Oblivion Portals - in Blackwood ONLY?

Drammanoth

Doesn't Dagon want to conquer all of Tamriel?

Sure, all areas have their own group events, but...

Rada wanted Skyrim, Dragons - Elsweyr, The Court of Bedlam... well, they do meddle in our affairs, so they're ok.

So why shouldn't Mehrunes' portals appear in his worship areas?

Examples:

- "Mehrunes' Spite" - Auridon
- "Yasammidan" - Vvadrenfel
- "Ebernanit" - Vvardenfel
- "Ashalmimilkala" - Vvardenfel

How about that, ZOS?

Chaos2088

It would make sense....tbh...but might over crowd base game zones if they start adding stuff like this? might do, would be ace tho

Drammanoth

Chaos2088 wrote: »

but might over crowd base game zones if they start adding stuff like this?

Mehrunes' Spite is a quest delve for the Undaunted (Bolgrul's) so there are bount to be people anyway, and Portals in open areas, i.e. in Vvardenfel? Perhaps...

Solid_Metal

Chaos2088 wrote: »

It would make sense....tbh...but might over crowd base game zones if they start adding stuff like this? might do, would be ace tho

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste, 1 month dolmen will be active, next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, and then oblivion portal, they can also add new achivement for it, thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

Lugaldu

Solid_Metal wrote: »

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste, 1 month dolmen will be active, next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, and then oblivion portal, they can also add new achivement for it, thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

It's impossible to implement. Each world event has its own special battle location, which would then have to be added in each individual region - imagine that on e.g. Auridon, in addition to the dolmens, everything would suddenly be full of dragon landing sites, geysers, harrowstorm fields, oblivion portals and whatever world events will be added in the future...

BlueRaven

Solid_Metal wrote: »

Chaos2088 wrote: »

It would make sense....tbh...but might over crowd base game zones if they start adding stuff like this? might do, would be ace tho

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste, 1 month dolmen will be active, next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, and then oblivion portal, they can also add new achivement for it, thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

Yes, because daedric princes act orderly and cooperate on their Tamrielic invasions.

“Oh, you guys are busy. I will make an appointment, I can come back and invade later.” -Molag Bal

Mehues Dagon’s invasion has something to do with the Long House Emperors. His invasion in the area where they made their deal is no accident.

Ravensilver

Solid_Metal wrote: »

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste, 1 month dolmen will be active, next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, and then oblivion portal, they can also add new achivement for it, thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

Ohhh! *This* I like! It would certainly make 'older' areas more popular again!

I loved how many people suddenly participated in halting harrowstorms in the Reach, since the new motifs have been added. Unfortunately, that's already slacking off again.

Something like this in every zone, rotating throughout the year, that would be fantastic!

Solid_Metal

Lugaldu wrote: »

Solid_Metal wrote: »

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste, 1 month dolmen will be active, next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, and then oblivion portal, they can also add new achivement for it, thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

Each world event has its own special battle location, which would then have to be added in each individual region

and that my friend, exactly what they need to do, to revitalize old content again, thats sacrifice that they need to make

sure it wont be easy, but might be worth it in the long run

as for location, they don't need to make it persistent, they can make some area on the zone like an asset bundle, just activate or deactivate said bundle on each rotation event, how viable it is?, not sure, is it possible?, well...imo yes, we already see it all over the place, but just on much smaller scale

Lugaldu

Solid_Metal wrote: »

Lugaldu wrote: »

Each world event has its own special battle location, which would then have to be added in each individual region

and that my friend, exactly what they need to do, to revitalize old content again, thats sacrifice that they need to make

I'm not sure that would really revitalize the old areas. Why would anyone go to Auridon to fight dragons there? If you want to do that, you might as well travel to Elsweyr and find the dragons there anytime.
The anniversary events are usually a good opportunity to return to old regions and then they are always well populated.

I think that only the antiquity leads lure more people back into old regions and probably some new quests would do the same.

Drammanoth

Solid_Metal wrote: »

ZoS should rotate world event, each month different taste,

- 1 month dolmen will be active,
- next month dragons come to the rest of tamriel, -
- and then oblivion portal,

(...), thus the most zone will become populated again when people chasing the achivement for each month it rotate

GLORIOUS! Hope @Solid_Metal you don't mind me enumerating your ideas :P Now, dolmen places for harrowstorms - ZOS could actually choose the largest area for dragonscour or for a harrowstrom (no need to do that for the oblivion portals). A dolmen's base does occupy some space. As for the tightness... well, there are some places where dragons land and we tend to get stuck.

And just as FG does not have Cardea Gallus in Elsweyr or W Skyrim, so too are people like Battlereve Tanerline or Swordthane Jylta missing. BUT they can assign the weekly quests respectively.

Drammanoth

Lugaldu wrote: »

I'm not sure that would really revitalize the old areas.

And I'm sure you're right - when it comes to the word "revitalize". "Return", perhaps would be better.

If you give people REASONS to return there, they will. You have like what... 6 places to fight those lizards (N and S Elsweyr) so after some time it gets repetitive. Why not decrease the repetitiveness in this manner.

Hell, ZOS could actually postpone creating a new content and randomise world events.

Lugaldu wrote: »

Why would anyone go to Auridon to fight dragons there? If you want to do that, you might as well travel to Elsweyr and find the dragons there anytime.

True. Lore-wise though, didn't dragons want to conquer ALL Tamriel?

And marketing-wise, it's selling old stuff in new / modified wrapping.

Lugaldu wrote: »

The anniversary events are usually a good opportunity to return to old regions and then they are always well populated.

How often are they held? Monthly? If it was a monthly thing, yes. I've been waiting for TG and DB anniversary, to purchase TG DLC. Well, no luck so far.

Lugaldu wrote: »

I think that only the antiquity leads lure more people back into old regions and probably some new quests would do the same.

They do, that's true. Also, antiquity system is the reason to visit new DLCs when you don't care about the particular DLC (for non-ESO+ people) when they decide to try it.

And, to people who don't have ESO+, it can show what world event there are in the chapters made so far.

Tornaad

This is a trial run. He is experimenting and trying to figure out how and what he wants to do for the big event come Oblivion.

Dagoth_Rac

No one would buy new content if the selling features of the new content are available for free in base game zones.

ManDraKE

Drammanoth wrote: »

Doesn't Dagon want to conquer all of Tamriel?

dagon also wants to make sure that ZoS can sell the chapter. Profits are more important than world domination.

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

Well that's a shame that the portals are locked behind the DLC content.
I guess I won't be closing portals anytime soon.

Vevvev

Shouldn't be amazed by this when it's advertised as the new Dolmens/Dragons/Geysers/Harrowstorms.

Drammanoth

Dagoth_Rac wrote: »

No one would buy new content if the selling features of the new content are available for free in base game zones.

True, it does hold water. Yet I wonder about statistics, i.e. how many people actually do rely on base game - as this could complicate matters.

Considering what Dagoth_Rac wrote, ZOS could actually solve the case by making such world events accessible in all the basic zones when the chapter becomes a DLC.

Elsonso

Well, Molag Bal is not interested in any of the DLC zones, so I guess that leaves room for Dagon. Right?

My feeling is that all of the DLC zones should at least have dolmens that are under construction. These oblivion portals should be random across all zones, for Blackwood owners, too.

aaisoaho

What about the portals in:
- Firsthold, Auridon
- City of Ash, Greenshade
- Edrald Estate, Rivenspire

(there may be more, these three were the ones I instantly remembered)

It seems Dagon already has big portals all over Tamriel. Yeah, I know these aren't the same as ones coming in Blackwood, since these aren't world events but quest locations.

drunkendx

Funny how some people have trouble grasping main reason ZOS made ESO, and is making expansions/DLC's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I