Was the original dialogue options in Coldharbor intro restored?

Chatoyancy · June 2014

I need a sanity check. Back at the end of beta, the dialogue options in the Coldharbor intro were cut down a lot, plus a number of other changes were made to shorten the play time of the intro and it was made skippable on future characters. I remember being really annoyed that the dialogue was cut down because you didn't have to go through it all anyway, and it added more to the story. Cutting it just made the plot hard to understand. However, it was done; game released with the shortened dialogue.

Yesterday, I just went through the intro again for kicks, and while all of the other last minute changes were there (which is fine), I swear that the dialogue has been restored back to what it was before.

1. I'm not misremembering, the dialogue has been restored, right? It's been a couple of months.
2. If it did change, anyone know when it happened? I don't remember reading anything in any of the patch notes about it.

TheGrandAlliance · June 2014

No idea... would have to replay that to find out.

LOL replay that .

gurluasb16_ESO · July 2014

What exactly was changed? I didn't even know it was nerfed.

AngryNord · July 2014

Yes pretty certain it has been restored. Lyris telling you that you're dead and Mannimarco killed you, among other things.

LariahHunding · July 2014

Roll a new character last week and it seem to me to be the same as launch day.

Chatoyancy · July 2014

gurluasb16_ESO wrote: »

What exactly was changed? I didn't even know it was nerfed.

I have the absolute worst memory of these things, but the things I vaguely remember:

1. The amount of dialogue was drastically cut down. The only character that I don't think had any dialogue cut was Cadwell, but all the backstory stuff about why you were there and that you were dead was removed, but seems to have been re-added.

The stuff that was last-minute changed but didn't change back (that I remember):

2. You used to be able to pick up any weapon type. Then they changed it to only a sword. Then for release, they changed to what it is now (which is an acceptable compromise).

3. Before you got the skyshard, you had to collect pieces first or something.

4. The fight at the end is... different? I don't remember what was different though, just that it was different. The jump into the portal thing was also different somehow.

Chatoyancy · July 2014

LariahHunding wrote: »

Roll a new character last week and it seem to me to be the same as launch day.

Out of curiosity, do you mean early access launch day or actual launch day?

adriant1978 · July 2014

Chatoyancy wrote: »

gurluasb16_ESO wrote: »

What exactly was changed? I didn't even know it was nerfed.

I have the absolute worst memory of these things, but the things I vaguely remember:

1. The amount of dialogue was drastically cut down. The only character that I don't think had any dialogue cut was Cadwell, but all the backstory stuff about why you were there and that you were dead was removed, but seems to have been re-added.

The stuff that was last-minute changed but didn't change back (that I remember):

2. You used to be able to pick up any weapon type. Then they changed it to only a sword. Then for release, they changed to what it is now (which is an acceptable compromise).

3. Before you got the skyshard, you had to collect pieces first or something.

4. The fight at the end is... different? I don't remember what was different though, just that it was different. The jump into the portal thing was also different somehow.

There was also an additional intro area you had to pass through - "The Ashen Mine" ? - which was cut because of feedback about the tutorial being too long.