Anything datamined about 2018 Q1 DLC?

Nighn_9 · September 2017

SirAxen wrote: »

My complete guess is: Q1 2018 is Mephalas Realms
Q2: (Chapter) Summerset Isles-the rest of them.

i hope so. im looking forward to mephalas realm

MehrunesFlagon · September 2017

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

Nearly a year ago there was an official discussion about how to improve personalities (like drunk or duchess). Since then individual emotes have gone on sale. I predict they are going to offer custom personalities that you create from your available emotes. There will also be a lot of cool immersion breaking emotes that go into the crown store.

So in theory one could make pothead or prostitute personality for example.sweet.

CardboardedBox · September 2017

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

customisation
Nearly a year ago there was an official discussion about how to improve personalities (like drunk or duchess). Since then individual emotes have gone on sale. I predict they are going to offer custom personalities that you create from your available emotes. There will also be a lot of cool immersion breaking emotes that go into the crown store.a n.

Oohhh custom personalities yes please.

SantieClaws · September 2017

Not more elves!

Khajiit was requested to travel to grumpy elf island and now you want her to go to snooty elf island?

When must all the elves travel to Khajiit land? Is there no justice in this world?

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Pops_ND_Irish · September 2017

Xinayder wrote: »

Why can't ZOS regularly release free DLCs since they are opting for this "expensive af" chapter system? Why have paid DLCs and paid expacks? They plan on releasing a few DLCs per year, why not release one or two for free? IMO dungeon DLCs are more stupid than a DLC-sized expansion pack which is more expensive than the base gsme itself or the 4 DLC pack sold in the crown store.

EDIT: it's also unfair to non ESO+ subscribers, you are limited to the main and side quests only if you don't buy any DLC or expack.

Why not just make everything free and everybody would be happy! oh wait, no some wont. Need to complain thats how they get by.

Publius_Scipio · September 2017

altemriel wrote: »

MaddPowered wrote: »

this is my speculation :

Q1 - Murkmire added to base game

Q2 - Summerset chapter

Q3 - Dungeon DLC

Q4 - Spiral Skein DLC

it would be even better if Q1 transmogrification (style and weight), Q2 spellcrafting and/or jewelrycrafting

Players should really forget about mentioning spellcrafting until the game's balance is massaged some more and locked in. Balance right now is much better than its ever been in my opinion, and the last thing we need is a new complicated spellcrafting system implemented where players will exploit something somewhere and run around with crazy op spells.

SirAxen · September 2017

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

altemriel wrote: »

MaddPowered wrote: »

this is my speculation :

Q1 - Murkmire added to base game

Q2 - Summerset chapter

Q3 - Dungeon DLC

Q4 - Spiral Skein DLC

it would be even better if Q1 transmogrification (style and weight), Q2 spellcrafting and/or jewelrycrafting

Players should really forget about mentioning spellcrafting until the game's balance is massaged some more and locked in. Balance right now is much better than its ever been in my opinion, and the last thing we need is a new complicated spellcrafting system implemented where players will exploit something somewhere and run around with crazy op spells.

'Balance' is a myth in gaming in my opinion. There will always be a meta, no matter what is changed or tweaked. That said, I wouldn't be mad if Q1 is just a giant bundle of QoL stuff instead of new content leading into the next Chapter.

Zbigb4life · September 2017

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

zassasaurus wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Nope. Q1 is meant to be a DLC too, with content.

Source : https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/25913

It might not necessarily be a zone, although that article does say there will be a DLC in Q1, it also refers to Homestead as a DLC, so they might count a major base game update as a DLC

Although it's true that the article refers to Homestead as a DLC, it was a free, compulsory base game update. I doubt they can afford one quarter of entirely free stuff every year (unless it is, like Homestead, an entry point for crown store stuff).
We'll see anyway.

Although Homestead was a 'free' update it is not exactly entirely free since you can buy houses etc with crowns. So they hand out 'free' stuff only to make their players buy the more expensive and more stunning items with crowns.

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2017

Zbigb4life wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

zassasaurus wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Nope. Q1 is meant to be a DLC too, with content.

Source : https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/25913

It might not necessarily be a zone, although that article does say there will be a DLC in Q1, it also refers to Homestead as a DLC, so they might count a major base game update as a DLC

Although it's true that the article refers to Homestead as a DLC, it was a free, compulsory base game update. I doubt they can afford one quarter of entirely free stuff every year (unless it is, like Homestead, an entry point for crown store stuff).
We'll see anyway.

Although Homestead was a 'free' update it is not exactly entirely free since you can buy houses etc with crowns. So they hand out 'free' stuff only to make their players buy the more expensive and more stunning items with crowns.

Well, free stuff from any commercial institution is ALWAYS, necessarily, a mean to drive customers towards buying non-free stuff. Anything else would make no sense at all.
The key is whether you can enjoy the free stuff if you don't buy anything extra. By now I have 7 fully furnished houses and I did not spend even ONE crown on them or on furniture. In that sense, Homestead is a truly free update.

IwakuraLain42 · September 2017

I really hope that the Q1 DLC won't be another pseudo DLC like Homestead last year that adds no value to ESO+ subscribers. Remember the cries of anguish from a lot of ESO+ subscribers when they announced the new Chapter plan. Adding anything like Homestead would basically reduce the benefit of ESO+ to 2 DLC which is the half of what was promised a few years ago.

Malmai · September 2017

ESO is playing with playerbase like that when they have low playerbase, marketing team comes in and starts promoting new dlc every few months and they get cash grabs like that. Have no problem with that, but atleast fix bugs and do something with performance, like its still beta. Once you figure the patterns...

SydneyGrey · September 2017

Malmai wrote: »

ESO is playing with playerbase like that when they have low playerbase, marketing team comes in and starts promoting new dlc every few months and they get cash grabs like that. Have no problem with that, but atleast fix bugs and do something with performance, like its still beta. Once you figure the patterns...

Most companies maintain a regular advertising campaign regardless of how the company is doing at the moment, so ESO doing promotions doesn't necessarily mean they have a "low playerbase."

FooWasHere · September 2017

MehrunesFlagon wrote: »

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

Nearly a year ago there was an official discussion about how to improve personalities (like drunk or duchess). Since then individual emotes have gone on sale. I predict they are going to offer custom personalities that you create from your available emotes. There will also be a lot of cool immersion breaking emotes that go into the crown store.

So in theory one could make pothead or prostitute personality for example.sweet.

On PC, you can already come fairly close with the 'Idle Animations' addon. Stance and movement doesn't change ofc, but emote sets and sequences is there.

Sotha_Sil · September 2017

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

I just want to throw my prediction in - there isn't much evidence to support it, but it does pull together some hints that have been dropped over the last year.

I don't think Q1 will have a new area. Zos only said there will be a new dlc in the 1st and 4th quarters, but they didn't say there would be a zone so let's not get excited; they counted homestead as a dlc.

TLDR I predict that Q1 will add lots of new customisation and crafting. It may add a new trait and increase the gear cap.

customisation
Nearly a year ago there was an official discussion about how to improve personalities (like drunk or duchess). Since then individual emotes have gone on sale. I predict they are going to offer custom personalities that you create from your available emotes. There will also be a lot of cool immersion breaking emotes that go into the crown store.

I think you will be able to put these personalities onto your assistants as well - an idea that has been discussed at least monthly for over a year, but just this month community managers said they would forward to devs- now zos have previously admitted they love seeing forum posts asking for what they are already developing, I think this is one of those times. I expect you will also be able to dress up your assistants in costumes and hopefully polymorphs. I expect to see customisable npcs for housing too.

Long requested features like the ability to rearrange the order of your characater load screen, changing the background picture and maybe even faction changing are just some of the things we might expect. If you can change character backgrounds then expect new ones to appear in the Crown store.

crafting
The transmute system seems like the 2nd part of a revamp to the crafting system (the first was research scrolls). I suspect transmogrification has been built alongside the transmutation system, so it won't be far off. I also think we will get a way to increase the level of gear, so people don't wait till endgame to start collecting useful bits. It is possible jewellery crafting will finally arrive, but I have no reason to think that.

We were also told the the gear cap (currently 160cp) would NOT rise in the morrowind expansion - well if they add a way to level up your gear they will mitigate the pain this will cause players.

We've had hints of a new weapon/armor trait being developed - it may be more of a new chapter thing, but I believe they wanted research scrolls to be well established before adding a trait to mitigate the obvious P2W backlash.

Sorry for the rant guys. So I predict they will have a crafting/customisation feature heavy Q1 so in the January 'Year ahead' article they wont have to talk much about the rest of the year.They will almost certainly describe the dlc as "eso has always been about playing how you want, and now we have taken that even further".

Finally, I believe zos is already committed to a long-term plan. In the same way that outlaw refuges were added 18 months before the thieves guild came out. I think zos knows it needs to revamp certain crafting systems in order to make them work with future innovations that may be more than a year away *cough spell-crafting cough cough cough.

If you want me to provide references for anything make sure to @tagmyname so I get a notification.

Without a doubt, the closest thing to what we can expect. Kudos.

neverwalk · September 2017

Chapters will be every 2 or 3 years as they bring new CLASS and new land mass.

SanTii.92 · September 2017

I agree with pretty much all you've said @Jim_Pipp except that I don't thnk they'll ever raise gear cap. There really is no point for it. Also what about this:

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

We've had hints of a new weapon/armor trait being developed - it may be more of a new chapter thing, but I believe they wanted research scrolls to be well established before adding a trait to mitigate the obvious P2W backlash.

Don't think they ever hint that? A source would be appreciated.

Jim_Pipp · September 2017

SanTii.92 wrote: »

I agree with pretty much all you've said @Jim_Pipp except that I don't thnk they'll ever raise gear cap. There really is no point for it. Also what about this:

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

We've had hints of a new weapon/armor trait being developed - it may be more of a new chapter thing, but I believe they wanted research scrolls to be well established before adding a trait to mitigate the obvious P2W backlash.

Don't think they ever hint that? A source would be appreciated.

Hi @SanTii.92

Zos is pretty light on their hints, so any talk of new traits is speculation - this is a link to an article about Master writs -https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/25931

In it they say
"Will you be adding to the Master Writ system in future updates?

As we add new motifs, traits, and crafted sets, we do plan to eventually add them to the Master Writ rotation of requested goods. And, as we add new features, tools and décor to the player housing system, you can expect Rolis Hlaalu's inventory to grow and change." (emphasis is by me)

In the official discussion for that article (on these forums, get there via the link above) this was commented on and Jess Folsom answered saying;

"Someday maybe, but there are no new Traits planned for Morrowind." - this time the emphasis is in the original quote and not added by me, and for some reason I feel that makes it more significant; it is very different from stating that there won't be new traits.

The range of research scrolls being added to the game, and the upcoming Transfig system may be a coincidence, but they make the addition of a new trait easier for players. Anyway, I liked being asked for the source because it made me realise there isn't any strong evidence of a new trait, but I still wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

EDIT: Sometimes you just want to write something better.

Megabear · September 2017

My "Home" is still collecting dust since mid-April. Give me a reason to visit, ZOS.

rhapsodious · September 2017

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

SanTii.92 wrote: »

I agree with pretty much all you've said @Jim_Pipp except that I don't thnk they'll ever raise gear cap. There really is no point for it. Also what about this:

Jim_Pipp wrote: »

We've had hints of a new weapon/armor trait being developed - it may be more of a new chapter thing, but I believe they wanted research scrolls to be well established before adding a trait to mitigate the obvious P2W backlash.

Don't think they ever hint that? A source would be appreciated.

Hi @SanTii.92

Zos is pretty light on their hints, so any talk of new traits is speculation - this is a link to an article about Master writs -https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/25931

In it they say
"Will you be adding to the Master Writ system in future updates?

As we add new motifs, traits, and crafted sets, we do plan to eventually add them to the Master Writ rotation of requested goods. And, as we add new features, tools and décor to the player housing system, you can expect Rolis Hlaalu's inventory to grow and change." (emphasis is by me)

In the official discussion for that article (on these forums, get there via the link above) this was commented on and Jess Folsom answered saying;

"Someday maybe, but there are no new Traits planned for Morrowind." - this time the emphasis is in the original quote and not added by me, and for some reason I feel that makes it more significant; it is very different from stating that there won't be new traits.

The range of research scrolls being added to the game, and the upcoming Transfig system may be a coincidence, but they make the addition of a new trait easier for players. Anyway, I liked being asked for the source because it made me realise there isn't any strong evidence of a new trait, but I still wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

EDIT: Sometimes you just want to write something better.

This is a fair point (and one I missed the first time around!), but to be pedantic (or rather, to cut off any fear-mongering that might arise), Morrowind is italicized because it's a title. Jessica wasn't trying to be cryptic there, I don't think.

I don't think a tenth trait is out of the question, but I don't see it happening soon.

Megabear · September 2017

SantieClaws wrote: »

Not more elves!

Khajiit was requested to travel to grumpy elf island and now you want her to go to snooty elf island?

When must all the elves travel to Khajiit land? Is there no justice in this world?

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

2020 Q1 DLC will include space Elves converting Khajits into domesticated cats. The horror.

Vanthras79 · September 2017

I think we just have to wait to see what "the guys" have in store.

Ir0nB34r · September 2017

I think that the next Chapter will be somewhere based in the Dominion. So far Covenant got a chapter with Wrothgar (before they started calling them chapters) and the Pact got Vvardenfell. So a Dominion based chapter would seem logical. But there is no guarantee that they are even thinking along those lines.

That being said, Summerset Isles are the prime choice due to its size for a Chapter dlc. What concerns me though is lore wise, isn't Summerset more or less completely closed to outsiders? I am not super familiar with High Elf lore, but things I have heard and read give me the impression that its a very reclusive place.

SirAxen · September 2017

Ir0nB34r wrote: »

I think that the next Chapter will be somewhere based in the Dominion. So far Covenant got a chapter with Wrothgar (before they started calling them chapters) and the Pact got Vvardenfell. So a Dominion based chapter would seem logical. But there is no guarantee that they are even thinking along those lines.

That being said, Summerset Isles are the prime choice due to its size for a Chapter dlc. What concerns me though is lore wise, isn't Summerset more or less completely closed to outsiders? I am not super familiar with High Elf lore, but things I have heard and read give me the impression that its a very reclusive place.

While I understand people have frustrations with ZOS marketing, the idea that the Orsinium DLC is 'basically a Chapter' is silly. Morrowind had a new class, a new 12-man Trial, an entire new PVP gamemode with multiple maps/gamemodes, and a slightly bigger landmass.

As for Summerset being closed to outsiders. It's true that outsiders stepping foot on Summerset is rare but it doesn't mean it's impossible. Our 'Vestige' could have tons of reasons for going there or being welcomed there. We shall just have to see.

MassPandemic · November 2017

Xinayder wrote: »

Why can't ZOS regularly release free DLCs since they are opting for this "expensive af" chapter system? Why have paid DLCs and paid expacks? They plan on releasing a few DLCs per year, why not release one or two for free? IMO dungeon DLCs are more stupid than a DLC-sized expansion pack which is more expensive than the base gsme itself or the 4 DLC pack sold in the crown store.

EDIT: it's also unfair to non ESO+ subscribers, you are limited to the main and side quests only if you don't buy any DLC or expack.

Are you serious? For the quality this game has anymore with all voice acted content which can't be cheap to make at all , you want it all just given to . This is why i get pissed off why i see comments like this. When it was a mandatory sub fee everyone cried foul change your plan. Now that they have a system in place that lets you pick and choose its not "fair". They have to do certain things to remain profitable no company wants to just break even or what are you doing it for. Im happy to support this game as long as they don't do any scummy things which in my opinion they haven't. The only thing i don't like much is how the cooler mounts are all in the rng boxes , but to fair if you get the gems you can get them. I don't purchase crates unless i use my 1500 crowns from sub and i get why they are there. This game has changed MASSIVELY for the better over the years to where it was my least favorite MMO to being the one that got me to cancel my wow sub which is saying alot , no other MMO was able to do that for me. What i'm getting at is that if you're on a budget i get it , but its still fair you can wait for the chapters to go on sale which they do in fact there is one now and get the dlc whenever you have extra money. The only game i seen give all content away for free pretty much besides expansions is guild wars 2, but you cant look different than anyone else in that game without spending money in the gem store or grinding hundreds of hours to trade gold for gems. I know this is a long rant , but these kinds of messages irritate me because of the passed and the mandatory sub fee and how everyone complained about that and now that there is choice that is fair people still aren't happy.

SisterGoat · November 2017

Seems likely Artaeum/Mephala will be the next DLC.

Dhukath · November 2017

SantieClaws wrote: »

Not more elves!

Is there no justice in this world?

While on the subject of justice, when will we see a Khajiit in a cinematic, this would make me happy no matter what the future content was/is.

SirAxen · November 2017

I do find it interesting that Q1 is the update most 'up in the air' next year at this point.

Vaoh · November 2017

Spellcrafting and the Summerset Isle chapter are legit perfect when coupled together, and it’s almost a given they’ll arrive Q2 2018.

But if they release Spellcrafting Q1 2018? That’s be amazing

SirAxen · November 2017

Vaoh wrote: »

Spellcrafting and the Summerset Isle chapter are legit perfect when coupled together, and it’s almost a given they’ll arrive Q2 2018.

But if they release Spellcrafting Q1 2018? That’s be amazing

A 'Transmog' or 'outfitter' system coupled with Spellcrafting would be awesome.

Iccotak · November 2017

supaskrub wrote: »

No. at the moment there has been some speculation on reddit that it will be Summerset... but thats all it is, speculation

Speculation?? Clockwork City practically told you that Summerset was next