It looks like that bear is part of the regular season crates, not a limited-time special. With several characters getting crates through level-up rewards, I should get more chances at it. I'd still prefer the plain one.

I wonder if the extra trappings are speed/stamina/capacity indicators? Then they could be hidden.

Thanks for the news, Khajiit!

March Showcase! Those barefoot Khajiiti costumes look promising. As much as Abiene would like to see Jerric in his suit and one of those bowler hats, it’s not going to happen. The creepy monkey is tempting, as is the return of the Jester! Elke was once saved at a dolmen by a Saxhleel hero who graciously accepted her thanks, returned a compliment in kind, and then pranced off high-knees to her astonished amusement. She had not noticed his Jesterish approach while deep in the fight.

More free crates! Mikken is going after the crew’s last free leveling crate as soon as we can get logged on. One more chance at the wee fox and then it’s purchase time. Nice to see the return of the Great Elk mount, but I doubt I’ll get the gazillion gems required to buy one. I’ll enjoy seeing more people riding them, though! What caught my eye is the Tan Morthal Mastiff. You can never have too many nice dogs, cats, and horses.

This one suspects that they are going to be a lot like the Witchknight Charger they released a while ago. Some of the trappings are upgrades, but it’s base appearance also has items you can’t remove.

Some kind of Daedric costume contest

We would do Hircine for Brenna, but spears haven’t been a thing since TES3.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Mar 8 2018, 02:35 AM

The more this one looks at that bear the more he wants it! Definitely Brenna’s style!

My housing guild is doing a group entry for the Daedric Outfit contest, and Alise is participating! We will be depicting the Coldharbour Pact put together by Sotha Sil, and Alise is dressing up as Azura. This will be the first time she has worn a skirt since she married Argis back in 4th Era Skyrim, so she is unused to it. And I think THAT was the first time she has worn a skirt ever in her 147 years! Hah! Anyway, our guildie made the comment that she is an improved Almalexia in the outfit. Now, Mikey has seen her in our first choice, the Cyrodiil Formal Gown, but we changed that out since the contest is supposed to highlight the outfitter system. So Alise went with a Bosmer Level 1 top and a Daedric skirt, and it is looking GOOOOOD!

Pictures are next week, and we already have Sheo (our GM is the zombie cat so he’s perfect for the Mad God), Boethiah, Hermiemora’s Servant, and a few others lined up. I’m excited and looking forward to what everyone will come up with. Our GM has the new DB cavern, and is deco-in up a smaller room for our photo shoot. It’s been fun working with a few of the guildies and I am looking forward to the final product!

That sounds neat! They said they weren’t expecting exact copies of the Princes’ styles, which is good because the game doesn’t allow for it in the outfit system alone. Khajiit wonders if you could use an item from the appearance collection as long as it is minimal? Brenna owns a deer skull mask that is too perfect for a Hircine homage (Brenna really loves Hircine). Might be a bit too “on the nose” though.

I'll bet this is the Summerset Isles DLC pre-launch quest! What I loved best about this was all the responses = and those gifs had me in hysterics,

Do you think it’s just s DLC or do you think this will be the next “Chapter”?

I'm betting on Chapter, but things have been shaken up this year by having the dungeon DLC given to us right away. With that in mind, datamining suggested that the whole Summerset plot would be spread out in both a Chapter AND a DLC, so I'm excited to see what we get regardless.

Also some of those story spoilers are both spicy and confirm some of my own crackpot theories lmfao

Fricking finally.

(We get a glimpse at the next Chapter on Wednesday.)

Edit: Oh, they're advertising on the Launcher lol

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Khajiit is most curious to see what they have to say.

And it does say "Chapter". So having ESO+ does not help.

I haven't bought the first Chapter yet, so this one just joins the line.

I followed the link when I started up the launcher, and it took me to the home page, where it still says "Morrowind, the next chapter of ESO" - I wonder how many new people will think they just re-launched Morrowind.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Mar 19 2018, 11:15 PM

Looks like it's been fixed.

tbh I was just thinking about that yesterday. I'm usually cautious about game purchases so unless it seems to be really, really good I'm going to have to wait for a sale. Would have been the same if it were a DLC. I don't have any Crowns. :v

Yeah Khajiit might pass until a sale also if it’s just the Summerset Isles. This one doesn’t have much interest in the land of the Altmer.

Whether or not we get buildings made out of poetry, I'm really looking forward to the continuation of the post-game storyline. It's been so long and I'm willing to buy it just for that, tbh. But again, we'll see

*banging pots and pans* ALL ABOARD THE DISAPPOINTMENT TRAIN (Russian datamine several hours ahead of the official reveal)

So, uh, how about that High Rock DLC, huh? Seriously, though, the aesthetic is extremely disappointing and I hope to Auriel that large fortress/castle isn't meant to be Alinor. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's enough to deter me from buying it, at least immediately.

Ah well, at least there's a new skill line and Jewelry crafting.

Of course, this is just the datamine, and we still have the stream's information to see, so maybe there will be more. Still, not really happy with what we have here. At the very least, it seems Crystal Tower will be involved, which means that maybe the original plot will be back?

(Aside from some cinematics and the contents of the Chapter editions, there wasn't much in the stream that wasn't already covered by the datamine. Jewelry's getting new traits, I guess? Crafted set jewelry confirmed, too.)

Post-stream thoughts: things look better in motion, but Summerset looks a lot less magical than I anticipated. True, it's my fault for setting my expectations so high, but on the other hand ZOS has been full of cowards lately. :v

That said, it looks like some of the old concepts from when Alinor was going to be in the game made it in. There are some very visible constellations in the sky even during the daytime (almost like smaller suns) and Crystal Tower looks pretty rad. Artaeum also seems to fulfil that weird, techno-magic aesthetic thing, so at least there's that. Hopefully we get some plot about the varlines, too.

idk, at the very least it does seem to be a direct continuation of the storyline, unlike Morrowind, so I have less reservations about getting the chapter.



There's also this.

Yay for crafted set jewelry!