I'm okay with the slowdown because we need something other than new patrons. That already has gotten to be a bit too much, IMO. Hopefully we get some new feature/mechanic to refresh the game.

While they had not directly responded to Eidetic complaints/asks for comment, the new pts had a good start for longstanding Eidetic issues (and hopefully they add more before the pts cycle ends) and I take that as a good sign for other systems that have yet to get commentary. It is worth noting also that while it does not list ToT as a source, the Alessian Rebel style on the pts seems to be a preview confirmation of them continuing the Tales of Tribute related outfit styles (which good because we only had 3/12 so far and it would be a good way to source new styles/motifs this year). The bad news is they are currently listed as rewards for some of the new overland encounters instead.
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While I too would still like something tangible in terms of a reply, I'm hoping that this might mean silence means they might be quietly working on some stuff already. Still, at least on the new patron support it would be nice to have a "not at this time" quote to reference such as what they did for new races, classes, etc, especially since I think it would have been cool to make decks related to the Night Market patrons for additional stuff (maybe in a future rerun?).

I do agree it feels like they have a lot of ways they could support ToT this year without major effort or shifting teams off other more urgent matters and I hope we see them do that. I'm also aware their hands are slightly tied until High Isle is base game so maybe we get some more attention after that.

I too, would really love to hear /anything/ about ToT, even if it is on the shelf for the forseeable future.

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I don't think the feature has been abandoned but to be frank (although I'd like to be Steve) about it, the devs are currently busy overhauling alot of different things such as the recently added Overland difficulty to PVP in Cyrodill and other long overdue changes.

I personally don't mind waiting a year or two for a new deck. Im an avid ToT player but it's more of a side feature than anything.

I don’t mind that we’re getting nothing (okay, I do mind, but that’s not the point), but at least I would like to have some clarity.

Why is it so difficult to just say no? Tales of Tribute was nowhere to be seen during directs (unless I missed it or don’t recall anymore), so I don’t even think it will be a surprise release or whatever.

I just think we (few) ToT players shouldn’t be completely ignored or left out and get an update on the state of Tales.

In addition to new/seasonal ToT content, what would help players engage with it is adding High Isle to the basegame, but at this rate that's still years and years away (if it ever happened).

ToT dialogue refers to Gonfalon Bay and has a very expensive voice actor, so it's hard to make ToT alone part of basegame. Luckily, they maybe anticipated this for Scribing and were able to keep that separate. But ToT is sort of locked.

It would be nice if the whole tutorial and ability to play were unlocked completely from the group menu like dungeons and battlegrounds. Especially if it meant not needing to start the quest on new characters.