YES! More Morrowind

Hi! Seems like you are reading the feedback (yay) so here is some feedback and questions.

Excited about: Hermaeus Mora and the setting and getting a new class. I enjoyed one of the little quests we had so much that one of the first times I spent gems was on the eyeball pet. So I'm happy with the whole creepy, unknown knowledge theme and floating books and a class tied to it. I'm not such a purist that I need my class to be tied to a traditional class (I came here for the MMO and stayed for the lore). I do like the lore to make sense and not contradict itself.

Medium about: The new companions. So far I like the choice and description of them. Just honestly, it feels too soon for two more. I just got Bastian to max level, am working on Ember, haven't touched Isobel yet, and really I have now learned it's best to switch to the "right" companion for the right zone so the dailies help grind the reputation faster. But I'd like to finish Isobel first. Really they are just SUCH a grind. I feel like two more could have waited until next year. Also I keep hoping we'll keep getting QoL enhancements for them and the older ones as you work on them, like better management of their gear. But for what they are, if they're coming, I'm happy with them.

Concerned and have questions about:

• Does endless dungeon mean with another player(s) or only NPC/Companion(s)? Lots of assumptions floating around here, like maybe it is duo content, but I'm concerned with the word "buddy." I'd like confirmation ASAP that this isn't solo only content, if it isn't, so I can get more excited about it.
• Getting a new class combined with additional character slots is the first admission of any kind that ZOS is still supportive of alts, although that's still just by inferring and not an outright statement. However, playing alts are a lot less fun now with the map progress still being broken and no in-game "to do" list to repeat more challenging content in a different class role. The issue with the map thread was stickied here on the forums and then un-stickied without resolution or comment! It's frustrating. Now that we are getting a new class and new slots, could we get any kind of acknowledgement about whether the map progress will be fixed and that you've heard our desire for better character tracking with some kind of log? Playing an arcanist? Fun. Making an arcanist and being able to work through speed modes, hard modes, etc. in dungeons again while learning the new class? Way way more fun (for me).
• On the flip side, the people who are asking about class changes are making a fair point and I think that should be addressed in the same Q&A/topic/whatever if you choose to acknowledge. AwA + Armory should make it so that mostly people who don't want to level new characters don't need to. Except now, without a class change token, they will to enjoy the class. Which means neither side will be really happy/have needs met. It would be fantastic if you would address both viewpoints with the rollout of the new class. I would be sincerely impressed. Let's see class change tokens, and fixes to the map, and a better character progress log!
• I am frustrated with the stream giveaways. I work, I'm busy. Twice now I've tried to join but missed out because I was working, remembered last minute, and only watched enough to meet half of the requirement for the drop. I re-watched later, as soon as I could. Yes I have more mounts and emotes and pets than I know what to do with, but it's still frustrating.

That's all I have but I'll edit if I come up with anything else.

IronWooshu wrote: »

I love the Dunmer and the location but I was really hoping for new skills lines for all pre existing classes like a new melee weapon and or stave, even spellcrafting or another skill line like the Psijic Skill line. Since I am not an alt player I would be essentially paying full price for a chapter sized zone and new story because I don't want to start a new class; I want to play my main.

Issues with starting a new class:
- Mount Learning (180 days) (Or paying you guys more money for books)
- Trait Crafting Learning (3 months)
- Having to run thru all old zone story quests for skill points
- Paying you guys more money to buy crystal shards to get all skill points
- Paying you guys more money to learn all old guild skill lines

If you see the theme here, a new class is a cash grab. It's for new players or for those who can't dedicate themselves to a main and or are alt-a-holics in which case will never complete the new class by dedicating it as their main by doing everything anyways.

I'm not trying to take the fun away from those who enjoy new classes but for those of us who are attached to our mains for the last decade and have most motifs, mount fully upgraded and all traits learned with every skill point and Emperor titles, why can't we get new skill lines to further enhance the old classes?

This is the problem right here.

Im excited for a new class and plan to make a stamarc, but there are a few disappointing parts to adding a new class

For one its frustrating having to upgrade mount speed, crafting and all the skill lines again and now have to save the crowns I get from paying for eso plus for skyshards and skill lines (whos really trying to level up mages guild again?). This can be the perfect time to implement account wide mount upgrades or even better a class change token (seems like it will never happen) since majority of people that will play the new class will be existing eso players (people won’t start playing eso for the first time just because of a new class). Since class change token is most likely not a option, it should be an option for the first week the class is released to be able to change classes.

Secondly its going to add more work when it comes to balancing classes which people already complain about. This doesn’t really bother me since I mostly play pve and complete vet trials with people of all classes but people do talk about balancing especially in pvp.

Even with these small flaws I still like how the class is looking.

A new class was absolutely the most requested feature.

I'm not a massive fan of the dark elf areas, or their intestinal towers, but I am excited for this chapter.

Most excited for: portal magic and visiting Hermie's domain

Almost as excited for: that crazy mount with a mouth for a neck, and floating daedra books with bite

Least excited for: the wait until this is released. %)

Hopeful for: an actual fix for the lag in pvp land

Worried about: combat changes that make combat much less exciting.

Kudos folks, I'm all in.

Very disappointed with this update, I really wanted some pvp improvements to return to eso.

As much as a new class and area sound cool, the reality is another zone I can one shot all enemies with no difficulty.

Do we have to wait another year for pvp...

No new Casterweaponry
No new Skill-Lines for existing classes
No Difficultyrevamp / no Telegraphrevamp.
Basically nothing for existing characters.
So really nothing that would make me play ESO again.

Oh, and no announcement that you removed predatory monetization (aka Loot Crates) from the game, even though they are one of the biggest controversies in todays gaming. Will you really wait until all countries catch up and ban them?

Hesperax79 wrote: »

Do not forget: you will nit have new character slot. You can buy not 18 but 20.

They said that they will gift 1 with every purchase of the new chapter. And you can buy more if needed, up until at most 20 slots in total are available.

Is there anyone else who finds the reduction of game content concerning? I've just read in one of the latest articles (already thought I heard it on the stream, wasn't completely sure though, but now it's confirmed) on the main page that this summer's chapter is supposed to have only 30 hours of content. Normally, it were 50 hours and the Q4 story dlc, which is now removed completely, had 30. So this main chapter will only have the scope the smaller winter dlc had before. The price, of course, was not reduced.

Despite my selection, I am still excited. The only downside for me is that, instead of a new skill line that everyone can use, we got a (really cool looking) new class. This is disappointing for people who already have mains they are not willing to abandon, due to lack of class change.

Honestly haven't seen enough to build an opinion. So I just have a couple of random comment:

New class is for sure a big thing. I like it.
New zone looks same-ish to Vvardenfell.
More companions, meh.
Super-crafting stations are awesome.
Endless dungeon, not sure what that means. Could be a kind of story mode?
No word about EU hardware replacement.


So, Nokron will be better that High Isle. By how much is still to be seen...

Elsonso wrote: »

Sigh.

Very disappointing. Not really in what is being released, but with the ritual blackout of information. Nothing on the upcoming DLC that is releasing in just a few weeks. Very little information about the new class. Very little information about the last half of the year.

It was pretty much a waste of my time. Do better next year, please.

What we should get:

What we got:

Because we get class updates and quality of life updates each chapter.

New sets, housing too

FeedbackOnly wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

Sigh.

Very disappointing. Not really in what is being released, but with the ritual blackout of information. Nothing on the upcoming DLC that is releasing in just a few weeks. Very little information about the new class. Very little information about the last half of the year.

It was pretty much a waste of my time. Do better next year, please.

What we should get:

What we got:

Because we get class updates and quality of life updates each chapter.

New sets, housing too

Yeah, and I am sure when ZOS reads my comment, they are confused too. The point is that each quarter, LOTRO is getting a list of updates, including events, changes, new features, and all of them are listed out. Sure, not detailed, but it is there. What ESO gets are a couple words that don't say anything at all. This show was a 2023 story reveal, and they did the absolute minimum, then called it a day.

They wasted everyone's time. They really told us nothing that could not have been done in a tweet, not that I am suggesting that be the course of action. However, it would have been cheaper than assembling that set. It probably took them longer to assemble and disassemble than the time they were actually standing there.

Now they are promising more information, but that show was when they had their chance to do exactly that, and they didn't. They know what is going on in 3Q and 4Q. They are not still making the big decisions. They are teasing instead of informing.

People like me, disillusioned by mistakes of the past, bolstered by poor communication from the studio and publisher, were looking for information that would answer questions and concerns. They didn't even follow through on what Firor said last month.

They wasted my time. I am not amused.

1) The Necrom chapters feels fun. What the presentation has completely failed to make a point of is, whether it will be sized like the previous "chapter AND subsequent DLC" in terms of content, and the impression is, "nope".

2) The poll asks how we feel about the "upcoming Necrom chapter". With a lot of the pre-reveal focus on the "new system", it totally failed to deliver. First, from the comments here and elsewhere, MOST of the players feel the "new system" refers to the new Arcanist class. It was very easy to miss during the reveal that it is not, that the system is the infinite dungeon, but...
a) That has nothing to do with the Necrom CHAPTER (at least, from the info we were given);
b) The theme and the timing feels in some way a rip-off of the recent AC: Valhalla's "The Forgotten Saga", not something original;
c) There was next to no information on it, including it missing a few crucial parts. Like, if it's infinite, would we have an ability to "save" the progress there, go back overland, then resume from the point we have left? This is especially important for an online-only game.

3) As many others noted, adding new characters (in this case, the new class) feels a lot like a chore, given the need to quest all over the same content. Add the fact that the Zone Guide feature is pretty botched (not giving you an ability to pick and track quests easily, and missing some quests altogether) and the necessity to grind out quest lines and/or shards for skill points (yes, the shards can be bought for crowns) and it feels more like a down than an up. Again, as many others have noted... Give us the class change tokens, and it'd work.

4) The QoL/bugfix part. It was barely mentioned in passing. Will there be an actual bugtraq/equivalent? Some of the major bugs have been reported for YEARS, and are not even acknowledged. Others have been even acknowledged, again, for YEARS, but nothing is done -- e.g., the infamous Pale Order lead (see https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/52262/track/APOElQr7Dv8W~ej8Gs8e~yINiRkqVS75Mv9d~zj~PP_U -- it keeps getting "updated" on a pretty regular basis, the latest "update" at this time is 12/16/2022, but nothing has changed there since the very beginning -- I had a ticket opened about being unable to obtain it back in November '20, just days after Markarth dropped) or the Rite of the Scion book that has vanished when vampires were redone, and wasn't fixed since May '20.

Overall, the feel is that the ball might not have been dropped, but is definitely half-way to the floor with the hands frenetically grabbing it.