Some of the stuff that we're looking at is also the experience of becoming a werewolf, so that transformation in combat, the Ultimate itself, and looking at how that's managed. Right now on Live it costs a ton of Ultimate in order to transform and then you're given like this timer with this little grey bar underneath your Magicka, which is called "werewolf resource". We're reworking that into making the transition into Werewolf much cheaper so it'll only cost 100 Ultimate. And then it'll drain Ultimate while you're in combat, at like a — I think it's like every 10 seconds it drains another 100 Ultimate — so at the base you're still gonna have the same kind of experience of transforming into a werewolf for around 30 seconds if you don't do anything. But, we're building a ton of other things that help you stay in Werewolf much longer for people who want to do that. We're looking at things like reducing that cost out of combat, so if you're just like trying to run around and RP or like just feel intimidating or hang out with your friends in a house or whatever, you'll be able to sustain that a lot longer. Still keeping things like Call of the Pack, where you feel empowered when playing with other werewolves.

• It will cost 100 Ultimate to transform into a werewolf
• While in combat, you drain another 100 Ultimate every 10 seconds
• ZOS is building other things to help you stay in Werewolf form for much longer
• While not in combat, the cost of remaining in Werewolf form is reduced
• Call of the Pack is still there, which empowers you when playing with other werewolves

• If we're draining Ultimate now, that must mean we can generate Ultimate, otherwise we couldn't extend the timer.
  • The worst case scenario is that we're allowed to reduce the Ultimate drain rate, but not generate any Ultimate. This would make Werewolf have a finite time limit.
• Supposing Call of the Pack continues to reduce the cost of remaining in Werewolf form by 20% for each werewolf and dire wolf in your group, including yourself, up to a maximum of 80%, then at the rate of 100 Ultimate every 10 seconds, we could expect to drain 80/60/40/20 Ultimate every 10 seconds when having 1/2/3/4+ werewolves or dire wolves in our group. At a rate of 20 Ultimate every 10 seconds, we would need to generate 2 or more Ultimate per second to sustain form, which is easily doable since light attacking generates 3 Ultimate per second.
• Blood Rage, Feral Pounce/Carnage, and Devour are the current ways of adding more time to your transformation. I imagine these will be adapted to the Ultimate system, rather than reworked entirely.
• Vengeance: The transition of the "werewolf resource" to the Ultimate system will probably allow Vengeance Werewolf Transformation to be implemented, since it removes the need for a separate resource for tracking the timer value, further optimizing the skill to meet the performance requirements of Vengeance. Additionally, we may be able to sustain Werewolf in Vengeance, given that we can generate Ultimate to extend the transformation time without the use of Werewolf passives (remember that most skill lines do not have passives in Vengeance)
• Companions: We might expect a Companion Werewolf to also drain Ultimate while transformed, meaning Prolific (increases Ultimate generation) might be the best trait for keeping them transformed longer.
• Now that Ultimate is a valuable resource for werewolves, we now need to watch out for (de)buffs like:
  1. Major/Minor Heroism (generates Ultimate)
  2. Minor Timidity (drains Ultimate)
• In general, any mechanics which drain Ultimate (especially found in dungeons like Cradle of Shadows) are now dangerous to werewolves.
• Werewolves getting to have more than zero Ultimate while transformed means various buffs which scale off of the amount of Ultimate reserved (such as the Adaptive Conqueror vision from the Infinite Archive and the Strategic Reserve star from the Fitness Champion Point tree) are now useful.
• Many of the Werewolf-themed sets that are designed around Ultimate generation should now be useful (such as Werewolf Hide and Kraglen's Howl)
• If bonuses which affect the initial cost to transform (such as Shapeshifter's Chain, Salvation, and Pack Leader's Bone Broth) also affect the Ultimate drain, then these bonuses are now far more useful.
  • If not, then they're a little less useful, now that the initial cost has already been substantially reduced.
• The low cost of transforming should mean Werewolf is now a little more viable for playstyles which don't stay in form constantly, and more forgiving for players who are just starting out with Werewolf and struggle to keep form.
• The reduced Ultimate drain out of combat should make it easier to run between keeps in Cyrodiil without losing form, which is a much-requested quality of life improvement.
  • If/when Werewolf gets the ability to sneak, this would also reduce the pressure of seeing your timer drain while waiting for witnesses to move during Thieves Guild Heists and Dark Brotherhood Sacraments.
• Other passives that generate Ultimate (such as Nord's "Stalwart" passive, Living Death's "Corpse Consumption" passive when proc'd with Devour, Siphoning's "Catalyst" passive, or Emperor's "Authority" passive) are now useful, as well as the Decisive trait on the weapons that you transform with.
• Certain zones which pause your timer (such as The Hunting Grounds in the Hircine's Gift quest, the Hunter's Glade home when in the glade itself, and the area around the 6 Werewolf shrines in the game) would need to set your Ultimate drain to zero to mimic the old functionality.