working on fixes
    • They liked the above/below ground split of Greymoor but found that some people were not aware that Blackreach existed and were missing half the zone
    • Next year's Q2 chapter will likely stick to above-ground, perhaps with most of the Q4 zone DLC then mostly being in a unique setting instead
    • ZOS is working on a next-gen client for the new consoles for next year that will allow next-gen consoles to play ESO natively - this will look/play better than most high-end PCs
    • They regret telling community about spell crafting as it never made the cut
    • Lack of overland PvE difficulty due to balancing - veteran settings for overland/public dungeons were unpopular at launch and were barely used
    • They are starting to do maintenance earlier to avoid opening servers in middle of EU primetime, which caused EU server to become overloaded

    They also said something interesting about Group Finder for Trials & Arenas.

    They often comeback to this idea, but there are a couple of problems with it. Basically, Trials are 12 man content, and often group finder has some problems (works slow) to form a 4 man group (So issues are mostly purely technical).
    Arenas though are slightly more focused on mechanics vs regular group dungeons - so it is possible, but it seems like they are worried about difficulty (but again, they are considering this).

    Overall, it sounded like they will add this in the future, but it is not their priority now.
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