My Concept ESO Chapter: Bronze Legion (includes zone map, new class, item sets and plot points)

ESO_Nightingale

Hey guys! I've indicated to some people on the forums that I was making an entire chapter concept, and I put off publishing it for a while as I wanted to make a youtube video dedicated to it, but I realised how much work that would take and so I just decided to release the work now on reddit and the ESO forums as i can't spend a huge amount of time on youtube anymore as i need to work on my game design projects for the end of year. I've been told by Gina that I must clarify that these are my own ideas, and that this is in no way coming to ESO in the near future, at least that I know of, anyway.

As I have indicated in the title, it includes several features that a chapter would give players. The item sets and abilities that have been created for this idea may be extremely unbalanced, and for that I apologise, most of the effort was put into the class and with the help of some members of the ESO Frost Discord, we nailed down as much of the balance as we could on paper, how that would translate in-game, I'm not sure. Additionally, this new "lore" may break some existing knowledge, I again apologise, I did my best to try and work it in, but i'm no loremaster. Anyway, I'll post the links to the documents. I really hope you enjoy my work, it was a blast making this stuff.

If any ZOS mods have an issue with this post due to the google doc and discord links, please let me know and i'll try to post it in a different way.

Zone Map as it might appear in-game:

Link to Chapter Concept (includes zone and story information along with item sets)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hfuRFYP6z1xaJpc_2USrfGN2Ln5CvfxkuaQoI8xaRgE/edit?usp=sharing

Link to Class Concept (includes class lore, skills and their morphs, along with passives.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ykr5OMHa7Fd_KDJpVkrpH96GGecWZk7tMBW6y4qwBxA/edit?usp=sharing


Thanks for stopping by everyone!

tsaescishoeshiner

How many Alfiq will there be?

ESO_Nightingale

tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »

How many Alfiq will there be?

maybe 1 or 2, i like alfiq

Michae

Yes, I'd love to see that region. More of Morrowind is always welcome.

ESO_Nightingale

Michae wrote: »

Yes, I'd love to see that region. More of Morrowind is always welcome.

morrowind is definitely one of my favourite provinces and i thought that telvanni coast would have a really interesting story to tell.

TwinLamps

Nice ideas

Mayrael

Great work! You deserve some appreciation!

ESO_Nightingale

Mayrael wrote: »

Great work! You deserve some appreciation!

thanks for said appreciation!

TX12001rwb17_ESO

In all honesty you have some good ideas and that map would make a great addition however if I may be so blunt the concept for the story seems kind of "Unimportant" within the grand scheme of things.

Take for example previous storylines, we have a Daedric Scuffle with Nocturnal, the Rise of Dragons in Southern Eslweyr and the return of the Grey Host, all three things I listed are significant threats to Tamriel but a Robot which is not Anumidium/Akulakahn does not really seem to be at that level, when it all comes down to it the thing is just another Dwemer Automaton, does it even have a will of it's own?

Maybe a driving force behind it would make more sense like IDK an Ancient Dwemer Lich (And yes the Undead would of survived given there are Dwemer Spectres) who has awoken and is reactivating all these machines or something.

Nairinhe

It gives me kind of Horizon: Zero Dawn vibe for some reason

ESO_Nightingale

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

In all honesty you have some good ideas and that map would make a great addition however if I may be so blunt the concept for the story seems kind of "Unimportant" within the grand scheme of things.

Take for example previous storylines, we have a Daedric Scuffle with Nocturnal, the Rise of Dragons in Southern Eslweyr and the return of the Grey Host, all three things I listed are significant threats to Tamriel but a Robot which is not Anumidium/Akulakahn does not really seem to be at that level, when it all comes down to it the thing is just another Dwemer Automaton, does it even have a will of it's own?

Maybe a driving force behind it would make more sense like IDK an Ancient Dwemer Lich (And yes the Undead would of survived given there are Dwemer Spectres) who has awoken and is reactivating all these machines or something.

sure, more can be put into why the AI has malfunctioned, i did put some thought into it, however i feel as if most of ESO's recent stories involve some hidden enemy and in my opinion i think we should just have a straight up villain who we know is bad for x reason.

ESO_Nightingale

Nairinhe wrote: »

It gives me kind of Horizon: Zero Dawn vibe for some reason

interesting, i can sort of see why i suppose.

NeillMcAttack

Class sounds super fun. I greatly respect the time you put in to this. Well done!

MajThorax

I am pleased with the allocation of wayshrines. Good job!

ESO_Nightingale

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

Class sounds super fun. I greatly respect the time you put in to this. Well done!

thank you! the frost discord greatly helped with balancing and bouncing ideas, i couldn't have done it without them!

ESO_Nightingale

MajThorax wrote: »

I am pleased with the allocation of wayshrines. Good job!

i try to get the wayshrines in good spots. no-one likes having to run for ages just to tp to a city.

Darkstorne

It's such a perfect location. I've always assumed Cyrodiil is next year, either Skingrad and the great forest, or Leyawiin and most of the Nibenay region (with Cheydinhal as Q3 DLC). But looking at the map, 2022 seems like it's either part of Blackmarsh or the Telvanni Isles imo. And whichever one it is, I'm sure the other will be a lock for 2023. I don't see Hammerfell ever happening with TES6 on the way (to keep people wanting it), and so from there it will likely be returns to Elsweyr (Tenmar region), Skyrim (Whiterun and Winterhold), and more Cyrodiil (whichever of the two regions doesn't get used next year), for 2024-2026, if they even want to support the game in the same way for that length of time.

I should also say, I usually feel adamant about not having any new classes in the game, and focusing on new weapon skill lines and robust new guild skill lines that all players and classes can benefit from to broaden build diversity for everyone. But damn, you really nailed that class design. It fits the lore so well, and now I really want it. Damn you

But seriously, great work. I have no doubt this zone is coming in the next two or three years, and you've just demonstrated why it would be a great location, both in terms of gameplay and thematic design

ESO_Nightingale

Darkstorne wrote: »

It's such a perfect location. I've always assumed Cyrodiil is next year, either Skingrad and the great forest, or Leyawiin and most of the Nibenay region (with Cheydinhal as Q3 DLC). But looking at the map, 2022 seems like it's either part of Blackmarsh or the Telvanni Isles imo. And whichever one it is, I'm sure the other will be a lock for 2023. I don't see Hammerfell ever happening with TES6 on the way (to keep people wanting it), and so from there it will likely be returns to Elsweyr (Tenmar region), Skyrim (Whiterun and Winterhold), and more Cyrodiil (whichever of the two regions doesn't get used next year), for 2024-2026, if they even want to support the game in the same way for that length of time.

I should also say, I usually feel adamant about not having any new classes in the game, and focusing on new weapon skill lines and robust new guild skill lines that all players and classes can benefit from to broaden build diversity for everyone. But damn, you really nailed that class design. It fits the lore so well, and now I really want it. Damn you

But seriously, great work. I have no doubt this zone is coming in the next two or three years, and you've just demonstrated why it would be a great location, both in terms of gameplay and thematic design

thanks man, these words mean a lot. I've gotten a few comments now saying they usually dislike ideas like this, but, despite that, they have enjoyed the work i put into this concept, it makes me feel confident about my work and eager to do something like this again in the future!

ESO_Nightingale

TwinLamps wrote: »

Nice ideas

thanks!

ESO_Nightingale

Edit: i updated the public dungeons with the necrom necropolis. I don't know how that managed to slip through the cracks.

gepe87

Nice ideas! But unfortunatlely ZoS wouldnt use it

I would love to see another Chapter based on Dunmer 😁

ESO_Nightingale

gepe87 wrote: »

Nice ideas! But unfortunatlely ZoS wouldnt use it

I would love to see another Chapter based on Dunmer 😁

May see some similar skills/areas/sets in the future though. Which is fine. I did it because it was fun and to show you could design this stuff.

Darkstorne

gepe87 wrote: »

Nice ideas! But unfortunatlely ZoS wouldnt use it

I would love to see another Chapter based on Dunmer 😁

I don't think that was his intention. Just a fun way of proving that the zone, theme, and class could work really well in a future Chapter.

I would love to see more ideas like this if they're equally well fleshed out and presented

DarknessShallFall

We haven't had any DC expansion zone's yet though... xD Don't get me wrong, I'm all EP, but it's not fair on DC to have two EP Expansions and two AD's and no DC, poor king Emeric must be getting bored.

ESO_Nightingale

DarknessShallFall wrote: »

We haven't had any DC expansion zone's yet though... xD Don't get me wrong, I'm all EP, but it's not fair on DC to have two EP Expansions and two AD's and no DC, poor king Emeric must be getting bored.

Yeah i could look at DC next.

cyclonus11

Wrothgar and Hew's Bane are DC areas (and Craglorn if you want to count that)

ESO_Nightingale

cyclonus11 wrote: »

Wrothgar and Hew's Bane are DC areas (and Craglorn if you want to count that)

i will do a DC Zone next looks like a lot of people want that.

ESO_Nightingale

I have started work on the DC zone i was talking about before, this time i'll be focusing on a new skill line, and not a class as classes are really hard to make.

Michae

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

In all honesty you have some good ideas and that map would make a great addition however if I may be so blunt the concept for the story seems kind of "Unimportant" within the grand scheme of things.

Take for example previous storylines, we have a Daedric Scuffle with Nocturnal, the Rise of Dragons in Southern Eslweyr and the return of the Grey Host, all three things I listed are significant threats to Tamriel but a Robot which is not Anumidium/Akulakahn does not really seem to be at that level, when it all comes down to it the thing is just another Dwemer Automaton, does it even have a will of it's own?

Maybe a driving force behind it would make more sense like IDK an Ancient Dwemer Lich (And yes the Undead would of survived given there are Dwemer Spectres) who has awoken and is reactivating all these machines or something.

I'm not really a fan of saving the world every year. I miss dlc's where you just solved some local problems, like in Orsinium, Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood. Smaller stories focused more on interesting characters than on another big threat from Oblivion and plentiful mcguffins.

Chaos2088

Think the zone in question might be put into two zones as a lot of ground the cover and can sell both instead of just one happy to eat my words

Darkstorne

Chaos2088 wrote: »

Think the zone in question might be put into two zones as a lot of ground the cover and can sell both instead of just one happy to eat my words

I could certainly see 20-30% of it being saved for the Q3 DLC. And I quite like that approach. Gives them more time to work on additional assets for unique architecture. The biggest issue ESO has visually imo (particular base game zones) is the reliance on identical architecture per region, rather than each city having its own unique look, culture, and architectural history. High Rock, Valenwood, and Summerset's isles (including Auridon) all really suffer from this since they have no chance of future content expansions creating more variety. Morrowind's mainland also suffers so far, and it's awkward when compared to the architectural variety on show in Vvardenfell and Greymoor, which thanks to the single player games ZOS wouldn't have been able to get away with their usual "everyone built everything the same, and at exactly the same point in time" visual design.