*FOR CONSOLE PLAYERS* What PC addon would you like to see implemented into the base game next?

Gray_howling_parrot

Bobargus

Other - leave comment

Other: Beam Me Up

Gracous

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All of them! The current UI is ok but its still doesn't work as well as the PC addons. PC players most likely don't use the UI addons but use the third party addons in stead because they are so much better.

Indigogo

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I don't know what those addons are since I don't have access to add-ons.

Tandor

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

proprio.meb16_ESO

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

Not every pc player use addon? Uhmmm.... it must be a dozen of guys more or less playing vanilla eso on a pc... this game was built around addons. The reason they were stripped from console version is just pure legal stuff.

spartaxoxo

Just here for poll results!

I hope the various trading apps never become base game. I prefer console's economy to what is described by PC players.

Vaoh

Other - leave comment

The one that automatically crafts writ items for you

Kiralyn2000

Harvest pins (or harvest map or w/e it is)

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

I think what he means by "addons being incorporated into the base game" is like when WoW would sometimes decide that a function added by a popular mod was actually a good fit for the game, and included that functionality as part of the game. So, yeah, not anything like Skyshards or TTC. But UI improvements, better inventory options, Dressing Room, stuff like that.


(and having said that, I'd retract the vote I did. I picked it from the standpoint of "if I could have just one PC mod on console, I'd pick X". Harvest Map isn't really something I'd add to the default game UI fir everyone. Hmm. There's no way to undo a poll vote on this forum, is there...)

richieh99

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

Agreed! I think giving players more choice is always great.

proprio.meb16_ESO wrote: »

Not every pc player use addon? Uhmmm.... it must be a dozen of guys more or less playing vanilla eso on a pc... this game was built around addons. The reason they were stripped from console version is just pure legal stuff.

As a casual player I never use any addons, I am sure there are many many other players who like to play ESO the way the devs have made the game. As long as there is always an option to disable any additional features, I am happy to see them implemented.

spartaxoxo

Just here for poll results!

Vaoh wrote: »

The one that automatically crafts writ items for you

That's the other one I wouldn't want. I wouldn't mind some of the others here listed though, like pins on a toggle. Others I'm not actually sure what they do, since I don't know the add-ons by name since I don't play PC!

Kiralyn2000

Harvest pins (or harvest map or w/e it is)

richieh99 wrote: »

As a casual player I never use any addons, I am sure there are many many other players who like to play ESO the way the devs have made the game. As long as there is always an option to disable any additional features, I am happy to see them implemented.

I guess the way I see it, many addons are supportive of "casual" play (i.e, they make things less tedious or more accessable, as opposed to a more "do it the hard way" playstyle); and the devs programmed the addon system into the game & any things that they explicitly disapprove of, the remove from the addon coding system. Therefore, use of addons fits within "the way the devs made the game." /shrug

But, hey - it's all optional. Play how you like!

Blinx

None

Vaoh wrote: »

The one that automatically crafts writ items for you

and this is one of the reasons PC has major inflation as opposed to consoles, be careful what you wish for

Tandor

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

I think what he means by "addons being incorporated into the base game" is like when WoW would sometimes decide that a function added by a popular mod was actually a good fit for the game, and included that functionality as part of the game. So, yeah, not anything like Skyshards or TTC. But UI improvements, better inventory options, Dressing Room, stuff like that.


(and having said that, I'd retract the vote I did. I picked it from the standpoint of "if I could have just one PC mod on console, I'd pick X". Harvest Map isn't really something I'd add to the default game UI fir everyone. Hmm. There's no way to undo a poll vote on this forum, is there...)

I understand that, but my point stands. What one player considers an UI improvement, for example, may not appeal to another player. If such things are added into the base game then they should be optional.

danno8

Tandor wrote: »

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

I think what he means by "addons being incorporated into the base game" is like when WoW would sometimes decide that a function added by a popular mod was actually a good fit for the game, and included that functionality as part of the game. So, yeah, not anything like Skyshards or TTC. But UI improvements, better inventory options, Dressing Room, stuff like that.


(and having said that, I'd retract the vote I did. I picked it from the standpoint of "if I could have just one PC mod on console, I'd pick X". Harvest Map isn't really something I'd add to the default game UI fir everyone. Hmm. There's no way to undo a poll vote on this forum, is there...)

I understand that, but my point stands. What one player considers an UI improvement, for example, may not appeal to another player. If such things are added into the base game then they should be optional.

For sure. But...

What about the one that allows you to see your alternate character inventories without having to log out then back in on each individual character? So if I am on character "A" I can open my inventory and search for "Skoria" and see that character "F" is the one who is currently wearing it.

Would that one need to be a toggle or would it be OK as a base game improvement? I ask only because I don't see any reason to not be able to look up the inventory of another character at any time without having to shuffle through them (not to mention the added log-out, log-in stress to the server).

Tandor

danno8 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

I think what he means by "addons being incorporated into the base game" is like when WoW would sometimes decide that a function added by a popular mod was actually a good fit for the game, and included that functionality as part of the game. So, yeah, not anything like Skyshards or TTC. But UI improvements, better inventory options, Dressing Room, stuff like that.


(and having said that, I'd retract the vote I did. I picked it from the standpoint of "if I could have just one PC mod on console, I'd pick X". Harvest Map isn't really something I'd add to the default game UI fir everyone. Hmm. There's no way to undo a poll vote on this forum, is there...)

I understand that, but my point stands. What one player considers an UI improvement, for example, may not appeal to another player. If such things are added into the base game then they should be optional.

For sure. But...

What about the one that allows you to see your alternate character inventories without having to log out then back in on each individual character? So if I am on character "A" I can open my inventory and search for "Skoria" and see that character "F" is the one who is currently wearing it.

Would that one need to be a toggle or would it be OK as a base game improvement? I ask only because I don't see any reason to not be able to look up the inventory of another character at any time without having to shuffle through them (not to mention the added log-out, log-in stress to the server).

Personally I'd like any such change to be optional. Your example has obvious data loading/storage/performance implications, while others such as a mini-map may be seen by some as an obvious UI improvement but for others it would just clutter up the screen. Keep the UI as it is, and add as much stuff from addons as people want but make them all optional. There's no reason not to make them optional, nobody loses out if they're given the choice to use those features or not, but some will lose out if such changes are forced on them.

proprio.meb16_ESO

richieh99 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

Agreed! I think giving players more choice is always great.

proprio.meb16_ESO wrote: »

Not every pc player use addon? Uhmmm.... it must be a dozen of guys more or less playing vanilla eso on a pc... this game was built around addons. The reason they were stripped from console version is just pure legal stuff.

As a casual player I never use any addons, I am sure there are many many other players who like to play ESO the way the devs have made the game. As long as there is always an option to disable any additional features, I am happy to see them implemented.

Lol, the way the devs made this particular game (not others) is with addons, its a core part of the game.

Eso was developed in the period of the great boom in modding that happened with skyrim, with all its pro and cons... the game is born with core support for addons which has been removed from console ports, not the other way around, mainly due to liability issues, which happened also with skyrim mods.

While i love as well to play games "the way devs intended" and rarely if ever downloaded mods, the thing is completely different when you talk about eso, as the addon system is directly built in in the game... "with addons" is simply how this game its meant to be played

RBAP28

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Crafting ones.

DreamyLu

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I'm PC but can answer this poll all the same. I wouldn't play ESO without addons so for me it's an important point and I do hope that ZOS will integrate some of the addons into the game content, or implement their own solution(s).

I believe that players tend to underestimate how far the addons - that are 3rd party programs - are a risk for ZOS in many aspects: at any point in time, they can decide that they have enough of them and stop it completely.

Now if I should chose what ones are the most important to me, then certainly the top one would be the Votan compass, then TTC since trading is one of my favorite activities, followed by quest tracker, treasure map, skyshard, harvest map with pins, and last but not least, Lazy Crafter, greymind quick slot bar and Endeavor tracker.

CP5

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As a pc player who had to run through stadia for a while, while I missed many things like Perfect Pixel, the biggest one for normal gameplay was Auto-Category. Having things grouped together, like all the gear of a particular set, consumables, and what not, made managing the huge list most players have as an inventory sensible. Going without that addon, and having everything randomly shuffled together, was a nightmare.

Dolphinsgal

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I'd like most of these, however one that would be nice is for a tab that shows earned taxes from sales for gm's and officers (if gm wants officers to see it).

FlopsyPrince

Map pins (includes having all delve/public dungeons bosses on map, lorebooks & skyshards)

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

I think what he means by "addons being incorporated into the base game" is like when WoW would sometimes decide that a function added by a popular mod was actually a good fit for the game, and included that functionality as part of the game. So, yeah, not anything like Skyshards or TTC. But UI improvements, better inventory options, Dressing Room, stuff like that.


(and having said that, I'd retract the vote I did. I picked it from the standpoint of "if I could have just one PC mod on console, I'd pick X". Harvest Map isn't really something I'd add to the default game UI fir everyone. Hmm. There's no way to undo a poll vote on this forum, is there...)

Map Pins lets you turn things off if you don't want them clogging, including the ability to only show at a certain range. It should definitely be in the base game!

I would probably still be building my characters on the PS4 if it and several others were in the game.

FlopsyPrince

Map pins (includes having all delve/public dungeons bosses on map, lorebooks & skyshards)

I would say the following, probably in this order:

- Map Pins
- Lazy Writ Crafter (with the alchemy, provisioning, etc. related addons)
- BeamMeUp (though it was significantly neutered lately)
- WritWorthy
- Inventory Insight
- Auto Research
- Research Assistant (Or a better way to make things for my alts to research)
- Mass Refine
- Mass Deconstruct

Some really nice to have ones in no specific order:

- ESO of Alts
- Fish Filet
- Guild Donate

Any addon with a certain number of users or on a "required" list should be in the game.

One not noted above, but a key would be the ability to make all characters at least start with the same settings! Configuring that stuff manually for each alt is a PAIN!

WiseSky

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All of these should be available, cause if PC can have them so should Console

festegios

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The ability to see if I can do the master writ or not without having to scroll through menus

Dark_Lord_Kuro

proprio.meb16_ESO wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Addons should only ever be incorporated into the base game as an option. There are good reasons why not every PC player uses addons and they shouldn't be forced on anyone. With options, everyone's a winner!

Not every pc player use addon? Uhmmm.... it must be a dozen of guys more or less playing vanilla eso on a pc... this game was built around addons. The reason they were stripped from console version is just pure legal stuff.

To be stripped, they would need to have been there in the first place

Dark_Lord_Kuro

All of them are unnecessary to enjoy the game

fizl101

I dont know if this is something map pins or similar does, but for a survey or treasure map, for that location to show on the map if I have done it before I don't need it to tell me the location if I haven't already discovered it

Sun7dance

There can only be one, and that is Combat Metrics!

Danikat

I'm a PC player (so I didn't vote) but my favourite addons and the ones I think I'd miss most if I switched to console (other than a mini map) are actually the invisible ones which copy settings across characters like pChat and Sync Account Settings. It's easy to forget they're even running, but the first time I made a new character after installing them it was really nice to be able to just start playing instead of needing to work my way through all the menus settings everything back to how I want it all over again. It also means if I change something I don't have to take the time to log into each character and repeat the change. (And yes they're optional, I can choose which settings are copied and which are unique per character so for example only my assassin has 'prevent attacking innocents' turned off.)

Second on my list is probably Tamriel Trade Center, not for the addon so much as the website but it needs other people using the addon to function well. Before I discovered TTC I very rarely bought anything from guild traders and when I did it was almost always my own guilds because there was almost nothing I wanted enough that it felt worthwhile taking the time to trawl through traders hoping to stumble across it by pure chance, and hoping it wouldn't be absurdly over priced if I did find it. TTC isn't perfect, the data is always a bit out of date, but at least now I know I'm going to a trader which had the item I want recently, so it's not a complete waste of my time to check.

Smoky

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Mini-map, it was already in the game including the consoles but no sign after this many years, I hate having to constantly pause and go into map when it could be right there on the screen, even if its small. Please give us the mini-map ZOS.