The Elder Scrolls Online

[Akratus]

 

[Ivory Samoan]

I'm usually found, knee deep in the Skooma.

....An ode to Dunmer Life.

 

[Bubbles]

Update 4 is on its way to ESO with tough new challenges. The mysterious tale of Craglorn continues as you and your friends explore a new region of the Adventure Zone and take on the new Trial that awaits you there. You’ll also find a new kind of challenge for your group: the Dragonstar Arena is ready to put the toughest heroes to the test. Watch the video now and prepare for new quests, delves, Trials, and much more in Update 4, slated to launch in September.

No PvP changes announced yet, might come in October/November.



Could this be the Wildstar killer?

 

[Night Goat]

Wildstar is the Wildstar killer.

 

[SuicideBunny]

how long until f2p?

 

[Night Goat]

I don't think it will happen until after the console release. If it did, it would draw attention to the PC version's failure to keep subscribers and adversely impact sales.

 

[balmorar]

This shit was not posted.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-18-elder-scrolls-online-has-775-000-subscribers-report

"A report published by SuperData Research (via GamesIndustry International) claims The Elder Scrolls Online had 772,374 subscribers in June."

 

[taxalot]

It's not saying if it's good or bad news.

 

[balmorar]

If the $200 million development costs rumor was not true then it's kind of good, unfortunately.

 

[Bubbles]

Here's another addition to the official lore:

Spoiler

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

So did this shit stench of a game flopped utterly yet or not?

 

[taxalot]

It didn't, which is kind of fortunate because it's quite a good game.

 

[balmorar]

As a f2p game it would be good but as a p2p game it's garbage.

 

[Zewp]

As a F2P game I would be all over this. I've suppressed the urge to resub for now.

 

[RK47]

C'MON FFS WE ARE GIVING U NEW PETS

WHY AREN'T U STAYING SUBS.
PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS

 

[Bubbles]

They're also making the game more like Skyrim!

Spoiler

 

[RK47]

tri-color pizza. now ive seen everything

 

[Zewp]

Unfortunately, whatever they're doing is working.

I just want it to start flopping and go F2P. I really liked the combat and I don't even know why.

 

[Avellion]

They're also making the game more like Skyrim!

Spoiler

Seems like they are just tacking on system after system to their game, not really sure what their original vision was anymore...

I guess the game truly is worthy of the Elder Scrolls name now.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Unfortunately, whatever they're doing is working.

I just want it to start flopping and go F2P. I really liked the combat and I don't even know why.

The game felt good, especially after the floaty awful shit that was guildwars 2 and wildstar. Those veteran ranks were fucking awful though.

 

[Avellion]

Unfortunately, whatever they're doing is working.

I just want it to start flopping and go F2P. I really liked the combat and I don't even know why.

The game felt good, especially after the floaty awful shit that was guildwars 2 and wildstar. Those veteran ranks were fucking awful though.

For all the trashing I do to the game, I have to give the game credit for at least making magicka, stamina or hell, any resource management relevant again. Far too many modern mmos remove any form of resource management entirely, and those that do keep them have them be so irellevant you might as well not even have them.

This in turn results in combat that is more than just mash whatever skill that isnt on cooldown. Which certainly was the case with Guild Wars 2 and maybe WildStar (I am surprised I even got to level 30 in that game).

 

[Bubbles]

Active player numbers have reportedly plummeted over the past two weeks, likely because "customize your guild banner!" wasn't enough of a draw for a major content update. PvP battlegrounds have also been merged, 3-1 ratio.

Just for posterity, the official patch notes for the first content patch (late May) have 163.2k views, those for the second (late June) 103.5k views, and those for the third (mid-August) 52.6k views.

Here's the content of the next major update, planned for late September:

In this update, we’ve added the upper region of Craglorn for you to explore (six new group delves and three new group instances), plus a new Trial – Sanctum Ophidia. We’ve also added the Dragonstar Arena where you’ll be challenged to defeat 10 stages of monsters with a group of 4. The Veteran Rank cap has also been raised to VR14 to account for these new encounters.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

"The Veteran Rank cap has also been raised to VR14"

 

[abnaxus]

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/03/elder-scrolls-online-layoffs-bethesda-zenimax/

 

[RK47]

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/03/elder-scrolls-online-layoffs-bethesda-zenimax/

"It's normal lah."

The layoffs at ZeniMax Online were confirmed by Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing at publisher Bethesda Softworks.

"As is the norm for games of this type, we had ramped up a large workforce to develop a game of vast scale, and ramped up our customer service to handle the expected questions and community needs of The Elder Scrolls Online at launch," he said in a statement sent to Joystiq. "Now that we are nearly 6 months post launch, we have a thriving online community in a game that runs smoothly."

"We remain strongly committed to The Elder Scrolls Online, and continue to invest heavily to develop new content for PC players, prepare the game for its console launch, and handle our planned expansion into important international territories," he said.

So they lost enough subs to not need the CS staff anymore I guess.
Win-win, guise.

 

[Kane]

Failure is now 'the norm for games of this type'. Well done.

 

[taxalot]

Still enjoying this night after night. As a single player game it is ridiculously, insanely long.