Official Feedback Thread For 2025 ESO Direct & Seasons of the Worm Cult

ZOS_Kevin

Hi Everyone! Thanks for tuning in to the 2025 ESO Direct. If you missed the live show, the VOD is available to be viewed here.

Now that The Elder Scrolls Online: Seasons of the Worm Cult has been revealed, we want to hear from you! Let us know what you think of the upcoming 2025 content. The things you like, dislike, or have general questions about. This is your thread to communicate your initial thoughts about Seasons of the Worm Cult, Content Pass, Subclassing, Quality of Life changes, etc. with the forum community and ESO Dev team. We will use commentary posted here as a reference point for communication between now and Seasons of the Worm Cult Part One/ Update 46 release.

For more information on Content Pass, we have an FAQ available here.

Your constructive feedback* and questions will let us know what information we can better clarify leading up to launch and beyond. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on all of the 2025 content! Also feel free to participate in the poll as well!

*Friendly reminder to keep the Community Rules in mind when replying. Thank you!
PC Players, remember you will be able to check out Update 46 on PTS this coming Monday! We look forward to hearing your feedback there as well.

SerafinaWaterstar

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Will the season pass be in addition to ESO plus?

Parasaurolophus

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Why no new cinematic?

Einstein_

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

very scared about balancing with this subclasses.

In PvP i already see combinations that lead to unavoidable oneshots.
You will be able to create extremes like unkillable tanks ect....

I am very worried about it, not so much excited

edit:
already thinking about that combo:
coro + fozilize + subs + NB bow = undodgeable unblockable one shot....even if you see it coming

ArchMikem

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »

Will the season pass be in addition to ESO plus?

I don't doubt it. In most cases, Season Passes are money grubbing, guess we'll have to see.

Subclassing however, was a MASSIVE bone that was just thrown in our direction.

Vrienda

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

The new zone honestly sounds pretty awful, just a random mishmash of cultures and ideals from the literal opposite sides of the planet.

Subclasses and the Cyrodiil changes are interesting though.

Erickson9610

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

I can't wait! Subclassing is going to be extremely useful for Werewolf players, provided we get to use Class passives!

Stamicka

Wanted something different for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

To me it really seems like Chapters were just rebranded to us, but they will now be spread out across the year instead of in one update. This basically just means less content.

I mean we are getting a new major feature, a new zone/island, and a new trial. How is that different from the Chapter model exactly?

Parasaurolophus

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Nothing about new content types... Is another super-easy zone with x delves/bosses.

Redtrek524

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Subclassing definitely scratches a major itch. I'm looking forward to diving into that. I would've like new weapons or morphs on existing weapons though - i.e. a crossbow morph for bows. New animations are sorely needed. Weapons feel weak and floaty, running is still goofy and awkard...

Other minor tweaks should have been included. A hide hands feature and ornaments for a back slot (backpacks, etc) were some of things I really wanted to see. On a scale of 1-10 this is about a 7 for me. It'll get me playing again for a while until those lacking things I still want start to get on my nerves again.

LunaFlora

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

i am very excited for the first Season!

Subclassing 🩷
can't wait to have Animal Companions, Curative Runeforms, and Daedric Summoning on my main build.

Solstice looks beautiful ! i love the Feathered Argonian behemoths. everything is pretty.

Eastern Solstice and the other Coldharbour and Worm Cult related things look fun too.

yea, this is a nice year. thanks

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

@ZOS_Kevin please provide more info on cyrodiil and subclassing in pvp at the earliest opportunity
From an initial feeling it seems like Class Identity is going away seeing as all skill lines from any class are available on your character now? I assume there will be huge balance changes to account for this? otherwise we'll basically see 2-3 'builds' being the only builds run by basically everyone

baltic1284

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

As I said I have to wait and try it out to see if it is worth the investment in both time and money too many times have promises been made saying this or that was great or fixed or addressed and wasn't great, fixed and or addressed. You will have to prove it first before i trust what is said yet again and be disapointed.

ArchMikem

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Just to note, the Pre-Purchase for the Season Pass is $49.99USD right now.

Also the code for the pet isn't working on Console in-game.

Adremal

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

The bad is "Tamriel is the place where you belong" repeated times 30 and no updated on housing? 700 furnishing limit sticking despite systems having improve for over a decade?
The potentially good but also potentially bad is of course subclassing, that'll depend on the implementation. That and PvP getting more homogenous would be a price I'd be willing to pay in favor of performance and size.
The unequivocally good is... more Argonian stuff I guess?

alternatelder

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

Seasonal storylines are not what we wanted. Why would you even think people want to be forced to go through even more fomo? Having to play at your pace is anti-consumer.

menedhyn

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Very happy. Intrigued by the new zone and the combination of styles and cultures. Absolutely thrilled with sub classes. Can’t wait to get stuck in.

Chufu

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Somewhat excited, I like the idea of the new 12 player trial as well as subclassing, but I want to know more about this "content pass" and how the payment for this works. Is this something that needs to be paid in addition to ESO Plus? And how often would we need to pay, maybe I missed that bit? Just wondering if it's one payment like the chapter one for the whole year or if every single content update costs.

TBH I'm not a big fan of content passes in other games, so this announcement left me somewhat sceptic.

AlterBlika

Wanted something different for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

So no more dungeons for crowns?

GatheredMyst

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

Content looks great. Subclassing looks great.

Though, as I posted in another thread, i'll do so here: There wasn't any mention of any of the much anticipated changes or experiments coming to the game, like overland difficulty, or combat feel.

Considering the amount of conversation going on about it, I would have hoped to see *something*, but we got... nothing?

That seems like a massive oversight. There really should be some more communication to eliminate speculation.

Astiron

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Subclassing alone makes it a big update for me. The new zone and story look amazing too. Can't wait. These updates feel like a good change in momentum for the game to me.

Thysbe

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

I am positively suprised by the announced content

Big drawback is the lack of information on the pass and monetisation:

how does it work with ESO + (iI guess its in addition to ESO+ but it wasn´t clarified) especially for the dungeons
what is with Seasonal content in the next season, will it be purchesable with crowns and/or included in ESO+

ZOS_Kevin

alternatelder wrote: »

Seasonal storylines are not what we wanted. Why would you even think people want to be forced to go through even more fomo? Having to play at your pace is anti-consumer.

For the record, the content does not disappear for seasons of the worm cult. You just get the parts at different times. But the content you can still take at your pace once it is live.

RicAlmighty

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

Content Pass is an epic failure in my opinion. So instead of a $40 annual chapter, there is now a $50 "Content Pass" that takes months to deliver all the content included within it, and you don't even know what content you are paying for before you get it. This is not a compelling offering.

ZOS_Kevin

Thysbe wrote: »

I am positively suprised by the announced content

Big drawback is the lack of information on the pass and monetisation:

how does it work with ESO + (iI guess its in addition to ESO+ but it wasn´t clarified) especially for the dungeons
what is with Seasonal content in the next season, will it be purchesable with crowns and/or included in ESO+

We have a FAQ for the Content Pass: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/675896/eso-2025-content-pass-faq/p1?new=1

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

I want to poke around on PTS before I decide.

Putting Templar heals on my Sorc healer - maybe pick up the Necro rez ult for pugs? - could be fun.

I’m on the fence (har, har) about the server-wide event to breach the Ghostfence Writhing Wall because odds are good it will happen when my real life is taking precedence, and how is that going to work for people who aren’t in game when it happens? New players a year from now?

I’m also still not a fan of the boring Altmer architecture so ‘here’s a zone of more of this’ does not excite me. 😝

carly

Very excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Very excited about the new zone, I love Elves and Argonians and the mixing of the two styles looked great in the trailer. Subclassing is a great idea. I have a few alts but honestly I play my main 90% of the time so to be able to access the styles I enjoyed from alts sounds like a great idea.

Arthtur

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

So im not rly excited right now because.... You start another big thing before finishing previous big thing. I mean you still didnt finish hybridisation, classes have outdated skills and passives after years of changes, there is no choice in potions, hundreds of useless sets etc.
In addition Subclasses sound like a nightmare for balancing. Nightblades with Corrosive so their Semi Spammable ignores armor in PvP? Everyone with Sorc streak becoming unkillable? Invisible DK gankers with Corrosive... I dont want to be on receiving end of those.
So yeah. I also dont like the change of direction that invalidates classes and lore. I mean... Templar with Necromancer skills? Please... Wasnt that Vampiric staff enough?
Its not like i like one system more than other, but you should pick one and stick to it.

So yeah. I will wait to see balance changes and then say more i guess.

New zone and monsters looked nice tho.

Tariq9898

Need to hear more/try it out before I decide

What about the overland difficulty increase?? Is that optional?

Schiffy

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

Man I really wish this game were kinder to people who have bought chapter after chapter and/or been subscribed for years. ZOS could make so much money on ESO+ subscribers if they included new stuff, including chapters and season passes, in with it.

As much as I enjoy this game, this has been one of the biggest sleights to the veterans over the years.

jcaceresw

Somewhat excited for the upcoming Seasons of the Worm Cult Content

You still going the route of dungeons without giving us ways of enjoying them solo. They are so niche that I never been able to enjoy them because of their difficulty, grouping requirement and thus, high levels of toxicity from other players if you "are not able to keep up with them".