:A quick note about version 1.6. It has a ton of new features and items that we have talked about, but also some things that we haven't talked about enough. Here's a general list, in no certain order. I'm sure I missed some, but these are the larger ticket items:Justice SystemChampion SystemCrown Store and CollectionsCombat animation and timing fixes - this was one of the most requested features over the last seven months. We've done many months of tweaks and fixes to animations, timing, and overall "feel" to make combat feel better and weightier. These fixes go live in 1.6, you'll see them on PTS and will be included in the console release.More player separation fixes: we've gone back through quests and reduced the phasing as much as possible that results in players being separated from one another.Provisioning UpdateRe-balancing player abilities to be more consistent and better balanced across different builds: Some items will be available exclusively through the store, some will be available exclusively in-game, and some items will be available through both. Plus subscribers will be granted an amount of Crowns they can use to buy things from the store. How they use their Crowns will be completely up to them.: We are still looking at plans for possible 'battlegrounds' being introduced to the game. Whether such content would be DLC (paid for expansion) or something we deliver in a normal update is not known at this time.: Are you talking WoW style battlegrounds or DAoC style battlegrounds?: ESO Style battlegrounds. Currently looking at defined play times (12 minutes for example) with objectives centering around varying play-styles. Capture the flag, kill the Emperor, etc. These are all still in the exploratory phase.ZOS_Ridout: We too want you to ride around on a bear!Three questions in 1!Some of the costumes in the Crown Store look like some of the most favorite armor sets in the game, turned into a costume. There are a few lower level armor "looks" in the game right now that are pretty cool, and we've gotten some commentary that players sometimes don't want to upgrade to a new armor piece in the game because they like the they way they look. So, we have several costume packs that basically give you the look of some in-game full armor sets (Lion Guard, for example). We have no plans to sell armor or armor pieces in the Crown Store, just costumes that look like them.2) We are looking into dyeing costume functionality, but it won't be available at Tamriel Unlimited launch.3) Tabards and costumes will take up the same slot, for now. We are looking into ways to split them apart so you can have a costume with a Tabard over it, but we aren't going to support it at Tamriel Unlimited launch.It is likely that large updates such as a zone will be DLC. Such zones might come with new items, new style books, etc. This will almost certainly be paid for content. We also have plans to introduce systems, balance changes, new abilities as updates that are not paid for. It is important to note that this model is relatively new, and we will keep players informed as to what exactly constitutes DLC long before the DLC becomes available.:Yes, we're absolutely planning to have a Beta available prior to console release. More details about it will be available as we get closer to launch.:Yes they are higher than the previous feeding stats.:Some of the costumes in the game simply look like popular lower-level armors (Lion Guard, for example) or fan-favorite NPCs (Crafty Lerisa), and some of those outfits can be made by crafters, as they look like standard armors.However, some costumes are custom-made for the Crown Store - for example, Blacksmith, Wedding Dress, etc. - and those are available only in the Crown Store. If you are a Plus member, you will still have to purchase those in the Crown Store, but you'll be given 1500 Crowns/month as part of ESO Plus benefits to make those purchases.:Lottery tickets must be a very disappointing affair for you. I'll see what I can do.:Eric here from the combat team so I can answer #3 and #4.Block casting is at the top of our list of combat issues to be addressed in the future. One of the biggest changes to PvP is the additon of increased AoE caps - Abilities can how hit up to 60 targets! Additionally we've rebalanced the way ultimate is generated so it will be more balanced and fair for all classes. Ultimate generation is a static value instead of based on your number of hits and critical strikes.With regard to class balance we're gone over all abilities in the game with patch 1.6. The main focus was buffing weaker abilities. However there there a few abilities such as the DKs Reflective Scales that we tweaked to be more in line with the rest of the game. This ability now can only reflect 4 projectiles instead of an infinite number.:I'll throw another response here at the top...We are not done with the first DLC so some things can change. In general though... Typical items, weapons and armor can be freely traded/sold to those that do not own the DLC. But some/many capstone rewards will be highly visible and not tradable.:Yes. Players who have access to DLC and get normal drops from that DLC they will be able to sell it in the Guild Store.:But can players who don't have that dlc buy them? That's kind of the important part. ;-):Yes. They can. Store.:Yes, you have the option of using the text chatbox on console as well. Furthermore, you can plug in a standard USB keyboard into your PS4 and use it to type, if you want.The chat window collapses by default, but can be pinned to the HUD if you want.:That has yet to be determined but we intend to price around standard DLC pricing.:Your characters are still there and your account will be magically active on March 17 as subscriptions will no longer be required. Just patch the client, log in with the account info you used back when you played, and you'll be off and running.As for your second question - if you don't spend any additional money on the game other than the initial purchase, you'll be playing the same game as everyone else. The game won't be dumbed-down for non-Plus members. You would, however, see players riding cool mounts and wearing costumes you wouldn't have unless you purchased them in the Crown Store.:Hi Browntown_07, we are currently working out the details of how membership will be handled on the console and will be releasing more information in the future.:Yes, the functionality is equivalent to the PC. You can be a member of up to 5 guilds (with up to 500 members each) and can be the guild master of 1 guild.The console guild screens have a different interface than the PC, of course, but you can do all the same things.:You will be able to purchase the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle in the Crown Store. It is the same one that is on the ESO website right now - but after Tamriel Unlimited launches, it'll be available in the Crown Store.And yes, there will be physical ESO: Tamriel Unlimited Imperial Editions available.:This is something we are shooting for and it's a goal to have gamepad support for the PC version of the game, but this won't be available at the same time as the console release.I hear you on the enjoyment of using a controller with the game. I go back and forth myself!Convinience and Customization is our goalIf it shortcuts some time, it can get considered. If it makes you look cool, it will get considered!:First: Our most important priority for the Alliance War is to keep working on improving performance. Next priorities include incentivizing players to play in smaller groups and we have considered making the Cyrodiil buffs only apply to Cyrodiil.Second: This is mainly a display of progress. Not being able to see progression, even if it exists behind the scenes is often confusing to people. We made the decision so people can see their progress clearly.Third: Our goal with the Crown store is to offer convenience and cosmetic items. Convenience will allow people to save themselves time. It will not allow people to get the best items or become more powerful in the game than another player could achieve. I will say openly that some people feel 'time-saving' items are buy-to-win such as being able to gain experience faster. But our perspective is that removing time barriers is something players want, without providing an unfair advantage in power.:The combat team is continuing to support all current abilities with future updates for free to all customers.With update 1.6 we've made a number of balance fixes to all abilities, as well as bug fixes for abilities such as Dark Cloak. In Cyrodiil we've updated the Battle Spirit buff to give players a buff that adds more health and damage reduction.Market demand is what drives our translation efforts. Spanish is not currently slated, but the answer is we would love to.:We're aiming for 1.6 to hit PTS sometime next week, so you'll be able to see the Crown Store then. And a note - part of the purpose of PTS is to test and assess the viability of items on the Store, so we can (and probably will) adjust Crown prices for some items and even add or remove items between PTS and going live.That being said, we're going to have a bunch of costume packs, some discrete costumes, six or so mounts (two guars), six or so vanity pets, stamina potions, health potions, magicka potions, repair kits, soul gems, and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle. We may have a couple of other bundles as well.You won't be able to purchase any real-world items (hoodies, etc.) with Crowns - those are spent in the crown store only for in-game items. There will be no method in-game earn Crowns.:Thank you for the replyWill DLC be purchasable with crowns, or does that still require real life money?You mentioned you have no way to earn crowns in game, but what about out of game, in particular for testing on the PTS? It was mentioned previously they wanted to offer an incentive to test but we're unsure with what. It seems like a few crowns for participating in test plans would be a good way.Side question, now that unlimited is coming and game time cards are pulled from stores like gamestop, is there an expiration date on unused game time cards?:DLC will be purchased using Crowns, not real money. We'll move all DLC pack purchases into the Crown Store. This is a great question, and one that we should have answered before now.As for getting crowns for PTS testing, that's an interesting idea, but not one we can address any time soon.You'll have to ask your retailer for exact details, but my understanding is that existing game time cards will work for ESP Plus membership, just as they currently work for ESO subscription and will continue to do so.:PTS will be up soon! You will be able to preview the offerings at that time.: Certainly leveling is one clear way to provide accomplishment, but I think with the Champion System we'll be looking at other ways to provide a great feeling of accomplishment. To be blunt, however, I think the days of gating content by level are probably behind us.:The player will scale to the content. Our hope is it will make playing with your friends even easier.:First off, thanks for considering playing on both platforms at once. That's very exciting for me to hear!There are a few things to go over with regards to this. To answer your specific question, the membership is specific to the platform.You can, however, choose to link your XboxLive account to your current PC ESO account. This means a few things:Your initial console log in experience will be much quicker. Just type in your UserID and password and start playing.If you purchase a transfer for your PC account, you'll have a copy of your PC characters on your XboxOne ESO game. This is a one-time copy, and your characters then progress independentlyAll your account information is the same, so you won't need to fill out an additional information for Customer Service on console:Yep, Guars and other mounts will have the visual upgrades just like horses! Your riding skill determines what visual upgrades show up on them.:We don't foresee any huge changes, other than us keeping an eye on the Crown Store and making sure that we have items there that people want to purchase. DLC will be gated to players who have purchased the pack directly on the Crown Store or are Plus members.We also have 3, 6, and 9 month subscriber loyalty rewards (we've already given out the 3 and 6 month rewards), and we'll have a special loyalty reward for all of you who have subscribed from original launch through the Tamriel Unlimited transition. I mistakenly called this the "12 month" reward on our twitch show the day before yesterday, what it is intended to do is to make sure that people who subscribed the entire time the game was sub-based get a really cool exclusive reward. Expect details on that soon.:We'd definitely like to introduce a "barbershop" feature into the game that would allow you to adjust your appearance.:Eric here from the combat team. Can't speak to all of your PvP questions, however the issue with the Purge ability is fixed in 1.6. Have not heard about the unbreakable talons issue but will research it when I get back to my desk. Please message me with any details you have:We might have some fun but nothing inappropriate.: As I mentioned in another answer, performance is our top Cyrodiil concern, and we are looking at several ways of addressing it. Some of these will be in 1.6. As with anything going to console, we will evaluate performance and make adjustments as necessary, though it may or may not be population caps.:For your first question, the targets are 30 fps and 1080p resolution for both platforms.For your second question, we're definitely looking to add controller support to the PC game (including the same UI as console), but that won't be available until after console launch.: Hey teijiSenpai, we've considered a system like that but it's not currently something we're working on.: We have seen this request a lot and are investigating how we might deliver this feature.First of all, thanks for subbing since the beginning. That's awesome. I just answered the reward question in another post, check out that one.As for how Plus benefits vet players: the boosts affect all characters on your account, so if you start an alt, they will have the boosts to help you level faster. Also, you'll get 1500 Crowns per month to spend on items in the store.: Yes, if I wasn't typing so much on Reddit right now, I'd probably be working on it...Seriously, expect it sometime in the next few weeks.:Yes, it's something we're looking to add to the PC game, but it won't be available until after console launch: Riding skill is character based.:Yes spellcrafting is still on the table! We've got a lot of cool abilities planned for this.: I can get a part of this.The crown store is not intended to be intrusive. We do not direct the player to it or pop it up in front of you when you run out of potions.Its just there when you want it.: We plan to have updates that add new systems, address balance, etc. These will come to all players of the game and not have a cost.There will also be DLC and new store items that will have a crown costs. ESO Plus members will have access to this DLC of course.We aren't yet ready to discuss how Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild will be introduced.: PC players and Mac players will play on the same megaservers. XBOX One players will have a separate megaserver. Playstation 4 players will also have their own megaserver.:If you had an active account on June 30th of last year, you'll have the opportunity to buy a console version of ESO for $20.In addition to the discounted price, we will also do a one-time copy of your PC characters to your console account (as they exist just before the console launch date). The characters would then progress independently on each platform.Expect to see Thieves Guild / Dark Brotherhood content in a future DLC pack. We may introduce systems with that DLC pack, although details remain to be worked out.:We have a number of things we'd love to add to the game. We are not currently working on housing, but it is on the top of the list of things we want to add.:We do have a character transfer (details about that will come soon), but you can only transfer characters from live accounts, not beta. That being said, it wont' take very long to get to level 8 so starting over is probably the bet thing to do.:You won't be able to spend real money on the crown store when it hits PTS. Instead, we'll be giving PTS players some crowns that they can use to explore purchases on PTS. These won't transfer to the live servers.:XP was not adjusted down to push ESO Plus. Those bonuses are intended to be a 'thank you' for those committed players.We have not broken the Imperial Race out of the Imperial Upgrade.I too love cloaks but we lost them in exchange for other customizations. Would love to see them return but I dont know if that's in the cards for us.Expanding the dye system gets discussed internally a bunch. That's a good sign!:Hey Tierney369, yep we are still planning to implement Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild.We have no plans to sell weapon or armor sets in the crown store.:Everything up to and including 1.6 will be there for you to play without a subscription. This includes veteran zones and Craglorn.:1) yes! they are awesome. They will be in the Crown Store at Tamriel Unlimited launch2) I don't know the answer to this, but bought two of them when they were available. I'll see if we can get some more in stock.3) Chris will answer this one in a minute4) it's in 1.65) Expect to see them in a DLC pack, details TBD; On 3, it's something on our list but didn't make it for 1.6. We did however, update the MOTD so that when it's changed a notification is broadcast to members. Additionally, we've increased the character limit of the MOTD.:This has come up enough times that we know its desired. We will be investigating how/if we can implement this feature.:I think that making decisions based on speculation that our community will deteriorate due to a change in business model is really premature at this point. There was a very positive post on this subreddit talking about how community leaders drive the mood of a community. I have always been amazed at our in-game community, and I am very appreciative of them.:We definitely are planning to support the game with solo content as well as group content. One of our future updates, Orsinium, will be providing solo content for players.:Your rings are lost forever. I'm sorry they won't be moving with you.:It's been 9 months so my memory is a little fuzzy on all the comments from that review. Here are some of the major changes we've made since launch.* Added sweet late game content like new Trials and Dragonstar Arena* Combatted botters* Fixed bugs with Dark Anchors not spawning properly * Fixed the bugs blocking major and minor quest steps * Fixed player seperation issues when playing quests in a group * Updated balance on all abilities * Added new justice gameplay * Added new high level character advancement through champion system * Improved server performance - Note this is an ongoing task we are always improving:We think of it this way: it is acceptable to make an in-game purchase (or join ESO Plus) to shortcut time. We talked about this on our Twitch show the day we announced Tamriel Unlimited. So, our store will have Customization (things that look cool but aren't statistically better than their in-game counterparts) or Convenience (items that allow you to short cut time, like health/stamina/magicka potions, soul gems, and repair kits) items.No capes! Ask Paul about that one. He has strong opinions and spams me with Incredibles links on youtube whenever I bring it up.Anything we add to the game does cost dev time, so the answer is "yes." That said, 1.6 has a huge number of changes, and all of those changes, Champion, Balance Changes and Justice had far more to do with it than our Crown Store. This is a big update!:With the new system, you will be able to max out all 3 attributes. If you have 3 separate mounts that are each maxed out in a different attribute, what will happen is that your riding skill will be mapped to that. So yes, effectively it would max out your riding skill.This is assuming you're using the mounts that have a base bonus in the specific stat that you've upgraded to its max.:While I totally appreciate the desire to keep wedding dresses far away from keep sieges, we dont want to limit players in this way. I look forward to seeing armies of skeletons and draugr assaulting keeps.1) This is 100% why we added the Justice System. It gives you a really fun side-game to do while you are a questing and leveling.2) Yes, most of what you list here is in the game as part of the Justice System - the consequences are much the same as you find in Skyrim when you engage in criminal activity.3) As for your question about the barber shop / extra character customization, etc. - this is something we are considering right now, but no details yet.:Update 6 will go live as normal after testing on PTS. However, when it goes live, it will have the Crown Store disabled and will remain sub-based until March 17 - when we will enable the Crown Store and everyone who purchased the game since launch will be able to log in and play.: Yes, this version will still be good after March 17.:There will absolutely be numerous useful updates to the console UI, and some of the updates are based on popular PC add-ons. For example, a lot of the functionality in the "Loot Drops" mod is a part of the console UI by default. There are others add-ons we have drawn inspiration from as well, but I'm calling this one out specifically because I really like it.Unfortunately, there will be no add-on support for consoles.: Race change, name change, alliance change, appearance change are all commonly seen in posts. These services are all being looked into. No promises on any, but we hear you!:It's definitely something we're looking to add to the PC/Mac version, but it won't be available until after console launch.Crowns will be sold in packs. Exact pricing is still being determined, as is pricing in Euros and other currencies.2) yes, ESO Plus will be the same price as the old subscription3) our plan is for customization and convenience items only.1) It has less to do with a change in model and more to do with the fact that development on four platforms is more complicated than two. We fully expect a longer time between updates. But remember, there will be some updates which are free and some which are DLC. This will impact the schedule because it is a different delivery plan than our current model.2) Imperial City is something we are evaluating internally. To give a look behind the scenes we didn't feel Imperial City was ready for release. When Imperial City is where we are happy with it, we will release it. Again, Cyrodiil performance is out top priority right now.3) We've made several changes to the game such as increasing delve size, reducing the phasing, and even lowering the number of players that can be in a delve at one time.4) Thank you. I believe we will keep to our current standards5) It is very tough to provide a value for the money people spend and keep a respect for the integrity of the game. I think we our customization and convenience plan provides a good road for Tamriel Unlimited.:Hey strangelove2000, ESO+ is platform specific so it would require an ESO+ membership on PC and Playstation 4.:Because all skills in the game are competing for the 5 valuable spots on a player's hotbar, none are balanced to be better than all the others. That would make the game bland and repetetive. Adding new skills to the game is just designed to give the players more options, as opposed to more powerful options.:Yes. The wedding dress is a single dress. The Woodland Bundle has three costumes of various low level armor you could expect to see on a 'woodland scout':I answered this in another thread, but that was me that said it, and I partially mis-spoke, although you took away the proper understanding. It's not a "12 month sub" reward, because obviously we're making the Tamriel Unlimited transition less than 12 months after launch.What it means is that if you purchased the game and have subbed since April 2014 to March 17, 2015, you'll get the special reward. I don't anticipate there being any leeway.:That's correct, yep. For that character your mounts would be maxed out, regardless of which mount you're on.: Yes. The wedding dress is a single dress. The Woodland Bundle has three costumes of various low level armor you could expect to see on a 'woodland scout'.: ESO Plus members will keep all the Crowns they receive as part of membership, but you will lose access to any DLC that you haven't purchased if you cancel your membership. In that case, you could purchase the DLC a la carte using the Crowns you received while a Plus member.:As a subscriber, if at some point I unsubscribe, will I keep all the content I've experienced up to that point, or will I have to repurchase DLCs or other things not purchased with crownsAs an example, let's say we release a zone like Wrothgar as DLC. As an ESO Plus member, you will automatically have access to Wrothgar. If you stop being an ESO Plus member, you will lose access to that zone. However, you will keep the equipment you find there.:Hey BlueBogToad, cool name. If your subscription lapses, access to any DLC content that you haven't purchased won't be accessible. If you purchased it though, it will be available from that point on, regardless of whether your subscription is active or not. This lets you choose whether you want to purchase DLC individually or just have access to them with the subscription.