RDMyers65b14_ESO wrote: »

I am betting that we have a PTS date for the Dark Brotherhood DLC and the live date within the next 72 hours. I could be wrong but we are fast nearing the end of April. If it is to be second quarter, it has to be placed on the PTS no later than the second week of May in order to have testing time. With consoles needing two weeks after PC /Mac launch, it has to be live before mid June.

That would not be unreasonable. I am thinking this week or next. (Edit: for them to start talking)

As for when they will do it, I think PTS will be almost immediately following the announcement, starting from 2-3 business days later to a week later. Rollout on PC/Mac Live servers will be the 5th Monday after it rolls out on PTS, with Console being 2 weeks later.

If they are on schedule, they will be done during or before the 3rd week of June, so counting backwards, they have to roll out right around the first week of May, with error being a week in either direction.

I'm guessing they will announce it at Pax East.. as they will be answering questions about Dark Brotherhood.. so I'm guessing they will also have a date. Sooo... this weekend they will announce a date! *final answer*

I personally think PTS will go up within the first 2 weeks of May though.

no date but the Tuesday or Wed following the next ESO Live.

So maybe next week....hopefully

I sure as hell hope they abolish the 1 DLC per quarter shite as they are obviously rushing and not taking time to make it good and checking for old content not being broken.

I am with @MissBizz here. They will be answering DB questions at PAX East so I would imagine we'd get a lot more info (and possibly even a PTS date/eta) around Saturday of this week, straight from the Cyrodiil room!

Let's speculate and say we get a date Saturday of the first week of May which would likely be around May 4th. A May 4th PTS would mean a 6th of June live release for PC and about a 20th/21st live release for Consoles.

However, what I am really expecting is that we get a reply of "Tune in to the next ESO Live on 29/04 for more details about the next DLC!" and then on that ESO Live they say "You can play DB on the PTS this coming Tuesday!" which still means a first week of June release for PC and a third week of June release for consoles.

As for E3 I doubt they'd talk too much about Dark Brotherhood there. If I were them I'd want to focus on the far future of ESO and use that opportunity to showcase Q3 and Q4, as they did last year with showing us Orsinium and Thieves' Guild (along with a hint to Dark Brotherhood). They could come out and say that the Q3 DLC is <x>, Q4 DLC is <y> and hint towards Q1 2017 DLC instead.

So the TL;DR of my guess is the first week of May, likely around May 3rd for a June 6th PC release.

Paulington wrote: »

I am with @MissBizz here. They will be answering DB questions at PAX East so I would imagine we'd get a lot more info (and possibly even a PTS date/eta) around Saturday of this week, straight from the Cyrodiil room!

Let's speculate and say we get a date Saturday of the first week of May which would likely be around May 4th. A May 4th PTS would mean a 6th of July live release for PC and about a 20th/21st live release for Consoles.

However, what I am really expecting is that we get a reply of "Tune in to the next ESO Live on 29/04 for more details about the next DLC!" and then on that ESO Live they say "You can play DB on the PTS this coming Tuesday!" which still means a first week of June release for PC and a third week of June release for consoles.

As for E3 I doubt they'd talk too much about Dark Brotherhood there. If I were them I'd want to focus on the far future of ESO and use that opportunity to showcase Q3 and Q4, as they did last year with showing us Orsinium and Thieves' Guild (along with a hint to Dark Brotherhood). They could come out and say that the Q3 DLC is <x>, Q4 DLC is <y> and hint towards Q1 2017 DLC instead.

So the TL;DR of my guess is the first week of May, likely around May 3rd for a June 6th PC release.

@Paulington I have a real good feeling Zos will be at E3 this year. My dates were the same as yours, but as @crazmadsci mentioned it may make sense to say "Live tomorrow!" at the Bethesda press conference rather than "live last week!". Bethesda is doing their pre-E3 showcase again so they are for sure there, and I really think Zos will be there too as last year console launch had just happened so they were a tad busy.

Paulington wrote: »

MissBizz wrote: »

@Paulington I have a real good feeling Zos will be at E3 this year. My dates were the same as yours, but as @crazmadsci mentioned it may make sense to say "Live tomorrow!" at the Bethesda press conference rather than "live last week!". Bethesda is doing their pre-E3 showcase again so they are for sure there, and I really think Zos will be there too as last year console launch had just happened so they were a tad busy.

Likewise @MissBizz, it does say on the Community Headquarters page that they plan to be there.

We also plan to be at E3, gamescom, PAX Prime, and more later this year. Keep an eye out for details!

Although I do see your point I doubt they'd say "Live tomorrow!" as E3 begins the 13th of June and traditionally DLCs drop on a Monday, so they'd either have to say "Live next Monday!" or "Live today!" and either way it would make it really tight for a Q2 console release.

I think it makes sense for them to come to E3 and say "Having just released our fourth DLC pack 'Dark Brotherhood' last Monday to a great reception from our players, we are happy to give you a sneak preview of what is coming over the next three quarters.".

The Bethesda Showcase is on Sunday The 12th. https://be3showcase.bethsoft.com/

Although your second comment does make really good sense. They could say "hey just realeased DB and now for Q3 and Q4 we have X planned" Best of all the worlds!

Paulington wrote: »

MissBizz wrote: »

Paulington wrote: »

MissBizz wrote: »

@Paulington I have a real good feeling Zos will be at E3 this year. My dates were the same as yours, but as @crazmadsci mentioned it may make sense to say "Live tomorrow!" at the Bethesda press conference rather than "live last week!". Bethesda is doing their pre-E3 showcase again so they are for sure there, and I really think Zos will be there too as last year console launch had just happened so they were a tad busy.

Likewise @MissBizz, it does say on the Community Headquarters page that they plan to be there.

We also plan to be at E3, gamescom, PAX Prime, and more later this year. Keep an eye out for details!

Although I do see your point I doubt they'd say "Live tomorrow!" as E3 begins the 13th of June and traditionally DLCs drop on a Monday, so they'd either have to say "Live next Monday!" or "Live today!" and either way it would make it really tight for a Q2 console release.

I think it makes sense for them to come to E3 and say "Having just released our fourth DLC pack 'Dark Brotherhood' last Monday to a great reception from our players, we are happy to give you a sneak preview of what is coming over the next three quarters.".

The Bethesda Showcase is on Sunday The 12th. https://be3showcase.bethsoft.com/

Although your second comment does make really good sense. They could say "hey just realeased DB and now for Q3 and Q4 we have X planned" Best of all the worlds!

Well disregard me! . The issue I see is that once we know the PTS date we also know the release date by inductive reasoning, so it won't really be a surprise to anyone that follows ESO and those that don't follow ESO aren't really that interested by a "Available TOMORROW!" hype line.

Of course I could be wrong, and I guess I just want it my way because it means a quicker release! I want those natch potes. .

I also actually want it to come out the week before. I'd enjoy that much more, haha.

MissBizz wrote: »

I'm guessing they will announce it at Pax East.. as they will be answering questions about Dark Brotherhood.. so I'm guessing they will also have a date. Sooo... this weekend they will announce a date! *final answer*

I personally think PTS will go up within the first 2 weeks of May though.

I agree that prob be during or just after PAX East.