🚨 This New ESO Feature Changes EVERYTHING! 

Everything We Know About SCRIBING! hacktheminotaur.com/eso-guides/scribing/

The thing I hope they address this year is inventory management, I've played this game since launch and inventory management is still a chore, even with the craft bag.

The Scribe feature sound cool but you know what's going to happen. People will figure out which combo is best and then everyone will only use that.

Cross-play would be fun. Cross-progression would be amazing

Star Wars: The Old Republic has the option of "Story", Normal and "Veteran" game difficulty. Which changes for the player so they can get a leveling challenege if they want.

Cross play is always nice to have/talked about adding. I personally would like an engine upgrade to make the beautiful world better, and it should definitely help with limitations they may have been running into with the current engine. One more thing I wish they would add would be a one handed skill line or a spell blade skill line you could call it. Being able to use a skill that does melee damage and then follow up with like a flame spell all in one attack would be so cool. Not sure exactly how it would fit in the current skill rotations or work in end game content but for the RPG element of ESO it would fill me with joy. Plus look at all the new builds you could come up with.

This looks like something to actually, finally, set ESO apart from other MMOs that they have needed for a long time. How that turns out in practice, however, is another story entirely. I'm going to keep my expectations tempered for now, but I do look forward to seeing how they implement this system, how effective it is, and how/if they continue to build off of it.

I don’t consider myself a hard-core ESO player (mostly solo explore/quest) but I like what I’m seeing. I am looking forward to Gold Road. Thanks for sharing your insights and opinions.

Nice breakdown of what's to come! Overall good video!

Played for years, haven't had it in me to start over on pc since I was on ps4. Cross save or progression would be awesome and I would definitely return for that

I hope they give some love to vampires and werewolfs specially with the scribing system.

Man I seriously hope with whatever this new housing feature is, that it includes more furniture slots. I need like 1500 slots 😂😂

The most important thing to skill recognition is the sound not so much it’s color. For this reason games like Overwatch has different colors for each time part of their competitive league. This way a viewing audience will associate the sounds with the abilities even if the same characters are on both sides.

It would be nice if we can also change the color of our Class skill lines. I would like to change my beam to red :D

I really hope werewolf isn't left behind again, they're already so underpowered and limited as is, they could really use the new scribing feature. We could finally get access to so many things that have neen holding werewolf back for ages, taunts, more group support options, all kinds of things. Plus Werewolf mains have been asking for skins for our werewolf form for ages and with ability skins this can finally happen. But knowing ZoS, the only attention werewolf will get will be another inexplicable and undeserved nerf, if they don't just continue to neglect them instead.

If they can institute "normal/veteran" options for dungeons, etc., it would be very nice to have the same type of option available for zone play.

They still need to have a middle ground on dungeons and trials. Normal needs a hard mode that is between the base and vet so we can teach new players mechanics. It would allow some players who aren't sweats to get into that type of content. It's hard to bring enough people that haven't done certain vet trials into the trial without having to have enough core players to finish it. The housing cap needs to be upped or allow us the option to combine several furnishings into one piece. I look around at some of the places and know that there are far more than 700 pieces, so these larger houses need much more space to bring them to life. As far as crossplay, that would be tough, PC has so many add ons that console doesn't have access to, could very easily mess up PVP.

personnalisation proper avail in both store and in game . Like odd number option are in store . But even number are in game ? Meaning different ? This could be game changer personalisation wise .crossplay usually is ps xbox

I hope, with the bend towards quality of life changes they seem to be on, that we see a quest replay come soon. Having decade-old characters who've done everything basically shelved when it comes to playing with friends is really sad, and being able to replay quests would mean we could revisit those areas without having to start from scratch.

Can you now custom the keybindings? I remember, that I could not keybind AWSD as I wanted.

Overland Difficulty would be my birthday and Christmas gift together!

Custom Taunts would definitely add a lot more versatility to tanks, especially if you can make it ranged / pull

My main issue with ESO is inventory management and selling items. I have characters full of stuff and it is so freaking painful to try and figure out what is worth selling, and then to sell it. The whole concept of local traders that guilds have to pay for is just annoying (and then there are still listing and transaction fees on top of that). The whole thing just feels so clunky, and I just avoid dealing with it until my character's inventories and banks are so full I have no choice but to deal with it. It takes me hours using third party mods and websites to figure out what is worth selling and then figure out what to price things at to sell them. They really need a global auction house like in Guild Wars 2 that anyone can access without having to be in a trading guild, with real-time listings that are searchable.

I hope they add companions to the base game, perhaps one per alliance and one in coldharbour (a dremora maybe!)

I would like to be able to customise colour of my des staff attacks and corresponding skills, so my fire staff can be Templar fire colours or green lightning etc

Yeah like i would prefer being able to edit the existing ones (IE making Warden's Winter's Embrace skill line use stamina or changing Noxious Breath into a Fire/Magicka ability) myself but I can see how balancing 10-ish new skills was far more doable than every skill in the game. Styling is nice, like we'll see how long having thing earnable in game lasts as this is still ZoS but if we can get less morrowind-themed Warden skills i'm in.

Hello I know I’m late but is the armor in the thumbnail from a Gold Road screenshot or is this something already in the game ?

Vampire skill line was updated can you make a vid on that to explain

Hey i need some HELP. so i made my account 6 months ago but i accidentally typed the email addres wrong, that email does not exist but i can still play with the account. How do i change the email of my account

One piece of customization I would like is being able to change hair color, like how they have different hair types in collections. You could also change your hair color from there.

Cool feature, but man, they NEED to extend these to class skills as well. I understand the sentiment that it's good that they're targeting class-wide skills as they're available to everyone, but it's to the detriment of class identity and we'll probably never see classes get expanded upon, like making a proper summoner necromancer. Now you'll just be a regular necromancer with a vault bow skill.

@:54 we can see the infamous 'A Pimp called Slickback' 😎

With the scribing systems, I'm most looking forward to using the various weapons with builds that never would have used them. ie MagDK using a bow to drop fire volleys etc. Hopefully this is the case

Auto run for mounts should be added, some inventory re works to help with the bank or organization of sets and shit, some PvP rework and I’d be happy😊

Whats the armour style in the front picture

I hope the companions will be an Orc and a High Elf. (Wood Elf would be ok too.)

1:22 where is that map from?

Skill Crafting sounds pretty cool tbh

does eso-plus cover the Gold Road? i forget which update one must purchase. love the idea of skill crafting.

I hope we’ll get custom weapon idles at some point.

I wonder what builds will come out from this in pvp

questio: what armor set is it at 12:29 ?

priorities imo should be crossplay, new content, new pvp content, more things to do in the game, more t hings to do with housing, more customization with new skills / styles and somehwen my beloved bard class

Played ESO for 6 years its still the best in my own opinion enjoy all the new content and looking forward to the new DLC

Are you excited for Scribing? Why or why not?

I am hopeful they will add farming to the housing at some point. 😊

Getting rid of Guild Traders for an actual Market System would be great in future updates.

The new companions interest me. Each previous one has been based on a player class, but there is only the necromancer left. If they keep this pattern, what will the 8th companion be? A new upcoming class not yet announced? An an alternate of one of the other companions, or something not class-related? Can't stop speculating to myself.

If theres a drop down box with resource cost. Does that not imply you could make a ultimate skill? I would love to make a permanent pet for my Templar.

I wonder if we will be able to make an AOE Taunt that doesn't rely on Tormentor.

I hope and i really want that more Dragons aswell not only dungeon. 😅🙏😁

Looking at conifers turning colors like deciduous trees breaks my immersion. Xb

We can change our Alligiance. We can respec our Attributes and Skills... but the most frustrating thing is STILL not being able to change Classes! Alot of players want to try another class without the hassel of starting a new character (Especially when they are over lvl 50 already)

Really hope this will mean more looks for Warden guarians! I'm a Reachman worshipper of Hircine! I need a wolf!

I have an idea but i don't know how to call it :D What would bring me back is turning down the spamming in combat, so the idea: a slider that multiplies Damage/Effect with Stam/Magic cost. For example 3x more Dmg for 3x more Stamina cost.

Quit ESO years ago but i love Oblivion and might wanna see the West Weald and Skiingrad

I just wish I could separate the jump and interact functions into different buttons without having to choose a completely different button scheme that changes every other function as well.

I'm looking forward to the spell scribing system, as for cross play while I love the idea and intention behind it there are limits that I believe could make it impossible at least with how everyone wants it to work. What I mean by that is how the ESO servers work already, some people have started the game on different servers with the same account, for example I have gone from Xbox NA to Playstation NA using the same account, so what would happen to all my stuff on Xbox NA if cross play did come to ESO the way everyone would like it to? The most likely answer being all of my stuff on Xbox NA would be overwritten by my Playstation account. Some people play on different platforms like this because they have friends who also play the game there and it is quite likely that they have spent a lot of time and money on these other platforms and may not want to lose all of that. That is why I think if cross play came to ESO there would be new servers added for both NA and EU where cross play is enabled. The down side to this would be starting back at the beginning and needing to collect and buy everything all over again, for those who are already at the end game or have done pretty much everything this could be seen as a bonus but for people who are still in the early/mid game it would be pretty frustrating. The other way they could do it is by allowing us to copy all the information from one of our platforms NA/EU server's and upload it onto the cross play server which would enable us to keep all of our things except for maybe our guilds in the cross play server's. But with that said this is still ZOS and I'm not sure the player friendly option would be their first choice when designing this kind of server.

looks like pre-searing ascalon from guild wars! might bring me back to ESO o.o

I hope the housing change has to do with buying a blank piece of property where you guild your own place. That would mean a lot more craft able building items like exterior walls, interior walls, roofs, etc. Everything you'd need to build your own special place. They have something like that in EverQuest 2, which I made Player Studio stuff for those uses.

You know what would be crazy dope creating a daedric race and giving a major graphic, fighting performance 💯

as usual Hack, a great description, thanks for all your work.

this scribe system sounds dope

aoe conal range taunt would be dope

Farming would be great! Maybe add to the housing?

We need heavy sacks notice like a rainbow or something like the treasure chest

This might be old video but I wonder if some day they are giung to add some ranger/hunter class ( I would like a guild too but it's not lore friendly, since there never were terms known as rangers there, hunter was just a normal job to do)

Hey Hack, your videos are the best ESO news and tip channel on RU-vid! BTW, when a game developer tells you, "that would be really difficult to do...", that is 100% a no. Cross play is so not ever going to happen between console and PC.

Are the undaunted abilities in the list of scribing abilities?

Hoping for more frost/ice skills to my warden...

What armour is that shown in the thumbnail?

Does anyone know if scribing will be a free part of the dlc? Like how infinite archives are a free part of necrom?

it will be nice when they learn how to make it to where we make our own character from start to finish. And I mean if they add this to the character at start with all types of skills/spells our character learns and this would include crafting as well.

in eso will be everything friends it will be never be stopped until cover all eras at some point and all canon stories that not even included to offline games so eso will continue for so many years with new contents stay tuned

I really wish i could transfer my pc account to my xbox. My computer is not what it used to be anymore, and i dont want to buy a new one just for ESO since i play everything else on my xbox. So it would be nice to be able to keep going after 10 years whitout losing everything ( a lot of money in extension, and cosmetics etc)

The golden road looks like an interesting twist with it's spell crafting. Hopefully eso will in the future at least allow you to switch your account between consoles and PC before cross play.

So here is what I'm a little worried about...I sorta worry at the moment that Scribing might be A LITTLE gimicky. I still think it's very cool based on what we've seen and heard, but for instance, if these skills we are given DO NOT have Morphs like normal skills...then IDK, it seems less like "here's a new way to play your old skills" rather more like "Screw morphs, now you can just change whether this attack heals, poisons or does fire damage!" and yet it's the same skill pretty much. On the other hand, Morphs (which frankly seem JUST AS CLOSE if not closer to a "spellcrafting" concept) can actually totally change the skill itself functionally AND visually. I'll be more interested if they end up showing in the future being able to alter existing skills as well but even still, if they keep giving us more Scribing skills on every weapon skill bar, I'd be cool with that. More skills is something I've desired for a while because I want MORE build variety instead of just instantly knowing "oh, they have a bow, they're going to use these 2 skills and none of the others on the Bow line". I played Guild Wars 1 and found the skill variety AWESOME. There are dozens of skills you could choose from and some you had to unlock by killing bosses that were around different zones/map areas. That sort of idea really appeals to me, it makes me feel like you have had to EARN your skills and conveys this sense of "I have mastered the art of Bowmanship" instead of "Oh I got another level, now I get another skill". I think a combination of both ideas is best...naturally earning access to certain skills but having to earn other skills. At present, I DEFINITELY love the idea of skill styling. As a Path of Exile player, skill effect changes really allow you to customize your build and allow you to fully embody whatever roleplay you have in mind or just color code your stuff for that aesthetic desire. But I REALLY HOPE they keep it rather tame...there shouldn't be bright rainbow explosions going off everywhere like Guild Wars 2. I think it should just be enhancements or slight changes on current skills. Like let's take Snipe from the Bow skill line. Maybe instead of it being a bland arrow being shot at an enemy, it will show a more interesting wind up animation with a better sound effect and more impactful look as the arrow pierces through the air and makes contact with the intended target.

Will we have to use skill slots on our bar?

I run a lot of configs that do not use much (if any) weapon skills. So I may have no use for it at all.

Merging characters with cross play could be challenging, but I would live with having 1 set of characters if that happened! Even combine NA and EU characters, Crowns, purchases, etc. Then I would be able to play the same character(s) wherever!

Stack siege equipment or treasure maps?😢

Please let this mean you can resize or change appearance of your summons. Looking at you Twilight Matriarch.

A first person only server with harder overland content would (for me personally) amazing

It will be fun

Looking forward to the new zone and story. There's always this special feeling exploding a new zone and seeing everything for the first time.

I need to get back on ESO, once I buy my PC

Ooo new pvp related feature in 4th? 😮😮😮😮

I need to know how Scribing interacts with Armory.

Is this happening to PC too?

I want large scale PvP like we had in year one and two or I am not coming back!!

Sounds cool

since 2015 i always ask for cutscenes to quests and chapters gonna be fun not only dialogues

This is very interesting (the spell crafting). Only the nine know how they will balance it;)

Hopefully the housing update includes the ability to showcase more than 1 house at a time, finally.

Only QoL I want is account wide mount upgrades. Shit sucks to lvl up speed on every toon

I'm a solo player so I can see styles being 'pretty', but I have concerns about group play. If your group members can't recognize the skills you're using, won't this make group play harder? Or less...groupy? I also have concerns about ZOS' ability to make scripting work in actual game play. They seem to have trouble enough balancing game play as is, how will they balance this explosion of customization? Interesting times ahead.

Thanks hack, great information 😎

What do you think do we have to unlock and lvl the skill line for every char like Psijic or undaunted or is it just unlocking and you can use it?

Well time to play ESO again XD

So healing with a bow now XD sweet