myskyrim26 wrote: »

A Bard skill line would be awesome! Mini-games also, yet I already imagine people whining about gambling...

Clarification: a card game, lol. But yes, I was envisioning the option to wager in-game gold, but could see that leading to other issues... just a card game then haha.

Kendaric wrote: »

One thing I'd love to see is more non-combat oriented skill lines, e.g. Speechcraft (would require replacing Intimidation/Persuasion from the Fighter/Mages guild though)

Ahh yes, speechcraft. There could be passives that decreases purchase prices, and increases sell prices.

I don't think they would need to remove it from the guilds, just add a new persuasion prompt, that is slightly different: "Lie: is that a bunch of skooma over there??? *guard turns the other way* "where?!" something cheesy, then you can sneak or run past.

@TheShadowScout so many great ideas! Add performance writs as well, they are like gigs. And the more difficult ones require a full band, or a band and dancer, or specific songs. And you're right, Solitude NEEDS a bards guild lol.

Mount customizations would be neato. Add new motifs for armor for mounts? Saddles? Outfit station for mounts as well. Riding Tricks learned from stable masters and lore books and such (so you can learn tricks to perform with your mount, such as spinning in a circle very fast, chasing its tail, standing tall, sitting, etc.).

Even just some more idles would be awesome.
Chit chat idle: they have their arms folded, occasionally gesture, make the occasioal "hmm,mm hm? ah! haha! oh?"
"Sitting" tab in the emote menu: has all the sitting variations of various animations like eating, reading, etc.
And how about some emotes of all the interactions from crafting stations? I would like to look like I am crafting jewelry in my player home while I wait for friends to arrive, etc.

Add another stall in common markets as well, with a mini quest... you can own and manage a merchant stall! You can put items up for sale, like the guild trader. Players can purchase your wares (it will search similar to the guild trader, with the option to search wares from specific people), and they can leave requests with your sales assistant (so you would name your store something that implies your craft: blacksmithing, alchemy, etc.) and you can choose to accept their request and make their item. Think of a manual guild trader option, for a more immersive role.

I think I might have seen someone else suggest this, but allow us to set up a camp! Clothing and Woodworking would be needed to craft tents. Maybe only specific areas of maps can be camped in (like any chopping block/tree stumps). They would have an interaction to set up camp or set up camp with group, short animations while they "set up" and tada! Camp! While camping your regen rates are increased if you stay in range of the camp, and it even boosts your max HP, Mag, and Stam for X long after camping: you would be required to camp for at least 10 seconds though before these boosts are applied.

Painting? It would be pretty cool to be able to set up an easel. If you interact with the easel it will trigger a first person view with your hands in a rectangle, like you are framing a scene and looking through the rectangle, and then once you confirm you begin to paint that scene. These paintings take a few minutes, and once done you can put them in your home or sell them! It would encourage players to explore more and those of use who already do.... we can immortalize our favorite scenes.

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

while i do like more activities to do outside of combat (gw2 is great at that) you have to be careful not to waste development resources on novelties no one cares about anymore after a week...

Yah, most of it would be "cool" only for the first while, then you would focus on other things... but then once you're pretty much done with whatever was distracting you (finally got to that level, finished that dungeon, etc.) you would then have these things to fall back on!

There are plenty of us who still play RPGs for the role play aspect, whether it be serious rolepaying, or just using an immersive play style (first person, not fast traveling, walking instead of running in towns, etc.). And not to mention MMOs are the prime template for "second life" type gameplay.

Why dont you write in your purple chat "roleplay skill line added"?

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Would love to be able to dismount, have horse remain, set up and camp for the night...

I myself would prefer it is -Every- mount also came with a "dismounted" pet that uses the exact same visuals, but can only be active if you are not riding your mount. So... ride the mount, dismount, and the mount-mount vanishes while the pet-mount appears to trot after you... (Well, perhaps not -every- mount, it would not make sense for -obviosuly- summoned mounts... but every -physical- mount could use this feature...)

dazee wrote: »

I just want a place to type a custom character biography. one that others can choose to read in the menu of options when targeting a player character.

That would be really neat.
It would also be a thing for roleplayers... show who cares about character backstory, and who fills their "biography" with dirty limericks or bragging about the size of their PvPness...

I myself would also -love- to see "rumormonger" NPCs added to certain places, who will spread random exploits about characters that are currently active in the region... like "I hear -character name- fought -worldboss- in -region- and killed the monster!" or "Have you heard? That adventurer -character name- did resolve the trouble in -quest completion-!" or "Did you know that -character name- is a actual -title unlocked / guild joined / etc.-?"

Wolf_Eye wrote: »

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Definitely!
They can make "interact with NPC" emotes that will play if you start them near a viable NPC... and allow the same to work on players with a "allow hug/hi5/whatever from -xxx-" prompt and an option to disable it wholesale from the options menu for those who do not wish to be bothered...

YES. It definitely needs to have the option to be turned off. And, even when turned on, it definitely needs to be something that the other player must accept.

Otherwise, we're going to have trolls spamming this emote just to interfere with people's gaming experience.

Exactly.
That's why I made these points, because I have seen what people will do with somethig like that if they can.
And I reckon there would be more then enough shennannigans with NPCs (though of course some would also not be interact-emoting-enabled)

Scion_of_Yggdrasil wrote: »

Do you want more RP content in ESO? Don't get me wrong, I love this game so far (issues and all) but player to player interactions are very limited, and player to environment interactions are half done it seems (why can't I eat while sitting?). There is a great foundation here for more immersive content. What kind of non-combat skills/mechanics would you like to see?

For example, a Bard skill line/mechanic: learn new songs, instruments, and dances. You can find "motifs" to unlock said things, and maybe even add a Bards Guild, or a similar equivalent (even if its just an NPC at taverns, or random npc bards you meet on your travels). You could then equip specific songs, so you can coordinate with other players (as is everyone plays random songs, so you cant perform together).

Add a "Performance" feature and add stages to Taverns and specific areas in major cities. NPC's could have a random chance to give you a tip if you are performing. You can create a group for performances, and the larger the group or rarer the song/dance, the more tips you get. Even players can have the option to tip (there could be a tip jar that populates in front of the performance area, or maybe you can only perform in dedicated performance areas).

Add playable mini games? There are already set pieces (they look like chinese checkers) throughout Tamriel, make these items interact-able! Here's a recurring one: a gambling game from a shady looking NPC in the corner of the tavern. Then we can play against friends, and there can be key NPC's throughout tamriel that are difficult to best.

Mounts! We have stables! Lets use them more! Breath of the Wild had a great/simple mount system (you could pet it, build a relationship, you could tame wild horses to be mounts, feed them, they even die...). It doesn't have to be anything crazy. We don't want mounts to become cumbersome. Just give us the option to feed our mounts, pet them... which leads me to my final wish:

Interactions (special types of emotes): Let us interact with other players, mounts, and just more things in general. Let me sit and talk to the inn keep. Let me sit and eat (or sit and do anything for that matter without standing up again). Let me hug another player, or kiss them (we can have spouses...). Let me pet my mount, or feed it (doesn't even have to be real food, just an emote). Lastly... if another player has mounts unlocked.... allow them to ride with you? Maybe release Strong Mounts (allowing you to pick up another player).

Idk... just thinking with my keyboard.

Mini-eso card game be nice. Or they can even integrate card game they already have on separate client into this game. I would love to play against guildies or have fun on the side when taking break from questing or doing other activities !