Notes from July 9, 2020 ESO Live

Dalsinthus · July 2020

I thought yesterday's ESO Live was an enjoyable and informative episode. I took some notes for a friend and I thought I'd share them here as well for anyone that doesn't have the time to watch it.

The Q3 DLC will be a dungeon DLC titled Stonethorn.
It will feature two dungeons: Castle Thorn and Stone Garden, set in Western Skyrim and Blackreach respectively.
Reward for entering the dungeons is an energized Dwarven spider pet (sounded electric) but we didn't see it.
Hard mode activation for both dungeons will involve lighting a brazer/torch pedistal. This will be applied to future dungeons and trials and will be clearer whether hard mode is on or not. It looked liked it could be toggled on or off if someone accidentally activates HM before the fight starts.
Castle Thorn is a large vampire castle; reminded me of the Castlevania series. Very gothic and detailed. Final boss is Lady Thorn, a vampire.
Monster set for Castle Thorn: using an ability that costs health creates a ball of blood. Allies can synergies the ball of blood for major aoe damage.
Reward for vet completion of Castle Thorn is a vampire skin.
Stone Gardens is set in a mad scientist/alchemist's lair that is occupied by werewolves.
Some unique mechanics in Stone Gardens that allow players to transform into a werewolf behemoth. This is used in the dungeon and on the final boss. In behemoth form you have a special skill bar.
Only three bosses in Stone Gardens but each has a hard mode. Not clear what reward was for finishing all bosses on hard mode. Sounds like you need to do the first boss on HM to be able to access HM for the second boss. First time they have tried this in a dungeon.
Vet completion of Stone Garden rewards a potion juggler emote.
New monster set for Stone Garden: drinking a potion grants you and three allies 44 ultimate. Edit/correction: @Faulgor points out that I misheard this and it wasn't the new monster set but instead a new heavy 5 piece set.

Other updates and changes:

Item set changes: overhaul of many item sets, particularly those with a proc condition. See forum post for more info.
Housing Changes: Pathing for pets, mounts and assistants that allows you to program the residents of your house to move from place to place.
You'll also be able to collect new housing visitors that sounded like NPCs that visit your home.
New mounts: group mounts that allow you to drive your friends around. The example shown was a Dwarven spider mount with two seats. This seemed like it would be useful in Cyrodiil for allies without a maxed out mount or to limit the number of people that need to run Rapids.
We had a glimpse of upcoming crown crates which appeared to be Sovengaard themed.
An article on the DLC went live on the main webpage during ESO Live.

If I missed anything important or got anything wrong, please let me know. You can watch the full episode at www.twitch.tv/bethesda

gp1680 · July 2020

+5 awesomes if I could. Thanks for taking the time to post your notes. Interesting stuff.

Dalsinthus · July 2020

gp1680 wrote: »

+5 awesomes if I could. Thanks for taking the time to post your notes. Interesting stuff.

Thanks! One thing I forgot to note was that the PTS will be up on Monday.

Nairinhe · July 2020

Awesome summary!

Castle Thorn reminded me of Bloodborne, especially with those little viscera blobs

Taleof2Cities · July 2020

Here's another awesome ...

karekiz · July 2020

Dalsinthus wrote: »

[*] Only three bosses in Stone Gardens but each has a hard mode. Not clear what reward was for finishing all bosses on hard mode. Sounds like you need to do the first boss on HM to be able to access HM for the second boss. First time they have tried this in a dungeon.

This is the one thing that confuses me. Why do it for one of the two dungeons, but not both? Weren't people begging for "a third difficulty" for dungeons?

Can only guess its a test to see if adding Normal -> Vet -> Vet HM would make it easier to balance out dungeons for people. Since dungeons such as Unhallowed and icereach were met with disappointment for their general ease, but the opposite for lower end player base <Seriously why did they forget the hook shot for the final boss in unhallowed?>

volkeswagon · July 2020

Are there gonna be new furnishing prints in the writ vendor?

DragonRacer · July 2020

Another awesome here because I had to miss watching the livestream due to a wonderful work Zoom meeting.

Guess what video I'd have much rather been watching? LOL

Dalsinthus · July 2020

volkeswagon wrote: »

Are there gonna be new furnishing prints in the writ vendor?

They didn't say anything about this during the episode as far as I could tell.

scorpius2k1 · July 2020

Excellent post, thank you! I only watched the beginning of the stream because I don't like any dungeon spoilers whatsoever, even what they look like. I definitely missed on some information. Appreciate you OP for taking the time to post such a detailed summary.

Also, here's a link to the live stream:
https://twitch.tv/videos/674773713

Gilvoth · July 2020

the new "multiple rider mount" sounds Awesome!
i Love the idea

Dalsinthus · July 2020

Here's a kind of obvious point I missed: although the dungeons are set in the new chapter, you do not need to own the new chapter to play this DLC. (You do of course need to own the DLC or subscribe to ESO Plus.)

Faulgor · July 2020

Dalsinthus wrote: »

New monster set for Stone Garden: drinking a potion grants you and three allies 44 ultimate.

That actually wasn't a monster set, but a heavy 5pc set. Not sure if it's from Stone Garden, though.

Dalsinthus · July 2020

Faulgor wrote: »

Dalsinthus wrote: »

New monster set for Stone Garden: drinking a potion grants you and three allies 44 ultimate.

That actually wasn't a monster set, but a heavy 5pc set. Not sure if it's from Stone Garden, though.

Really? I totally missed that. Thanks for the correction. Will make a note above. I am confident it was from Stone Garden given the timing that this was presented (while they were touring Stone Garden) and the alchemical theme of that dungeon.

karekiz · July 2020

Faulgor wrote: »

Dalsinthus wrote: »

New monster set for Stone Garden: drinking a potion grants you and three allies 44 ultimate.

That actually wasn't a monster set, but a heavy 5pc set. Not sure if it's from Stone Garden, though.

If only though.....its already good. It could be power overwhelming.

Daemons_Bane · July 2020

Thanks for sharing a review

YandereGirlfriend · July 2020

karekiz wrote: »

Faulgor wrote: »

Dalsinthus wrote: »

New monster set for Stone Garden: drinking a potion grants you and three allies 44 ultimate.

That actually wasn't a monster set, but a heavy 5pc set. Not sure if it's from Stone Garden, though.

If only though.....its already good. It could be power overwhelming.

The Infused Potion Cooldown Argonian Dragonknight with that set and Clever Alchemist will be so awesome!

Malthorne · July 2020

Have another awesome. pathing for housing and multiple seat mounts sound great

Ascarl · July 2020

Awesome, thanks for sharing!