I would:

1. Split PvP and PvE into two separate games that have nothing to do with each other;
2. Expand housing to allow for guild houses, cooperative decorating with better decorator permissions, gardening, and gear displays;
3. Redo horse meshes to fix their conformation.

1. Put the focus on quality of content:

- Instead of limited-time "carrots" to drive participation, make the game fun enough that people won't need bribes to play it
- Instead of pay-to-skip options, make the game fun enough that people will want to pour hours into it

2. Add more functionality to housing

3. Respect the justice system playstyle and give Bosmer their stealth back!

DenMoria wrote: »

JadeCoin wrote: »

1. Put the focus on quality of content:

- Instead of limited-time "carrots" to drive participation, make the game fun enough that people won't need bribes to play it
- Instead of pay-to-skip options, make the game fun enough that people will want to pour hours into it

2. Add more functionality to housing

3. Respect the justice system playstyle and give Bosmer their stealth back!

Naughty... naughty...

That's 4!

(1a) and (1b) are just symptoms of the thing I want to change: a change from getting players to play even though parts of the game are un-fun, to getting players to play because the game is fun.

High-quality content doesn't need bribery or a get-out-of-jail (not-so-free) card.

I guess my one thing would have to be there is a huge need for dynamic content in ESO, everything in it is static and repetitive. What I mean by that is take world bosses and dolmens for example, they spawn.. in the same spot every time and do absolutely nothing until someone comes along to interact with them in their tiny bubbles of existence.

Is this great cataclysmic daedric invasion really all about appearing at ritual circles and then standing there with their weapons out waiting to despawn only to do it again 10 minutes later? They would be far more interesting if they spawned in randomized locations, or if left open actually marched on nearby towns & locations causing disruption... but they don't. They just sit there, doing absolutely nothing. After you've done them a few times it's just a boring obstacle you usually ride around to finish your run from point A to B quest objectives.

Game play (for me) needs to have some element of surprise, and not just the first time you experience it. I thought maybe this would change with dragon encounters in Elsweyr the way they described it but nope, expect more of the same old static content.

1 thing only.
Either nerf vampires or buff fighters guild abilities to May 2014 levels

1. Adjustable difficulty for overland/delves
2. A combat system that doesn't require switching weapons every 6-8 seconds.
3. Replace the Guild Trader system with something reasonable.

If I was going to 'change things', it would be on a very small scale.

What makes me cuss on a regular occasion is trying to do something simple, and there is something else that is completely irrelevant impeeding the action.

IN vulkel guard, I go to woodworking station, craft something, turn around to go the next item - and I am blocked. They have an NPC and a table set up in such a way you walk into a "corner". Can't just move on. Gotta back up and go around it

In wailing prison, I kill a mob, hit " E " to loot - and there is a interactive chair in the way, so the character sits down. No reason or need for any interactive item in that area.

Go to a crafting station, hit " E ", they have the interactive crafting book ON the station, so it pops up instead of the work station.

Go to sit down on a chair, they place an NPC right next to it, so you end up in meaningless dialog instead of sitting.

There are lots more examples.

All of these are nuisances. Minor issues. But the fact is, they don't have to exist. Meaningless interruptions do not make the game more enjoyable.

1. Difficulty slider for overland, more difficulty selections for dungeons, including easier "story" setting and a harder one for masochists.
2. More zone instances with less population.
3. Improve Zone Guide. It's great until you hit Coldharbour. Then, it's useless.

1. Make the game sub-only again and delete the Crown Store.

2. Remove classes and open up weapon lines and spell schools.

3. Create an Endgame server so that players can transfer there once they hit max level. Allow them to make as many template characters as they like. Apply all nerfs there instead of on live.

1. Class change token

2. Re-evaluate the mats in the game. Reduce the mats to no more than 5 tiers like jewelry crafting as CP mats are useless.
Ie, only Iron, Steel, Orc, Dwarven and Ebony.
Reduce the Potency Runes from 16 to 10 (5 for positive, 5 for negative)
Remove level requirement for potions and have 1 potion and 1 poison solvent
Remove Weapon / Armor trait items except for Nirnhoned (no longer require them for crafting)
Remove simple Jewelry trait items for Robust / Healthy / Arcane (no longer require them for crafting)
Remove Jejota, the most useless item in the game. Upgrade Ta to Green.

This would coincide with the removal (or replacement) of the CP system. Essentially, remove CP but double all levels, so level 50 goes to level 100. Items that are 50 CP160 become 100. 5 tier of mats at 20 level intervals.

3. Armory system.
For crafted gear:
Complete a master writ and you gain that item in your collection, in that quality, trait and style. If you add an Armor Master Sword, Wood Elf, Infused, Purple you can draw that weapon at any time. If you later add a Gold, Nord, Defending item the end result is your collection is a Gold Armor Master Sword with the option for Wood Elf / Nord style and Infused / Defending trait.

The game should not drop a master writ that has already been completed, if RNG decides you worthy of a Legendary grade writ, it will be for an item you not yet golded (unless you have golded them all). With all the styles in the game, and the rate they are added, you will probably never run out of writs. Except Jewelry crafting writs as they have no style. Presently Jewelry crafting writs have little value as they are so cost ineffective, this system would provide them value. I'd do them if I actually unlocked the ring / amulet.

For not crafted gear:
A daily is introduced where an NPC asks you to fetch any item from a particular zone, the end goal is to collect all items in all traits. If you return a Gold quality item you will be able to start a new daily instantly. If you return a purple grade item you will have to wait a day for another. If you are an ESO+ member, you have no wait time.

Cost of the armory system
a. If you have only unlocked 1 trait on an item, only 1 character can draw from the armory at a time. 3 traits = 2 characters. 6 traits = 3 characters. All 9 traits = all characters. Characters can choose the same trait.
b. You can only draw 1 item type at a time. You cannot draw 2 daggers, or 2 rings from the armory. Players will need to farm an additional ring / dagger or use an axe.
c. The items may be locked behind quests, so characters may need to complete certain zone quests to be rewarded armory access.
d. To prevent an abundance of inventory space, you may be required to lose a house chest or two to continue adding items to the armory. After 100 items added, the NPC may ask for a 30 chest, after 300 items the NPC may ask for a 60 chest.
e. In order to add an item of a particular trait, you have to have already researched it.

Crown Store Item, Assistant : Squire, allows you to draw from any armory without having to go to each zone.


Bonus, 4th

Remove the attribute system and buff enchants to make up the difference. The attribute system is very weak. All Stam or All Mag for DPS / Heal, the only role that really uses it is Tank, which most tanks run Prismatic. If Enchants did it all then changing from DPS to Tank is simply a gear loadout change rather than a praying at a shrine. I first thought this idea was 'dumbing down' but it really isn't when you see how dumb the attribute system really is. It is the same system just more convenient. It also puts more use on enchanting. Could also have it so when you add an enchant to an item, it allows the player to swap between all enchants that have been added to the item at any time. I think this would make more tanks in the game, if I could turn my DPS into tank with gear and a few skills without needing to use a shrine every time i'd tank on them frequently.

personal difficulty for overland (personal debuf like Battle Spirit) with slightly increased XP and gold drops.

1. Make winters embrace have some damage morphs so wardens can actually play as frost destruction mages like in the cinematic that advertised the class and also have a normal number of class offensive abilities
2. Make magicka melee and stamina spear weapon lines
3. Give more stam morphs to dk, sorc, and templar