idk wrote: »

Zos will not reply to this thread. They announced the launch date for consoles 6 weeks ago and again recently in the news page for the website. They tend to not repeat themselves especially when the information is so readily available. Link below.

You will get it next week. 11/6

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/55041

In the event someone replies or thinks I have somehow been harsh pointing out Zos has already made this announcement, it is merely pointing out this information, and similar for future releases, is readily available at this late time on the website. I figure it is better to teach someone how to fish than to provide one simple meal.

That isn't even remotely what OP was asking. They want to know if, when it releases next week, the patch will include the fixes that have been made to PC or if it will it be broken?

Personally, I'd be inclined to say it'll be the original broken PC version and that we'll have to wait for the fixes.

The patches for console games need to go through certification, so I doubt the incremental patches will be included, since cert takes a few weeks usually.

idk wrote: »

Zos has spoken to the amended question OP has provided as well. The answer is a possible maybe. Link provided below.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/5561752/#Comment_5561752

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom may be able to shed more light on it if that information is readily available to her. She handled discussion progress on this issue.

Amended question? It was in the original, unedited, first post. All you had to do is read past the first sentence to see it.

Based on that link it's unlikely they'll be able to say anything else. They've submitted it to Microsoft and Sony for testing - if it passes the certification process (which all updates, even small ones, have to go through) then it will be in the initial release, if it doesn't then it won't because they'll have to change whatever the issues are and resubmit it. Until they get a response from Sony and Microsoft ZOS won't be able to say which it is.

But I'd be surprised if it didn't pass certification. The purpose of that process is to make sure that the update isn't doing anything the console manufacturers don't allow or which could damage the console or interfere with other software (in other words making sure it's not a virus) and to make sure it doesn't introduce any game breaking bugs. Genuinely game-breaking, not "they nerfed 1 skill and now my class is unplayable!" I mean ones that cause the game to crash or permanently block progress or delete your character. Both of those are highly unlikely so the update will almost certainly pass. But no one can say for sure until it's gone through the process.

essi2 wrote: »

The patches for console games need to go through certification, so I doubt the incremental patches will be included, since cert takes a few weeks usually.

This. Most content updates go through verification before going to the end user, which takes weeks. The only way we can get any fixes is if theyre in the form of hotfixes which i think are immediate.