Following its previous Q&A on PvP on Elitist Jerks and the "Creating Cyrodiil’s Keeps", Zenimax Online gave us more info on The Elder Scrolls Online's skill progression by publishing a new "Ask Us Anything" on the topic of Cyrodiil.
New information were given on Cyrodiil's maps, keeps and resources, siege weapons, rankings and various game mechanics.
The three Alliances of Elder Scrolls Online battle within the region of Cyrodiil around fortified keeps. They are critical to each side's war effort and the Zenimax team couldn't just create art straight away when creating the keeps. They had to meet technical requirements: destructible keep walls, siege weapons and large numbers of player characters on-screen.
The actual layout of the keeps was very important. It had to allow for multiple stages within the battle and combat mechanics needed to be taken into accounts, like knockbacks, gap closers and area abilities.
A special Q&A with The Elder Scrolls Online PvP Developer Brian Wheeler was hosted Wednesday on Elitist Jerks. A massive number of questions were asked and lots of answers were given. Here is a sum up of those answers.
Note that Brian Wheeler will answer to some of the leftover questions in a couple of days, so stay tuned! The questions tackled quite a number of topics, so we bundled them by theme for an easier reading.
In a new blog post, The Elder Scrolls Online developers have given the public a glimpse of a high-level armor set called "emperor's armor". The post details lore associated with the set:
TenTonHammer has partnered with ZeniMax to hold a live Q&A session for Elder Scrolls Online with Lead PvP Designer Brian Wheeler, Wednesday December 18 from 4-6 PM EST. The Q&A will be conducted on the Elitist Jerks forums and will be open to all registered users. If you're not already registered on EJ, you can do so here.
This coming Wednesday, shortly before 4PM EST, they'll be opening up this thread to allow users to ask questions and chat with Brian. If you have questions or are simply interested in following the discussion, don't forget to check Elitist Jerks.
Be sure to check out the War in Cyrodiil video first to see a preview of TESO's PvP!
Guilhemette "Whilhelmina" Giacopazzi
Bethseda Softworks and ZeniMax Online just announced the worldwide PC and Mac launch date for The Elder Scrolls Online: April 4, 2014! PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will follow shortly after, launching in June 2014. Check out the newly released, all-new gameplay trailer titled "War in Cyrodiil". The video highlights The Elder Scrolls Online’s massive PvP system, allowing hundreds of players to fight together, and against one another, in a quest to claim the Ruby Throne.
Following its video preview on Character progression, Zenimax Online gave us more info on Elder Scrolls Online's skill progression by publishing a new "Ask us Anything" on the topic.
As pointed out in both the video and our last news on this topic, you'll gain skill points by exploring, doing quests and levelling. You can then spend those points in several skill lines in eight major categories: race, class, weapons, armors, guilds, PvP, world and tradeskilling. Those skills can be active or passive. Each level, you'll also gain a point that can be used in one of the three attributes (health, magicka, or stamina).
The questions asked gave answers on several points, as seen below.
When Zenimax Online first announced The Elder Scrolls Online, one of the key areas they kept talking about was the idea of making a character your own. Their goal was to take the freedom of progression from Skyrim and its prequels and bring it into a multiplayer game. Essentially the idea that you can build your own character with skills you chose and have it be just as effective as another player's build. An interesting concept, but how does it work in practice? In this week's updates, Zenimax is giving players a video walkthrough and a blog post offering a more thorough explanation of their designs and intentions with TESO's progression system.
To those brave adventurers eager to map out their journey across Tamriel, Zenimax has a nifty new surprise in store for you.
Many Elder Scrolls fans are familiar with the howling sounds that haunt Tamriel in the dark of night. The same dreadful howls that have claimed many bandits, adventurers and mercenaries alike. These familiar howls ring with the sound of bloodlust and the sound of rage; for that is the sound of the Werewolf. Steel yourselves as we dive into the making of the Werewolf in The Elder Scrolls Online.
