[Column] Elder Scrolls Online: The ESO Post-Launch Wishlist

BillMurphy

Yep. We aren’t even live yet and I’m already looking ahead to what’s next for The Elder Scrolls Online. That’s not to say that I feel the game is deficient in launch features, but half the excitement of playing a new MMO is pondering about where it will go next. I’ve got a couple of things I’d like to see, so let’s jump into it.

Read more of Michael Bitton's The ESO Post-Launch Wishlist.

Nemesis7884

100% agree on everything

what i really would like to add is:

spears (in combination with shields) and unarmed weaponlines.... this would give another defensive and another offensive weapon lines

necromancy skill line -  this one i think a lot of people are waiting for

potentially more staff skill lines - looking at illusion and alteration here

dawnguard faction - yes im aware, the fighters guild does kinda shoot into that direction, still i think it would be a nice addition

Ilaya

All of these within the next 14 Days please

Na, honestly, well written and these wishes may become true at some point. At least for "DarknessFalls" we know that will happen.

But i think for now, the Release, let them get started first. Give them some time. Not to much ofc.

I wish we had Sunday already. Damned.

Tanaris

ESO needs cloaks. I wonder why no one noticed the lack of cloaks yet. Cloaks please. Cloaks.

cronius77

im in the corner of let them have a smooth a launch as possible and work on bugs and fixes the first couple of weeks for server stability. I can wait a month or two for ease of life additions and content patches. I just would like to see a smooth launch and some interesting features and content planned for the first major patch. Is plenty to do in ESO for at least a month IMO.

Ides385

I had my own idea for the Dark Brotherhood. I think killing NPCs only would be very limited for them. This idea could expand on PvP and add unique endgame content.

 

http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/the-dark-brotherhood-expansion-thoughts/

Mothanos

if only all animations ingame were done with real human motion capture this would have been a 10/10 mmo.

I hope Zenimax might actualy does this /dream

But spot on so far with people post launch wishlists

reillan

After lotro, I'm kinda over mounted combat

arieste

Justice (stealing/murder, etc.) is the the most desired gameplay element i'd like to see.   It's somethign that's a huge part of the ES experience and these things have so rarely been done well (or at all!) in an MMO, that I'm just giddy thinking about it.

 

Justice would be so awesome in an MMO setting when you can't just reload a savegame after failing and are supposed to actually deal with the reputation consequences.  

Sovrath

I want to see the world have more ruins, dungeons, caves on the same scale as the single player games where you can just plan to "be there", fight, explore, etc.

Seantsubaki

HOUSING should be TOP PRIORITY for now.

Lheiah

I'd like to see an Animal Husbandry skill line that could develop into a whole horse breeding mini-game or used for varied mounts and/or racing events.

A Treasure Hunter skill line would also be cool. Something that expounds upon the treasure maps they already have into something much more in depth.

Advanced skill lines that require 2 or more basic skill lines to unlock.

Expand the lock-picking mini-game to the point it's viable trade.

Faction change EPIC quest lines.

A life time sub.

Gravarg

1. Lifetime Subscription Option.

2. Imperial City, much like what MikeB suggested.

3. Thieves Guild + Pick-pocketing, Stealing, lock-picking (upgradable), speechcraft (bargaining)

4. Dark Brotherhood + Assassination Targets

 

Tokken

Originally posted by Nemesis7884

100% agree on everything

 This ^^

Ginaz

Auction house.

Volgore

Some of these points should have been in the launch version of a 2014 title.

Instead of what you wish for, this article should be about "what is Zenimax' excuse to not have these classic features in a ESO game at all?" But then, we all know that "journalism" on this site doesnt work like that.

My prediction: 8.5+ review incoming.

Hermod

Bounties on Goldsellers

Mamnom

Originally posted by Nemesis7884

100% agree on everything

what i really would like to add is:

spears (in combination with shields) and unarmed weaponlines.... this would give another defensive and another offensive weapon lines

necromancy skill line -  this one i think a lot of people are waiting for

potentially more staff skill lines - looking at illusion and alteration here

dawnguard faction - yes im aware, the fighters guild does kinda shoot into that direction, still i think it would be a nice addition

Unarmed and Unarmored FOR SURE!!! why did they take it out in skyrim dangit.  Also the justice system that someone suggested a couple posts up.  How the heck is there no stealing and going to jail....

marcust

- UO style champion spawns

- Housing

- New pve/pvp zones for veteran combat where you can kill enemy alliance members and you can take over hamlets that have exclusive resource nodes

- Dyes

- Ingame party based voice chat (as per Lotro)

- and yes, bounties on goldsellers, and also bounties on anyone that the mods decide are absolute douchebags on zone chat

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Having said all that, I'm still happy with the game as is.

 

 

 

gonewild

No npc companions for me.

Companions in mmorpgs are real people.

Lets hope the game does not suck in the end

superconducting

There was a good forum post on this here:

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/408658

I would add to that list:

- A Complete Justice system- stealing, pickpocketing, jailing, bounties, etc.

- A Dueling Arena!

- Minigames / random events (other than dark anchors & fissures).

- Underwater content

 

 

Sovrath

Originally posted by Mamnom Also the justice system that someone suggested a couple posts up.  How the heck is there no stealing and going to jail....

This was already answered.

"after launch". Though it's unclear what penalties you will incur if you get caught.

Post Launch

We have pretty aggressive post launch schedule. Imperial city is under siege and we will be involving the story of the Imperial city post launch. We will also be introducing the justice system. Right now you can steal thing from the table and nobody is going really stop you. Justice system will affect all theft mechanics. We will also be introducing Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood with new story and quest lines.

http://elderscrollsonline.info/news/emperor-post-launch-justice-system

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Kuinn

NPC companions like SWTOR. I love NPC companions who have their own personality, who provide missions and content and who I can send off to do some stuff for me.

 

Other players in mmorpgs are mostly trade partners, PvP allies or opponents, or dungeon runners (unless they are IRL friends). NPC companions are really fun game mechanic to bring life into "soloing" and bring immersion.

 

Even in roleplaying environment real players rarely can provide immersion with their stupid out of line godmoding, barely understandable sentences or just general selfishness and asshattery. NPC companions simply are a lot better company than your average random player in a mmorpg.

Otakun

I say they should add a system that makes your weapon choice actually matter but that aint going to happen. 

sketocafe

I most want to see Craglorn and then the next adventure zone, then the next one.
The big problem with Warhammer Online wasn't that you were locked out of something you usually owned, it was that they cut the number of capital cities they had planned to one for each side, so you had none and server imbalance was extremely high so you had a chance of having no captitals often until you moved servers.