Not sure which thread to put this in, so here we are. A new trailer for the 'Reforging Orsinium' DLC - Apologies if it doesn't work, you know how YouTube is.

Try this if it didn't work:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LP4EDN99c



** I'm still waiting for the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood, I know it is supposed to be coming.

Nice to see the orcs getting some love. Some neat looking critters in there. I especially liked the giantess at the end (at least I think she was a she, not really sure).

That was the one I liked best too; but I'll bet her (his?) roar does a LOT of damage if it hits you! I learned really quickly in ESO to roll and dodge when some being starts shouting in your face like that. (but I think it is really cool when they do it!) Even the bats can stun you for a few seconds with their piercing screech.

Those transformer-type Dwemer robots are awful to fight, their top half spins with the arms outstretched, and it chops through a line of Players doing that. I hate them!

I'm most excited about the new outfits. I spied some nice looking Dwemer style gear. Also, that bear mount and bear cub pet looked adorable.

It'll be interesting to see how they fit Orsinium into the game, since other alliances (Ebonheart Pact and Aldmeri Dominion) won't want to help the Orcs.

That bear vanity pet was adorable! And the armor did look pretty awesome.

I was wondering that too, but it might be like that Orc fort in Skyrim where they don't trust you at first; but depending on how you treat them or how much help you are, eventually a close bond forms.

It was the same way for my Daggerfall characters and the Orc in Betony - they hadn't joined the Alliance yet because they were distrustful of any non-Orc. But by the end of the questline, it genuinely felt like there was a bond between the Player and the Orc there.

I noticed in the towns and cities in Cyrodiil - the average citizen didn't give a hoot what Alliance or race you were, they just wanted help and for the wars to end. And they would take help from anyone willing to give it.

I have completed all the quests for Cheydinhal and Bruma, and a couple in Chorrol and Cropsford so far; all places that were well within the opposing Alliance's territory - and the only ones attacking me in these towns (other than one Player vs Player attack in Cheydinhal) was the guards for that town. When I fought the guards, no one in the town jumped in to help the guard except other guards. The people in the town were just relieved to have someone they could turn to willing to listen and help.

I'd say that is how Orsinium will be; but it will be odd if the Player doesn't earn some brownie points with the Orc race (despite Alliance lines) after helping them save their (usurped) homeland.

Yeah you're probably right. Just seems odd that Haa Rei will be helping to strengthen Orsinium, and in turn strengthening the Daggerfall Covenant. Unless the new found strength lets the Orcs be a bit more independent

Anyway, here's a more detailed breakdown of what's actually coming. There's a big ol' patch (about 10GB) alongside the DLC. http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/222124/

I've got well over 100 gig on this game on my harddrive already, urk.

Quick question: how to the costumes work? Do they give the appearance of the costume worn over your equipped armor, or do they replace the armor? I’m wondering if all the Nord dudes I see in their wedding gowns are really running around with no armor or if they’re just disguising their kit for the purpose of humor/roleplaying/PvP.



Edit: Aha, they work just like the “disguises” in their own slot. Makes sense.

It is just a disguise, and really works in Cyrodiil for hiding your armor so other Alliance members really don't know what you have when they attack you.

You still have all the benefits of your armor but it just doesn't show. And it works for all the "costumes" - I have one that makes my character look like a goblin; another that makes her look like a skeleton (complete with clacking sound when walking) etc.

It's hard to figure out which thread this question belongs in, but this looks closest.

The Crystal Tower is toppled by the invading Daedra during the Oblivion Crisis. Since ESO is set before that, it should still be standing on the main island of the Summerset Isles, near Cloudrest. I only see references to it in the UESP Arena notes. Can you see it in ESO?

I answered my own question about visiting it from the UESP site. The main island doesn't seem to be accessible. But since you can see the mainland from the tower, you should be able to see the tower from the mainland, let alone the island you can visit.

Since the only playable area in the Summerset Isles right now is the small island of Auridon (Firsthold and Skywatch) - you can't play it yet; but I suspect they plan to add the main island as a DLC later on. There is too much history there for it to be ignored; and I've heard that the developers were discussing it.

An area that size would probably require its own servers like Cyrodiil does.

Info about upcoming stuff for ESO this year: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/ne...-the-year-ahead

Of particular interest is this section:

"As we have already announced, we will be launching a big update, including the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, during the first quarter of this year - expect it on the PTS (Public Test Server) in early February. It is a lot of fun and introduces some new gameplay elements as well as the story content. The update will also include a ton of updates and fixes to the core game, including support for 64-bit clients. Stay tuned for more details later this month.

The Dark Brotherhood DLC game pack and update will come in the second quarter. It will be set on the Gold Coast of Cyrodiil (around the towns of Anvil and Kvatch), and will contain some new gameplay elements and story content. We'll release more information about it when we get a little closer to debuting it on the PTS.

We do have plans for DLC after Dark Brotherhood, but you'll have to wait for details.

Besides the major DLC packs, other features we are working on include scrolling combat text (which will go live with the Thieves Guild DLC in Q1), character nameplates, the ability for console players to display their character name instead of their PSN ID/XBL Gamertag, among others. Longer term, expect to see information about systems like a character customization shop so you can change your character's gender, appearance, name, etc., player housing, and other systems that we'll announce in the future. We'll have much more information about all of these as the year progresses."

Thanks for the update, hazmick!

WOO HOO !!!!!!! The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood !!!!


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for the news update, hazmick! I’m delighted that the name over Jerric’s head will someday be his own instead of mine.

The Thieves Guild is great news for Lildereth. She has been having a terribly frustrating time. She has a long list of unfinished quests that have to be resolved in open combat, and she can’t manage it on her own. Treasure hunting and petty theft are about the only things the game offers for her right now. If not for the occasional blond stranger rushing out of nowhere to save her butt she would have quit on me! (That and she loves her ESO hair.)

I have seen a lot of people who will probably be happy about the makeover shop.

What is scrolling combat text?

The specifics vary between games but essentially it's combat information (damage done, attacks used, status effects etc.) displayed somewhere on the screen. Most MMOs use it, and some RPGs too (Dragon Age Origins, for example).

Some games put the combat text in the chat box, some have a separate text box for it, and others have the info floating above the head of whichever enemy or player is taking damage. Not sure exactly how ESO will implement it.

It basically makes it easier to see how effective your attacks are and what's going on in a fight.

Thank you, hazmick! That sounds important for PvP. I was trying to imagine how I was supposed to type messages to people while I was engaged in combat.

There is an ESO mod out already that does this, and is really popular. I did not like it at all, it kind of killed the immersion of gameplay to have the stats floating around my character in combat; plus distracted my concentration (usually at a time when it was critical that I be focusing on the fight, lol).

So it got removed within minutes of being installed.







That is exactly why I use TeamSpeak on the PC game. Doesn't the console games have something like "XBox Live" where you have the ability to use voice interaction in game automatically?

That first part - Lots of mods and add-ons from PC will be getting made 'official' and brought over to consoles. Can't let you guys have all the good stuff

The second part - Not sure how it works on PS4, but on Xbox you can indeed use voice chat, which is either 'by area' or 'by guild'. Honestly I'd rather jump into a pool of Slaughterfish than speak to people on Xbox LIVE. Lots of folks have been asking for text chat on consoles.

I've had really good luck with the type of people I've met on TeamSpeak playing ESO; and even sometimes kept the headset on and continued talking to them after shutting the game down for the night - like that sweet Aussie girl I played ESO with most of the time. We talked for hours on TeamSpeak even when not playing on the game, it was better than the telephone.

Some of those people made me special armors and gave them to me as gifts, etc. - Really awesome people.

But that said, I know what you mean about XBox Live. I have heard some really bad attitudes/jerky behavior/trolling/flaming/etc. on there when my son used to play on it. He (my son) made the mistake of being a smart ass on there one time, got a short suspension from XBox and a long suspension from playing on his XBox at all from me - never did that again.

Yes, but I rarely use it. In towns it’s typically a bunch of guys talking about random things while some kid keeps asking if anyone wants to buy their motif book over and over with babies crying and dogs barking in the background, so I turn it off. I know it’s great for player-to-player communication, but I still haven’t given up being focused on the characters.

In dungeons people can still manage to get their point across through their characters. One elf who was following Jerric got frustrated with his wandering and hit him a couple of times with her healing staff to get him to turn around and follow her. She took him to a somewhat hidden chamber that he might not have found on his own and they both got the dungeon cleared after that fight. Cue cheering emote and jumping around from the elf, hand-to-heart and traditional post-battle toast with flagon from Jerric.

Lil uses the whistle emote and then come-here wave to get people to follow her. The hotkeyed emote wheel makes it easy.

Bold: What a great description!

I love those emotes, they add so much to the game!

More info on The Thieves Guild expansion http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/ne...uild-first-look

Highlights:

-Hew's Bane, a new zone available to characters of all levels and home of Abah's Landing, the Thieves Guild headquarters, located in the southern peninsula of Hammerfell.

-The addition of new criminal activities.

-A new passive skill line exclusive to members of the Thieves Guild.

-Unique costumes, motifs, and item sets inspired by the devious Thieves Guild.

Now you're talking !!!!!!!!!! I have saved 9500 crown points, going to buy this DLC !!!!!


(If I ever get to play again, lol).

Yay, I’m looking forward to this! My elf loves the shadows.

Except for “Tons of combat and gameplay balance changes.” *palms face* I guess re-learning game mechanics every few months is just one of the joys of an MMO. Maybe there will be a boon for Nightblade archers, like some worthwhile self-healing. Every little quest is a terrible struggle for Lil. The advice I have gotten so far is “you should have made her be a Sorcerer.” Also “you should have made her be a Templar.”

Thank you for the update, hazmick!

That is one of the things I have not been happy about at all in ESO = having to rebuild my character every time they add a DLC or major update. Really ticks me off that they install the DLC on everyone's game whether they want it or not, then only turn it on if the person orders it = makes no sense to do it that way.

And having to rebuild my character for all their updates was getting on my nerves, I would just get them where they were doing well and suddenly *poof* having to start rebuilding all over. And I don't remember where each one was in their build at the time.

The Sorcerers are extremely weak; but have powerful spells and conjures. The Templars are all around powerful; great spells and mighty fighters.

The Nightblades used to be best for long range fighting; healing themselves; and fairly tough in combat because their spells remove health from the enemy and give it to them - USED TO. Now the developers have changed that so that it gives the Nightblade Magicka or Stamina instead of health; which is making the Nightblade a weak character (where they used to be one of the strongest).

Dragon Knights are the toughest fighters for tanking; have to fight face to face because their spells don't carry long range; but their spells are extremely powerful, and they are the toughest as far as ability to take a licking and keep on ticking.

I have managed to kill several players and NPC's of all classes with my Nightblade; but the toughest to fight and the ones I almost always lost to was the Dragon Knight.

Here’s a general question: is this character a vampire? Does anyone know if there’s a remedy for looking so hideous?

As far as I could tell from searching the question you have to feed every 30 minutes or so to stay at stage 1 and you look worse at each stage, but that was old info and there was a lot of speculation that went with it. I’m thinking that a Mortal Mask type perk that drains magicka like the Sorcerer summonings would work, but I don’t know if that’s for real or just people talking as if they know things that they are really just hoping for.

That is indeed a vampire. You can be cured for a small fee at the Mages Guild in Riften, and at a mages guild each in Dominion and Covenant territory (I don't know which ones though.).

Yeah vampire feeding is a little different Online. When you feed it knocks you back 1 stage rather than back to stage one. To feed you just sneak up to someone (players or NPCs work, I think) and just bite them. Vamps get reduced fire resistance and health regen which increases as they go from stage 1 to stage 4.

From what I've read, vamps only have 2 active abilities and an ultimate, but lots of passive abilities. I understand that they're a good stealth class.

Apparently the quest to become a vampire is really cool, and I've always wanted to try it. Haa-Rei isn't sure about that vampire aesthetic though (they do indeed look hideous) so we might do the quest and get cured immediately afterwards.

A look at some of next month's Crown Store goodies: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/ne...nuary-27th-2016

Also, the Markarth Bear Dog pet and Nord Hero Armor outfit are coming to the Crown Store tomorrow.

Thieves Guild DLC release date announcement - PC/Mac on March 7th, Xbox One on March 22nd, and PlayStation4 on March 23rd.

It costs 2000 crowns, but as always ESO Plus members don't have to pay. A collectors bundle (it includes a mount, a pet, and some other stuff as well as the DLC) will be 4000 crowns.

Thanks, hazmick! I am certainly getting at least the TG part. I wonder what the mount and pet will be. A grey fox?

I saw a Markarth Bear Dog in Davon’s Watch this morning. It is adorable!


ADDED: Jerric’s current heavy armor setup looks appalling, so I gave in (to pressure from Lil) and bought the poor man the Nedic Armor costume pack. He looks like a badass. Funnily enough he is getting group invites left and right since he started wearing it. I mean, that’s a costume you can buy, you don’t earn it! Lol. Either people don’t shop, or maybe the clothes do make the man!

On the Collector's Bundle - It includes the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, the Hammerfell Camel mount, the Kindlespit Dragon Frog pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls.

Seems it's more of a Hammerfell theme than a thief theme. A good time to be a Redguard.



Grits - that Nedic pack is really nice (Haa-Rei's too skinny to pull it off though), has Jerric seen the Nord Hero outfit? It's only in the store for a couple of days. Quite pricey though.

I have been watching that Nord hero armor for Jerric, but when he tried it on this morning it was a no-go. He looked gorgeous, but gorgeous is not the look he’s going for. Also the price is whoa. If he loved it I’d buy it for him, but he did not at all love it.

Lil has her eye on that greenish looking hip-baring Hammerfell lady’s outfit. If you use the Hide Helmet option the headdress won’t show. It’s possible she’s just teasing Jerric by talking about it, but she really would like a dressy green outfit and here it (almost) is!

The camel could be hilarious, and I love frogs! I thought the bears would look silly until I saw one in the game. Jerric has been riding a guar in Shadowfen. There are a lot of places that you wouldn’t bring a horse. I had no idea how fun an appropriate and somewhat exotic mount could be.

Thank you for the info, hazmick!

It pays to look at every scroll, note, and letter. Jerric knows a Nord woman who told him she is hoping that her beloved who is away will return in time for her birthday. He (Jerric) is presently far away from this lady now, and he has found a letter from her to her love that gave him a location on his map but no quest, which is refreshing. Now he plans to visit this location to tell the other lady that her beloved is bending every ear that passes with her wish that this other lady will get her tail back home for the birthday party. I suspect he will find something in the location, hopefully the adventuresome lady quite healthy but having lost track of the date. Perhaps something more sinister. This is more exciting to me than any of the quests!

Either I've missed an announcement or Zenimax were very sneaky with a new addition to the crown store. Introducing the Freckled Guar pet, available for 700 crowns.

Here it is again, with the Guar mount for scale.



There's also a discount on mount upgrades at the moment, so you might want to pick those up if you've got any spare crowns lying around.

Quick update on more stuff the Thieves Guild adds. A pack of 3 pirate costumes is now available in the crown store for 700 crowns, and on arrival in Abah's Landing you will get a free pet Jackal. I'll pop some screenies of all that in the screenie thread later. 5 new crafting motifs have also been added,

As well as the expansion, the game will have updated for everyone which has various changes and additions to pretty much every aspect of the game. It's worth going to the ESO official forums and reading through the patch notes. They're...extensive. Next time you log into the game, make sure to go over your skills and champion points to see what's changed.

Aww, what an adorable little guar!

The TG expansion sounds great, I’m looking forward to seeing more of it. I’m unfortunately scarce for another day or two. I did manage to read the patch notes and found this little gem:

Bow:

Hawk Eye: This passive ability has been redesigned, and no longer increases the damage of your Bow abilities against off-balance enemies. It now increases the damage of your Bow abilities by 2/5% for 4 seconds after each successful Light or Heavy Attack, stacking up to 3 times.

Finally something for Lildereth! Though she’s also looking forward to seeing her friends in their pirate outfits.

Thanks, hazmick!

I was hoping there'd be even more bow stuff, maybe just a big ol' damage increase. Still, some really cool changes. My personal favourite is this one:

Unstable Clannfear (Unstable Familiar morph): This pet’s special ability will now heal you and the Clannfear for 35% of your maximum Health.

Whereas before the Clannfear healed you on death or de-summoning, you just use the summon spell when the Clannfear is active and it heals you both without de-summoning it. Basically a healing spell and a summon spell all in one skill slot. Makes a Sorcerer way easier to play.

I just tried this in-game, and wow! I doubt we will get to keep it for long! This healing will let Darnand switch back to a Destruction staff, his first love. He has been gritting his teeth and using a Restoration staff for Mutagen since he doesn’t have Entropy yet. He’ll keep it on the second bar for allies, but now he can dedicate himself to blowing things up.

I was hoping for more Bow power, too, but anything is an improvement. I see why in PvP they can’t allow archers to become too powerful, but it stinks for the solo archer in PvE. Lil has far more trouble as a dedicated Stamina archer than Jerric does in melee with his attributes split three ways. She has a Restoration staff on her second bar as well and uses it mostly to heal fleeing fellow archers when they dash past her pursued by a crowd. I guess there’s a reason why I’ve never seen a VR16 character with a bow on their back.

So I keep seeing players with a pet Echalette and thinking "Where in Oblivion did they get that little cutie?". Turns out I just needed to fast travel to Orsinium.

As this (http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/02/22/loyalty-rewards-for-dlc-game-packs) explains, the Echalette and Jackal pets from the two DLCs are the start of a new trend within ESO.

Going forward, all DLCs will have something similar to give players a nice little freebie when they get the DLC (either through ESO plus or buying it separately.).

And that is one reason why you have to download and install every DLC that comes out, even if you didn't buy it. Because you have to be able to see the DLC-specific creatures and items that other players with the DLC have.

Correct. Most MMOs do it, to avoid any issues that may arise from a DLC player meeting a non-DLC player.

Elven Hero Armour is available in the Crown Store until April 11th. It's the outfit worn by the Altmer mage in the trailers.

This is the second Hero armour that we've had (Nord was a few months ago) so I'd say it's a safe assumption that the Breton version will be coming soon.

EDIT: Haa-Rei is 50 crowns short of the 2000 crown asking price, which is disappointing since the outfit actually looks quite nice.

Also - Until April 12th you can get a FREE Cake Voucher from the crown store, which starts a quest for a famous baker.

This is to celebrate ESO's 2 year anniversary.

The Elven Hero armor looks amazing. I have to buy my Crowns since I’m not a subscriber, so I’m letting this one pass me by. But it’s really gorgeous!

Stays-Up-Late ate his cake and leveled Alchemy into the 40s. Yum!!

The white tiger pet looks awesome. It would be stunning as a mount. There’s a big one at the Evermore privateer’s dropoff who’s hanging out with a Khajiit who is there fishing. Darnand can’t help but stare when he has business there.

I’m looking forward to seeing the pride-king lion mount. I hope he’s as impressive as the bears.

Ate-His-Cake sounds like a perfect Argonian name.

Ate-His-Cake! Stays does have quite a cake belly. I made him thick.

Wood Elf costumes and the Ancient Orc motif are now available for purchase in the crown store.

Some info and a teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming Dark Brotherhood DLC. Very exciting.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtW-atR_l8

Info: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/ne...hood-first-look

Info highlights: It will take place in a new area - The Gold Coast, and you will be able to visit Anvil and Kvatch.

A new passive skill line exclusive to members of the Dark Brotherhood.

Unique costumes, motifs and item sets inspired by the Dark Brotherhood.


The DLC will be released alongside a hefty patch which, among other things, will be removing Veteran Ranks! Praise The Hist!