Season of the Dark Brotherhood editionDiscover ESO’s Next Big Leap during the 2026 Reveal Livestreamhttps://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69175Crown Store Showcase—January 2026https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69165ESO’s January 2026 Survival Guidehttps://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/69155>Elder Thread>>2089612>ESO Server Statushttps://esoserverstatus.net>Latest ESO Livetwitch.tv/bethesda>Places to Buy/Recommended Addons/Assorted Links/Tweakspastebin.com/BuD9GaGX- There are occasionally Free Play Events for prospective new players.>UI Addonsesoui.comminion.gg>/tesog/ Guilds[PC NA] mail: @taeralis, @zsj[PC EU] mail: @zsj, @Boggus, @NovaPixelOr post your @username/platform/location here.>Do I need to subscribe?Optional, with largest benefits being access to all DLC (but NOT the 2025 Content Pass/Solstice), cash shop currency on sub start/renewal, and the Craft Bag (can save your characters a ton of space).>Which faction should I choose?Want to PVP in Cyrodiil with friends? Make sure you're in the same faction. Otherwise, doesn't matter.>Where should I begin normal questing?Check out the OG beginner stuff, first: go to Port Hunding, Khenarthi's Roost, or Bleakrock.>Pledge/Trial Calendarbenevolentbowd.ca/calendar/eso-pledge-calendar-en/>DLC Chronological order flowcharthttps://imgur.com/a/1FqzvH1>The More You Know- Level Rewards give you tons of stuff along the way, including a free mount at level 10.- You need to be at least CP300 to queue for vet DLC dungeons.
Night Mother DB ToT deck likely in Q1. Ysgramor and five hundred companions ToT deck in Q2. Sheogorath ToT deck with Shivering Isles zone to round out the year. Tales of Tribute tournaments with real players WILL be a reality this year
>>2170063Why do you think those themes?
>>2170069Night mother = db season, Ysgramor = winterhold season and Sheogorath for Shivering Isles season. It just makes sense also I am schizo and can see the future
>>2170077Why would it be those seasonsThere's been no announcement
>>2170079It got leaked last thread my friendo. Don't worry about it, just trust the process
sex with Naryu or no buy
Abnur Tharn sex or the DDoSing continues
Lemme take sload loads or I kidnap Gina
It's too bad he forgot I'm also a queen's eye. And that we did summerset together. I get that they don't want people who skipped to this story section to feel left out, but on the other hand, at least a little nod to our history would be nice.
>side quest is better than the main story
Which companion is the least gay?
I come back here only to askwhat do we think about the subclassing?
>>2170971Good idea, terrible execution. There used to be plenty of metas to go for depending on the situation but now there's only one meta and everyones using it.
>>2171445what's the meta
>>2171484Herald, Assassination, then ideally Dawn's Wrath. Basically just pumping fatecarver with as many damage passives as possible.
>>2171484>>2171552Yeah if you look at skinnycheeks' website and see his DPS builds, they're all Ass, Herald, and something else to give it some kind of theme.
REMINDER: OP is a Glownigger and this thread is a honeypot.
KEK THEY FUCKING TURNED ON THE TRAILER FOR 8 SECONDS
>>2171987qrd?
>>2172161Shivering Isles
>>2172361>another island
Of course they would use the onions face reddit character that is Sheogorath to try and save their sinking vessel before all the rats (You) jump off.
>>2172361CHEESE
>>2172601KYS Jygallag
Booooring
>new experimental contentoh yeah cause your last experiments were such a success
I'm hyped up, bros. I feel it in my bones, everything will be ok. ESO will thrive this year
>>2173251Naryu's feet massaging my dick, anon
What they'll be talking about in the stream
Their body language is really awkward.
Wrap it up Karen
>All zones will now be free for just owning ESODoes that I mean I get some money back?
Winnerhold literally mentioned
>Battle PassesHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA ESO IS OFFICIALLY FUCKING DEAD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
it’s over (again)
>The only new zone is temporary>Will be brought back later in the year temporarily as 'new content'Brought up Winterhold for nothingHoly shitWe can't stop losing
>>2173313I downloaded it last weekStill in the Shire and loving
>>2173313For me, it’s SWTOR
is it over?
>>2173319Been over since Gaymoor. The game died spiritually after Elsweyr
MOUNTS FOR GOLD?!
>>2173317I like both
Here's zero stories and zero zones to explore for your story and exploration game
>can respec skills and attributes for free from the UICan't wait for raid leaders to tell us to switch shit during a trial
man this sucks
>>2173328Game has been in maintenance mode for years now and this further proof
unless i'm missing something the cost to get all the shit now is $230 per year, $140 eso+ & $90 for premium battlepasses per year (1 freebie battlepass per 12 month period)some of the stuff they're announcing sounds pretty good if they can stick the landing (personally pretty interested in the night market stuff), but it's undeniable that this game is consistently one of the most expensive mmos, which is a hard sell compared to it's competitors and to most video games in general.
>>2173338Last year at least had a zone
>>2173342>a zone of nothing but reused assets as well as being made up because they can’t create new content because the game is deadit’s over
Dragon looks the same mechanically. Where are the changes?
>>2173345That was 20252026 has no new zone
>>2173347you can have red fire or blue fire
I'm watching this from Skinnycheeks stream and I had no idea how much of a toolbag him and his fans are
>>2173351I know that was my point. Last years “zone” may as well have been a non zone because it was nothing new. Just reused assets and a load of shit
it's a good thing I'm an immersion autist/basic bitch who doesn't care about the gaudy paid cosmetics
Well the crates worked without them bringing it up in chat, so there's that.
>>2173361I'd take reused assets over nothingYou can make a fine Black Marsh zone out of assets you haveor ElsweyrOr SkyrimOr Morrowind
>now able to hide ALL armor slotsWait does this mean I can walk around naked and still be fully geared out?
Did they mention exactly how they'll fix sub-classing? I was barely paying attention because I was imagining a threesome with those 2 hags
newfag herewhats up is the game worth getting into or nah
>>2173395worth it for $5
HARDER OVERLANDHARDER OVERLANDBROS WE ARE SO BACK
>>2173401Just play naked and dont use abilities and you can play it now
Glad they're working on base game stuff instead of churning out a new zone. I would rather new zones be spaced longer apart, but they work on more updates to everything else in between. Dragonknight changes seem cool and I'm looking forward to the rest, and hope some sort of buff to pure classes shows up. I personally think subclassing was a disaster in both mechanics and flavor, so it's nice they are actually making changes, whether that takes the form of pure class buffs or some sort of additional restriction on subclassing we have yet to see.All in all, seems like good stuff. I'm happy.I didn't quite follow the part about eso+. I tend to subscribe on and off often throughout the year since I like supporting the game, it seems like zones and stories will all be free moving forward, and subscribing mostly just gets you various small gameplay things and extra rewards like the battlepass. I'm not a huge fan of battlepasses on principle, but they're doing the more relaxed version where it lasts 3+ months, if you buy it then you have no time limit at all, and it's just weekly missions of things you're doing anyway to complete it rather than specific things, so that's the way to do it if you are going to do a battlepass at least. In general, this seems ok relative to most battle passes. Replacing login rewards and event tickets is certainly a nice part of it that everyone will like, at the least.Good stuff.
>Mention the Dark Brotherhood for future seasons in 2025>No Dark Brotherhood content for 2026>Mention Winterhold at the start of the stream>JK there's no new zones in 2026
thinking bout the racially themed battle pass cosmetics
>>2173404I too am glad ESO is getting no new content.
>Crucially, all new gameplay content included in a Season, be it a new zone, dungeon, storyline, system, class, or skill line, will be free for all base-game players. We want to remove the barriers to new content we’ve had in the past, and now all ESO players can enjoy all of Tamriel’s new features at no cost and at the same time, together.they explicitly say the new shit will be mostly free so why are you all acting like it's not? I hate this general so much, you will complain no matter what
>>2173427No one's saying it's not, retard. Take your meds.
Why do I need to be malding over the BP? Sounds like Seals of Endeavor but less work. It'd be an issue if they cut f2p seal income later on but I doubt they will.
>making year one DLCs free>and no other DLCI don't know why this is so funny to me. Bare minimum and all that, I guess.
>>2173440BP and no new zones at all is a bad combo
>>2173395worth it during sale, often at $10 or lessAlso this year, starting April 2nd, they will add 4 key DLCs (Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, Orsinium and Imperial City) to the base game. These give you the full worth of playing the game.
>>2173443there will be a new group zone similar to Craglorn, and will feature PVE factions rather than PVP
>>2173450It's a district in FargraveDon't be pedantic and call everything a zone
If they'll add harder overland difficulty I can suck their dick all day, I don't care about anything else
>no tales of tribute news
>>2173465anon it's over
>>2173459Just don't wear armor or use abilities
Yeah looks like that's it for me. Don't feel like replaying the existing content with alts so I'm gonna take a long break until they bother adding something good.
>>2173518Dude stop bitching and just buy the fucking battle pass you loser
>>2173480Attribute points are the real difficulty slider, just forget to respec and get your shit pushed in by a spider
>>2173480you can do all that + no CPs and it's still easy, there was a streamer who did that yet still cheezed the whole storyline sans Craglorn
So we went from full chapters featuring entire new zones, with actual effort put into them and new assets. With a full story, side quests, and usually a new gameplay mechanic like scribing, jewlery crafting, or entire new classes.To the season of the worm garbage for the same price, without actual new gameplay but well, at least it's a new "zone" even if it's 99% reused assets and it had a FUCKING GARBAGE timed event.To now not even having new stories, or zones or anything, just a battle pass, QOL and "timed events" like his new fargrave "Night market" shit?I only got into this game because i wanted to explore Tamriel and see Elder Scroll related stories. Not to grind for Fortnite emotes and "INSTALL THE GAME DURING THESE 7 WEEKSOR YOU'LL NEVER EVER GET TO SEE THIS STORYLINE!".I already hate Diablo 4 for doing this shit with event seasons completly locking players who don't want FOMO shit to reinstall and play just to not miss out on the story or new gameplay features, and they put this garbage here?Seems the only good thing ESO was for is for me to meet my boyfriend. Guess i'll have to convince him to move to Final Fantasy 14 with me.
>Farquaad is backnice
>>2173816I bet you're in the Epstein files
>>2173829If i was on the Epstein files i would be president.
>>2173821>ren the cat is backGame is healing. Just need to survive this year with almost no new content and we get to all the good stuff in 2027. Trust the process, bros
I will purchase the battle pass
>>2173850I just reinstalled because i'm boring and wanted to erp with my boyfriend but these news killed all my interest and we'll be uninstalling soon, probably move over to SWTOR.Such a shame because we just recreated the Breton and Nord from the trailers and we were gonna get them married with the pledge of mara and have them fuck.
>>2173816>Guess i'll have to convince him to move to Final Fantasy 14 with meDon't do it! You'll lose your boyfriend once he becomes a femboy, and once he turns into one, you'll never have him back.
Just don't buy the battle passes then
>>2173882Nobody but whales are gonna buy it, that's not the point. Entire 2026 will have no new content, and since the game will keep dying and failing there's 0 change of 2027 having a return to chapters and zone stories.2025 should have showed them what a horrible idea seasons are and they doubled down.
I'm thinking its fucked. Not because "BP bad". The content model they're attempting COULD work well with a competent team, the problem is that ZOS has repeatedly proven incompetence. They're a D team that barely knows their own game and only lucked into keeping their jobs because they weren't good enough for Firor's doomed pet project, these updates likely won't be good enough or fast enough to maintain players much less gain them.I'd love to be wrong, but I'm expecting EOS or actual maintenance mode within 2 years.
>>2173816>"I WANT QUALITY OF LIFE! WE DON'T WANT NEW ZONES OR NEW SHITTY SYSTEMS!">*5 years laterr....*>"WHERE'S THE NEW ZONE? FUCK THESE SHITTY QUALITY OF LIFE THAT NO ONE WANTED!"It really makes you think.
>>2173905>WE DON'T WANT NEW ZONES OR NEW SHITTY SYSTEMS!"Nobody said that
>>2173860can you be big and beefy in swtori don't give a fuck about star wars but I might try it if I can be hot
>>2173913I think all faces are ugly as fuck but yes you can be beefy. Body type 3 is massive muscular to a ridiculous extent.
I generally like the little personality responses and I think it's good for the game if implemented well, but some of them are just sort of...nonsense?
If he has a romance, then some day maybe Naryu will.Or maybe some of the companions will.
>>2173954Looking at the 2026 roadmap it seems we will be blueballed for yet another year
>>2173988I doubt they'll even remember this system exists come the next story line.
>>2173905Zenimax is the only one who said people were done with zones
>>2173277Where did they say this? They only said Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood will be free.
>>2173384Yeah, whoever was in charge of the game in the last 13 years was a prude. You could be le funny skeleton, larp as Molab Bal and Dremora bu gods forbid you showed a little bit of skin. I hope this means they revisit the butts of musuclar Nords, Redguards and Orcs because their textures are misaligned especially under the butt cheeks.
I just feel like ESO is going to learn the lesson GW2 learned the hard way, and thats that you need big expansions to keep people coming back. Go too long without expansions and you just stagnate and eventually die.
>>2174450Not to defend z*s but it’s hard to do big expansions when you have basically no budget and a skeleton crew of staff after cuts
Honestly I don't have many complaints about 2026. This game needs a lot of work to bring it closer to modern standards (it was outdated when it launched lol). We've all seen people say they got filtered by the floaty and piss easy combat within an hour of starting the game. Those things NEED to be fixed if ESO is to have any hope of lasting another 20 years. That and crossplay/progression. Lots of console players jumped ship to PC and dropped the game because they don't want to start over.I wouldn't mind ZOS taking off multiple years from making new story/zones to focus on those things. In the meantime they can make easy money selling Naryu/Darien/Raz/etc companions and houseguests in battlepasses (they do that in Fallout 76)
>>2174494>>2174802I think the reception would be better if they were just honest instead of trying to bury everything in disingenuous PR bullshit.>Hey guys our studio is gutted and we physically cannot do yearly chapters until we can recover from the layoffs, so we're going to work on a backlog of issues and less demanding content until then. We know everyone hates battlepasses but if we don't put something else up for sale we're just going to get shut down when MS sees the profits drop like a rock.
>>2174831Just accept it’s over bro
>>2174450ESO has never had a GW2, LotRO, XIV or WoW-sized expansionESO does WoW sized patches once a year
Not played in a long while, are any of the upcoming changes worth returning for or is just to help noobs get started? The main thing which turns me off is the subclassing(?) system and everybody using that green beam. Is that changing?
>>2175455The balance updates may or may not give the beam some competition.
>queue pops>other dps was too busy sleeping to click the button>you have been returned to the front of the queue>Status: Queued , Actual:25 minutes and 30s
ZOS needs to take this season of qol and bugfixing shit and put some fucking work on character customizationsWhy are argonian scales and khajiit furstocks still on the same cosmetic slot as bodypaint to this very dayCan't use any fucking bodypaints on those races for that reason
>Excited for big updates for ESO>No change to the retarded guild trader systemDamn, so close. Back to WoW I guess.
>you have to pay even more to enjoy the gameYep back to DOS2
>we’ll be adjusting skill lines to follow a more theme- and identity-focused model>All sources of Poison Damage have been updated to Flame Damage in the Dragonknight kitFuck off, the poison aspect is the only interesting thing about the class.>ackchually fire bolts are lore accurate :)I wish a swift death upon all class identity cucks. Elder Scrolls games shouldn't have premeditated classes in the first place.
Well at least this thread focuses on discussing the game. The other thread that is still up just has that tranny spamming tranny cats
falkreath thane does not let your braids show like it does on jarl skjoralmor o.O
>>2176376>its realmy fucking bow dk..
They are absolutely doing the right thing taking a season off from making a new world space to instead focus on fundamentals. They're upgrading animations, combat feel, class identity, and they even said they're addressing the multiclassing fiasco. Literally every single thing they said regarding base gameplay is good and I'm more than happy to take a season off from new zones for them to shore up areas of the game that need some love. Absolutely correct for them to do.I'm not keen on "battle passes" but they're doing it the way where there's a free track and you have unlimited time to complete it if you buy it, which are two check marks for doing them the right way if you're doing them at all, so at least there's that. And judging by some of the comments I'm reading here and on twitch/etc, I think people also forget that they're a business that needs to make money. If they don't post profits, Zenimax shuts them down. It won't be fast, but it'll happen. So I'm happy to buy a battlepass or subscribe here and there throughout the year to support the game. It's actually really nice that ESO goes on sale for like 5 bucks regularly and it's really nice that all future story content will be free, so how exactly do you expect them make money otherwise? Everything they said is completely reasonable, and free2play players do not seem like they're getting shafted, the opposite in fact. They want tons of free to ply players trying the game and trying the new zones etc, because every free to play player is a potential customer in the future.I've been playing this game for over a decade and I'm so glad to have a season where the devs can focus on fundamentals instead of churning out a new zone. Best news in years. I feel like the negativity around this is honestly by people who don't understand the reason for it. It's a good thing.
>>2176720It's neither good nor bad, it's their job. I don't buy the idea they are selling us that it's new content, they are just undoing or fixing errors of their own making. Whether it's good or not, well we'll have to wait and play but for that to happen a lot of players are taking a biiiig break because all those changes will make it into the game after at least three months.Their word, including their announcements, mean nothing, they destroyed every single bit of credibility they had as a company.
>>2176692It'll have to be a salamander themed DK now.
should I reinstall. I quit last february
>>2177010Do you want to pay more for less content? If yes, reinstall.
I really hope they don't go through with the hide legs feature!
>>2173954An MMO with thousands upon thousands of people, with 50% of the playerbase being women or beautiful trans women, and you want to romance a souless poorly written NPC instead of actually interacting with other people with whom you can have a much meaningful relationship?Are you ugly not only irl but in game too? How can't you get a gf even in ESO?
>>2174494>it’s hard to do big expansions when you have basically no budget and a skeleton crew of staff after cutsStrange. Indie games manage to do that and so much more. Yet Zenimax can't even be bothered to do things like their old small zones like Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood,Orsinium and Murkmire?Nobody is demanding more chapters after Gold Road when their studio is closing, but going from "Ok we'll do seasons like this Solstice shit" to "Timed zone events! if you don't play for 7 weeks this small place in fargrave will NEVER BE ACCESIBLE AGAIN! PLEASE PLAY AND BUY OUR BATTLEPASS GOY" is just shitty behavior.Fire all women, hire men, and the game can stay afloat even with a 5 USD and a pack of peanuts budget.
>>2176376>Fuck off, the poison aspect is the only interesting thing about the class.Stam DK having fucking puke green magic instead of actual fire and dragon themed stuff was always trash dude what are you talking about?People don't pick the DRAGON fantasy to puke on people, we want fire. I had to play my Nord as magicka DK because i don't want to fucking PUKE GREEN, i want to SPIT FIRE.
>>2177366God I wish that were me>>2177380>Nord>magickaI hope the race identity patch addresses this
>>2176146stay in your containment treadmill
>>2176720Improving the fundamentals is a very good thing, but I'm not convinced this is "taking a season off". Are we supposed to believe that updating some abilities, making two new werewolf models, and cobbling together a few seasonal minigames is equivalent to the work of making a full chapter? This is the kind of shit other games bundle into patches alongside expansions, you don't see WoW freezing expansion development for multiple years when they need to rebalance classes.They're trying to spin this as a choice but all signs point the studio being a crippled shell that simply can't do chapters anymore. We're looking at a two year content drought followed by what will probably be more Solstice-tier garbage unless they go on a hiring spree to undo Blackbird's damage.
the only dk skill I use is flames of oblivion and that's just for the passive. all the other ones look and/or feel patheticshitty class with OC donut steel lore
Poison goes to NB. Stealth archer is back.
>>2173912Every PVPer and PVEer said this.Not to mention that many ESO streamers quitted for the exact same reason, always wanting to fix the game instead of releasing new half-baked content to break it even further.
>>2178277>>2178277>many ESO streamers quitted for the exact same reasonI recall Fengrush quitting for "ZOS refusing to fix the game".
>>2178277ZOS won't fix read remake from ground up combat with or without new zones/
>>2176720Yeah and it's exactly what a lot of people have been asking for.
>>2173912>Nobody said thatYou mean like this >>2176720 ?
>>2178277The game is not fucking fixed because now you can hide legs and chests. The list of "QoL" are the most meaningless shit nobody will fucking notice. Ohhh wooow now your horsey and research will go faster? BITCH UNLESS YOU STARTED TODAY WHO CARES YOU ALREADY HAVE A MAX LEVEL CRAFTERAn actual new zone and actual new story to make it worthwile to open this shitty game would have been interesting.I don't know who's gonna see "woooahhh a battlepass AND now DK looks more anime and firey red!?!? i will tots come back to the game!".
The ESO community seems woker than WoW and Final Fantasy combined.
>>2178547>UNLESS YOU STARTED TODAYor make another character, that is
>>2177366>>2178704I always remind them in Cyrodiil who's the boss of this gym.
>>2170044I really wanted to like this game but it's just a soulless zenimax cash grab that's worse than even casually modded Skyrim.
My boyfriend got banned for 3 days and was threatend to have ESO "report him to the government" because he said "nigga" in whisper chat to me while we were roleplaying as redguards.AI bans are so retarded
>>2179749nobody cares about your homo shit faggot
>>2179749everyone cares about your delicious homosexual stuff
ESO will never be "fixed" until ZOS reworks the combat from the ground up.I personally doesn't have any issues with ESO's combat but no matter where you look that is always the top 1 reason people refuse to try or quit early on.
>>2179894It look retarded, it feels retarded and it amounts to busywork. I am honestly not sure how they even managed to fuck it up so much because i played much, much more barebones alt tab combat mmos for hundreds of hours and it didn't annoy me nearly as much. My best attempt at pushing through was arcanist that did tentacle flail x2 into laser beam.
>>2179749>Reported to the authorities for saying niggaYou must be European, I doubt the USA reaches these levels of dumbfaggery
>>2179894I just want the attacks to have some oomph. lightning staff heavy attack is one of the few satisfying attacks and they made it worse by nerfing the damage distribution. pvpfags ruin everything
>>2179894I think they're already halfway there with class reworks and buffing overland, they just need to bite the bullet and kill animation cancelling. Fuck "muh high APM", that stupid exploit-turned-mechanic makes the combat look terrible no matter how many animation reworks they do and effectively nerfs skills across the board to compensate for the expected free damage. The prevalence of HA builds and beams shows that most people would rather avoid it given the option.
>>2179749You gotta be lying because I type the most heinous stuff in whispers to my friend daily and none of us have been banned.They did AI autobans a year ago but a ton of normies and RPers got banned and they scaled it down hard.
It's true, I've been filling my partner's cloaca with the frothiest ropes of House Dres cum for weeks and neither of us have heard a peep from moderation.
>>2180199I agreePVP retards should be hanging from trees
>>2179894ESO combat was redeemed in 2023 when they dropped the retarded spamming and thumping and flailing in favor of lasers.They should make a new class that has a different channeled ability in every skill line. And streamlines the tedious buff/debuff upkeep limbo since no one wants to play support.
>Upcoming changesIs ESO worth coming back to now, or should I wait a few months for the changes. I'm a F2P Scumbag who got made when the Oakensoul(?) ring is locked behind paid DLC.
>>2180386Can you get the Oakensoul ring during a free ESO+ week?
>>2180386the expansion with the antiquities system will be made free later this year
disgusting things i am reading here.
>>2180386No. Wait until April 2nd. There is literally nothing to do right now.
>>2180397>>2180403You can but aren't there only 2/3 of these a year? I have the expansion that gives the skill line, but the Oakensoul lead is in another paid chapter
>>2180397Yes. That’s how I got it. Farming boxes in murkmire sucked though. >>2180403At least one lead is always hidden behind some dlc dungeon/zone.
GOD FUCKING DAMN ITI fucking told my boyfriend, I TOLD HIM, "they ban even for whispers now we shouldn't do roleplay" "Come onnn they won't see whispers let's roleplay you're a big black redguard and i'm a little white boy!"And now fucking permabanned. I spent like two years mantaining that account, so much money and time wasted. God fucking damn it. I should break up with him. I'm gonna send appeal. I'm so mad at him, i never got to fucking play the story of the chapters and main quests i always wanted to for fuck sake, and now account gone, god fucking damn it!
>>2180733kinda concerning that companies these days don't tolerate just a bit of roleplay
>>2180766The game's been dead for years and them adding AI that instantly bans you if you whisper your friend words like "retard" "nigga" "faggot", etc drove most of the population away, specially the roleplay one since now if you do anything rape, pedo, slavery, etc. it's an instant permaban, and that's 99% of the roleplay.
>>2178704Someone please trick them into playing OMORI.
>>2180733Holy fuck. Imagine being the human that has to review this case hahaha.
>>2180848A human won't see it unless he appeals (won't work, that pubic hair line doomed him) multiple times. All the "little" and "boy" stuff set off the AI's pedo alarm and then some Indian rubber stamped it without looking away from his email scam tabs.
>>2180848>>2180910The president can fuck kids but people in ESO can't?
>>2181314And/or goth, and/or catgirl.
>>2180733>farquaad is a pedolmao @ ur life
they should re-design peryite and make him more like a her (pic related), the lore argument behind is "uuuh daedric princes don't have gender and can change their appeareance, just look at Boethiah!"
>>2181735wait farchud is back? fuck yes
>>2180733Oh yeah good job zos. get a clue, man.
As a prospective new player, how is the ERP scene in this game?
>>2182162can't imagine any mmos will be able to compete with wow housing potential
>>2182195>looks it upgot dang that is impressive. i stopped playing wow in like 2018 but it is impressive the housing theyre adding is so well fleshed out
>>2182162There are healthy (albeit not massive) RP and ERP communities in ESO but like >>2182195 said there isn't any other MMO who can match WoW's sheer size when it comes to (E)RPThe monkey paw there is that 90% of WoW roleplayers are plain dogshit bad Second Life players and WoW's lore has been butchered beyond recoveryAnd yeah the WoW housing stuff is genuinely impressive and goes against everything Blizzard has done to ruin their game over the years which makes me believe this is some shit that got summoned into our reality by accident.
how does wow housing differ from eso? I always thought the custom object placement in eso was nice, and there's so many houses to choose from by now. I haven't looked into wow's because I quit wow.
>trial tank with a RU name>2500 cp>no taunt>doesn't do mechs>doesn't understand english>disbands group at last bossIs there a mod that warns me if I join a group that has players I've ignored?
>>2182806wow housing is neighbourhood based and really open. much more social than eso's. easier to use tools for sure.
>the new dk spikesoh nononoHAHAHAHAHAHA
New datamine is out. Hope you like redguards.
>>2184016>mariners of satak was just redguards all alongFuck. At least the elephant looks cool and purple lightning form ahhhhh
>>2184016Who doesn't
dragon mounts when?
Hmm, it's a shame all of these specify druid healing spell, I was going to combine the templar healing class with the druid healing class to make a super healer but they seem to intentionally prevent that. Which is odd, because some of the dps classes are happily mixing into a soup class of all the various crit and damage passives from multiple classes. Oh well.I think I'll also make some kind of super tank with some stuff from the draconic classes and the templar classes, or perhaps the frost tank from druid combined with some of the tank passives from dragonknight or something. The one thing I did try already is the bear ultimate from druid combined with the deadra summoning pets from sorc, to make a super pet class, but it was kind of not really that great.At the end of the day, I'm honestly looking forward to whatever changes they're planning to the subclassing system, and bringing my main character here back to just being a templar healer with pure templar stuff. Hopefully pure classes get some kind of buff or new exclusive ability or something. It's a neat idea but I honestly think it's fair to say it was a disaster, both mechanically since everyone is just playing crit fishing soup classes now, and flavor wise since everyone is a schizo mix of themes.
>>2184267pure class passive should be stronger than subclass passives imostill let's people use the ability they want
>>2180733they're gossiping about you on /tesg/come stay with us there we will take care of you
>>2180733/tesg/ on /vg/ board should be your new home we need people like you we have young sexy white boys like synthia, myth, and yara
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Holy moly, you can play Skyrim with other players?!
Are Shard of Writhing Bone still obtainable?
>>2186267only if you buy them from guild traders atm, otherwise I think the poopoopeepee wall event will return soon, isn't it?
Not played since Necrom... every now and then I get the elder scrolls itch. Worth jumping in again?
>>2186659If you want to try the subclassing system before they make changes, try the newest trials or collect argonian themed furnishing from Solstice, it is. Other than that, there is literally nothing else to do. You should hop in and reach the 12 ticket cap when the MYM event kicks out though, because each ticket is going to be transformed into 100 units of a new currency that you can use to get collectibles from a thing called the Bazaar, later this year.
>>2186680My main was a one bar arcanist which I enjoyed. Anything I should look at in particular with the subclasssing on that?
>>2186685yes, you can substitute the healing branch of skills for the assasination skill line from nightblade, it boosts your offensive stats a lot, it's meta rn. Also you can substitute the tanking skill line with a DoT specialist like some skills from DK.
>>2186823Thanks I’ll check it out
>>2186267You can still get them from the camp dailies. But no one is doing them and they are ass solo. Not even hard, just 2 damage sponge bosses at the same time.
>>2187407Are they as bad as West Weald mirror events to solo? Or as hard as harrowstorms to solo?
just a tipif you don't have banker/merchant you can just teleport into imperial city and use their merchants/banks then use the sewer door to exit and it will teleport you back to where you werethis is also handy for teleporting yourself out of delves/public dungeonsu can also rp that you live in the sewer since it has most of the amenities:)
>enter delve or site of interest>impressed with the haunting atmosphere>read a couple of books>contemplate on the quest>deeply immersed>move forward>run into a player>well fuck, that explains it>the rets of the delve is about mindlessly whacking down dozens of bandits and zombies and spidersThey need to remove the shit ass combat from this game, it ruins everything
>2 threadsHave played WoW on and off for years, and I think I'll be skipping the first portion of the new expansion. Planning on starting ESO for the first time as something different, I know nothing about the game beyond I'm looking forward to a PvP progression system being added as this is my main focus in WoW. Although this being added 10 years later feels a bit odd? Almost like an early access game? Is there anything to generally watch out of, or to do/not do whilst a new player?
>>2189185>2 threadsI wonder what's the reason for this, even if this thread is better, it definitely is the rogue thread because for this game it's usually just the same khajiit tranny posting screenshots. What's the lore?, what happened?, did your guild separate?
>>2190566The lore is that some retarded newfag made this thread when we reached bump limit and the usual baker got a chip on his shoulder and eventually made another new thread at page 10 instead of migrating here
>PVP event comingNah, thank god I already have my 12/12 tickets
>>2193963It's just 2 PvE dailies for 3(*13) tickets, the worst that can happen is you run into some vampire mommy hiding in an alley and lose 1-5 minutes of progress.
>>2189185Its near impossible to play for free
>>2194312not if you buy crown content with gold and manage your inventory rightthe only thing that is truly unworkable is the housing item limit
>>2188716that's a good tip. i teleport into someone's house that's located in a dlc that i don't own.
>>2188716Which alliance has the nicest sewer?
AD imo, closest bank and most efficient crafting area
How does it take 6+ hours to start an event and patch in 1 new pet and outfit?
I miss when you could stay in vampire mist form indefinitely.
I told you they'd just bullet spongify the overworld to waste your time and everyone would have to opt in for the loot.
>>2198765ruined like every fun spell
>>2199620>have toMobs don't drop enough raw gold for that modifier to matter and players that can handle it probably aren't that desperate for xp either. Its not going to be or meant to be a game changer, just a little something to make it feel like you're not *just* nerfing yourself.I think its fine for a first pass. Not perfect, but could've been worse.
>>2199620>take more damage deal lessWhy did they even bother?
According to the timeline, the Knahaten Flu started in 2E 560, and the Aldmeri Dominion formed in 2E 580. But the Khajiit supposedly joined because the High Elves aided them against the Flu. 20 years ago? And before Ayrenn made them non-isolationist? That makes no sense.
>>2200587> That makes no sensedragon break motherfucker
>>2199620It will be exploited. Just make certain parts of the map harder which also drop rarer loot and more gold. I don't care for uncs and retards filtered by a mudcrab, I want harder content without exploits.
Waiting on Naryu/Mirri/Ayrenn romance
>>2202000>King Camoran when the vestige drags his queenbot to a ballhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71RPSeaXpj8
Waiting on Naryu/Mirri/Ayrenn romance.
>>2180214I don't understand how single attacks after all these years aren't just a toggle and guaranteed to happen while you're in combat.>nooo, we need players to send billions of requests for their immersion!!>what do you mean, PVP is laggy?I think they think it's a "skill" to press your mouse in between pressing buttons.>>2177370Not him, but I would rather boop this evil cat on the head than get a hamplanet girlfriend in ESO.
>>2213293While ESO combat isn't stellar, I can't imagine anything worse than auto attacks in an action game. I would drop this shit so fast and dedicate the free time to sending endless chargeback requests for every dime I've spent
>>2213407It might make me sound like a douchebag, but I'd be happy if they changed it and you quit.Weaving just doesn't add anything to the game. You will never have fun doing light attacks manually, when you could devote your full attention to movement and skills - which is where the fun of combat comes from. I think that it's a healthy change that would keep more people playing than autists would quit.>endless chargeback requestsI have no problem with that, because I think this whole thing right now is a grift. They want a sub for your inventory and they want you to pay for expansions that are priced for many months of subbing.
>>2213454it adds dps to my dong
>>2213293I wouldn't want autoattacks as the solution, because that would still mean janky interrupted animations and skills hitting like a wet noodle because they're balanced around the assumption of you also having LA damage.What I'd do is give LAs a consecutive hit combo system to backload the damage. Piss poor damage and resource gain on the first hit then ramping up to something decent by the third, equivalent to or even better than 3 pre-U35 LAs. It would break weaving, but you'd keep the responsiveness of on-demand LAs, they'd still be viable when you run out of resources, and we'd maybe start seeing LA builds alongside HA builds.
>>2214800Just fucking remove basic attacks. Because it is more realistic than removing skills and remaking entirety of character progression from ground up Combat is ungodly abomination that tries to marry skyrim with mmo sticky targeting, one or the other has to fucking go.
>>2214800>skills are balanced around the assumption of you also having LA damageI don't see how weaving becoming automatic when you click once on an enemy in range changes this, except for removing the distraction of clicking so much when you're trying to focus on using your skills.
>>2215611Xe is disabled and finds it discriminatory
>>2215611>reading comprehensionIt wouldn't change that which is why I don't want it. The extra clicking is slightly annoying but the visual and balance effects are the real problem.
>>2216637>reading comprehensionlol, MY reading comprehension is fine.>>2180214 (You?)>The prevalence of HA builds and beams shows that most people would rather avoid it given the option.>>2213293>I don't understand how single attacks after all these years aren't just a toggle and guaranteed to happen while you're in combat.>>2214800 (You)>I don't want autoattacks as a solution...because they're balanced around the assumption of you also having LA damage.>>2215611>I don't see how weaving becoming automatic when you click once on an enemy in range changes this, except for removing the distraction of clicking so much when you're trying to focus on using your skills.>>2216637 (You)>hurr durr reading comprehension?? *starts talking about graphics*If it was automatic, and you only had to click once to get attacking (with hold to Strong attack staying the same, and with breaking range terminating the auto), everyone would be hitting LA attacks at the same rate. The game is already set up with weaving autism in mind, so the stats and effects wouldn't need a rebalance off the bat, but they might need it if the server logs showed that certain classes or skill combinations or weapon combinations had it much easier than before.I think your dungeon finder popped, anon. It's...the Doctor (Veteran). Time to take your meds.
>>2217036You're misunderstanding what I'm saying about balance. I'm not disputing that autoattacks would do what you describe, but I would rather see weaving removed than automated because I don't think LAs should make up such a large portion of damage no matter how its delivered. Lets say ZOS balances around the expectation that a good player should parse 100k, and 20% of a good parse is LAs, that means they're going to try and cap skill damage potential around 80k. Autos would make it easier to hit 100k while focusing on skill rotation alone, but removing weaving from the equation entirely and buffing skill damage would do the exact same thing AND make skills more impactful.And yes, visuals matter too. Hot take but combat shouldn't look like your character is having a seizure.
Why are all the foot options boots or sandals, and never shoes?
>>2217132>you're misunderstandingNo, that was all in this post you just wrote, and you didn't explicitly mention removing them and transferring the damage to skills. My reading comprehension is fine, you have a writing problem.But yeah, you're right that getting rid of them altogether and making skills stronger to make up for the lost damage without having to watch intermittent pokes is a better idea, but part of the reason I suggested automation is because alternatives involve combing over quite a lot of the game for changes, compared to modifying the player's attack function and a few other little things.It also makes a foothold for removing it. A playerbase that has gotten used to clicking once and not really taking it seriously while it chips away as they do their skills - or gets annoyed at having to reapply it, is easier to persuade than one that's convinced it's skilful for either mashing m1 or hoping it lines up with their ping and actually executes between skill presses. You have to sell the idea of getting rid of it with convenience, not with the threat of catastrophic sounding changes to stats.
>that was all in this post you just wrote, and you didn't explicitly mention removing them and transferring the damage to skills.*In the other postsnow I'm doing it, too, fuck
>>2217355Same reason we still have tassets, crotchflaps, and legwarmers everywhere. The armor designers keep using shit that was originally meant to draw attention off the parts of armor that were just bodypaint even though the models haven't needed those tricks for years.>>2217695Fair enough, I thought my bitching about skill damage was enough to imply wanting buffs but should've been clearer.>alternatives involve combing over quite a lot of the game for changesTrue, but they're already doing that with the class refreshes.>You have to sell the idea of getting rid of it with convenience"You don't have to fiddle with a bug anymore and your spammables will hit like a truck." would probably do the trick for most players.
First is obvious, but what is the second most hated companion?
>>2224860the reddit redguard
As a new player do I need to care about ESO+? This information might be outdated but the main benefit I can is the crafting bad, I'm not sure if the new content/financial model has changed this. Am I locked out of any meaningful/fun content if I don't get it early? I'm used to "classic" MMOs where you sub to play, and buy an expansion every 2 years. ESO almost seems designed to be confusing so people just buy the sub
>>2179804>>2179815The duality of gaymer men
>>2226979Only once you start needing to do dungeons or any DLC content that isn't included in the discounted collection, ESO+ is the best way to buy those DLC long term as you get both the sub and the equivalent crowns to buy the DLC with.
>>2229814This image heavily implies that Isobel and that red guard with a BBC (big black cunt) are about to have sex. Also, sharps would kill himself on the spot, he hates cities and crowds.
>>2229814For me it's Kovan Giryon walking an ostrich
Which companion is the best kisser?
>>2226979You don't need to care about it. Now less than ever since we're getting some DLCs for free and no more future paid DLCs. What you lack can be obtained with the 'complete' package and directly from the crown store. Only ever buy on discount though. They might even slowly release them for free as well. I wouldn't recommend dungeons at all, though, or at least those that can't be completed alone. They're overpriced, outdated and nobody's playing them outside of ESO+ events.That crafting bag is all people truly pay for. Once you're more experienced with the game you'll know the answer yourself. It's a scummy business model because you're forced to pay for undiscounted crowns you'll realistically never spend, all to psychologically funnel you into the crown store.
Looks like the gold companion jewelry from the event isn't bound. I wonder what they'll sell for.
Would be cool if it had a reaction to having done the summerset theater quest or the jester quest or one of those.
I got a player mail from Isobel for one of the gifts I got from a box, but none for the other gifts I gave her or anyone else. Did they only give some of them extras like that? I'm getting lore FOMO.
>>2243070Ah, apparently it's only the purple gifts that give letters.
>>2229814WTF is this woke garbage? I left FO76 because of this BS, now it's here in ESO?
>>2244283Wait till you learn about the tranny companion
Which alliance is most loved, which is most hated, and why is it AD?
>>2245992stinky cats
>>2212297Same but Valsirenn.
Tell me, anon. Is the game going to get cheaper next month or is this the last sale before they make DLCs obtainably only through ESO+ and crowns (which will be more expensive)? I'm just looking to have the complete game as cheap as possible. No interest in ESO+ either if you were to suggest that. i think they're planning to make every content free but that's probably going to take years.
When is the combat and open world difficulty update?
The pass is only 12 euro now. Is that good value? I skipped the game this year.
>>2248210no official date yet afaikvaguely early summer or late spring I'm not touching the game again until it drops, personally
>>2249452i have no idea. they're planning to make every future content free but nobody knows what they're planning for existing content. what little we'll receive for free won't include the latest dlc in any foreseeable future. from what people have been saying the dlc is quite bad. on the other hand, 12 or less is probably cheaper than whatever crown price the dlc+dungeons will ever have, even if discounted twice. it sucks enough ass having to buy the zone dlcs and dungeons to have a complete game.
does anyone here actually actively play the game or is this just a waiting room until the year's updates start dropping
>>2251751I started playing ESO 2 years ago and have played pretty much every day. I havent done all the content yet, so I have always something to do though
>Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk will be the first of its kind and officially launch on April 2, 2026, and runs until July 8, 2026. Note that some of the base-game changes that are part of this Season go live a little earlier than this official date with Update 49 on March 9, just ahead of Season Zero’s debut.That means:>March 9, 2026: Update 49 >April 2, 2026: Season Zero>March 19, 2026 to March 26, 2026: Steam Spring SaleTell me one good reason why the game wouldn't be on sale again in March. Last year's Gold Road Collection was 17$ just before the new content released.
>>2252695Are they planning to put Solstice into ESO+/crown store with Update 49? If so, there will be no sale. Right?
>>2176720is weaving still a thing?
>>2248210It's gonna be shit, won't be instanced and essentially just nerfs you for barely increased rewards.
>>2257442i cant wait for the inevitable complaints.>i hardcore soulsliked it down to 30% and then the noob in rags just killed it rREEEEEEeee WhAT iS an EasY MoDe NoOb DoInG iN my ZoNe AAaaHHhhh SavE mE BASeD BLacK MaN
Hey /tesog/Haven't played the game in 2ish years, wondering how's the state, worth getting back into? Did the 'classless' rework make the game better build flexibility/combat balance/variety-wise and how was last year's new content out of curiosity? And what's this about romances, is the flirting dialogue just flavor or did they actually add npc romance? And is this available in old content or just latest expansion (not romances, but the dialogue in general) Anything else that I should know?
>>2170044Epic
We've had subclassing for a while now. How many skill lines have you fully leveled? How many have you not leveled at all?
>>2259367Subclassing dumbed down the game further, unless you are stupid, it's way easier to be a competent damage dealer/healer/tank. Even if it offers more flexibility to players, most just turn to the meta builds and I can't blame them.The romance thing is a scam, it has no deep impact in stories and most of the times it's just the writers punishing you for being a gooner (actively making fun of you like "Hahahaha oh anon did you really thing these pixels would fall for you?, get a life LMAO loser"). You can't romance companions yet, you can't flirt with any NPC and most NPCs answer like what they are, plain mindless soulless NPCs.Lookout for update 49 and update "zero", it's where the game turns around or dies.
>>2264419Don't buy it on the epic store, anon.
Daily rewards are gone, and endeavors are going.https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/689176/daily-login-rewards-update
