March and April are going to be two of probably the most vital months in The Elder Scrolls On-line historical past. Season Zero kicks off a brand new period for the MMO, completely refreshing how content material and rewards are served as much as gamers. However Replace 49 will first arrive to set the stage, merging a trio of outdated expansions into the bottom sport, overhauling the Dragonknight class, and delivering extra high quality of life enhancements than you possibly can shake a employees at. Nonetheless, you do not have to attend to check out what’s coming to ESO, as loads of its greatest modifications can be found to strive on its take a look at server proper now.
The seasonal rework happening in The Elder Scrolls On-line is large. Chapters and the Content material Move have been tossed within the trash for a extra conventional, three-month season mannequin. Extra content material is being made free to entry for gamers, together with some previous DLC chapters and future zones, quests, and dungeons. Tamriel Tomes is available in as a brand new battle pass-style system. The Gold Coast Bazaar is a brand new strategy to earn returning items of drugs. It is all actually transformative stuff, and parts such because the Bazaar at the moment are obtainable to take a look at within the Public Take a look at Server (PTS), though it is price noting the precise gadgets you will see are topic to vary – it is merely there to place the brand new UI by means of its paces.
Nonetheless, the PTS is now additionally dwelling to hundreds extra granular modifications and enhancements coming to ESO in Replace 49 in March and Season Zero a month later. Dragonknight gamers can go and take a look at out the rework proper now, which reimagines its expertise lineup so as to make it really feel extra distinct versus different courses. New visible and sound results have additionally been added to each single Dragonknight capacity, with some additionally getting up to date animations. It is a particularly deep and complete rework (take a look at this 5,000-word breakdown, if you happen to do not imagine me) and equally sized overhauls are deliberate for the Werewolf, Warden, and Sorcerer all year long.
However again to what’s on the PTS proper now. Two new houses can be found to peruse – the coastal retreat of Buccaneer Bay, and the “former bankvault” tied to the brand new Night time Market zone referred to as Night time’s Den. Dozens of latest furnishing gadgets have been added as effectively, plus all homes (aside from present Notable-tier houses) will now get entry to extra furnishing slots as commonplace for elevated customization.
Fashionistas also needs to pay shut consideration to what’s on the PTS, as not solely are outfit slots now account-wide, however a brand new characteristic has been added that allows you to tweak your look even additional. It has been closely requested for ages, however now you possibly can lastly conceal extra particular person parts of your outfits, together with gloves, boots, belt, pants, and chest items.
Among the many dozens of different tweaks within the extremely prolonged patch notes are the flexibility to improve your bag straight from the stock menu, modifications to Werewolf and Vampire questlines, free respeccing of expertise and attributes, and a tripling of the cap for Transmute Crystals that are used to change traits on armor items. There’s a lot in right here that’ll assist enhance the ESO expertise from a day-to-day perspective.
Some parts might be added to the take a look at server at later dates – the Night time Market, for instance, debuts from subsequent week onwards, and the brand new battle go system arrives the week after that. However the majority of modifications and options in Replace 49 and Season Zero of The Elder Scrolls On-line are on the PTS proper now.
As a reminder of when every part hits the complete sport, Replace 49 is slated to reach on Monday, March 9, whereas Season Zero will kick off the brand new period of ESO on Monday, April 2. I will even be chatting to Zenimax devs later this week, so maintain a watch out for what they need to say about a few of the main modifications being made and the group’s response to the brand new seasonal mannequin.
