is there a new zone this year?

aza_sel · January 29

I ve got cataract and it will take about 2 months until surgery, my sight is blurred, so my question is:
is there a new zone this year or dintd i find the hint in the roadmap?
thanks for answers

lillybit · January 29

We don't know. When they were asked their answer was "we aren't ready to talk about that yet" so maybe?

aza_sel · January 29

ah,, thanks

robwolf666 · January 29

Winter(hold) is coming!

Maybe...

Warhawke_80 · January 29

I'm hopeful for Winterhold...of Course I've been hopeful for Winterhold since 2015...

rothan117 · January 29

I don't see much chance of a new zone this year, they have too many other things on their agenda this year and they suffered staff cuts so their resources are more limited.

aza_sel · January 29

i hoped for whiterun

but that doesnt look good, so i think i know, ill save money this year

tomofhyrule · January 29

aza_sel wrote: »

i hoped for whiterun
but that doesnt look good, so i think i know, ill save money this year

On that note, all future new zones will be free.

The thing they’re going to be selling is mostly cosmetics.

Sotha_Sil · January 29

I think ZOS_Kevin said there will not be new zones this year. Sad.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Sadras wrote: »

But a whole year without a story.

While we will not have a zone questline this year, we will have new quests and stories to tell.

aza_sel · January 29

Im interested in housing, so you need style mats, usually

, thats why id like to buy the zones, ok, ive changes my eso plus from 6 month to 1 year

i m not interested in dungeons (1 time is enogh) or pvp
but it looks like cosmetics

zaria · January 29

Sotha_Sil wrote: »

I think ZOS_Kevin said there will not be new zones this year. Sad.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Sadras wrote: »

But a whole year without a story.

While we will not have a zone questline this year, we will have new quests and stories to tell.

Sheogorath, make me think of shivering isles, replayed Oblivion this year.
And thief guild, feel the quest line is finished, but you could always add another quest line.
I managed to get into this playing Oblivion long ago, almost fell off my chair.
https://i.imgur.com/NmfY3Hv.jpeg
It might be possible to force this using command humanoid on Lex putting him in the throne room then the gray fox came out.
Its not an hostile spell, I tried to get Sheogorath off the shivering isles but he would not pass trough the portal

AvalonRanger · February 1

No new story quest?
Then, I can't find any reason paying more money for the ESO actually....

wolfie1.0. · February 1

AvalonRanger wrote: »

No new story quest?
Then, I can't find any reason paying more money for the ESO actually....

The said there is no announcement of new zones. Not new quests.

You also dont have to pay for eso main content anymore.

Chaos2088 · February 1

Well they are adding Western Skyrim to the base game in season 2, - why that zone?.........dun dun dun. hehe

Abelon · February 1

wolfie1.0. wrote: »

AvalonRanger wrote: »

No new story quest?
Then, I can't find any reason paying more money for the ESO actually....

The said there is no announcement of new zones. Not new quests.

You also dont have to pay for eso main content anymore.

Well... You do have to pay for most of the previous main content, unless you already bought it. As for new content, you don't have to pay for new eso main content, because new eso main content (as we knew it) won't exist anymore. Because there will be no more chapters. I'd say that's what most people understand by "main content" and this is a thread for people who are asking about how the new seasonal model works, so that seems worth clarifying. Neither will DLCs exist in the form we had them, including dungeons, which I guess one might also consider part of eso "main content."

But they will be doing smaller questlines like whatever the Thieves Guild quests will be, that are mentioned on the roadmap. And you don't have to pay for those. But they do not come with zones and are obviously not of the same size as chapter questlines, for obvious reasons. Which is probably what the commenter meant when they mentioned "no new story quest."

Abelon · February 1

aza_sel wrote: »

Im interested in housing, so you need style mats, usually , thats why id like to buy the zones, ok, ive changes my eso plus from 6 month to 1 year
i m not interested in dungeons (1 time is enogh) or pvp
but it looks like cosmetics

There is no new zone this year. Whenever there will be a new zone (potentially Winterhold maybe next year) you will not have to pay for it. Just in case you thought you need ESO+ for it. You don't. There are no new dungeons this year. Cosmetics are in the new battle passes which you pay for separately.

Silaf · February 1

I hope the developers could be clear and officially answer this question.
It's a fundamental point for those wanting to renew eso+.

With 125 euro i can nearly purchase 2 AAA games worth of content so a new zone doesn't seem an unrealistic request for it.
The new improvements are good and all and eso plus give other benefits but if you don't have anything to do...
Grind need to be mixed with new quests otherwise becomes boring and new quests require a new zone.

LunaFlora · February 1

Silaf wrote: »

I hope the developers could be clear and officially answer this question.
It's a fundamental point for those wanting to renew eso+.

With 125 euro i can nearly purchase 2 AAA games worth of content so a new zone doesn't seem an unrealistic request for it.
The new improvements are good and all and eso plus give other benefits but if you don't have anything to do...
Grind need to be mixed with new quests otherwise becomes boring and new quests require a new zone.

we are getting new story quests related to Thieves Guild and Sheogorath.

picture from the January 7 livestream.

and as Hew's Bane, Orsinium, and Gold Coast will be part of base game with update 49, there are more areas that zos can use for extra quests.
Western Skyrim will be base game in season 2 (update 51 or 52). So imagine we get a Nord or Orc companion after that, their quests could be in Orsinium and Western Skyrim instead of only 2014 zones and Vvardenfell.

new quests do not require new zones. And it is not as if we are never getting new zones, Night Market is a zone technically.

Soarora · February 1

Silaf wrote: »

I hope the developers could be clear and officially answer this question.
It's a fundamental point for those wanting to renew eso+.

With 125 euro i can nearly purchase 2 AAA games worth of content so a new zone doesn't seem an unrealistic request for it.
The new improvements are good and all and eso plus give other benefits but if you don't have anything to do...
Grind need to be mixed with new quests otherwise becomes boring and new quests require a new zone.

Any new quest zones would be accessible without ESO+, the only monetization going forward is crown store and the cosmetic content pass, as far as we know.

virtus753 · February 1

LunaFlora wrote: »

new quests do not require new zones. And it is not as if we are never getting new zones, Night Market is a zone technically.

Night Market is only accessible on a temporary basis. It is not a new zone in the sense that any other new zone has been, and anything time-locked is absolutely not what I would think if I were looking for value and asking about a “new zone.” Even if it is brought back from time to time, it will not be available on the same basis as previous content.

This type of content that gets taken away at the end of a season is directly contrary to what ZOS said a year ago when they first discussed “seasonal content”:

Threads like this (linked below), assuring us that new content would stay forever, have not aged well because the official plan clearly changed — and may well change again. This uncertainty from the constantly and rapidly shifting nature of promises and content is just not what I’m looking for as a player or investor. It feels alienating and problematic.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/670720/seasonal-content-seasonal-scheduled-content

laniakea_0 · February 1

zone-wise, they only thing they seem to have planned is the Night Market. a new "event zone" that will be available during season 0 and then again at the end of the year during season 2. aside from that, I think the new story content they have planned for season 1 is going to be set in existing zones.

Soarora · February 1

virtus753 wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

new quests do not require new zones. And it is not as if we are never getting new zones, Night Market is a zone technically.

Night Market is only accessible on a temporary basis. It is not a new zone in the sense that any other new zone has been, and anything time-locked is absolutely not what I would think if I were looking for value and asking about a “new zone.” Even if it is brought back from time to time, it will not be available on the same basis as previous content.

This type of content that gets taken away at the end of a season is directly contrary to what ZOS said a year ago when they first discussed “seasonal content”:

Threads like this (linked below), assuring us that new content would stay forever, have not aged well because the official plan clearly changed — and may well change again. This uncertainty from the constantly and rapidly shifting nature of promises and content is just not what I’m looking for as a player or investor. It feels alienating and problematic.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/670720/seasonal-content-seasonal-scheduled-content

I think it vastly depends on if Night Market becomes an occasional thing (like DLC celebration events) or a repeating thing (like holiday events). I would hope that it becomes a repeating thing if not permanent with faction resets per patch like PvP.

lillybit · February 2

It's not permanent but the first run is still lasting 6 weeks. That's much longer than most people spend in a new zone. They haven't ruled out it becoming permanent in the future if it goes down well either.

Silaf · February 2

Still no new zone for a year... i remember when we got a big zone, a small zone and 2 dlc.

AlexanderDeLarge · February 2

This is going to be a hot take on this forum but I've been begging ZOS to slow down and revisit older content and systems. Do I want the map 100% filled out? Absolutely, but not at the expense of a stagnant worldspace where previous zones and systems are abandoned the moment they release in favor of the next big thing™

A year or two spent on housekeeping tasks is long overdue.

LunaFlora · February 2

virtus753 wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

new quests do not require new zones. And it is not as if we are never getting new zones, Night Market is a zone technically.

Night Market is only accessible on a temporary basis. It is not a new zone in the sense that any other new zone has been, and anything time-locked is absolutely not what I would think if I were looking for value and asking about a “new zone.” Even if it is brought back from time to time, it will not be available on the same basis as previous content.

This type of content that gets taken away at the end of a season is directly contrary to what ZOS said a year ago when they first discussed “seasonal content”:

Threads like this (linked below), assuring us that new content would stay forever, have not aged well because the official plan clearly changed — and may well change again. This uncertainty from the constantly and rapidly shifting nature of promises and content is just not what I’m looking for as a player or investor. It feels alienating and problematic.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/670720/seasonal-content-seasonal-scheduled-content

Night Market does not get taken away forever.
Some other games do have time limited content that never returns.
We already know it returns in season 2 and that it could become permanent in the future.

i know the Event Zone is not permanently available (yet), but it will be available more than our yearly recurring events like Jester's Festival and New Life Festival.

it is a new zone in the sense that it is a new zone. Regardless of it being a new type of zone that is available every other season.

We are also getting a mid sized PvP space eventually, probably not like other zones either but a zone anyways.

heimdall14_9 · February 2

for them saying there will never be any more paid content go re watch the live as the older female said fast and side handed that some content could still end up being paid content not everything going forward will be free......

https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/clip/SullenEnergeticTurtleTheRinger-vTTc3ipJxVwYEGKl

there i dont it for you

lillybit · February 2

heimdall14_9 wrote: »

for them saying there will never be any more paid content go re watch the live as the older female said fast and side handed that some content could still end up being paid content not everything going forward will be free......

https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/clip/SullenEnergeticTurtleTheRinger-vTTc3ipJxVwYEGKl

there i dont it for you

What she said was "There will be some paid content that we'll talk about later"

Pretty sure she meant the battle pass because that's pretty much all they talked about later

Edit because I can't type!

twisttop138 · February 2

lillybit wrote: »

heimdall14_9 wrote: »

for them saying there will never be any more paid content go re watch the live as the older female said fast and side handed that some content could still end up being paid content not everything going forward will be free......

https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/clip/SullenEnergeticTurtleTheRinger-vTTc3ipJxVwYEGKl

there i dont it for you

What she said was "There will be some paid content that we'll talk about later"

Pretty sure she meant the battle pass because that's pretty much all they talked about later

Edit because I can't type!

Well, they could've meant the battle pass. Back in the beginning, all dlc was supposed to be included in ESO plus. Then they redefined DLC so they could charge us money for chapters. Now at the time, I remember being a little bummed out but the first chapter blew me away and was worth my 40 or 50 dollars. But the point being, they have played loose with the definitions of things to charge for stuff they said would be free. We'll just have to see.

heimdall14_9 · February 2

lillybit wrote: »

heimdall14_9 wrote: »

for them saying there will never be any more paid content go re watch the live as the older female said fast and side handed that some content could still end up being paid content not everything going forward will be free......

https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/clip/SullenEnergeticTurtleTheRinger-vTTc3ipJxVwYEGKl

there i dont it for you

What she said was "There will be some paid content that we'll talk about later"

Pretty sure she meant the battle pass because that's pretty much all they talked about later

Edit because I can't type!

we can all take it how we'd like myself i take it that there may come an time when they are going to have paid content other then just always being battle pass and the battle pass aint content its cosmetic and an choice to buy or not if content is placed in it it then becomes more then an choice and becomes an must have

lillybit · February 2

heimdall14_9 wrote: »

lillybit wrote: »

heimdall14_9 wrote: »

for them saying there will never be any more paid content go re watch the live as the older female said fast and side handed that some content could still end up being paid content not everything going forward will be free......

https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/clip/SullenEnergeticTurtleTheRinger-vTTc3ipJxVwYEGKl

there i dont it for you

What she said was "There will be some paid content that we'll talk about later"

Pretty sure she meant the battle pass because that's pretty much all they talked about later

Edit because I can't type!

we can all take it how we'd like myself i take it that there may come an time when they are going to have paid content other then just always being battle pass and the battle pass aint content its cosmetic and an choice to buy or not if content is placed in it it then becomes more then an choice and becomes an must have

It's content in that it's a new system. It gives cosmetics the same way antiquities gives furnishings for example. The system isn't the same as the reward.

You're entitled to your opinion but it it's been said several times by devs here on the forum that new content, such as zones and systems, will all be free from now on.

Could this change? Of course. Nothing stays the same forever, the gaming industry as a whole adopts new things and ESO has to adapt or be left behind. But they've been very clearly saying under the current model this is how it will work