Everyone has a fighting chance
Starting October 22nd new cosmetic items are being implemented into the Crown Store, some of which were available as of October 8th. A lot of these items have a theme to them, guess you call them "scary-esc" type theme. Whatever the theme, they make mention that these new cosmetic items will be great additions for the Witches’ Festival that happens in Elder Scrolls Lore in the month of Frostfall (October).
There are very few quotes from cinematic trailers that really stick with players. One of the biggest ones is "You are not prepared" from the Burning Crusade opening cinematic. But Zenimax has released a trailer for the upcoming Orsinium DLC and "Welcome to my war" may become one of those infamous quotes. It got me hooked and interested in the expansion even more so than I was before I heard it shouted.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will be receiving another big DLC with today’s announcement of Orsinium. Orsinium is the ancestral home of the Orcs and players are tasked with helping to rebuild this subterranean capital by order of King Kurog.
The Elder Scrolls Online Imperial City DLC came with a host of changes, including the PvP upgrades and balance that many had been hoping for for some time. Cyrodiil is a place where many players do go to enjoy themselves, and Zenimax has stated before that its goal was to create a zone that would attract different kinds of players. So what is Imperial City like for a player like myself who often plays solo and is more of a PvE-oriented RPG player?
ZeniMax and Vivox have announced a new partnership to bring voice chat technology directly into Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. Vivox’s chat technology will span all of ESO’s platforms from PlayStation 4 to XBox One to PC and will allow players to communicate with one another to enhance their game play experiences throughout the game.
Once again Zenimax listens to the community. If you remember a couple weeks ago I wrote an article discussing some of my displeasures with Imperial City, mostly the fact that Imperial City is always open (unless your campaign is full) and all three factions would have access to it. Well as it turns out I wasn’t the only one who felt this way and Zenimax has heard our pleas and created a campaign with locked gates. However, is it too late for this to make a difference?
The Elder Scrolls Online Imperial City DLC has finally reached both consoles and PC, and with it marks a certain chapter in the game’s life. The game’s console launch was successful from everything we can tell, so the DLC numbers, as well as subscriptions, are going to remain significant. Yet player activity still remains important, and Imperial City is still all shiny and new for everyone.
The Elder Scrolls Online team has announced via Twitter that the Imperial City DLC is now available for XBox One players. Players can purchase the DLC and full instructions on how to do so via in-game menus is provided on the Elder Scrolls Online forum. The Playstation 4 version of Imperial City will be available on September 16th.
Imperial City has launched recently and it’s magnificent. I think this has been one of the best launches of a major content update to a MMO that I’ve ever seen. Not only has the launch gone off with very little issues. They even somehow managed to fix a major issue that has plagued the game since its official release, the lag in Cyrodiil. Yes, you read that right, the lag in Cyrodiil is almost non-existent, emphasis on almost.
With the rollout of The Elder Scrolls Online’s Imperial City on PC this week, this is the beginning of new content arriving in the game for the price of a subscription or a paid unlock. We’ve debated whether or not a subscription for ESO is currently worth it on here before, and ultimately, time will tell what players think, but some new plans from Zenimax may add room to discuss the idea of value further.