Questions in one language, answers in another. Huh. (Makes sense now after watching)

Yeah those are terrible videos. I'm going to stomach my way through it and edit as I go along ...

1) Will Serana show up in Greymoor?
Rich: I'll let people play and see how we're giving a nod to TES:V. Not in a way players will expect.

2) Are all Boss fights in the new trial on Kyne's Aegis?
Rich: All the encounters are very different, one takes place on a longship. Get more spectacular as you progress.

3) Does the Antiquity system have group content or is it exclusively solo?
RIch: Vast majority is geared around solo play, but they can be found in (normal difficulty) dungeons as well.

4) Will we see living Dwemer in ESO?
Rich: That is a very touchy subject. Anything is possible, but we're not doing that right now. Dwemer play large role in Blackreach, but no physical Dwemer there.

5) Any plans to add gear setups (like Dressing Room addon) to the game?
Rich: We know this is a request. What I'll say right now is that we're looking into it.

6) Will the loot cap for 12 players be lifted from delve and world bosses like it was for Elsweyr dragons?
Rich: No. There's a technical reason for that, and designed to avoid exploiting player behavior. There might be a balance point above 12 players, so they might look into increasing it, but the cap has a reason.

7) Will there be Werewolf changes?
Rich: A few. WW is in a better place on live than Vampires, but some changes coming.

8) Will we get more housing items like walls, grass etc.?
Rich: We know people want to do more of that kind of stuff (building blocks), but we have to keep the furnishing limit in mind.

9) Any ETA for the CP system revamp?
Rich: Oh boy. Internally yes, externally no. CP affects everything and we want to make sure to look into everything, other combat changes (like light attack changes) would have to come beforehand. I want to do a combat roadmap like the performance roadmap, but don't know when yet.

10) Are you still working on Battlegrounds?
Rich: Still working on the queue. There are still weird edge cases. Player feedback is evenly split on solo vs group queues. Lots of work to do.

11) Why can't we see our matchmaking points (MMR)?
Rich: We don't want players to bully each other because of their score, same reason for absence of gear scores in PvE.

Seems I got beaten to it, but hope it helped anyway.

Part 2

12) Guild system improvements?
Rich: We're looking at guilds in general. Not ready to talk about things, looking at managing tools, progression type systems, etc.

13) Will we be able to put our chars into our homes?
Rich: Teams are looking into things like that, how to put more life into player homes.

14) What was the biggest challenge in Greymoor's development?
Rich: One of biggest technical challenge was antiquity system, the new UIs and mini games. For story/world building was telling own story in familiar place, thus focus on Blackreach and new spaces there.

15) WIll there be mythic items with specific abilities that increase damage on specific enemy types?
Rich: That one specifically no. A we already have an inventory problem, and B not all encounters are created equal, some enemy types rarers than others. Buffs should have general appeal.

16) Any more info on the new trial?
Rich: On example I gave is the second boss on the giant longship, you create ballistas out of pieces of the longship. Players should have fun messing with that. For the 3rd boss, it's essentially 3 different fights for each phase. Players should see the team has learned a lot.

17) Any plans to add new difficulty setting for dungeons?
Rich: For veteran players dungeons might be easy, but we have huge gap in skill in the game. That's why there are opt-in HMs, veteran generally easier than older dungeons. Mike's team is looking at completion rates all the time and adjusting based on that.

18) Will things like Godslayer achievement be adjusted with light/heavy attack changes?
Rich: They were really looking for feedback during off-cycle PTS. You either love it or hate it, not much in-between. Want to do these tests more often in the future.

19) Any plans for new assistants that aren't just reskins?
Rich: Have to walk a fine line with this because they still want people to go back to town.

20) Any overhauls for gear traits?
Rich: On our list of things to look at. Divines and Sturdy over-represented. Weapon traits are in a better state. Not sure when they'll get to it.

21) What's the official stance for crown/gold trading?
Rich: Gifting system opened kind of a grey market. Rich doesn't love it, they don't control it and it causes a lot of CS tickets. They're not stopping it right now but it's not ideal, want to make it a real system in the future. Watching it right now.

22) Any plans for more quest content that requires group play like old Craglorn?
Rich: Won't say it will never happen, but questing works best for solo play.

Thanks @Faulgor and @Sanguinor2

Elsonso wrote: »

Thanks @Faulgor and @Sanguinor2

Indeed! Given you both awesomes. Not because of the info (though that is appreciated of course) but because you spelled Serana's name correctly and I get triggered when people don't

Part 2, as with the first one I skipped through some stuff so I might have missed something.

12th Question: How will the Guild system look in the future?
Answer: They are looking at guilds in general, looking at guild management tools and other stuff but cant share anything yet and are working on it.
13th Question: Will there be a possibility to place your characters in your homes?
Answer: They talk about that internally a lot and are looking into it.
14th Question: Biggest difficulty with developing Greymoor?
Answer: Antiquity system and story telling, they want to tell their own stories but much is known and established from skyrim already.
15th Question: Will there be mythic items that for example influence damage against certain enemy types like dragons or daedra?
Answer: No, it would require a lot of switching gear especially in endgame.
16th Question: Can we get more informations about the new trial?
Answer: 2nd boss has a balista which Rich thinks will be interesting and fun for players. 3rd boss is essentially 3 different fights.
17th Question: Will there be a third difficulty for dungeons and trials?
Answer: No as of now. They are looking at completion rates and check if anything is too hard and try to get more people to complete dungeons before looking into making existing content harder
Fun fact: 40% of the people trying vet darkshade 2 fail to clear it.
18th Question: If La/Ha changes were to happen will achievements like godslayer be adjusted?
Answer: Not really answered. La/Ha changes were just something they wanted feedback on. People either love it or hate it, they are gonna evaluate those more at pts before they make any decision.
They want to do more offcylce pts like this, so that more people test them before something goes into real pts/live.
19th Question: Will there be new assistans with new functions?
Answer: They are experimenting with new assistants. They have to be careful because they want to avoid people not going into towns anymore if assistans fulfill all functions.
20th Question: Will there be changes on armor traits?
Answer: Its on the list for things to look at, they dont know when it will happen.
21st Question: What is Zos position on crown/gold trading?
Answer: Rich personally doesnt like it much, because it enables scamming and Zos doesnt control it. They are not gonna stop it right now but it is not ideal.
They might make an official system for crown/gold trading down the line to deal with those issues.
22nd Question: Will there be quests where one has to be grouped outside of dungeons and trials?
Answer: They are not doing it now. They think questing experience should be a solo experience.

Ruder wrote: »

7) Will there be Werewolf changes?
Rich: A few. WW is in a better place on live than Vampires, but some changes coming.


AhahAHAHahAHhAHHAAHAHhaHAH

"WW is in a better place on live than Vmapires"

Yeah even the interviewer said "I'm just translating this, that's not my own commentary" lol.

Tommy_The_Gun wrote: »

Whaaaat ?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4

"werewolf is in a better place than vamp on live"

What... I don't even... ughhh...

[Snip] Have they read WW class rep feedback thread for the last 30 pages ?!I just hope it is a translation error.. but damn... that is like saying NB are OP and can beat stam Necro. LOL
[Edited for bashing]

Unfortunately it is not a Translation error since Rich was answering Questions in english (and I doubt he speaks german). The only Thing that could explain his Statement for me would be that he was thinking of Vampire only build vs. werewolf only build.

Red_Feather wrote: »

Real disappointing to hear the mythic items will have general appeal and not be more useful in specific content.

Means it'll boil down to 1 best item for dps, 1 best item for tank, etc, and the rest of the mythic items were a waste of development time. I see them making that mistake again and again. And it is a predictable waste.

Well, he is also right in the thinking that it is an inventory problem. You want to clear a specific dungeon, so you need these four mythic items and have to switch them out based on the boss you are fighting or the tactical situation you are in. Meanwhile, a different dungeon might have different mythic items that are required.

Red_Feather wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

Red_Feather wrote: »

Real disappointing to hear the mythic items will have general appeal and not be more useful in specific content.

Means it'll boil down to 1 best item for dps, 1 best item for tank, etc, and the rest of the mythic items were a waste of development time. I see them making that mistake again and again. And it is a predictable waste.

Well, he is also right in the thinking that it is an inventory problem. You want to clear a specific dungeon, so you need these four mythic items and have to switch them out based on the boss you are fighting or the tactical situation you are in. Meanwhile, a different dungeon might have different mythic items that are required.

It doesn't matter. Every limit they have is their own design.

Yep.

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

i like rich and i know they have a lot on their plate...it is just a bit frustrating when nealry ever respobse to any issue is "somewhen sometime somehow" i a 6 year old game....

On the other hand, they probably have things to work on to fill the next 6 years. Sort of depends on whether your glass is half empty or half full.