What have I missed

Syiccal

Not played for about 6 months maybe longer, had to break..

I have some questions if anyone can help??
* How busy is Xbox EU
* Are sub classes still meta
* Aside from DK has any other classes has had any changes
* What is the night market, is it pay to play or part of eso plus sub
* I've heard there is a battle pass of sorts, how does this work?
* Is it back to 4x4x4 battle grounds yet??
* Anything else you can think that may have changed please

Blood_again

Syiccal wrote: »

* Are sub classes still meta

https://eso-hub.com/en/builds/subclassing?sort=updated_at&subclassing=yes
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/691125/u50-feedback-thread-for-class-mastery/p1

Syiccal wrote: »

* Aside from DK has any other classes has had any changes

No, the planned order is the same.
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69039

Syiccal wrote: »

* What is the night market, is it pay to play or part of eso plus sub

It is free. Join the 1000 Eyes!
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69853

Syiccal wrote: »

* I've heard there is a battle pass of sorts, how does this work?

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/691234/tomes-weekly-challenges-too-much-work/p1
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/690608/do-not-open-all-of-your-tome-caches-at-once/p1
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/691677/can-we-please-have-some-down-time/p1

Syiccal wrote: »

* Is it back to 4x4x4 battle grounds yet??

Temporary, events-like.
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69769

Syiccal wrote: »

* Anything else you can think that may have changed please

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/patch-notes

LunaFlora

* How busy is Xbox EU
i do not know.


* Are sub classes still meta
Yes. But update 50 introduces Class Mastery:
"Class Mastery: This new feature grants access to powerful passive effects for characters that have reached level 50 in their native class skill lines and are not actively subclassing."
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/691059/pts-patch-notes-v12-0-0#latest
longer explanation from the u50 pts patch notes:

Class Mastery (Season Zero Content)
Class Mastery will be released as part of Season Zero.
The Class Mastery system is a new feature that grants access to powerful passive effects for characters that have mastered (i.e. reached level 50) in all 3 of their native class skill lines and are not actively subclassing. Here we explain the rules and mechanics of these skill lines, while the actual passives will be listed in the Combat section.
These skill lines will utilize Class Mastery Points; distinct from Skill Points, these are exclusively utilized in your Class Mastery skill line and are unlocked automatically when you unlock Class Mastery. For the time being you are limited to 2, which are both immediately granted.
Losing access to Class Mastery in any capacity will refund these points and their effects, and the respec process is the same as normal skill points through the Respec or Armory systems.
Activating subclassing in any capacity by swapping out one or more of your native class skills will automatically refund and unlearn any currently active purchases from Class Mastery. The skill line will also remain hidden while subclassing, only appearing again when you respec into all your native class skill lines.
The skill line will appear greyed out in your skills page on low level characters, with a small blurb on how to unlock the skill line.
This system is HIGHLY iterative and will likely see significant changes over time, as its primary goal is to lessen the gap between subclassing and “pure” or “mono-classing.”
As we continue work on the class refresh, the contents of these skill lines will be adjusted as necessary both functionally and numerically.
Each class will have its own UNIQUE skill line called “Class Mastery” which currently holds five unique passives that augment or upgrade core experiences to the specific class. Each passive requires 1 Class Mastery Point to learn but can be respecced at any time with the respec feature. These effects range from agnostic power increases to more role centric or passive specific upgrades, so make sure to read carefully to see how these effects can influence your character!
Passive effects stating they “upgrade” a specific effect means they require you to have access to the effect. For example, a passive that “upgrades rank 2 of Blood Magic” will require you to purchase Blood Magic rank 2 before the passive begins to affect your character.

* Aside from DK has any other classes has had any changes
Warden refresh is in update 51, should go to PTS in July, live release in late August.

* What is the night market, is it pay to play or part of eso plus sub
Starting in 2026 any new zones, quests, dungeons, and other similar content is free.
Night Market is a group event zone, it is currently available till June 13 and it returns again in Season 2 (that season is October-January).
it is challenging and the group finder is very helpful as the difficulty is similar to trials.

* I've heard there is a battle pass of sorts, how does this work?
yes, Tamriel Tomes.
There are weekly and seasonal Tome Challenges, replacing daily and weekly Endeavours. They are very similar to Endeavours.

Tamriel Tomes have a free version that you can unlock rewards in with Tome Points, you earn from Challenges. There is an upgrade available for some extra rewards such as the Monster Slayer personality.



* Is it back to 4x4x4 battle grounds yet??
it returned briefly February 25th-March 4th. and will likely return in the future, similar to the weekend events.


* Anything else you can think that may have changed please
You could watch these videos from January 7 and March 31:
https://youtu.be/Bg3gcsstoXk?is=LoD113XR0WP-Kx-C
https://youtu.be/itUbAx7_KbE?is=aZRfavQlO5aXbjpE
And you can read news posts on the ESO website for other things.
these posts talk about Seasons, Tamriel Tomes, and the Gold Coast Bazaar:
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69139
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69141
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69137

some useful images from those posts:

Maitsukas

Syiccal wrote: »

* Aside from DK has any other classes has had any changes

Werewolf will be reworked with Update 50 in June, followed by Warden, Sorcerer, Templar, Nightblade, Necromancer and Arcanist (in that order) in subsequent Updates.

* What is the night market, is it pay to play or part of eso plus sub

Night Market is the new group-focused Event Zone (kind of like Craglorn was when it launched as an Adventure Zone), it is free to all players, it doesn't matter if you have an active ESO Plus subscription. You will need to be prepared for the massive difficulty spike in there though.

* Is it back to 4x4x4 battle grounds yet??

4v4v4 is available during Battleground Spotlights each month. These run for about a week and temporarily replace the 8v8 matches. We already had a 4v4v4 Domination last month, and there will be a 4v4v4 Capture the Relic next Wednesday.

* Anything else you can think that may have changed please

Some things to know:

All future content updates will be free, there aren't going to be new Chapters or DLCs going forward. Only monetized things that you pay for are the Tamriel Tomes and Crown Store items.

The Thieves Guild sequel and Sheogorath questlines will be available with the next Season.

Challenge Difficulty will be implemented, you can choose between 4 different levels of difficulty that affects the following:

• The amount of Damage you deal to NPCs
• The amount of Damage you receive from NPCs and the environment
• Additional gold earned
• Additional XP earned

Challenge Difficulty doesn't work in the following:

• The Wailing Prison tutorial
• Cyrodiil
• Imperial City
• Battlegrounds
• Dungeons
• Arenas
• Trials
• Infinite Archive
• Night Market

Here's a roadmap of what to expect for this year's content: