PTS Patch Notes v7.2.2

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

The Elder Scrolls Online v7.2.2 contains numerous fixes for quests and content in the Deadlands, in addition to some fixes and adjustments for a few item sets and abilities, fixes for curation and some UI-related issues, and more. We’ve also turned on a new event, the Daedric War Celebration, for testing this week. All PC EU characters have been copied, and anyone on PC NA will need to utilize character templates for testing. The size of this patch is approximately 337MB. Thanks for all the submitted feedback thus far!

New Features / Updates / Big Changes
- Event testing - Daedric War Celebration
Template Updates
Fixes & Improvements
- Chapters & DLCs
  - Blackwood
  - Clockwork City
  - Deadlands
  - Dragonhold
  - Greymoor
  - Summerset
- Combat & Gameplay
  - Combat & Abilities
  - Itemization & Item Sets
- Base Game
  - Alliance War & PvP
  - Audio
  - Dungeons & Group Content
  - Exploration & Itemization
  - Miscellaneous
  - UI

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Event testing – Daedric War Celebration
Return to Vvardenfell, the Clockwork City, and Summerset Isle in the Daedric War Celebration! This new event takes you back to the lands beset by conflict fomented by the Daedric Triad of Clavicus Vile, Mephala, and Nocturnal. You may participate in daily quests in any of the three zones, including delve and world boss dailies, Blackfeather Court dailies, Slag Town dailies, Ashlander dailies, and the Geyser daily quest in Summerset.

The first daily quest you complete in either Vvardenfell or Clockwork City grants you 1 Event Ticket, and the first daily quest completed in Summerset grants you 1 additional Event Ticket. Thus, you can earn up to 2 tickets per day by completing dailies in both sets of zones.
The first daily of any sort you complete will also award you a box of Glorious Daedric War Spoils, containing a chance for valuable treasures. Subsequent dailies, along with ambient activities in the listed zones, will instead award a purple-quality box of Daedric War Spoils with smaller chances for the shiny stuff.
- All of these boxes have a chance to drop motif chapters for the three zones, outfit style pages, crafting materials, or zone set items. Even rarer drops might be found, such as the Slag Town Diver Skin, Verminous Fabricant pet fragments, Thetys Ramarys's Bait Kit, the new Gloam Gryphon Fledgeline pet, or the new Evergloam Champion weapon style pages.
Doctrine Ordinator armor style pages will be available as potential drops from Vvardenfell and Clockwork City public dungeon bosses, world bosses, and some quest bosses during this event. They will also be possible drops from Asylum Sanctorum and Halls of Fabrication bosses!
If that's not enough, resource nodes in these zones will have a greater yield.
- Daily quests have their usual reward boxes doubled.
- World and delve bosses, along with Geysers, have extra loot.
- Bosses in Asylum Sanctorum, Cloudrest, and the Halls of Fabrication drop extra loot.
The Impresario will offer fragments for the new base morphing collectible item for 2022, the Soulfire Dragon Illusion pet.
- These three fragments are available for 5 tickets each and may be combined to complete the pet.
- The first fragment for the first morph, the Scales of Akatosh skin, is also available for 10 tickets.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

The Torug's Pact container in the PTS template now properly gives Torug's Pact set items.
Added Deadlands Achievement Furnishings to the Maximum Level character template.
Added Dark Convergence, Plaguebreak, and Hrothgar's Chill to the PTS template in the respective Cyrodiil sets bag.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Companions

Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented a Companion’s costume from being dyed while in player housing.

Rockgrove Trial

Fixed an issue that could prevent getting a set item from Xalvakka in Veteran Rockgrove in some rare situations.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Asylum Sanctorum Trial

Your character will no longer inexplicably die to Environmental Damage during the fight with Saint Olms.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

General

Fixed the descriptions of attuned Crafting Station furnishing items for Deadlands item sets to have the correct set name.
Fixed an issue which caused Deadlands World Bosses and bosses inside Oblivion Portals to drop the wrong rewards.
Oblivion Vaults now contain potions and poisons!
Updated several treasure chests and safeboxes in Fargrave.

Achievements

The following achievements now have appropriate icons:
- Welcome to the Deadlands
- Hero of Fargrave
- Hellfire and Brimstone
- Treat Yourself

Furnishings

Fixed a visual issue that caused the plants in the new Fargrave Container Plant furnishings to appear very dark from certain angles.
Improved the accuracy of the collision for the following furnishings:
- Daedric Altar, Mehrunes Dagon
- Fargrave Bench, Stone
Improved the rotation and placement behavior of the following new furnishings:
- Deadlands Wall, Short Curved
- Fargrave Container Plants, Large Round
- Fargrave Container Plants, Small
- Deadlands Stairway, Tower
- Deadlands Wall, Etched
- Deadlands Archway
Added or updated icons for the following furnishings to better match their appearance:
- Fargrave Fish Pile, Marinated Trout
- Antique Map of the Deadlands
- Deadlands Wall, Short Curved
Moved the "Fargrave Stall, Large Merchant" furnishing to the Structures category, instead of Dining, to better match the categorization of similar furnishings.
Moved the "Deadlands Ceiling" furnishing to the Platforms category, instead of the more general Building Components category.
Fixed an issue where the "Deadlands Wall Spikes" furnishing would light up too brightly and cause odd shapes to appear on any wall near it.
Fixed an issue where the “Deadlands Wall Spikes” furnishing was categorized as Mounted Decor instead of a Sconce.
Fixed an issue where the "Deadlands Enchanting Station" Antiquities furnishing had a misaligned light.
Updated the name of the "Fargrave Tomato Patch, Display" furnishing to “Fargrave Tomato Bunch" to better match other similar furnishings.
Updated the lighting for the “Fargrave Water Globules, Levitating” furnishing.

Homes

Agony’s Ascent now has a complete map, instead of the prior placeholder map.
Corrected several small visual issues in Agony’s Ascent, including a number of small holes and floating or clipping objects.
Fixed an issue where you could access a location where your character could get unexpectedly stuck in Agony’s Ascent.
If your character happens to die while in one of the sulfur pools in Agony’s Ascent, you can now revive in place rather than being forced to return to the entrance.
Sealed a hole on the exterior of Ossa Accentium.
Made some small improvements to the pre-furnished version of Ossa Accentium, to better allow for sitting on the included chairs and benches.
Slightly moved the map marker for Ossa Accentium to better reflect the position of the front door.

Houseguests

Fixed various animations for Arox the Mutilator.

Havocrel Executioners

Your character will no longer remain indefinitely stuck in combat with Havocrel Executioners.
Havocrels will no longer drop green-quality gear.

General

Made various fixes to Deadlands assets and environments.
Updated audio and sound effects in several quests.
Fixed and adjusted several quest pins.

Quests

A Gem of Mystery: Nass will now spawn in correctly.
Against All Hope:
- Updated the lighting and sky in Ardent Hope.
- Made some minor tweaks and polishes to scenes during this quest.
- Fixed a broken door in Ardent Hope.
- Fixed an issue where quest allies would disappear if your character died.
- Lyranth will no longer leave during a certain conversation.
Ambition’s End:
- You can no longer mouse over an NPC that’s intended to be invisible.
- Fixed an issue where certain allies would appear even if you hadn’t done their quest.
- Fixed an issue where quest NPCs would suddenly pop into view in front of your character.
- Fixed the distance that your character can use melee weapons against the boss monster during this quest.
Born in Grief:
- Fixed an issue where Rynkyus wasn’t following your character correctly.
- Followers will now reappear if you log off during this quest.
Deadlight:
- Fixed an issue where an incorporeal memory was holding a physical book.
- Locked a door that cannot be used until required by the quest.
- Updated a scene where a quest NPC disappeared.
- Added a boss bar to the quest boss.
Death Stalks the Weak: The puzzle assets now use the correct fixtures.
Destruction Incarnate:
- Updated Gazmod the Collector’s audio to be more Daedric.
- Fixed an issue where dialogue from Valkynaz Nokvroz and Sister Celdina could not be heard.
- Lyranth will no longer move unnaturally while speaking during this quest.
- The mini-boss during this quest will now be more difficult to avoid.
- Quest followers will now properly reappear if your character dies while on this quest.
- You will no longer see duplicate Lyranths in the House of Whims.
Hope Springs Eternal:
- Fixed an issue where the NPC associated with this quest had a different costume from earlier story appearances.
- Ryknyus will now look at you in the eyes when talking to you.
- Fixed an issue where an NPC associated with this quest would appear in two places at once.
Peace’s Wretched Price: Fixed an issue where a quest NPC would pop into view in front of your character.
The Celestial Palanquin:
- Fixed an issue where a quest scene would break if you left in the middle of the scene.
- Anchorite will no longer walk away from you during certain dialogue.
- Cultists will no longer attempt to say two lines at once.
- The Xivilai Wander will now attack your character sooner.
The Durance Vile:
- Rynkyus will no longer move strangely while in conversation.
- Made some adjustments so you can now read quest books safely.
The Last Ambition:
- Made some adjustments affecting the Tattered Map quest item.
- Fixing an issue where your progress could get blocked if you left in the middle of a quest scene.
- The portal required for this quest can now be seen properly.
Uxark’s Treasure: You will now be able to complete this quest if you had previously completed the quest “Web of Lies”.
Web of Lies: Moved the positioning of some associated quest items.

General

Fixed an issue affecting Forgotten Feretory crafting station notifications.
Fixed a typo on the Deadlands loading screen.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Quests

A Childhood in Flames: Turo will no longer be able to follow you out of the courtyard in certain instances during the fight in Southguard.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Kyne’s Aegis Trial

Fixed an issue which could cause some Kyne's Aegis set pieces to have the wrong rarity.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

General

The quest item Hulkynd's Sullied Sabatons is now part of the Grace of Gloom set to match its armor type.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

Armory

Updated the camera for the Armory Assistant that was causing various edge case camera issues.

Necromancer

Grave Lord
- Frozen Colossus: Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs could hit targets outside of its line of sight.

Nightblade

Shadow
- Shadow Cloak
  - Dark Cloak (morph):
    - Increased the healing from this ability by approximately 61% per tick, but reduced the base duration to 3 seconds down from 6.
    - Increased the duration of the Minor Protection to 10 seconds, up from 6 and fixed an issue where it was not being affected by the Dark Veil passive.
    Developer Comment:
    These changes should improve the skill for tank Nightblades by improving the Healing per Second and overall healing without having to wait as long for it to come in, while reducing its impact to offset long term damage as a Heal over Time.
- Summon Shade
  - Shadow Image (morph): This ability’s initial cast that summons the Shade can no longer be cast while in the air. The special activate to teleport to your Shade can still be cast while in the air and can now be cast while falling from a great height.
    Developer Comment:
    Overall, this will fix situations where your Shade could get spawned midair or cause you to teleport to areas you do not belong, while also allowing for more hardcore parkour and sick nasty plays when using the teleport function.

General

Fixed an issue where some item sets bonuses were not removed when the required pieces of the set were removed, such as Hircine’s Veneer.
Fixed multiple tooltips that were not updated to indicate the hybrid stat adjustments, such as Armor of Truth.

Dungeon & Arena

Moon Hunter: Fixed an issue where this set could stack itself in some situations.

Mythics

Belharza’s Band: Reduced the Light Attack damage bonus of this set to 900, down from 1185.
Spaulder of Ruin:
- Fixed an issue where this set could remain after removing the set.
- Fixed an issue where the visuals from this set could persist in some situations.

PvP Sourced

Dark Convergence:
- Fixed an issue where this set could hit targets outside of its line of sight or pull them from areas they should not have been.
- Fixed an issue where the ramping damage bonus from this set could fail against some targets in certain situations.

ZOS_GinaBruno · October 2021

General

Assistants can no longer be summoned inside Sheogorath's testing ground for Volendrung.
Battleground kills will now count towards relevant achievement progress.

General

Fixed an issue where the Master Volume slider was not accurate and could sometimes mute the opening cinematic
Lightning strikes and cyclones in the wilderness now make the appropriate sound effects.

Dragonstar Arena

Fixed an issue which could infrequently cause the wrong set items to drop in Dragonstar Arena.
Fixed an issue where Dragonstar Arena leaderboard rewards would sometimes contain both a one-handed and a two-handed weapon instead of two one-handed weapons.

General

Fixed several issues that prevented set item rewards from several Trials and Arenas from being curated properly.
Fixed an issue that prevented item set drops in the Ruins of Mazzatun dungeon from being curated properly.
Added curation to some boss drops in Unhallowed Grave and White-Gold Tower.

General

Fixed a crash that could occur when traveling to houses or between other zones.
Fixed a rare crash that could occur most frequently in heavy combat, when a lot of on-screen effects used every frame.
Optimized the mail deletion settings to keep pacing with deletion demands.

Mac Game Client

Fixed a crash that could occur when loading into a new area or leaving character selection.

General

Craglorn group delves now correctly display Skyshard hint tooltips.
Attempting to queue for a dungeon with an incompatible group produces incorrect error messaging

Gamepad Mode

Fixed an issue where hovering over one of the +/- keybinds in the Champion UI could cause the tooltip to flicker in and out.
Fixed an issue where pressing keyboard movement keys while in a text box would cause you to navigate up or down in the menu instead.
Fixed an issue where attempting to open the reconstruct menu would result in multiple UI errors.
Added an option on PC/Mac to switch between the keyboard or gamepad text chat while in the gamepad UI. By default, the keyboard text chat will be used while in Gamepad Mode.

Housing

Added tooltips to the Path Settings in the Housing Editor.