What do you gamers think about the new changes and features coming to U39? Which upcoming feature do you like the most? If you don't like any of them, what were you hoping to see instead? I'm especially curious to hear what you think about the item set sourcing changes that affect how we go about receiving old Rftw gear. 🤔 Also, I made an oopsie in the vid and made it seem like the Cyrodiil town vendors are NOW going to be divided up by armor weights (as suggested in the patch notes) but this is actually already the case, and not new at all, idk how I managed to forget this What no sleep does to a mfer. What *is* new is that the older Rftw sets (like rallying cry, dark convergence, PB, etc) will now be available AT those town merchants according to their armor weights (ex: rallying cry coffers will be able to be purchased from the Cropsford quartermaster). These sets were not ever available from town merchants in the past.
Your delivery of ESO news is so engaging. I guess it’s the info you disseminate, sound of voice, visuals, etc… . Your vids are greater than the sum of their parts. Thanks for all you do for the ESO community. As Tupac said - “ You are appreciated “
I agree 100% Arttea is one of my favorite content creators to watch. Her videos are more engaging than others, they are funny, witty, and cute. I also think it's her voice, which is awesome, but her delivery and cadence when she is speaking. Her videos visuals are freaking awesome too! Very much appreciated! Keep up the great work Arttea!
Great content and recap as usual Arttea. Hate to hear that the omni-attunable table is pushed to release 40, but all good. Some of those Necrom furnishings are great. Was glad to hear that Antiquities skill line is purchasable. I wish the pricing was a bit more affordable, but I understand the reasoning and just glad to not have to dig up half of Artaeum to get the stonk-smoke happening on chests.
Great Video as always! So here is my question... Why on earth is the event ticket cap only 12 tickets? Instead of making a QOL change for missing tickets why would they not just change the amount of tickets you can hold to a reasonable number? Just seems crazy to me.
That's a good question. My guess is that they do not want players to be able to hoard tickets for one reason or another - WHY exactly? I'm not entirely sure. They must have their reasons. But I agree, I personally don't appreciate having such a small limit that essentially makes me HAVE to spend them on something from the impresario every couple* of days.
@@Arttea Let's be honest with ourselves; it's so they can inconvenience people and incentivize them to buy tickets from the Crown Store. Because with how the system is now, you're pushed to buy things you don't even want to keep getting more tickets. Which will make it so that when the next event comes around, you don't have enough tickets on hand to realistically buy all of the things you do want from it; especially since doing so would likely require buying all the fragments of the current year's morphing collectible base. A problem that is made even more problematic because of how short all of the events have been. Thus pushing you to one place to get the tickets you need to finish buying what you want: the crown store.
My guess is that they want people to buy the items for an event mostly with event tickets they earned at that event. That way the events actually make people engage in content they usually don't - at least a bit. Also, if you could store significantly more tickets, they would need to balance total ticket amounts per event and the difficulty to get tickets much more.
Awesome video! I don't play on the PTS so it's nice to get some concrete info on what's coming up. I love watching your videos while I'm at work to get my ESO fix. Thanks for the effort to get these out so quick!
OMG! I did this Mayhem on a healer (damn AD needs constant health babysitting!) and the 'in combat' bug drove me nuts. I ran everywhere. I've never thrown myself at slaughterfish so hard and fast before - anything to stop having to hoof it between BRK and Lessie. But I'm fence-sitting with you about the PVP rewards. On the one hand, I like the idea of having some nice drip that ONLY we PVPERs can get. On the other, selling PVP-earned items is such a good way to get some gold off our PVE friends. Otherwise, though, I like a lot of the changes coming, even if I am sad that the all-in-one stations are being pushed back. The endeavours sound like hell though. As always, thanks for the great video - your lack of sleep and caffeine overdoses are greatly appreciated!
I hate the bound pvp rewards. Like you, Arttea, I get what they're trying to do here, but I ultimately think it harms both PVPers AND players who either can't or don't want to PVP.
Ah yeah I really wish that the developers considered implementing new tradeable rewards from pvp :') I think that the potential to be able to sell pvp goodies (like Hakeijo, or Knight of the Circle style pages) and earn a lot of gold can be a huge motivator to get players out into Cyro/IC! A little while ago, on PC NA, the prices of Hakeijo skyrocketed to 100-150k per unit. This change in the market breathed new life into IC, as so many more players were out and about farming adds and players to be able to grab some hakeijo to then sell on the guild stores! It was really nice to see as both a pvper, and a trading enthusiast I don't think bound rewards have the potential to stir up as much interest. And as a pvper, I want to be able to have the CHOICE of consuming a reward or selling to others, much like how PvErs have the choice to do so with dungeon motifs.
@@Arttea well said!! This game emphasizes freedom of choice in so many different ways. I'd love to see that same philosophy applied to these new PVP rewards. 🖤
I'm so excited for these changes especially the fixing loot drop on craglorn trials. I've ran that thing so many times well over 100 each and still missing half of 2 of them because they shared loot and cried every time. Love your vids just subbed ^^
No "stuck in combat" fixes for an update dedicated to bug fixing. The nightmares... Will they ever cease, Arttea? WILL MY CHARACTER EVER HAVE THEIR TRAUMA CEASE?
One thing to note for those of us trying to get Arena Gladiator Proofs for all the goodies that you need them for... one of the 4 quests to obtain a Proof "Kill 40 players" is slated to be changed to "Kill 150 players". Not sure why, as I've never heard anyone complain about this quest, but so it goes!
My understanding is that they supposedly fixed the bug with that quest (which has been around for as long as I've been pvping...so at least 5 years ) such that it now works properly when you are grouped with other players in Cyrodiil. But to account for this grouping, they've also upped the number of players needed to be killed...which is... I don't know how I feel about that. If we take a moment to compare it to the other daily conquests: It will take considerably longer to get that many kills if you play solo or with just a small group when compared to the amount of time it would take to grab 9 resources, or even swing by 3 keeps as they're being captured. But perhaps this is ZOS' way of encouraging players *to group up* and engage in more large-scale fights so that this repeatable quest can be completed in a timely manner. As Angus stated, however, it can sometimes be difficult to even find 40 opponents in Cyrodiil at a time. I've heard from EU friendos that this is especially true over on the PC EU side of things.
@@Arttea So the intent is that anyone in your group that gets a kill is included? Yes, I can see how that might encourage grouping up for this quest. During prime time in GH, a group could run through this fairly quickly. I can see the intent behind it, but I am not sure of the execution. Those who don't play during prime time, prefer solo play, prefer non-cp campaigns are going to have a hard time getting 150 kills. Already, nobody does the 3 towns quest (that could be changed to seize any town and nobody would cry, lol) and this change may prevent many from doing the kill quest too. Ah well, there is always the other 2 quests!
@@Arttea while I like that they're fixing that old glitch, I'm now going to have to take my solo no-cp self off to GH, which makes me a sad panda D: ain't no way I'm finding 150 people in Ravenwatch in one day, ooooof. Ty for clarifying that tho.
Do you know if the Undaunted event will let us get the normal mask style pages from the dungeons that drop them? Because you KNOW I'm farming Baron Zaudrus for the whole damn event for that. Or am I misunderstanding this and only the certain dungeons linked with the event itself like FG or EH1 will have a change to drop these normal styles
They should, but going off of how previous undaunted events have been structured, this will unfortunately only apply to the dungeons that pertain to the event (the ones that correspond with the opal-style pages that will be dropping from the undaunted reward coffers). Which means no Baron Z farming 😩 Man whenever they bring that mask back I am going to be practically LIVING in The Cauldron.
I’m still curious how the all in one crafting stations will work, will you have to buy a slot in the crown store and add a set that way and for existing attunables can you ‘consume’ them into the all in one?
Watching this I think the trade-off for not having new dungeons in Q3 is worth it. Especially glad about being able to buy new stuff for AP and Gladiator Proofs since I hoard both of those things for no particular reason.
I agree with what you said at the end about how you're left wanting more for PvP. I'm not a PvPer but a PvE player. Most of these bugfixes are for quest/roleplayers which is great for them, but there are SO MANY PvE bugs that aren't addressed here at all. When they said 31 pages of bugfixes I kind of assumed at least some of them would fix PvE.
I agree with your thoughts about the trade-ability of new PvP-sourced style pages. I was pretty bummed to learn that the new IC Gravegrasp style was bound - the helmet & chest would have made for some nice Halloween sales. Plus, the activities associated with earning Siege of Cyrodiil Merits are PvE in nature, so, I dunno. Would have made more sense to lock them up as "iron price" PvP styles if they cost Tel Var and given the PvErs something less exclusive to spend their merits on for trading purposes. But, whatever -- I bought them all & I'm going to be rocking a super exclusive Skeletor outfit this Halloween in a video game, so be jelly fellow denizens of Tamriel. Also, I might have missed this, but will the Trove Scamp drops be curated? Could be very hard to profit off of this due to the difficulty of filling in the IC stickerbook as is & infrequent appearance of the scamps, but I recently finished off my IC stickerbook, so if there were someone like me, except they had purposefully held off on binding a PA Ice Staff, for example.... wow-wow-wee-wow! Thanks for the video Artea! Hope you get some rest. This was very thorough & informative.
I like some of the changes, especially Sorcs/NBs getting their skills to be always active. I always found them clunky to use, and now it's a nice smoother gameplay. I did not like the new change to the endeavor system though. They added new types of endeavor quests, and the quests are too narrow focused and tedious. I really wished they would keep it broad and vague, so you can have more options. There are discussions going in the forums, and I hope they tone it down and not make it to live servers.
Looking forward to NOT having to finish the awful grind of Antiquity for my other character that's about 1/2 way through it. Man, that's a boring skill line. So I'm glad it can now be purchased! Thank you for this video. Love your stuff.
I feel like a crazy person, what happened to that "heavily requested feature" we were supposed to get this ear? It's nearly autumn, why is nobody talking about it? Or I missed the announcement?
Which "heavily requested feature" are you talking about? I vaguely recall ZOS using this phrase last year in a community message, and I think they may have been referring to the new arcanist class, as a new class had been an EXTREMELY requested feature for years.
@@Arttea I'm talking about that announcement with their plans for 2023 at the end of the last year. They've said that we won't be getting a second zone DLC this year, but they're working on "the most requested feature" instead or something like that and that they'll reveal it later. When that happened people were guessing stuff like spellcrafting, veteran overland and so on. If by that ZOS meant Arcanist, something that should be seen as default in an expansion, then bruh. What heavily requested feature we'll have in 2024? New area coming with a Chapter?
I just learned that there was an update when I had to download a 32 GB update like I just bought the game last week and I didn’t realize there was gonna be a big update coming
I appreciate some QOL updates (especially when paired with 30-odd pages of bug fixes) and some of them are things that have itched at the back of my brain since I first started playing however many years ago, like quest-marker-overload in starter cities, valueless sellable items, and so on. But honestly, there's still so many common-sense issues with the game that, while some of these changes are good progress, it's ultimately a drop in the bucket. And please, oh god please, let there be some kind of optional setting for toggling on the quest marker limitations at higher levels. I'm not the type of player who does every DLC story on one character, and I'm not gonna start any time soon, so please let me spare my alts from needing to walk past 50 crying npcs with neon lights over their heads begging my character to help them with a quest they'll never do cause I've already done it on another. Since account-wide achievements and collectables have become a thing, the value in repeating quests on multiple characters is null and void beyond RP reasons (unless ZOS realizes gear could be rewarded in ways other than killing things and playing in mud...)
I hope that the change that makes prologue quests not show up until level 15 is adjustable, or at least adds the functionality for a mod to hide them until even later levels. I know some people who prefer to play through the games story in order that get stressed out having to have a list of all of he prologue quest givers open to consult every time they see a quest so they dont grab it too early and have it cluttering their quest log or giving them spoilers, so it would be really nice if there was a way for them to optionally extend not seeing the prologue quests until level 50.
As a new player, the map pins is definitely overwhelming and half of the time i'm trying to figure where to go and tend to spam map to see where i'm supposed to go, So the change will be extremely helpful
Hi, Arttea! Thank you for your videos! They've helped me a lot to understand the game. This patch sure seems like an interesting one, but as a beginner, it is mostly irrelevant to me; seeing that I'm still learning my way around basically everything lol. And speaking of which, I've recently saw one of your latest videos where you talked about your time as a beginner and how you were going to donate some gold and some other good stuff to new players. I was surprised to find out that I could still submit a reply to it, but I've come to wonder if you're still actually doing it... It has been over a month. And I like your sense of humor. That's some good shit right there. All the best to you! c: P.S: Reeeeeeally hoping you're still doing it :p
Hello! I *am* still giving out goodies for my new player initiative, it may just take upwards of a week to receive them because of all of the requests and how busy I am. Unfortunately, A LOT of people gave me wrong user IDs, or they are not even on PC NA, which means that I was not able to send out the new player goodie bags to a lot of players. If it has been over a week and you have not received yours in the mail, check to make sure that your mailbox is not full, and perhaps resubmit the form and pay close attention that you use the correct userID and on the correct platform, which is PC NA. Use your @ name (ex: @Arttea)
@@Arttea Good to know you're still on it. It's really kind of you. I submitted it on this weekend. Saturday or Sunday, I believe. So it's all good. My User ID is @Ayrenn'spet Thanks!
I really hope they not only fix the combat system but change it entirely along with the graphics. They should also make all companions free. Without one, the combat is a real chore since the enemies don’t flinch, it’s no distinct sound effect and all the movements/combos are stiff.
I hope they fix the bug fix that doesn’t allow me to discover new styles, even though I’ve met the requirements because I’ve been trying to collect all styles on one profile and it’s hard when it’s not allowing me to collect it even though I am level eight in in almost all of my skills, and it requires level six
My single brain cell will forget what vendor is selling what weight and I will be running from town to town or googling 20 times lol But besides that I am excited for the changes. Change in the nightblade skill is making me wanna play as the nightblade again XD
Not a fan of the bound PvP rewards. I planned on blowing a portion of my AP to buy those styles for myself, then buy a few more for those sweet sweet sales. RIP the dream.
Appreciate the video Arttea! However I'm actually really bummed about one aspect that didn't get mentioned in this video. They did a massive nerf to the endeavor system! Introducing super specific, harder and more time consuming daily endeavors. I dislike them so much. It's a big L for me if that change ends up making it to live servers!
Ah I have not had a chance to take a good look at the endeavours in-game (on the PTS), but from what I gathered from what was said in the patch notes, I got the impression that this was to provide more ways to earn endeavors in like an accessibility sense - where it would now be easier to earn them because there would be more ways to do so! I had no idea that these new activities would be more difficult to complete! What are some examples of the new endeavour activities? While I was on the PTS on Monday, I completed some endeavour that was REALLY simple (I wanna say it was like kill 10 adds or something? I completed it whilst in a Cyrodiil delve) and upon completing that endeavour, I completed ANOTHER endeavour immediately after because the second one was "complete an endeavour while in a group" - and I was in one! So I got the impression that these endeavour changes would make it easier to earn seals; I'm shocked to hear it's the opposite!
@@Arttea There is a thread on the eso PTS forums which has some screenshots of the new endeavors and also some player reactions. (None are positive.) In summary they are more DLC dependent/ more group dependent or dungeon specific. I also saw one where you gotta do 2 BGs with a guildmate. If you're a solo player who plays during off-peak hours you're gonna have a much harder time now.
I know it's such a meme for our game, FIX CYRO ZOS DAMN IT! I agree though there needs to be some more QoL changes in PVP, I agree they should have a death match que. I know it's, apparently, unpopular with any ZOS dev or admin but Cyro, IC, and BGs (to a lesser extent) need some Developer love. At this point I'm open to any changes in Cyro and IC to help entice more players to participate. I always thought they should have times throughout the day that for a certain amount of time if your faction is getting facerolled in Cyro and IC there should be a small buff mechanic or other small playing field levelling type of mechanic that gives that faction a limited time better fighting chance of gaining ground and with a AP or Telvar % increase incentive tied to the mechanic to incentivize players to engage in Cyro and IC. Obviously they would have to make it to where players can't run the map, wait on the incentive mechanic to start for another faction only to swap to that faction and run the map or farm the extra currency. If they made it a true Catch-up type of thing it would help incentivize players to go out to Cyro and IC more. It would automatically work in Grey host as its faction locked, but the other campaigns should have a way to prevent farming with the "mechanic".
I'm happy to trade content for long overdue QOL stuff, but seems kinda meh to me. Idk. Being able to stack the same crown items items is a win, 'bout freaking time! ...those edits though *chef's kiss*
Getting pulled into combat is annoying. My work around if playing with friends \guldies is to have a guild event to join dark brotherhood. Then power level it. Shadow Rider is an absolute must! Thanks for the update, ive been waiting for crafting stations. Patch 40😑
I personally like the fact that the new PvP motifs are bound because then wearing them will be more of a flex. Most motifs that are tradeable ends up dropping in value as time goes on, which IMO makes wearing them feel less special (this is coming from someone that never PvP's).
I can definitely see where you're coming from about how it feels like more of a flex when items are more exclusive. From what I've seen on PC NA though, a majority of the cosmetic rewards from pvp have not taken much of a dip in price (excluding any significant price drops that may occur shortly after new items were introduced, like the timbercrow costume), and the knight of the circle style pages/buoyant armiger motifs have even increased as time has passed. So wearing them is still a flex, although other players will not be able to distinguish if it is a monetary flex, or a flex of PVP prowess, to be fair.
UPDATE 40 why no EVILLLLLL well means my master piece house I built won’t be finished until update fricken 40!!!!! Btw they need to add a waterfall housing item.
I'm a grumpy, old skool, perimenopausal gamer & perennially difficult to amuse, but I genuinely laughed a loud RL laugh at you templar healer not being able to mount in years. Bet her calf muscles are in fabulous shape. 🤔
So as I’m sitting here drinking some beers 🍻 (critical gamer drinker) 🤣 may not know what I’m talking bout but ya know. I like the fixes. I’m just happy they r still working on ESO even though starfield about to take a large player base away from ESO. Keep on keep on Arrrrteaaaa love the content 😂
This "in Combat" Shitbisbthe MOST annoying, aggrovating Thing to me....they have to so something about this because OMG they will give me old Cow a heartattack!!!!! XD
Sad enough any change other then an all new dlc being free can keep this game alive. To little to late and this is all the devs fault. Had zos actually listened to us years ago you would see more players on instead of 90% new and don't know better.
As a pvp player, I hate the death notification thing. I know we can turn it off, but I don't see why we'd want other people's death notifications constantly. It's none of my business if you die and I don't feel specific player names should be broadcasted like this. I'm perfectly capable of heading to the crossed swords on the map without all this needless information :/ I also feel it's just going to feed the fires of griefing pve's during midyear. People are going to use this as radar to target specific players. It's such a bad idea. *facepalm* ETA: also, I main templar in pvp-your build looks fun, what are you running?
I play a Templar support! I may make a build video at some point, but I'm just running Pariah as my defensive set, Transmutation to provide some crit resists to the group, Earthgore, and the Perfected BRP resto staff, as I mostly do battlegrounds!
@@Arttea please do make a video! I love Templar in pvp and I'm always interested in someone else's opinions on playing it and builds. Thanks for the info on your build, I appreciate it :)
